frontiersbound

signals from the frontier. always searching

[George Mack @george__mack]

The biggest difference I've noticed between people with a low or high bias for action is that the former loops on "what if it goes wrong?" and the latter loops on "what if it goes right?".

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@Rainmaker1973 How about we relocate them to a place where real estate is cheap and either rehabilitate them or provide long term care? Glad the guy has a heart, but if caring about the homeless was the solution, we wouldn’t be having this conversation

[frontiersbound @frontiersbound]

Over time the US has lost its value for humility. Social media has truly killed it by allowing braggarts to dominate the zeitgeist. I guess it’s beat em or join em

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I can’t decide if I hate 18 year olds virtue signaling about how smart they are/how hard they are working on their startup or if I admire it. It’s probably a bit of both

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If you have to constantly tell me how smart you are and how hard you grind, it’s pretty cringe. At the same time, it’s better than smoking pot and watching porn all day

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What’s the cure for social awkwardness? It sure as fuck isn’t socializing

[frontiersbound @frontiersbound]

For the good atheist, hell will be there

Hint: State Farm jingle

[frontiersbound @frontiersbound]

We think about the Roman Empire every day (obviously), but we overlook the absolute savagery of the Amazon Rainforest. There still isn't a single bridge over the Amazon. We don't have the technology. We are too weak.

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Everyone becomes an actuary when they are asked if they want a $1200 rabies vaccine. The mind simulates all of the possible exposures until it spits out “fuck that, I’m good”

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What’s the modern day equivalent to building the Panama Canal? A space elevator?

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Starting a company is exhilarating in an disorienting way. For years, you've been thinking to yourself, I've got this. All of a sudden, everything is on your shoulder and you realize the existential dread of actually having to walk the walk

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@dannypostma Why not get a private office or use some headphones? Some devs talk too. I feel like the issue here is unrealistic expectations, not the crowd.

[frontiersbound @frontiersbound]

Landlord hate is so stupid. You think they are making so much money? Try it yourself. No one is stopping you, and it’s easy as fuck to get financing for anyone that works.

The problem isn’t landlords. The problem is that the government won’t allow new construction and tries to fuck landlords over with price controls instead.

[frontiersbound @frontiersbound]

- There was a cattle boom before the oil boom.
- The Buffalo hunters started in the 1870s and wiped all of them out in a decade. Individual hunters could kill thousands of buffalo a week.
- English common law for water rights was abandoned in the west. The gold rush mentality resulted in water being first come first served — which worked WAY better.

[frontiersbound @frontiersbound]

“The Great Plains” by Walter Prescott Webb was one of the books that surprised me the most. I was expecting a relatively dry history of the plains, and instead I got a glimpse into the problems that people thought about in the 1820s-1920s in America. We have it so good.

[frontiersbound @frontiersbound]

Some interesting nuggets:

- Plains Indians invented sign language and smoke signals to communicate over long distances. Westerners adopted these systems for military communication.
- It was illegal to buy land in many places in the West. This was caused by the government giving the land away in homesteads and not wanting consolidation or gaming of the system. They didn’t know how much land you needed to survive (~2,560 acres).

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@NikhilNair098 @Brink_Thinker Yes. Before the horse came to the new world, Plains Indians like the Comanche and Apache were “dog cultures.” They used their dogs as beasts of burden. Because they hadn’t invented the wheel, the dogs had to pull all their stuff on long poles that dragged on the ground

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@jimheskel This is the right advice for some people, but others bury themselves in the first thing they see. I got really good at one thing and hadn’t explored enough to figure out my passion.

Choosing what to focus on is a secretary problem, and some exploration is required.

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@frandevea Because 0 to 1 is the hardest part. Congrats man. When I made my first $0.09 on arbitrage, I felt the same way. I finally learned how to make money with my own ideas and own two hands! It’s the first step away from being a wage slave