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What is the pettiest complaint you have heard from a home-owners association (HOA)?
In my very first condo building, one of the other residents didn’t like me. Most people also didn’t like her, but she was a lawyer (she told everyone, I knew she was just starting law school), so they deferred to her. She somehow convinced them that they didn’t need to do the 2 things required for association meetings per the laws in my area - send a notice of the meeting date, time, and location to all owners at the address the association has for them by mail, and post a notice of the same in public areas of the building that all owners can access, both at least 21 days in advance - and held an association meeting that specifically excluded me and 2 other owners using this tactic. Keep in mind this was an 8-unit building, so excluding 3 units from representation meant that they didn’t have a 2/3 (67%) vote, required for many things.During that association meeting, they passed 3 rules (two of which were completely bunk because they were amendments to the bylaws which required a paper ballot, mailed, which at least 2/3 of owners agreed to)…(1) Any owner who did not park their car in their designated parking spot at least 3 nights a week forfeited the use of that parking space to the association to assign or use as they saw fit (parking spots were limited common elements, and any amendment to their use constituted a change to the bylaws; I and one other owner did not own cars, but occasionally let friends park in our spaces, and the car owners wanted our spaces for guests of their own). To best accomplish this, “resident use” spaces could only be used by a car the owner notified the association they possessed, with the license plate and VIN and proof of ownership by a resident, at least 2 weeks prior to that car parking in the space. Guests could not use “resident” spaces, nor could owners for rental cars. Yeah;(2) No one could consume alcohol “on the premises” within “plain view” of other residents. This was precipitated by an uber-”christian” owner who kept us “heathens” out of the association meeting. Everyone thought this meant in just the common spaces, but they were WRONG. Banning having a beer in our big yard was bad enough, but this owner meant if she could see you at all. So, I ended up being the first one “rung up” about it. Since I didn’t even know the rule had passed (minutes and vote results were also not mailed as required by law), she had our management company blowing up my phone on a Friday evening about HAVING A BEER ON MY PRIVATE BALCONY. She could see me from the parking lot, that was “in plain view of other residents,” and I needed to stop. BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE. A neighbor on the first floor was sitting on her couch having a glass of wine when Ms. Perfect walked up to the main door of the building. HER BLINDS WERE OPEN, THAT VIOLATES THE RULE, SHE EITHER HAS TO CLOSE HER BLINDS OR STOP DRINKING *INSIDE* HER OWN HOME. Edit, and I don’t know how I forgot this before: the woman who was hassled for drinking wine in her own living room WAS AN ORDAINED MINISTER. And I don’t mean online just to marry your friends (not necessary in DC…for $30 to the city anyone can perform a wedding, and for $0 beyond the cost of a marriage license you can self-signNow a marriage if both parties are over 21 and sign the proper paperwork)…in an actual, physical, local church, one with a pretty conservative bent (I attended her wedding in her church…they ain’t “progressive” (in a weird stroke of “it’s a small world,” she got engaged to a fairly close coworker of mine just a few months after we both moved into the building…they actually met before either of us moved into the building and didn’t know that we had this weird connection until after they were engaged, when I walked out my door to see my coworker standing in the front yard and said “what the hell are you doing here???”))! And SHE’S being heckled for having a glass of wine with her husband on a Friday evening in her own living room!(3) The building was sold as pet-friendly, with no restrictions. The lawyer neighbor moved in a big, poorly mannered dog just before said association meeting where they excluded several of us. She then proposed to ban all pets, even down to a goldfish in a bowl, except those already in the building. The allowance of pets was actually written into the bylaws (unusual, but it does happen), so, again violating the bylaws except for her own benefit. I was in the process to adopt a dog at that time (appropriate to a small condo and less than 1/3 the size of hers), and I only found out about the bylaw change when I asked the management company for a letter stating dogs were allowed to present to the rescue.Thankfully, all this was resolved pretty quickly when the 3 of us who were excluded from the meeting and a fourth who objected to most of the rule changes paid (payment is necessary unless there’s a good reason for them to do work pro bono) a lawyer friend of mine to write a simple letter asking for proof the meeting and bylaw changes had been properly conducted. The “lawyer” girl sent a letter back saying, without proof, they had, but upon further insistence, the management company stepped in, said that the proof was not there, please don’t sue (since they would be on the hook for not conducting the meeting properly), and asked for permission to re-do the association meeting, with proper notice, in a proper place, and with proper balloting for bylaw changes. We agreed, all measures failed when properly voted upon, and the “lawyer” and “christian” could only get revenge on us through disapproving stares and putting their units up for rent as soon as they could afford something else.
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What are some useful tech hacks for everyday use?
Here are some I find useful and fun:Instead of "Ctrl, Alt & Del", press "Ctrl, Shift and Escape" to get straight to the task-manager in Windows.If you want to download a Youtube video, just add "ss" to the URL between www. and Youtube.The program DeTune will transfer all of the songs from an iPod/iPhone and put them on you computer.If you search "do the harlem shake" on YouTube the page itself will do the harlem shake.(This one's just for fun)The "Hola Unblocker" extension on Google Chrome will allow you to access to UK version of Netflix; thus unlocking many more shows and movies.Need to focus on studying? Screen Time is an app that lets you limit the time you use on your iphone or ipad. Set the time, press start and when it expires it closes whatever you were doing.If you play YouTube videos through Safari you can still listen to them with your phone's screen turned off.Replace the "en" in a Wikipedia link with "simple" to strip away the complex and mostly irrelevant information on the page.Accidentally erase something you just typed on your iPhone? To undo that, just shake it!1. Go to Google and type in "50 most popular women" 2. Click on the first link 3. Check out #7 xDTo move frame by frame on Youtube, pause the video and then use J or L to go backward or forward respectively.Just in case something caught your attention then I am Rohan Bhatia.You could have gone anyway.
