🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@louis The algorithm and most of my algorithms are probably a bad example of luck. My career has largely been a constant aeries of new algorithms I have invented.

The aspects of luck in my mind are more things like this:

* genetic lottery for intelligence
* birth lottery as I wasn't born to a remote tribe or something
* genetic lottery for not having depression or something else that could have crippled my motivation (drug addiction too)

There is always some element of luck that i could have not overcome otherwise. But my point is just that something that can truly stop you is quite rare.

@louis

The library for the computer. The electronics was from going into trash bins to harvest parts and equipment. I had very little equipment, a soldering iron and some found components. Ibremeber just getting the solar for the solder was very hard, had to cut lawns to even afford that much.

@louis@ingenthron.social

The library for the computer. The electronics was from going into trash bins to harvest parts and equipment. I had very little equipment, a soldering iron and some found components. Ibremeber just getting the solar for the solder was very hard, had to cut lawns to even afford that much.

@louis

I devoted myself to learning advanced math, coding and electronics. My plan was tonlearnbit, build something very impressive put it out there for free and use that to get my first job.

After years from a very young age studying around 14 in reached the point that was possible. I the developed a p2p algorithm with my own compression algorithm that was 100x faster than the best commercial options on the market. Beibgnonly 15 this made for an interesting news story so as a result I was getting a lot of news attention. Due to my abilities and the attention I got as a result of that I had about 20 different companies offering me jobs at that price range.

So very much as the result of hard work id say.

@louis again all those things could make getting out of it harder for sure. There is no doubt some people may need to put in more effort than others. But again all are capable.

At 15 my 100k job was my first job. So prior to reaching that point of success my mom was the only one creating income through welfare mostly, that had to support the whole household as no one else worked.

Yes we had huge medical expenses as my mom was in no way encouraging me, I had to fight her instruction as a parent so she was constantly trying to get me treated by psychologists or doctors to "get me under control". She has parkinsons and the crippling anxiety that goes with it, my grandparents had multiple strokes and heart attacks, we had huge debt, and likely some undiagnosed PTSD on my grandfathers side.

And I do agree people always are the hero of their own story. I won't claim to be an exception here, but i think my story speaks for itself.

@louis

I dropped out of school because they refused goblet me skip ahead to college level courses which in was already doing by middle school.. so for me school was certainly not a privilage

@louis

Maybe a few small ones... my family was physically abusive. Within my own home where mybubcle, grandparents, and mom and me all lived together my uncle was a very abusive heroin addict and my mom was mildly physically abusive and always allowed my uncle to beat me.

My mom loved me though as did even my uncle in his own very broken way. So that is a bit of a privilage I suppose.

The biggest privilage was access to a library. Ibwas studying advanced maths and science by 12 years old and spent a lot of time in the library so by the tine in was 15 i was famous and making 100k (about 200k in forays money). But all of that happened because it was my plan from a young age and I busted my ass to make it happen. Most of the privilages were pretty minor.

Compared to moat Americans id say I was probably one of the least privilaged.

@selea Where else could we go that wouldn't allow fascists? That would eliminate almost all democrats and republicans. Hell having an account here makes you as much a supporter of fascism as anywhere else these days.

@louis

Disagree because if you don't have the money you are more than capable of making it.

Inb4: not everyone has an equally easy tine of getting out of poverty, the system is certainly broken. But with very few exceptions almost everyone is capable.

I grew up on welfare and in rather significant poverty. Now I'm a millionaire. I wasnt ucky or privilaged in any significant way. Ibjuatbblasted through the barriers rather than accepting my victim hood.

@timkmak They should take it one step further and seize any Russian heddles carrying gas into their port and impound the boats.

You are god-like. You can literally do magick in your head (math) and use it to change the world to whatever great works you desire. The universe can not stand against you, any barrier it put in your way you can blow through like no creature has ever even imagined. You can create things the like of which has never existed in the whole of the universe...

You, a human, are one of the most powerful forces in the whole of existance, start acting like it.

@TheOldGuy They always were, now we just have a new one that Kant embarassed by it.

@freeschool I am literally heading out the door to a flight. But I do want to give you a thoughtful reply when I'm by my keyboard. Im also forgetful but ill try to Rene era to reply tomorrow. If you are willing please ping be about this tomorrow and ill give a proper response

You are always hearing people raving about how amazing women are and the "miracle of giving birth" and shit... I literally just took a shit that is easily twice the size of an average baby and not one person I showed the picture, not one, recognized it for the miracle it was! Sexism is everywhere kings, be safe out there

Interesting fact of the day. Invoking the 5th amendments right to remain silent can and will be used against you in civil court cases. The protection only really exists in criminal cases because in civil cases the jury is generally instructed to assume an invocation of the5th is due to the answer being incriminating.

You are not the king of your brain. You are the creepy guy staning next to the king going "most judicious choice sire"

@elijah

For my curiosity can you tell me which domain name, specifically, you are checking?

@stux

@stux Thanks that gave me everything I need.