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by volgo 9y ago
Yep, I got my money invested in some quality companies and don't plan on touching them for a while. As for hobbies, I actually have a few. The problem is that many of them are more of a lone activity, and that makes me feel even more i
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by volgo 9y ago
Already a long time member! That's actually what prompted me into all this extreme frugality in the first place :)
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by volgo 9y ago
Thanks, that's an interesting idea. I do take very frequently walks but nothing intense. I might try that
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by volgo 9y ago
I don't have much to say besides "I got lucky." Not really a motivating person tbh
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Ask HN: I made a ridiculous amount of money and feel “depressed”
37 points by volgo 9y ago|43 comments
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by volgo 9y ago
The U.S. legislative system has to cater to everyone's interests. Which is not bad per se, but when it comes to something like this, new environmental laws will always hollow out an entire industry. No matter what new enforcement they
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by volgo 9y ago
FYI all these new high tech "Made In India" companies are backed by Chinese investors. PayTM and Zomato are largely backed by Alibaba, Ola backed by Tencent,
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by volgo 9y ago
That argument doesn’t make sense because when you receive a salary, the same taxation is passed through the company as well. Companies have to pay corporate taxes before they pay you too. The only difference is the “last mile” tax of when y
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by volgo 9y ago
Right so then it's the NYT's credential that's on the line. The point is, questioning an author's history or the author's editorial company's history is completely within reason.
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by volgo 9y ago
As capitalism matures, it's clear to anyone with a thread of financial literacy that most wealth is created through capital gains rather than salary. We're approaching a state (at least in developed countries) where productivity i
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by volgo 9y ago
The thing is with modern journalism, anyone can publish anything, how do you know it's worth digesting? It's impossible for you to fact check everything in an article, nor is it possible for you know the future. Therefore trust is
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by volgo 9y ago
The thing is with modern journalism, anyone can publish anything, how do you know it's worth digesting? There's no guarantee of quality other than the author's credential and history. If an author repeatedly makes incorrect a
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by volgo 9y ago
The problem they're trying to solve is city slums, which is common in Asia. I've worked in India before, and every major city (Delhi, Chennai) is filled with massive slums of migrant workers who obviously haven't kept up with
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by volgo 9y ago
The problem they're trying to solve is city slums, which is common in Asia. I've worked in India before, and every major city (Delhi, Chennai) is filled with massive slums of migrant workers who obviously haven't kept up with
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by volgo 9y ago
Speak for yourself. I go home everyday at 3pm. I'm a productive worker and I know how much I contribute. I never miss a project deadline, always finish what I'm assigned to in a sprint, and don't chitchat with people througho
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by volgo 9y ago
His main point in the article: " Why do such meetings happen? There are 2 main reasons: 1. the manager is lazy and undisciplined and so invites everyone rather than thinking hard about who they actually need to speak to 2. the manager
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by volgo 9y ago
That is literally what the author said in the article
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by volgo 9y ago
Not with that attitude you can't. I've changed a lot of things about myself by ignoring advices like this one. I don't care if it's "scientific" or not (btw most modern social science is more of an opinion than
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by volgo 9y ago
I'm confused why people care about this. What's the difference between getting fired and you just resigning? HR departments don't disclose why you left the company, so the only negative is psychological and social. Logically,
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by volgo 9y ago
Not in my experience. IMO folks there tend to be more culturally ok with passive aggressive behaviors
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by volgo 9y ago
People have listed some good reasons, but no one hit the real painful and unpleasant reason: People are negative about it because they missed the ride up. It was at $1k earlier this year when these people started dissing it and calling it a
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by volgo 9y ago
Hard to use princeling in the sense to convey privilege here. His father was sentenced to labor camp during the Cultural Revolution and he himself worked in forced labor for seven years: "The father was detained and imprisoned and spen
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by volgo 9y ago
GDP per capital is a terrible measure of average wealth. Qatar's GDP Per Capital is $59,330 per person, and alternates between oil billionares and people who live on $10 a day.
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by volgo 9y ago
But we're not talking about holistic dating here. The paper only deals with "attractiveness". It's just one aspect - albeit a huge one - of dating.
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by volgo 9y ago
This is actually pretty comforting (at least for me). It means you can significantly alter your attractiveness, and you're not stuck with what you have! "Contrary to popular theories of men's physical attractiveness, there wa
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by volgo 9y ago
Read through the paper. It doesn't reveal anything really surprising, but it's a start. Conclusion was: - Most people want to change their personality - People with personalities that are considered "negative" by society
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by volgo 9y ago
No, the logical step is to stop and think whether or not you should use public money to do this. If he raised some VC funding, he can go hunt Minotaur for all I care. But this is my money he's using to do this. No thanks
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by volgo 9y ago
>For $3 trillion less than bailout, we could have paid off every U.S. mortgage That comparison makes no sense. We didnt pay off the bank's debt. It was a temporary loan from the government and every penny was paid back. In addition
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by volgo 9y ago
You also need to prove they had sex. Many victims are highly vulnerable after the attack and many don't seek to do a rape kit. It's a highly complicated problem with no clear black and white solution
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by volgo 9y ago
IMO, the fishy part of the article is the cronyism involved in this program: "The shadowy program — parts of it remain classified — began in 2007, and initially it was largely funded at the request of Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat wh

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