Show newer

@mike805

> Most people do not know how to access those investor networks and would not know where to start.

If you can not be successful at raising money then you wont be successful running a business. Learning how to access those networks (its real easy with a little time on google or taking a class) is a good test to prove you are competent enough to run a business. Running a business is a lot harder than learning about investor networks.

@kilroy_was_here

I want to find some sort of a passive dashboard i can keep up in the office 24/7 but not otherwise use the display. Something that displays email notifications, calander, tasks, todo, weather, pretty much all the sorts of stuff someone might want to keep on display.

Anyone have any suggestions on a good software or app or even hardware to do this?

@kilroy_was_here It is useful for exactly what I said, as a boundary condition. It is worth understanding them but its also important to understand they arent observed in the real world and they exist only as a boundary between 2 classes.

@prefec2

I'd rather have a moron that is fascist (Trump) than a smart person that is fascist I guess :)

@georgetakei

So I heard someone (Neil) describe 4 types of orbits, circular, elliptical, parabolic, and hyperbolic.

I'd argue in reality circular and parabolic are boundary cases that never exist in real life. So in reality all orbits are elliptical (though may be arbitrarily similar to circular) and hyperbolic (which also may be arbitrarily close to being parabolic).

@fraggle

Oh no! The economy might crash! How will the economy recover from ::checks notes:: loosing random images of apes.

@KimPerales I was just thinking about this today.. its likely to start getting pretty bad with the fake accounts and manipulation

@kilroy_was_here

Also lets keep in mind that there is an avenue for people to fund their ideas. It just requires their ideas be well thought out and can show a good case for it. Like there are whole investor networks a poor person can take a well developed business plan and get investment.

The thing is without that check people will just waste money on tons of nonsensical ideas. I cant tell you how many people ive seen come into lump sums of money by good fortune, sometimes millions, and they were bankrupt within the year.

@kilroy_was_here

Except thats not how it happens. Few people if any will start a business because of UBI. Even if they did it will have a high rate of going under. When people dont have to earn the money they usually neglect it and waste it.

Every company i helped fund thaat wasnt earned quickly failed.. i learned early on that that is the best way to destroy wealth, to give it to someone who didnt earn it.

@freemo

I have a flipped view of welfare and UBI, I think there should be a UBI and that welfare programs should be eliminated and their funding directed towards a UBI. Primarily because the administrative bloat of many disparate programs could be greatly reduced with a single program.

I'm not hard-set on any particular conception of a UBI, however I do like the concept of a negative income tax.

@kilroy_was_here Ahh ok.

Yea I disagree because in my years of helping people I have found that people who need the most help are hurt rather than helped by unconditional money. It is only when the money carries with it the restriction of the person actively gathering skills to get out of poverty it will harm people more than help.

Since the goal should be to help society and not cause harm, and not simply to be cheap and give away free stuff, I strongly oppose UBI. The extra costs of welfare is worth the reward of doing actual good.

That said welfare programs need to be significantly redesigned to live up to that ideal, they dont currently.

@kilroy_was_here

feel free to discuss/debate/share on any aspects youd like in more detail. They are there to spark conversation.

@KimPerales The problem is the young people have the same fatal flaw that ruins it every election... They believe in the two party fallacy and continue to vote for one of two evils rather than vote their conscious.

@bonifartius Yup, its hard for them to say no when you take on all the risk, for sure :)

@mina Is that why I am getting all those messages from politicians asking me to vote for them?

@bonifartius If you just want to be paid an average salary then you dont need to go to the extent I have and offer free work.

Keep in mind Im shooting for a million a year, despite offering free services when I do get paid im far from cheap :) So if your not after those rates then you can probably do it with much less effort or risk.

Offered a few more elements in my bio. Thoughts, feeback, debate?

My stance on various issues:

Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB

🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱  
I added the following to my profile so people can quickly get a sense for what I am about... Thoughts? (See my profile but pasted below for ease) ...

@bonifartius Getting momentum is the tricky part, ive been at this all my life. But yea if your willing to put in the time to build a business/reputation it can be very profitable. I havent done anything in germany too recently but when i have I have had good results.

EU usually pays **way** less than the us for most conventional jobs, that can play against you. But when your in the clouds with the owners you can sometimes get away with a lot more. Just gotta pass up those "we have open salaries we cant pay you 50x more than everyone else" people :)

Show older
CleverLibre Social

CleverLibre Social is an inclusive social instance for open discussion, learning, and community.
All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.