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Windows is truly a pain like never before. Going Linux can be very easy these days, depending what you do on the machine.

I think it depends on the model. I run arch on a Thinkpad and the battery life is about what I expect given the battery size. CPU voltage and fan is modulated properly. No lid or sleep issues whatsoever.

This is only because higher purchasing power drives people to consume more instead of working less. I find today one could live off very few hours of work.

I learned that other humans are the most important thing in life. It took me a while and right circumstances to really feel and appreciate the importance of social interaction. I used to think I don't need to be around people much with all the goals to achieve and learning to do. Until I tried living and working in isolation for a while. Everything just becomes meaningless.

Org-Mode can work, but it's not for everybody. I tried using it for GTD for more than a year, but ended up gradually abandoning it. It was too much friction when I least need it.

One problem is that it encourages to put both to-dos and reference material in the same place. I found this makes things a mess more often than not.

Also, it forced me to learn Emacs way more than I otherwise needed, instead of focusing on work.

I did enjoy some aspects of it though. All my to-do history from that time is still searchable. And I didn't have to upload my work and personal data to some random SaaS provider.

I actually ended up building a desktop GTD tool [1] based on those needs. It looks good, is low-friction and pleasant to use, runs on Linux, stores data in a local Sqlite DB. No subscription. But it's on Electron. I know HN seems to hate Electron apps.

[1] https://everdo.net/

I think this depends entirely on how you define success. Having $1m in itself does nothing for happiness.

But the process of "getting there" certainly does. The drive, overcoming challenges, achieving small "success" every day.

Humans are not happy when everything is settled. We crave struggle.

No offence, but this is contradicting everything I've learned about US incorporation so far :) Do you have any sources I can look into?

From what I know you can easily form and operate a company in the US without ever being present there.

You would have to come in person to get a bank account though.

I know there are always companies who will take money for assisting with any kind of crazy stuff. Here I just wonder if anyone who's not selling such services could share some real-world experience.

I have no problem with them being strict as long as it's not very difficult or expensive to comply. Is this the case?

I don't suppose IRS or any other authority is particularly casual either.

Thank you for mentioning the VAT issues. I've read about that, and as I understand, there's a bunch of services for dealing with VAT collection. Some payment solutions presumably even handle it for you.

Thank you. Atlas could help one incorporate, but I don't see much value for me in what they offer. I just want to know if I should bother with a US company just to process payments.

The problem is not banking, it's compliance with local regulations. There are some requirements that make global online sales like not practical.

So I would say the main purpose of this whole thing is payment processing in a sane jurisdiction.