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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Helen Dale (not on your team, but always fair)

    1/ Been thinking about this a lot. At age 10 you have no ability to earn money, aside from mowing lawns and such. 9pm bedtime. Can't pull "on the internet no one knows you're a dog" and start coding remotely, not in 1981. Guess I could start writing stories & articles for $https://twitter.com/_HelenDale/status/1288214359152439298 …

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    Helen Dale (not on your team, but always fair)Verified account @_HelenDale
    Genuinely hard choice. pic.twitter.com/GWwOwtc9Pl
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      2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        2/ I made my first professional sale to TSR when I was 13. Grand total of $100, IIRC. Still, with current discipline & skills, could do that 10-20 times per year, perhaps? Earn $2k/yr starting at age 13 or so, maybe ... Apple was 39 c /share. ...but it only did 4x til 1990

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        3/ So $2k/yr from age 10 to 18 is $16k, assume 2x on all that money ... ugh, 8 years of grinding to get $32k by age 18. At 18 (1989) I can hitchhike to Rt 128 or SV and talk myself into a coding job making $25-30k. Now I can maybe save $10k/yr, if I live on rice & beans

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      4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        4/ So by age 20 (1991) I have $50k in savings. Put that into MSFT and ride it for 10 years, for 50x, so now I've got $2.5M at age 29. Nice ... but not billionaire money yet. I suppose I can use leverage, tho, to double up on all of this.

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      5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        5/ You don't want to be wiped out by margin calls, so you can't lever up 5x or whatever. PLUS investing was a big old hassle in the 80s and 90s. Paper certificates, T+5 day settlement, $30-50 per trade fees ... So assume 2x leverage, plus or minus, ignore taxes. $5M at age 29

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      6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        6/ After 2000 AD you start to see the massive run ups in GOOG, AMZN, FB, etc. So, stop working at age 29, live off interest from $2M of the $5M, stick rest in angel investing, try to get in on the above. In 10 years (age 39) you're def > $100M, and life is good.

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      7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        7/ The amount of grinding, tho, from age 10 to age 30 ... ugh. I ALREADY !@#-ing GROUND FROM AGE 10 TO 40. Really not in a mood to start entirely over again. ...especially needing a hall pass to go to bathroom for the first 6-8 eyars.

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      8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted

        8/ yep, definitely this butterfly effect ; small changes caused by your investing could percolate to VCs investing slightly differently, key engineers choosing different jobs, etc. We have no idea how contingent GOOG, etc. dominance is. https://twitter.com/lesmothian/status/1288220748126052353 …

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      9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        9/ but butterfly effect isn't the big thing - the decades of grinding is. Man, I'VE DONE THAT. I want to slow down the grind, not sign up for two+ more decades of it.

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      10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Lee

        10/ I ALREADY TRIED THAT. I took AP physics sophmore year, bailed on HS at 16 to go to college, etc. Only knocked a year or two off the grind. In 2020, a time traveller in a 10yo body could start coding online for $100 / hr In 1981...not so much. >>>https://twitter.com/leepavelich/status/1288221449635819520 …

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        Lee @leepavelich
        Replying to @MorlockP
        Couldn't you just insta-test out? "Today we're going to begin the unit on surface area—" "I know the calculus of variations and tensor analysis, lady."
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      11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        11/ What are you going to do as a smart 10 year old in 1981? Hitchhike to DEC in Nashua NH and ask for a job programming vaxen? IBM? Even "band of pirates" Apple isn't going to give you a job.

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      12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Kevin VanGelder

        12/ I had an 1170 SAT in 7th grade (age 12). Everyone was really impressed. Still doesn't let you get a job.https://twitter.com/kevin_vangelder/status/1288221782990712832 …

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        Kevin VanGelder @kevin_vangelder
        Replying to @MorlockP
        If you have all your current knowledge, drop out of school at 10 and no hall pass necessary, take the SAT to prove you have the knowledge of a graduate if your parents you can't.
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      13. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        13/ MAYBE the approach is to take the SAT and apply to local colleges at age 10. I suppose that with my current knowledge and discipline I could do a BA in 3 years and get a CS degree. MAYBE a firm would hire a 13 yo w a degree?

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      14. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted AngelsWalk!

        14/ this is not the way that most folks are playing the game, I thinkhttps://twitter.com/LAWGermany/status/1288222599315628038 …

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        AngelsWalk! @LAWGermany
        Replying to @MorlockP
        And you're restarting your life, not going back. So, you're 10 now, not going back when you were 10 and doing it with knowledge you have now, right?
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      15. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted J.A. Sutherland SciFi Books

        15/ geniushttps://twitter.com/JASutherlandBks/status/1288222762243444743 …

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        J.A. Sutherland SciFi Books @JASutherlandBks
        10 years old would put me at 1977. I had a savings account with $5k in it from an auto accident settlement. The line on the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team was 1000-1. Three years to convince dad I was onto something. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1288217179154976769 …
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      16. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted cyr

        16/ don't just say "buy a gazillion" where does that gazillion come from? How big is it actually? What's the ROI over the next 10 years? Do the math; if you're around my age, it's not so easy.https://twitter.com/cyr_actual/status/1288223115517005825 …

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        cyr @cyr_actual
        Replying to @MorlockP
        TBH, age 10, buy a gazillion in apple, Google, etc, stock, have more than 50M by 35. Untold consequences there, though. Who knows.
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      17. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted J.A. Sutherland SciFi Books

        17/ Replay was good. I was very underwhelmed by Rewrite tho https://www.amazon.com/Rewrite-Loops-Timescape-Gregory-Benford/dp/1481487698 …https://twitter.com/JASutherlandBks/status/1288224464946302977 …

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        J.A. Sutherland SciFi Books @JASutherlandBks
        Replying to @MorlockP
        I've read Replay like twenty times. Plans have been made.
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      18. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Zero HP Lovecraft  🦅 🐍

        18/ Concur. I think the market was a lot calmer / slower in the 1980s and 1990s.https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1288225128371892224 …

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        Zero HP Lovecraft  🦅 🐍 @0x49fa98
        Replying to @MorlockP
        I think your perspective on it has a lot to do with your age now. If I reset to ten, I would live out my teen years more or less the same. A few timely investments in crypto early in my professional life is all it would take.
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      19. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        19/ Oh, crap, boss move is to JOIN a startup very very early on. Duh. I remember playing w NSCA Mosaic in 1993 in Boston, and thinking "This is the future ; I should cold call Andreesan and try to join his startup". Didn't tho, bc coward.

