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What is /biz/'s opinion on Software Piracy?
Is it inherently harmful and best to be banned or is it just and natural?
>>1046964
In a perfect world piracy wouldn't exist.
With that being said, piracy has changed certain aspects of media for the better on both the producer side and the consumer side.
Piracy has a large part in pressuring companies to offer more convenient ways of purchasing/using media. Also, It's not that uncommon for consumers who pirated a movie or a game to end up buying the product later.
>>1046964
It's to be expected and should be banned.
If someone uses your software without a license that's unfortunate, but no big deal.
But if someone distributes it without your permission it's a real problem.
Then you have to compete against your own product, that you worked on for months or years, because some nerd wants some e-credit.
It's even worse with websites that get copied to extort website owners or steal someone elses ad money.
With products that have been available...
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>>1046988
Perhaps they want to make money off the product in the future again. But I think it might be in the public interest to preserve the product. If you want to re-release it then you can just make a new adaptation.
am i retarded for thinking this? can anyone help make sense of it?
>>1044446
Buy the dip
>>1044446
Not exactly. If you're looking to invest, I would just DCA when the S&P falls below 1500. It's too difficult to time the market when the fed is still pushing QE and engaging in stock manipulation. The problem is that stocks might not decline below 1500 for a year or even two years from now. It could even be a decade from now.
>>1044446
Yes.
This one is going to be the end of the U.S. dollar,
a huge currency crisis,
shit is going to happen that is way worse than 2008 and 2001 combined
What does /biz/ think about the importance of IQ in financial success? I have an iq of 131. (according to the test administer that could be an underestimation tho). Assuming I put in the effort, how far do you think I could go?
On the balance of probabilities, it isn't very important.
The surest ways to financial success are,
1. Earning more than you spend
2. Investing savings sensibly.
Number 2 doesn't require that much intelligence.
As for number 1...spending less doesn't require that much intelligence...earning more is where intelligence can come in to it...but even that doesn't correlate very well.
IQ is a meme.
>>1044332
I don't think it's all that important. IQ of 143 here. I can learn things pretty fast I guess, if I commit to it which is often not the case.
I think other factors are more important, and furthermore, that intelligence as a whole encompasses more than what the Intelligence Quotient can reasonably measure.
General QTDDTOT.
Mine: What is the cheapest online trading account company?
Robinhood if in the US
>>1049517
robinhood or tradeking
Why do people say that government spending has a multiplier effect without also mentioning the fact that the money was also there to be spent by the private sector if it hadn't initially been taken as tax by the government? Why don't they talk about a multiplier effect when it's a private individual / company spending the money?
>>1049507
because keynesians
>>1049507
Because you're an idiot.
The multiplier effect is supposed to be produced by huge government spending during a recession, when the private sector fails to provide such spending.
On the other hand, when the economy is growing, moderate taxation is made to build up the budget, to fight against later recessions.
Many free market supporters need to cease jumping to conclusions about the neo-Keynesian theory without understanding it first. They're acting just like creationists in regards to the theory of evolution.
>>1049507
Because companies sometimes have more money than they know what to do with, resulting in stagnation throughout the economy.
See Apple's $200 billion cash reserves.
I'm in the US and need to send money to a friend in the UK. However, I need to send pounds. I do have a credit card that doesn't charge international transaction fees, but don't know how to pay a personal account. What is the cheapest/easiest way to do this?
Depends on how much money
>>1049447
15 pounds. Just paying him back for buying dinner while I was there.
>>1049412
>buy an Amazon gift card to be sent to their address
>Use Amazon UK - give in pounds but pay in dollars
Done.
Srsly tho use moneycorp or something.
Lets say that all forms of currency and any certificate of property gets erased from the world
What would happen?
>>1049340
Barter.
>>1049401
/thread
Gold and cigs and cs go keys could become new currency
How does a company like etsy market itself.
>>1049329
You just answered your own question.
>>1049379
>open thread to post
>see the same reply I was going to post
By banning things.
That's how I found out about them.
The good ole "You cant come in" business model.
>mfw STEM programs at university these days actually have courses like "science communication", "ethics of science", "project management" and "group project coursework" that contribute to atleast 50% of the entire degree
>you literally have to be beyond retarded to not get over a 3.2 GPA
So any tips on how I can profit from this crazy grade inflated STEM bubble /biz/?
>>1049072
Good. Maybe the engineers I hire in the future won't graduate as social retards that wander in circles mumbling when asked to work in a group.
protip: if you graduate with an engineering degree, and can actually write a coherent and grammatically correct letter, you will be running a division of your company before age 30
>>1049072
>Not looking at performance in core classes
>>1049072
I was actually looking at the Stanford curriculum and saw that at least one ethics in engineering class was required.
Stanford obviously doesn't know what it's doing.
So far:
>got 6 high-quality pieces of fine art to sell
>website is up; ready and looks good
>has an automated online payment platform, which uses PayPal for secure payments
>optimized for and submitted to search engines and major directories
Which move should I choose next?
>email marketing
>Google AdSense marketing
>recruiting affiliates
Also,...
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>>1049034
What business or product dumdum
>>1049067
Fine art. I mentioned that in the OP.
>>1049034
You're not gonna make it
i charge 1k to start, then 10k for complion... there is no garentee i'll sucessfully hack the target, but i make it my best effort to get you the data
i have 70% sucess rate, i specialize in facebook/twiter cracking
back transfer only
let me know, thx
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I thought you were looking for a hacker, not a wannabe decrypter that knows how to use google
Just look at her go!!
Last week everyone says recession.
We will get a few positive days and everyone will be like laughing off the recession from last week.
HOLY SHIT
RIP SPECULATORS
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ymh16.cbt
why is no one talking about this?
What is it bro?
>>1048324
Futures were up over 1000 points for like an hour then suddenly it was down 300 i mean like in a span of few seconds. Now it is what it Is. is this just some kind of time lag?
I noticed that too but when it looked up the futures through CNN I didn't see it, only through yahoo.
Can somebody explain the United States debt to china to me? Did they basically just buy bonds or did we literally burrow money from them?
tel me!!!!
>>1048020
Tell literally just buy our T-Bills and bonds when they're auctioned off.
The US didn't go to them for a loan like you would go for a home mortgage.
>>1048020
When China exports shit to us, we pay with dollars. The Chinese central bank gives RMB to the ChinaCo and keeps the dollars. The Chinese central bank buys bonds with those dollars. Then the govt uses those dollars for welfare or paying employees or whatever. Then the poor people/govt employees buy Chinese shit with the dollars...
Note that roughly the same dollars circulate and the only net effect is an accumulation of bonds for the Chinese CB and an accumulation of debt for US govt.
Anyone got experience in building a social media precense from scratch? I've been running a car-focused Instagram account for about a month and I've surpassed 1000 followers - looking to build this up even more to the point where I can begin selling shoutouts/advertisement. If you've got experience doing something similar any advice is appreciated. Also, has anyone purchased followers for social media before? Thinking about it, but very on the fence.
>>1047807
>where I can begin selling shoutouts/advertisement
You'd need hundreds of thousands if not millions of followers to actually make fair money doing that. Unless you become big a your home market like a radio host or local news anchor.
But the main thing is posting lots of content. Try to be original but you can copy pasta things and add your own twist to them to keep a steady flow up.
>>1047813
I get that - but it all starts small
Have you used big tits yet to compliment the cars?
