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Re:Ask HN: My country is getting worse. Where to go? on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:38PM (#18214779)
> Purse a course in a community college.

It sounds interesting. How do I do that? Can you explain a bit more?

Re:Ask HN: My country is getting worse. Where to go? on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:30PM (#18214703)
I am actually considering Singapore. Not sure with what I am going to do. Probably just make more money as fast as I can.
Re:Ask HN: My country is getting worse. Where to go? on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:21PM (#18214628)
> Keep your extra earnings in foreign currency and assets.

Can you give me an example? Like what kind of assets?

Re:Ask HN: My country is getting worse. Where to go? on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:12PM (#18214571)
> How does one run a printing business without any machines?

I don't have any printing machine. I got all my customers from the internet, so basically we never met. When my customers place orders (from WhatsApp), I would print their orders from a company who actually have a printing machine, then I just sell it more expensive to make profits.

I already do this for about a year now. I went from $100 to $1,000 saving. Which is pretty good money in this country, I can live with that for 5 months.

> Seems like you could do that from anywhere.

Yes, the problem is I need to find another printing company that doesn't cost too much. I'm already thinking about this actually.

Re:Ask HN: My country is getting worse. Where to go? on Sunday October 14, 2018 @02:53PM (#18214440)
Reasons why I am thinking my country is getting worse:

1) Currency. Its value just keep sinking.

2) Safety. What I fear the most is terrorism. There are a bunch of people in the name of religion doing scary things at night just because they think you're wrong. But cops don't care. I honestly never saw cops fight those people. It's scary.

3) Government. Something is wrong here. Even if next year we will have a presidential election, I don't think it'll make things better.

Re:Ask HN: My country is getting worse. Where to go? on Sunday October 14, 2018 @08:56AM (#18212663)
I am not thinking about starting a business or founding start-up. I just want to move to a better place. I honestly don't like my country.

> b) Illegally migrate to another country.

Well, I don't want to break the law. If I have a chance I want to move legally. But as you can say, given my background the chances are very slim.

> c) Migrate within your country to a better comunity. ... If you succeed here another option may open at a later point with higher success probabilities.

I think this is what I am going to do. I don't know how long does it take to make enough money to get out of here, but I'm going to try.

I actually run a small printing business where I make enough money. The bad news is, I don't have any machine or employee, so if I am moving to another city, it'll be hard for me to run my business. The good news is all my customers are coming from the internet, we never meet, and they do repeat order.

Thank you for your reply!

Ask HN: My country is getting worse. Where to go?

I am 20 y.o, I live in Indonesia. I don't know what's going on with my country, but it looks like everything is getting worse. I don't see a bright future here, so I am looking for a better country. I am willing to move abroad.The problems are, I don't know where to go, and how much does it cost. Right now, I have around $1,000 in my bank account. It's all the money that I save from my...

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Re:Show HN: Self-generated custom art for your home or Airbnb on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @04:17AM (#16221409)
This is nice, simple and easy to use. I run a small print shop and have an idea to build something like this, where my customers can upload their design and order from our site.

Is it possible to build something like this without back-end work? Can I build this on static site? I know little bit of JavaScript. We build our static site with Jekyll and GitHub.

Edit: No need to edit the file. They can only upload and order (maybe send it as an email when they push "order"?). That's it, nothing else. Thanks!

Re:Qwant: A European search engine that respects privacy on Saturday November 18, 2017 @04:59AM (#15728440)
First impression: heavy and slow. I use search engine to search something, not to read news or watching pretty pictures. Why not just a search box, a button, and a logo? Sure, it's probably gonna be looks like Google, but hey, it loads faster.
Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @06:28AM (#15694177)
I'm one of those people. Still using US$100 Asus Zenfone 4, running Android K; with 8GB internal memory and 1GB RAM. My phone still looking and running good, no scratches, and no lags. I only use 1.56GB internal memory for apps, nothing fancy, just some apps that I truly need.

The reason I'm not considering to upgrade my Android is because of this article: It's The User Experience, Stupid.[0] I already see Android O in action, and some newest Android devices, but I don't think it's worth my money. So, I'm planning to keep using my 3 year old phone until it's dead.

[0]: http://usabilitypost.com/2008/12/03/its-the-user-experience-...

Re:Ask HN: How to manage bookmarks? on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:04PM (#14861522)
I make folders with topics and some folders inside them, for example: Design > Tools, Programming > Reads, etc. I name them as short as possible, and no more than one folder inside. Also, I use Pocket. But Pocket doesn't work for me when it comes for saving bookmarks, because when I save too much, it's painful to see that I have too much to read.

Ask HN: What is something you like or don't like in a newsletter?

I am currently unsubscribing from lots of design newsletters, mostly because it doesn't give good contents anymore. I don't care what's the latest design trends or "how to" something. I care about something that will likely still relevant for the next year, like: Why we need to use small caps or text figures correctly.So, I had an idea to build a design newsletter and curation the way I want,...

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