Hacker News Reader

Comment by elevenones | Hacker News Reader

I sold my biz for 16B then went back and deleted the funding rounds and founders. I made 16B. I like this.

I somehow broke it, I got a $5 investment against a $998B valuation and then sold it for $199B to gain $1.9T of profit???

Edit: "You get $InfinityB" I think I won.

https://www.fundingsimulator.com/?data=EL%2BVcsg%3B%3BYou%2C...

Why don't we use this hack IRL?

Probably the annoying taxman who takes 20% of your $infinity, which just so happens to also be $infinity.

Reminds me of Hilbert’s paradox of the Grand Hotel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_paradox_of_the_Gra...

Your infinity is larger though so it's all good.

Not quite, anything subtracted from itself is zero. However, if you send me Infinity bitcoin, I will send you 10 Infinity bitcoin back (I am Expert Hacker).

No, not all infinites are the same. For example uncountable infinites are all larger than countable ones.

Bah, you could never convince me aleph numbers are real!

Relevant reading: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-some-infinities-be-bi...

I think if someone takes 20% of your infinity you are still left with infinity?

To be accurate, you're left with undefined. But not really, the taxer actually controls infinite, person paying the tax has to figure out how to divide their infinite up.

pre-tax though

if you pay taxes you're winning

if you have to pay taxes but don't have cash to do it, you're losing. fix something

Or hire better accountants. No, I’m not talking about the creative kind, but the kind that tell you “hey, your cash reserves are projected to be too low” kind.

If your accountants are telling you when it’s too late; you are losing. Hard.

Cashflow management, but that is mostly up to you. They can’t stop you living beyond your means just tell you what those means are. Another example (in countries that have it) is GST/VAT that you collect and pay the government later assuming you didn’t spend it!

Reply on news.ycombinator.com