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Sundog··on L.A.'s coast was once a DDT dumping ground (2020)
.....wait, we've known this for 20 years
Sundog··on Impossible food sues to cancel earlier trademark owners
Am I reading this wrong or do they just think they can steal the trademark because they're bigger? Now that I think about it, looks like they ripped off his logo too...
Sundog··on A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, research suggests
This is true of Korean American churches as well, with lunch, weddings, etc. It's an all-day affair and the center of the community where people meet, do business, etc. The younger generation is trickling away but it was a bedrock for the immigrant community.
Sundog··on Nintendo Announces Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield
Can always buy a used one and resell it when you're done
Sundog··on BitTorrent is selling for $140M to Justin Sun and Tron
You wouldn't download a car
Sundog··on Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side
I've been going to the wrong parties!
Sundog··on Using Metromile data to determine a car's gear ratios
Neat
Sundog··on I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
You can do most of New Zealand in two-three weeks, the roads are great, and you will not get stuck anywhere.

Do it.

Sundog··on Kevin Rose Moves on from Silicon Valley to Watches
Kevin has come across publicly as a bit of a brat, but when he asked his friends to leave their jobs and join Milk, he promised them a certain return, even if it flopped and had to give them his own money.

I've always respected that.

Sundog··on Los Angeles' Booming Creative Class Lures New Yorkers
Have lived in LA for 12 years, have lived walking distance from my job for all but one of them. Just takes planning, like anything else.
Sundog··on Silicon Valley Billionaire Battles Surfers Over Beach Access
I suspect the biggest issue here is that whoever sold him the property talked those lands right up as a selling point and he's discovering the reality is more complicated
Sundog··on The $357 Uber Ride
Case in point: I can afford Uber, but don't user Uber, because these stories make it hard to trust them
Sundog··on New study confirms that eating healthy does indeed cost more
Poor people: "...duh?"
Sundog··on Buckminster Fuller - Everything I Know (42 hours of video)
Where would I find this theory of his?
Sundog··on NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide
Could not believe the fucking smiley face. That's their attitude towards privacy.
Sundog··on DuckDuckGo Changes Homepage Logo, Links to StopWatching.Us Call Campaign
There's something to be said for being in the right place at the right time, but they've done a great job of going above and beyond to embrace this moment. Great work.
Sundog··on Notes on "Designing perfect bootstrapped business" - MicroConf 2013 Talk
"Cash is King, Annual pre-pay is God"
Sundog··on An Unremarkable Event in the Tenderloin
You should check out Portland or LA. Or DC. It's a thing.
Sundog··on Two Congressional Staffers Who Helped Write SOPA Become Entertainment Lobbyists
And Chris Dodd quietly retire to become President of the MPAA
Sundog··on EveOnline CEO: a letter to the followers of eve
|In some ways 'ship spinning' in eve was the iphone equivalent of dragging a screen past its boundary and watching it snap back in place.|

...I'm not the only one? Oh thank god

Sundog··on How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition
I can't think of another industry in the world where veterans offer so much support to people trying to enter it. Very cool.
Sundog··on Yes, Of Course I’ll Resign Unless Mike Arrington Chooses His Successor
Really surprised they deleted the article. So much for editorial independence.
Sundog··on Why HN Got Slow
Yikes...THAT wasn't the right to say
Sundog··on Why HN Got Slow
So...we're Digg then?
Sundog··on Ask HN: Have the non-tech self-employed been abandoned?
Well like...I'm in this market, DanI, but I've never considered tai chi instructors because I figured they don't have the kind of margins that would make it worth my time.

You're absolutely right, though, that working with your mother would give someone like me standardized assets and procedures that could be resold with minimal work to other tai chi instructors.

I think a3camero might be overestimating the time it would take to accomplish something like this, but I admittedly had never considered that industry for the reason he mentioned, ie: the price of the services your mother is offering.

Sundog··on Ask HN: Have the non-tech self-employed been abandoned?
As an info product or software?
Sundog··on LulzSec releases trove of AZ law enforcement documents
Probably because Wikileaks' owner is a bit of an egomaniacal douche
Sundog··on The Reason Your Lifestyle Business is Failing
What did he build other than BrainQuicken?