sjdegraeve

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by sjdegraeve 6mo ago
I lost 15 lbs on a well-known subscription weight loss program, let the subscription lapse, and gained all the weight back. The method works and I'm cheap, so I built my own version. Every food gets a "pip" value: (calories
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Show HN: FoodPips – I reverse-engineered a weight loss system and made it free(foodpips.com)
3 points by sjdegraeve 6mo ago|2 comments
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by sjdegraeve 6mo ago
I rebuilt my old logo generator as a full brand kit generator. You type a business name, pick a style direction, and get a wordmark SVG and PNG in multiple variations, a color palette, font pairings, and a downloadable brand guide PDF. LAMP
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Show HN: Logoshi, a brand kit generator for solo founders(logoshi.com)
5 points by sjdegraeve 6mo ago|1 comments
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by sjdegraeve 5y ago
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Ask HN: Is the Startup Owner's Manual still a relevant guide?
5 points by sjdegraeve 5y ago|1 comments
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by sjdegraeve 6y ago
Google Street View of the interior of an Emirates A380 from 2013: https://www.google.com/maps/@25.242676,55.3718716,2a,75y,38.... via: https://www.wired.com/2013/08/google-street-view-a380&#x2
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by sjdegraeve 6y ago
In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, Richard Feynman recounts a similar "drifting" of the location of the ego while in a sensory deprivation tank: "I tried and after a while I got my ego to go down through my neck into
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by sjdegraeve 6y ago
Volunteer in your community.
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by sjdegraeve 7y ago
The Mote in God's Eye (sci-fi, first contact story) helped me accept sudden and drastic changes in my life and the impermanence of the world around me.
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by sjdegraeve 7y ago
* #plottertwitter (twitter.com/landscapeartbot) * a book of thousands of loglines to inspire writers with writer's block * a vacation itinerary generator (started months ago, completely useless today)
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by sjdegraeve 7y ago
I've worked from home since 2009. Here's what has worked for me: - Have a dedicated work space that can be closed off from the rest of the family / roommates / distractions. Bedrooms / kitchens can only work for s
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by sjdegraeve 7y ago
For those who want a daily concise version of the New York Times, check out https://timesdigest.com/ . It's not free, but I've found it to be a great way to read the NYTimes. Example of the 10-page daily PDF: http
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by sjdegraeve 7y ago
If you're wondering what people (teen girls) used to put in their away messages, I've been running a site since 2003 that has acted as a database of these "witty profiles". https://web.archive.org/web&#x2
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by sjdegraeve 7y ago
Ah memories. Twenty years ago I worked a few cubicles away from the guy who runs this site. He had a handmade Rube Goldberg machine made from cardboard perched on the edge of his cube wall that accepted coins as payment for candy he kept
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Ask HN: How do I package up a side project to make it easy to sell?
4 points by sjdegraeve 8y ago|1 comments
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by sjdegraeve 9y ago
AIM will always hold special place in my heart. It had an ecosystem that allowed me to build two very successful (and profitable) side projects in 2002 and 2003: a Buddy Icon generator and a database of Witty Away Messages for AIM profiles
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by sjdegraeve 10y ago
Website Yellow Pages. Take a look at the categories list for an idea of how sites were cataloged: http://rdf.dmoz.org/rdf/categories.txt
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by sjdegraeve 11y ago
The goal is to get the landscapes to resemble sci-fi/fantasy environment concept art. Rough plans include adding clouds, vegetation, buildings, human figures, and foreground elements.
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by sjdegraeve 11y ago
... and here I thought the landscape art bot I started yesterday was good. I've got a long way to go. https://twitter.com/LandscapeArtBot
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by sjdegraeve 11y ago
Nice. It's remarkably similar to an ancient unfinished project of mine: http://www.degraeve.com/letterpress-invitations/ which was inspired by this post from 2009: https://mingaling1.wordpress.com&#x2F