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by garethsprice 1y ago
I installed a through-wall fan (AC Infinity) in a poorly ventilated room and it greatly helped with humidity/temperature issues. Curious to measure the CO2 change following this article.
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by garethsprice 1y ago
I am currently traveling and for the past few weeks have been using an Oculus 3 with Immersed ( https://immersed.com/ ). Pleasantly surprised how usable it is for 3-6 hour stretches, more productive than just a laptop screen
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by garethsprice 1y ago
As someone who grew up in the UK and emigrated to the US then got an ADHD diagnosis in my late 30s, and seeing how my friends’ kids in the US and UK differ in support, it is because in the UK you are just considered an absent-minded student
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by garethsprice 3y ago
Mediocrity is a good thing in the context of commodity goods. To use the author's example, you CAN still get unique custom made shoes and still buy hand-grown heirloom tomatoes at the farmer's market. The shoes will cost you $1,00
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by garethsprice 3y ago
As an introverted tech nerd, the underground club/rave experience changed my life so much for the better, including numerous trips to Berlin. But, all culture is a product of its time - to freeze these venues in time as a Disneyland of
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by garethsprice 3y ago
"Gen Z... in the survey pool". It's a good study, and used solid methodology for finding participants (Harris poll). But the pool of people who will self-select to do a 30+ minute personal finance survey in exchange for point
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by garethsprice 3y ago
Something whispered about by the MBA set right now is how the recent hard RTO push at these companies is a form of "stealth layoffs". Don't have to pay severance if someone quits voluntarily. I doubt TikTok has too many old-s
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by garethsprice 3y ago
The late 60s was a wild time! My mum had the full set, recently repurchased them off eBay and have enjoyed reading them. Can see a lot of the counterculture mentality that drove early Silicon Valley and still sort of bubbles underneath in t
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by garethsprice 3y ago
It is rare that stacks go away entirely. There's still a bunch of folks in their 70s employed writing COBOL, just as I'm sure there's at least 1 operating blacksmith within driving distance of you. The option to rest up and r
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by garethsprice 3y ago
The Acorn was a rebadged Psion 3 rather than a precursor. I remember as I lusted after the Psions on display in Boots as a (dorky) child, and was ecstatic when our school piloted the Acorns. (Psion and Acorn, two more examples of how the UK
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by garethsprice 3y ago
Great article! Microsoft Press' "Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art" is a good deep dive into the subject. Found it via a talk by Jakob Persson at Drupalcon many years ago, he recommended a template-based spreads
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by garethsprice 6y ago
Anecdotal but as half of a DINK couple who recently relocated to an exurban vacation property, our main reasons for being in an expensive city (office, culture, social gathering) have evaporated and I'd be surprised if they came back t
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by garethsprice 6y ago
If you have the technical/management chops to know what work can be offshored successfully, package up the work, evaluate the shop, ask very specifically for what you want, assess the quality of what comes back and push back when it ne
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by garethsprice 7y ago
Muse headset uses the "on/off" signal for meditation training. Has a fun stream API you can play with.
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by garethsprice 7y ago
Large NYC corp - still business as usual, except all interviews are remote
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by garethsprice 7y ago
Freelance IT/web services? Get a haircut, dress nice. You can thrift a decent shirt and slacks - or charities will often be able to help provide these for free. Start telling local business owners you can help with their IT and website
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by garethsprice 9y ago
They change the conversation, driving division and influencing opinion. Propaganda is very powerful, especially when a message appears to be coming from dozens/thousands of voices. Look at any controversial tweet these days and the rep
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by garethsprice 9y ago
Looks like a fun read for $6.99 shipped. Something about that time seems so wild and free - is it even possible to disconnect ("drop out") that completely any more?
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by garethsprice 9y ago
It's not clear that the slider represents your current age and the age you plan to retire. Numbers seem very high compared to other calculators I've done.
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by garethsprice 9y ago
Presumably not for the creators of YouTube, though. Content creation on closed platforms = modern-day sharecropping.
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by garethsprice 9y ago
Books-a-Million, another large bookstore chain
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by garethsprice 9y ago
* Find a short term sublet so you can look for a more permanent place once you're on the ground, or take a week(end) to fly up and look at places. Taking a place remotely is a gamble. * Long-distance moving companies don't expect
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by garethsprice 9y ago
Same boat here - 6'6" with 27" sleeves and skinny (albeit increasingly less so with age). Finding a good local alterations tailor has changed my sartorial life - as long as a shirt fits in the neck and sleeve then the chest c
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by garethsprice 9y ago
Living in cities changes the equation. My insurance (younger driver, no history) was about $250/mo ($3k/year), car payments (again, young with no capital & no credit history) were $300/mo ($3600/year) for a modest Hy
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by garethsprice 9y ago
> Most people have a bike, but would never bother taking it somewhere fancy like this to get it fixed or serviced. They paid $100 for it at Walmart. As with many other markets, the middle is being hollowed out - there's a large low-
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by garethsprice 9y ago
Cool idea! I'd allow more options to customize - I didn't feel that the emoji accurately looked like me and wouldn't feel comfortable sending this to people. However some slight tweaks (manually changing the hair color, beard
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by garethsprice 9y ago
Motels in the US can be extremely cheap, maybe $30/night. This makes a month comparable to a low-end apartment - but the advantage is that they are highly transient - as long as you've got $30, you've got a bed for the night.
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by garethsprice 9y ago
$29/mo for a real virtual assistant who can do that is an absolute steal and if I were still freelancing I'd sign right up. That is what I am excited about. The rest is cruft. Make this your USP and you are onto a winner.
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by garethsprice 9y ago
As an ex-freelancer, you're trying to do too much & don't have the credibility I'd want to turn over my business to your system. I have my own systems in place - my own website, my own contracts, etc. so why would I want
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by garethsprice 9y ago
What do you mean by "high end"? http://www.gettyimages.com/prestige is about as high-end as it gets in stock photography, but you'll also be paying handsomely for it.

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