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by brd 12y ago
I'd agree that down-voting has become more prevalent and is unfortunately often used to show disagreement. I think one problem is that HN is likely acquiring a lot of redditors where votes in general are not nearly as meaningful (espec
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by brd 12y ago
I must have misread a headline at some point because the number of finance billionaires is smaller than I thought. Having said that, of the 268 listed by forbes, 15 were in finance. http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexmorre
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by brd 12y ago
I wouldn't say my bias is so strong, more that you're allowing labor statistics to water down what would be meaningful paths to being a billionaire via the finance industry. To your point: A large majority of the tech billionaires
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by brd 12y ago
I'd say the most important thing to do is to decouple your income from your time. You can easily become a millionaire with a reasonable paying job but to become a billionaire requires that you find ways to massively scale your income.
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by brd 12y ago
I'd say its more about living within your means and having the motivation to spend on what you decide matters. Although if they splurge on activities like that on a regular basis it would be an entirely different story. At 23, I was ma
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by brd 12y ago
The first part is absolutely true, the second line sounds like something directly from Peter Thiel. While there's wisdom in his idea of finding green pastures and being a pioneer, its actually not the best way to become a billionaire.
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by brd 12y ago
It's not a terrible line of thought, simply an unpopular/controversial one. We've effectively eliminated selective pressures that would otherwise create a trend towards increased fitness. The most successful members of our so
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by brd 12y ago
Coming from a household where only 1 parent had a college degree, growing up in a less affluent town within a highly affluent county, and being best friends with a member of a much more well-to-do town/family has given me some interest
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by brd 12y ago
In regards to speaking out: "Ask yourself what you'll get out of it before you say it" if it's only to make yourself feel better its probably not worth it. The advice I give constantly: "Be the squeaky wheel" i
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by brd 12y ago
You are tax dodging, there are ways to do so legally so I'm not pointing fingers or saying its wrong but that is what it is. Having said that, if you do choose to go down this path I'd make sure I have a really, really good accoun
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by brd 12y ago
For me, the way we treat children has become the shining example of how broken our society has become (in the US at least). I'm appalled by the lack of freedom kids have these days. I'm appalled by how many parents opt to stick a
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by brd 12y ago
I'm sure it depends entirely on what area of the org you work in but in my opinion GS is not a good place for most programmers. The bulk of their programmers will be supporting applications (not writing sophisticated trading software)
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by brd 12y ago
I think there's been a general trend towards people giving a shit about their food. You see it in the diet trends, you see it in the tone of food shows, you see it in the farm to table movement, so I'd say its already well on its
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by brd 12y ago
For the conscientious observer I think this is the best approach to take. I lived in VT for a while where it was very easy to support local, organic farms and where I am now I frequent the small organic food shop for my needs. For those of
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by brd 12y ago
I'd agree, I wasn't trying to imply we need to reach some unfounded past equilibrium. However, it's fair to say we've not made things better ecologically speaking but luckily we have the cognizance and ability to improve
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by brd 12y ago
I'm constantly tempted to jump head first into the fight to help fix the giant living machine we've been slowly breaking for decades. I've got notes scribbled down on a better dietary framework, on creating incentive systems
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by brd 12y ago
I'm 100% in agreement with you that the current ag scene will barely notice these new practices but I've been casually watching the industry for a while and solutions like this one promise to fill some important niches. The point
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by brd 12y ago
I'm not sure why you're so convinced that this is an inferior means of farming. It's generally accepted that modern day commercial practices are sub optimal. Fertilizer is one of the largest costs, it will absolutely be minim
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by brd 12y ago
"with 40% less power, 80% less food waste and 99% less water usage than outdoor fields" Sounds like its less expensive. I'd imagine the upfront real estate costs will nominal when annualized.
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by brd 12y ago
I am in a very similar predicament. I can rake in cash doing things I dislike or look elsewhere for employment. The conclusion I've come to is I either need to be saving the money towards some specific purpose (startup, long term trave
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by brd 12y ago
I've had to deal with a technical quiz 2 times in the last ~9 years, one of which was when I was applying as an intern. I'm an SAP guy and the enterprise space pretty much hires exclusively off prior experience and not on technica
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by brd 12y ago
I appreciate the spirit of the message but opportunity cost is something that demands attention. Most of my why's allude to the fact that life is short, I only have so much time, and I better ensure I'm making decisions that don&#
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by brd 12y ago
I am a firm believer in actively curating a mental model. At work I could be accused of over-communicating and I demand the same from those around me. I do so because my goal is to help refine the mental model of myself and all my coworkers
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by brd 12y ago
When I started programming FT (roughly 8 years ago) I was in a company that, like most, does an annual review/raise process. I'd always push for a second review and raise somewhere in between because the standard process made it d
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by brd 12y ago
Disregarding the entire content of his email while simultaneously nitpicking his email etiquette is never going to come across as "friendly". As its written, you just seem like you're dismissive and passive aggressive. If you
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by brd 12y ago
The spirit of kickstarter is not a pre-order service but ultimately that is how many projects (this one included) leverage it. Even Kickstarter has admitted this via the changes they've made to their policy in regard to product based c
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by brd 12y ago
File a chargeback. Since you haven't received the pre-ordered product in the agreed time-frame your credit card (if its Visa) will likely accept it. I don't see Stand Desk having a good chance of winning the dispute since they did
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by brd 12y ago
This is solid advice. I can't emphasize how important it will be to clearly define ownership. One of the main initiatives of my current role is to carve out responsibilities between a company and its infrastructure support partner, it
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by brd 12y ago
I don't know who down-voted you but I'd say the word:impact ratio on this comment is particularly high. Gems like this can have a big impact on a young person's career.
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by brd 12y ago
Initial planning is hard, especially when working out scope with other parties. Starting the code is hard, you either have to choose to be very careful in your original design or knowingly forfeit the code to future rewrites, both choices i

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