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asdfqwertzxcv··on Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy
Doubly so when the interest on these loans is tax deductible. This is why he and most other wealthy people pay 0 taxes - he never has a taxable event, like selling stock. He just uses his stock as collateral to take out loans and writes off the interest.
asdfqwertzxcv··on Ask HN: Which email app can be trusted with my data?
Agreed. It's fantastic. Happily paid for it and switched to it from K9.
asdfqwertzxcv··on Ask HN: Favourite biographies about USA presidents?
The LBJ series by Robert Caro stands head and shoulders above everything else.

Some other good ones, including a great series about Winston Churchill:

Mornings on Horseback - about Teddy Roosevelt by David McCullough

Truman - David McCullough

The Last Lion - series of books about Churchill. I forget the author.

All of Doris Kearns Goodwin books are excellent, as well. She's covered a lot of presidents.

asdfqwertzxcv··on Ask HN: How do people follow blogs/personal websites nowadays?
RSS is preferred, followed by an email newsletter.

Anything else and I'll visit the site manually if and when I remember. Requiring me to follow a blog's content announcements on a platform I don't use is a recipe for losing me as a potential fan. So you either need to be everywhere or nowhere. There's not much middle ground there.

When setting up a blog, an RSS feed should be built into most options or easy to add.

asdfqwertzxcv··on Ask HN: What does GenZ use in place of Facebook Events?
Shame it requires a Google account to use the magic links login. Would love to try it out, but I'm google-free.
asdfqwertzxcv··on Ask HN: What does GenZ use in place of Facebook Events?
Where does one find your app?
asdfqwertzxcv··on Disbox – Use Discord as a file storage service
Had the exact same thought!
asdfqwertzxcv··on Ask HN: What are good alternatives to Google Docs for collaborative writing?
Nextcloud has been filling this area nicely for my team. It's not perfect, but very good and usable.
asdfqwertzxcv··on Ask HN: Are Wise and Revolut good?
Another vote for Wise.
asdfqwertzxcv··on Ask HN: What book changed your life?
Awareness by Anthony De Mello

I've been a follower of Eastern Philosophy for 20+ years and have also read most major religious and philosophical works, but during my reading of this book I experienced Satori, Englightenment, Awakening, Nirvana, 'Receiving The Gospel', whatever you want to call it.

Oddly enough, it happened to a friend after their reading it, too.

I haven't been the same, in the best way possible, ever since.

Anthony was well-read and traveled and his background as an Indian, Jesuit Priest and practicing psychologist put him at the perfect intersection of experience to deliver such a life-changing work that encompasses religion, science, relationships, your psyche, career, money, philosophy, spirituality, etc.

It's telling and (to me) validating of his mastery of life that, after his death, he was excommunicated from the church due to his 'blasphemous' works.

The ebook and audiobook are available for free here: https://archive.org/details/Awareness-AnthonyDeMello

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