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mandlar

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Honestly, when I get home I try to avoid the computer as much as possible. It's why I enjoy playing video games on consoles instead of a PC because I don't have to continue doing what I've already done for 8 hours that day (sit close to a monitor, use mouse/keyboard, etc).

If you like CS, then you should check out Rainbow Six Siege. Very similar play style (one life rounds with an objective). Everyone chooses a unique operator (each operator has their own weapon set/special ability). It's a lot of fun and reminds me of the days I used to play CS in college 10 years ago.

I don't know what I'm looking for in the demo. I turned off adblock and have hovered over the images but I'm not seeing anything. Maybe I have another plugin interfering. I'm using Chrome.

The pleenq website demos the idea well though.

On Quitting 11 years ago

I'm not a trust fund kid, but I could safely quit my job any minute and be okay for at least a year.

I'm 28. I have a net worth over $130k and a $25k emergency fund. I make over $70k (web dev) in a low cost of living area. I am maxing out my 401k and Roth IRA every year and will be opening a taxable account this year to dump more money into. I'm a renter (2BR for $515/month not including utilities), but I am fully supporting my fiancée who is finishing her masters of accounting degree.

I still spend quite a bit of extra money on video games and board games and a few other luxuries that I could and probably should cut back on. But I don't eat out (we cook in every night) and I live a mile away from my work.

My ultimate goal is financial independence. I want to be able to live off the 4% returns of my investments and not have to work (although I probably would do something, but more for myself than a company).

See: https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence and http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/

Couldn't you technically take the output of GitBook and publish to each service (Amazon, Google Books, iTunes, etc) yourself? It seems you are only paying for the convenience of them doing it for you.

That reminds me of my high school days where people played games on TI-83 calculators. I built a level for the Super Mario game and it spread like wildfire throughout the school.

Oh. There's more than two rappers to choose from. Didn't notice that the first time I went to the page.