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[Guest-5ty5s4]

Cities should be broken up when they hit a certain size. They function really well up to a certain limit, and then it's all garbage from there. A city council with a handful of people representing a million citizens doesn't make sense.

 

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[mikecarlooch]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSljO3DqDDU


So this is what the script looks like..

 

[BizyDad]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSljO3DqDDU


So this is what the script looks like..

A cubicle genius. A real problem solver. Look at the creative thinking. Totally outside the box. Willing to try what others won't.

This guy has senior management written all over him.

 

[Jrjohnny]

Ive been so annoyed lately, Ive told my friends that I’m not going to be working at a job with them, and they've been so damn annoying, the other day, we were talking and one of them was like “yo, minimum wage is going up to 16 bucks an hour!” And they're all “yoo fr! Thats so much!” And they didn’t hear me say something so they’re like, “what do you think?” I said “thats really bad, working 8 hours and you earn less that 150 bucks.” And they looked at me weird, Ive been so pissed that them, luckily, my moms been supporting me on my way, I also have my aunt whos supporting me, cousins, etc. but more about my friends, one of them, then said, “I got an offer for 30 bucks an hour hows that John?”
In a cocky kind of tone I said “meh its not bad” 8 hours = $240 and they were pissed, they were being rude to me for the rest of the day, I think they think that I’m some spoiled brat, but overall, been a pretty a$$ day for me, just had to let that all out, Let me know what you think.

P.S: the $30 job they were talking about was a dead end job.

 

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[Kak]

What’s your best hydration strategy?

I played golf today. We had a 110 heat index. I drank NINE gatorades. There has to be a better way. Or maybe there isn’t.

 

[MitchC]

What’s your best hydration strategy?

I played golf today. We had a 110 heat index. I drank NINE gatorades. There has to be a better way. Or maybe there isn’t.

Coconut water

Or adding Celtic sea salt to your water

 

[moneytree3006]

Today I realised that I hadn't used a message forum since grade school. Can't seem to work this thing out Going to take me a second to get used to this!

 

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[Jrjohnny]

What’s your best hydration strategy?

I played golf today. We had a 110 heat index. I drank NINE gatorades. There has to be a better way. Or maybe there isn’t.

Personally, I use water sometimes with lemon for flavour, DONT use a plastic bottle A. Harmful chemicals even if bpa free (caller bps and its worse) B. itll get hot more quickly, causing the chemicals to A. Multiply and B. Warm up the water which is disgusting.

 

[Guest-5ty5s4]

What’s your best hydration strategy?

I played golf today. We had a 110 heat index. I drank NINE gatorades. There has to be a better way. Or maybe there isn’t.

I'm glad I'm not the only person with this problem. I drink Gatorade Zero like it's water. Pedialyte is a good option if you're seriously dehydrated.

 

[Antifragile]

What’s your best hydration strategy?

I played golf today. We had a 110 heat index. I drank NINE gatorades. There has to be a better way. Or maybe there isn’t.

Stay home when it’s 110 out.

You are welcome.

 

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[socaldude]

They function really well up to a certain limit, and then it's all garbage from there.

Funny I was just thinking something similar to this.

I saw some old pictures of Chicago with new skyscrapers being constructed and newly built highways with new cars.

I was able to capture some of the prevailing sentiment of that time. The optimism and prosperity was different.

I guess when you reach the end of certain economic cycles you just end up with no real growth and a recycling of newly printed money. More crime and homelessness and high unemployment.

And I guess the government becomes so corrupt that they just don’t even give a crap anymore. LOL

 

[Kak]

Stay home when it’s 110 out.

You are welcome.

Whatever Canadian.

 

[GuestUser4aMPs1]

Whatever Canadian.

You forgot to add an "eh?" at the end.

 

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[biophase]

I took a survey about water conservation in Scottsdale. It was 4 questions but before I submit it requires an account. Lol WTF?

They value our privacy however, we need to sign in with Google or Facebook to submit our answers. Yeah I’m sure I’ll remain anonymous.




