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901.
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b20000
5y ago
startups need people that do things rather than talk about it
902.
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b20000
5y ago
why learn programming? also, an 18yo is an adult
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b20000
5y ago
You probably use google and facebook anyway, perhaps to promote your business. You have probably already signed similar agreements due to you using those platforms. I'm not a lawyer, and you should probably talk to one. Just my 2 cents
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b20000
5y ago
this. i also have had all of the above. once you talk to them and you are the developer of the software, be prepared for those users who will demand more features, that you fix bugs by tomorrow, that you do what they want, etc. i have had s
905.
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b20000
5y ago
“nothing terribly difficult”
906.
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b20000
5y ago
do you own the music you buy? no. can you modify it and sell it again? no. why? because people spent a few million $ making that record. you paid $20 for a copy. that is why.
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b20000
5y ago
it is not because you were not able to monetize it that you were clueless. the ability to monetize might come from access to capital or social network. often to monetize you need to have money. working a job or doing contracting is not goin
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b20000
5y ago
it wouldn’t be so cute if you spend all your savings developing a piece of software, you open source it hoping to make money of it somehow, and then someone with more money or better connections takes your work and profits from it without e
909.
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b20000
5y ago
your question is too vague, rephrase or come up with a list of clear questions?
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b20000
5y ago
TL;DR use C++
911.
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b20000
5y ago
you can get a 4 year degree in europe for $500. but, you only have a 0.5% chance of getting through your first year. that is the flip side.
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b20000
5y ago
the reason why i react like this is that i have seen a proposal like what i describe a few years ago in a country in europe.
913.
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b20000
5y ago
i understand, but the next step is what i wrote.
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b20000
5y ago
ah yes, in good european fashion, there will be all kinds of complicated and time consuming rules and processes. that is what the countries in the EU and the commission do best. make it nearly impossible for small bootstrapped companies to
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b20000
5y ago
I know of several situations where entrepreneurs in europe put substantial money on the table in projects which were funded by grants from the government. It would be really bad for entrepreneurship in europe if it would be required to make
916.
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b20000
5y ago
do you think that lawyers make 200k per year?
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b20000
5y ago
agreed
918.
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b20000
5y ago
again, you have no idea what’s going on with their life or finances. people find themselves in situations all the time they think would never happen. hope you never end up there.
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b20000
5y ago
if you want to experience lack of self awareness, go talk to some lawyers charging $800/hr
920.
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b20000
5y ago
like I said, none of your business
921.
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b20000
5y ago
I would not say that "we in tech make enough". with the crazy high cost of housing, health care, education, and more, it's no longer clear that people in tech make enough. people in the baby boomer generation could say that w
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b20000
5y ago
more power to you if you can as easily replace people as you describe.
923.
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b20000
5y ago
you don't know what financial challenges they are facing, so there is no point in arguing that 500K is enough for their household.
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b20000
5y ago
a while ago i juggled 2 contracting gigs. they each paid X per hour which is a quarter to half of what you need as a full time self employed person in CA. employees in companies hiring contractors do not understand the math of self employme
925.
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b20000
5y ago
so why didn’t you pay him more so he would not need to juggle jobs?
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b20000
5y ago
and now you need to learn docker and 10 other things.
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b20000
5y ago
I built a CNC router for machining enclosures, from a kit. The machine weighs about 200kg. I built it because I needed to machine specific types of materials and wanted a high RPM spindle and special cutters to achieve certain finishes. I w
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b20000
5y ago
at my university CS was born out of the math dept, so same deal. I had several hardcore math courses in the first year, then tapering off slowly across the next 3 years of the program.
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b20000
5y ago
why? can’t you just get a modem and buy a sim card and connect? why can they control what OS you run or what hardware your phone uses?
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b20000
5y ago
because people want apps and app stores
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