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by damascus 3y ago
I think this is one of the reasons motorcycle camping is seeing such a huge increase. Those that liked to camp moved to overlanding. Then that filled up. So now they are moving to adventure bike camping.
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by damascus 3y ago
Men (generally speaking) want to fit into the social dynamic of their tribe. If you started to slowly open up and talk about more vulnerable topics it's very likely they would follow suit. I've seen it many times, almost always wh
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by damascus 3y ago
It was this type of setting that showed me the huge difference between being lonely and being alone. I'm rarely lonely when I'm alone. Thankfully I have long since engaged in social activities and have a great social life now, but
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by damascus 3y ago
Does the homepod mini do anything differently when you're in an airbnb vs how you would normally use it at home? Like does it become a WAP or something?
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by damascus 3y ago
Rambling and speaking slowly are very different things.
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by damascus 3y ago
https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/111215 There is a UIKit for visionOS.
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by damascus 3y ago
Or that the particular vertical just isn't big enough to warrant their focus. A $20m MRR is great for a small SaaS but isn't worth the time of any FAANG.
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by damascus 3y ago
A large majority of SaaS businesses can be done for free with an Excel spreadsheet, but many of them are still making millions a year.
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by damascus 3y ago
This article is from March. Is it somehow newly relevant today?
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by damascus 4y ago
Someone beat you to it: https://us.whogivesacrap.org/
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by damascus 4y ago
I think that tool is called: therapy
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by damascus 4y ago
So chatgpt and I made this: https://github.com/erasei/randombookmark Load in developer mode and when you click the icon it will open a new tab with a random bookmark.
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by damascus 4y ago
It seems the parent comments are inquiring into the morality of the ad campaign. An effective ad shows the potential consumer some desired 'other state' which they could also have by purchasing this good or service. The advertiser
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by damascus 4y ago
It's actually sparked my joy of coding again. I'm a solo consultant by day and I do a lot of technical work obviously so coming home and coding in my free time isn't something I've been super interested in recently. With
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by damascus 4y ago
Do you have any code from your discord bot you're willing to share? I'd be happy to share back any updates I made to it. I've been wanting to play with this idea for a bit.
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by damascus 4y ago
A friend of mine loaned me his quest 2 about a month ago. He hadn't powered it up in about a year. My gf and I have been playing beat saber and pistol whip almost every night and having a blast, but I can tell, at only about 3 weeks of
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by damascus 4y ago
This is hacker news though. The average audience member is almost certainly gainfully employed. Spending $1k on a lifelong hobby/daily routine is incredibly cheap in almost all regards except one upfront cost.
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by damascus 4y ago
I miss what.cd. It was such a great way of discovering new music back before there were algos recommending stuff to you 24/7.
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by damascus 4y ago
Real estate. You need some capital to start, and you need to do some work up front but over the course of the money-making lifespan of the property the amount of work equals out to 'very little' IMO.
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by damascus 4y ago
As someone with a similar side hustle: If you are going to drive your own traffic don't drive it to a platform thats going to take 20%+ of your gross product cost. Drive traffic to your own shopify or squarespace site that has really g
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by damascus 4y ago
Is anyone working on an Ender's Game style "Jane" assistant that just listens via an earbud and responds? That seems totally within the realm of current tech but I haven't seen anything.
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by damascus 4y ago
I just finished the book The Psychology of Money and found it very informative in exactly this regard. Definitely recommend.
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by damascus 4y ago
Just like porn ruins actual sex for so many young men, romantic movies of all types ruin relationships for so many young women. Smut novels sell millions of copies a year to women of all ages so even if women intellectually know its 'n
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by damascus 4y ago
Not really the same at all. People in bars tend to be much more willing to engage with others than they are on the apps. Its very easy to set insanely high standards when the next person is only a swipe away.. compared to in person you can
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by damascus 4y ago
> patients who lose weight this way still needs this drug to keep it off. Purely anecdotal N=1 but I was also 285 at one point in my life and went through an intensive weight loss program through my work and lost about 60 lbs in 3 months
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by damascus 4y ago
I'm getting ready to do a build for a client with about 60 people and no expectations of growth. They are technical and want gear that one or two of their folks can be trained to 'power user level admin' vs calling me every t
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by damascus 4y ago
> they become … still stupid, but it’s more difficult to tell. I feel like this describes my entire formal education path.
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by damascus 4y ago
It's a combination of sensors and emitters for various commonly used protocols and frequencies all wrapped up in a nice little package with a microcontroller that can run custom code ('apps'). A lot of people buy it hoping to
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by damascus 4y ago
I've found a 2-step process helped me a great deal. The first is to identify the general broad areas that work best. This video by The Futur was really helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2SqqjRn_c0 It helps you
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by damascus 4y ago
When I get overwhelmed I can sometimes see what needs to be done but the effort to do what I know needs done seems like 'so much'. Sometimes I know I can 'spin up' my efforts enough to get it done.. but for some reason I

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