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by vlucas 3y ago
Ford has a huge (intentional?) blind spot for easy maintenance and repairability. I found this out the hard way when one of the headlight bulbs in my 2016 Ford F-150 went out and I found out that you have to remove parts of the front end t
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by vlucas 3y ago
Nothing that requires the labor of others is a human right. That's not how rights work.
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by vlucas 3y ago
You just described a Honda Civic. EV cars are not quite there yet on price and economies of scale, so they have to have all the "luxury" frills to justify the $10-15k higher price tag vs the same ICE car. Something closer to what
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The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work(vancelucas.com)
2 points by vlucas 3y ago|0 comments
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by vlucas 3y ago
And that's not even mentioning the long-distance high-voltage transmission lines required for putting solar panel farms (and wind farms!) way out in the desert or open fields where they won't be an eyesore to anyone living close b
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by vlucas 4y ago
Unless the changes are a critical bug fix, deploying on Friday is an asymmetric bet with high risk and low reward. That's why people prefer not to do it. Even if the chances something will go wrong are very slim and you have lots of re
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by vlucas 4y ago
"Oh no" is my initial reaction. I can't help but think this is a bad idea for Vultr's paying customers. I hope free users have a separate network and separate physical computers from paying customers.
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by vlucas 4y ago
Another reason to own a manual :)
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by vlucas 4y ago
Lots of comments here about people faking. There has been a large uptick in disabilities since early 2021 in the civilian workforce (ages 16+): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU01074597 The sudden uptick in the tr
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by vlucas 4y ago
I hate takes like this, because his personal net worth has no bearing on whether or not he is right or wrong on this particular issue. He could be doing this only for selfish personal interest in his stake in Google, but that ALSO has no be
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by vlucas 4y ago
> If the last human dies and there is no one there to witness it, who is there to claim this a catastrophe? This is an interesting question, and the answer one gives is highly dependent upon their worldview and beliefs. From a Christian
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by vlucas 4y ago
It always strikes me how almost no one is fat in older photos, even here in the US.
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by vlucas 4y ago
They can't start my car if it's a manual! :)
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by vlucas 4y ago
I think you misread and/or misinterpreted the post. People use it all year round, have it fetch transactions nightly, etc. My *new signups* are seasonal.
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by vlucas 4y ago
The price started at $5/month when I first launched, and slowly went up to where it is now, $8/month or $79/year. Roughly half of my customers sign up for the annual subscription. I have no plans to increase it any further th
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What I Learned Running a Seasonal SaaS Businesses(vancelucas.com)
11 points by vlucas 4y ago|4 comments
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by vlucas 4y ago
Moved to manager track ~2 years ago from IC, and from what I have seen, yes. Mangers typically make a bit more than the equivalent IC role. The pay bands are slightly higher, so you probably make ~5-20% more for the same "level" a
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by vlucas 4y ago
You will own nothing (phone), and you will be happy.
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by vlucas 4y ago
Op here. Thanks! I also wish there were more indie hackers featured on HN sprinkled in here and there. Some of us are working on cool and useful stuff too! :)
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I Built a Google Sheets Extension Making $1.6k+ MRR(vancelucas.com)
14 points by vlucas 4y ago|2 comments
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How we built Hydrogen, a React framework for building custom storefronts(shopify.engineering)
157 points by vlucas 4y ago|101 comments
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by vlucas 4y ago
Nope, no regrets. I love my M1 MacBook Pro 16". It does everything I need. There will always be better and faster machines as time goes by. Eventually I will upgrade, but I don't need to do it every year.
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by vlucas 4y ago
Never say never. If you have great credit, you can get some awesome manufacturer incentives. - I got a 0% APR loan on a new Ford via Ford Motor Finance in 2016 and didn't even have to put much cash down. - I got a 0% APR loan on a new
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by vlucas 5y ago
I use EasyCron ( https://www.easycron.com ) for some simple scheduled tasks. Basically just hit a URL on a set schedule. I include a specific API key in there and the URL is not discoverable, so it works well for me. It's a n
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by vlucas 5y ago
I program, compile, etc. and run 2 external 4K monitors off my M1 Pro. It's been the best MacBook Pro I've ever owned by far. You don't need the M1 Max unless you have a real need for the extra GPU (daily video editing, 3+ mo
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by vlucas 5y ago
There has been a massive surge in homeschooling since the pandemic as well, but it is mostly among those affluent enough to afford to have 1 parent not work so they can take the time to school their children at home. I would imagine the sam
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by vlucas 5y ago
Unfortunately I think the debate over universal healthcare in the US has probably been setback years _if not decades_ due to all the renewed mistrust in the media and government over its handling (or mishandling) of the pandemic response. W
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by vlucas 5y ago
I followed a very similar path for a long time. I am 37 now and have been in tech for over 20 years (I started very young). Over the years, I have worked many places, started my own consultancy, freelanced, and have tried starting many othe
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The Lottery Factor(vancelucas.com)
1 points by vlucas 5y ago|0 comments
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by vlucas 5y ago
Best paragraph in the article: So, what caused all this extra work that slowed down page loads? The majority of the work came from JavaScript that the Brave browser injected into every page to help its adblocker. Specificall

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