So I actually proceeded and entered a fake email. The next page asked for my legal first name and legal last name. Lol

 

[Kevin88660]

One underestimated " side benefit" of business/hustle/entrepreneurship is that you will develop much stronger problem-solving skills and mindset than the average population.

I always didn't know this existed because people assume others can do what we can if these are somewhat easy for us.

If someone asks me to help to configure an application in a phone/device model that I have never used before, my mindset is to google about it and see where I can start working on it, and I pretty much have the confidence to figure it out within the same day. I am not even a tech-savvy person who likes gadgets and plays with them. I interact with them when necessary.

There is unspoken confidence in me that there is nothing we cannot try and not start working on it, so long we can assess the internet.

In business, no one tells you what to do, what problems you will face, and where to find the steps to solve them (if they exist).

The post's purpose is to encourage fellow entrepreneurs not to judge your efforts purely by your business's income statement, which can stay discouraging for years.

Even if you have not made any serious money for the past 3-5 years, I guarantee you are no longer the former self 3-5 years ago.

 

[Tks]

What does the dealership expect you to do with your time, if there aren't enough walk-in customers for the existing salespeople to deal with? I wonder why they'd take someone on, on that basis. Do they put you with one of the other sales staff to learn from them, or are you just sitting around doing / learning nothing

Basically the dealership strategy is to hire as many salesmen as possible and let them do the lead generation, no marketing department needed. And yes, the manager let salespeople sit around scrolling tiktok. If you can't find a way to get customers, no money for you this month.

 

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[Tks]

What if you modified this image to "I reached out to XYZ trucking company because I saw several of their existing trucks in the shop over at ABC repairs. I have a perfect truck on the lot right now that would get them back on the road and making money".

Yes, will do. I will report back when I make my first comission check.

 

[rjdgreat]

what is your defense strategy to not be taken advantage of someone else?

 

[Jrjohnny]

Whatever Canadian.

Oi whats wrong with Canadians eh?

 

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[Jrjohnny]

what is your defense strategy to not be taken advantage of someone else?

It depends what the scenario is, and who it is

 

[Kevin88660]

what is your defense strategy to not be taken advantage of someone else?

I assume you are asking how to avoid being taken advantage of by others.

I would say be generous on small things and vigilant on big things.

Part of getting trust from others involves you making the first move and giving others the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Private Witt]

Oi whats wrong with Canadians eh?

 

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[BizyDad]

what is your defense strategy to not be taken advantage of someone else?

There's a thread on this already. Probably several.

 

[mikecarlooch]

Question for programmers out there -

What exactly is "learning by doing" or "moving the needle" in terms of truly understanding a programming language?

I am making great progress on Codecademy (python), but the one thing I've had to face is that everything is right in front of me wrapped up in a neat line for me to do. It gets a bit challenging, but I feel like if I had a blank Pycharm terminal open, implementing these things I'm learning would be difficult.

Just like how business is building product and speaking to users, what is the equivalent of that in terms of learning a programming language without wasting time..?

Is the right way to go to just go through these basic Codecademy courses..?

Is it better in your opinion to grasp a solid understanding of the programming language before building an MVP.. Or is there a better way that allows you to learn faster and get more done as a result instead of waiting months on end to understand how to build the MVP?

Would appreciate some insight. Thanks!

(tagging @WillHurtDontCare , I don't really know any other programmers on here)

 

[OMDA]

Question for programmers out there -

What exactly is "learning by doing" or "moving the needle" in terms of truly understanding a programming language?

I am making great progress on Codecademy (python), but the one thing I've had to face is that everything is right in front of me wrapped up in a neat line for me to do. It gets a bit challenging, but I feel like if I had a blank Pycharm terminal open, implementing these things I'm learning would be difficult.

Just like how business is building product and speaking to users, what is the equivalent of that in terms of learning a programming language without wasting time..?

Is the right way to go to just go through these basic Codecademy courses..?

Is it better in your opinion to grasp a solid understanding of the programming language before building an MVP.. Or is there a better way that allows you to learn faster and get more done as a result instead of waiting months on end to understand how to build the MVP?

Would appreciate some insight. Thanks!

(tagging @WillHurtDontCare , I don't really know any other programmers on here)

Try building something that you expect to be within your capability, but you don't have a set of instructions for.

