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Post by moocowduckquack »

exodust wrote: post #298
hoggle wrote: post #232

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Have you ever seen him talk? I love this video where he is debunking a lot of which is holy on HN - at BubbleConf 2012 "Peddling Luck": https://vimeo.com/53494258

"I'm totally an asshole" At around 34:30 he admits he's an asshole in the context of slamming other people's work. For him to jump all over the person above who called him a cock, well, all I can say is "pot-kettle-black, motherfucker". "I'm busy helping people, you're busy calling me a cock". Cry me a river. In the video he gets real busy rubbishing other people's work. Not to say he didn't have some very good, hone…

I'm not sure I get you, are you really complaining about motherfuckers refusing to accept cock after slamming assholes, or do I have the wrong end of the stick?

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Post by jccodez »

I can assure you that what you are experiencing is not out of the ordinary. Everyone has their struggles. My wife was pregnant with our third child while I was unemployed for 8 months. I encourage you to love that family and be a great husband and father. No business success can outshine what you have.

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zedshaw wrote: post #13

Hey, other comments are going to give you a few lines telling you to not quit, that you should hang in there, and that it'll be alright. That may be true, but to me it sounds like you're possibly not doing well enough to make any of that possible, and you probably need to find work fast. Here's what I want to do: 1. I have a little list of companies looking for employees that I'll send you. Not much just companies th…

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Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.

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Post by gxespino »

13hours wrote: post #281
gxespino wrote: post #245

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I disagree about the house. Lose it. Strategic foreclosure is 100x better than continuing to pay for something you're going to lose anyway. Ride it out as long as you can, save what you can from the mortgage payments, then move into a rental when it's time to go.

Just curious, because other comments also mention staying as long as you can and then getting a rental : wouldn't the first part mess up your credit record so badly that you couldn't get a rental? Here in South Africa I'm pretty sure almost no landlord will rent you something with a bad credit record like that (having gone through the process of renting a place and seeing all the proof they require that you'll be abl…

Foreclosure is so common that a decent landlord will understand the situation. I'm a landlord myself and income trumps credit in most situations.

Bad credit can be overcome with a bigger deposit, higher rate, and proof of income. In the end those things still mean more money in his pocket as opposed to spending a few extra months futily trying to save a home in foreclosure.

Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.

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Post by jason_slack »

bdcravens wrote: post #139
jason_slack wrote: post #136

I have failed on 5 different ventures. Now going to try a 6th. I am in the Bay Area. If we share a common grocery store. I'd be happy to send you a gift card for some groceries.

How are you still eating and have a roof if you failed five times? Did you take gigs on the side, or get back on your feet via work in between ventures?

it hasn't always been easy. I have taken contract work when things are slow or I am struggling to achieve the goals for the startup. I have also taken time off between and worked for companies. My wife has always worked full-time too.

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Post by byuu »

anthony_barker wrote: post #331
Gigablah wrote: post #95

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I'll translate: lz = 楼主 ("lou zhu"), which means "original poster" (literally "landlord") 加油 ("jia you") = "persevere"

jia - add you - oil

力 power, 口 mouth, 氵 (水) water. Technically there's no radical for the right-half of 油, but it's closest to 田 field.

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Post by idrisser »

zedshaw wrote: post #13

Hey, other comments are going to give you a few lines telling you to not quit, that you should hang in there, and that it'll be alright. That may be true, but to me it sounds like you're possibly not doing well enough to make any of that possible, and you probably need to find work fast. Here's what I want to do: 1. I have a little list of companies looking for employees that I'll send you. Not much just companies th…

Just great. I love this community just because of a comment like this, once in a while.
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