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What do people in Kazakhstan think about the transition from Cyrillic to Latin script?
It is going to be a long read. But my goodness, Oscar Tay, my Quora hero, is following that question and upvoting each answer!I’ll try my best here.Ok, straight to the question:What do people in Kazakhstan think about the transition from Cyrillic to Latin script?Most people are indifferent. Kazakhstan is an authoritarian country. If the policy does not affect them personally, people will not give a lot of thought to it. Sadly or not, the new alphabet is not a top priority for most in Kazakhstan.Some people oppose it. Because transition is expensive. They believe that the money and attention shall be directed to more vital needs like health care or infrastructure. And given the corruption level in the country, most believe that this reform is made to make some “connected” people richer.Some support it. Their logic is simple if you are going to eventually do this reform one day. Better do it now. Otherwise, the costs of converting documents from Cyrillic to Latin will only accumulate. The later you do it, costlier it will be.Majority of supporters use nationalistic tone. Somehow, they believe that Latin script will make us closer to other Turkic nations and the West, and less close to Russia.Other opposers worry about the learning curve. Some older people may never learn it. They also concerned that the teachers who are not going to be proficient with the new script are going to be one who will teach it to the kids. How many people will have impaired proficiency with new script before reform starts to work properly?No doubt, it’s going to be bumpy all the way down. But is it worth it?My opinion:I support transition to standard Latin script. Why? Because Apple does not have built-in Kazakh keyboard in its products. There is only one app in Apple Store for external Kazakh keyboard. And when last time I used it, it was UGLY and SLOW.Sometimes lack of fancy fonts even for Russian language script depresses me. But Kazakh script fonts selection is nonexistent.Here is the problem. Kazakh script is based on Russian Cyrillic script. But because Kazakh language has sounds that Russian does not, Kazakh Cyrillic script has 9 letters in addition to 33 letters of Russian alphabet. It is basically a different alphabet, which needs to be installed to any gadget. And because there is low demand for Kazakh script, no one updates it. As a result, in this fast-changing technology world, we got rubbish support for Kazakh alphabet.Now imagine an ideal world. Kazakh language uses the standard 26 letter English alphabet. You can write in Kazakh in any gadget in the world. Don’t need to seek and install additional app or driver anymore. You have the hugest selection of font types so your presentation or design booklet could rock.Turns out…there is no ideal world. And, there is no ideal way to transit to Latin script.Implementation:In September 2017 without any prior public discussion, the new Kazakh alphabet based on Latin script was introduced to the public. For several months the debate over the new alphabet was the most discussed topic on my Facebook feed.As it turned out, the President had the same ideal vision as me. It was his order to use the standard English alphabet. The only exception, they dropped letter X in a new alphabet, because there was no use for it. But it is ok, you use the same standard keyboard, just don’t use one letter.Great, isn’t it?Well, it is not that simple…The problem is: before you had 42 letters, and now only 25. English Latin script just does not have enough letters to accommodate every sound of Kazakh language with an individual letter. The proposed solution was to use digraphs.Before I continue, you have to understand something about authoritarian countries. As people don’t oppose the rulers directly, to show its opposition people use sarcasm and mockery. They mock everything the government does. And since the implementation of new alphabet was not ideal, it was mocked in a hard way.The problem number one:The way some “useless” letters were used for sounds that are not present in Latin script. For example, letter W was used for the vowel sound you hear in English word “moon”. But it was counter-intuitive to use a “consonant” letter W for a vowel. To understand what I mean try to read moon written as MWN.Another case, letter J was used for the sound you hear in word iPhone [ˈaɪˌfoʊn], that [i] sound that goes after [a] and before [foʊn].The combination of sounds [ai] in iPhone, means moon in Kazakh. And this sound is the most popular “block” for names in Kazakhstan. Names like MoonBeauty, MoonBe, MoonFlower, and many other countless combinations of “Moons” are so common that we have a popular joke about the iPhone and the girls whose name starts with the sound [ai]. And now, all those people found out that they need to use consonant letter J in their name from now on. It was at least, to put it mildly, counter-intuitive and not elegant. It is like to say “IPHONE” but to write it “JPHONE”. Or to say “HI” but to write it “HJ”. Or instead of Michael - you now will spell your name as Mjchael.The second problem:Before we used one letter for one sound. Now we changed it to two letters for some sounds. It can be hard to adjust to it, especially if the vowel sound is a combination of two other vowel letters. It is always easier to use Ә than the combination of letters A and E.My daughter name Leila in a new alphabet became Laejlae:Saebiz (carrot)- became the most mocking word in Kazakh written in Latin Script. One Restaurant in Almaty was even named Saebiz:Finally:Kazakh is agglutinative language. Some words with the digraphs can be very messy. My name in Kazakh Cyrillic script is: Шыңғыс - in Latin will be Shyngghys, already 3 letters or 50% more.Now add to my name possesive ’s (English equivalent of - Michael’s), make it plural (many Michaels) and add preposition to (to Michael) and we got Shyngghystynglargha. Ok, you lost me, somewhere between “ngghyst”.Just for fun, look at this Kazakh word in Latin script: Qanaghattandyrylmaghandyqtaryngyzdan.What are the solutions that people suggested:Instead of digraphs use one letter for different sounds. For example letter, A can be read in one instance as a hard A and in other times as a soft A. The same approach can be used for G,O, N, U. But how do you know when to use what?The short answer is context.Vowel Harmony, another feature of Kazakh language, can also help. In Kazakh hard sounds always go together, the same is true for soft sounds. If you know that the first sound is hard K, then you know that all other letters shall be hard as well.Another solution could be to use the Turkish alphabet, instead of the standard 26 letter English alphabet. It will help with letters like hard G and soft G, or S and SH. And as Turkey is a much larger country than Kazakhstan, you may not worry about its keyboard support.On the other hand, Turkish alphabet still doesn’t have the letters for all Kazakh sounds. For example there is no soft A.The same is true for Finnish, German, French or any other Latin script.Second proposal:In October 2017, after one month of the initial proposal, the Government introduced the second variant for Kazakh Latin script:New alphabet dismissed digraphs. Instead, it used apostrophe ’ sign to differentiate between the similar sounds. K is for soft K, while K’ is for hard K. S is for S, while S’ is for SH.Seems great solution at first sight. Easy to understand, and you can still use the standard English script that is available in any computer.But it turned out to be even less practical than the first proposal. Too many apostrophes can be hard to perceive:The city Shu, in alphabet became S’Y’:But the largest obstacle for apostrophe usage was technological. Computers do not consider apostrophe as a letter. You cannot use it in google search, for web pages URL or for hashtags. Even if I wanted to create my personal web-page with the domain myname dot kz:http://S’yn’g’ys.kz(yeah that’s my name in apostrophe variant of Latin script), I wouldn’t be able to do it.Finally, in February 2018, without any