Ask HN: What's a lesson about money you learned the expensive way?
Could be trading, investing, saving, taxes, a scam, a bad bet on yourself — anything.What happened, and what do you do differently now?
pg1
Re:Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982
on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @08:34AM (#49535314)
I started coding on c64 when I was 10. I'm close to 50 now and still code but it was much more fun 40 years ago.
Re:Ask HN: What's a lesson about money you learned the expensive way?
on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @12:59PM (#49524695)
I wouldn't say stock picking is a bad idea. If you're interested in finance and willing to learn how it works, it can be a great hobby, and you can potentially make money from it too. Otherwise, DCAing into an index fund is probably the easiest and best solution.
Re:Ask HN: What's a lesson about money you learned the expensive way?
on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @08:20AM (#49520976)
Yeah, I also got burned by this. I spent three months saving up and invested in Lucid Motors back in 2021, only to lose 98% of my money.
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https://github.com/pg1/paper-profit
I'm building this to help people learn about investing and trading through hands-on practice. It has virtual trading accounts where you can test strategies, plus a 21-day challenge with daily quizzes and interactive exercises The goal is to provide a learning path that takes users from foundational concepts to advanced strategies.I would love to hear you're feedback.
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Re:Show HN: A stop-motion video of an engine
on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:46AM (#15025919)
BTW: Did the car came from Hungary? I saw you found 2000 HUF. :)
Re:Show HN: A stop-motion video of an engine
on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:52AM (#15025696)
Really awesome stuff. Thanks for you hard work!
Re:We ditched Google Analytics
on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @02:47PM (#10698892)
Well it takes lots of time to setup + needs a few extra server like event collector, log cleanup and enrich, data loading and database server.
Re:We ditched Google Analytics
on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @12:06PM (#10697696)
+ 1 for snowplow. We been using it for more than a year now with high traffic sites and it's working great.
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Re:Ask HN: The “I want to do everything but end up doing nothing” dilemma
on Saturday February 14, 2015 @07:12AM (#9049466)
Start tracking your time with a simple app like https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster When you start the timer you should only focus on that one task. If you get distracted stop the timer. After a week or month you will have lots of info and it will be easier to decided what to do.
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Re:Poll: Do you actually use the product you are working on?
on Sunday January 26, 2014 @05:15PM (#7127250)
We're building an email client called zinbox which I use everyday. First it was hard to use but after a few ui change it started to get comfortable. I think it's really hard to develop software if you're not using it.
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Re:Scroll This
on Thursday August 22, 2013 @05:23AM (#6256078)
Love it.
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Re:How to "open" a microchip and what's inside?
on Sunday March 10, 2013 @05:48AM (#5351285)
Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
Re:Google phone reboots while making a call
on Sunday October 14, 2012 @03:34PM (#4652353)
I had this same problem with my Galaxy Nexus. My sim card was really old and after the change and 4.0.4 update now it works great.
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Re:Apple.com gets a redesign
on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @03:23AM (#2142602)
I like it. Menu bar is thinner and fonts are smaller. Also auto suggest on search is really cool.
Re:Google Instant Search Released
on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @05:02PM (#1673487)
I think saving time sales point is the biggest bullshit from G. Google should be more honest to there users. They should tell us that they need more page impressions+ads.
Re:Ask HN: What smartphone to get right now?
on Sunday August 08, 2010 @01:17PM (#1585659)
Iphone UI is a little bit better. Android is open and google products works very well on these phones.
Regarding development it's easier to develop apps for andorid. Only problem is fragmentation. Different screen sizes and os versions can make lot of troubles.
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Re:Ask HN: Should I give up?
on Friday June 26, 2009 @08:19AM (#675322)
Also you can do some freelance jobs in your field. You can make some money and learn more about B2B.