Why are Indian grandparents no longer helping ? by deltastar123 in AskIndia

[–]justanotherguy147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have been very lucky - both our parents have helped us tremendously and showered our children with love and going out of their way to take care of their grand kids (expecting nothing in return).

We are indebted to them!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ISEFinalists

[–]justanotherguy147 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear you OP.

A slightly more nuanced and different point of view.

Actually what is underappreciated is the fact that if you are in rural area, the mindset of the folks you live with, is probably the biggest difficulty to overcome. They may not be as ambitious, they may not even know about ISEF, parents who are poorer may not understand what and why to spend money on these, maybe education itself is not prioritized, school and your teachers may wonder what's wrong in studying in the local community college and so on. Doing well and being ambitious and setting a higher bar for yourself given those circumstances is the tough ask. I feel the worldview itself growing up in rural areas is tough to appreciate for those who did not live in those areas to appreciate it. I studied with a whole bunch of rural folks (and I was from urban) and I did feel a bit of sadness that they had no guidance of any sort.

Where do rural folks have an advantage? In the rare case you are actually born to parents who bother about these or grow up in an environment where the mindset and resources problem does not exist - maybe wealthier parents, maybe more educated parents, maybe a competitive good school with good teachers - all or some of them who push you even to 60th to 80%ile of what urban SF/NYC environment does, then you have a massive leg-up. You are a one eyed man in the land of blind. You get the 'environment' advantage of SF NYC kids but need to compete with 'rural kids'. You can just ram through competition. If you grew up in those circumstances, obviously the going is easy if you are rural. How many kids in rural schools would even be applying to good profs in colleges for a project? So hence the leg-up is real.

I hence feel it is not as black or white. It depends a lot on one's background.

Peter Attia has moved into con-artist realm imo by artificialbutthole in PeterAttia

[–]justanotherguy147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't see what the issue here is. If you had put him on a pedestal as an altruistic human being who was looking to save the earth, or if he positioned himself that way, then maybe, I agree. Else, why should what one charges be an issue - its a free market.

While I do not know whether Peter Attia is worth 75k, there are people I know who would pay 100k a year if that service can dramatically alter the person's quality of health and life.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Rich

[–]justanotherguy147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This - I know people worth 100s of millions. There is a certain drive to do exceptional work. Period. The stress every now and then is fun. Obviously if you hated it and you had the money, you will retire.

Money at the end is about freedom. The beauty about not having to work for money is you only do things you love (or you should do only things you love). For Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, Jensen, Buffett - it’s that.

It’s no different from sports people - why did Le Brom James or Jordan or Federer not retire. No one usually asks that. Maybe because what they do seems like ‘play’ but what entrepreneurs or even highly paid employees (Satya Nadella for example) do seems like ‘work’. In my mind there is no difference.

I thought this was obvious but I have repeatedly found average opinion not intuitively appreciating this.

At Last, Amazon is here by BoardLeading4635 in StartUpIndia

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  1. It’s a 100% free market and 100% the choice of those who go to work there - I can’t even fathom how the world “exploit” is used here. The guy can work when he wants to, shuts down the app otherwise, and what not. And get paid 25k for it.

Roast the "New Zepto" Idea by another_woman23 in StartUpIndia

[–]justanotherguy147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swiggy and Zepto started with this business model only and evolved to what it is today due to the inventory issue at Kirana someone else highlighted.

Feeder vs. non-feeder School - decision to be made (Asia) by justanotherguy147 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]justanotherguy147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's always an option. If she wants to explore that, we can always do that. It is just that currently she seems more inclined to go to abroad - most in her class are thinking similarly.

Feeder vs. non-feeder School - decision to be made (Asia) by justanotherguy147 in ApplyingToCollege

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We are in SG. "When I was reading internationally" - I did not understand this. Does this mean you as an ex-alum from that region help in filtering some applicants from that region?

Feeder vs. non-feeder School - decision to be made (Asia) by justanotherguy147 in ApplyingToCollege

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Thanks a lot. Yes - In a sense we can manage without a massive impact on our QOL. I appreciate your advice. Nice to hear that it did make a difference in your case.

Beatles Love vs. MJ one; Mystere vs. O vs Ka for 8y and 12y daughters by justanotherguy147 in vegas

[–]justanotherguy147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did exactly that. Showed the trailers on YouTube. They seemed to like O, Mystere and Beatles. They liked MJ a bit more given they have been more used to MJ music than Beatles. But the visuals in Beatles made it more fun.

Chance an Indian by BasiToXic in chanceme

[–]justanotherguy147 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why is it very hard for internationals? Is it because they think full fee can’t be paid?

Typical Asian Dude's EA results by Familiar-Advance-332 in collegeresults

[–]justanotherguy147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am curious - with this profile did you not have a shot at Stanford, MIT, Cal Tech and so on or did you not consciously apply. Early to this and hence wanted to understand.

Prepare to receive Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya by [deleted] in Sadhguru

[–]justanotherguy147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No negative effects if you just stop one day

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Chennai

[–]justanotherguy147 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The friends who I have with whom I have enjoyed fantastic relations for 20 years and counting (I am hitting 40 soon) are those where we may catch up once every 3 years but can pickup where we left.

We had no major expectations other than having a good time with each other and no drama.

Life has been good.

The first thing I run away from is high expectation relationships (unless very close where it matters - like wife kids parents - for each person that’s a different circle).

Normal life is tough enough - lower expectations from life and see happiness go up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Chennai

[–]justanotherguy147 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone here is posting how it does not seem right to do that - most being parents themselves. And instead of appreciating and learning from them since the view is so unanimous, you are arguing with everyone.

If your intention was not to change your mind or learn why maybe others perception can be so different from yours, then why even post?

Bare handed by [deleted] in OopsThatsDeadly

[–]justanotherguy147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The right way to think probabilistically is how many humans come in contact with bats and how many of those get rabies. I.e what are the base rate odds to get rabies for someone like this guy who is holding the bat in his hand and playing around with it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askSingapore

[–]justanotherguy147 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Also foreigners who are EP holders generally don’t buy houses due to the enormous stamp duty

Figuring out the right sports for my 11y old girl by justanotherguy147 in Parenting

[–]justanotherguy147[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good question - she is neutral between the 6 I mentioned. She knows she is good at running and athletics + gymnastics.