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Poor Charlie's Almanack is a good one; it is quite a mix of stories, advice and wisdom that you can read in parts here and there when you have a moment.

Thanks, I didn't know that!

So doesn't MB own part of Tesla? (Edit: yes) I wonder what the overlap is here. And I wonder if the Spanish Gov would ever let this in... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_I…

I don't know, I live in Alicante (15 years now) and know many working folks and professionals who take 2-5 off, though in the summer they will go until 3 and call it a day.

Similar in Alicante, though chains here, and often nearby shops, are open until 2200.

Okay, I'm a Canadian living in Spain and can tell you, from 1200 - 1900 in the summer the sun hurts , and yeah, a lot of stuff is done locally = walking or biking (usually walking)…

Wow! What a throwback, I was on that CSS list and Philippe and I would do a lot of css writing and testing together, along with 'Big John'. I recall a day when this 'Dave' guy came…

Something for scale in those images would have been nice. Perhaps the video does the size justice.

"The Iberian peninsula is a great resource for renewables and wind energy, not just for the region but for the whole of Europe." Sure, but the inept Spanish non-government will nev…

Many years ago I worked as a geologist and watched as a very low-yield gold mine went thru cycles of getting funded, building some infrastructure and then declaring bankruptcy, unt…

Another great reason to buy from small, local companies. Keep it simple, be wary of over-specialization.

I went thru a round of something like this, where I had been a developer+copywriter+editor+salesman for en early internet biz. While I have a degree related to my field, I found th…

Yes, part of what I was trying to say is why not get that handful of folks together and go to Japan, to the source. Logistics? Ego? Funding? Perhaps a trip is in the cards...

I remember at university how, when attending the few multi-disciplinary meetings or get-togethers, I would marvel that these people - on the same campus! - didn't get together more…

Nice. I'm still struggling to feel I know enough to do my own thing other than lead gen and optimization for others.

"I know everything there is to know." I kind of took that to be like how Musk talks about needing to know first principles. In the article you can see that he was humble about what…

That only lasts so long until the client figures out they are being fleeced. My wife hawks those businesses that are way overpaying for their web hosting and the like (maintenance …

Your idea is somewhat like Hawkers Sunglasses here in Spain. If you can read Spanish, check this out it is packed full of what you are trying to do, except they made way more money…

Sure, I don't think they have ever hid the fact that they play the game, what they are trying to do is play it in a responsible manner. Yvon Chouinard's book is worth a read, it's …

Maybe read the book rather than let this person 'ruin it for you'.

Have you asked them? They have some pretty crazy stores about reaching back to repair old gear.

You have changed 'individual consumers' to individual. As a consumer, make the choice to consume goods that cause less harm and then make them last longer. As an individual, there …