dustyreagan

I know it's backwards to create something, then wonder if there is a market for it. But, I created this site after I tried to find some random algebra questions to practice and found nothing clean, for lack of a better word. So I made this to fill my own need/want. But I wonder if others would actually use a site like this.

"When in doubt, estimate. In an emergency, guess. But be sure to go back and clean up the mess when the real numbers come along."

This works well for financial forecasting too.

What does "improving" even mean when it comes to life? Sometimes friends drift apart when their common interests change. The end. Put the ego aside.

Feedback: Great job not taking no for an answer, showing perseverance, and taking the initiative to setup your own storefront. Well done!

The term "fine" in "fine art" is not used to describe "better" art. Fine art is just a term that has since been abandoned for simply "art." However, some people refer to visual art, such as painting, as "fine art."

IMOP "better" art is art that pushes the medium and makes people who consume it think or feel differently than they did before they consumed it. The more derivative the work, the less impact it makes on both pushing the medium and on the way we think.

In order to change the way people think and feel, it requires that the consumer of the art invest some effort in understanding it. The payoff to the consumer is they gain a new insight or feel the artist's conveyed emotion.

Pop music is not considered "better" art because it is often formulaic and designed to sell albums. Being derivative it often does not break new ground artistically. It's easy to consume (listen to) because we know what to expect musically. It's sorta' like comfort food. Listening to music that is ground breaking can often be difficult the first few listens, but then you get an "ah ha! Yes!" moment, and as your ears and brain realize what's going on, it becomes enjoyable. Then, other musicians copy it, make derivative versions that push the concept a little bit further, and you have a new genre.

There ya' go. My layman's answer. ;)

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That is actually my main reason for using PayPal.

Yes! Imagine the productivity gains if compiler and upload times were reduced to zero. Sure it only took 30 seconds to upload all those files, but it took me 3 minutes to read this thread! :)

I constantly consider and rework my goals and life strategy. I even keep my highest level goals on my website: http://dustyreagan.com/goals

http://memeoclock.com - Stuff I find funny equipped with a "next" button.

The down votes on this make me sad, so I'm compeled to elaborate despite my better judgement.

Say you move to France because US taxes increase. It's great in France. Then they up taxes, so you move to Australia. Then Australia goes to war and you disapprove, so you move again. At what point do you stick it out?

I'm not saying your country or city of origin is by default the best region for you to live. But the only reason there are great places to live is because intelligent, creative, passionate people found a community they cared about and they stayed to work through the difficult problems. You could be one of these people... or you could move to a country with currently lower taxes.

Alternatively you could take some initiative and help make your current community and ultimately your country better.

I know we're talking hypothetical percentages here, but if the automated car is right/safe in 99% of driving circumstances, how much help do you think a human will be? It's not as if humans are right 100% of the time. I'd gander we're closer to 97% or so, or possibly even less.

It seems to me, at some point, computers will easily out drive humans.

Something to consider if you started a digital book archiving business. Your clients would probably want their original books intact after digitizing. You'd probably need a device like Google uses that turns pages, rather than the ScanSnap approach. Might be justifiable to invest in building such a device since you'd like to digitize (and preserve) your own sizable collection. If the price is < buying a digital copy (if it even exists) of all your books, then build. Get a few clients, and recoup the costs.

I'm sure there's copyright issues to deal with as soon as money changes hands too. Probably something you could work around though.

Perhaps you could simply rent the machine out by the hour. Have your client sign a liability waver, and be on your way. :)

Or heck, make it work like a coin-op copying machine.

I have the Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner mentioned in this article. That thing is amazing and oddly addicting. It really makes you want to scan everything in site. I suspect that's what is really going on here. Professor Halavais has run out of loose papers and receipts to scan and has resorted to tearing pages out of his books. ;)

Trick question. Hackers are never bored.

My personal hypothesis is time is perceived to move more quickly the older you get because an hour, a day, a minute become smaller fractions of the time you've been alive.

EX: When you're 10, a year is 1/10th of your life, but when you're 60 it's only 1/60th. The magnitude of an additional year of life at 60 does not feel as great as it does when you're 10.

Thankfully, it appears that this bill has been delayed until after midterm elections. Hopefully that's enough time to talk some sense into our representatives.

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As a fellow introvert, I recommend forcing yourself outside of your comfort zone. I highly recommend learning to partner dance (swing dance, country western, or salsa). Dancing is great practice for social interaction + girls!

Yes, it's exhausting to socialize, but you'll grow your social skills, and you can use those skills when you really need them in the future.

Some skills come naturally to people, other people have to practice to get good at them. Social skills are no exception.

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$5/month. You can afford it! ;)

Index funds seem like a good bet for a Roth IRA, imop. Very small management fees and they mimic the market wich traditional yields about 8% in the long term... or so I've heard.

Haha! I noticed that too. I scrolled the page to see if the smudge scrolled with it.

There's a hidden feature called "Auto Sweep" that will auto drain your PayPal account nightly to your bank. You have to have a Premier or Business Account, and you have to call support to have them enable it. The manager of the operator who answers your call knows about it.

That power can be delegated to an employee.

I often wonder why web-startups need business co-founders. If you have an idea and can code it up yourself, what's stopping you? You certainly shouldn't wait around until someone else can go find money for you.

Ultimately I think the answer is, you don't have to have a co-founder. If you've got the gumption to go it solo, do it.

Startups are similar to musicians, there are solo acts as well as bands.

Just like old times! :)

It's an error with Flippa. The minimum bid is $10k. I've reported the problem. :/ Great timing right?

It's not really a matter of months/years. If you've built an application (or piece of an application) that other people use or have used, I'd say you can call yourself a programmer. (Though your skill level may still be in question.)

If you haven't built something yet, do that. If you're new to the field, having something to show off and talk about in an interview is a big win.

I can tell you that what makes coworking magical is it's ability to connect people and create friendships that would otherwise not happen.

Coworking's weakness is the landlord business model is extremely low margin. In the suggested model in the article, $400 per member X 20 members = $8,000 per month. Now consider the rent of a warehouse downtown, utilities, paying someone to run the place, and buildout. It's a quick way to go out of business.

Now, if the coworking space is run as a loss leader for another business, that's another story.

At Conjunctured our other business is happy hours at Rio Rita's. We haven't found out how to make that profitable yet, but we're gonna' keep trying by god! :p

-Conjunctured Co-Founder

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