Live data from Hacker News

Lie still in bed

ognjen.io

11–20 of 246 posts

Re: Lie still in bed

#13
post #6
post #4

The "buy a blank PDF" part of that site made me chuckle. I wonder what accounting reasons there would be to do that rather than just ask for a tip, or if he did it simply for the humor.

Soliciting donations without a permit is potentially illegal in my country, so selling a worthless item might be a better way to go about it. Might be something like that.

Wow, a permit is 300 EUR + 120 EUR / year. There's no way this can really cover a single person asking for donations on their website, can it? That's insane.

It also looks like you need to specify information about your "organisation", including specifying a treasurer? How could a single person even fill this out if they wanted to?

~~

It appears permits aren't given to individuals and there is simply no legal way for a given person to ask for donations in Finland.

Re: Lie still in bed

#14
The best kind of parody: the one you almost can’t tell is parody.

My sense is that the core issue with people who actually think this way is that they lack empathy. They assume that their context is shared by everyone. So if one simple trick worked for them, it surely must work for everyone else.

Re: Lie still in bed

#15

Very similar to “chop wood, carry water” Seems like I’m seeing a cultural shift happening in the last few months to people re/discovering zen-stoicism-minimalism Probably the cyclical nature of trends

It also might be a response to the apparent chaos of generative AI.

Re: Lie still in bed

#16

Very similar to “chop wood, carry water” Seems like I’m seeing a cultural shift happening in the last few months to people re/discovering zen-stoicism-minimalism Probably the cyclical nature of trends

It certainly seems to be the trend currently. There’s money and brands to be made convincing people to stop distracting themselves with all the trends you made money and brands convincing them to do.

Re: Lie still in bed

#17
post #13
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soliciting donations without a permit is potentially illegal in my country, so selling a worthless item might be a better way to go about it. Might be something like that.

Wow, a permit is 300 EUR + 120 EUR / year. There's no way this can really cover a single person asking for donations on their website, can it? That's insane. It also looks like you need to specify information about your "organisation", including specifying a treasurer? How could a single person even fill this out if they wanted to? ~~ It appears permits aren't given to individuals and there is simply no legal way for…

Which country is this?

Re: Lie still in bed

#18
post #13
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soliciting donations without a permit is potentially illegal in my country, so selling a worthless item might be a better way to go about it. Might be something like that.

Wow, a permit is 300 EUR + 120 EUR / year. There's no way this can really cover a single person asking for donations on their website, can it? That's insane. It also looks like you need to specify information about your "organisation", including specifying a treasurer? How could a single person even fill this out if they wanted to? ~~ It appears permits aren't given to individuals and there is simply no legal way for…

I would assume you would act as your own treasurer, no?

Re: Lie still in bed

#19
post #10

What if I am capable of thinking with closed eyes?

I don’t know if that matters unless you think about things that require action.

My own experience is that if I think something needs to be acted on, and it’s very quick or very urgent, I just do it and go back to bed. If it’s neither, I write it down. I find either of those to be easier than trying to sleep with the endless nagging by the back of my brain.

Re: Lie still in bed

#20
post #13
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soliciting donations without a permit is potentially illegal in my country, so selling a worthless item might be a better way to go about it. Might be something like that.

Wow, a permit is 300 EUR + 120 EUR / year. There's no way this can really cover a single person asking for donations on their website, can it? That's insane. It also looks like you need to specify information about your "organisation", including specifying a treasurer? How could a single person even fill this out if they wanted to? ~~ It appears permits aren't given to individuals and there is simply no legal way for…

I think that's a feature, not a bug. Money collection permits are really meant for non-profits, not individuals.
Post reply on HN