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"Build it and they come" works, for example Hotmail and Google did not invest into marketing initially. But it works in non saturated market with a few players.

I use phone as a wifi hotspot and file server with Termux (sshd, ftpd). Works pretty well.

or maybe they used lunar calendar, 900 years are actually months...

NFT is not a bubble or scam, but money laundering scheme for tax evasion.

I am in similar position, but 45, negative net worth and alimony. I had two problems: environment (it should motivate better), and health (not 20 anymore, but still have shitty hab…

This feels like doctors recommending smoking in 1950ties! Maybe it is a survivor bias, weak cells die sooner, so only measured brain cells are super strong :)

"world" did not went anywhere. Most countries are still normal and do not do politics over Twitter.

Someone who has access to Pegasus is not going after finances. I had modest amount of ethereum on my PC, was hacked, but I still had control over my wallet. If you have $1M+ it sho…

No, cash list price of insulin in most countries is around $30. As uninsured person you can still buy insulin for this price in Mexico or order it from India.

> The price of my prescription without insurance was $339 per vial of insulin In most countries insulin price is around $30. I remember it was cheap in US too. Seems like another p…

It is VERY expensive problem to fix. Cleaning environment, replacing old pipes... Other issues like smoking can be milked on taxes. EU went quite far, even banning lead from solder…

I used meteo radar when working in Ireland. It shows incoming rain clouds, good enough for 20 minutes or so it takes to get to/from work.

A already have enough work on $X/day. If they need to be compliant and treat me like their corporate drone, I am happy to comply. I can charge X*5 and spend one week working on my …

Opensource license is a form of contract. I provide free 5 minute support to new users. And good luck suing me if I am not even US/EU based. Departments (small managers) are author…

Better to reply "yes, we are affected. Your support contract has expired, please renew at XYZ".

Sure. Trivial stuff like disabling automated updates on Linux takes single command. On Windows you have to find tutorials on some shady sites, dig into binary registry. And a few m…

Not really, on site makes sense for Facebook or Google. Or for extra privacy. Mid-sized companies can get cracking deals (like 10% cost) on major cloud providers.

And? My country produces electricity mostly from coal, ICE uses way less energy, but everyone will argue tooth and nail electric vehicles are CO2 neutral and green! Why this creati…

Yes, he may infect someone over video chat. Can you imagine some people are upset when I ask them to wear a mask? Horrible!

If we anchor inflation in some stable asset, like gold, data are very different. Gold is remarkably stable indicator, per hour salary of shoemakers in 15th and 20th century in gold…