> See if it's possible to earn a profit without selling out.
Unfortunately it's not possible.
Nearly everyone on HN would rather invest in a total stock market index fund, simply because it gives better returns. How much different? Approximately 1% more.
So there you have it. People will sell out for 1% of their portfolio. Myself included.
> It's incredible to me that graduating college students, many presumably with student debt and little savings, can even consider taking the financial risk of starting a company (e.g. forgoing a salary).
When I visited the Stanford campus recently, it seemed like many students had the opposite of debt: massive savings indicated by personal electric scooters, Mercedes/Tesla/BMW/Audi in the student parking lots, combined with several FANG internships, it's fairly common for a CS undergrad to have $100K+ in savings when they graduate.
Whether it's family money or not, debt doesn't seem to be the big of a problem for these top students.
> Opt-out for GDPR is under 1%. Most people don't care at the moment, sadly.
Correct.
On top of that, many people on HN, aware of the privacy implications, continue to have a Google Home / Alexa in their homes. Myself included.
Sadly, I (and many people) simply don't care about privacy. The probability/expected negatives of surveillance abuse is far less than the benefit of being able to turn my lights on and off with my voice.
The US will for sure become like China in 10-20 years, with regards to surveillance.
> Google Fi is expensive for individuals. Their initial premise was $20 base for unlimited text/phone and $10 / Gb.
Pixel 3 user here. I pay $30/month on average.
What on Earth are you torrenting on your phone? I've never used more than 5 GB data in a month. Just wait till you're back on wifi before watching YouTube...
And who are you to say if the machine's output (ie, mindset) is to be trusted?
Machines are much less prone to bias than humans, that's for sure.