further discussion, the third and last version of Kazakh Latin alphabet was introduced and adopted:Latin script tailored for the Kazakh language. One letter - one sound. No digraphs (except of Sh and Ch) or apostrophes anymore. Great, yes?Again my opinion:I have to admit the latest adopted alphabet is more convenient than the first two proposed. But it killed the reason why I supported it in the first place. At the end of the day, we are back to where we were before, the alphabet that is used only in Kazakhstan. That means no cool fonts, no updates by Apple and you have to install Kazakh keyboard every time you buy a new gadget. And there is no guarantee that Kazakh keyboard will exist for that particular gadget.Given all the troubles of adjusting to the new alphabet and no obvious benefits from it, I find hard to understand if we need it at all.My final thoughts:The real problem I have with the adoption of Latin Script, is that we as a country has failed to use any scientific approach in the process. We could, for example, run statistical analysis on how people already using Latin script in messengers. Because they do. As I said before Apple doesn’t have built-in keyboard in iPhones, and people usually write to each other in Kazakh using Latin script. We could find out a ton of interesting data on how people write and perceive in Kazakh using Latin script based on available info.I am not a scientist nor a linguist, but I am sure there are tons of analysis we could do that could have been helpful in developing a new alphabet.It’s sad we didn’t. But as they say in Kazakhstan, “everything will be Saebiz”.
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What was being 17 like for you?
When I was 17 in 1962, I had rented a small building and was operating a sign shop (all hand lettering with a brush). While many of my peers were hanging out; I was interacting with the adults in my town; taking orders, delivering and installing signs, lettering trucks, windows etc. I collected payments, paid bills and managed my finances. So basically it was training for doing what I said I would do and keeping my word. Also for standing behind my product and making things right if there were mistakes; like the time I misspelled 'restaurant' on a large sign.A great testing ground for self confidence and entrepreneurship.In many ways it was as valuable as my later college education.
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What is it like for a foreigner living in Tallinn?
(I started to answer a very short answer and ended up with a long entry. I hope you find it useful.)As Richard Tuisk said, it depends a lot on where you are from. However, let me tell you what my experience has been so far in Estonia, what I think it is good and what I would see as a downside of living here. Of course, I need to qualify my answer by saying that I am Latin American, but also have lived in four other countries (including the US where I went to college).A quick introduction: Estonia is a small country located in the Baltic Sea next to Russia and Latvia and very close to Finland. It is part of the European Union. The area of the country is roughly the same as Switzerland or as Maryland and Massachussets combined. There is about 1.3 million people living here which means it is not densely populated. The country is essentially flat, except in the south where you find the highest point at 318 meters (1043 ft). The main city and where I live in is Tallinn. The population is about 400,000 people. Tartu is the second city with about 100,000 people and all the rest of towns are smaller than that.Immigration systemIf you are European, moving here is no problem as you enjoy all the benefits of any country within the European Union. If you are not European, the main reasons people immigrate here is to work which would guarantee a working visa or if you are married to an Estonian citizen which allows you to apply for a visa as long as you have enough funds to live here.Overall, the process to get a short-term visa is straight forward. Obtaining a long-term visa is more complicated as you have to speak the language at a relatively high level. Obtaining a citizenship requires that you give up your own citizenship.JobsAlthough Estonia suffered also during the 2008 crisis, there is enough jobs in areas of business and technology for people to move here. One of the problems Estonia faces is that it does not have enough people to fill all jobs in IT areas as I hear.There is a few big companies who recruit people from abroad, but if you don't speak the local language, your opportunities are reduced to the IT area (I work for Skype which originated here in Estonia which was acquired by Microsoft in 2011). You can see a list of notable companies here: List of companies of EstoniaSocial interactionEstonians tend to be reserved in comparison to other Europeans. I suggest to foreigners who come here to be aware of differences so they are not taken by surprise. Some examples of faux pas I have encountered:Using smalltalk in a conversation.Saying good morning when coming to office or good bye when leaving.Smiling with no reason (I have to accept that this could be awkward in Northern Europe and some parts of the US, but it is totally normal in Mediterranean or Latin American environments).Being noisy. People love their quiet here.However, it is totally Ok to try to make a conversation in English especially with young people. I am learning Estonian and try to use the language when I can, but in some occasions (say, at the pharmacy), I need to switch to English and have never found anyone being annoyed by that.The exception to all of this is if you meet young people. They tend to be more open and curious (especially women). I am speaking about more casual environments such as a cafe or a restaurant, but a bit less at work. Another obvious exception is if you are in a touristy area (such as the Old Town in Tallinn), but this should go without saying.It is totally Ok to be in a group of people and be totally silent. For example, you can have lunch or share a cab with Estonians when no one is speaking, but there is no awkwardness on it. Another thing is that people do not demonstrate much through their expressions which is one of the difficult things to deal with for me. Remember, I come from a country where you smile or frown or show your teeth if you want someone to understand you clearly.When having a conversation with an Estonian, you should say what you mean and mean what you say (remember what I said about smalltalk?). For example, if you ask "how are you?" to an Estonian, do it only if (a) you really want to know how the other person is, and (b) don't ask it if you don't know the person well. I value that Estonians take your word at face value and you should do the same with them.One word of advice is that Estonians can be very critical of others, but they are mainly critical of themselves. Someone told me once that complaining is a national sport, and I have to agree with that. In other words, when they tell you that something is truly bad here in this country, you have to take it with a grain of salt.Because of this, you should also expect that people are straight forward with you. In some cases, this borders on rudeness if I measure by my home country's standards, but here is totally Ok. I have seen a few foreigners getting shocked by that, but you get used to it. In other words, they are not politically correct (this I like very much).Also, because people are economical with the language, you shouldn't expect what I would call, a "warm" communication most of the time. As a latin person, I need to say and hear things on a beautiful way, but this doesn't happen here much. It is different when you start to get to know locals.Which brings me to the last point. It takes a while before you break the ice with an Estonian, but it is worth waiting. I have had the chance to establish a closer link with some locals outside my wife's family and I find an honesty and sincerity that I haven't seen in other places. If you get to that point, congratulations, as you have made it through this journey. By this time, you should also be an expert on