skwee357

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by skwee357 2y ago
I have a divided opinion on this one. On one hand, when I used to treat my side project as, well, a side project, alongside my job, I barely had any progress. There is always this voice inside of your head that whispers “well, maybe it’s no
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by skwee357 2y ago
True, and I think with the recent news around Sporify using AI to fill their playlists, we are already getting there. Just need to condition the public that there is no better
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by skwee357 2y ago
Soon, AI will flood the market with mediocre everything: books, audio books, art, movies, websites. The saddest thing is that people will still continue to participate in consuming these AI produced “goods”.
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by skwee357 2y ago
It’s not an accounting/bookkeeping thing. I can’t record expenses there, generate PnL reports, etc.
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Ask HN: EU (NL) SaaS owners, how do you do taxes?
2 points by skwee357 2y ago|3 comments
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by skwee357 2y ago
YES. I run a tech blog, mainly about coding and the industry (links in my profile), and it did help me to secure speaking gigs (mainly repurposing popular blog posts into talks), as well as attracted job offers and valuable connections who
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by skwee357 2y ago
I don't oppose deleting social media, but I can't see to understand one simple thing. LinkedIn is the de-facto standard for looking for a job in certain places. I wonder, people who deleted LinkedIn, how do they get along with loo
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by skwee357 2y ago
I rented a car recently in Germany. Before even connecting my iPhone via Apple CarPlay, the dashboard of the car displayed a 4G sign and had its own navigation system that seemed to be live. You also pay a “cross border” fee if you intend t
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by skwee357 2y ago
I did. Not a year but 6 months. Combined it with building a business and working on my mental and physical health. + living in 3 countries. In terms of “hacking on my own things”, I highly recommend it. Not needing to work allowed me to mak
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by skwee357 2y ago
I’m a blogger, and I get compliments here and there about my writing, so here are my 2c. The best way to improve writing, is to write more. I know it sounds cliche, but writing should be 70-80% of your time spent on improving writing. The o
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by skwee357 2y ago
Interesting point. I do agree that I consume mainly English-speaking content. I'd still argue, however, for the usefulness of the content you consume from non-English-speaking short form content. - Political commentary -- why would I c
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by skwee357 2y ago
I'm surprised it doesn't come from the EU. On the other hand, I'm not sure if this move is against short form content in general, but rather against China. I wish the entire world would agree to ban short form content and inf
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by skwee357 2y ago
I actually think that you are correct. I employ ad blockers, mass delete cold emails, and intentionally do not click "sponsored" links (even if they happen to be the one I really need). And yet, I had to "teach" my wife
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by skwee357 2y ago
I don't understand how cold emails can work. I get a handful of cold emails with offers ranging from website/app developer (I'm a SWE myself, and never indicated that I need a website/app) all the way to "link excha
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Ghost Engineers – Measuring Productivity(yieldcode.blog)
3 points by skwee357 2y ago|0 comments
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by skwee357 2y ago
True, I do chase freedom (always did), mainly time freedom and financial freedom. I bet being able to spend time with the people I love the most is way more important that having the latest and greatest TV or fridge.
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by skwee357 2y ago
In fact, I touched only cash in the bank, I never sold any stocks, nor I ever touched the pension (not that I believe in pension too much, but I also can’t withdraw it without paying a hefty penalty). Being “on track” is kind of an illusion
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by skwee357 2y ago
What I failed to mention is not only about the stuff you own, but in general your relationship with material possessions. Before selling everything, I’d constantly worry about whether I should get a third monitor, maybe try a curved one, ge
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by skwee357 2y ago
Not only you suddenly will get the entire week for yourself, to do whatever you want, and you will be able to travel, but the other benefit is reviewing your relationship with material possessions. I did that (sold everything, and went trav
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by skwee357 2y ago
Wishing you the best! I think if you will be able to find a part time job that will cover your lifestyle financially, while dedicating the other half to entrepreneurship and hobbies/sport, it’s the best
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by skwee357 2y ago
I had a period of 6 months when I was unemployed burning through my savings. It was one of the best times of my life. Like the author, I focused a lot of entrepreneurship, my mental and physical health, and traveled a lot. But unlike the au
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by skwee357 2y ago
When I said luck, I meant people who were among the first to either mine or buy (at an affordable price) whole Bitcoins and held them until this day. It's fine that common folk can buy fractions of BTC, but these amounts won't cha
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by skwee357 2y ago
But that's the point I'm making. BTC was "advertised" as either the money of the future, which it is not, or an investment instrument that allows you to bypass government restrictions, which again, it is not, at least no
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by skwee357 2y ago
Sorry, I'm not sure if I understand your question/statement. What I wanted to say, is that in its current form, bitcoin IS money for some ultrarich people who have enough of it AND are able to access a commerce world where you can
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by skwee357 2y ago
I'm failing to understand the proposition behind bitcoin. From what I remember, the amount of BTC is finite, so eventually we will run out of new BTCs, and by then, most will be held by big institutions and some individuals who didn&#x
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How to Be a Great Manager(yieldcode.blog)
2 points by skwee357 2y ago|0 comments
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by skwee357 2y ago
I find statement like "there is objective truth" - dangerous. The objective truth in the 70s was, "smoking is good for you". Since then, the narrative changed. Politics, and even s̶c̶i̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ scientific research (to a
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by skwee357 2y ago
I doubt you can "really understand" what's going on without you being directly involved in said conflict, either as a tool for executing a particular agenda, or as a decision maker.
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by skwee357 2y ago
You can find information, that's true. But for an ordinary citizen, this is usually where it ends. All kinds of feelings such as "being afraid of world conflict", is your interpretation of the found information, either becaus
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by skwee357 2y ago
The thing is, I no longer trust any news source. They all exist to serve their agenda, while rarely providing the real picture. So there is no way for me, as a regular citizen, to truly know what happens in the world or a particular regiona

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