1auralynn

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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Yeah, I'm glad The Jungle was required reading in my high school history class.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Yeah the more auditory learner types don't need to take notes. If I try to do this as a visual learner I'm like "yeah yes OK I get it!" then completely forget what the lecture was about 30 min later. If I just take like
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Yeah my current washing machine is a refurbished old school top loader. Easy to install, wash cycle is 45 min, gets clothes super clean. It's definitely not water efficient but at least it doesn't take 3 hours to actually clean yo
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
How is art supposed to be "effective" exactly? Like how would you measure the efficacy of a painting?
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
The Long Dark.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Not to mention that some of these things get easier once you have the skills for them. E.g. I've been buying my own health insurance on the open market since I was 22 - now in my early 40s, it takes me maybe an hour or two to fully com
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Show HN: I built a VR and AI microverse explorer
4 points by 1auralynn 3y ago|2 comments
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
People have varying definitions of art. Mine is more about communication and changing perceptions, I couldn't care less about time spent. I know artists from both camps.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Speaking as someone who was a teenager in the suburbs in the 90s, it totally predated screens. Walking 40 min on a road with no sidewalks got you to a 7-11. We used to go play in the woods until they knocked them down to build a "golfi
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Because we've been gutting scientific grant spending since like 2005, leading to a cutthroat environment where for the most part only the most well-connected and well known get the big grants?
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
I'd rather have a panel of experts in the field with clear criteria decide the merit of the grant vs a crowdfunding-like model where people vote for the most charismatic person with the most well-produced video.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Yes and yes
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Ah yes, the "SEP field" from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which makes things invisible (Someone Else's Problem)
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
No, Quests are mobile, that's why they have such low processing power
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
I saw him give a talk a couple years before his death where he said he wrote it when he was very depressed and regretted ending the series that way: he was considering writing another
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Me too! I lived in Squirrel Hill and would see him doing things like going into the stationary store with one of his grandchildren to buy a card. Seeing him around was always magical.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
As long as you never grow.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Universities already have their indirect cost rate negotiated (most are like 80-120%). Default for newcomers is around 30%, until you can build up the history and wherewithal to navigate the negotiations for establishing your own rate.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
No, it adds a huge burden. It's already eaten up a large amount of my bandwidth. If they don't repeal it I also have to get some kind of VC or other debt funding, which is by no means guaranteed. Not to mention that writing these
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
NIH, it's 32%. You can negotiate a custom one somehow, but I haven't waded into those waters yet.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Thanks - yeah, I was mostly being dramatic for effect, there's no way I'm not applying for Phase II.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
I'm no expert, but my understanding is that any expense related to software development would have to be amortized regardless of company structure or employees. So, two scenarios: a) If you were a sole-proprietorship, you made $100K re
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Right? Like, should I even bother applying for Phase II in September? There is no way I could afford to pay taxes on $1.8M.
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
Yup, I am screwed because I got an SBIR grant in 2022. The default indirect cost rate is ~30%. In this new scenario, it should be something more like 60%, which reduces the usable funds that can be spent on actual development (IF you can ev
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by 1auralynn 3y ago
I own a two-person educational software company. We have a CPA that we engage once a year to do our business taxes and can't afford anything fancier than that. It's an LLC taxed as an S-Corp so all of the "profit" goes d
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by 1auralynn 4y ago
Yeah I had something similar and took a looong break from like 30-37 because I just couldn't deal with all the stress of someone else's expectations and issues while I was working on some personal and professional stuff. Eventuall
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by 1auralynn 4y ago
I was recently talking to an elementary science teacher and she was saying that the kids are worse in everything except, surprisingly, physics/spatial reasoning. My guess: Minecraft/Roblox/etc. They spend hours and hours buil
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by 1auralynn 4y ago
The issue around Section 174 amoritization for R&D was discussed previously on Hacker News ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34627712 ), I'm suprised it isn't hitting the front page again as tax season is u
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US tax change could kill your software business, and it already took effect(indiehackers.com)
3 points by 1auralynn 4y ago|2 comments
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by 1auralynn 4y ago
This is me featured in the article! I first learned about the issue here on HN back in Jan. Totally crazy.

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