u/ImpressionanteFato

I honestly knew nothing about self hosting LLMs locally. I used to think it was pointless for 99% of people, even people already into AI, just because of the cost and hassle of hosting these models compared to what you'd actually get out of it.

But after looking into Qwen 3.8 27B and its potential, plus the fact that someone will probably release an uncensored version of it soon, I started rethinking that. Even if you don't have the hardware, you can just rent a GPU online on a VPS for a pretty reasonable hourly cost while it's running. It's wild how much of this is already open to the general public.

In my opinion, having access to a model this capable, uncensored, is basically like owning a car. Yeah, a car. There's nothing wrong with owning one, the problem only shows up if you actually do something wrong with it. Until then, it's just a tool.

We already have older and smaller Qwen versions with uncensored variants on Hugging Face. From what I understand, models with fewer parameters tend to be "easier" to convert into uncensored versions. Don't take that word too literally though, I have zero background in finetuning or model training, so maybe it's not actually that easy. But there are still a lot of very smart people working in this space, especially in AI right now.

Think about a cybersecurity professional getting their hands on an uncensored Qwen 3.8 27B once it drops. With how many vibe coded SaaS products are out there with basically no security oversight, someone with enough hardware could pair this model with tools like OWASP ZAP or the Burp Suite API, run it through a browser that avoids captcha detection, use a mobile or residential proxy, throw in a Kali setup for other scanning tools, and just let the model run 24/7 looking for vulnerabilities to complete bug bounties or even land contracts in the field. That's a serious tool for professionals like that.

I only see upside here.

I have this ASUS ZenFone 4 with Android 8.0.0, rooted, and I'd like to install the Wise app on it (the one for generating virtual cards and even a physical card that lets you pay in USD or EUR when traveling). It runs those bank "security" checks and probably detects that the phone is rooted. Is there any Magisk module or method I could use to hide root from it? Has anyone tested this with fintech apps, or specifically with Wise? Just to clarify, with Wise it blocks you right after login, while with Nomad, which is a direct competitor of Wise, the app just closes itself instead. Either outcome works for me, if I can get it running with Wise or with Nomad, both would fit what I need.

I saw a few similar threads on this sub, but they're pretty old, so I have no idea what still works nowadays for this kind of problem.

There's one Brazilian fintech that lets you use it with root as is, no masking needed at all, which is Mercado Pago. But for some reason with that one you can only create one virtual card at a time, and worse, there's a limit on how many times you can delete/recreate that single virtual card, up to 10 times, resetting every month. That basically makes it useless for what I need, since I go through 1 to 3 brand new virtual cards every single day, no exceptions.

Since 2021, I have been running a business in the Brazilian digital marketing space. Without getting into exact profit numbers, yes, it is profitable and it allows me to live a very comfortable life, especially considering I live in Brazil.

However, I have realized that if I want to reach much bigger numbers and make a significant jump financially, I probably need to build a stronger network.

At this point I follow pretty much every major player in this market in Brazil, and quite a few of them follow me back. The problem is that I barely post anything.

When I do post, it is usually something like:

“Is Meta Ads also having this X, Y or Z issue for you guys?”

And even then, it is just an Instagram story with a black background and some text.

No videos of me talking. No lifestyle content. Nothing like that.

I genuinely like being low profile, and I am very uncomfortable with the idea of having too much attention on me on social media, especially here in Brazil. The reasons for that are a little more complicated than they might seem, and if you are not from here you probably would not fully understand.

I occasionally talk to people in this market through WhatsApp or Instagram DMs, but not very often.

What frustrates me the most about networking is that, at least in the Brazilian digital marketing market, a huge percentage of the players are under 25. Many are under 20, and sometimes even under 18.

Obviously there are exceptions, but from my experience, the younger they are, the bigger their ego tends to be.

And I am not exaggerating when I say that some of the people I talk to have an EXTREMELY inflated ego.

They constantly feel the need to remind you how amazing they are, how successful they are, and how they supposedly know everything about everything.

I am basically the opposite.

I enjoy learning. I constantly feel like there is more I need to understand, and I regularly think about how little I actually know.

That brings me to a few questions I wanted to ask here, especially because I assume there are not that many Brazilian entrepreneurs in this subreddit, and I would like to hear perspectives from other countries.

How do people with massive egos network with other people who also have massive egos?

If someone genuinely believes they already know everything and that they are better than everyone else, how do they keep learning, growing financially and improving?

Are young entrepreneurs in your country like this too?

If they are, is it mostly a young entrepreneur thing, or do you see the same behavior among older entrepreneurs as well?

