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by rick888 16y ago
Did you read the part about taxes? -50% alone to the federal government. -1% of your total net worth, which is means you may have to pay taxes, even when you have no profits coming in. -Anytime he purchases something, he is charged VAT -T
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by rick888 16y ago
"You say that like it's a bad thing. One could say that us Americans have a "sense of entitlement" about things like clean drinking water, functioning emergency services, and a publicly-funded education system; alternatively, one could just
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by rick888 16y ago
Does it really matter? It seems the leftists have flooded ycombinator and don't really want to hear anything besides their own viewpoint.
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by rick888 16y ago
"A problem doesn't have to have a single cause; in fact, most real world problems don't. I think it's a good idea to cut spending. I also think it's a good idea to distribute wealth." We are already redistributing wealth through taxes and s
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by rick888 16y ago
"No, everybody is not "in it for the money". You said it yourself, actually: most people are in it for the things that money allows them to do. That is a very important difference, and it's one that a lot of people forget about." You need m
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by rick888 16y ago
"Much like 'cut government spending'." So..why did you say it in the first place? It's obviously something you believe. "You sound like someone who takes Ayn Rand seriously as an economist, as opposed to a philosopher. The truth is that mo
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by rick888 16y ago
"Bad guess. My first startup had a successful exit; I'm not at liberty to discuss the numbers, but let's just say that it was for a satisfying amount with the appropriate number of zeroes." ok. So why say "we all aren't in it for the money
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by rick888 16y ago
"Could this be at least in part a self-fulfilling prophecy? Due to the way healthcare is set up in the U.S., the only people who really can consider quitting their jobs, and losing their group-health plan as a result, are: 1) people who are
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by rick888 16y ago
"Speaking as one who has started several start-ups in Norway, I'd say: there is still quite a bit to win, there is much less risk, and at the end of the day, we're not really in it for the money, are we?" That last part makes me think that
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by rick888 16y ago
While learning is important on college. The networking and social aspects are just as important.
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by rick888 16y ago
"Or the problem might be that wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few who are vulnerable to groupthink and consequently triggering financial disasters with their incompetence. DISTRIBUTE MORE OF THE WEALTH." "distribute mo
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by rick888 16y ago
"It would make a refreshing change to see people queueing up on a Saturday night, desperate to pay their tax." The poor would be giving all of their income and the rich would just keep theirs.
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by rick888 16y ago
I used keypass for about a year (on a windows machine). I now use 1password: http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password Not as buggy and works with chrome.
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by rick888 16y ago
"Congress put out a report stating that piracy actually (in some way, be it minor or not) helped "digital sales" "minor or not" So did it help or didn't it? I don't know how they could ever prove this. How do you prove intent, one way or
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by rick888 16y ago
As much as people hate the strong security we have in the US..we haven't had anything like this for many years.
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by rick888 16y ago
Start a blog and write articles (preferably something related to your target market/product). You also might want to make a twitter account. When you have no money, marketing will take time.
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by rick888 16y ago
I found some of the offending code when I downloaded a free theme the other night. It took me around 5 minutes to: 1) open footer.php 2) echo base64_decode('code') 3) take out all of the links and paste the rest of the code in the footer. P
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by rick888 16y ago
Is this really a surprise? Everyone is using Facebook, which means many eyes that can see advertisements. The open source equivalents pretty much have nobody using them except hobbyists.
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by rick888 16y ago
"By the age of 3, children from wealthier households hear, on average, about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements. The ratio is reversed in households on welfare." I often wonder how much of it is environmental. Why are the pa
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by rick888 16y ago
yes, but it makes it that much more difficult. You also need to stay more focused because you don't have that much time during the day.
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by rick888 16y ago
1 and 1 Internet hosting. I've been using it for the past 4 years. I have a $10/month account. In the 4 years, I have had almost no downtime (only twice). When there was downtime, I called up and talked to someone and my site went back u
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by rick888 16y ago
Well, I guess we could call it copyright infringement, but most people will come up with their own terms for it. I feel that the only reason you don't like any of these words is because you don't want copyright infringement painted in a bad
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by rick888 16y ago
"Coming up with a new name that's not theft is probably a good idea, then we can mete the appropriate opprobrium upon that word instead of the too much of theft and the not enough of copyright infringement. This is definitely a goldilocks i
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by rick888 16y ago
"Software isn't like that. By obtaining a copy of a program, you're not taking anything from anyone in a way that prevents them from using it. In particular, if the software has an "owner," you're not preventing them from selling it." Pirac
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by rick888 16y ago
"Do we have any evidence that she's incorrect on the facts?" There are a few examples of this succeeding in the article. I would also like to know the overall amount of money spent, how much money was taken through taxes, and how many didn'
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by rick888 16y ago
This doesn't sound like anything more than a welfare program. Welfare programs generally don't work, because it leaves most people with little incentive to go out and succeed. It's also interesting that the only way to solve the 'inequalit
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by rick888 16y ago
"Compared to 100% in the countries I mentioned. Also, healthcare in the US doesn't even cover the full cost, there are still premiums and deductibles and dental is usually ~60% compared to 100% in other countries. Your argument is based on
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by rick888 16y ago
I can only think that way for so long. Because eventually, your boss or manager will push the company in a direction you don't agree with..and then it will make you realize why you want to have your own company.
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by rick888 16y ago
tell that to the guy that made from thesis (wordpress templates).
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by rick888 16y ago
definitely not. I know they do it in other countries. Things you can't ask about: religion, sexual preference, relationship status (married), if someone has kids, age

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