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Re: US netsuite

Bill DAlessandro — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:44:04 -0000

Down in Charlotte, NC:

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Re: The Best LCD/LED TV

Bill DAlessandro — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:42:31 -0000

I am normally a huge Wirecutter fan, and this is the first place I came when starting my research for a new TV. But out of ALL the TVs in the world, you recommend a TCL 5, and upgrade to the TCL 6, and the competition section only mentions 3 other models? Am I to believe you only reviewed 5 televisions in order to write this guide? Not even a cursory mention of Vizio’s models? What about Samsung’s broad lineup? LG? Hisense?

I have come to expect thorough investigation from Wirecutter, and am frankly shocked at how cursory this article appears. It almost reads as though TCL sponsored the article and said “I don’t want to read anything about our direct competition”. Very uncharacteristic of Wirecutter, and for such a high profile article as “best TV” I expect a lot better.

Re: The Dishwasher Detergent We Buy

Bill DAlessandro — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:44:43 -0000

You guys used to have an entire article that was well researched and recommended Cascade Platinum Pods - I remember because I read it and purchased some. This was pre-NYT acquisition.

Now that full review is gone and replaced by a short article that says "it feels like Finish All in 1 Tabs (TM) are the best" and doesn't mention any other brand.

What's going on here Wirecutter?

Re: Does Grounding Really Work?

Bill DAlessandro — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 20:34:21 -0000

Come on people - I don't think you know what the word "quantifiably" means. Twice in this article you said grounding "quantifiably" improves Dave's jet lag and sleep, and then proceeded to immediately offer totally anecdotal, NON quantified opinions devoid of any facts or numbers whatsoever. This article is no better than any of the rest of the sham medicine on the internet. I expect better from a leader of the "quantified" self movement. Shame on you.

Re: Zack Kanter: Growth extremes are not our only options

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:55:17 -0000

Your continued age-bias and obvious unwillingness to even consider both sides of an argument makes continuing this discussion counter-productive. Let's take some samples of the ageist language you've woven (consciously or unconsciously) through nearly every comment you've made on this article:

"leave Boulder's future to the adults"
"This 29 year old's opinion is noted and disregarded"
"millennials admittedly don't follow local politics" (you have now since edited to add a "that")
"I've penned ... longer than you've been alive."

You should ask yourself why you have such bitterness against a full 25% of the US population that you disregard their opinions out of hand and lobby for charter amendments that will prevent them from even moving to Boulder at all. I'm beginning to understand why you insist on commenting under a pseudonym.

Re: Zack Kanter: Growth extremes are not our only options

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:27:28 -0000

The fact that you just painted 83 million people (25% of the US population) with the broad "millennials don't follow local politics" brush shows how closed minded you insist on being.

If you'd like to refute the content of this op-ed, a better tactic would be for you to lay out a rational and well reasoned argument in favor of 300 and 301. Simply "I want Boulder to stay small" is quite head-in-the-sand and me first. Try to think through why 300 and 301 are good for all the current and future residents of Boulder. The world isn't a photograph, it changes. It's our job to manage that change as best as we can.

If you are not willing to participate in the debate on an adult level instead of slinging insults and accusations, I'd suggest that perhaps it's you who is acting like a child.

Re: Zack Kanter: Growth extremes are not our only options

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:50:34 -0000

Don't be ridiculous. So anyone that wasn't born and raised in Boulder shouldn't have a voice? I was neighbors with Mr. Kanter and can assure you he most definitely lives in Boulder, volunteers his time mentoring local entrepreneurs, invests in the community, and has the best interests of Boulder at heart.

Further, the implication that "a 29 year old person" is a child and unworthy of commenting is closed-minded, ageist, and reprehensible.

This is a debate worth having. I'm sure your opinions would be taken more seriously if you refrained from ad hominem attacks and attempted to actually discuss the issues.

Re: Multi-TLD Routing in Laravel

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:52:40 -0000

This worked flawlessly for me in combination with Ryan's logic in routes.php - well done!

Re: The 17 Things Every Entrepreneur Needs To Do To Prepare For 2014

Bill DAlessandro — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:02:47 -0000

This is an all around awesome list. Great post!

Re: Import Mail.app “Notes” Into Evernote

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:13:10 -0000

Hey there - just letting you know I posted an update further down the page that correctly handles notes longer than 255 characters...

Re: Import Mail.app “Notes” Into Evernote

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:12:21 -0000

Here's an improvement to the AppleScript that handles titles longer than 255 characters:

tell application "Notes"

set theNotes to every note of the folder "Notes"

repeat with thisNote in theNotes

set myTitle to the name of thisNote

if length of myTitle is less than 255 then

set myShortTitle to myTitle

else

set myShortTitle to text 1 thru 254 of myTitle

end if

set myText to the body of thisNote

set myCreateDate to the creation date of thisNote

set myUpdateDate to the modification date of thisNote

tell application "Evernote"

set theTransferredNote to create note with html myText ¬

title myShortTitle ¬

created myCreateDate ¬

notebook "Notes"

set modification date of theTransferredNote to myUpdateDate

end tell

end repeat

end tell

Re: PHP: Remote Kill Switch – Make Sure You Get Paid

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:50:18 -0000

So glad to hear it Ilya, way to stand strong. This is exactly the situation this code should be used for - when the client refuses to pay. Glad I could help!