sharing saunas with people you don't know (and yes, naked) and have had your share of vodka.Quality of life, services, infrastructureWhen compared to other places where I have lived, I have to say that Estonia still doesn't signNow the level of living in Germany or the US, but it is getting closer by the day. However, I would say that Estonia is already at the level that I would call it first-world country in most aspects.Infrastructure and services need some improvement, but they provide the minimum level of service. For example, if you don't have a car, you can use public transportation everywhere even if buses, trains or trams are sometimes old. Roads in Tallinn are Ok, even if you find potholes in some places. Services such as schools and hospitals are public which means that there is always a waiting list. If you need to visit a specialist doctor, you have to wait. On the other hand, the wait is not as bad as in third-world countries (like where I come from). Also, those services are basically free. The downside is that there is almost no private service, and even the ones there are rely partially on the public health system for some aspects.I have had two children born here and had no complaints about the process. In fact, I felt that everything was very professional and that they always try to do their best. However, when I spoke with Estonians, some of them were very surprised that I spoke highly of the hospital system. I guess it's up to my personal point of view in this case.Taxes are low. Personal income tax is 21% flat for everyone. If you live here and your visa allows it, you can create your own start-up in no time which is prevalent among young people in IT.By the way, unemployment was at 8% at the end of Q3 in 2013. I am no economist, but I understand that this is still considered high. However, it came down from 10.2% at the end of 2012.Food, shoppingEstonia has the typical supermarkets like any other European country. There is also local markets, but you probably need to speak Estonian or Russian. Typical food you find are potatoes, wheat-like grains, oats and so on. Pork meat and fish are eaten often here, but beef is not yet too common. Vegetables and fruits tend to be expensive. I miss having international food though. There is one supermarket in town (Stockmann) that carries some international products, but it is very expensive. I was used to visiting Oriental-type shops in Ireland and Germany, but there is none here that I know of.There is a few shopping centres, but the variety is not wide. I am in favor of buying local to support businesses here, but in many cases, we end up buying from abroad because of the lack of options or because we would have to wait for too long. For example, my wife and I love movies (yeah, still buying old-fashioned DVDs), but there is no shop that fills our expectations. Because of that, we buy everything from Amazon.ActivitiesIf you love nature, you are in luck. There is a lot of natural areas in the country and they are a short drive away. There is plenty of sea shores, forests, rivers and lakes. In the Summer you can do hiking, camping, canoeing and you can add cross country skiing in the Winter. Estonians love nature in general.If you are a city person (like myself), then that's another story. There is a few theatres, cinemas, galleries and so on, but everything is limited. Tallinn itself has the most interesting activities in the center. There is plenty of good restaurants though.Cinemas show the popular movies like everywhere else and you can find some artsy type of cinemas for alternative movies. No movie is dubbed here, but they usually carry subtitles in both Estonian and Russian.What is impressive about this countryThere is a few good things that I haven't seen outside Estonia. The first one is the electronic system prevalent in this country. When you are a foreigner and get your Estonian ID, you are also getting your electronic identity. With that, you can file taxes online, access information about property, bank accounts, mobiles, whatever services you need. When you get your local ID number, you automatically get a local e-mail address at the eesti.ee domain that you can redirect to your personal account. With that, you never miss an official communication (such as whenever is time to file your taxes).That ID has also legal validity and you can sign documents electronically anywhere in the world. For example, if you apply to get a car leasing, you don't have to show up at the bank necessarily. They send you some forms, you put your ID card in your computer reader, sign the document electronically, and send it back and that's it. It is the equivalent of putting your signature on paper in front of the bank official or lawyer. Estonian citizens and permanent residents are even allowed to vote online with their ID.A second impressive area is bureaucracy: it is a well-oiled machine. One recurrent example is taxes. You get the notification that your taxes are ready to file, you login to the tax office site, sign in, check that they have the correct information that they have collected from your company, employer and so on, sign with your ID card, and that's it. It might take as little as five minutes. My wife and I file jointly, so it takes us much longer: twenty minutes (and that's because we always forget to do one crucial step so we are delayed).The government doesn't even use paper for their minister meetings. They file everything electronically which is made available so you can follow up agendas, minutes and whatever happens there.You want to open your own company? It might take literally twenty minutes to do that too. All of this thanks to the frictionless bureaucratic system they have here. You want to park? Send a text to the number 1902 with your plate number and where you are parking and it will be charged to your mobile.One more impressive part: internet. Besides having decent speeds, there is practically free access points everywhere through the country. I personally have witnessed free available working access points in national parks and public beaches. You can read this article that talks about this (read the date: 2005!): Estonia sets shining Wi-Fi exampleIn my case, I don't use access points much because I have a decent LTE connection with my mobile. Mobile companies have good coverage and relatively good service. I remember that when we got our internet when we moved here, it took only one day to install it. When I measured the effective speed a few months later out of curiosity, it was 50 Mbps. Not bad.The downsidesAs anywhere else, there is a few things that you need to be aware of that could be difficult to adapt to.The first part for me is the social interaction which tends to be dry and quiet. I mentioned that above, so not much more to say here.Another one is the weather. In Winter, the sun might rise at 9:30 in the morning and set at 3 in the afternoon. That's just about six hours of sunlight. If you add that it is cloudy most of the time during the Winter, then you realise how dark it might be. As counterposition, Summers are amazing (up to 20 hours of sunlight and clear skies easily).Winters are relatively long. It gets cold around the end of October and stays that way until around April. It varies from year to year, but sometimes the temperature drops to -30 degrees Celsius (-22 F). Life rarely stops here because of the cold or snow though. I have taken the bus at -30 degrees Celsius. It makes for an interesting ride.One more problem for a foreigner to live here is that you feel a bit isolated from the world. Flights are available mainly to neighbouring countries plus Germany, UK and the Netherlands. If you are from another country, you always need to make connections which makes it longer and more expensive to go back home.Last, if you are from a big city, you might find even Tallinn a bit provincial. It is changing as of late though. On the other hand, there is some positive things out of this too: less crime and virtually no traffic jam as I know it (I live 20 km. from work and make it in 30 minutes on a good day and 45 on a bad one).If you are thinking to move here, I definitely recommend this place.
