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by akg_67 11y ago
> In my case its Math and programming. If your skill set is FoxPro DB support then, as the kids say these days, you're going to have a bad time. What are 40+ doing in your surrounding environment, your friend's and people like
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by akg_67 11y ago
Most of the projects are scratching my own itch. I don't intentionally look for project ideas. Why didn't I think of that. I wish I could do this. This could also be applied to this (something unrelated). These type of thoughts an
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by akg_67 11y ago
In my side projects, I am influenced by a book I read few years ago: The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau. I only do projects that have potential to bring revenue. I use the following milestones to decide whether to keep project alive or no
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by akg_67 11y ago
Considering you mentioned "focus less on absolute financial independence" and "small amount of savings", I guess that you want to generate multiple streams of income through your "labor" instead of "capita
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Meet the millennials looking to get rich or die tryin'(marketwatch.com)
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Navinder Sarao: The man accused of causing the US market to crash(bbc.com)
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More Trouble in Bonds Backed by Peer-To-Peer Loans(bloomberg.com)
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Negative Interest Rates: Impossible, Unnatural or Just Unusual?(aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com)
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The Short History and Long Future of the Online Lending Industry(forbes.com)
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How Indian-Born Innkeepers Revolutionized America's Motels(npr.org)
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by akg_67 11y ago
An auction based on highest wages will be the worst thing that can be done to H-1B. You may have only technology/CS viewpoint here with this proposal. There are lot of other industries that use H-1B. At one time, I was one of such H-1B
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by akg_67 11y ago
Coder + CFA + Financial market + Financial reporting & analysis = $$$ + Trading = $$$$
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Leave my iPhone alone: why our smartphones are extensions of ourselves(theguardian.com)
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Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich and the Poor Is Growing(nytimes.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
Interesting, didn't know that each arm has only 10 uses. Why is this limitation? Wear out of arm or mfr limitation in attempt to sell more. Makes sense why some insurance plans don't cover DaVinci and patients have to go for lapar
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by akg_67 11y ago
The main challenge with remote telesurgery is what do you do when connection goes down in the middle of surgery. You need someone onsite competent enough to continue where remote surgeon stopped due to loss of connectivity. We explored simi
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Optimising romance(economist.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
If you are interested in valuing Internet/Tech companies, look into Aswath Damodaran's blog http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/?m=1 In the past he had valued AAPL, FB, Uber etc. His Investment Valuation course at
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by akg_67 11y ago
Water quality is one aspect. The water delivery mechanism is another, often ignored, aspect. Flint issue has more to do with delivery.
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by akg_67 11y ago
Actually just a low tech method. Asked my wife who is on Board of Homeowners Association (HOA) to find out if HOA has done any testing in the past or would consider sending incoming city water supply samples for testing annually.
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by akg_67 11y ago
From another poster "Nassim Taleb taught me that the absence of known danger is not the same as safety."
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by akg_67 11y ago
Default to not drinking from taps directly. I live in Seattle. We only use tap water after filtering with a Brita Filter for drinking and cooking. When we are outside home, we either bring filtered water with us or buy bottled water. At res
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What's holding back the world economy?(theguardian.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
> the bubble has already burst. Bubble is bursting. Nobody knows that it has already burst or finish bursting. When I see exodus from Bay Area like the one in 2001-2002 then I will believe the bubble has burst. Tech-stock wreck destroys
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by akg_67 11y ago
You seem to have rose-colored view of startup and what it takes to succeed with a startup. Your odds of succeeding at a startup may not be better. With powerball, you are risking $2 for 292 million to 1 odd. With startup, you are risking se
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Are Americans losing faith in democracy?(vox.com)
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History Books with Insight for the Future(bloombergview.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
Looks more like a bailout by Microsoft of Ozzie again. It's good to be connected at the top, you can make a failed venture look like success.
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Avoiding Forced Irrationality(awealthofcommonsense.com)
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Economy: The Topic We Should All Be Paying Attention to (in 3 Charts)(blackrockblog.com)
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