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mockingbirdy
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> (no good link for that, unfortunately) I've found something. I recommend reading and watching Eckhart Tolle. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci8ZAj6Z8C4 [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0
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I second reading Seneca and Nietzsche. And I can't recommend https://www.youtube.com/user/academyofideas highly enough. This channel will be really helpful for your journey. Start e.g. with this playlist: https:&
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Using privacy-related software makes it more likely that you'll get specifically targeted for surveillance. [1] Simply visiting this site makes it more likely. [2] For anyone who fears state-level surveillance: Using a VPN or Tor and s
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I've built the same in the past to solve ReCaptchas and my question is: Why on earth did they publish this? I've kept it secret because Google will close this loophole and probably make it more difficult for disabled people to ver
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There are many things that still work. High DA and quality links are a necessity, but I have people in my network who make 100k profit per month with a lot of sites that have DA17-25 (pretty weak) and some backlinks (around 30 per site, alt
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It depends on your competition and your chosen keywords. For most niches, it makes sense to write around 6-15 long articles (>6000 words) and then a bunch of 500 word articles that lead to the big article - most of the time a guide (you&
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Try keyword research tools like https://kwfinder.com and others to get a feeling for the search volume and competition for a specific keyword.
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It works. The content should be SEO-optimized, though (it isn't "normal" content, it targets certain keywords). Your domain ranking, on-page SEO, link structure, even title formatting and other stuff is also relevant. As some
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tl;dr - ants can be compared to neurons (they even use similar mechanisms) and ant colonies can be compared to consciousness (although they lack human-recognizable self-awareness). I think it's not useful to compare humans with ants an
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> I have a decent-ish work history This is all you need - I think it's a necessity that you've proved to yourself (very important for your self-confidence) and potential business partners that you're able to do some real w
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> I find sketching has a higher compression rate This depends on the level of abstractness of the given concept. I also prefer sketching for concrete ideas. > I also want to do the "crazy professor" style work I can relate.
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> And luckily this is the same thing that my employers noticed. This is rare. Good leadership in that company. > Are you the same type? Yes. I use voice recordings, sketching and drawing a lot to save mental concepts. Voice recording
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People with this personality type are very reflective and have profound thoughts, but they often lack execution. You'll be most successful in think tanks or if you lead teams where you give high-level directions (you will need a busine
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Most people lack the emotional capability to hold stocks that are losing value. If inflation goes up he can use his money to allocate the most valuable asset. I just don't think it's generally a good idea to invest while the marke
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The conscious part of the human mind is basically a justification system. It exists to justify actions so that they become socially acceptable through rationalizations (this statement stems from this hypothesis: [1]). After understanding th
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Buffet himself is currently sitting on $111 bn [1]. [1]: https://www.businessinsider.de/warren-buffett-berkshire-hath...
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> we are many years in a bull market I agree. Having most of his capital in the stock market or real estate is a great opportunity to lose money in the next 5-10 years. Holding cash and investing it when the market is down is a good idea
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> I don’t believe the actual refugees are the problem. I don't think so, too. The underlying problem is growing inequality of wealth and opportunities. The very far right-wing people fear that the refugees will worsen their situatio
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It's about the refugees. Many EU countries lack basic decency and risk to destroy EU because of Syrian refugees. Solving the crisis there is indirectly one of the interests of the EU. The current situation also strengthens the position
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The scientists who make apps addictive (2016)
(1843magazine.com)
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Netcup
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Nice, everyone is posting their favourite CMS, again. I use https://getgrav.org because I like flat-file CMS. Maybe there are some photographers here: http://koken.me (CMS for photographers). Another idea: Use a stat
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His book is fairly good and well-written, but I know what you mean. I'm currently helping an author who wants to write a book and make some money with it (she wrote books in the past and worked with publishers). I explained to her how
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I'm not gonna lie: Daytrading. It's the definition of a money topic. But I know that there are people who make a fortune with small cook books. I know some other very profitable niches, but I can't talk about them in detail
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A friend of mine did $120k completely passive with his book (+ audio book) on Amazon. Without Amazon, he would have to get the outreach. Outreach is the expensive and difficult part. When the customers are already there, it's just a ma
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I know that they work hard to make it addictive, but isolating yourself because of a fear of a lack of self-discipline is not a solution IMO. Use it to your advantage and have the strength to withstand its negative aspects. Ignoring the new
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https://zulipchat.com/why-zulip/ For me it's Zulip Topics - they make it very easy to organize the communication. You have channels and they contain topics. This is one of the most useful features of Zulip. Most f
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It took us 10 minutes to run a production-ready Zulip server. The installation script handles everything without any issues. https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production/install.ht... > just to run a
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I'm using Facebook every day to search for affiliate marketing websites and niche sites that I can buy. There are a ton of groups with website exchanges. It's also great to find virtual assistants and content writers. We also have
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Neat! We use a TODO.md, but this solution can keep track of the exact position. Looks very useful. If there's a way that the developers can run it without installing the Haskell suite (maybe binary releases for Windows, Linux, macOS),
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