And before someone asks why networking would make such a big difference financially, in the market I work in, connections are extremely valuable.

A good network can save you from making expensive mistakes.

It can give you access to Brazilian payment gateways with better approval rates.

It can help you understand which types of offers are selling the most right now.

It can give you information about offers, trends and opportunities before they become obvious to everyone else.

And there are MANY other advantages.

Missing a single trend can literally be the difference between making or not making your first million in net profit. I am not necessarily talking about a million dollars, since our currency is obviously different, but depending on the situation, it absolutely could eventually mean a million dollars too.

Another example is running an operation globally and selling worldwide.

Right now, Brazil is going through a period where approval rates for the main payment method have been relatively bad. Meanwhile, some players are making a lot of money selling to the US and Europe instead.

But there are a lot of nuances involved in doing that properly that I personally do not understand yet.

And one of the reasons I do not understand them is precisely because it is so difficult to build relationships with these people.

There is also that famous saying:

“Be interesting before being interested.”

I actually try to follow that.

I like contributing when I can and helping people with things I know.

The frustrating part is that I rarely feel like people reciprocate.

Even when I post questions on my stories because I genuinely cannot figure something out, most of the time I eventually solve the problem myself after many attempts instead of getting useful help from anyone.

And before anyone asks, I do not have a bad reputation.

Honestly, I probably do not have much of a reputation at all because I keep such a low profile.

I just find networking incredibly exhausting when so many people seem obsessed with constantly proving that they are the smartest person in the room.

Does this happen in the industry or country you operate in?

How do you deal with people like this?

Sometimes I wonder if this is much more of a Brazilian cultural thing than a young entrepreneur thing, or even an entrepreneur thing in general.

And if that is the case, maybe I am simply trying to build my network in the wrong place.

Since 2021, I have been running a business in the Brazilian digital marketing space. Without getting into exact profit numbers, yes, it is profitable and it allows me to live a very comfortable life, especially considering I live in Brazil.

However, I have realized that if I want to reach much bigger numbers and make a significant jump financially, I probably need to build a stronger network.

At this point I follow pretty much every major player in this market in Brazil, and quite a few of them follow me back. The problem is that I barely post anything.

When I do post, it is usually something like:

“Is Meta Ads also having this X, Y or Z issue for you guys?”

And even then, it is just an Instagram story with a black background and some text.

No videos of me talking. No lifestyle content. Nothing like that.

I genuinely like being low profile, and I am very uncomfortable with the idea of having too much attention on me on social media, especially here in Brazil. The reasons for that are a little more complicated than they might seem, and if you are not from here you probably would not fully understand.

I occasionally talk to people in this market through WhatsApp or Instagram DMs, but not very often.

What frustrates me the most about networking is that, at least in the Brazilian digital marketing market, a huge percentage of the players are under 25. Many are under 20, and sometimes even under 18.

Obviously there are exceptions, but from my experience, the younger they are, the bigger their ego tends to be.

And I am not exaggerating when I say that some of the people I talk to have an EXTREMELY inflated ego.

They constantly feel the need to remind you how amazing they are, how successful they are, and how they supposedly know everything about everything.

I am basically the opposite.

I enjoy learning. I constantly feel like there is more I need to understand, and I regularly think about how little I actually know.

That brings me to a few questions I wanted to ask here, especially because I assume there are not that many Brazilian entrepreneurs in this subreddit, and I would like to hear perspectives from other countries.

How do people with massive egos network with other people who also have massive egos?

If someone genuinely believes they already know everything and that they are better than everyone else, how do they keep learning, growing financially and improving?

Are young entrepreneurs in your country like this too?

If they are, is it mostly a young entrepreneur thing, or do you see the same behavior among older entrepreneurs as well?

And before someone asks why networking would make such a big difference financially, in the market I work in, connections are extremely valuable.

A good network can save you from making expensive mistakes.

It can give you access to Brazilian payment gateways with better approval rates.

It can help you understand which types of offers are selling the most right now.

It can give you information about offers, trends and opportunities before they become obvious to everyone else.

And there are MANY other advantages.

Missing a single trend can literally be the difference between making or not making your first million in net profit. I am not necessarily talking about a million dollars, since our currency is obviously different, but depending on the situation, it absolutely could eventually mean a million dollars too.

Another example is running an operation globally and selling worldwide.

Right now, Brazil is going through a period where approval rates for the main payment method have been relatively bad. Meanwhile, some players are making a lot of money selling to the US and Europe instead.

But there are a lot of nuances involved in doing that properly that I personally do not understand yet.

And one of the reasons I do not understand them is precisely because it is so difficult to build relationships with these people.

