rocannon

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by rocannon 8y ago
But it's not "nothing to show for it" if you use the subscriptions... people pay money to go to a movie, go out to dinner, go to the gym, etc. When you leave each of those venues, do you think you have nothing to show for i
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by rocannon 8y ago
How do you consider this flattering? "If their interaction with the Catholic students seemed like an expression of bigotry toward white people, some of their most vile language is reserved for black people in the communities where they
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by rocannon 8y ago
Check his profile :) https://www.lessboring.com/
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by rocannon 8y ago
Please do not be discouraged. You can't always beat dumb luck, but you can certainly fight it. Also, there's a saying: "you make your own luck". It sounds glib, but there's some truth to it.
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by rocannon 8y ago
If there is anything at all that you can do to automate parts of the unpleasant tasks that I have to do, I try to do that. Sometimes it takes quite a bit of thought to figure out a way to automate something, and sometimes it's staring
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by rocannon 8y ago
cityzen - your email address is not in your profile. I do have some questions for you. My email address is in my profile.
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by rocannon 8y ago
nope, it tastes awful to me.
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by rocannon 8y ago
According to this site, average health insurance cost for family coverage is almost $20K/y - http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/health-insurance-premium... So it really depends on whether your employees are
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by rocannon 8y ago
It may be tough for people to give advice, because I think your options are going to vary a lot, depending on where you live. The first thing I'd recommend, though, is that you keep track of all your expenses, if you aren't doing
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by rocannon 8y ago
"especially as you mature and people aren't always getting on your nerves so much" I found that as I got older, people got on my nerves more ! The first few times people did something annoying, it was like, "whatever&q
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by rocannon 8y ago
Regarding "freedom of will": I quit my job when I accumulated about $500K in net worth. (Needless to say, I did not live in SV. However, my rent was about $1200/mo.) The day after I quit my job and I didn't have to go in
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by rocannon 8y ago
Are you aware of intersex people? This is why the editors of Nature are correct in saying the proposal has no foundation in science: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex How do people with ambiguous traits at birth g
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by rocannon 8y ago
There are different ways of doing this, though. E.g. some law firms will pay off student loan debt as long as you're working for them: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/payin... It's
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by rocannon 8y ago
I think the book is worth reading. His inspiration for writing 4HWW was his experience running a supplement business, which he later sold - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ferriss#Career Prior to reading the book, I
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by rocannon 8y ago
Ricardo Semler is an example which comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Semler
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Google wants you to forget version control and use G Suite(blog.startuppity.com)
2 points by rocannon 8y ago|0 comments
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by rocannon 8y ago
When looking at someone like Dr Seuss who kept trying after numerous failures, you also have to consider that there's an opportunity cost to doing what he did. Note: his story "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" w
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by rocannon 8y ago
> In 1971, Terry Ellis, the co-founder of Chrysalis Records, paid him a flat $1,500 fee for the three paintings which would comprise the album’s artwork It is too bad he didn't negotiate a royalty agreement, but then they might not
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by rocannon 8y ago
Here's a summary of one of Stampfer's papers: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/higher-cons... > The health effects of specific types of fats depended on what people were replacing them
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by rocannon 8y ago
> Eggs - full with cholesterol and choline, illegal to advertise them as healthy or safe in the US This pdf from the USDA says "Eggs are among the most nutritious foods on earth and can be part of a healthy diet ". True, the p
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by rocannon 8y ago
Okay, I suppose it is possible that Krauss does "research" as opposed to research. This is what the article says about it: "The [meta-]analysis, overseen by Ronald M. Krauss, director of atherosclerosis research at the Childr
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by rocannon 8y ago
Here's a 2010 Scientific American article, "Carbs against Cardio: More Evidence that Refined Carbohydrates, not Fats, Threaten the Heart": https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carbs-against-car...
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by rocannon 8y ago
I'd be curious how your panels compare to mine Do you have a link to your before/after panels? I'd be curious to see this, and also be interested in your before/after diet.
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by rocannon 8y ago
I had a login at a game website called Shakes & Fidget years ago. The site itself is low-consequence. I wouldn't care if someone hacked my login. Another example is when I'm just trying some service and don't expect to us
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by rocannon 8y ago
Oh yeah, I did see that Candy Japan post. I had forgotten. Thanks!
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Ask HN: Did adding a payment system subject you to blackhat hacking attempts?
4 points by rocannon 8y ago|2 comments
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by rocannon 9y ago
no one wants to hear about my journey with my disease May I ask why you believe this? I checked Amazon, and found a few books written by people with CF. They aren't best sellers, but all of the ones I've looked at have sold at l
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by rocannon 9y ago
She had a pen name (+ persona?) previously, but now is dropping that. An ebook seems like a good idea to me!
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by rocannon 9y ago
I can see a few problems. I'm not an expert in SEO, so take this all with a grain of salt. First, you have a number of websites hosted by blogger (*.blogspot.com). It is my impression that blogs with their own domain name get more traf
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by rocannon 9y ago
I don't think it's wise to pay a company to let you work for them. I'm a rather skeptical person, and I'd be leary of anyone taking my money in such a scenario. Seems like a good way to lose $10K and wind up in the same

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