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Great points, re: discrepancies. In a way, I'm seeing both sides of the coin with a client for whom I designed and developed custom business software. Initial monthly budget gave m…

Agile is definitely an implementation detail but good clients will care about it for precisely the reason you provided. They won't care to hear about the specific labor pains, but …

It's not that simple. Being "agile" does not necessarily makes you an employee in the US. From IRA Pub 15-a: "The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if…

Baby steps. I got my feet wet by taking on a roommate at my first house for the extra cash flow. Once I had saved up enough for a down payment on a 2nd house, I bought it, moved th…

> "Never have to work again rich" I'm almost there. At this point, I just resigned my full-time job and have enough cash on hand to maintain my current lifestyle for the next 10+ y…

In my experience, this is something you can learn as you go. To get my first major gig started, a 1-page proposal that outlined how my services would help the client fulfill their …

I've recently made the decision to go full-time consulting after a year of balancing contract work on the side with full-time employment. In my experience one of the biggest reason…

Thanks for pointing out some of the finer details on pet food, very informative. Still, my basic point still stands, that our pets do just fine on essentially a single source of fo…

>> claiming you can go on and on on just one food source for long periods of time without extensive testing is just irresponsible. How can pets tolerate eating the same food for a …

No. There's a reason why racers love cold air intakes, and it's not for efficiency, it's because you get to burn more fuel and thus make more power! The extra fuel comes automatica…

OP make a good point that comments help to make your intent more clear, while the code itself just explains what the program does. Very good reason to have some comments here and t…

Not sure why the trunk mount is relevant for interfacing with the car. The brake switch signal activates your brake lights, those are typically at the rear of the car :) Admittedly…

You're making the problem harder than it needs to be. Knowing when the car is braking is trivial - the vast majority have a dedicated brake switch wire. Why do you want to prevent …

It was meant to be a little tongue-in-cheek, I like to poke fun at the mystical math connections as well. I will remember the smiley next time :) I do prefer the 16:10 monitors tho…

Right on. I think the proximity to φ says it all: φ = 1.618 16:10 = 1.6 16:9 = 1.777

I just saw this at my job last week - literally. Walked into the bathroom and the CEO was in action with a mop in his hand. He looked up and said "Oh hey I'll be out of the way in …

I applied as a solo founder with no idea, so I knew a rejection letter was inevitable. In all fairness I am not quite ready to build a company but I took the opportunity to apply w…

I applied as a solo founder with no idea, so I knew a rejection letter was inevitable. In all fairness I am not quite ready to build a company, I just hope my application was read …