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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:16:47 +0000 Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <9eb45192-e996-fa3d-b002-c02798bb2b7a@example.net> <7e375fa6-9dad-927b-ebcb-898b6adafc00@example.net> <998225ad-dc63-23f8-4e4b-92e76ec29636@example.net> <0186e59b-8801-2a6a-c38c-dc4bbddc86cc@example.net> From: "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> Organization: wokiesux Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:16:46 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Lines: 40 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.101.150.97 X-Trace: sv3-501KygmdGWnm57LuLkFoduIPIXmWdq+094oMEViUf6CfuZ/U0RZRL3cdbaMnXe8WKy3SM8fU0kwcoez!LofpsKloZfreTo+nw8fkw05etsk6TbYm0ctmfhLsMlRlxXvUHmnrVSAQVOfJP8C1GdW6TQ1a3AIA!CbLxr5+cIT5AfDwPUzCW X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3755 On 12/14/24 5:07 PM, D wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > >> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:20:58 +0100, D wrote: >> >>> Sounds like a good man! You should keep him! >> >> I don't think it was 'What Color is your Parachute' but there was a book >> from the '70s that had a punchline like 'How to hire an employer.' It's a >> worthwhile way to think. They're not hiring you, you're finding >> corporation that will provide a sales force, accountants, and all that >> business cruft while you happily write code. >> >> Many people dream of having their own business. Been there, done that, >> and >> found the business part very tedious. >> > > This is a very powerful mindset I've had my entire working life. I think > more people who are employed, should think of themselves as one man > entrepreurs, as you say, you are the one with value, and shop around as > you would if you ran your own business. > > As for having my own business, yes, the accounting is tedious, but I pay > about 400 EUR per month to get that done for me. > > This is also something I tell everyone who wants to start their own > business. For the love of god, outsource all accounting as quickly as > possible. This is a productive philosophy - assuming you have the Right People. (Almost) independent agents can be highly productive and inventive. It takes only a light hand to kinda infuse them with 'the mission'. Alas most managers, knowing they're crap, go for the heavy dictatorial hand as psychological compensation ...