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      20. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Snake

        20/ Yeah, this is my thinking. With $50M in the bank you can also get a Thiel blood boy for transfusions, personal chef / trainer, etc.https://twitter.com/tigerboy74u/status/1288225775343173632 …

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        Snake @tigerboy74u
        Replying to @MorlockP
        My take is that if you're closer to 45 than 10 you should just take the easy money and run, between a good investment broker and modern medical technology you still have a lot of good years left for no effort expended
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      21. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Franz Fakka

        21/ People keep tagging into the thread, not reading what I've wrote. BTC launched in, what, 2009 ? The point I've belabored above remains: gotta grind for ~20+ years before the easy-money / big-money bets start appearing.https://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288225915068190722 …

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        Franz Fakka @FakkaFranz
        Replying to @0x49fa98 @MorlockP
        imagine not being able to make 50 mil if you knew about bitcoin early
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      22. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Franz Fakka

        22/ This is a good point, but OTOH, time as a child ... and under the restrictions of a child ... was / would be kind of hellish. Stuck in the suburbs, with no money, no transportation, no adult conversation, bedtime, homework ... ergh.https://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288228896077422592 …

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        Franz Fakka @FakkaFranz
        Replying to @MorlockP
        another thing, why is everyone so fixated on making the 50 mil back at age ten you literally get gifted TIME a second childhood Does noone see the value? The bet is to be able to make 50 mil until you're 45 with hindsight. if you can do that, always red pill. Easy choice...
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      23. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Franz Fakka

        23/ * this ignores the "grind" point I've made like 100 (well, OK, 20) times above * this ignores the "actually, it's kinda tricky to make $50M even if you know the future" point I've also made over and over.https://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288229260059193344 …

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        Franz Fakka @FakkaFranz
        Replying to @0x49fa98 @MorlockP
        fucking feds it doesnt matter because you will grow up eventually. if you can beat the 50 mil by 45, you already outperformed the blue pill, and id argue that you easily can
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      24. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Franz Fakka

        24/ gosh, if only I'd considered this possibility in the threadhttps://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288231164952686592 …

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        Franz Fakka @FakkaFranz
        Replying to @MorlockP
        its not tricky at all say you turn 18, get a shitty job, make 1k within the year saved up. all you need is to abuse exponential growth of good investments to turn it into 50 mil you'll find some sort of set of investments every decade to be able to do that + gained 35 years
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      25. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dr. This Little Piggy BsD

        25/ bingohttps://twitter.com/woodyspigroasts/status/1288231722207805440 …

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        Dr. This Little Piggy BsD @woodyspigroasts
        Replying to @MorlockP
        This is just like the recent post asking what you would do if you transported 2000 years ago with all knowledge. People are like "I'd build an electric motor" or "I'd teach people to can food" Sure you would.
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      26. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        26/ And I've played that mental game, too. First off, the electric motor is far too tricky, especially without electricity to power it. Let's do something simple - a steam engine. First, build a machinist's metal lathe. And build the patterns that the foundrymen will cast

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      27. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        27/ So, you arrive penniless in 1750 or 200 AD or whatever. First, get a job...as a day laborer. WHEW, LADS.

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      28. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted

        28/ Yep, that's the other aspect. I hope back to age 10, and my now-wife is 8 years old and 1,000 miles away. Does one arrange to "meet" the future spouse at age 18? Now you're kind of a creepy 60 yo in an 18 yo's body ... and if you met at 30 or 40.. https://twitter.com/Unendedquest/status/1288232260102049793 …

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      29. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        29/ ...do you even have much to say to her? Most of what made her her are experiences, things learned, things read, etc AFTER that age. Basically, your family is dead and gone, lost in the timeline. REEEEEEEE

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      30. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Franz Fakka

        30/ oh, yeah, hmm, that is a good point I should have dug into this in the thread abovehttps://twitter.com/FakkaFranz/status/1288232557579046912 …

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        Franz Fakka @FakkaFranz
        Replying to @MorlockP
        man, the entire bet is being able to reach 50 million within 35 years of being ten, you can start at 18 so you have 27 years. 27 years and all you need to do is press "buy" and "sell" at predetermined times that you already know about..... what you gain is 35 years of time itself
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      31. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Jul 2020

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Zombie Claude Rains

        31/ yeah ... you're basically friendless until you get a job and meet coworkers ...and even if you have a lot in common with the 50 yo curmudeon 3 cubes over, he's going to see you as a kid and not gonna be your bff it's a hard lonely life ...https://twitter.com/ZombieClaudeR/status/1288233632461492224 …

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        Zombie Claude Rains @ZombieClaudeR
        Replying to @ZombieClaudeR @MorlockP
        Then consider all the non-family important to you. The person who was your closest friend through you teens would probably be intolerable to your middle-aged mind. Relations in general would be difficult, having to constantly pretend to not know how every story ends.
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