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by lukifer 18y ago
It's a big leap from shifting numbers on someone's tax returns to locking them up for years based on a lifestyle choice. If we were debating full-blown socialism, it might be comparable, but it's not (necessarily) irrational to say that i
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by lukifer 18y ago
A strong case could be made that many of the wealthy enjoy their opulence due to class warfare against the poor, cycling wealth upwards and taking far more than the actual market value of what they produce, simply by being able to leverage
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by lukifer 18y ago
With great power comes great responsibility. The real debate is whether that responsibility should be exercised freely by the individual, or forcibly via taxation, but the fundamental social value should still apply in either case.
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by lukifer 18y ago
My startup is doing something similar: a web app targeted at table-top gaming. It's not ready yet, but it has a few things Obsidian lacks, and we're looking for more coders and/or designers; if anyone is interested, give me a shout at luke
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by lukifer 18y ago
Those look promising, especially techstars (we're in CO). Thanks for the info.
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by lukifer 18y ago
Either/or. Ideally, we'd like to go without investment (our only expenses are living costs), but we're looking at all the options.
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No, we both code. :)
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by lukifer 18y ago
Our spouses are both very supportive; the issue is the simple practicality of picking up and moving to a new city. We're not kids just out of college who can pile into a cheap apartment and live on ramen; moving costs alone would probably e
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Ask HN: Other angel investors besides YC?
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by lukifer 18y ago
Since Apple has to turn around and pay 70% of that $200 to the copyright holders of the purchased content, I'm sure they stand to lose quite a lot more than they could possibly gain.