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I view it just like many other educational certificates. It is a positive that you have earned it. What's most important is what have you done with it and what can you do with it. …

I'd carefully weigh any advice received with the experience of the source. Not to say that anyone that has not been in a similar situation had no value. But rather people who have …

HonkMobile | Full-Time (Onsite or Remote) | Toronto, ON HonkMobile is looking to change the way that the parking industry operates both for consumers and operators. The idea at it'…

Currently using http://www.freshbooks.com Definitely not the best in terms of user experience but it has enough features I didn't know I need, that it keeps me happy. Things like m…

SEEKING FREELANCER - Rails/Remote I'm looking for an Rails generalist to help with ongoing contracts for building upon established Rails applications. General application stack is …

This is my whole problem with Bitcoin. Too many people see it through an "investment lens". Bitcoin is supposed to be a currency not an investment at it's heart: "Used as a medium …

I used to work at Microsoft so i can alpreciate how that shapes the lense of how you view the world. I think the statement that Rails might of gotten further on the windows platfor…

The Bush era tax cuts were also never meant to be permanent. That is why calling it a tax hike is disingenuous at best.

IMHO the better solution would not to store marshalled objects in the session cookie. Especially ones that you don't have direct control over. There can't be any reasonable regress…

I think that entrepreneurship shouldn't necessarily be an end, but rather a means to an end. For some it is th end goal but I'd wage that this isn't the norm ( outside hn of course…

Author makes some good points but comes to an incorrect conclusion. It is very important to live within your means (income + some delta > expenses). I don't think anyone would disa…

This graphic only tells part of the story and the easiest part of the story. What the rental/some of the economic fundamentals are right now. When deciding to purchase for investme…

I couldn't have said it better myself. I also only invest in a city with outstanding economic fundamentals. I could invest in more depressed areas and have higher cash flow but the…

Yup the renters are paying down the mortgage as we speak. The beautiful thing is as you accumulate more/larger rentals the income just keeps on building on itself.

0 That is from rental properties I own.

There are longer then 3-5 year mortgage terms in Canada. I believe up to 15 years is commonly offered. Amortization length of a mortgage can be up to 35 years for residential mortg…

Nothing more then the same old talking points, hashed and rehashed again. Save you self some time and don't read this sensationalist rabble.

I bought in Edmonton, Alberta. It's not easy to find cash flowing properties. But if you are slow and methodical there are opportunities. Find a system that works for others and tr…

Use it to schedule "near time" jobs that are not suitable to do inline during a web request.

Disclaimer I am a Canuck I have chosen to invest most my saving in income generating Real Estate. This is counter to what a lot my peers in my generation are doing. I invest in res…

Some of it's true some of it's not. It doesn't really matter one way or another because this site is useless. Spend more time hacking in a framework that you do enjoy instead of bi…

Is it just me or is ignoring the interview process in favour of the firing process as poor as the opposite? The best method is to weight them about equal. Have a rigorous interview…

Correct me if I am reading too much into their response. But it sounds like they were at the tail end of closing a round of financing. The investors didn't like some of the startup…

The -a switch for the commit command will only add changes from all files listed in the index. "git add ." will add changed files that are in the index and those that are not. So t…