Curious, IANAP, but suppose they get this to work? What would happen in the case of a magnetic field failure? I assume the magnetic field is generated by running electricity through the new material? What if the power fails?
As an estate lawyer, the biggest issue I see with these types of estate plan services is that amateurs use them and fuck up their documents. Either they execute the documents incorrectly (in which case you might as well not have it), they let beneficiaries serve as witnesses, the documents don't plan for obvious contingencies, or they set up trusts and then neglect to transfer any assets to them (in which case the trust is useless). If you are not dealing with estate matters on a daily basis, then you don't know what you don't know about it. If you have a few assets to try to get to the next generation, you can afford to go see a lawyer. Go find a lawyer who will do your estate plan on a flat fee basis. You'll know exactly the cost and you won't get hit by an attorney charging you by the hour and running up the hours.
As if I said anywhere in my post "I must pop pill x." Side effects = none. Cost = negligible. Could I afford to exercise more and lose a few pounds? Sure. But that is not going to reduce what was too high blood pressure quickly enough to not be a risk, particularly upping my exercise regimen with untreated high blood pressure.
Of course we dont know why he died but I echo the sentiment that you need to be getting annual physicals and blood work to catch potential issues sooner rather than later.
A few years ago a nurse told me my blood pressure was a bit high but I didnt think it was that high to worry about so I never followed up on it. Then a few months ago I went for a dental check up where they checked my blood pressure and after a particularly chaotic morning the nurse told me my blood pressure was 220 over 150, which is crazy high blood pressure The dentist ended the appointment and told me very strongly to go straight to the doctor. When I got there my pressure had gone down to 150 / 90, but the doctor started me on a low dose of blood pressure medicine. It costs $5.00 per month, and who knows what health disaster was awaiting me had I not discovered this.
Even if you are relatively normal weight, in your 20s, and healthy, you could still have issues and not realize it until you have a check up.
I just had to respond because I am a somewhat new developer and after a while I could also tell you what a class was, an instance, static methods, public methods, private methods, etc. But i'd be darned if I could look at somebody else's class for doing something and be able to tell you why there was a static method over here, a private method over there, and a public method somewhere else. I guess my point is that somebody could abstractly tell you what those different definitions are, but that is much different than actually being able to write a class correctly. (at least in my experience.)
For myself, it will be three years in March 2015 when I first began to code. I am in my 30s and a lawyer by trade, with a life science background. My own assessment is that I have picked it up quickly, with good knowledge of PHP and Python, Javascript, and HTML/CSS.
But I am only just now starting to really understand the big deal about MVC, OOP, autoloading classes, testing, package management, versioning, etc. I think these concepts are what separates a coder from a skilled well rounded developer. As I have gone through the learning process, it took certain experiences with coding web applications (most of which I never released) where I could better understand why MVC or OOP was a better way to do things. My comprehension of those higher level topics came along much more slowly then did the syntax; and I don't think a 12 week code school can truly allow a student to grasp those topics (there just isn't enough depth of knowledge after 12 weeks).
Hey thanks for the suggestions! I love going to tech meetups, they make for a refreshing change from the normally stuffy lawyer events I attend on occasion. :)
So you started your own business full time now? I would love to be ale to do that with my own project, but getting users has been slow going so far.
My own particular belief is that the death penalty as it is currently implemented is an abomination. But I also believe that there are just some crimes committed that must be punished by death. I have often wondered why the death penalty shouldn't only be imposed in cases where there is a 100% moral certainty that the accused committed the crime, ie, caught at the scene of the crime, captured on videotape, etc. Other than these types of cases, we really should be thinking about not allowing the death penalty anymore.
A rule of thumb is just a rule of thumb, I don't think anybody would say that a particular rule of thumb is exactly how you would value a website. Maybe we can generate a hierarchy website valuation by the type of site. I would guess (number of users/visitors being equal) that a website that simply serves as a manufacturer's billboard would be worth less than a blog generating ad revenue which would be worth less than a webapp generating revenue through ads which would be worth less than a webapp generating subscription income.
"Don't be evil." Should have been read as "Don't be evil, unless it helps Google get ahead." This all brings up the age old question..... how much money is enough?
Check out meetup.com, which tends to have groups that like to get together in different towns for different culinary experiences. You know the users are ripe for using the web to discover new dining experiences.
You are right about review sites like Yelp, I really have never found a very useful restaurant review site, every restaurant seems to have great reviews and every one has bad reviews.
Interesting on a few levels. One, the learning curve by Jennifer is impressive, going from a site to change background color in the beginning to yumhacker. Yeah there is a ways to go in functionality, but that is a cool start. (of course Facebook probably sucks the air out of other social networks, but that's really not the point.)
But what I really find more impressive is that yumhacker seems to have a good amount of initial users. I've found the easy part in launching a webapp is building it, but the getting of users is really the hard part. That is the testament to the power of a unique marketing idea (which probably did not start as marketing) of deciding to learn web design and throwing up a blog with a catchy title, ie, 180 websites in 180 days. Now that she has raised her profile a bit and has some eyeballs on her, she is able to make something a bit more worthwhile and attract users to it as well.
Do they do the administrative hearing as well, or just submit your protest? Cause if they think they are going to have non-lawyers attend hearings on behalf of others, I think the CA Bar might have something to say about it.
I agree with you. My point was just that I do not want my value being reduced to nothing but time, and that is exactly what hourly billing does. So I tend not to do use hourly billing. Having done it working for other attorneys, I'll tell you it is a crappy way to spend your day keeping track of minutes.