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What is the most ideal platform for dropshippers?
The best and most ideal platform for dropshippers is starting with Shopify, then moving to a more customized platform like Magento when you’ve crashed your website from too many visitors - think millions in sales per month before you need to consider to move. Most professionals in the industry recommend staying away from Bigcommerce and Wordpress/Woocommerce sites, it’s such an outdated platform, it’s more of middle between Shopify and Magento.I’ve coached thousands of students in the last 5–6 years on dropshipping and eCommerce, and 87% prefer Shopify based on our data. And hundreds of my students that found success make a lot of money, and some now teach and provide their own courses and they’re all over social media. Many students of mine also surpassed me.My team and I have personally started hundreds of dropshipping stores in different niches, right now we have just over 40 active and I’ve partnered with a different co-founder for each of them. Every single one we use Shopify. Whenever we grow big enough to consider moving to a more customized platform like Magento, we get bought out, someone else comes in and pays a lot of money for the site which is generally what happens when you grow well and find success.Shopify is not just for noobs, but professionals as well. What makes a great Shopify store successful in Dropshipping is simplicity. Sticking to 6–8 core addons/apps and utilize marketing on social media, blog, and email. The more apps you have, the more messy it is, which is why it’s such a good solution.A site like Wordpress which has been around a long time (with a declining user base switching over to Shopify) has tons of apps/addons, but they’ve been around a long time. It’s got more customization than Shopify, but if you want to be successful, you don’t need it. It’s just not a good platform anymore.There is no easy route when it comes to dropshipping, any business is hard. It might be super easy to start a business, but growing it, on any platform will be super difficult. And choosing a platform (or spending too much time deciding) isn’t really necessary.That platform you are on will have no bearing on the overall picture of whether you are successful or not. All platforms can be made to have the same functions and look the same. It’s all about your preference. Shopify is the #1 right now for this type of business because of how easy it is to get into, add products, and make sales. And it’s very very easy to scale into a big company that makes millions in sales per month. By then, you’ll have enough money to hire a company to make your own unique customized platform.The success of your business will be determined in other areas such as your marketing ability, customer service, product selection, branding, brand trust, brand awareness, etc. Not whether you use Shopify, Magento, or Woocommerce. The platform is just a single tool.Just know that most companies right now in the tech and software business are working on ways to even further Shopify and integrate it better in Social Media.Shopify + Instagram ads + Facebook ads is the most powerful Dropshipping combination, and as Shopify improves, it’s going to keep getting better.Best of luck,Damien DefrancoOriginal Question: What is the most ideal platform for dropshippers?
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How do I start a blog in 2018?
