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Comment · 11 years ago
"yes"
Comment · 11 years ago
> “Choosing a physician is more complicated than choosing a good restaurant, and patients owe it to themselves to use the best available resources when making this important decision.”

And what are those resources?

I'm actually looking for a new PCP in NYC and there are hundreds or thousands of options. It feels like my best course of action is to just pick one at random.

Comment · 11 years ago
Tldr: publisher pushed back release in favor of nook support. targeted wrong audience. Wasn't expecting the competition (millions of apps). Forced to make games he wasn't really interested in. Spent $200k and made $7k and decided to try again.

I would like to add it really does suck. It's definitely a passion but as an art form not all artists make money. Being able to wrap our passion for making games into a company is sort of like forming a band. If it falls apart your likely not going to remain friends.

Comment · 11 years ago
This article reads a lot different if you look at the authors first.
Comment · 11 years ago
Yes, I think the reason I didn't include skill levels was because at some point I saw a post talking about the uselessness that comes with some of that. It may have been a bit extreme but what does PHP [Ninja] or Ruby [Tadpole] really indicate?

Although [Beginner] is pretty different from [Expert] no matter what, the expectation of a beginner or expert may vary widely from person to person.

Comment · 11 years ago
> Meant to simulate a town with a population of 35,000—about the size of Bennington, Vermont

because we all know how big Bennington is.

Comment · 11 years ago
My understanding of this is you set up a monthly allowance with them and they save your surplus for the months where you don't make as much.

This doesn't seem like solving a problem, rather they are creating an illusion of solving a problem. Essentially they are parenting. Which some people might need. But what a better solution might be is to teach people to create a savings account and budget themselves. And not surprisingly there are plenty of apps that do just that.

Comment · 11 years ago
yeah, they probably shouldn't be there. It's still solvable though.
Comment · 11 years ago
Does anyone know what it actually costs a carrier to have you on roaming data? For example is AT&T being charged extra by the Canadian carrier for the data you use?
Comment · 12 years ago
I'm looking at their headphones right now and shipping seems to be a huge problem. $20 for the headphones but ~$15 to ship to the US. Are any of their products sold in the US with cheaper shipping?

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