wilshiredetroit
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Comment · 2 years ago
"choosing their parents correctly" - yes.. having great parents doing their best is probably one of the main indicators of success. (mileage definitely varies) A child can learn a lot from their parents.. things like prudence, patience, work ethic.. a lot of folks think its about "inheritance". imho
Comment · 2 years ago
Chamath Palihapitiya had some interesting comments about this topic that I think you guys might enjoy:
Narrative violation for the "progressive" left: The American Dream is alive and well.
12% of American Families are now Millionaires "Perhaps most noteworthy, there really are a lot of true millionaires. About 16 million American families—just over 12%—have wealth exceeding $1 million, up from 9.8 million families in 2019. Nearly eight million families are multimillionaires, i.e., their wealth exceeds $2 million, up from 4.7 million."
Who are mini-millionaires? "They generally earn between $150,000 and $250,000 a year. Rather than being left behind as all the gains in the economy accrue to billionaires, they have in fact seen bigger wealth gains over the past three years than the top 10% of families."
Who saw the biggest gains in wealth? "Indeed, the biggest wealth gains between 2019 and 2022 were among the approximately 13 million families in the 80th to 90th percentile of the income distribution. Their median wealth jumped 69% from 2019, adjusted for inflation, to $747,000 in 2022." https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1718016818118553622
here is a snippet from the allinpodcast thats related.. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1VXuOAyBqz/
definitely worth the 2 mins
Comment · 4 years ago
P.S. congratulations on the Baby!
Comment · 5 years ago
this is really cool.
it semi reminds me of nuzzle
how does this work? Is it so I can mass subscribe?
Again.. its very cool.. love the ux
Comment · 5 years ago
I LOVE Forem and Dev.To
The stack is very rational.. and "easy-ish" but its not wordpress easy..
most groups..and social networks.. dont burst outside 500 monthly active users.. at best.. 5000~
most groups are small and doesnt need a sophisticated scaling system.
I often test out communities with a very simple wordpress install running buddypress... it suits most communities and its so easily movable to cloud...
anyway.. i love Forem the dev.to guys have really created something phenomenal
Comment · 5 years ago
why is this a problem? serious question.. i dont get it
Comment · 6 years ago
The problem with opening up the beaches.. are the congregation of large groups of people at choke points such as crosswalk intersections and such places.
heres an update on Florida.. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-coronaviru...
Comment · 6 years ago
I just tried this.. and it worked amazingly well. It was smooth and seemless
Comment · 6 years ago
He stopped being "supply and demand" when the state of Tennessee declared a state emergency.
Upon the declaration of a state emergency, charging "grossly excessive" prices for food, construction services, emergency supplies, or other vital goods or services. Subject to civil penalty of between $1,000 and $3,000 per violation.
The definition of "excessive" or "unconscionable" pricing is generally determined by looking at average prices in the affected area over a given look-back period prior to the emergency, typically six months or so. If prices are 10 or 15 percent higher (some states have different thresholds), then it may be determined that price gouging has occurred.
*He was making good money while the going was good.. --BUT-- he should've known the laws the surround his entrepreneurial endeavor. He should've known that he needed to stop selling over 10% ~ 15% when the state declared an emergency.
--- The system worked.
Comment · 6 years ago
What I do is I use a WordPress I stallation to consume RSS and Email Newsletters they have plug-ins that slurp rss feeds (I use feedwordpress)
And I use the Email to Post feature built in to WordPress to consume newsletters..
Now that rss feeds I like and newsletters I like are in wordpress as a post.. I have a plug in that sends an email digest of what's posted...
What I like about my ghetto setup is that I can easily search and get "related" articles..