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It's far more likely that this article is fake.

I heard of them because I like Reno 911 and the social media algorithms probably knew that too because I watch the show on Comedy Central sometimes, and so they advertised Quibi and their Reno 911 show to me all over the place about 5 months ago.

I signed up to watch it. It just wasn't the same as the good old show I used to watch, so I unsubscribed.

I flipped through page after page after page of their other content offerings and not a single other thing looked remotely interesting to me. I tried watching a couple just because, and I got bored fast.

You didn't miss anything. I paid them for the same reason.

They failed because their content was terrible, they just aren't admitting it.

I requested a ballot. I received my ballot in the mail. I filled out my ballot. I walked right up to my elections office, dropped it in a box, with no line. Done.

My problem with all of this is that it’s so easy to do it right, there should be no excuse for all these places to be doing it so wrong.

Washington State has perfected mail in voting, and has done it for over a decade. Just do what they do.

My state opens voting locations and makes it easy to get an absentee ballot and drop it off, no lines, no problems.

Locations with these problems should be embarrassed for not simply looking to locations that do it right, and then copying what they do.

"I built a website that pays the bills, and now I have a lot of time on my hands."

Okay.... I assume you're not going to talk about this because then you'll have so much competition you won't be able to pay the bills anymore, but do you have any generalized background information about this?

That’s not what it’s about, that’s what they tell you it’s about.

This actually enforces the point of the movie.

We don’t live in a world that can break free of these atrocities.

Can you provide proof that they did do this?

So, he's selling pardons for political gain now?

The most important words in this are the near-last words:

"What becomes less fun is the after-building part of running the business."

So many of us want to turn our hobbies into side-hustles, or even full companies. But once the "new" feeling wears off, or we finish building the product, it's just business. It's ALL business.

When your hobby becomes a job, a problem, a customer support problem day in and day out, the fun is gone.

I had games in the app stores. I started an escape room business. I tried to make what I love my job, and that all turned out to be "not fun" anymore.

So, now I'm trying to focus on game making, escape room building, etc, as a side project that I can share with friends and others for free and then just shut it down if it's not fun. I'll keep developing websites and being bored when I need to make money.

Just. Change. Your. Name. Already.

Seriously. Please don't instantly down-vote. I think a serious conversation needs to be had around this topic. If you don't agree, I'd love to hear a thought-out answer as to why such a silly name is supposed to be taken seriously.

When you get outside the geek bubble, the name is SO important.

I honestly believe the name is killing DDG's ability to grow. That, and not having a private email solution. But I don't want to tell someone I'm @ duckduckgo either so...

For example, I tried to get my parents to try DuckDuckGo and they giggled, stumbled with the name, and then said they'd stick with Google.

I know people giggled at Google when it started too, but it was so easy to start letting "goooogle" roll off the tongue. PLUS it became a VERB! I do not think duckduckgo has that ability.

Unfortunately "uck" is NOT a friendly, comfortable sound. It sounds like a profanity. If feels angry or sinister.

But "oogle" is comforting, fuzzy, and fun to say.

This may sound silly, but I think it's a very real problem DDG has and they should address it so we can move from G to DDG.

I see a lot of love for this, but there always has to be the other side.

I found this to make it SO MUCH MORE CONFUSING than just explaining how HTTPS works using words like Computer, Browser, Certificate.

My brain could not wrap around the concept of a ComPUGtor or whatever.

But I'm sure this works for some people - just think the site should have a "lose the comics" format.

I've worked from home for 17 years, but I love to go work other places like coffee shops, libraries, etc. I would LOVE to not be at home again.

I can technically go to these other places and work again, just like I used to, because the area I live in believes this is all a hoax, but I'm just not comfortable, and I don't want to wear a mask all day, and people just aren't the same right now - so I'm a little nervous about being around strangers all day and want to avoid uncomfortable or awkward situations.

To be a creator with the freedom to create and not have to make money anymore would be amazing.

Look at Jim Carrey and George W Bush for example. They're pretty much set with money, and now they can paint their hearts out.

Because people will eventually build for 5G.

And then your 4G LTE won't be fast enough.

No, because you are still making the same financial commitment in the end, and the buyer will be aware of that decision.

This pricing technique is just to make someone look.

So, if this is unethical, so is a brightly lit sign, or a couple well-placed adjectives in a sales pitch.

Well, not just Vanilla, looks like three.js is in there too. That's a pretty extensive framework.

I never get to stop working, but thanks. Every day, all day, I get email and have to respond to a vast customer base. While I may not be coding away at my computer, I have to stop about 10 times a day to respond to customers, help them solve a problem, make an update, etc. It never ends, I never get vacation, I never get a weekend, I never get a holiday. I literally had a customer call me on Christmas last year because they got a new iPad and wanted me to help them put their domain email on it.

So, no. I do NOT just work a half-day, I prioritize, I multi-task, and it's very difficult to maintain this lifestyle.

Yes, sometimes I cannot tell the difference between hard and bullshit. And yes, I can be a complete idiot sometimes. So, thanks?

I assume this is sarcasm, but if not, prepare for down-votes because absolutely nobody agrees with me.

I'm saying that all adults are capable of making distance learning work for their kids. They CAN do it, but it will be HARD.

I'm saying that I'm tired of parents saying they "can't" do this distance learning things, or their kids "can't" do it, because they can, and if everyone put in some positive energy and effort, we can make it a success.

The point is that the things that come easy for us are usually those that we value the least, so, after we put in a lot of hard work and time on something, and we had a great accomplishment, we'd say "if it wasn't hard to do, it wasn't worth doing." It's a self pat-on-the-back.

But I totally understand how if you applied this saying to EVERYTHING then it wouldn't make sense, or be seen as "narrow minded" I suppose.

I mean, fishing is pretty damn easy, but every trip I take is worth taking for the peace of mind.

You're right. My point is more that parents need to work really hard to be involved and turn that boring video class into something productive, interesting, and worthwhile.

I'm sorry, and I agree, it wasn't. It was a frustrated post and I'm being down-voted because of it :/

I've run my own business for over 17 years. I get up early, work, stay up kind-of late, work, and get a lot of time in early on the weekends. It's not really that terrible. It's difficult, but doable, and I can still focus a lot of my energy on raising my kids.

I run my own business. Been a web consultant / developer for over 17 years. I have a pretty steady clientele right now. I work 6 to 9am, then 10-11pm, and I usually get a hour or two in during the day. Plus I work 6am to 10am weekends, maybe more if my wife isn't tired and hangs out with the kids on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Unfortunately the laziness is all around us where I live. We’ve struggled for the last 10 years to find more than 2 or 3 other families that think the way we do.

What the hell is wrong with HARD???? Why is everyone so lazy? We are going backwards as a society. I was raised thinking that if it wasn't hard to do, it wasn't worth doing. Every uphill path should not be looked at as an arduous journey, but as an adventure with an amazing reward at the top.

My son had to miss pre-school when he was 4.

I created a home-based program (week to week) where we learned everything I could find that would normally be in a regular pre-school curriculum.

We worked for 3 hours every morning "studying", and he was 4. I made it fun. I made it productive. We took breaks. We had snacks. We had recess. It worked.

By the end of the summer, he was reading and more prepared for Kindergarten than any of the kids in his class.

Yes. If parents stop complaining, and get down to work, and make this fun for their kids, and have a positive attitude, even the youngest students can learn from home.

Now days we even have Zoom options, so we WILL be able to get kids eye to eye with teachers, friends, other students. I would have loved that 8 years ago.