Re: The Content Licensing Industry Is Broken

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:07:50 -0000

Would have, except I live in Colorado and our retarded tax laws forced Amazon to shut down their affiliate program in our state...

Re: PHP: Remote Kill Switch – Make Sure You Get Paid

Bill DAlessandro — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:19:04 -0000

Robert - obviously you shouldn't remove the code until you have the funds secured. Still, you can never be fully protected if someone is actively trying to defraud you - in that case, you should take it up with your credit card processor.

Re: http://bryce.vc/post/15300645787

Bill DAlessandro — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:10:20 -0000

Totally agree Bryce - I think as a society we have recognized that there is value in measurement (manage what you measure), but now we’re confronted with the difficultly of actually deriving meaning from all the data we are collecting. There is simply no way to understand and absorb all of that information using traditional methods.

I wrote a little more about in on my blog (thinking about companies like Recorded Future and Palantir) if anyone's interested.

http://www.billda.com/a-pic...

Re: The Ferriss Experiment – 4 Hour Fact or Fiction?

Bill DAlessandro — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:57:05 -0000

Caleb - you caught me, I never did! Glad you reminded me though. My New Years resolution is to spend more time cooking healthy meals at home, so I should have some good recipes to share over the next month or two. Look for a post soon.

Re: The Content Licensing Industry Is Broken

Bill DAlessandro — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:33:22 -0000

I know Chris - definitely not your fault. I hope they work it out soon. Really looking forward to the book! I'm a big fan of Tim Ferriss and Dave Asprey, which is why a few friends recommended your blog (and book). I've got several "muses" (to borrow a term from Tim) and hope to join you in the vagabonding lifestyle shortly. Safe travels!

Re: Are You An Internet Entrepreneur In Colorado? Oppose PIPA!

Bill DAlessandro — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:59 -0000

Absolutely Brad - please put my name on the letter:

Bill D'Alessandro
Co-Founder
Elements Brands

Re: The State of Venture Capital and the Internet

Bill DAlessandro — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:08:24 -0000

Great deck Mark - but wouldn't "<./presentation>" make more sense on the last slide? :)

Re: The Need For A Gender Neutral Pronoun

Bill DAlessandro — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:28:06 -0000

Totally get it. We have a rather elegant solution in the south for the 2nd person plural - just drop a "y'all" and you're all set regardless of the company :) If only there were something similar that was generally accepted for 3rd person singular - "phe" doesn't seem like it'll work for the general population...

Re: Get Financially Organized – A 20 Something’s Guide to the Real World

Bill DAlessandro — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:25:54 -0000

Well if you follow the advice above, I think you're pretty well covered. You'll have $5,000 of cash in your checking account, which should last you for several months if you were in a pinch. Plus, all of your savings besides retirement funds are in publicly traded, liquid stocks or mutual funds - which you could easily sell if you burned through your $5,000 and needed additional emergency funds.

To me, it just doesn't make sense to have the $5,000 PLUS some additional money all in cash, earning 0.5% interest - for my risk profile, it would be much better to put that excess cash into some relatively safe mutual funds and let it earn a return, then liquidate if you ever needed the cash in a pinch.

Re: Push Notification Overload

Bill DAlessandro — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:13:58 -0000

I haven't used Android as extensively as iOS (iPhone owner) but have definitely played with friends phones. I think Android is much closer here to the way things should work - some notifications scream for your attention, while others are less urgent and fall into the "tray". I think you need both types.

I also like the badging that iOS allows - it would be handy to somehow double tap an icon and receive a list of notifications that app had sent - basically a look "behind the badge" to see what those notifications are.

Re: Push Notification Overload

Bill DAlessandro — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:56:22 -0000

I actually think you've got to do more than that and re-architect how the notification system works. The trouble is that there is only one type of notification - a big modal dialog box that interrupts everything I'm doing, and stacks one after another if more than one pops up. Once you dismiss it, it's gone forever, no way to review history if you can't deal with it RIGHT NOW.

IMO, intrusive modal notifications should be reserved for things that are urgent - an SMS or other alerts as designated by the user. All other notifications should end up in some sort of stream that you can peruse when you have the time. Sort of a news feed for notifications.

Re: PHP: Remote Kill Switch – Make Sure You Get Paid

Bill DAlessandro — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:52:29 -0000

Thanks for the kind words - glad I was able to help :)

Re: The Ferriss Experiment – 4 Hour Fact or Fiction?

Bill DAlessandro — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:54:31 -0000

Hey Andy - I actually do have my workout plan written down, along with recipes for several "repeatable" paleo meals. Look for both in an upcoming post soon.