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Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

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Oh yeah that's neat, what does the type: 0 mean? I guess as an aside did you write the plotting part or used some library?

I wrote the whole thing from ground up. I don't think I remember seeing any libraries back then. It actually initially used 1-pixel DIVs, then SVG, then later changed to canvas. type:0 just means a regular y=f(x) function

wow well that's really impressive, the 1px divs sounds interesting

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https://sendnoodz.io | Spam your friends with MMS of noodles Strangely not because of the content, rather because there are lots of inconsistencies/imperfections in the design and it doesn't make enough to justify fixing them.

are you sure this is legal? i was under the impression that SMS bombing violates the telephone consumer protection act in the US.

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Generally when I want to learn something new I'll build a new side project (or re-build an existing one) to support the learning process. This time I wanted to include my partner in the project so I built something that would require some manual moderation of content. I built a 'hookup' website and have monetized it with a single affiliate offer/link. It's made a few thousand in the last 18 months or so, with almost…

how did you manage the difficulty with payment processing? are you still able to put up ads (Google AdSense?)

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I had an affiliate marketing website when I was a kid, mostly for fun and learning with some friends, that made some money off backpack recommendations and Amazon links. We didn't feel too good about it after a while so we shut it down. I now hate SEO powered advice blogs. More recently, I've started making adult videogames, one of which being an interactive fiction that had a lot of traction, but is now on hiatus du…

how did you manage the difficulty with payment processing? are you still able to put up ads (Google AdSense?)

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

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Yeah, I also thought there would be a whole lot more red tape to get through before I started looking into it. I can't imagine starting a human food company with everything that's required for that. I'm happy to chat with anybody in the space - I'm very early on, so it may be too early for any kind of collaboration, but definitely never hurts to talk to other folks who are interested in this kind of thing.

Awesome! I'll see what they say and reach out if they still have the motivation. I'll refer to this post and drop you a line to your gmail account listed on your site of this materializes an take it from there.

Sounds great, thanks!

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I wonder if the FDA (or equivalent in awillen's jurisdiction) would care about non-human consumables.

I'd hope they care at least some. Little kids love to eat dog/cat food and treats, and it's hard to keep them out of it. At least enough to make sure it's not, like, full of lead or something.

They can't even keep baby powder from being cancer causing - you're fooling yourself if you're solely relying on them for your safety.

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would you be willing to share the resources you used to get started with algotrading and understanding options?

There are books and courses on various strategies, but I didn't use any as it started as a hobby and trying out different approaches & finding "hacks" on my own was more fun (it turns out all of these "hacks" were known previously, who would have thought). If you have purely technical questions, reddit has a few communities that can help and you can find more people on Discord. Understanding stocks, options and all t…

thanks so much for the detailed reply! I was mainly looking for reputable sources of information to learn from, there are so many BS opinionated websites and Youtube gurus trying to sell courses that it is very hard to find a quality source of information. I watched a bunch of Khan Academy videos but they weren't super comprehensive so I was looking to get more in depth.

what is your opinion on technical analysis and does it need to be used in algotrading? I've seen some of the basic indicators but wondering if I need something more than RSI and MACD

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I commented elsewhere about an East Coast presence... your comment above has me thinking about CBD infusion options, too. Something I'm very familiar with for treating older woofs in pain, and spazzy "I hate the vet" woofs, haha! Hope to hear from you.

I just don't feel like I'm nearly educated enough on CBD in dogs to start using that as an ingredient. I know it's become very common very quickly, but I'd have to read all the research before I could consider it.

Well, drop me an address if you want to exchange info for the future.

I use burners on social media, so, no info in my bio.

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That’s quite interesting combination. How did you charge the marketing contractor? I wanted to reached out to marketing contractor but haven’t had much information Thank you!

The marketing contractor charged me. The way it worked was that if a new email or WhatsApp message or Instagram PM came in, he would get notified and work on it. And he measured the time for each task and then billed me for his time. Since it was usually only a few minutes for each work task, that only summed up to a few hundred $ per month. As one example of the kind of tasks he handled: Prospective customers could…

Thanks for your detailed answer! That really helped me learn about it.

All the best with your side business (and all)!

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