lingoberry

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1. 31.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   Give your child a monthly allowance that is 8-12 times lower than the price of something it really wants. Watch as the child saves up to be able to buy it or fails. Raise the allowance slowly as they get older, but never so high that they c
2. 32.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   Very interesting! I'm from one of those beautiful frozen North European towns and I have the opposite problem when I visit places like China or Japan :) I do think it's easier to get used to living in crowded places than the other
3. 33.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   What is an idea really? If it's a one-liner like "a social network for college students" then sure, it's has little value. Give the same one-liner idea to different people and the outcome will be completely different. Bu
4. 34.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   But there IS a distinction between web site and web app. Blogs, news, forums and the like should not be web apps, they shouldn't use client side rendering and fancy widgets. The Spotify web player however IS a web app, and it would suc
5. 35.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   I don't know about the rest of Europe, but these have come out of Sweden (many have since relocated): Klarna, Rebtel, Mojang, King, Wrapp, Soundcloud, iZettle, Tictail, Spotify, Skype. Of course, depending on your definition for "
6. 36.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   You would only say that if you were born in the US. Your definition of "generous" is pretty laughable in most other developed countries.
7. 37.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   Good point.
8. 38.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't basic income also increase the tax revenues from goods and services, and by creating more jobs because of the increased buying power of the poor? Especially since close to 100% of the basic in
9. 39.▲
   by lingoberry 13y ago

   I find developers with a github account admirable, but I never did contribute to open source at a day job, and while I'd like nothing more than give everything I do for myself away for free, the goal is to sustain myself stand in the w
10. 40.▲
    by lingoberry 13y ago

    I hadn't considered that possibility. I gave over a month notice before I left to my company as well as the immigration lawyers, but it's possible that my application was still in the system somehow.
11. 41.▲
    by lingoberry 13y ago

    Sure, no problem 1) Yes, I was on track for a green card within a year or two, but when I resigned I it was abandoned 2) I had some very nice friends who brought me some bags before I left Canada 3) The Canadian side of the border was immen
12. 42.▲
    by lingoberry 13y ago

    Where did I say this is the only reason? I had a great time in the US, and there are plenty of great things about it, but I've had enough bad experiences with various parts of society and government that the upsides of living in the US
13. 43.▲
    by lingoberry 13y ago

    Something similar happened to me recently. I voluntarily left my job at a US employer, planning to move back home (to Sweden). But first I wanted to spend some time preparing for the move and waiting for my wife to wrap things up. The rules
14. 44.▲
    by lingoberry 13y ago

    I'm using CouchDB hopefully for the right reasons. Each user is storing and accessing only their own data. I need that data to be easily stored offline in localstorage in the browser (sqlite/indexedDb not being supported in all br
15. 45.▲
    by lingoberry 13y ago

    I mostly agree, but if it's only as inconsequential as we think then it'll fail anyway, so no reason being upset about it.
16. 46.▲
    by lingoberry 13y ago

    How about narrowing it down to one specific subject at first, try to get pre-orders (one time fee)? If successful, build it and then repeat. Once you have enough variation in content you can offer a subscription plan instead of individual p