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Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?
70 points by econcon 6y ago|69 comments
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by econcon 6y ago
Yes I know a few guys in customs who are paid to look other way and they use CHA to benefit from such thing (so they aren't directly involved by indirectly involved through CHA) when caught they blame it on people working under them
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by econcon 6y ago
But that's when you make most money. Regulators are salaried individual, what's the incentive for them to do their job properly? Think about if a regulator looks the other way, he is seen as incompetent - many times you'll no
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by econcon 6y ago
I moved to partime work as my software job was getting boring and mind numbing. Yes I ended up working remotely from a suburb where I could buy more land for my experiments and hobbies. Now I am selling 3d printer filament that I manufactur
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by econcon 6y ago
I extrude filament and sell it online: https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-ho... Whatever cash I get I use it to fund hobbies and recently I got a lathe and CNC mill which I've yet to learn h
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by econcon 6y ago
Lathe and milling machine
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by econcon 6y ago
Plastic is non biodegradable that's the problem. The paper is decomposed and the organic matter goes back into soil With plastic, it leaches into ground water or soil and creates health hazards. I've found that I can recycle plast
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by econcon 6y ago
How does it compare with stripe atlas As you are opening company in UK, you'll pay UK tax - isn't it? And which bank account do you get through this service and how can it be opened without visiting the bank? All this sounds too g
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by econcon 6y ago
Start a discourse hosting service. And offer people to make their discussion board for some monthly payment. A lot of people get banned and get de-platformed or simply want a better forum software you can offer them that.
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by econcon 6y ago
I never think about what will happen in future, tomorrow I might as well fall under the bus and die. Planning way ahead doesn't help me, I just jump into whatever I find interesting then ride the tide till it's no more. You can al
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by econcon 6y ago
But isn't majority of central banks have ability to control value of their currency using various means.
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by econcon 6y ago
I am a programmer but I prefer physical object business. During Corona self isolation, I started creating and selling filament: I documented the journey here: https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-ho
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by econcon 6y ago
My friend imports medicines from India. While US often accuses Indian companies of selling shoddy quality drugs, it's interesting they wanted HCQ from India and didn't question its quality.
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by econcon 6y ago
Here's is my side project: https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-ho... I blog about the side project and share it with others who are looking to do similar things.
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by econcon 6y ago
Not a dropout but I moved to partime work and quit living in a big city and moved to semi urban area. Since then I've been working on fun things
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by econcon 6y ago
I've no doubt anyone can do this within a few weeks (if they work on weekends only) People can start with extruding clay or Noddles to start
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by econcon 6y ago
>yeah no. one needs to take responsibility for actions. How can you predict if your partner will leave you in future when you decide to have kid?
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by econcon 6y ago
Educated women have more options and they do not marry guys just because they happen to have some comfy jobs and can pay for living expense for her. A lot of women are adopting "all or nothing" approach, aka "I'd rather
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by econcon 6y ago
We need more research into it I guess also see: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/greek-researchers-determ... Here they report improved ABS properties on recycling
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by econcon 6y ago
>Presumably, you've got to melt and extrude these things somewhere, and heating the plastic to its melting point Right now I do nothing for emissions. It happens inside a barrel that reduces a lot of emissions. The emission will app
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by econcon 6y ago
>as someone who has 3d printed nearly 100kg with FDM machines in the past year, I can't disagree more If you run into problems, feel free to reach out to me. My telegram is in the medium article - I'll help you solve all your p
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by econcon 6y ago
I make 15-20 rolls a day. I'll be adding few more extruders soon - waiting for shipping of additional parts to start building new machines on weekend. Well, picking up beach plastic is too much work - I am not that involved, I need eas
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by econcon 6y ago
In this virus season alone I've made $8000 in sales. You'll find various subreddits where people are buying around 5-10spools a month. Imagine how much virgin plastic is being added like that to the environment. I've been cre
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by econcon 6y ago
It's hard to make money blogging. I suggest becoming a YouTuber instead, consuming YouTube content is lot easier. And if you want to make money, I suggest you try e-commerce.
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by econcon 6y ago
Alibaba clone, most small countries don't have anything like alibaba. Yea I know it's a global but mostly Chinese owned platform. I'd personally like such B2B platform to be more available to people like Discourse the forum s
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by econcon 6y ago
Hello! Sometime back I was in similar position so i started working partime from home. I take the boring and high paying work which most other refuse to accept. Meanwhile, I find validation and fullfilment through hobbies like metal fabrica
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Ask HN: Which password manager do you use?
1 points by econcon 6y ago|4 comments
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by econcon 6y ago
In India tho, rich people demanded lookdown. Specially Bollywood celebrities.
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by econcon 6y ago
what's the cheapest gas I can buy for Tig welding shielding as a hobbyist on razor thin budget?
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by econcon 6y ago
When will accent correction come to market so non native speakers (who have difficulty in pronouncing some words) are able to make quality voice overs for YouTube and podcasts? Looking at the virtual agents, it seems they are able to unders

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