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The story how I acquired the domain name Onions.com(twitter.com)
2 points by eightturn 1y ago|1 comments
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by eightturn 1y ago
just added waving cat to my website
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Clearing the Cache of My Life(deepsouthventures.com)
5 points by eightturn 1y ago|0 comments
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by eightturn 2y ago
yes! most of my customers eat Vidalias like an Apple. But they still have a touch of zing, but the fumes have never hit me before. They're very versatile to cook with. Just ensure you're buying authentic vidalias, cause nefariou
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by eightturn 2y ago
I find it very relaxing to leave the computer behind and hang out all day in the Vidalia fields. We even started our own YouTube channel to film each years crop (ha) https://www.youtube.com/@vidaliaonion
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by eightturn 2y ago
thank you Y.. I was just a spectator on the KobeBeef.com auction (never owned it)... it was simply a name that popped up once I began paying attention. But agree, a very neat one that was tempting. Not sure who owns it now.
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by eightturn 2y ago
ha, onionman here : ) I also wrote an essay similar to this vending machine analogy... simple minds think alike I guess https://www.deepsouthventures.com/building-things-that-do-ju...
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I have no goals, yet everything is accomplished(deepsouthventures.com)
2 points by eightturn 2y ago|0 comments
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by eightturn 2y ago
have you considered farming? you could simply dabble in it to see if you have base interest, and if so, continue digging deeper (pun intended, I guess). I continually see coders move into farming with great success, as there seem to be many
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by eightturn 2y ago
I was gonna put 344, but HN appears to delete numbers at beginning of submission (til)
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Three hundred words you can spell on a calculator [pdf](mathsquad.com)
106 points by eightturn 2y ago|38 comments
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Climbing Ladders(jimleff.blogspot.com)
2 points by eightturn 2y ago|0 comments
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by eightturn 2y ago
another paying (happy) Kagi customer here...
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Inflection points and used carpet padding(deepsouthventures.com)
1 points by eightturn 2y ago|0 comments
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by eightturn 2y ago
great .com domain names were the cheat-code I was blindly searching for. The unfair advantage they present allowed me to compete head-to-head with larger entities. I still play in these waters.
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by eightturn 2y ago
thanks Jun8... writing these small essays is taxing (but rewarding) - I can't imagine what it's like to write a book (unlikely). If I ever do, it'll be similar to how Derek Sivers writes (short chapters)... no persona here, t
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by eightturn 2y ago
when my senior year rolled around, I still didn't know what my major was going to be. I visited a guidance counselor, and she viewed all the classes I had inadvertently taken, and I'd fulfilled 3/4 of a History degree (a Sout
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by eightturn 2y ago
I mainly 'leeched' the table, tr, td row design aspect, as I had no idea that existed.. fwiw, I didn't copy anything else (text, images, etc)... that 'scaffolding' was helpful until I discovered Wordpress. And I dis
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by eightturn 2y ago
really appreciate that dsco (author here)
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by eightturn 2y ago
thank you senkora (author here)
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by eightturn 2y ago
thank you sph... it took me a while to cobble together a title that made sense.. and I'm far from an seo expert.. I learned the basics and sortof winged it from there.. ping me on twitter.. I hang out there usually..
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by eightturn 2y ago
(author here) just published this story today, correct.., been writing it for months, as I've been forgetting all the weird steps I took to get here..
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by eightturn 2y ago
I sold AT for $30k, and primarily used the proceeds from that to acquire DR.. I was still working 9-5 then also, so I was prepared to spend upwards of $50k to acquire DR (as that industry seemed like a good fit for me) (author here, fyi)
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by eightturn 2y ago
thank you darkstar (peter here)
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by eightturn 2y ago
appreciate that, leetrout (Peter here)
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by eightturn 2y ago
(author here)... I honestly was scared of it first, as I thought if I edited the code, I'd accidentally change/update the other persons website...
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by eightturn 2y ago
really appreciate that amunozo (author here)
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by eightturn 2y ago
thank you HarHar (author here)
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by eightturn 2y ago
author here : ) that came after DudeRanch : )
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Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship(deepsouthventures.com)
396 points by eightturn 2y ago|162 comments

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