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by papa 5y ago
This is solid advice. I wish I had done better at #1, #2, and #5 when my father got sick and died from cancer, but I didn’t understand how fleeting life is and how brutal cancer is. Having witnessed and supported other loved ones who subseq
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by papa 6y ago
Also per the Chronicle article linked above: "The Plan Bay Area Blueprint for 2050 was shaped by online public feedback this year during the coronavirus pandemic. The plan is expected to be adopted by next summer, but any legal mandate
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by papa 6y ago
Yeah this is just poor reporting by the NYPost. It looks like this mandate is part of a 30-year long range planning proposal. It doesn't appear there's any regional or municipal legislation or business impacts tied to this in the
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by papa 6y ago
1. I post my book notes and other things I’m learning about. I started it a year ago and I’m still trying to figure out what it’s about. 2. I post twice a week. I like the consistency and habit that regular posting imposes (I was posting 3x
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by papa 6y ago
I've had a great experience making use of the Unity 3D free premium learning courses (free until June during the pandemic) with my youngest child. Like your child, mine didn't care for Scratch. He's loving Unity though. Actua
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by papa 6y ago
https://mentalpivot.com It's a repository for my book notes (business, self-improvement, economics and other topics). I also post short pieces about things I'm learning. Fridays I post a weekly roundup of interesting a
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by papa 7y ago
This brings back some memories. I used the Corona SDK to build my first iOS app and Corona and Lua were a joy to use. The app is still around but I've since moved to a different framework. But I'll always appreciate Corona for hel
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by papa 8y ago
So true. I love Aloha shirts (I grew up on Oahu). The best thing about them is that they are multi-purpose. Need to wear something to a wedding in Hawaii? Aloha shirt with slacks. Funeral? Aloha shirt, totally acceptable. Fancy restaurant?
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by papa 11y ago
The number for SF is definitely not right if you're looking at SF city proper. According to Wikipedia, based on the 2014 estimate of ~850k people, the per square kilometer density figure for SF proper is 7,000. Is there room for growth
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by papa 12y ago
Hey Andrew, same offer I gave rthomas6 stands for you. If you want some one-on-one guidance, let me know. papandrew (at yahoo.com). This is a topic near and dear to my heart.
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by papa 12y ago
This stuff is pretty near and dear to my heart since I'm a clean freak/organizing nut. My wife thinks I have OCD. This might be basic, but I'll give you my answers: 1) This may not be a satisfying answer, but the key for me i
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Ride services decimate S.F. taxi industry's business(sfgate.com)
35 points by papa 12y ago|46 comments
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by papa 13y ago
So true, small children do seem to squat very naturally and with great form and posture. It's a shame that this gets lost around school age (at least from what I've observed in my kids). Now as a 40-something adult who performs sq
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by papa 13y ago
Yes, Prop C is a ridiculous attempt to subvert the planning process. For the record, 8 Washington was approved by the Port Commission, Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. And yet, here we are with this measure. Another one to watc
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by papa 13y ago
This site provides some good neighborhood-specific price/square foot info. http://pricesquares.com/#/county/1/san-francisco/ You can see that the north and northeast portions of the city carry the highest rates (close to $1k/sq foot in Pa
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by papa 15y ago
You might be confusing Michelin with Zagat. Zagat has always used a crowd-sourced model, collecting customer reviews and publishing them in book form. They haven't really adapted this as well online (I'm sure this is where Google will give
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by papa 15y ago
Frontline had an interesting documentary on this industry a year or so back called "College Inc". If I remember rightly, they even discussed one of the schools named in the suit, Argosy University (along with a lot of hard-sell tactics and
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Interview with the founders of Silly Bandz, Monster.com and Dippin' Dots(usatoday.com)
1 points by papa 16y ago|0 comments
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by papa 16y ago
And if you want more in the style of Terkel, "Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs" (Edited by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe and Sabin Streeter, 2001) is also a good read. There's an astounding range of jobs profiled from Crime Scene Cleaner to Po
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by papa 16y ago
Vox was Six Apart's social web 2.0 blogging entrant a few years back. I don't know the details, but I'm guessing the following were factors: * Six Apart already owns/maintains Typepad and Movable Type. So there may have been some product ov
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by papa 16y ago
Have you made use of any of the virtual desktop solutions out there? I've found Spaces on Mac to be useful when I'm on a single 15" screen.
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by papa 16y ago
"Given that the first inflection point is unpredictable, it makes sense to consider all traction "verticals" in the pursuit of product/market fit." Good post. I often encounter entrepreneurs who ask what single thing they can do to promote
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by papa 16y ago
Re: language choice, pick the one you're most comfortable working with (if you don't know, just start playing around with each). Cake, Rails and Django are all web frameworks for PHP, Ruby and Python respectively and may be appropriate for
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by papa 16y ago
I like this approach (the mental RPG game). I'd also add that you can start with small steps. For instance, with a coworker, see if they want to grab lunch one day or get some coffee during a break. Making friends sometimes takes time. You
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by papa 16y ago
Well the problem may vary from provider to provider (and country to country), but after observing my wife's situation as a physician in the U.S., I can tell you that many doctors aren't late volitionally. First, the problem isn't easily fix
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by papa 16y ago
Thanks for the info. Just goes to show the value of a good lawyer!
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by papa 16y ago
When Google was considering the timing of its IPO back in 2003/2004, I remember reading about an SEC regulation that requires private companies to make regular public disclosures (10K filings) if they hit certain shareholder and asset thres
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by papa 16y ago
Seriously, and on top of that, even if one objects to organ meats and connective tissue I would imagine very few people would object to taking that carcass and putting it into a big pot of water and simmering with with some vegetables to ma
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by papa 16y ago
Greek Yogurt is awesome (Fage and Chobani are the two brands I've most frequently come across). I enjoy mixing any of the following: granola, strawberries, walnuts, almonds, honey, raisins. And if you want to mix things up wrt to your yogur
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by papa 16y ago
Here's a TC article from this Spring that discusses some of Xmarks monetization efforts: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/07/xmarks-begins-monetizing-bo...

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