mockingbirdy

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by mockingbirdy 8mo ago
Had this exact situation. Turned to drugs. Lived like a GTA character. That’s unsustainable, similar to luxury vacations which turn dull. Now I‘m finding investors for curing MS with a team of researchers who‘ve built sth that is more accur
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by mockingbirdy 4y ago
> There's a breaking point of widespread democratized (runnable by like 1-5 people, or a small community) technology where these companies don't have the same ability to absorb all these gains That is actually a technological s
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by mockingbirdy 4y ago
Here's [1] a data analysis looking into the phenomenon: "Professionals with higher cognitive ability drop out of STEM careers earlier and faster", "High-ability workers are faster learners, in all jobs. However, the rela
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
Your operation is amazing, mobilizing air fright is massive. I'll definitely write you, we'll try what we can to support although we're much smaller.
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
I'm part of a team that does (very small-scale compared to the big NGOs) logistics (food, clothing, baby stuff, hygiene, everything) and provides/mediates shelter in the North East of Germany and sending food, first aid kits and m
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
I've used nearly the same code for years with a trampoline function (JMP instruction instead of simply writing the code right there), so not too sure about it being a new technique. In my opinion, CreateRemoteThread is the function tha
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
Would love to read more about this because my understanding is that the increase in M2 money supply is a big part of the current inflation (very simplified - it's way more complex when looking at money velocity and supply chains in gen
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
> If I decide in the future (perhaps once my account is to that 50-100M range) that the site is more of a liability for me than an asset, I may close it, with or without grandfathering. I'd like to offer to take care of it and manag
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
You talk in plural form, but I can only find information about you on the page. With this kind of alpha, I'd expect a team of quant traders and physicists working on it (I actually talked with the creator of alphahub.us, he's a ph
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
The performances of the models are almost unbelievable. I only saw something similar with alphahub.us in the past (but higher max. drawdowns) - what do you think of them? I'm interested in running the Gold Plan, are there any resources
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
For sales: After attaining product-market fit and everything becoming more stable, it’s all about sales. Software development in the growth stage turns into an endless grind of features and bug fixes and is regularly seen as simply a cost.
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
> But if I was in my 20s or early 30s, I'd be looking to leave tech entirely and go into something else where experience is actually appreciated and valued. I'm in my 20s and think about this a lot although I already moved to m
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
I know crypto millionaires that had to show their e-mails to the tax officers to show which addresses were used for getting paid. I really hope you're right.
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
It's still very young. If crypto gets relevant adoption, it'll be impossible to discern legitimate transactions from illegitimate ones. If it's technologically impossible, you can have all the laws you want - you're not
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
Because you can't know how much the person really has (edit: and receives) with crypto. Historically, you could simply walk to their properties and look at their wealth and tax accordingly (like serfs getting taxed on their agricultura
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
> But when you stop and think about it for a sec you realize that we need intermediaries or else the richer will become unstoppable kings with control that cannot be deflated. I agree. This is something that I'm not sure people who
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
> For me, it’s something new and interesting. Same for me. I'm programming Web3 and Solidity contract interactions. It's just refreshing to have a new aspect (contracts and money) that you can easily interact with now. I agree
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
Thanks for the tip with Poland and Ukraine! Do you have a link for a good AFF training provider? I found this one [1] which looks good. [1]: https://tandemy.pl/en/training-parachute-jump/
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
> keeping my possessions to what can fit in two suit cases I really want to do that as well while learning piano. Any recommendations for articles / checklists for people who want to live like this? Minimalism while having music gea
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
> Did the basic training and looking forward to start jumping in wingsuit next year Nice! Thought about paragliding too, but decided I like the action of flying in a wingsuit more. Booked my first tandem skydiving jump and will start the
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
Love this response! > having >5h of free time a day is detrimental to happiness Experienced this first hand, so true! Didn't know about the shorter live expectancy. Thanks for linking to the sources :)
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
Hey prelifecrisis, I’m from Germany too and I have some friends who experienced windfalls in the 2-10 million range (some of them in crypto, some of them selling their businesses). I can connect you to them so you have trusted people to tal
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
There are some studies which reveal possible connections between wealth, compassion and how generous people are. [1] and [2] for articles about studies like [3]. I see some shortcomings in some of the studies (looking at drivers of luxury c
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
You can mount SFTP with Mountain Duck [1], from the creators of Cyberduck. Costs around $40. [1]: https://mountainduck.io
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
> The majority of the western world's economic output is collecting rents Would love to read more about this, do you have any links?
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
I don't think that people experiencing racism have "surrogate adversity", but I can certainly relate to the general notion. I've "struggled" with this because I too had no "real" adversity in life and
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
It seems that some dogs are even able to learn to communicate via sound buttons [1]. Maybe that's interesting if you have smart dogs, might be a good way to better understand their needs. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/wa
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by mockingbirdy 5y ago
This is the kind of inefficiency that startups can use to get ahead of established competitors. So don't be sad, this is just a reminder to be an entrepreneur.
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by mockingbirdy 6y ago
As a college dropout myself, this really makes me think about continuing my degree. What did you answer to Google and others who grilled you?
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by mockingbirdy 6y ago
This. I've realized years ago that the current fiat system can be unsustainable because it's very hard for regulators to avoid the temptation of applying QE and other monstrosities. But I realized way too late that BTC is the vehi

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