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12 tahun yang laludiscuss

I'm reminded of "Fiddler on a Roof": "It's no great shame to be poor, but it's no great honor, either."

pktm

12 tahun yang laludiscuss

Hang out with Buddhists. Seriously.

pktm

13 tahun yang laludiscuss

IIRC, that is how it is with Macs. I've no idea about other brands/hardware though.

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13 tahun yang laludiscuss

Yes, please do.

I'm a homebrewer, but have never gotten into soda. I would be very interested in your results.

pktm

13 tahun yang laludiscuss

Try mogreet.com.

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13 tahun yang laludiscuss

"Meta," as an adjective and not, say, a prefix.

Bad: "That show is so meta."

Good: "Let's look at the metadata to make sure our tables are really well-structured."

pktm

14 tahun yang laludiscuss

I've done this before, though admittedly, we were already off the ground when my situation changed and I got the opportunity to live overseas.

I'd advise setting up your business wherever it is easiest (tax-wise, work-visa wise, etc.) to do so, provided one of you plans to remain there for the duration.

I personally found this arrangement to be wonderful. I was able to have the first part of the day for language lessons and such, then come home and work on the business in the afternoons/evenings. However, my business partner found it tough to schedule calls and such. (He's also my brother, so it's not easy to tease out the various possible factors here.)

Anyway, the short version of all that is: don't let geography keep you from this project. That's what Skype, vonage, emails, etc. are for.

pktm

14 tahun yang laludiscuss

What's the science behind this? Obviously, like (nearly?) everyone else here, I make my living staring at a screen and if it's damaging my eyes, I'd like to know about that.

Similarly, does anyone have a pair of these lenses? Any good? Do your eyes feel any difference?

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14 tahun yang laludiscuss

I frequently 'name a price'; that is, I disclose my current salary without remembering that it locks me in for later negotiation.

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14 tahun yang laludiscuss

Thanks for all of the great ideas!

I'll pore over these lists and keep brainstorming how each of them might apply to the idea.

pktm

14 tahun yang laludiscuss

I'd like googleisfunny if that's still available. Thanks!

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14 tahun yang laludiscuss

This is hardly the worst thing I've ever seen in source code - mine or others'. Heck, I had a developer once send me something where the "placeholder" image was a dog turd.

Surely this can't be worth all the oh-noes.

pktm

14 tahun yang laludiscuss

I'm not convinced that, in his role as BH's CEO, stalling on paying BH's taxes makes him a hypocrite vice wanting to pay more personally.

As a CEO, his goals and responsibilities are almost certain to be different (and/or opposed) to his goals for himself.

And in the end, is this not just a base tu quoque fallacy? (His argument about the wealthy is false because he himself...)

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14 tahun yang laludiscuss

Private/bespoke hunting trips, perhaps? I know that in the southern US at least, private land owners rent out a small cabin to hunters during duck season. I imagine there's a wider market for arranging such things that doesn't depend on knowing a guy who knows a guy.

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14 tahun yang laludiscuss

They do, just not in the US.

This is achieved by again pressing a lit (i.e., previously pressed) floor button throughout many areas of Asia, IIRC.

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14 tahun yang laludiscuss

Great, great idea!

A few comments (because this is HN):

- I'd like to see some mention of pricing on the main page. I get that it's (probably) free until you get to some sort of critical mass, but seeing that on the site would still be nice.

- Why no "about", "contact", or "FAQ" style links anywhere, so I could ask about pricing (or anything else)?

- I know this'll sound odd, but honestly, I'd like to see you have at least some modest advertising or something so that you make back your money on this.

- Last but not least, how about some sort of policy statement? Do you own the recipes I post? Do I? Just sayin'.

pktm

14 tahun yang laludiscuss

If I had to guess (and I guess I don't /have/ to), I'd say it's strictly psychological pricing, and is not intended to reflect some sort of idealized exchange rate or the like.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing

pktm

14 tahun yang laludiscuss

Ok, let's say the author's methodology is flawed. Does that make her larger point invalid? Should we not, as parents, be mindful of our children's manners?

My daughter is starting to develop her vocabulary now, and this article was a good reminder to me that we need to start pushing "please" and "thank you".

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15 tahun yang laludiscuss

Nope. Still foolishly hopeful.

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15 tahun yang laludiscuss

I have to confess that I read this as his grandmother _acquiring_ immutability, the way, say, one might _get_ "+5 health" in a game.

Why you'd want an immutable grandmother, I'll never know.

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