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I agree with that. I think what gave me the motivation to continue with the project that succeeded was the fact that the product got ~200 daily users immediately after launch.

I still remember the many, many times I wanted to give up on that project. What kept me going was the small number of users who used the product consistently and wrote Emails providing feedback. Some users who noticed the product hasn't been updated for awhile wrote an Email asking me if I was still working on it. That really got me off my arse.

I have great respect for entrepreneurs who are able to work for years on a product without a single user/customer. That takes some serious self-belief and persistence.

That sounds like a normal, practical thing for any company to do.

Look up "power law". Peter Thiel talks about this in detail in his book

The hate that people have for ambitious people with ambitious projects, is quite sad.

The world is run and shaped by "jerks".

Whether you like it or not. If we look past 21st century culture and look back upon history...

- Caesar (killed/enslaved 1 million+ gauls)

- Augustus (killed anyone who posed a political threat, killed a lot in general)

- Genghis Khan (killed... well, he killed a lot)

- Napoleon (got hundreds of thousands of people from every European nation killed)

- The list goes on.

Name one famous historical figure who had power of some sort who didn't do anything "jerk-like".

The problem with the "jerk" definition is that the author nor most people have ever been in a position of great power. He does not understand how difficult and stressful it is to be the CEO of a big company or a top political leader.

I believe that in a position of great power, the power holder is forced to do some "jerk-like" things. You gotta make harsh decisions.

E.g. if Augustus didn't kill off all his political opponents (including Caesar's supposed only biological son), it is likely Rome will be thrown into more civil war.

Every guy has a "jerk" inside of them, and when put into a stressful situation, they are capable of using it.

According to the example you gave (which isn't the fairest, since you started at June 2020, which is the peak of the Internet bubble), the stock market still did manage to recover. It took 12 years but it did recover, and now SPY is just 2x of $145.

Why should one live at all?

Government printing money is not a bad thing.

Printing money can be a bad thing if used improperly.

But generally having the government be able to print money in an emergency has many benefits.

There are going to be both competent and incompetent people in any sizable organization.

I don't think it's fair to use extreme examples like that EMT getting killed as a generalization of the incompetence of "authority". In that case, it's more like a couple of trigger-happy police officers severely abused their rights.

Banks, especially big established ones that have been around for hundreds of years, are well established businesses that work hand-in-hand with the government to ensure safety of both a country's economy as well as the bank account of individuals.

Got your credit card stolen and someone makes fraudulent purchases? Go to the bank and let them know, and they can do a chargeback and perform an investigation for you.

Someone hacks your bank account and takes out all the money? Go to the bank and they will perform an investigation and follow well laid out procedures to try their best to recover the money, as well as work with the police to identify the hacker. Of course there is no guarantee they can recover your money but, they are experts are figuring stuff like this out and have many fail-safes in place to prevent a hacking attempt to happen in the first place.

But with crypto exchanges, not only are some of the basic securities measures not foolproof, more absurd stuff can happen. Several big exchanges had to file for bankruptcy due to getting their coins hacked away. And if you wants a totally nuts crypto exchange story, look up Quadriga.

Imagine you are a manager/executive - would you rather be the manager of a stable happy ship, or would you rather be a manager on the Titanic while it's sinking?

A sinking ship needs a better captain than a stable ship.

A big company needs executives whether you like it not, and they need to attract experienced executives who can properly manage the business.

The executives they have now needs to be paid well to make sure the bankruptcy process goes as smoothly as possible and return maximum value to shareholders.

Sure JC Penny could piss off their execs by saying "sorry, because we are going bankrupt, no bonuses for you".

Hearing that, any decent exec would leave and this sinking ship. That would cause JC Penny to have a total chaotic bankruptcy process, which would likely make the business lose a lot more money.

Yeah I didn't like much before.

Then he went out and tweeted "tesla stock too high imo" and I was like yo. Paid more attention to him and began liking him more and more.

You know that the alternative is that the workers lose their jobs, and can't pay rent and feed their kids.

