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It seems like most startups aren't even thinking about running a long-term business...their main goal is to get bought out by bigger companies. I saw a show about startups on msnbc…

Yeah, like we should be listening to Amazon. They won't allow non-pro merchants to collect sales tax and they charge 3% to collect taxes on pro-merchants.

"I dislike the whole anti-counterfeit programs because companies want you to spend $2000 for a leather bag with their name on it, but the bag is only really worth $20. They're not …

You are only telling one side of the story...just like all of the OWS propaganda.

You can make money with amazon affiliates, but it's such a small percentage of the sale. It's much better to come up with your own product or dropship something. You take on more r…

hmm, something happened to my post and there's a funny number next to it. I suppose you would rather have bullets?

I suppose you would rather have bullets?

Can people please stop posting this? Yes, I see the passive-aggressive reviews from OWS supporters. Rather than trying to make a difference, we have people taking the lazy way out …

I wouldn't want to find out. If customs seizes your stuff, you could get in trouble with the law or lose money.

well, it's not my fault. It's the fault of the person that named a ruby development tool "Dojo" when it's clear there was already a javascript framework with the same name. so..may…

How does this invalidate my point? The link title includes "Dojo" and I was stating my opinion. I see the Dojo fanbois have downvoted me.

Dojo has already lost the battle. I used it for awhile and it is a cool framework. However, Jquery has it beat in terms of documentation (code and usage) and community support (I c…

"Because FLOSS enables much of this software as a service (SaaS), then it becomes the root cause of the reduction in jobs." Rather than hiring more developers to create the SaaS, a…

"There are plenty of good 8 hour/day engineering jobs that pay well and have interesting problems to solve." If I can't take vacations whenever I want or have the freedom to come a…

"Because the item is a copy, and (digital) copies actually do cost nothing. That is just the physical fact, and people will always have some underlying sense of it -- as they shoul…

"I am not sure the world would be a better place if most engineers shifted to becoming business owners." I know plenty of engineers that aren't capable of owning a business. They n…

"What if you get a crappy client? How about a demanding one or one who doesn't pay." You are assuming the business is consulting/freelancing, which in my opinion is just as bad as …

"It causes unemployment (at least short term) in the country outsourcing its work" This isn't a problem with outsourcing. It's a problem with technology. Technology has now made it…

This is one of the post passive-aggressive rants I've seen in awhile. Bravo.

I usually spend time in a research phase. Writing out the main goals/ideas, writing pseudo-code, then actually coding. I find it works much better than the hack it all out approach…

"Not all that fair I'd say." If you have a more expensive house, you are paying a much higher tax rate and not actually getting much more out of the money you are putting into the …

If electricity is paid through my taxes, why am I paying $300-$500/month to DTE?

Don't they also store all of the uploads?

This was only a matter of time. I've been using Grooveshark for a couple of years now and I didn't even know they were illegal (I figured they had deals with all of the record comp…

I take a different approach, mostly because I've fought hard to do the right thing..and it rarely works..and I usually end up looking like the bad guy. I do what my managers want a…