There is also that famous saying:

“Be interesting before being interested.”

I actually try to follow that.

I like contributing when I can and helping people with things I know.

The frustrating part is that I rarely feel like people reciprocate.

Even when I post questions on my stories because I genuinely cannot figure something out, most of the time I eventually solve the problem myself after many attempts instead of getting useful help from anyone.

And before anyone asks, I do not have a bad reputation.

Honestly, I probably do not have much of a reputation at all because I keep such a low profile.

I just find networking incredibly exhausting when so many people seem obsessed with constantly proving that they are the smartest person in the room.

Does this happen in the industry or country you operate in?

How do you deal with people like this?

Sometimes I wonder if this is much more of a Brazilian cultural thing than a young entrepreneur thing, or even an entrepreneur thing in general.

And if that is the case, maybe I am simply trying to build my network in the wrong place.

Since 2021, I have been running a business in the Brazilian digital marketing space. Without getting into exact profit numbers, yes, it is profitable and it allows me to live a very comfortable life, especially considering I live in Brazil.

However, I have realized that if I want to reach much bigger numbers and make a significant jump financially, I probably need to build a stronger network.

At this point I follow pretty much every major player in this market in Brazil, and quite a few of them follow me back. The problem is that I barely post anything.

When I do post, it is usually something like:

“Is Meta Ads also having this X, Y or Z issue for you guys?”

And even then, it is just an Instagram story with a black background and some text.

No videos of me talking. No lifestyle content. Nothing like that.

I genuinely like being low profile, and I am very uncomfortable with the idea of having too much attention on me on social media, especially here in Brazil. The reasons for that are a little more complicated than they might seem, and if you are not from here you probably would not fully understand.

I occasionally talk to people in this market through WhatsApp or Instagram DMs, but not very often.

What frustrates me the most about networking is that, at least in the Brazilian digital marketing market, a huge percentage of the players are under 25. Many are under 20, and sometimes even under 18.

Obviously there are exceptions, but from my experience, the younger they are, the bigger their ego tends to be.

And I am not exaggerating when I say that some of the people I talk to have an EXTREMELY inflated ego.

They constantly feel the need to remind you how amazing they are, how successful they are, and how they supposedly know everything about everything.

I am basically the opposite.

I enjoy learning. I constantly feel like there is more I need to understand, and I regularly think about how little I actually know.

That brings me to a few questions I wanted to ask here, especially because I assume there are not that many Brazilian entrepreneurs in this subreddit, and I would like to hear perspectives from other countries.

How do people with massive egos network with other people who also have massive egos?

If someone genuinely believes they already know everything and that they are better than everyone else, how do they keep learning, growing financially and improving?

Are young entrepreneurs in your country like this too?

If they are, is it mostly a young entrepreneur thing, or do you see the same behavior among older entrepreneurs as well?

And before someone asks why networking would make such a big difference financially, in the market I work in, connections are extremely valuable.

A good network can save you from making expensive mistakes.

It can give you access to Brazilian payment gateways with better approval rates.

It can help you understand which types of offers are selling the most right now.

It can give you information about offers, trends and opportunities before they become obvious to everyone else.

And there are MANY other advantages.

Missing a single trend can literally be the difference between making or not making your first million in net profit. I am not necessarily talking about a million dollars, since our currency is obviously different, but depending on the situation, it absolutely could eventually mean a million dollars too.

Another example is running an operation globally and selling worldwide.

Right now, Brazil is going through a period where approval rates for the main payment method have been relatively bad. Meanwhile, some players are making a lot of money selling to the US and Europe instead.

But there are a lot of nuances involved in doing that properly that I personally do not understand yet.

And one of the reasons I do not understand them is precisely because it is so difficult to build relationships with these people.

There is also that famous saying:

“Be interesting before being interested.”

I actually try to follow that.

I like contributing when I can and helping people with things I know.

The frustrating part is that I rarely feel like people reciprocate.

Even when I post questions on my stories because I genuinely cannot figure something out, most of the time I eventually solve the problem myself after many attempts instead of getting useful help from anyone.

And before anyone asks, I do not have a bad reputation.

Honestly, I probably do not have much of a reputation at all because I keep such a low profile.

I just find networking incredibly exhausting when so many people seem obsessed with constantly proving that they are the smartest person in the room.

Does this happen in the industry or country you operate in?

How do you deal with people like this?

Sometimes I wonder if this is much more of a Brazilian cultural thing than a young entrepreneur thing, or even an entrepreneur thing in general.

And if that is the case, maybe I am simply trying to build my network in the wrong place.