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Ask HN: How will AI impact porn and men's health?

2 points·by seige·3 yıl önce·6 comments

Ask HN: LLMs and future of front end engineering

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seige
·2 yıl önce·discuss
Of course, it's not wrong. You do you man!

But if you are looking for general advice, I think it's important to want career progression. Generally speaking, for most people, bills go up as they age (kids, health, yada-yada). Unless you are sitting on inheritance money, you'll want to have a bigger pay-check to meet life's challenges.
seige
·3 yıl önce·discuss
Solving men's issues, particularly friendship for middle aged men, developing hobbies outside the purview of providership, infrastructure and tools for fighting addiction of all kinds and mental fitness. I think a lot about what a modern day men's magazine would look like, and what sort of platforms or tools could exist in service of men's emotional well being.
seige
·3 yıl önce·discuss
Can you expand on how you help in the documentation? Mere guidance is not enough as the real advice afaik in the case of 8621 is to "hire a tax accountant". The trouble is that most tax accountants are not well versed in this as well so one's search is even harder.

Your point on India's growth rate likely to be higher than US is well received, but I want to understand something more tangible. Let's say I invest a dollar in India which grows at 7-8% risk free just using the FD instrument. At the end of each year though, US Gov will tax that growth at 30-40%. Next, If one repatriates that money, one loses even more value due to currency conversion. So in effect, your money grows at 4% most likely.

4% growth + tax paperwork hell seems imprudent. I'd like to learn what am I missing here? Many of my NRI friends don't bother investing in India. There is a serious lack of education in this regard.
seige
·3 yıl önce·discuss
This is a real problem, and you should take it as a vote in your favor.

There is a serious and large amount of ambiguous tax complications (form 8621) when an NRI tries to do this. I'd love to see more commentary on this on your landing page. Are you addressing it or is that your customer's responsibility?

After factoring in taxation on foreign assets by US gov and leakage due to weak INR, a repatriation situation looks very underwhelming. A 7% yield is more likely 3%. One is better of just putting $ in an index fund in the US unless one has decided to relocate to India in the long term and want to hold assets there. How do you folks think about this?
seige
·3 yıl önce·discuss
Bell Hooks "The Will To Change" is as astounding body of work for folks who are interested in this further.
seige
·3 yıl önce·discuss
Based on my personal experience attempting something like this, most people will not understand it.

To minimize risk, I'll recommend having conversations with other FAANG people in your network and create a soft back-door.

This is obviously opposite of "burn your bridges" strategy, which is quite popular and may not be your vibe.