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I think people are more willing to pay via Patreon because it directly funds the creators. The more YouTube takes, the less willing people are to pay.

I think you make a good point but I think part of the problem is that it is difficult to get people to pay for something that they have gotten used to getting for free.

And for air conditioning

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher#:~:text=A%20windca...

> Isn't Imgur a fairly popular social media in its own right similar to Reddit?

Yes, to my knowledge, you are correct. It was a surprise when I first learned it but apparently there are users that visit imgur directly without using reddit.

How did you bring down the scammy company? Could you provide more detail while still maintaining adequate privacy?

What is the best PDF viewer app on Mac that is closest to Sumatra?

Do you do any marketing? Do you share/ promote to teachers?

What other strategies have other countries used?

The US government will look out for your interests if an incident goes down in your country of residence. A rare occurrence for most but still a service that some may end up needing\using.

> but I had no problem finding jobs with independent bootstrapped startups

Is there a particular place where you go to find these?

I once got a call from a sales representative (SR).

SR: "So, what shows do you like to watch?"

Me: "I don't watch any shows because I don't have cable."

SR: "How about you subscribe to our cable service then you can watch some good shows?"

Me: "I can't...I don't have a TV."

SR: "Why don't you buy a TV so you can watch some good shows?"

Me: "I can't...I don't have electricity." (I lied)

SR: (dead silence for a second or two...)

SR: "Thank you sir. Have a nice day."

They never bothered me again.

Is "A Promised Land" a good read? I've had bad experiences in the past reading books by politicians.

Hey, I wanted to wait a day or so before commenting but I wanted to let you know that you can send an email to a specific email address so the receiver receives an SMS text. People may try to cheap out of paying by doing so. Good luck on the venture!

> Society will always need prisons

Not every society has needed prisons, especially smaller, tribal ones. Maybe our complex, global one currently does but I don't think it is a hard requirement.

It is one of those experiences people ruminate about on their own about but this post has given us an opportunity to talk about it with others that experience the same.

There was a class in uni titled Robust Estimation that covers this.

pounce.sh

Not my game but recently announced on HN.

Care to expound some more on the differences between living in rural places vs. the Californian life? I've spent most of my time in the suburbs of coastal cities.

I don't recommend limiting yourself to networking with only people you know, especially when the company you are interested in applying to is large (in terms of head count). Once you find a company of interest, reach out to people at the company via LinkedIn. Just ask questions about initiatives that they are doing. Ask intelligent questions, ones that show you've done some preliminary research on your own. After a little back and forth, mention that you are interested in applying. Ask what the best way to apply would be. At this point, ideally, they respond with a "let me forward your resume to our in-house people." If they say you can apply online, you can slightly nudge by asking if they think a referral would help the process. Hopefully they bite and offer to refer you. If not, you can try reaching out to someone else. At big companies, people freely hand out referrals since they get money if you get hired but suffer no penalties if you don't.

When I tried this method on LinkedIn for my own entry-level job search, I would probably get responses 10-20% of the time. Just giving you that number so you get a better idea of what success looks like in this situation.

People can play Wordle alone and get value. Not true for a social network

Does she just cold apply or does she do some networking first then does an apply w/referral?

The president used to have the power to line-item veto but I think it was taken away during or soon after the Clinton era.

> all the special exemptions and trash that just creates loopholes

Big companies pay lobbyists to add these in. It is no accident that these end up in the tax code.

> when they let people know what buildings they are targeting before launching the attack

This is not a new thing in 2021. They have been calling families to evacuate their homes before the home's scheduled bombing for a long time (I think more than a decade now).

Prostitute...even I'm not sure whether this is a joke answer

The quality of food is exceptionally bad. After 2/3 sliders I did not want to eat anymore. Think of the worst fast food burger you've ever eaten. Think about the quality of the meat. Now imagine meat that is one or two grades lower and that is White Castle.

Housing is super expensive for people now. All of that coastal infrastructure will need to be rebuilt.

If the crash is inflationary, then yes. If deflationary, then no. Will the future be more inflationary than the market currently expects?

> Well, considering that capitalism has been the biggest source of good in the world

Really? Capitalism == Peak of goodness?

There was an article a while back talking about running a transmission line from Chile to China so summer, desert sun in Chile could be used to generate solar energy to heat China during the winter. I read (was an HN posted article) either within that article or in the comments that transmission losses would only be ~30%. I wonder if solar panels in North Africa could generate electricity to be consumed during German winter?