Some people build web crawlers or something like that. I'll often make an engineering calculator more closely related to my day job or something similar that I can check with Excel or something else. It really depends on what your end goal is and what you find interesting. You may find yourself out of your depth fast, struggle some, and figure out how to resolve the unforeseen issues.

 

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[jdm667]

Question for programmers out there -

What exactly is "learning by doing" or "moving the needle" in terms of truly understanding a programming language?

I am making great progress on Codecademy (python), but the one thing I've had to face is that everything is right in front of me wrapped up in a neat line for me to do. It gets a bit challenging, but I feel like if I had a blank Pycharm terminal open, implementing these things I'm learning would be difficult.

Just like how business is building product and speaking to users, what is the equivalent of that in terms of learning a programming language without wasting time..?

Is the right way to go to just go through these basic Codecademy courses..?

Is it better in your opinion to grasp a solid understanding of the programming language before building an MVP.. Or is there a better way that allows you to learn faster and get more done as a result instead of waiting months on end to understand how to build the MVP?

Would appreciate some insight. Thanks!

(tagging @WillHurtDontCare , I don't really know any other programmers on here)

I don't know anyone who starts programming a project from a blank slate. Usually you copy and paste from an old project of yours (or from code you find online) and then modify it to suit your exact purposes.

Don't reinvent the wheel - just modify it slightly to fit your car.

 

[Raedrum]

Question for programmers out there -

What exactly is "learning by doing" or "moving the needle" in terms of truly understanding a programming language?

I am making great progress on Codecademy (python), but the one thing I've had to face is that everything is right in front of me wrapped up in a neat line for me to do. It gets a bit challenging, but I feel like if I had a blank Pycharm terminal open, implementing these things I'm learning would be difficult.

Just like how business is building product and speaking to users, what is the equivalent of that in terms of learning a programming language without wasting time..?

Is the right way to go to just go through these basic Codecademy courses..?

Is it better in your opinion to grasp a solid understanding of the programming language before building an MVP.. Or is there a better way that allows you to learn faster and get more done as a result instead of waiting months on end to understand how to build the MVP?

Would appreciate some insight. Thanks!

(tagging @WillHurtDontCare , I don't really know any other programmers on here)

Doing your own projects is the way to go, especially in programming wich is in fact very practice oriented

You just type "python projects from beginner to advanced" in google and you'll get a roadmap.

Then you do from 10 to 30. When you can do several advanced by yourself, congrat you're a programmer, you can get hired or develop for you

 

[Subsonic]

Question for programmers out there -

What exactly is "learning by doing" or "moving the needle" in terms of truly understanding a programming language?

I am making great progress on Codecademy (python), but the one thing I've had to face is that everything is right in front of me wrapped up in a neat line for me to do. It gets a bit challenging, but I feel like if I had a blank Pycharm terminal open, implementing these things I'm learning would be difficult.

Just like how business is building product and speaking to users, what is the equivalent of that in terms of learning a programming language without wasting time..?

Is the right way to go to just go through these basic Codecademy courses..?

Is it better in your opinion to grasp a solid understanding of the programming language before building an MVP.. Or is there a better way that allows you to learn faster and get more done as a result instead of waiting months on end to understand how to build the MVP?

Would appreciate some insight. Thanks!

(tagging @WillHurtDontCare , I don't really know any other programmers on here)

I am learning web development and the biggest challenges for me are making something useful from scratch. If you are past the very basics of the language I would advise you to get started building something that solves you a problem (or another person). With the help of stackoverflow and chatgpt you should be able to build a small scuffed prototype (the thing before a mvp) and then go from there.

This will also teach you so much about the actual workflow of building something that a course can't teach you.

 

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[mikecarlooch]

"Knowledge typically isn’t about discovering secrets. Instead, it’s about figuring out which boring, yet plausible, account of how things work is actually right." - Scott Young

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

What’s your best hydration strategy?

I played golf today. We had a 110 heat index. I drank NINE gatorades. There has to be a better way. Or maybe there isn’t.

Coconut water or electrolyte powders mixed in water