1) Choose a topicFirst and foremost, we need an idea for starting the blog.For you, what are passionate about? Is it helping others? Winter sports? Do you love DIY projects? What about planting flowers? There are many different avenues you can take here.2) Choose a domain name (website name)After you have picked a topic, now is the fun part: coming up with a website name. This name should be simple and memorable (3-5 words). For this website, the domain name is quora.com.3) Get web hostingA web host is the server your website runs on. It is like the complete house to your living space. For web hosting, I use Bluehost, a web hosting service that has been reliable, stable, and high performing. In addition, Bluehost gives you your domain name for free. Once you click the link above you will landon the following page:Next, click the green “get started now >” button.At this point, you will have to make a choice. For now, you want to keep it simple and I recommend doing the basic $3.95 a month plan; this is a negotiated rate I got through being an affiliate of BlueHost.After selecting your plan, you check your domain name availability. Hopefully you get your first choice!Once you find a domain that is available, the next button will take you to the final sign up page. The final set-up page is where you will enter your personal details and select the package information settings. I recommend getting the “Domain Privacy Protection” for $0.99 a month. If you are trying to stay anonymous, this will hide your name and phone number from others. For the other settings, I didn’t select any. The only one I considered selecting, in addition to the “Domain Privacy Protection” setting, was the Site Backup Pro. I’m going to back-up my site manually, and save some cash.You will notice you have to pay the $3.95 a month upfront. This is a long-term project, right? If you ever monetize your blog, you have the potential to blow this number out of the water. Starting something that has the potential to make money for less than $150 should not be scoffed at. (Real estate investors need to cough up multiple thousands of dollars to buy 1 rental property!)For less than $150, you have received a domain name (usually at least $10), and have 3 years of web hosting to do whatever you want on that domain website!An additional note: if you don’t intend to monetize your blog, why wouldn’t you want to go for a free blog website, such as wordpress or blogger? Well, it is possible to still have a free blog, however, to have complete control over your website, and have support if something went wrong, I still recommend a paying for web hosting.4) Install WordPressAfter finishing up at BlueHost, it is time to get WordPress. To continue with our analogy, BlueHost is the house, your domain is the space inside the house, and WordPress is the materials that have built the house. You can pick different materials, wood floors vs. carpet, and you can pick different blogging software. WordPress is a blogging software application that makes managing and customizing your blog very easy.Installing WordPress is easy. First, log in to your BlueHost account and locate the “Install WordPress” button in the “website” section of the BlueHost “cpanel”.Next, you will be taken to the BlueHost Marketplace/Mojo Marketplace. Click the “get started” button to continue on. At the next page, select your domain and hit next.After hitting the next button, you will get your username and password for your WordPress site. Hit install to complete the install.Note: I did have some issues here when I tried to install. This post should help you.How easy was that? You have now installed WordPress. There will be a few pop-ups trying to get you to buy themes for your website (more on that in step 5). You can ignore those for now.During this time, you will get your credentials for WordPress. MAKE SURE TO SAVE THESE IN A SAFE SPOT! You need these to log in!Pat your self on the back! You installed WordPress and can now sign in to begin designing your website!5) Design WebsiteThere is a couple of things that are important to mention at this stage.1) Theme (Free or Premium)When you first start-up WordPress, you will probably have the generic “Twenty Seventeen” theme activated. This theme is fine for starters, but this one is as default as they come and may not have the customization you want. There are many free themes you can get. The positives for these themes are they are free, they will have more customization than the default WordPress themes, and they will get the job done most of the time. The negatives are there may be little to no support if there is a bug, and the theme may get abandoned and be outdated. For starters, it might be wise to stick with a free theme.To install a theme, go to the Appearance tab on the left sidebar of the WordPress dashboard, and select themes. You will be led to this page:2) PluginsPlugins are extensions to a base WordPress theme. These extensions help you do many specialized tasks. Some plugins that I suggest are:Google Analytics by Yoast Necessary to quantify your viewershipMail Chimp A great list creator, it is free up to 2,000 subscribers and 12,000 emails!Askimet A spam blocker – no one likes spam!Pretty Link Lite A plugin to convert ugly links into pretty linksW3 Total Cache A plugin designed to improve user experience and page speedWP Smush Reduces the size of your media files and improves speed3) Site Layout and DesignOnce you have your theme and plugins, you can start to customize the layout of your website. Go to the “Appearance” tab on the left sidebar and click “Customize”.Here you will be able to customize many different aspects of your website, from fonts to widget placement to backgrounds to menus to headers and footers. Many different combinations you can choose from.Find the one that is best for you! (This interface is sometimes frustrating, but Googling what you want to do and learning a little HTML/CSS helps this process go smoother.)6) Write your first post (and then your second and third…)After completing the first 5 steps, you have your ideas, you have your website, you have your design, now it’s time to produce some content for your readers.Here’s the punchline: you can do whatever you want!Maybe you want to do an introduction page, or an about me page. It’s possible you want to get right into writing about your passions and will leave the intro page for later. Maybe you want to start promoting a product, such as an e-book, right away. Go for it, the possibilities are endless!7) …Profit??Once you have written a handful of posts (say 25-50 posts), you will be getting a decent following on your blog (upwards of 1000 views a day). If you decide to monetize your blog, there are numerous ways to do so.Some of the ways include, but are not limited to:Consulting OpportunitiesSelling your own product, such as an e-book, pictures, podcasts, educational coursesWhen someone clicks on an ad (ads such as Google Adsense)Selling someone else’s product, i.e. an affiliate program (such as Amazon)When someone views your banner adWhen someone sees your talks/podcasts and hires you for a speaking gigYou have the potential to make a decent living in blogging if done right. Many people have been able to quit their day job and pursue financial freedom due to the passive and active income created by blogging.
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What happened to TWA Flight 800?
While the missile supposition (it's not even a really well-formed theory) would seem logical to someone whose only source of information was this new "evidence", it really doesn't stand up to scrutiny because:Missiles don't fire themselves - The weapons officer who gave the command and the crew member who fired any such missile are likely still alive. While the officer (if he is still in the US Navy) might be afraid for his naval future, the crewman has probably separated from the service by this time. Any reasonable investigation would have started with those two individuals as they would known that a missile they launched hit a target.The US military keeps secrets very poorly - It is inconceivable that 17 years would have passed and no one in the military has dropped even hints to the major media outlets or online that this crash was not what it seemed to be.Insurance companies - The 800lb gorilla in the room, Tens of millions in claims were paid as a result of this crash. Given insurance companies propensity to avoid paying questionable claims, if they have not raised suspicions that the investigation was somehow "flawed" or fraudulent, then that should tell most people that they believe in the result from the NTSB.The NTSB - This is an agency which is full of trained professionals who take their jobs seriously. Given that the government would likely lose a whistleblower lawsuit if they tried to fire investigators who reported potentially damaging results, why would these men and women falsify their accident results.Foreign governments - Many of the people on board the flight were foreign nationals. If their governments felt that in any manner the results of the investigation concerning te deaths of their citizens wasn't legitimate, why haven't they complained? The US government is a powerful entity. But it has been repeatedly shown that many smaller and weaker nations will stand up to the US for a host of other far less important reasons than something like this.Just as 9/11 conspiracy theorist seize upon a single item and make that match an overarching conspiracy they have invented, the same thing seems to be occurring here. Several minor things (an alleged streak in the sky, minor questions about wiring,etc) are being conflated to make it seem that something is "there" which is not.Flight 800 was a tragedy...but it was a tragedy which has been explained. If it remained a "mystery" I could see the interest. But the only mystery is why conspiracy theorists are coming out of the woodwork now.
