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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023... by unity1001 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @05:27PM (#34482902)
> I get to say I am a co-owner in a Mexican horse ranc

You must get business card made and start distributing them to friends and family whenever you get the chance. Not for marketing - to brag and to be able to be mildly annoying.

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023... by joshmn on Sunday January 22, 2023 @05:29PM (#34482919)
It's definitely my favorite fun fact. I'm grow up in the city but I spent a few summer days on a horse growing up. One of my earliest memories was horseback riding with my mom. I must have been no older than 18 months.
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023... by unity1001 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @05:49PM (#34483105)
Note that you can also use the ranch business cards as 'get out of jail cards' to avoid social chatter when you need to change the subject: You note that the in-law starts taking the discussion towards some uncomfortable topic during thanksgiving dinner. You immediately use the card: "Say, have I given you my business card?" - and then you move on to talk about the ranch. Even if they interrupt you and try to get back to the topic, the topic will be derailed for good. Usable every 6 months by pretending that you forgot that you already gave them your business card...
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023... by michaelteter on Sunday January 22, 2023 @07:34PM (#34483982)
> get out of jail cards' to avoid social chatter

Great tip in general!

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023... by jefftk on Sunday January 22, 2023 @06:31PM (#34483529)
> One of my earliest memories was horseback riding with my mom. I must have been no older than 18 months.

That is an incredibly early memory! 3-4 is more typical, and 2 is usually the earliest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023... by ksenzee on Sunday January 22, 2023 @11:17PM (#34485407)
My 16-year-old remembers a pediatrician's office she hasn't seen since she was 18 months old (we moved across the country). She described it well enough that her dad and I were both convinced. I was shocked.
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023... by fbdab103 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @07:44PM (#34484059)
We must work with the same people. I work with a guy who would devote dozens/hundreds of hours to this project just for the business card opportunities.
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023... by dustymcp on Monday January 23, 2023 @05:33AM (#34487295)
Just wear the complimentary cowboy hat :)