matt_the_bass

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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
Stay in tech role but figure out how to get closer to customers. Find a position that allows you to go to a few tradeshows (whenever those happen again). Trade shows are a great way to get some experience learning about how to learn about
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
Club D’Elf. They are a cross between morrocan trance and jam band. Though there is a core group of musicians, the only constant is the band leader/bass player. Depending upon who’s playing that night the style could be anything from Pi
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
Live music archive is great. One of my favorite bands has well over 100 high quality recordings there.
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
As a French speaker, I like seeing French content, but I don’t get this post. HN’s predominant language is English. Canada has two official languages: English and French. The job’s location is in Ottawa, an English speaking city in Canada.
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
I agree with saving most of it. Plus make a budget. I like YNAB.
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
My “typical” side project is making wordclocks [0]. But my neighbor is a dentist and needed a sneeze shield for his office reception counter. So he and I came up with a design for a wooden sneeze shield stand. I’ve since put them on Etsy [1
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
I bought my first house in 2006 just before the peak. I sold 3 years ago for less than I bought. But if I consider what I would have paid in rent for equivalent standard of living, then I broke even or maybe even a little ahead in total cos
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
Solve problems for yourself. Then see if it’s valuable for others.
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
Great question! I’ve sold 5 clocks so far with essentially no marketing effort other than very limited social media posts. The plan was for my spouse to spend about 1 day a week marketing them but for various reasons, we haven’t had the cha
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
Pre COIVID I knew a lot of physicians who would have loved to provide telemedicine. The problem was insurance wouldn’t pay for it (in the US). Now I the state where I live is it temporarily mandated by the governor that insurance must pay f
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
I concur. Maybe OP prices themselves at $50/hour. That means only 20 hours of work in a month is needed. Lots of people will pay $50/hour. Maybe op has trouble finding full time work at this level starting out. But sure they could
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
My side projects are primarily for myself meaning: - intellectually stimulating - excuse to acquire toys (cnc, miter saw, linoblocks and inking supplies, etc) - can be used a fun projects/learning experiences for my kids. My project t
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
I switch mouse hands throughout the day to reduce arm stress. A little practice goes a long way, quickly.
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
Looks great! I’ve checked it out before. The primary limitation for me vs YNAB is iphone support. I’m currently a YNAB user and I love it. There are a lot of YNAB users. They already understand the value of this type of tool. If you want to
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
I’ve been very satisfied with YNAB too. It’s easy enough that even my spouse uses it. I really like having a clear picture of the budget.
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
I frequently have phone calls with customers via sat phones. The latency is pretty tough. With experience one learns to leave lots of pauses to allow for the other person to interject if needed. But it’s still frustrating. Then I think abou
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
This is sinister genius. Do you have a citation link? I’d love to read more.
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
FYI, I appreciate your use of “acerbic”. Thank you for making the Effort to use a “fancy” word.
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
That’s a good point. But maybe they don’t have 100% confidence so they want to share the risk. Or maybe alphabet doesn’t see the self driving VEHICLE as their product. Maybe they see the consumer data as the product and want someone else t
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by matt_the_bass 6y ago
Great points. I’d love to hear counterpoints from those who downvoted.
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
It seems like this level of organization would be beneficial to the sighted community as well. Is this a value that you use to market to customers?
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
I’m working on another fancy wordclock: http://www.finewordclocks.com I make them from a single block of sapele. They give the exact time every 5 minutes with “ish” appended for the 2 minutes before and after the exact time. Tim
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
I’m Fortunately in this position. My spouse is on full time should care. We’re not wealthy but I make enough that we can live happily this way and our choice is that this is worth the reduction in income from my spouse working outside the h
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
Thank you.
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
How do you perform in your day job? Do you have the same indecision or are you productive? If your productive at work, then perhaps consider what you are looking to achieve in a side project. For me, my side projects are for fun and intelle
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
I’m curious why the parent received down votes. I’d be quite interested in hearing Why from those who downvoted.
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
FYI your local library may offer free streaming services. Mine does with Kanopy. It’s actually pretty good.
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Ask HN: Field hospital construction statistics, where to find?
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
Where I live (in RI) the lock down is to flatten the curve. Not simply to allow time to make ventilators. We are lacking ALL PPE. We’re also in the process of constructing field hospitals since We lack the hospital beds. Without PPE it will
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by matt_the_bass 7y ago
Pushups help me a lot. Even only 25 one-three times a day make a difference!

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