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I have 4 children and I actively help them with/cheat on their homework. They are assigned too damn much of it. They are all getting good grades and I don't think it is impacting t…

I am surprised that there is no automated alert to tell the webmaster that his code has changed on his website. Especially on the payments page! With 50,000,000 users a month, sure…

"It’s a response to scarce capital, and when that constraint is loosened, it’s worth considering whether other approaches are superior. With enough cash in the bank, Katzenberg can…

I do light manufacturing in Arizona. In the last six months the prices of steel have basically doubled. My #1 material input now costs twice as much, and to add insult to injury, i…

Same for Home Equity lines of credit. I had a friend who was a banker, he had planned on using a $100K HELOC to remodel his house. He was stunned when Chase dropped his Line from $…

My son had brain surgery when he was 6. He is now 14. The helicopter ride of 100 miles to the brain center was $25,000 and the brain surgery was $46,000. The helicopter ride took 1…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System The interstate highway system got passed in 1956. It is now comprised of almost 50,000 miles of highway, and cost almost $50…

You can come intern at my factory in Arizona, no charge :) I will teach you about laser cutting, robot welding, keeping the supply chain going, and how to make a profit when compet…

The real scam is the ongoing, monthly, maintenance fees on your 'timeshare'. Worldmark wanted $100 per month, per week of ownership, in a presentation I saw in Vegas. Which means t…

There are companies that specialize in insuring risks like that. It is a whole sub industry of insuring unlikely to win contests. https://www.holeinoneinsurance.com/how-much-does-i…

Most manufacturing machines run G-code. Simply changing one of the G-code values (text editing) would cause the machine to make parts incorrectly, and this would screw up things do…

You mean like when Kanye said he would in 2015? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9x92nwGf_M Now that he has seen Trump get elected, I am sure he knows it is possible.

https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/By-topic/Property-type... U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 152,300 automobile fires per year in 2006-2010. These fir…

U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 152,300 automobile fires per year in 2006-2010. These fires caused an average of 209 civilian deaths, 764 civilian injuri…

a fairly standard industrial welding cell like a Panasonic 750 is between $85 to 125 thousand dollars per unit, which includes robot arm, welding power supply, turntable, chassis t…

from the link "These days companies know literally everything about you, your friends, your interests, and they use it all to sell ads." I am not surprised there was a culture clas…

Yes. A counselor is a great idea. I wish I done that with my ex-partners. Sometimes an objective and impartial third party is exactly what you need. People can get dug into their p…

a laser and a galvo should do it

You still can, and they have warranties. https://performanceparts.ford.com/engines/ http://www.chevrolet.com/performance/crate-engines http://www.chevrolet.com/performance/connect-…

I am not underestimating them, I am planning on it. All my capital investments are in automated equipment, that I know how to operate myself, and that are flexible in their use - t…

from the article: "In a small town, there are likely a few small restaurants run by a few people who do many things—cook, clean, manage the books, etc. “Some of these tasks are eas…

You could also use something like ZenBusiness which is free https://www.zenbusiness.com/pricing . They are a startup out of Austin TX.

when I got my first home PC in 1993 there was IQ test software on it. I took the test tired, drunk, happy, caffeinated, all sorts of ways. I had huge swings in the score . +- 40 po…

I had this link open on my tabs as a coincidence. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2016/02/05/fifty-years-later-t... There still is no racing like it. Crazy stuff.

Not as complex, but I got this for Christmas https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/BMW-R-1200-GS-Adventure-42063 . My friend gave me this gift because I have the real version too. My name is…