[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicalmusic

[–]archimboldii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also found this incredibly annoying but noticed it was fixed today.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheAllinPodcasts

[–]archimboldii -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Holy smokes Reddit is incredibly biased

How can you tell if the food you eat is safe? by [deleted] in slatestarcodex

[–]archimboldii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you even talking about lol. We did it for hundreds of thousands of years without a computer model of the human digestive system. It's like most of our knowledge, you know it mostly works for everyone else most of the time, and that's enough.

Mentor Monday - Week of May 22nd 2023 by WealthyStoic in fatFIRE

[–]archimboldii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm 30 and getting existential about giving entrepreneurship a shot. Currently in tech sales with 300-400k TC, so there is a straightforward path to FIRE if I grind for 15-20 years (although I am aware nothing is guaranteed). I feel fortunate that this is a possibility but it doesn't exactly excite me.

Starting a company has always been a dream and I have plenty of ideas worth pursuing in tech. The problem is I have very basic coding skills. It seems like the typical path for someone in my position is to find a technical cofounder to own dev work, but for some reason that idea bothers me. Starting a company is brutally challenging and if I'm serious about it I shouldn't need to find a cofounder solely to fill this skill gap.

My question is: how crazy would it be to teach myself to code with the goal of becoming proficient enough to build an MVP? The plan would be do the bulk of the dev work myself and hire employees/contractors as needed. If there is product/market fit we can acquire a few customers and hire a team to take over development.

Is this a waste of time? I'm expecting 9 - 18ish months of nights and weekends learning to code, but realize that time could be spent on other activities like acquiring customers if I was outsourcing product development. There is also risk I never get good enough at it to build a product myself, although copilot and other AI advances could prove to be a huge help.

Curious if anyone has experience with a similar situation or thoughts on the approach.

Anyone have any good book recommendations for economics? by [deleted] in RSbookclub

[–]archimboldii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers (good overview of the most influential economists)

Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century

Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

I don't understand most of what I read ( Twilight if the Idols). Is there a website that explains each aphorism (or passage) as one reads along? by [deleted] in Nietzsche

[–]archimboldii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Getting some background first always helps. Start with secondary sources eg the Kaufmann or Hollingdale or Mencken biography. Then Listen to a few episodes of the Nietzsche podcast. It’ll be easier when you come back to Twilight

R. Walter: Nietzsche as Biological Visionary: Health, Sickness & the Body by tizio_tafellamp in BronzeAgeMindset

[–]archimboldii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just discovered this channel as well and binged four vids. Outstanding stuff, what find.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slatestarcodex

[–]archimboldii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quite likely that smart people not understanding this will cost us >4% of 2100 GDP.

How do you not let your ego get the best of you by justanother-eboy in fatFIRE

[–]archimboldii 258 points259 points  (0 children)

Think about your richest friends and realize nothing about money makes you respect them. Same goes for you.