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friedman23
on April 13, 2020
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“Sequel” to the million dollar homepage using WebG...
I'm pretty sure the point of the original was to net the creator a million dollars.
Waterluvian
on April 13, 2020
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Hah. Yes true. I guess I mean the goal of the implementation is to net a million dollars by _____.
thaumasiotes
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He would have had to charge a lot more if he wanted to net a million dollars. He grossed less then $1.1M.
mulmen
on April 13, 2020
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He did make a million dollars though?
Symbiote
on April 14, 2020
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"After costs, taxes and a donation to The Prince's Trust, a charity for young people, Tew expected his net income to be $650,000–$700,000."
From Wikipedia.
mulmen
on April 14, 2020
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Yeah I missed the "net" in the original comment. My bad. He
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just over a million.
seattle_spring
on April 14, 2020
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Taxes, my friend. Taxes.
celticninja
on April 14, 2020
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if it wasn't for taxes there wouldn't be an internet on which to host a million dollar homepage.
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