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Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)

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Re: Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)

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Post by officialchicken »

quotemstr wrote: post #3

Is it me, or have HN submissions gotten shorter and shorter recently? At this rate, top-scoring articles will consist of a single word in a few years.

It's already about 85%: (Look at) me - with charts. We can replace those with TikTok dances instead.

Re: Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)

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Post by hoppyhoppy2 »

quotemstr wrote: post #3

Is it me, or have HN submissions gotten shorter and shorter recently? At this rate, top-scoring articles will consist of a single word in a few years.

I'd rather have a short article than a short article that was fed into an LLM to be expanded into a long one that says very little.

But yeah, when I seek truly "intellectually gratifying" material I usually log off of HN and read a book.

Re: Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)

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Post by gamerslexus »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #20
neogodless wrote: post #9

The "read the rest" button seems broken in Firefox on Windows... so that makes for a very short post.

I’m interpreting the submission as just what can be read on the page, but I still liked it. Brief and to the point.

That's only two ways to get paid, so it's either title is wrong or there's a missing part.

Re: Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)

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Post by zaphar »

c22 wrote: post #44
badgersnake wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It pays to be suspicious of those who tell you you can’t make an honest living.

Huh, I've always been suspicious of folks claiming the opposite. For the downvoters, have you ever tried to explicitly map your externalities?

What does mapping your externalities have to do with honesty? Is this a poor attempt to suggest that no one can actually be honest because no one has a full understanding of the entire universe? Because that's just a lazy excuse for not trying to be honest and not really worth being in the debate.

Re: Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)

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Post by anon7725 »

jubilanti wrote: post #23

Apparently if you're a YC alum you can get to the top of the front page of HN posting an advertisement to go read someone's paywalled Wall Street Journal op ed, with a broken link when you click "read the rest".

It’s Jason Zweig, the Wall Street Journal personal finance columnist, not a YC alum.

Re: Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)

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Post by greenhearth »

WorkerBee28474 wrote: post #60

For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. 2 Timothy 4 (NLT), circa 65 Anno Domini

"Time is coming"? Pretty sure this always happened

Re: Three Ways to Get Paid (2018)

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Post by sunrunner »

Aperocky wrote: post #45
Gualdrapo wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So the author lied and they are trying to get rich?

Author never told us what happens when one lies to those who seek the truth... is that on a different plane of reference?

That earns you a special position as one of a pair of guards in a labyrinth with two doors, one of which leads to freedom and the other to... ba-ba-ba-bum - certain death.
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