Hello. I am a single, middle aged man from midwestern United States. Pic is not me.
I’m not exactly an expert so please research all of this further, but my understanding is that you have a few options. In no particular order:
Have you talked with other small business owners? Do you have connections to the business community that could explain what they do? If you don’t have anyone to network with about this, FIND some people. Even just by walking into their business and telling your story. Many communities have business incubators or other networking for startups. At least one mentor could make a HUGE difference for you.
Is starting the business and ramping it up for some time THEN quitting possible? This could make sense for a lot of reasons, not just health insurance.
If nothing else, you could work long enough to save up 6 months or a year of COBRA and then quit to do your business full time.
Best wishes!
I LOVED TA back in the day. I recently bought it again off Steam.
Atari 2600 gamez! Very cool. I still have my 2600 and the TV I used when I was a kid. Both still work.
Also, so glad someone put arcade games on their list.
Ultima IV !!! Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time.
I played that on my Commodore 64 and waited a loooong time for the (actually floppy) disk drive to spin up.
I bet most people here don’t know any of the Ultima games.
I consider myself warned.
Hmmm…
Fuckin SHUT UP!
We don’t want to give those MS assholes ANY ideas.
Degoogle instead.
It might not be the door opener. The door/springs/track may just need adjustment.
I would call your local hardware store and ask for a recommendation for a “garage door guy”. Then follow his advice.
Be VERY careful with garage door springs! They can kill you. Torsion springs especially.
Cool, thanks. $5 -$6 / month is cheap.
I’ll bite. What is frugal Usenet?
I’ve always been pretty bad at Tetris. This video was very engaging and entertaining. It tells a great story.
Consumers are getting fucked. Media companies will continue to make it worse while trying to improve their bottom line. How long until it is all pay per view at sky high prices that only keep going up?
I try to own my media in physical form as much as possible. But I don’t think it will be long until physical is not an available format. Or unaffordable, like vinyl is now.
We should have resisted and stopped the DMCA. We should stop all media being rental only. But we do not resist, we comply. We bend over and get fucked like the sheeple we are.
Until consumers take control of their government they will continue to take it up the ass from corporations. They count on you to comply.
I would start reading Rolling Stone and similar stuff. The radio should also help.
Or are you looking specifically for only hip-hop?
I also saw it in the theater. So tragic that it did so poorly in theatres.
Visually stunning. There are some amazing looking scenes, standout being the huge holographic woman.
Tragic storytelling. These poor goddamn replicants who are so close to human.
Fascinating characters both real and virtual.
Instant classic. Different from the original and both better and worse.
I own this on blue ray. Thanks for the reminder, I need to rewatch both of these awesome films.
Here is a free book about it: https://archive.org/details/the-art-and-science-of-dumpster-diving-paladin-press
Many excellent tips and tricks.
Best wishes.
There is a lot of interesting info here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Is+it+greener+to+just+burn+plastic&ia=web
Also, I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia article on microplastics.
I own a couple actual vintage arcade machines and paid less for them than this. If you shop around you can find deals.
I also have one of these 1up cabs and it is definitely not like vintage. Software may be the same but it is using a modern monitor not a CRT. I think I paid around 300 for it several years ago. Not full size.