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by papasmrf 11y ago
Curious, IANAP, but suppose they get this to work? What would happen in the case of a magnetic field failure? I assume the magnetic field is generated by running electricity through the new material? What if the power fails?
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by papasmrf 11y ago
As an estate lawyer, the biggest issue I see with these types of estate plan services is that amateurs use them and fuck up their documents. Either they execute the documents incorrectly (in which case you might as well not have it), they l
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by papasmrf 11y ago
As if I said anywhere in my post "I must pop pill x." Side effects = none. Cost = negligible. Could I afford to exercise more and lose a few pounds? Sure. But that is not going to reduce what was too high blood pressure quickly en
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by papasmrf 11y ago
Of course we dont know why he died but I echo the sentiment that you need to be getting annual physicals and blood work to catch potential issues sooner rather than later. A few years ago a nurse told me my blood pressure was a bit high but
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by papasmrf 12y ago
I just had to respond because I am a somewhat new developer and after a while I could also tell you what a class was, an instance, static methods, public methods, private methods, etc. But i'd be darned if I could look at somebody else
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by papasmrf 12y ago
For myself, it will be three years in March 2015 when I first began to code. I am in my 30s and a lawyer by trade, with a life science background. My own assessment is that I have picked it up quickly, with good knowledge of PHP and Python,
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by papasmrf 12y ago
Hi, let me know if you still wanted to chat about your legal start up. I answered your comment a few days after you posted, not sure if you saw it.
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by papasmrf 12y ago
Sure thing, I can free up some time at some point this week. Interested to hear what you have in mind.
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by papasmrf 12y ago
Hey thanks for the suggestions! I love going to tech meetups, they make for a refreshing change from the normally stuffy lawyer events I attend on occasion. :) So you started your own business full time now? I would love to be ale to do tha
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Looking to leave law behind and asking for help
1 points by papasmrf 12y ago|4 comments
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by papasmrf 12y ago
My own particular belief is that the death penalty as it is currently implemented is an abomination. But I also believe that there are just some crimes committed that must be punished by death. I have often wondered why the death penalty sh
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by papasmrf 12y ago
A rule of thumb is just a rule of thumb, I don't think anybody would say that a particular rule of thumb is exactly how you would value a website. Maybe we can generate a hierarchy website valuation by the type of site. I would guess (
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Ask HN: Rules of thumb for website valuation
1 points by papasmrf 12y ago|2 comments
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by papasmrf 12y ago
That is about how I took it too. I see much worse in what Google did here.
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by papasmrf 12y ago
Glad to see Paul Graham's pending comments machine is working so well here.
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by papasmrf 12y ago
The real complaint is that there are not enough programmers that they can pay cheaply. The idea that there are not enough programmers is just bs.
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by papasmrf 12y ago
"Don't be evil." Should have been read as "Don't be evil, unless it helps Google get ahead." This all brings up the age old question..... how much money is enough?
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by papasmrf 13y ago
Check out meetup.com, which tends to have groups that like to get together in different towns for different culinary experiences. You know the users are ripe for using the web to discover new dining experiences. You are right about review s
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by papasmrf 13y ago
Interesting on a few levels. One, the learning curve by Jennifer is impressive, going from a site to change background color in the beginning to yumhacker. Yeah there is a ways to go in functionality, but that is a cool start. (of course Fa
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by papasmrf 13y ago
Nah, nothing is better than the lawdingo.com.
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by papasmrf 13y ago
Do they do the administrative hearing as well, or just submit your protest? Cause if they think they are going to have non-lawyers attend hearings on behalf of others, I think the CA Bar might have something to say about it.
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by papasmrf 13y ago
I agree with you. My point was just that I do not want my value being reduced to nothing but time, and that is exactly what hourly billing does. So I tend not to do use hourly billing. Having done it working for other attorneys, I'll t
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by papasmrf 13y ago
As a lawyer I am always interested in sites that want to try to change the legal profession in some way. My thoughts: Do you vet the attorneys in some way, ie, require a bar license number to become a lawyer on the site? Usually on the cons
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by papasmrf 13y ago
This comment really illustrates the major flaw in hourly billing. People begin to believe that all they are paying for is time. But they really are not just paying for time. They are paying for an attorney's expertise in getting the jo
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by papasmrf 13y ago
As a lawyer, I'll first say that it is always okay to haggle a little bit about the billing arrangement. I would expect an entrepreneur to want to negotiate. Two, some of these practices described would raise eyebrows with state ethics
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by papasmrf 13y ago
I don't know if this idea will be successful or not, but as a long time lurker here at HN I think the way you are putting yourself out there is fantastic. Keep up the good work and see this thing through.