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Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by 40four »

mduerksen wrote: post #55
yroc92 wrote: post #49

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Any chance we could check it out?

Sure: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/veggie-garden-planner/id132992... Suggestions are always welcome. My friend is also working on an Android version, though it doesn't have feature parity (yet).

My girlfriend and I share a couple raised beds at the local community garden. We talked about building a similar app like this together, looks like you beat us to it! Will check it out!

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by imhoguy »

stagas wrote: post #40
vytautask wrote: post #20

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Please bear in mind that there is a regulation in EU that prices of the same product should not differ based on the country you are coming from (source: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat... , "Price discrimination is not allowed" section).

In Poland almost everything is 1/3 of the price compared to the rest of the EU for the same "stuff", arguably most have Polish branding but there are common products(Nestle, Coca Cola, etc) that are significantly cheaper.

What? Electronics, cars too?

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by capableweb »

_ea1k wrote: post #75
beznet wrote: post #46

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I might be living under a rock, but what is IPTV? Even a Google search on it makes me scratch my head. I use Netflix, Hulu, etc but those have always been referred to as 'Streaming Services' , are those somehow categorized in the IPTV umbrella?

The ones called IPTV are the ones with really questionable sources, in my experience. I'm not sure how the term IPTV became synonymous with that.

Well, in short, it's "normal" TV over IP, so I think it makes sense. I'm pretty sure providers around in Europe, when it first launched, also called it IPTV, and the "pirates" were quick to copy that naming.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by imhoguy »

mritchie712 wrote: post #39
vytautask wrote: post #20

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Please bear in mind that there is a regulation in EU that prices of the same product should not differ based on the country you are coming from (source: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat... , "Price discrimination is not allowed" section).

does this apply to companies not based in the EU? I don't see how they could possibly enforce this.

You can also have constant regular price and just give different discounts.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by bryanrasmussen »

codetrotter wrote: post #52
adamwi wrote: post #50

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https://m3u-editor.com/

This does not seem to be it. GP was talking about something to do with gardening. Edit: I see, you linked without reading what we were talking about, so you linked to the thing OP made, not the thing GP made.

Or they accidentally clicked the wrong level and linked there, since it was a little bit irritating that the OP did not provide a link - I mean I was about to ask for one.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by cronix »

mduerksen wrote: post #55
yroc92 wrote: post #49

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Any chance we could check it out?

Sure: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/veggie-garden-planner/id132992... Suggestions are always welcome. My friend is also working on an Android version, though it doesn't have feature parity (yet).

That's pretty cool! Have you thought about making it into a PWA and ditch the proprietary ios/android ecosystems and just allow anyone with a browser to use it? It doesn't seem like there is much in this app that NEEDS to be a "mobile" specific app. It looks like you could do it all with html/js and some local storage. I'm a big believer in open crossplatform systems, when it's possible. Obviously if you need access to hardware sensors, etc, it wouldn't work very well.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by smolder »

mmahemoff wrote: post #109
LeifCarrotson wrote: post #43

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Amateur has no negative connotations to me (as a native English speaker from the Midwest US). It's comparable to "hobbyist" or "enthusiast", basically meaning "someone who can do X but doesn't get paid for it". I think a lot of people would be proud to be amateur musicians or amateur athletes, for example, and would have said that no (non-professional) customer would not want to be called an amateur. Just shows you h…

"Amateur" has some negative connotations (as another native speaker). It's often used an inferior comparison to "professional". Just search "amateur hour" to yield a stream of disparanging comments. https://twitter.com/search?q=amateur%20hour&src=typed_query I would definitely use "enthusiast" over "amateur" (or other variants, e.g. fan, fanatic, lover, or a label that's specific to in-group members of the genre, if…

It's contextual. Amateurs shouldn't be doing professional level work.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by mduerksen »

steveharman wrote: post #110
mduerksen wrote: post #55

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Sure: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/veggie-garden-planner/id132992... Suggestions are always welcome. My friend is also working on an Android version, though it doesn't have feature parity (yet).

I would use it. My wife would use it. Then I read the comment about being iOS only. Fingers crossed for the future of your friend's work.

I didn't word my above post clearly, but the Android version is actually already available as I said here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22100642

Most notably though, it doesn't have the virtual planner yet.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by bananocurrency »

jasonsync wrote: post #89
CPLX wrote: post #74

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I'm real good at speaking common American English and I don't agree. The word means non-professional. So you don't do it for a living. Which is directly factually a description of what's happening here. In some contexts is could be negative, because the concept of a non professional doing the thing is scary. Like there's nothing positive about an amateur heart surgeon, or amateur parachute designer. But in the contex…

I would suggest change "Amateur" to "Starter". Amateur definition: "sloppy, not professional looking." https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=amateur "a person who is not skilled" https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/americ... "one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amateur

"starter" implies a cheap piece of shit throwaway that you're going to graduate from if you want to get anywhere serious. with "amateur" you feel like you won't need to replace/graduate until you're ready to go pro.
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