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    Google Chrome Silently Installs a 4 GB AI Model On Your Device – Without Your Consent

    - AI - 
    The irony of this statement coming from a Canadian "lmao". Google has no issue providing user data to government agencies (they also have no issue selling user data to just about anybody.) Imagine if your government can use AI to flag anything questionable in your digital history... things...
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    This $14 Billion Business Is Officially the First Company to Be Completely Wiped Out By AI

    NEWS 
    This. Not to say that AI is not impactful or capable of wiping out large businesses, but Chegg is a lousy example. Anyone under the age of 40 with a college degree could tell you this was not a $14B company, regardless of what Wall Street funny money might have said. Zero incentive for...
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    Opinions on the “Buy, Borrow, Die” stategy?

    INVESTING 
    If you consider $2000 to be "a good amount of money" you have no business playing around with margin loans. This is mostly a strategy that applies to the ultra-rich so they can avoid taxes. It's not going to help you get rich. It's basically a "What color Ferrari should I buy" type of question.
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    This Apple Product Has a 10-Week Wait Time — And It’s Been Around Forever

    NEWS 
    Mac Minis have been the best value for home desktops for a couple years now, even before the recent OpenClaw craze. My parents needed a new computer last year and I was able to snag one on sale for $400. It's such a no-brainer at its entry level cost. No Windows spyware BS, and generally...
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    The Rule of Persistence: How Many Millions Would You Pay for 10 Years?

    MINDSET NEWSLETTER 
    Weird thing for people to get angry about, spoken as an omnivore. -10 years on Whoop is a wild achievement. I have been stuck on 0.0 pace of aging for a couple months now. Getting it to nudge into the negatives takes a lot of commitment.
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    The Dark Forest, and Dead Internet Theory

    CHAT 
    I can see paywalled / more private communities becoming more common, and more people migrating there. But I think the masses will remain on the public social media platforms just like today. I can go open my Facebook feed and find so many posts that are clearly written by AI. I go to the...
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    ‘Just Start’ Is Dangerous Advice for Entrepreneurs. Here’s What Skipping a Business Plan Really Costs You.

    NEWS 
    I agree with most of what you said, but I would not lump LLM chats into the same form of long-term planning and war preparation. At the very least, I don't think it should be seen as a replacement or alternative for the other methods of slowing down and aligning your thoughts. It's too easy...
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    Why SF rental properties are bad investments, and why Fastlane is the better alternative

    HOT! REAL ESTATE 
    It's feasible anywhere in the US since the advantage is the $250k (or $500k if married) tax-free gains. The real question is "can you afford a starter home in a HCOL area".
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    Why SF rental properties are bad investments, and why Fastlane is the better alternative

    HOT! REAL ESTATE 
    I think you're ignoring 2 key points. 1. The ability to move "up" in house. Buy $150k house w/ $30k down, $120k mortgage. Add value to it through improvements. Sell house for $200k, keep $80k. Buy $400k house w/ $80k down, $320k mortgage. It's not easy for the average person to come up with...
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    Why SF rental properties are bad investments, and why Fastlane is the better alternative

    HOT! REAL ESTATE 
    I think the real move, if you're handy, is buy a property, live in it for 2 years while fixing it up and adding value, and then sell it for up to $250,000 of tax-free gains. Rinse and repeat. Still not a fastlane strategy, but a lot better than collecting $250/month of taxable income. Every...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    I choose to believe this is an entrepreneur's origin story / FTE.
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    The Fastlane Whoop Longevity Group...

    HOT! HEALTH 
    My fiancee has the Oura. The sleep tracking and stress tracking both seem fine, on par with the Whoop imo. Included with the subscription you get some additional features like guided meditations (similar to Headspace) which is a nice benefit. Durability during activities like weightlifting is...
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    How not to do sales...

    STORY 
    State prices upfront. As @Dark Water said, put a checkout link on the website. If I want to sign up for the service and pay on the spot, let me. Making me schedule a phone call with a human in order to purchase a digital product is backwards. As far as account managers go, my solution would...
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    How not to do sales...

    STORY 
    Dealing with these people is basically my 9-5. Tech sales bros are built in a lab because they are all exactly the same. They never want to just tell you what the price is. They can never answer basic questions about the product they are paid to sell. And then comes the dreaded account...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    It seems like you're contradicting yourself? "To start an ecom business you need coding knowledge. I know shopify makes it so you can run an ecom business without coding knowledge. So what coding/building/integration things should I learn to benefit an ecom business?" Am I misunderstanding?
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    How do you control media consumption and distractions while building your business?

    INTRO 
    I think you're splitting hairs over a distinction that doesn't matter. Imagine someone was trying to lose weight, and so they decided to throw out all of the chips and cookies in their pantry. And then some bro-influencer comes along and says "That makes you weak! You need to build your...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    30 seconds of reading the description confirms it's bullshit clickbait though. Hat's off to the dude on his success, lots of people would not have put in the work and accomplished this even if they did have a family member in the business willing to give them $40,000. But I refuse to support...
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    Burnout Taught Me Something About Success I Wish I Knew Earlier

    MINDSET 
    What do people get out of copy/pasting AI written posts on the forum?
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    Demarco's 10/5/1 Exercise, is it still around? Loved that.

    QUESTION 
    AI MJ tells you to make your own. ;) Ofc, it wouldn't shock me if someone on here has an old pdf saved that they can share.
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    Young fastlaners: SHUT DOWN ALL SOCIAL MEDIA

    GOLD! HOT! 
    The danger is with algorithms that are designed to keep you engaged. Facebook, Instagram, X, Tiktok, are all big offenders. Youtube as well, although I think the fact that it has long-form content kind of makes it a different scenario (of course, Youtube has Shorts too...) The algorithms are...

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