Teach! Or find any other way to enable the next generation. Or maybe work at a passion startup or something, or volunteer, etc. You don’t have to go back into tech.
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#512Too many ideas given the time, but now I'm focused on two: 1. Building an open source bicycle computer. It's been over 20 years since they arrived at the scene, and there still isn't one that you could hack! An outrage! No published sources yet, I'm getting stuck on not having much experience building physical things. 2. Getting rid of the directory hierarchy. I have 10K photos, 30K emails, 10000km of GPS tracks, and…
I presume you've checked out the likes of Lightroom for photo organizing? Though don't let that put you off something better!
Lightroom is closed and comes from Adobe, so it was never on my radar. Being able to modify the software is a must: photos are only part of the problem, so any solution must be open to integration with other sources of data.
It would have been interesting to see how it organizes the UI, but there's no demo version for Linux :P
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#513Super frustrated by the state of videos for kids on youtube, especially in the arts and crafts department, i decided to launch a channel and start creating my own content. Basically, all videos start half decent but for some reason end in a big noisy mess, weird sounds, spoiling food, questionable product placements, zero creativity and always incentivize more watching and trapping viewers in the infinite ‘next video…
Agree with waalo. For me the thing I enjoy is that you are setting realistic expectations, not being wasteful (I notice you start from the edge of the paper instead of cutting from the middle, etc.)
The lack of any kind of commentary on the second video gives me strong ASMR-but-for-papercraft vibes.
I would watch that even as a grown-up.
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#514I started selling spice blends, the flavor being "Beef Noodle Soup". After seeing "Everything but the Bagel" at Trader Joe's, I thought it was the first spice blend I saw named after a dish. Interesting! If people can have bagels anywhere, what else would people want to have anywhere? I asked my partner what sort of flavors would be familiar to people we knew, and she came up with the triumvirate: Pho, Ramen, and Bee…
I like a good pho, and the noodles are dead simple. If there were an easy broth, I'd make it all the time! Ditto for vegetarian ramen broth, though the noodles in that case are non-trivial (but there are some decently-easy options out there). Please do a show HN when you add more flavors!
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#515Earlier quoted context omitted.
The number one reason for folks who won the "IPO lottery" is they fail to cash out/diversify their stock, and at some point in the future the stock price drops dramatically. For example, during the 2001 tech boom/bust a lot of tech companies went bankrupt in a very short period of time. As a result a lot of tech employees saw the value of their stock/options drop to zero (effectively). The speed in which the bust hap…
I guess I did the right thing: Atlassian IPOed in 2015 at $21, despite everyone suggesting to cash out, I wasn’t interested, and I sold only since 1 year between $180 and $320, and kept 1/3rd. BUT it keeps climbing, $480, so you aways feel like you’re missing something, whether you sell or not. There is no right way of doing it, you’ll never sell at the top. At least the right moment is when you can use the money for…
sell half, keep half (or whatever ratio you're comfortable with)? that way if thing go bad they are not as bad as ending up with nothing and if they get better you still benefit a little bit.
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#516I was a well regarded SRE/devops programmer & network, cybersec type person. I saved enough $$$ living minimally to principally retire in 2014 at age 37. I did some digital nomad travel (47 countries) and unicorn chasing (criteria: no opportunities smaller than 9 zeros AND must leave the planet better than I found it). I also took 6 months to walk from Mexico to Canada along the pacific crest trail, and backpacking a…
Ok you got me until the Elon Musk part.
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#517Working on a couple of side projects/ideas in my spare time. One of them is a compute workload orchestrator from scratch. I'm taking a very "naive" approach here which means I'm not trying to mimic/rehash best parts/known practices of existing system. This gives me total freedom of implementation and removes the need of constantly benchmarking myself against existing solutions. What matters the most is the learning experience. I'm looking towards server-side WASM as target rather than containers.
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#518Feeling very depressed as a 23 year old with agressive hair loss. Tried (and still trying) everything there is, but nothing worked yet (1.5 years into min/dut).
Embrace the shaved head! Most people I know who did that ended up feeling much less anxiety and they all look good in their confidence.
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#519I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…
happy birthday!!
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#520My son's mom died of cancer last February, and two days later they found tumors in my then girlfriend/now late fiancee. She passed away last month. I stopped working several months ago and have no immediate desire or need to go back to work. I'm not sure if it's a blessing or curse to have so much free time to grieve. Enjoying the downtime with occasional spontaneous bursts of tears. Edit: thank everyone for the kind…
I am sorry to hear about the loss you have suffered. My situation is similar. My wife passed from cancer Oct. 1 and I have no desire to return to work.
Please feel free to reach out if you want to talk with someone in a similar situation to yours.