I can say without a doubt I prefer buying a laptop from Apple to anyone else I've tried due solely to the lack of options.
Over the last couple of years I've tried a few times at different vendors to find a different laptop, and every time I've given up because of all the options.
My problem is that when I'm presented with so many options, I spend hours trying to optimize them, and being unable, I give up.
> Most freelancers will not build and/or follow-through with their ideas, because they perceive their opportunity cost to be too high.
I wouldn't quit my job for this (if I had a job), but as a freelancer I'd consider taking a month of no client work and building it at what amounts to a reduced hourly rate.
The parent post mentions "billboard" but it is a digital road sign (at least the ones I've seen). It's on a pole higher up so people can see it easily, similar to how many billboards are done.
> To read them back in, you fed the tape into the terminal and it simulated typing your source back into the computer.
reminded me of this story (which came at a much later date):
> A senior NASDAQ official saw Peterffy's setup and said Peterffy was breaking the rules: All orders had to be entered through the keyboard. He gave Petterfy's group one week to fix the problem.
> Peterffy and his engineers came up with a solution. They built a robot with rubber fingers that typed entries into the keyboard.
If I could get the same interest rate or lower I would do it, but as of right now I would get lucky if I could find one that gave me 3x the interest let alone higher...
