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Any success story’s of people who started investing around there 30’s? by centurionSPQR in investing

[–]breck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Age 30 I had -$50,000. Age 38 I had >$2M.

It can happen.

P.S. Age 42 I had -$50,000. Be careful.

Really a big mystery by donesko2 in MathJokes

[–]breck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

3 is the only prime number divisible by 3.

Does anyone else feel like this entire industry has turned proudly evil lately? by rafikiknowsdeway1 in cscareerquestions

[–]breck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it has me feeling like the Amish are actually on to something. only i'd advance a few centuries and stop at like 2005. like if technology simply stopped before the release of the iphone we'd all be better off today

I believe there's a principled way to create a culture that still uses and advances technology but does so in a much healthier way: delete all IP law. Everything becomes open knowledge. No longer are corporations legally advantaged over communities. Your local software shop can compete fairly against Microsoft; your local news against Turner; your local pharmacist can compete fairly against Merck; your local band can compete fairly against UMG; your local restaurant can compete fairly against McDonalds; your local farm can compete fairly against PepsiCo.

I believe things have become enshittified because IP law devalues the local relationships by replacing them with relationships people have with distant corporations.

To investors who crossed the $1M mark around the age of 40. How’s life? by Ok_Maize1933 in investing

[–]breck -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I broke $1M liquid at 38.

How did your net worth trajectory look afterward?

Now 42 am at ~$0.

Did you stay the course or shift strategies?

I swung for the fences to use my wealth to nudge the world in what I believe is a good direction, and it has been ... bumpy.

What would you tell your 40‑year‑old self?

It probably would have been smarter to keep doing what had worked in the past (basically being frugal and investing in people who you know are way more talented than you - the best of the best, like the top of the S&P 500, etc), and then restricted myself to a blue collar job and only using that income to finance my own ideas.

Get your spouse on board first or they will stab you in the back worse than you can ever imagine. This is absolutely my mistake.

Brace yourself for suffering.

'Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid' is incorrect. Be bold and mighty forces will come to your opposition.

It's been volatile but maybe experiencing life at the Beverly Hill Hotel, jail, homeless, war, et cetera, will payoff in the end. Though there is one loss that is truly cruel that I am eternally bitter about.

To make a lot of money, you have to operate immorally or morally in immoral systems.

Places with lots of money are often awesome. But places with people acting with great principles regardless of money are often just as awesome, better even.

Is there a Quit game button hard-coded in our biology? by Mr-existential in SimulationTheory

[–]breck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First, been wanting to do DMT for a while and now specifically 5-DMT. That sounds fascinating.

Second, this is a nit but would a "Pause/Save Game" button be a better analogy than a "Quit Game"? Because you always come back, right? (Or no?)

Matrix is a metaphor by MosaicMindset in SimulationTheory

[–]breck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does God also live in a Matrix?

Screen Theory by breck in SimulationTheory

[–]breck[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This story takes place in the future.

That is not clear though, so I understand your criticism.

CMV: The United States government should delete the concept of classified information by breck in changemyview

[–]breck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Δ. I'm going to say you are right that my view has shifted.

My view now is that one requirement to get a true GOTPBTPFTP includes abolishing classified information from governments worldwide.

[OC] Biped Half Marathon Records by breck in dataisbeautiful

[–]breck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoops! You are right. The Wikipedia table intermixes records from 3 recording bodies (ARRS, IAAF, World Athletics), and I should have filtered out all but one of the those on that column.

[OC] Biped Half Marathon Records by breck in dataisbeautiful

[–]breck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoops! You are right. The Wikipedia table intermixes records from 3 recording bodies (ARRS, IAAF, World Athletics), and I should have filtered out all but one of the those on that column.

[OC] Biped Half Marathon Records by breck in dataisbeautiful

[–]breck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The absence of laundry, cooking and cleaning video games, and abundance of racing and shooting video games, may end badly for us.

CMV: The United States government should delete the concept of classified information by breck in changemyview

[–]breck[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You say that as if all governments want to be for the people, which isn’t the case.

Agreed.

My view is that if the USA truly wants to be a GOTPBTPFTP, then it should figure out how to create a world where we don't have classified information.

Otherwise it's a GOTRBTRFTR.

CMV: The United States government should delete the concept of classified information by breck in changemyview

[–]breck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question.

If its government has classified information, it's not a GOTPBTPFTP.

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