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by paradite 5y ago
Maybe early retirement / FIRE would help a bit here. I am about to hit 30 soon and I came up with the idea of Retire 35 to start planning for the inevitable. If you haven't figured out what to do, early retirement can at least g
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by paradite 5y ago
I recently started dabbling in Google ads for my side project. And I have learnt a lot about advertising through actually running campaigns: - Different countries have drastically different CPA (cost per action). You can acquire users easil
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by paradite 5y ago
SPA and Rails are not mutually exclusive. For a simple MVP, Rails is enough. As features grow and frontend becomes more complicated, you can then evaluate again if you want to move the rendering part into a separate SPA while retaining Rail
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by paradite 5y ago
mathler.com 1 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜ Edit: Ok HN doesn't like the shared characters...
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by paradite 5y ago
Looks very nice. However it took me a while to figure out why I kept getting error. It wasn't obvious to me that you are required to enter prime numbers only. Maybe consider dropping this constraint? Also, might want to disable text se
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by paradite 5y ago
I took the CS1101S course taught by Martin Henz (who did the adaptation), where this JavaScript adaptation of SICP was the textbook. I enjoyed writing JavaScript and functional programming. Here is an old screenshot of the interpreter that
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by paradite 5y ago
For those who are not familiar with the parties involved in a credit transaction / chargeback, here is a good illustration of the process: https://www.case.org.sg/consumer_guides_consumeralerts_archi... Assuming the ev
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by paradite 5y ago
People having less attention span (instant gratification), favouring utility and efficiency over aesthetics.
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by paradite 5y ago
Yes, the prediction is incredibly accurate. So my question would be: Is this a case of selection bias (survival bias)? Did we cherry picked one accurate prediction (at the right time) out of many different predictions made about the future?
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by paradite 5y ago
You might want to read up on the history of patriarchy and matriarchy. IIRC, they used to take charge alternatively until modern societies were formed.
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by paradite 5y ago
I wrote about beliefs that many people find outrageous... Questioning probability – Controlled probability theory https://paradite.com/2014/10/23/questioning-probability-cont... Extinction is Natural, So is G
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by paradite 5y ago
That looks very similar to the Retire 35 app in terms of functionality. You got me thinking. Maybe I would release a web version instead.
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by paradite 5y ago
Hi, thanks for the feedback. My definition of retirement does not mean stop working. In fact working is encouraged as long as you enjoy it. I have actually addressed the issue of work on the website, in " What to do after retirement? &
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by paradite 5y ago
Interesting idea. What about moving to South East Asia? Low cost of living and plenty of English speakers settle here for retirement.
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by paradite 5y ago
I see where you are coming from. I didn't know about the bond situation. Is that US specific? The idea is to go for whatever that is currently accepted as low risk. For example, if bonds are considered risky, maybe high interest saving
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by paradite 5y ago
Give it five minutes. My all time favorite advice on exactly how to do that. https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3124-give-it-five-minutes
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by paradite 5y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I am more optimistic on the hypothetical case construction. Regarding depression, I believe that working towards a goal, such as retiring early, would actually help combat depression because it gives purpose to work
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by paradite 5y ago
I completely agree that investments have inherent risks, which is why investors usually transition into lower risk portfolio nearing retirement age. And I believe you already know that. The point of Retire 35 is therefore, not doing precise
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by paradite 5y ago
Glad to hear that you are enjoying what are already doing. That's a great state to be in. And if you were to ever consider retirement plans, you would fit into one of scenarios that I described on the website: > If you are already
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by paradite 5y ago
I'm sorry if I had posted this at a time that bothered you. Regarding your concern, I actually believe that early retirement will increase the overall productivity of the society (because people can work things that they find passion
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Show HN: Retire 35(retire35.com)
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by paradite 5y ago
I had a similar idea a while back, albeit less profitable. It is to find all integers inside pi: https://pi.paradite.com/
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by paradite 5y ago
One of my favourite quotes is from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". It notes an observation that I find generally applicable to many things in life: "Those long divided shall be united; those long united shall be divided: su
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by paradite 5y ago
> because the writer has apparently never heard of a web server. This gives me the initial dropbox dismissal comment (you can do it trivially with ftp) vibe... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
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(For issuer) also via overseas usage, FX fee and spread.
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by paradite 5y ago
What if I deployed my own node and just changed some css styling? Do I also need to somehow open source the changes? Edit: And what if I wrap it with another service, say a CDN, that changed some behaviour and styling (proxying, path rewrit
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by paradite 5y ago
I prefer the alternatives: - limit the number of parameters for most functions to at most 2. - Use TypeScript (optional) and editor Intellisense (inline prompts) to display parameter type when writing function calls. VS Code has this by def
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by paradite 5y ago
Yes, I agree that it is the natural thing to do. Maybe building / reaffirming cultural identity through these names is what I was trying to convey.
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I must apologize if I made you feel like it is a criticism. I think national/cultural pride is a pretty positive thing, at least in China.
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by paradite 5y ago
No need to worry. Eventually the future species / AI will find a way to recreate the entire past history and see everything we did.

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