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Is a USB flash drive reliable for storing data?
For dropping some files onto a drive at work and “sneaker-netting” it home, sure, the USB Flash drive is quite good. For long-term storage? Nope. In fact, nearly any other kind of storage will be more reliable in the long term.The Architecture of a Flash CellFlash memory is a relatively recent invention, so we don’t have as much history as you might think about longevity. But enough to know that flash is a temporary thing. This wasn’t a shock or even a problem, for several reasons, but largely because in its initial use, flash memory replaced EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory), which itself had a limited longevity.A flash memory cell is made of a MOSFET transistor with a “floating” gate. This is a gate surrounded by insulators. To write a bit, electrons tunnel through the insulator and are stored on the floating gate in a process called channel hot-electron injection. To erase a cell, Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling is used.The original sort of flash was retronymed “SLC”, for single level charge. This is what you’d expect out of a binary thing: there’s either a programmed charge on the gate (0) or no charge (1). An SLC flash cell should last about 90,000–100,000 program/erase (P/E) cycles…. some specialized parts can last 1,000,000 P/E cycles.However, flash designers got more clever, and came up with “MLC” flash, for multi-level charge. Now they could write three different levels of charge, plus no charge, to deliver two bits per cell. However, this made the cells more fragile, less robust against corruption over time. More robust “enterprise” qualified MLC flash memories used in more expensive SSDs have a write/erase lifetime of about 20,000–30,000 write/erase cycles. Normal consumer oriented MLC flash memories have delivered about 5,000-10,000 P/E cycles, and they’re down to around 3,000 P/E cycles at the 15nm node. And even more recently, we have “TLC” flash, which puts in seven levels of charge or none, to store three bits per cell. That’s one of the reasons flash memory got so cheap. But you’re going see cells failing after 1,000–3,000 P/E cycles.And here’s the other thing… flash has, for awhile, been getting worse. The highest density 2-D TLC chips may only deliver 300 P/E cycles these days. The wear mechanism in flash memory is primarily due to stress on the tunnel oxide layer in each cell. The oxide layer degrades as electrons, over time, become trapped in the oxide. And as we’ve been shrinking the chip geometries of these cells, their longevity has been dropping. Curiously, when a drive runs hotter, there’s less stress on the insulator, so the overall effect is a longer lived drive… but shorter data life. The 3-D chips used in high density flash have increased longevity and data retention, as they’ve mostly gone to larger chip geometries.Data RetentionSo as mentioned, there’s a charge — a bunch of electons — placed on an insulated gate. That’s your storage mechanism. There are only so many electrons, and over time, they’re gradually going to leak off the gate. At the high end, the specialized, small flash memories in embedded microcontrollers can be expected to last 20 years to 100 years at 25C. On the other hand, Intel recommends unpowered consumer SSDs for data retention of only a year. And this is exacerbated as the drive takes on wear.Now, for SSDs, it’s a bit different when the drive is active. Between wear levelling and data enhancing routines, an active drive will last considerably longer than a year, even the static data stored on that drive. There’s quite a bit going on within a modern SSD that you never actually see, which is designed to spread wear out across the drive. USB drives, though, don’t run data-enhancing routines.And the trend toward less reliable flash has started to reverse itself, at least for now. The 14nm or so node is about as small as a practical NAND cell can go today, even though we have smaller chip geometries. They just get too unreliable. So the larger memories coming out today, 256GB per chip and so, are actually 3D chips using larger geometries. Some of these stack 48 bits worth of data on separate layers, and the reliablity is up.Mechanical and Environmental IssuesFlash drives of any kind will lose data faster in warm environments. Most consumer USB dongles are not recommended for use over 40C or storage over 50C, but they’ll last longer in colder temperatures.The standard rating of a USB Type A connector is only 1500 plug/unplug cycles. This should never be an issue for any USB stick you’re using for longer term storage, as you’d like to use those drives just once. But it’s a consideration if you have a drive you’re using every day. And of course, that’s a rating — you could find your real-world life is more or less than the USB specification.Real World ExamplesYou don’t have to take my word for it, either: a drive, whether USB, SD, or SSD should offer longevity data in the drive’s data sheet. Or in their warranty. However, you’re probably not going to find it mentioned at all for most drives, because the manufacturers don’t warrant data retention. That should tell you a thing or two.Here’s a USB flash drive designed specifically for long life and long retention. This Swissbit drive is SLC, so only charge or no-charge on each memory cell, and it’s rated for 100,000 program/erase cycles. And when new, it’s rated for a 10 year data retention. When at the end of its useful life, though, it’s only rated for a year of data retention. So if you must insist on using USB flash drives for storing imporant things, use a new one and put it right on your shelf. Oh… by the way, the Swissbit 4G SFU24096E3BP2TO-I-DT-121-STD drive is only USB 2.0 and costs $97.58 in single quantities on Digi-Key.For about the same cash, I can buy a PNY Technologies P-FD512ELX-GE Elite-X Fit USB 3.1 flash drive… 128x the storage, and USB 3.1 performance as well. Only one problem: PNY has a one-year warranty for the operation of the device, and absolutely no data retention warranty. None. The JEDEC specifications for NAND flash memory require an SSD in power-off to retain data for one year, in consumer devices, and 3 months, in Enterprise devices, through the life of the device. So yeah, you can expect newer devices to retain data longer. There’s no requirement that the NAND flash memory in your USB stick meet full JEDEC specifications, but major brands most likely do. Those are not the numbers you want, but that is the fact.SanDisk warrants some of their actual USB flash drive hardware for a “Lifetime”, whatever that actually means (30 years in countries that don’t allow lifetime warranties). You would think