yonig

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by yonig 4y ago
I feel I’m in a similar position. It’s not that I’m not working but I’ll often realize, in hindsight, that I’ve spent way more time on something than it was worth. This kind of single track mind also has me waiting last minute to finish a l
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by yonig 4y ago
For an example: I am enrolled in a woodworking class my Park District has. It is $50 for about 8 classes. YouTube is great but having an expert to ask questions to is priceless. I am also planning on getting a membership to a maker communit
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by yonig 4y ago
Apple TV (hardware), Apple TV (app), and Apple TV+ (premium subscription). It’s like they try and keep it so simple it makes you feel stupid
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by yonig 4y ago
You’re right but I find it funny that before this thread I was reading this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31133963
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by yonig 4y ago
In jest, I had a teacher say something along the lines of “Nobel Prize winners are experts at the end of their careers or the novices at the beginning.” Thinking outside the box can be made so much easier when you don’t know where it begins
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by yonig 5y ago
TLDW Tablets aren’t bad but if you don’t fill your prewash compartment with detergent you’ll get worse cleaning. The prewash compartments are meant for loose powder or gel so might as well just use that detergent for both compartments
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by yonig 5y ago
Replies laid out what it means on paper but what is the employees actual best move? Sounds intentionally impossible to climb out of. Are they given a buyout option to leave or just sit in purgatory for 6 months?
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by yonig 5y ago
The brand is strong if you’re really the owner
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by yonig 5y ago
Seems many people here relate to work burnout in general. How many others like myself are burnt out from the constant learning from work? This in comparison to what you’re doing with the tools you’ve already learned. Still 5ish years into m
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by yonig 5y ago
HBO as well
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by yonig 5y ago
Read through much of the blog. Thanks for sharing. 3 months in seems pretty soon to start working again. Did you always have the itch to do contract work? During the sabbatical or otherwise?
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by yonig 6y ago
Hello from Chicago
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by yonig 6y ago
> I’ve found that hiring contract devs for say 20 hours per week yields the same output as an FTE at 40 This is interesting bc of how common it is to hear people complain about pointless meetings. Do you see a sacrifice in devs not being
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by yonig 6y ago
Does feeling sick after consuming a lot apply to shakes as well? Only thing to keep an eye on with shakes is your appetite would be satisfied but you’d need to still take in your meals
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by yonig 6y ago
Is this foreshadowing?
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by yonig 6y ago
I'm already way invested in this Libson -> Istanbul bike trek. Also, I get 404'd when I try to subscribe to your email list
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by yonig 6y ago
Growth has been slow initially because you need a lot of listings to be noticed - the bigger sellers all have over 1000. Have you thought about padding your collection for the sake of exposure?
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by yonig 6y ago
I just did the chat option and it put me in a queue to wait for an "Account specialist" that is estimated to take 25 minutes. Other two options were phone call or text. I actually did intend to cancel today so ill see this through
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by yonig 6y ago
I have friends in the philippines (Manilla specifically) who told me this
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by yonig 6y ago
Such a good post of a great lesson learned. I see a lot on how zoning in how much to charge, a lot on how to get customers but do you have similar posts about the other stuff on the biz end of things that fill the gaps? Creating proper cont
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by yonig 7y ago
Not a revolutionary thought but I think one reason many podcasts are so successful is that we're essentially eavesdropping on conversations we find interesting. As I started to work remote and more in a silo I found myself playing more