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Imo, this is completely false in the realm of software where anyone can launch a new app/project basically every other weekend and feel out what sticks & has tr
by dvt 4y ago
Imo, this is completely false in the realm of software where anyone can launch a new app/project basically every other weekend and feel out what sticks & has traction.
- thfuran 4y agoDid you know that some people spend their weekend working to make rent rather than launching apps that they hope might work?
- dvt 4y agoOf course, but we're not talking about people in poverty, or that are homeless, etc. You're just bringing up a weird red herring that's orthogonal to my point--namely, that the bar is extremely accessible (esp. compared to ventures prior to the advent of computers).
- thfuran 4y agoWe aren't? Then next time you mean something other than "completely false", I'd recommend steering clear of the phrase "completely false".
- giantrobot 4y agoMore people than just those below the poverty line work on weekends. Launching an app over a weekend is easy...if you've got all of the required skills a priori and the leisure time available to do so. Launching an app over the weekend isn't a viable option for people lacking either of those two components no matter their distance from the poverty line.
- 8note 4y agoIsn't this the same argument though? Youre saying that if you only consider the rich, then there's no difference between the rich and poor experience for making businesses
- spencerchubb 4y ago> but we're not talking about people in poverty Um... the parent comment is in fact talking about that
- throwawaysleep 4y agoIf your day job doesn’t pay enough to make rent, you should move to another city.
- UncleEntity 4y agoSeriously? The thing about not being able to make rent is that other things suffer — like being able to move to another city or, you know, eating.
- renewiltord 4y agoThis does not sound believable. Even assuming a 2 h / day commute each way, this person is working 56 h weeks with 28 h of commute? Introduce me to this poor person doing this (if they're within 50 mi of 94103) and if they have 2800 h of wages to show for last year, I will pay $1k just to talk to them for 2 h in a place of their convenience at a time of their convenience. I think it's much more likely that people who are too poor to participate cannot participate in gainful labour in a predictable fashion, i.e. their employment is sporadic, or shifts are unpredictable, or they are seasonal labour. i.e. they are not time-constrained, they are employment-constrained.
- mrcrumb1 4y agoSurely you're aware that children and debt exist.
- renewiltord 4y agoOkay, it's true. People can make choices that close doors for them. That part is true.
- dmitriid 4y agoThat anyone at the very least needs access to a smartphone, powerful-enough computer, and internet. 18% of households in the US say they can't afford home internet service: https://ntia.gov/blog/2022/switched-why-are-one-five-us-households-not-online https://ntia.gov/blog/2022/switched-why-are-one-five-us-hous...
- dvt 4y agoNot sure what this has to do with anything; my point was just that the bar is much more accessible, generally speaking, than it was prior to software being a thing. It wasn't some grand thesis about the affordability of internet or larger social problems (housing, poverty, etc.). Seems like you're just trying to grandstand.
- riku_iki 4y ago> 18% of households in the US say they can't afford home internet service very hardly believable, unless they are chronically unemployed.
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