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cpuenvy594 karma

I used to have a girlfriend who had that 'issue'.

I always thought it was kinda sexy.

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If people didn't do stupid things on their computers many of us would not have jobs.

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I raise 20-50 Cornish X birds every spring for the sole consumption of my family. We fill our freezer for the year with this meat, and I've been doing this for awhile now.

What's the issue with this breed? I feed them less overall, and they go from chick to freezer very fast and inexpensively. Not to mention it's great meat.

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I own a computer repair store. Jobs come in and there is a $60 assessment fee which is waived upon a quote agreement. Malware cleanups and reinstalls are $160, which is an extremely fair price. The big stores can't do what we do for service, ever. And we have a location that is fairly expensive to run. If we charged 20-30 per hour, we would not be able to afford this location. If you think that is a fair price, you won't be in business very long. The bench makes money to keep the store open, not much more. The real money is in consulting.

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That explains why you don't know what you are talking about in this context. Completely different environments and completely different business models.

I used to work corporate too. While we had fun doing things like dressing up our cubes, we sometimes had to work our asses off. But the pay was always predictable and so wasn't the work (unless the mail server shat the bed or something like that).

On your own, you have no time to dress up your work-space let alone clean your desk. Any time not spent making money costs you money and reflects in your pay.