that might have them offering a data longevity warranty or even an official guideline. Nope, they don’t.Kingston warrants more of their USB flash drive hardware for 5 years, but they don’t have a data retention warranty, either. In fact, they offer this guidance: “Kingston Flash Data Retention: Kingston Flash Storage Devices primarily use MLC/TLC Flash Memory. Data retention on Flash memory is dynamic since the amount of time the memory has been cycled affects data retention. Important information should always be backed up on other media for long-term safekeeping.”And sure, you can hear ancedotal stories of USB flash dongles from 10 or 15 years ago being completely good today. And sure, possible but not likely and absolutely not guaranteed other than on specialty memory like the Swissbit. And the memory chips made 15 years ago were almost certainly more reliable, being both SLC and much larger chips.So, Where to Archive?Well, I’d pick a hard drive over an SSD any day of the week. The magnetic storage on an HDD is extremely robust, likely to last 10–20 years or more, but do check your specific hardware’s data sheets. The problem is, you’re dependent on the mechanical bits of the drive tolerating that 10 year sit. You may be fine, or you may be subject to “stiction” problems, where lubricants get sticky over the years and prevent a normal spin-up.My long-term medium of choice is Blu-ray, with qualifications. The minimum you want is “HTL” Blu-ray. The original Blu-ray formulation starts out shiny, and the laser melts a bit of silicon and copper together, forming a less reflective material that’s stable against sunlight. Avoid “LTH” discs, which use dyes similar to those used on CD-R and DVD-R.Even better is M-Disc, a proprietary non-organic HTL disc using a material engineered specifically for longevity. The disc is even HTL for the DVD-R version, one reason it needs a special drive to burn it… regular CD-R and DVD-R is always LTH…. the laser is making the dye layer clear, allowing the reflection layer through. M-Disc is described as “glassy carbon”, it’s unaffected by oxygen — the enemy of the aluminum layer in a CD-R or DVD-R — and rated for 1,000 years life. Even if that’s an exaggeration, if that’s not effectively “forever” for me, then I’m certain all my old media will be stored in 0.001% of my positronic brain upgrade. But this also points out a universal truth — nothing is forever and under every circumstance. There’s no such thing as “waterproof”, you only have degrees of water resistance. There’s no such thing as “timeproof”, you only have degrees of time/entropy resistance.You can also consider managed archival… online storage. Storing things in the cloud, you will get the slight benefit of enterprise-level hardware, perhaps. But what you’re really getting is active data management. You’re paying that company to mind your data, replace drives (on a RAID, of course) before they fail, etc. I never would have considered this a year ago when I was on satellite internet at 12Mb/s and low data caps, but today I’m on a gigabit no data caps. So it’s an actual option for some.UPDATE: After I wrote this, I did self-examine my former stance on online backup. I was not a fan, because it was slow, expensive, and based on your faith in the company still being around when Godzilla stomps on your house. But I did some research and signed up for a trial backup with a cloud backup company, and then paid the annual low flat-fee. So we’ll see. This service has very little user interaction.Their main purpose is backing up media, not making an archive of your HDD, which is my main concern. So they don’t back up program installs. They automatically scanned 1,882,572 files worthy of backup, at 13,454,758 MB. They have so far backed up all but 25,522 files, but those files compries 10,288,725 MB of data. I started this three weeks ago, and I’m on gigabit fiber to the internet. So the throttling is probably intentional, and not unexpected. Nearly everything they’re achiving will never change at my end, so ones is enough.Now, of course, if Godzilla did stomp my house, I would not relish the idea of spending several months downloading my stuff. This company will provide all that data on 8GB hard drives… so two drives and I’m good. Not terribly expensive, particularly compared to my house and all my meat-space stuff. At some point, I’ll probably update this again.Rot and RedundancyNo matter what you do, you’re subject to data loss. The best archival medium is redundancy. When I store my photos on those pricey BDXL M-Discs, I write overlapped… so half of the last backup goes onto the next backup. Every photo is on at least two discs. And my RAID. And my backup HDD.I have recently added online backup, once I found a service without data limits. But even with a fast internet connection to the home, this can be a crazy slow process. I started about a week ago and it’s maybe 2TB archived out of around 13TB of data. If you’re paying a per-data fee, it gets expensive, fast.While SSDs can show data rot in a few years, HDDs and tape certainly can as well. I shot analog video in 1994 on high quality tape that was showing rot by 2008 (multiple playings on different 8mm decks got it all converted to digital). Some of the old CDs we made in the early 1990s are still good, some of the CDs and DVDs I made in the later 1990s and early 2000s are dead. Particularly for anything using organic dyes, both light and heat are your long-term enemies.Then there’s format rot. I backed up onto TR-4 tapes in the 1990s. It wouldn’t matter if the tape’s good if I can’t find a compatible drive. Or a PATA hard drive for that matter… you can probably still find a PATA interface, but your modern PC may not have one. One of the best reasons for CD/DVD/BD is the fact it’s a consumer format, not just a computer format… that’s the primary reason the discs stayed upward compatible over three decades and counting. But will that last? UHD Blu-ray is out, with 66GB and 100GB discs, based on the same tech used in BDXL, so that is a consumer format. But it’ll never be as popular as HD Blu-ray, which isn’t as popular as DVD. Will we have another consumer optical upgrade? But I digress…So archive often, on different media, and in different places. That’s the only way to prevent data loss for certain. And flash drives are cheap, but not archive-grade. If you must use them, back up redundantly.Read Morehttps://www.anandtech.com/show/9...Dave Haynie's answer to Is SD card a good idea for long term data storage?Dave Haynie's answer to If I keep files backed up on an external SSD, is it safe to assume that without damage to it, they'll last forever, are they safe there, permanently?
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