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by scheff 10y ago
Hi there, can you explain to us why you chose to invest so heavily in Bitcoin and Ethereum? What gave you the certainty that they would go so well?
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by scheff 12y ago
forget it. you guys are negative.
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by scheff 12y ago
I generate a passive income through options trading. It takes a small amount of my time each week. I have built up a wealth of knowledge through years of study. I have experimented with most forms of passive income over 20 years and found
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by scheff 12y ago
When I was 25 I moved to London to work in another country, meet new people, have adventures ... live life. Prior to that, I was in a similar position to yourself. This was the best time of my life, and I'm glad I did it at that age.
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by scheff 13y ago
I see money as a measure of value. The exchange of butter for chickens, and determining what exchange rate would be satisfactory for both parties, quite often does not take into account the effort, or cost, of producing the goods. Say it c
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by scheff 13y ago
Give it an appropriate prioritization in your life. e.g. "This is more important than X". And have in your mind the REASON why it is more important than X. The secret, that I have read, to success at difficult things is knowing
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by scheff 13y ago
A starting point. HN'd today. http://firstround.com/article/Fight-Like-Youre-Right-Listen-...
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by scheff 13y ago
I was hoping he would post references as well. I think there are no literal "management design patterns", he just means there are "design patterns for management" in the form of "management best practices". S
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by scheff 13y ago
My small amount of research discovered that you can live in a serviced hotel room for between 15,000 and 30,000 THB per month, which is $500 - $1000 USD. This was in Chiang Mai. I explored a couple of different hotels. You can get serious
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by scheff 13y ago
I've spoken with a few of westerner businessmen in Thailand now, and they re-iterate much the same sentiments. My view has become "go there as a tourist who happens to spend several months on business" as opposed to "go
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by scheff 13y ago
Any suggestions on how to avoid the 'tourist tax'? Are there westerners set up over there to help other westerners find cheap rentals, etc?
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by scheff 13y ago
care to elaborate?
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by scheff 13y ago
Great write up! I'm thinking of doing the exact same thing. A couple of questions - Why the limitation to being able to only do 6 months? Do they stop renewing your visa after that? Have you looked at other neighbouring countries li
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by scheff 13y ago
I'm currently creating a touchscreen voting application in HTML for low vision and blind users. AMA.
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by scheff 13y ago
Why are we still writing in mark down? Fair enough, as a techie, it's just assumed you will learn another "language" and be productive. But a creative writer shouldn't have to think "how many #'s do I need to
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by scheff 13y ago
I found your post insightful and beneficial. Experienced much of it myself. Also, I've had similar arguments with other wannabe entrepreneurs at the start of their path. Hopefully the HN community can benefit from your experiences.
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by scheff 13y ago
I would be willing to consider the International Space Station an equivalent of the Moon colonies, as it serves much the same purpose; research and training, but is more convenient.
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by scheff 13y ago
This is what I have been asking for - the Elon Musk biography. However, the one thing that I'm after, and the only thing I would be willing to buy it for, is answer to the question - "How did surmount his challenges?" He mus
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Rudd recruits Team Obama trio to take on Abbott(theage.com.au)
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by scheff 13y ago
There are some good answers and advice in the comments here. One thing that appears to have been missed is - there is an underlying issue that you may or may not have identified yet which will have a major impact on your psyche. Being reje
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by scheff 13y ago
One of the key differences between Apple and Android - for me - is that people who buy Apple generally buy into the hype created around Apple. And the reverse - people who buy Android don't buy into the hype. I can't say I have
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by scheff 13y ago
Perhaps look at having an Advisory Board. The kudos could be sufficient payment. Especially if you become a big success. Alternatively, look at offering them stock options. If they believe in what you're doing, and want continued invol
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by scheff 13y ago
As a long time programmer, I've learnt the mantra "somebody has already solved this, let's go find their solution." That applies to pretty much any technical or non-technical issue that you need to solve. So much of wh
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by scheff 13y ago
I also received a bonus while working in London (I always thought it was called "London Waiting" [1], which seems like a more accurate a reflection of their train system). I think it was £3000, which was a large amount back then.
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by scheff 13y ago
Javascript. I started in Microsoft development and saw code that made me cry. I switched to Java because developers with self respect wrote elegant code in Java. But Java frustrated me because of the effort to result ratio; for the amount o
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by scheff 13y ago
There are ways of getting around it. Travel to S.E Asia and meet some expats who have retired there. For some countries this is easier to get around than others. Mostly, people just do border runs when their 90 days are up.
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by scheff 13y ago
Suggest Appcelerator or Phonegap due to your web skills and the speed with which you can pump out an app. I had a full working app in 3 months that ran on both Android and iPhone. One code base.
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by scheff 13y ago
I would have thought that the obvious advantage of this over scooter-kid is the time saving over someone in traffic. It would take potentially half the time to deliver to some areas by air. With the major side benefit that your pizza is l
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by scheff 13y ago
I love how much the same scene has been re-use since Blade Runner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk
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NZ Hacker builds own motorcycle, with wifi penetration tool for mobile cracking(theage.com.au)
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