I have this as a template in my naemon. For quasi-free.
"dropbox is just rsync"
Readit Newsmc3 commented on Show HN: Simple Ops – My new microstartup after three years of indie hacking simpleops.io/... · Posted by u/1hakr
Something like https://remotestorage.io/ ?
It feels a bit like hard work to use. They seem to have support for Dropbox but just as an afterthought and not the main thing. The main thing means running your own server, but it doesn't look easy to set up.
I want to think of an approach that is really easy to use so it becomes popular for that reason.
mc3 commented on What Was TON And Why It Is Over telegra.ph/What-Was-TON-A... · Posted by u/amaccuish
His analogy is pretty poor IMO. A more realistic analogy is: imagine if a group of people got together and bought a plot of land to mine gold. Then imagine these people told all of their friends that they had a gold mine and were willing to split the output of the gold mine with all of their friends for just $10k/piece.
Now imagine the government said: hey, you don't even know if there's gold on that land, but you're promising your investors that there is. And not only are they telling us we can't sell part of our non-existent gold to our friends, we can't sell it to people ANYWHERE.
Sound completely unfair? Government overstep? We aren't allowed to sell people something that doesn't exist?
I think we can ethically sell things that don't exist to "sophisticated" investors - which is hard to define but probably based on net worth. Maybe limit the $ amount you can invest per person from "poor" investors to $1000 or something. But the question is, is it a scheme or an investment?
That said people buying crazy options on sites like /r/wallstreetbets, or just betting on sports are in the same boat, so where to draw the line? I think it is better to err on the side of controlling such investment schemes though rather than let them run loose.
The solution to the US controlling everything is to set up truly decentralised currencies like Bitcoin and keep a brand or controller out of that. Someone in the world can do this anonymously and it would be hard to shut down. Has anyone shut Bitcoin down yet?
mc3 commented on Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever buzzfeednews.com/article/... · Posted by u/minimaxir
>Notice I mentioned nothing about free snacks, foosball tables, beer on tap, etc. I'd trade all of that for some semblance of serenity in the office.
Amen
Free snacks & beer are an anti-perk if you want to maintain a healthy BMI, and a healthy body. Alcohol is a drug with side effects (even if you don't have a hangover), but most people don't think of it that way.
It's going to get bloody out there soon. Minimize your expenses if you don't already do this.
The market was already fairly saturated from what I inferred last year when I jumped ship during a move. Most organizations did not appear to be seriously hiring, they were hunting for a labor bargain or someone to add to their future contact list for quick turnaround when demand rose.
If you didn't think it was an employers market already, it's about to be.
Everyone will be minimizing expenses, so cash velocity is going to dramatically decrease. A recession to affect all sectors unless a miracle cure comes out this week. On that basis I expect real estate values to fall and stocks to continue to fall. Companies that are not profitable and rely on investor money to keep going will fail.
> Chinese folks with rural roots still associate freshness with how recently the meat was slaughtered. This is why sellers keep their animals alive and only butcher them before their customers’ eyes.
Anecdotally: I ate the best tasting salmon I've had for a long while. It was frozen salmon from ALDI.
mc3 commented on Washington governor announces shutdown of restaurants, bars governor.wa.gov/news-medi... · Posted by u/cosmic_shame
Landlords don't have expenses?
Yes it's like the "cancel all debts" idea. Great idea, but emm.. by the way you do realise that "money in your bank account" is technically a debt that the bank owes you, so that gets cancelled too!
Ah "cancel all debts to people not banks". Great idea, but emm. OK so the bank now doesn't have the assets on it's books, goes bankrupt can't pay you that money in your savings account.
"cancel all debts to people not banks, and let the government bail out those banks". Great Idea, but.... something something hyperinflation.
etc.
mc3 commented on Washington governor announces shutdown of restaurants, bars governor.wa.gov/news-medi... · Posted by u/cosmic_shame
Let them go bankrupt or have the banks suspend mortgages.
Not having a homeless crisis is far more important than protecting rentiers. Just throw them under the bus.
They are not actually doing anything anyhow.
"No such thing as a free lunch" - some 80's unpopular lady, but she might have a point!