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by amerkhalid 2y ago
I used to use CPA for years when I had decent freelancing clients. The CPA was great as I can email him any tax question anytime and he usually answered in details for free. But as for saving time, I would not consider that a benefit. It st
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by amerkhalid 2y ago
Always keep local copy that is not writeable by iCloud/Google Drive. I use iCloud and Adobe Lightroom. In LR, I make sure that it keeps full resolution photos on a removable drive. Then I back up that drive to a NAS once week or so. Ba
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by amerkhalid 2y ago
These type of comments almost always come from non-parents. In a way, they are right. You can raise your kids without influence of social media but that is not easy or cheap. It would definitely require homeschooling. One of the parent will
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Same here in Frisco, Texas. Teslas are so common here and pretty much it is always Asians driving them. I keep hearing that Tesla is the new Toyota. But talking with some of the Tesla owners, many feel embarrassed by Elon. Many say that the
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Like others said, using dev tools in a browser, I have been able to make my life easier many times. Also I have found many toys for babies and toddler are really loud for no reason. I usually open such toys and remove speakers or if sound i
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
I have considered this question many times for my side projects. On long term, I want to transition to native apps. But for now, I am sticking with web apps for side projects. The reasons why I want to move to native dev eventually: 1. It s
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Even in large orgs, devs have so many different responsibilities, I just cannot see them be able to do their job if limited to working on tickets only. This seems like outsourcing sweatshop kind of practice.
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
> It takes more time and resources to manage it For most of the new web projects, setting up your brand new server is pretty well documented process and should not take more than couple of hours. It get complicated when you grow and add
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Not an excuse to not explain what happened. If they want to maintain trust, they should give some explanation.
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
One more vote for ChatGPT’s simple and intuitive UI. I personally find most of modern web design over the top, with bare minimum information, just fluff. I guess it depends on your target market, average consumer probably is easier to influ
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Not sure where you are but in the US, you don’t need any business license for many types of businesses especially when freelancing. And you can invoice using any method including handwritten. It is probably smarter to do something better th
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
I read it as a critical comment. Perhaps read it in my mind as "it's legal but not ethical..."
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
I would agree with OP, especially if your goal is to be a good parent. If you want do just basics of parenting, then it is not hard to pursue other goals. I got young kids who definitely need a lot of personal attention, got appointments, p
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
I don’t care about sports much. Grew up in society where cricket is religion. I suffered through too many boring live matches at home. Never understood the appeal of live sports or watching games in person. Some teams I followed, I just loo
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
In our neighborhood, some streets have speeding problem. Some neighbors asked city to install speed bumps but the city refuses to do so those because then emergency vehicles will be slowed down too.
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Yes, parents should not have unlimited rights to determine what is good/bad for their children. Social media is a powerful, addictive and dangerous. Pretty much anywhere on this earth, parents will end up in jail or lose custody of the
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Not sure if this is what is really happening but if someone almost always gives 5 stars, that sounds like they might be getting paid for reviews. Btw I have also started give mostly positive reviews only as negative reviews can come back ha
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
It used to be but these days there is no real difference. I prefer Apple Maps mostly because it has no ads and works better with Apple Watch.
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Offering gaming servers might be an option. Just make sure you don’t give out root access to anyone.
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
I think it may have something to do with less strain on your eyes when focusing on distant screen than one up close. I have Quest 2, I really enjoy watching flat 2d videos on it. Even with screen-door effect, sometimes, I prefer to watch sh
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
We got 2 kids, 6 and 2. We both work full-time. Our priorities are kids first and then career. So we have made decisions that are not maximizing our earnings potential like taking a WFH job over higher paying positions. We are okay with it
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
> Describe how 10,000 photos of your child is on par with access to electricity? It is not. Electricity is just an example, probably a bad one. I would take it over photos any day. But I am sure there are some modern conveniences that ar
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
I am sure they will survive but it would be huge loss and emotional shock. It is like saying losing electricity forever should not be catastrophic event, people were living happily without it for 1000s of years.
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
A few months ago, I discovered Mac Whisper, thanks to fellow hn user[1]. This is great and works perfectly. I take stream of consciousness notes with a lot of silence. This transcribe these notes and let me search through my notes with simp
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
One idea might be RFCs. Instead of telling him to go solve a problem, ask him to investigate and write a proposal for fixing it. Add some requirements such as proposal should have one ideal fix and two alternatives that require less resourc
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
A company that forces certain operating system upon its employees may not have right priorities or IT budget. Not dealbreaker but it would make me a little reluctant even if they are forcing my preferred OS.
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
> from the bottom by those who have yet to grapple with the fact they dont have friends or hobbies and need you in the office so that they dont feel like such embarrassing losers. Two anecdotes supporting this. Back in my early career I
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
> For me, the magical period was the early 90s, when I was growing up. > In 15 years, are people going to be talking about the current internet as the time when the magic was there? I remember seeing stats/meme that you will hear
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
Love this. I am still working on my minimalist theme for hugo. Your blog is pretty close to what I have in my mind.
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by amerkhalid 3y ago
old Amazon - Their customer service in 2000s and early 2010s was just unbelievable. Once $800 lens was stuck in shipping going back and forth between various UPS hubs. I called Amazon, they saw tracking info and overnighted me a replacement

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