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I think more than 50% of our economy's businesses, are cosplaying. Not in it for customers or profit; in it for investors and investments. "Looking like a business", as your real line of work.

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Like a very elaborate pump and dump but with an intellect and capital entry barrier

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Influencing, OnlyFans, sports betting, prediction markets. Gambling is fast becoming the American way of life.

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"Financial nihilism" is the keyword

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I've never thought of something like OF as gambling. But I guess your point is that young adults are pushed to a lot of "you have a 0.1% chance of hitting it big and a 99.9% chance of getting no online traction at all" types of careers?

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Yeah, no point in investing in yourself or a real sustainable long-term future, just gamble the little you have for a shot at life above the line. Barbell economy.

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I know many small business owners, and a clear majority do have investors, whether spouse, parents, or a small business loan. Easily more than 50% never make a profit. I know a woman who ran a clothing retail store for over a decade, who was never able to pay herself a dime. When the pandemic hit, everyone closed, but the ones who actually needed the business to pay their bills opened up as soon as it was allowed or shortly thereafter. Many took years. They are cosplaying.

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a business loan is not an investment, it is debt financing that pays back with interest. An investment means putting money into a company to gain ownership or a share of future profits. to me it feels like youre arguing against cosplaying, showing small businesses struggle and arent just playing boss for the funzies.

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Reading Slow Productivity by Cal Newport, discovered via onboarding content in mymind mymind.com

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Well this looks very nice indeed. Just dipping a hoof into the river for now ...

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Which river? Asking because most rivers are contaminated these days. Be careful!

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ty and welcome!

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I hatw Sunday evening anxiety :(, man seriously wtf?

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:((

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My son's new class doesn't have a Smith, Johnson, or Williams. It's the Hughes kid who breaks in at . I expect these kids with strong stage names to have pants and personalities to match.

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a few fixes this morning, some actions in your account are now gated behind email(or password) confirmations, like "delete account" and "enable password" - this is to keep the account safe.

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This guide has really worked out for me after trying so many different methods - berbarianwizard.substack.com/…/beyond-calories-fat-loss-guide

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I’m ambivert. When I spend time outdoors and with people I want to keep doing that, I become very extrovert. Can’t code in that mode. It’s hard to switch back to introvert but when that happens time flies really quick. A month can pass and it feels like a week.

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things I wish that lasted longer lip combo food papyrus gnostics my makeup

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oh, and Prussia.

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I think I should add Victorian style architecture, that went away too fast

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kiss, chainsaw, stitches, lucky

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Problem solving: Two steps forward, two steps forward, two steps forward... Coyote, look down.

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most akkor mit kezdjek ezzel a Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu Linux 3-as operációs rendszerrel egy két felé particinált winchesteren, jobb lesz ha előbb megvárom, ameddig törli magát a Windows 10, nem azt mondták, hogy lassítani kell az MI projekteket, annyira tetű módon csinálom

Now what should I do with this Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu Linux 3 operating system on a hard drive partitioned in two? It would be better if I wait until Windows 10 deletes itself first. They didn't say that AI projects should be slowed down, I'm doing it in such a lousy way.

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Switched from gpg to age, because pinentry sucks. With age I set both of my Mac’s security enclaves + software private key (stored in Passwords.app) + yubikey for hardware backup. Looks good.

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Denshattack! - easily gets my OST of the year vote. Absolute pleasure to both listen to and play.

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Theory reuse > code reuse almost every time.

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ive been obsessed with deltarune this year, its probably the best indie rpg ever made. (and its only 5/7 chapters out)

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I've been thinking I wanna wait until it's all out, but maybe I'm missing out by not diving in now?

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i dont mind the waits, cause ive been really liking the theorizing part of it too, cause the community is super active in between chapters and theres soo much lore and thematic connections to dicuss.

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Is it any better than Undertale? I played Undertale back when it came out, but despite all the hype I thought it was just ok. Nothing really that would make me go out of my way to play a sequel.

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yes its much better than undertale, from a gameplay and design perspective. undertale had good story and characters, but deltarune is just that + better production value

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Цветок розы не издает голоса, а благоухание его далеко расходится молча; так надо жить и всем христианам. —Святитель Феофан Затворник

The rose flower makes no sound, but its fragrance spreads far and wide in silence; so should all Christians live. —St. Theophan the Recluse

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"for you" now contains the same message multiple times

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added two more screenshots to - the "root" post view is incorrect, but when reply-on-reply, information goes up-then-down.

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root post view IS correct, sorry.

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I understand your confusion, but that's the formatting - quoted parent is below the child post - then that post's replies follow in the discussion view. The top post is always quoting its parent below it, the different bg makes it distinct. Just need to get used to it, same on X.

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There really is no other way to include the parent otherwise, you have to break the hierarchy at some point, the other form would need to omit the parent body and show a 'parent' link but we want to include its body.

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and moving the quoted above would break the consistency with the actual feed posts which would make it way more confusing.

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This fruit is rotten. It looks so ripe and juicy but if you bite it you will see: this fruit is rotten.

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