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Comment · 4 years ago
"Build it and they come" works, for example Hotmail and Google did not invest into marketing initially. But it works in non saturated market with a few players.
Comment · 4 years ago
I use phone as a wifi hotspot and file server with Termux (sshd, ftpd). Works pretty well.
Comment · 4 years ago
or maybe they used lunar calendar, 900 years are actually months...
Comment · 4 years ago
NFT is not a bubble or scam, but money laundering scheme for tax evasion.
Comment · 4 years ago
I am in similar position, but 45, negative net worth and alimony. I had two problems: environment (it should motivate better), and health (not 20 anymore, but still have shitty habits).

If you have $500, I would suggest to take 6 months sabbatical and just unplug from tech.

Comment · 4 years ago
This feels like doctors recommending smoking in 1950ties! Maybe it is a survivor bias, weak cells die sooner, so only measured brain cells are super strong :)
Comment · 4 years ago
"world" did not went anywhere. Most countries are still normal and do not do politics over Twitter.
Comment · 4 years ago
Someone who has access to Pegasus is not going after finances. I had modest amount of ethereum on my PC, was hacked, but I still had control over my wallet.

If you have $1M+ it should not be tied to your sim card, GMail account etc... If you use the same device to access your bank accounts, and to browse internet or receive messages, you are like an idiot who does not do backups!

Comment · 4 years ago
No, cash list price of insulin in most countries is around $30. As uninsured person you can still buy insulin for this price in Mexico or order it from India.
Comment · 4 years ago
> The price of my prescription without insurance was $339 per vial of insulin

In most countries insulin price is around $30. I remember it was cheap in US too.

Seems like another problem created by US kleptocracy. Make something prohibitively expensive, and "solve" problem by providing handouts to cover costs.

Comment · 4 years ago
It is VERY expensive problem to fix. Cleaning environment, replacing old pipes... Other issues like smoking can be milked on taxes.

EU went quite far, even banning lead from solder.

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