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  1. splok

    Do anyone has experience of doing ECommerce in Latin America?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I don't know anything about your business, but doesn't the problem come down to either not providing value or communicating that value? No answers but here's a few potentially useful questions: If you know what works in your area, why not start with that? Maybe cash on delivery is a more...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    I don't know anything about cranes, but I assume they've got this problem solved. When I search for pics of bigass cranes, they almost all have multiple cables in play with some distance between them. I'm sure there's a few reasons for that, but if you're using two cables with multiple feet in...
  3. splok

    Fastlane High School Business Academy

    Imo, it's all about tossing out the abstract and explaining the concepts through concrete examples that the kids care about (or at the very least, examples that they're very familiar with). Is there a business nearby that the students commonly use, restaurant or coffee shop that people go to...
  4. splok

    Fastlane High School Business Academy

    It sounds like the existing program is trying to emulate a business undergrad program, and that makes me think that it's not going to be acceptable to really give the program the overhaul it needs. How much of that content is really relevant to someone in high school? Maybe 10-15%...
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    KEYNOTES & CONFERENCES

    MEETUPS 
    There are certainly people who put far too much time and effort into conferences, but you're talking about one conference (and your first, at that) that's near enough to drive. If the concern isn't financial, then go, and worst case, you burn a day and know will know how to better gauge and...
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    Building a video games business from scratch

    EXECUTION 
    I'm sure you've checked, but don't forget to start with an asset store search pretty much any time you need to do anything. Developers tend to start with the idea that they'll do everything themselves, but many, many of the assets are just amazingly underpriced for what they do, to the point...
  7. splok

    VISA Trauma! Australian trying to move to USA permanently. Looking for advice!!

    I hate to be that guy, but if you need to use quotes around anything to do with immigration, then you're basically discussing committing fraud against the government on a public forum. Regardless of how unlikely may be to ever bite you, it doesn't seem like a very good idea at all.
  8. splok

    Anyone using the Wim Hof Meditation Method?

    HEALTH 
    "All models are wrong, some are useful."
  9. splok

    Creating my first commercial game

    EXECUTION 
    So you're basically done with the initial development and ready to start testing? Fantastic if so! Get it into the hands of players (at least a few) as soon as possible. Do so in person if possible, especially at first. You'll learn so much about your game by watching over someone's shoulder...
  10. splok

    Elizabeth Warren: Break up Big Tech

    HOT! 
    I'll always be bitter about the "robber barons" lessons from the glorious public school system. It's tempting to think this craziness is new since it's so blatant now, but then I remember the robber barons and wonder how long such things have been happening. Probably always... What scares me...
  11. splok

    Elizabeth Warren: Break up Big Tech

    HOT! 
    The Fair Housing Act and EEOC exemptions make sense right? Under certain, small-scale conditions, the rules don't apply. Where to draw the line is another story of course, but clearly it's possible to do so. There's a bit of room for error between a highly successful forum and a company whose...
  12. splok

    Would you hire me?

    I assume that these are the things that you'd like to get hired to do. None of the other info would matter to me. But even these points don't really matter because you've just told me what you can do. You haven't shown me that you can actually do them though. If you had posted a link to a...
  13. splok

    Elizabeth Warren: Break up Big Tech

    HOT! 
    Not sure who's arguing for that, but it isn't me (my first post in the thread was arguing against a breakup). But since you bring it up, do you think having a handful of companies control practically everything that's consumed will make this more or less likely? I don't think it's unreasonable...
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    Elizabeth Warren: Break up Big Tech

    HOT! 
    From the top two hits on Google (irony intended): Of course, they are dominant because they provide massive value, so no complaints about that. However, that dominance gives them huge leverage, literally over the world's perception of reality. I think that should give anyone pause, even if...
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    Elizabeth Warren: Break up Big Tech

    HOT! 
    I do think that there are pretty good arguments for treating some internet services as utilities, but this is 100% about headlines and 0% about passing legislation. It has as much useful intent behind it as the Green Leap Forward. Aside from that, it's not exactly clear to me how splitting up...
  16. splok

    Game Store Project and Travel

    EXECUTION 
    Do you think this is really the thing that's missing from Steam? I'm probably right in your target market, and imo, the biggest hurdle for any new store is the inertia of everyone's game libraries being on Steam. Getting me to care enough to maintain a new game library at a new spot is a tough...
  17. splok

    Starting a Business Abroad

    Who cares where you live, we all have the same internet.
  18. splok

    I just put my house up for sale and no one I know understands why

    HOT! 
    So, this thread seemed to be going pretty well. Then, all of the sudden... crazytown! You're not saving money because you're selling your house. You're saving (a little) money because you're getting a roommate. Sorry, this just isn't going to happen. You're digging up all sorts of...
  19. splok

    Expat living abroad Diff countries every 6 months do I pay taxes?

    TAXES | REGS 
    Not a lawyer or CPA, but a couple of points/questions that might help you run things down: - If you have some Canadian sourced income but aren't a tax resident in Canada, do you have to file a return on your worldwide income, or just the Canadian sourced part of it? - What exactly makes...
  20. splok

    Building a video games business from scratch

    EXECUTION 
    Not to say that it can't help, but be aware that exposure to other developers (especially aspiring developers) isn't the same as exposure to customers. Sure, developers may also play/buy games, but would the time and effort be better spent addressing your target market directly?

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