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by kingstoned 3mo ago
and you answer is...? There is an interesting article about inequality and intentions behind it: https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/inequality-is-about-grabbin... ... what do you think about it?
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How to earn a billion dollars(paulgraham.com)
739 points by kingstoned 3mo ago|1933 comments
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by kingstoned 4mo ago
How do they not have email when it's required to sign up for various sites, plus having android phones requires gmail, plus official documents, bank accounts, job applications etc. tend to ask for email; email is used for work as well.
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by kingstoned 4mo ago
If you want to understand why someone would even propose taking from the rich and complain about inequality, this post titled "Inequality Talk Is About Grabbing " is illuminating: https://www.overcomingbias.com/p&#
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by kingstoned 4mo ago
They have had good public education for the past decade or two and rank high in international student rankings. So, I would bet that high 'human capital' would be the cause here.
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by kingstoned 5mo ago
If someone is from one of 75 countries with ban on immigration but also has dual citizenship from a country that is not banned, do they need to go to that second country's US embassy when applying for an immigration visa?
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by kingstoned 6mo ago
USD is actually stronger these days... I know since I receive USD as payment and convert them to EUR
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by kingstoned 8mo ago
Could you please give some sources - books or articles or videos on that topic? It's really fascinating
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by kingstoned 10mo ago
Can you have just one US client like a marketplace or network that gives you monthly payouts totalling $150k a year? The client is a famous US based company.
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by kingstoned 10mo ago
How easily can one get E1 treaty trader visa and what volume and quantity of trade are recommended? If I have a company registered in my home country (eligible country) and have payouts from a US provider like an advertising network, affili
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by kingstoned 10mo ago
Why would public ownership deliver those benefits? Walmart is delivering cheap, quality and reliable service in retail. Soviet stores we not better than American ones.
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by kingstoned 1y ago
If you want to get a visitor visa to attend an incubator like YC, is it better to: 1) wait to be admitted into YC and get B1 visa for 3 months. Do you get some kind of invitation letter from YC that increases your chances of approval? 2) ge
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by kingstoned 1y ago
"Today, though, a young man working at a Walmart or a gas station will struggle to attract a stable partner or the respect of the world around him." True if they are not good looking. If a guy is really handsome, he could
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by kingstoned 1y ago
I have a company in my home country with revenues of $200k/year with 12 transactions per year from US clients. Can I apply for an E1 treaty trader visa and what are my chances of success?
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by kingstoned 2y ago
Meanwhile scam cookie stuffing extensions like Honey are 'featured'
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by kingstoned 2y ago
It's generally a myth that government employees are somehow receiving low total compensation and they could do better in the real economy. Here's one government employees providing stats and experiences about what it is like to wo
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by kingstoned 2y ago
The result of that is suggesting to put delicious glue on a pizza. Yummy https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24176490/mm-delicious-glu...
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by kingstoned 2y ago
When people say "surreal" they mean "real", it's just most of your life is not very real, just repetition and routine. - Norm Macdonald
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by kingstoned 2y ago
Netflix is not easier, but marketed heavily and competition is censored in search results. Some random pirating streaming site is unknown and probably not even easily discoverable on google (you have to use yandex for that). I stick to pira
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by kingstoned 2y ago
Subscriber count is not a measure of quality or importance of the service category. Hacker news is less popular than TMZ or the DailyMail, but it is not a lower quality news website.
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by kingstoned 2y ago
Sued for what? For scraping a website? That is Google's main business.
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by kingstoned 2y ago
It's amazing to me that on a startup-oriented forum like this one you see these kinds of socialist comments when it comes to something that is harmful to startup founders and the entire ecosystem. Honestly curious to see what people wh
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by kingstoned 2y ago
I use https://wiby.org for old websites
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by kingstoned 2y ago
It's not that different, Google's Gemini already provides this functionality where they have source/links in their responses...
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by kingstoned 2y ago
The problem with this discussion is thinking that the good life is about access to material resources and that we should examine unequal access to them and fix that. It is simply missing that there are other more important inequalities and
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by kingstoned 2y ago
I don't see how Kagi are advocating to destroy Google and especially competitors. They write about potential actions government might do to make the field more competitive. Keep in mind that it's the Google that was government fun
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by kingstoned 2y ago
Why is inequality in wealth a problem to be addressed? What about inequality in other areas of life like dating? Interesting blog post: https://jakeseliger.com/2014/05/30/the-inequality-that-matte...
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by kingstoned 2y ago
AntennaPod hooked to a NewPipe folder = ad-free unlimited content.
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by kingstoned 3y ago
For E2 visa: 1. Do they look at whether you paid taxes on the income you invested (how stringent are the requirements for source of investments)? 2. What is the minimum viable investment these days? Could they approve an investment of $50k-
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by kingstoned 3y ago
There is a good review of the book you might like: https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/the-gossip-trap

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