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simplemtson People Who Have Taken Psychedelics More Likely To Be Environmentally Friendly

Beautifully worded and said.

simplemtson Want to get rich? Don't pay off your student loans

I couldn't agree more. Has an investors returns been 10% or more since 2000? No, 2007, no?

This guy basically got lucky by having spare income to invest at the bottoms of a stock market. Hardly advice I would give anyone now, where investing now is closer to buying at the top of the market at 2007 than at the bottom of 2009.

Better advice, pay off your debt with the highest interest rates first, have an emergency fund, invest any extra income you have.

simplemtson Segment is giving away free Watsi gift cards

Very cool. Thanks for posting this.

simplemtson This email may be worth millions of dollars in sales

Seriously? Bargaining, or discounts, in this example is very, very common all over the world. I have found Americans do less of it than in most parts of the world, such as China, Turkey, Thailand, Morocco, etc.

simplemtson Deleting my Google+ profile

Deleted g+ and youtube account. Just not worth it anymore.

simplemtson Ask HN: How do I learn LAMP?

Start:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle) Simple: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/web-designer/how-to-set-up-...

or simpler: http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-LAMP-Server-Using-Ubuntu

also easy: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

simplemtson Have a Confession? Let it out. Anonymously.

That website is REALLY slow... and why is the admin reviewing each submission manually before releasing to the website. I just don't understand it.