nickelcitymario

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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
I did! I guess you didn't read the rules on HN, though? That paragraph is exactly what inspired me to comment. It misses the mark. It's not just about weeding out those who aren't serious. And it's not just about increas
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
I dare say they missed the real lesson: Friction increases commitment; commitment increases compliance. In Robert Cialdini's book, Influence, he dedicates a whole chapter to this phenomenon. The easier you make it to get started, the e
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
I think they know that and their point, rightly or wrongly, is that `ls` should, by default, show everything. I don't think they're saying they're unaware of the available flags. (I'm not sure where I would stand on this
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
I have some inside information on how this plays out in Ontario, Canada, at least. One of my family members was a lawyer for the regional Children's Aid, and I worked for him for a few years. Another family member was a child protectio
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
> Do you write HTML by hand? If so, what tags do you use most? I like to use as many <table> and <span> tags as possible. Particularly for layouts. Sometimes, if I'm feeling frisky... <frame> gets invited to the pa
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
That's a really great idea.
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
Ohhhh I misunderstood. Thanks for clarifying!
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
You actually read those??? They're the length of a phone book. There should be a law mandating that terms and conditions be readable and of a reasonable length.
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
I went back to the beginning of the book and am a few chapters in. It's interesting to read in that I'd say about half of what I've read so far is either prescient (author had some incredible insight) or extremely reflective
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
> Do you expect people to read content that you couldn't be bothered to write? What do you presume I mean by "use AI"? You seem to have a knee-jerk assumption about what AI can or can't be used for. I use it for resea
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
It's not about whether or not it was created by AI. It's about the quality, relevance, usefulness, and uniqueness of the content. Or as Google likes to put it: Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness (EEAT).
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
Just go to the Playground: https://platform.openai.com/playground All the same functionality, without the downtime. Has 100% uptime for the past 90 days: https://status.openai.com/
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
This is not as concerning as it might seem. First, massive hype drove tons of users to try this flashy new thing. The talk of the town. But the vast majority of them were not genuinely looking to integrate a new tool into their toolbox. The
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
Take this with a grain of salt, because I've only experienced aspects of scrum, and I didn't hate it. I think it's a mistake to think in black-and-white terms about management approaches. It's a mistake to adopt scrum ri
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
I’m glad you found it helpful!! Good luck!
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
First, congrats on getting your idea out there for validation! Since you asked for feedback, here's my critique of your existing copy: 1. It looks like the primary benefit is "One Click". I don't have a multiple-click bo
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
If this person was an EMPLOYEE, I'd say it's fine. As long as its happening on his own time, all the power to him. But this is your co-founder. Personally, I would be very concerned about why my co-founder was taking his eye off t
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
Freelance doing something (development, design, copywriting, etc) that I can charge at least $75/hour for. If you only need $3k per month, you only need to sell 2 hours a day (Mon-Fri). $3000 a month = $750 per week = $150 per day = 2
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
Forget about the embarrassment. Irrelevant. Forget about the people you work with. There are great (and awful) people everywhere. But also forget about grit and persistence; that's just more ego talk, completely unrelated to whether yo
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
If you really have substantial traffic, I would do one of two things: (1) Sell to a direct response marketer who can monetize this audience by selling hair treatments. OR, (2) Learn how to sell hair treatments yourself on the site.
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
This reflects my experience of late. It wasn't true for me in the past. I think the issue is straightforward when you think about it, and the author basically spells it out, while missing one important fact. When you're dealing wi
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
> IMO being responsible for other people is tiring and unrewarding, I just want a structure to tackle interesting projects without a middleman. You're not wrong, but that's also only a problem to you, not the client. So it&#x27
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
The same holds for marketing and advertising, which makes sense if you consider an agency to be a consultancy. The pattern I've seen repeated everywhere: A genuinely knowledgeable expert sells their expertise via online content, books,
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
Two, and both were unintentional. Thanks for flagging this! (Pun obviously and regretfully intended.)
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
Just to clarify, I was simply playing along with the reference to Monty Python's Parrot Sketch. I'm in no way defending X or Musk.
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the X, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
I wrote a book! It's not paying for my summer house yet, but it's been very exciting to have people buying a product that I made for myself, not for any other client or employer. The book is called "Insurgent Marketing"
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
First: Congratulations on your success! This is very exciting, and thank you for sharing your journey with us. Question: How do you mitigate the risk around unlimited requests? It seems like only a matter of time before you get a client who
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
I work at a company that uses Salesforce as the system that runs the whole business. CRM barely touches on what we use it for. We use it for inventory, logistics, accounting, customer support, managing our partners (dealers), managing our s
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by nickelcitymario 3y ago
Public speaking. Used to terrify me. Now I love it.

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