iRideUnicornz

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by iRideUnicornz 8y ago
One also has to take into account other revenue streams that Youtubers will often have. Most channels nowadays will start up a Patreon account once they get a core following, and even a monthly dollar per Patron is more than all the adclick
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by iRideUnicornz 8y ago
By Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Not calling Nat stupid here (he probably knows his craft better than I ever will in my life), but I don't really think he's lyi
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by iRideUnicornz 8y ago
I agree, the blurb describes in detail what a "Pals Battalion" is, but not why it was actually problematic for the communities from which that battalion originated from. Basically, large groups of young men from the same community
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by iRideUnicornz 9y ago
I don't think they value social rights that much less than we do (although it seems local Chinese people seem to tolerate government power more than we do). People who come over from China, especially to work in Silicon Valley, tend to
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by iRideUnicornz 9y ago
This is purely anecdotal, but some of the most prominent notifications FB sends me is when someone who's been inactive for a while posts something. For example, I had one friend who posts maybe once or twice a year, and I would always
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by iRideUnicornz 9y ago
As nice of a story it makes, those people are the exceptions. For the vast overwhelming majority of the population, secondary -> post-secondary -> graduate studies (last one optional) is the best path to "success". Those peo
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by iRideUnicornz 9y ago
I think the reason for this level of abstraction isn't just due to the difficulty in understanding what we do, but rather the _intangibility_ of what we do. When we talk about magic, we describe a system that is intangible to the uncul
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by iRideUnicornz 9y ago
This is a really well-written article. It's clear, concise and sticks to the point, not drowning the reader in anecdotes and unrelated analogies. I've thought these same thoughts myself when explaining automation and how it would
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by iRideUnicornz 9y ago
I've always thought of life as being a series of opportunities, and depending on how you live your life and how lucky you are, that number differs. Having opportunities is very different from success though; the successful are those wh