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Ha! I've been working on https://movielandmarks.com/ since 2006 or so. It has gone through various changes (started out as a LAMP stack). It is currently a static site built from a pile of json and a go program to assemble all the parts. I'm the only contributor these days, and only work on it when I feel like it. At the start I had dreams of selling tons of DVDs via Amazon associates. But I'm terrible at marketing :…

Looks fun. I'd fill in a few dozen suggestions if there was a form.

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I have a podcast where me and a guest talk about technical interviewing then they give me a live technical interview.

Video podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorDorsett/

It's fun because I get talk with smart people about a topic with no real solution, then sometimes I do well or sometimes I get destroyed in the interviews. I'd love to have more subscribers but I don't think its ever going to make me any money.

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This is quite a limited effort, but I occasionally write code and accompanying blog posts about subjects in the intersection of algebraic number theory and low-level computing: https://kevinventullo.com/

I’d like to think one day this stuff could end up in a compiler optimization or something, but I’m not too worried about it.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There need to be more jobs where the interest alignment in work is 100%. Disney animators, Nintendo programmers, audio programming, SpaceX engineers, ML/AI, bioinformatics, ... Some of these jobs can involve crunch time, low pay, and other forms of employee abuse, since people are willing to suffer for the sake of their passion. Sometimes boring work is the healthier option.

^^ this Would add: prestige law and government jobs; trying to be an actor; working at Amazon; working as a chef/cook at most restaurants, esp fancy ones--the list is quite long of "passion jobs" that pay poorly and involve all sorts of abuse people wouldn't put up with at other jobs.

working at Amazon is a passion job?

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I have a lot of software written, basically just for me but with a bit of work it could be a thing. The core feature is burning through digital lists one item at a time but with as little interaction with a computer as possible. Data only push notification -> text to speech to bone conduction headphones (or really any headphones). Tells me the current task. Two buttons on my wrist. One is next task, one is "toggle re…

Wow, this sounds really cool!

What is the main way you create/edit the list items? Is it manual, automated, etc?

Could you describe the way you use it to learn new things?

I really like the philosophy behind this--seems quite elegant

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I work in abuse (prevention), and you might want to change the name of that website since it is very similar (edit distance 1) from some really bad stuff - unfortunately i can't share more details for obvious reasons :)

By the way, your website access is already blocked by certain ISPs and marked as "dangerous".

I have learned that this is common with a URL shortener - they immediately get used by all kinds of scammers.

I learned a bit and played the cat-and-mouse game for a bit but for now ... we're marked as "dangerous".

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