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Poor Charlie's Almanack is a good one; it is quite a mix of stories, advice and wisdom that you can read in parts here and there when you have a moment.

Thanks, I didn't know that!

So doesn't MB own part of Tesla? (Edit: yes) I wonder what the overlap is here.

And I wonder if the Spanish Gov would ever let this in...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#History "On May 19, 2009, Germany's Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz, acquired an equity stake of less than 10% of Tesla for a reported US$50 million,"

I don't know, I live in Alicante (15 years now) and know many working folks and professionals who take 2-5 off, though in the summer they will go until 3 and call it a day.

Similar in Alicante, though chains here, and often nearby shops, are open until 2200.

Okay, I'm a Canadian living in Spain and can tell you, from 1200 - 1900 in the summer the sun hurts, and yeah, a lot of stuff is done locally = walking or biking (usually walking).

It is much easier in local towns and villages to walk around and get what you need rather than take a car, often a more difficult thing to do given parking scarcity, and really not necessary given that there are many options for going local. I have two supermarkets within a KM of my home, 16 (!) cafeteria/bars/restaurants, and most other services are covered (banks, dry cleaner, gas station etc). In larger cities (Barcelona, Madrid and smaller cities) the neighborhoods tend to have most things. You really only do the long drive to hit larger supermarkets or to go to a mall or something.

Wow! What a throwback, I was on that CSS list and Philippe and I would do a lot of css writing and testing together, along with 'Big John'. I recall a day when this 'Dave' guy came by asking for people to check out his garden...

Something for scale in those images would have been nice. Perhaps the video does the size justice.

"The Iberian peninsula is a great resource for renewables and wind energy, not just for the region but for the whole of Europe."

Sure, but the inept Spanish non-government will never do the right thing with this amazing opportunity.

Many years ago I worked as a geologist and watched as a very low-yield gold mine went thru cycles of getting funded, building some infrastructure and then declaring bankruptcy, until finally there was enough infrastructure there to actually make something happen (and maybe the rising gold price helped in the end).

It seems this strategy can be applied in different scenarios/fields and with money, people, money and people... Opens your eyes.

Another great reason to buy from small, local companies. Keep it simple, be wary of over-specialization.

I went thru a round of something like this, where I had been a developer+copywriter+editor+salesman for en early internet biz.

While I have a degree related to my field, I found that the network I had built up over the years, thru sales and communicating with people while editing and fact checking, was the path to my next bit of employment.

tl;dr: don't forget that 10 years of relationship building!

Yes, part of what I was trying to say is why not get that handful of folks together and go to Japan, to the source. Logistics? Ego? Funding? Perhaps a trip is in the cards...

I remember at university how, when attending the few multi-disciplinary meetings or get-togethers, I would marvel that these people - on the same campus! - didn't get together more often in order to share and stimulate growth or share strategies, which inevitably occurred during these meetings.

I wonder why a handful of qualified mathematicians couldn't get together and go to Japan to sort this proof out...

Nice. I'm still struggling to feel I know enough to do my own thing other than lead gen and optimization for others.

"I know everything there is to know."

I kind of took that to be like how Musk talks about needing to know first principles. In the article you can see that he was humble about what he thought he knew, took jobs here and there and eventually confirmed that he was at the cutting edge, that he knew 'everything there is to know' about this special area.

That's when he realized that he was qualified to try this. IMO, anyway ;)

That only lasts so long until the client figures out they are being fleeced. My wife hawks those businesses that are way overpaying for their web hosting and the like (maintenance each month to keep sites live).

Your idea is somewhat like Hawkers Sunglasses here in Spain. If you can read Spanish, check this out it is packed full of what you are trying to do, except they made way more money: http://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/2015-04-06/hawkers-...

Sure, I don't think they have ever hid the fact that they play the game, what they are trying to do is play it in a responsible manner. Yvon Chouinard's book is worth a read, it's a fine line to tread and, in my opinion, lazy to take the cynical way out. (Not that I think you are!)

Maybe read the book rather than let this person 'ruin it for you'.

Have you asked them? They have some pretty crazy stores about reaching back to repair old gear.

You have changed 'individual consumers' to individual.

As a consumer, make the choice to consume goods that cause less harm and then make them last longer. As an individual, there are likely better things you can do, sure.

Sadly, I doubt that manufacturers are consciously thinking about durability and (more-so) repairability when planning.

"In some cases repair is the most efficient choice but in others it is not." I doubt that choice - one way or another -is being made very often.

If a tradeoff has been made, then it would be great to have that knowledge as a consumer and thus be able to make an informed decision.

No problem and good luck with whatever you do. Once you get going with this, and it starts to work for you, it becomes part of your process and an asset in your life.

(btw - St. Albert ftw!)

tl;dr: spend 3 hours a week doing food prep such that you can throw together many quality meals with minimal fuss over the next week.

Food prep: buy your veggies, Broccoli, Asparagus, meat, potatoes et al on Saturday.

Boil, bake and prepare the food on Sunday so that on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, an easy breakfast, lunch or dinner is made by tossing two eggs (or other protein source: roasted turkey or whatever you prepared on Sunday), roasted potatoes, spinach, Broccoli and the like and you're good. At least one good meal per day.

I do this for our family of three and we eat at least two high quality meals per day.

Food prep takes practise. Eventually its like clockwork and you can crack out a lot of food in 3 hours.

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The setting here is pre-school: older kids are 5-6, not in their teens.

My son went to a pre-school where they mixed the ages. His first day there an older child helped him button up his apron that they needed for painting. I was there for several mornings at first, while he adapted to being away from us, and saw this happen time and again.

Having the older children help the younger ones had the great result that, once in elementary school where they are separated, the younger ones are like younger siblings to the older ones. It has been fantastic watching this develop thru the years.

I see people here in Spain do this too.

I suppose the thinking is that there are people who clean the streets every night, so why not just discard whatever wherever you want! So much for being responsible about yourself and your actions.

And while some do argue the 'keeping people in a job' line, others don't even realise the harm in what they are doing and at the same time don't even try and rationalize it.