A lot of people in USA are living paycheck to paycheck, and it's reasonable to say blue collar workers are more likely to be in this category.

I would say that forcing people to stay home and not make money (and thus not being able to pay for rent and food) is an abuse of America's fundamental human rights.

1). I believe that Musk is treating this as it should be. The problem is that nearly everyone is over-reacting. A year from now, I believe that the world will realize that this was one giant over-reaction.

2). Is there really a need to over-analyze a photo shoot like that? High ranking officials usually don't wear masks (See Trump or Trudeau when they are talking to the press).

So my website is running Django 1.11 on Digitalocean.

I'm potentially interested in using your software but I'll need some convincing.

Right now updating the site is very easy. I use FileZilla to upload the new files and I would simply type `sudo systemctl restart gunicorn` once the new updates are uploaded. Also perform a `migrate` or `collectstatic` if needed.

The workflow I got right now works and is very simple, and does not rely on any middle-software.

Is there any good reason for me to use your app to deploy changes?

The author's website is an example of a product that is "done in a weekend".

It is very annoying to this post on a 28" monitor... the text runs from left to right with no margin spacing.

I wish I ate healthier during this period of time... Unfortunately I'm finding it impossible to order a grocery delivery right now (I use Walmart). So I just end up ordering Uber Eats twice a day.

I cringe when I think about how much money I'm spending on food and how unhealthy I'm eating. But I can't stop, I'm addicted to food delivery wtf.

In the US alone, hundreds of thousands of people die a premature death due to obesity.

In fact, obesity is so bad in most first world countries, people are calling it an obesity pandemic (sounds familiar).

Does that mean the government should force McDonald's to serve healthier foods? And force McDonald's to stop using all the shitty ingredients and chemicals they put in their food?

Or maybe the government should regulate Coca Cola, which is infused with so many chemicals that it is a proven toilet cleaner?

Hundreds of thousands of people a year die from obesity, because of these food corporations taking advantage of human taste buds and making these terribly unhealthy foods which taste great and provides an overwhelming amount of calories.

If the government makes it illegal for people to consume over a certain amount of calories or forcibly regulate certain fast food or junk food companies to make better food, I'm sure they can save hundreds of thousands of lives from an early death to obesity.

Another example - hundreds of thousands of people die from vehicular accidents per year in the US. Should the government quarantine all cars? After all, if we don't have cars, there would be no deaths from car accidents.

Fact of the matter is, the government can regulate many things in an attempt to save lives, but there are many consequences, especially on the topic of individual freedom.

Me personally, it's not about saving the economy per se, it is more about having the freedom to choose what I want to do. I want to be able to eat like shit, I want to be able to drive, I want to be able to run my business when there is a somewhat dangerous virus running around.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Ben Franklin

Some feedback for you.

Personally I'm not very comfortable with inputting all of my finances into an app.

Maybe others see it differently. I personally think it's a bit of a taboo topic and would prefer to keep it private in my own brain as opposed to listing it all down in an app.

I personally am very interested in a browser extension.

Right now it's almost instinct for me to open a new tab in Chrome and start typing "red" to go to reddit.

I don't want to use a site blocker to completely block off reddit, so your idea is perfect to not completely block reddit, but to prevent me from mindlessly checking reddit.

I'm in Toronto. I used Foodora for the longest time because their delivery fees were great ($0.99 and no "service" fees). 6 months ago, Uber Eats seriously stepped up their game and I have been only using Uber Eats. The delivery fees on Foodora went up to $3.99 for all restaurants and their selection of restaurants are way worse than Uber Eats.

I seriously wonder this as well.

I managed to build a profitable small business and mostly automate it. But now that I'm back in the search for another more ambitious idea to work on, it is way too easy to be distracted by all the electronics around me than to be able to ponder deeply about ideas.

I tried reading a novel the other day, I couldn't make it through 3 pages without reading some random BS on the interwebs.

Damn capitalism for incentivizing companies to make everything as addictive as possible...