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Very nice quote.

I also like to think that intelligence is everywhere, but the persistent pursuit of truth is difficult. Zhang embodies a man determined to work on his particular pursuit.

I hope I can be as persistent over time.

Why are plastics 3-7 allowed if they are unable to be recycled? Also it seems to me that a tax on plastic might incentivise glass and metal usage. Plastic is only used for convenience and cheapness, let's make it less convenient and cheap than glass and metal.

Run FIAT into the ground, then transition to a new form of currency most likely CBDC. Money is all made up anyway. It's a point of transition that I feel will happen in my lifetime.

Yeah i'd agree here that GTA is not a shallow game, it's got multiple levels of openworld interactions that you can chose to interact with or not.

What it doesn't have is strict or difficult obstacles that give a perceived difficulty. The game's difficulty hits a plateau quite early on and then it's really an exploration and narrative experience. Which most people prefer. GTA online is a different beast and probably where this one will focus. More live ops and changing / persistent world, more like fortnite's map would be my guess.

I think he/she more specifically means assets like land or IP. Those assets, especially land/buildings could become stagnant.

i've always wanted to get my homeserver setup to really work for sabnzb/xbmc/kodi and all video files but it ALWAYS has never turned out quite right. Theres always some plugin or unzip that screws it up.

This looks good but still doesn't look proper home media server enabled.

Bitwarden replaced lastpass for me and really i'd never go back.

My only gripe is filling in card details, there is never a floating icon to click to do it automatically, you need to go to the menu bar and select the card.

Apart from that all perfect!

Agree with this. Contractor expenses are low. You can run a lot more through your biz if you want (travel, food, computers) but over the long term i'd say it\s 80-90% profit.

Isn't mixing a thing of the past now? Most darknet sites now only use XMR which is inherently privaty focussed. So this banning will help limit the ease of hacked fund mixing, but less about purchasing on darkweb.

FB/Meta still has phenomenal value, just the FB app is being sunset. The Whatsapp acquisition, fb friends list and all those photos you have uploaded will be worth so much in time to come.

Where FB wins is it owns the best connections. Who cares what the app shows you, FB actually knows more about who you care about. When that comes to the metaverse that will be like owning the yellowpages and always brings added value.

FB App is dead. Meta is still winning.

Yeah 500k all day. People love to preach about secondary benefits, but cold hard cash allows you to pay for most benefits you actually want.

I think work is work, the more a workplaces tries to trick you into believing you're in a family or home environment they're not being clear on the work. Competency trumps all benefits.

I think the Nothing Ear (1) look more impressive especially considering they are £60 on prime day here in the UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nothing-ear-Wireless-Earbuds-Cancel...

I'd say that's almost all mobile ad networks, as it's not the network themselves but the ads.

This is good for both companies as Irnsrc gets deeper down the stack in terms of data and targeting and unity gets more spend flowing into their systems increasing their efficiency.

Too bad the IDFA issue is slowly killing all forms of performance advertising. Unity should be looking to buy studios akin to Unreal IMO.

36, I had this, I was running a design team of a successful startup who had just raised around 2 million.

I quit.

I felt unfulfilled with the excitement and possibility, because life for me lacked meaning. I studied how to be a yoga teacher, focussed on my body and not my mind. I changed my diet to be a lot more veg and I moved out of London.

I have less money, less power, but feel happier. I just worked out that the grind wasn't for me and I enjoyed doing different simple things. I now work as a consultant 6 months of the year and take 6 months off.

Do what feels right for you. Everything feels the way it does for a reason.

36, I had this, I was running a design team of a successful startup who had just raised anound 2 million.

I quit.

I felt unfulfilled with the excitement and possiblity, because life for me lacked meaning. I studied how to be a yoga teacher, focussed on my body and not my mind. I changed my diet to be a lot more veg and I moved out of London.

I have less money, less power, but feel happier. I just worked out that the grind wasn't for me and I enjoyed doing different simple things. I now work as a consultant 6 months of the year and take 6 months off.

Do what feels right for you. Everything feels the way it does for a reason.

If iPhones had different app stores with 15% fees, then consumers would decide. I think the real issue here is consumers are gona get hyper confused and it wont be a better experience for anyone.

