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  1. Joe

    Lead, please help

    The capability of a forum software to be effectively usable to a user who is wasted is a fantastic litmus test. It's a test that should be used more. Those who blame the user instead of the software because the user is drunk are more concerned with pathetic high-horsing than actual pro-social...
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    Lead, please help

    Today I landed a fat lead. A **fat** lead. (this forum software is garbage, literarly no action path to formatting this right, tried every possible. combination on mobile. Tells you a lot that "it's the best". I'm hoping for the following guidance. The lead is a startup who is pursuing a...
  3. Joe

    I Need a Quick Win or Just a Nudge in a Useful Direction

    Find something selling well on ebay, and sell some of the same thing. Even if it's something stupid like a type of fidget spinner. At least then you can legitimately say "I conducted business". Retail is the most basic form of business, buy from X sell to Y at markup. Worked for Steve Jobs for...
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    Node Developers can harvest your passwords and credit card numbers

    Nice exploit; here's an arrest warrant.
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    19 Insane Tidbits From James Damore’s Lawsuit Against Google

    Payroll is the biggest cost of running a business isn't it? Before: men work, women stay home and raise the family. After: everyone works, because "empowerment". Net result: labor supply doubles. Increase supply, price goes down. How many men you hear about nowadays retiring off their bank...
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    Cryptocurrency

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-12/bitcoin-acceptance-among-retailers-is-low-and-getting-lower Not unique. No barrier to entry. https://www.icoalert.com/?q=&is_v=1
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    Cryptocurrency

    Fact remains that no-one actually uses it for its intended purpose: commerce. Other than the criminals. That immediately renders it a bullshit, speculative thing. If I hear reports that someone somewhere has actually used it to pay for a loaf of bread, I'll buy.
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    19 Insane Tidbits From James Damore’s Lawsuit Against Google

    But what if they.... are the room? I'm trying to work out the "did you just assume my gender?" joke on this though. "Did you just assume my.. humanity?" I guess? Or my organicness? Must be cooking up some strong wacko in those American universities.
  9. Joe

    In it for the money and heading towards failure?

    For me it's the opposite. Had I been focused on the money earlier, respected its importance etc, it would've lead to success. Instead of screwing around with unimportant things like I did. I really don't see the disconnect between care for others / community and making money, unless you're...
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    19 Insane Tidbits From James Damore’s Lawsuit Against Google

    ^ But then how can you get rich with your builds? I suppose you could not give yourself the title of "CEO", and not employ workers (just contractors), but then it's hard to see the point of believing that rule in the first place.
  11. Joe

    19 Insane Tidbits From James Damore’s Lawsuit Against Google

    I have a hunch that this whole thing was his elaborate plan to get rightwing groupie play. He doesn't strike me as a particularly shiny guy, and tech city dating is tough. Now in their eyes he's a rightwing knight battling the leftist Californian corporate dragon; and they (I assume) have to...
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    19 Insane Tidbits From James Damore’s Lawsuit Against Google

    I'm still trying to understand the "sexually identifying as an expansive ornate building" thing. My brain kind of views it as a challenge, like it wants to understand the thought process behind someone (a) viewing themselves as a building (b) but specifically it's expansive and ornate (c) it's...
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    19 Insane Tidbits From James Damore’s Lawsuit Against Google

    How the hell does this company sustain itself and make so much money, when it's populated by a rabble of fruitloops?
  14. Joe

    Creating A Blog Persona Vs Magazine Brand

    Something I've noticed from my "winner research" is that the guy considered the market leader takes most of the money. For instance, Tony Robbins. Sure, the rest of the motivation guys fight over the remainder, some do OK. But he's the billionaire because he's "the guy". Then Tim Ferris...
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    Forcing People To Disable Adblock?

    @built one thing I thought about this is "sell the ads", by which I mean explain to the reader why they should disable the adblocker for your site. I've never had a problem with well-targeted ads. If I'm on a car tuning forum and the ads are for new car parts, I've no problem with that at all...
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    Good God... 49" Super Ultra Widescreen Monitor

    I don't know how you guys manage. This is my screen and I consider it a minimum.
  17. Joe

    Ethical Content Re-purposing?

    Basically unless the "owner" of the content has expressly released the content into the public domain, it's a copyright violation to use it (not theft). That applies, some might say ridiculously, even in cases where the owner has disappeared (so called "orphan works"). Whether or not it's...
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    Forcing People To Disable Adblock?

    There's a button on my mouse which does "close tab" and another that does "back". Basically a reflex, unless that page has something I really need.
  19. Joe

    Preventing Chargebacks As A Freelancer/Agency

    + Bitcoin. No one uses it, but zero chance of you getting that back once the payment is made.
  20. Joe

    Introductions Thread

    How many hours of work did you do on this this week?
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