Every single app creator out there will now want their own "app store" and it's going to be a mess. 30% fee initially to capture that market was what our company factored in and grew exponentially with. A 15% fee is nothing if the market is fragmented.

It's almost certainly the photos that are the issue, not the actual price data which is unable to be copywritten.

I've never seen anything like this, nor will I ever see it again. Thank you. Please gift this to a museum when you're ready!

Yes the resident logic is a bait and switch for further developments. Wilderness should stay wild. Leave it as is and do nothing. It's amazing how many powerful politicians and obviously lobbied individuals keep trying to change that.

They're great when people are on them, not so great when they are strewn across pavements or knocked over at cycle stands.

This is really interesting and I once heard about something similar in terms of a tax system.

So say you have very high taxes, well as with most things the top 10/20% are paying 80% of the taxes. If you bump your tax rate too high you lose the top earner who end up leaving the country. This then creates a ripple of people earning a lot who all leave and you're left with very few top earners and high taxes.

Not sure I am personally for low tax systems but it shows you how most things work best when you're in the middle, not at an extreme.

Currently on my 4th month of a Sabbatical and not looking back. It's great to explore and find joy in the world offline again.

I also no longer feel the need to be validated by the work that I do but really by how I feel and I feel good.

Well that was quite apt. I just turned 36 today and a lot of it resonates. Perhaps the more you learn, the more pressure you put on yourself to perform. Most of those people who he quotes probably thought a lot less but ended up doing a lot more.

Say yes to more things, don't conform and never regret.

Do you now love or loathe your mac and it's cost?

So let's assume crypto is banned? Why is FIAT much better? What about another 2008? What about Quantitative Easing?

It's not solving much.

Although I agree that post crypto incentives have changed. It's a bit much to say that it's "completely changed the digital universe" this group is targeting the primary developer of GPU mining.

In terms of the ask, I think they are being much cleverer than dumb money as unlocking the GPU mining further could create new areas of economic power, i.e ebay old gpus or push NVIDIA to design a specific crypto gpu?

Either way capitalism is what's driving the team.

I still think Epic will allow download and ownership of FLAC files. They are quite open to ownership of content, I believe what they are trying to build is a stronger moat around their "app store". Longer term I think they will be looking to force Apple/Google to allow 3rd party app stores onto their platforms and in doing so need content.

This is a play to get content and direct relationships with producers, I don't think they will change the business model.

The developer Shiro Games have actually made a great title called Northguard. It's somewhat of a cross between Age of Empires and Civ. From the gameplay video it looks like this new game is using that same game engine.

I've put it on my watchlist as I really liked Northguard, so looking forward to this coming out!

The number 1 reason FB has missed is the IDFA change from Apple. It has completely crippled their ad business and their effectiveness and the majority of spend I know has gone to Google. When FB was clearly 1st or 2nd in all GEO's around the world, they now are not even in the top 3 in many GEOs.

I have often been told im good at making friends and I think you can make them anytime, anywhere, anyhow, the first thing to focus on is your personal mindset and build from there:

  1. Just say yes. When someone asks for anything, say yes, no matter how big or small (help them move out, look after their dog) This will put you into novel situations.
  2. Show genuine interest in things. Ask why, learn more, dig deeper, keep conversations going by trying to share anything you think is slightly relevant.
  3. Dress up. Wear things that stick out, even just a bit, a funky shirt, a nice bright pair of socks, use these to add flare to a standard dark blue and grey world, people will reflect back and be interested in you.
  4. Pick one new thing you want to master (not online) my advice here for all round great friend activities - Rockclimbing, Pub Quizes, Boardgame nights, Cycling, Pottery. Each of these almost always need another person to make them work and that helps you grow your confidence.
  5. Don't work so hard. Tell your boss you wanna slow it down, try and do 4 day weeks, give back some commitments, take a pay cut. Don't quit just slow it down and give your head some space.

I'm 35, I just quit my /Director of Product role at a successful startup because I wasn't happy. I'm about to go to Thailand to learn how to become a yoga teacher, not for a career but for a disciplined adventure that will deeply enrich me and is nowhere near a computer! You can do it! Put a plan in motion.

HN Believes in you! :D