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kwiromeo on Thursday March 21, 2024 @10:37PM
from the ask-hn dept.
My wife is trying to login, and can't. The iPhone app logged out suddently in the afternoon.She tried to use the forgot password link and get a login link sent to her email, but she checked Gmail (inbox, spam, et. al.) and there's nothing.https://metastatus.com/ shows all status are okay so not really sure what's going on.Any clue?ps: I can login just fine.
Expensify is the main user from what I could gather. They've been using it for awhile now.
https://bedrockdb.com/
you could try out some classes at the local community college. I know that they tend to have working professionals teaching course, so if you're taking a class like drawing, or finance, where the teacher having professional make a difference, it's a safe bet. I am not sure about how the liberal arts topics fare though
I've started keeping a 32 oz water bottle next to me at my desk and that helps. I drink a lot of tea throughout the day, and having a huge bottle that I fill up in the morning helps me track my water intake.
I also use f.lux to change the color temperature of my screen.
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kwiromeo on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @07:08PM
from the twitter.com dept.
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kwiromeo on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @07:06PM
from the kwiromeo.com dept.
This is the best resource I found that really explain what this whole electricity stuff is.
I spent years at in engineering programs and none explain as well as it is by William.
Since you have about a year worth of exploration, you could look at
https://www.indiehackers.com/productsYou can filter out SaaS products, and explore other business models and what kind of revenue to expect by browsing the products and interviews.
I hope this helps.
Not that I know of, but I would be really cool. You thinking about building one?
I had one in college and it had some very college things on it (this was 7 years ago). It was a short term bucket list. Here's a short copy/paste:
- Make a viral video (I integrated video) [note this would be on the beat of I just had sex by lonely island]
- Learn about style and Fashion
- Be able to do 100 sit ups
- Be able to do 100 push ups
- Be able to do 20 pull ups Visit Europe/Study Abroad [x]
- Build ipod touch latin application
- Learn Spanish
- Become awesome at math
- Become awesome at drawing
I only accomplished the Europe one.
Some of these I would still like to do, but I would definitely change the wording and use the SMART goal framework to attempt them.
Some don't make sense anymore. I don't think an latin app really matters at this point, nor does a viral video.
Looking at the list is a trip down memory lane.
What's your list like op?
In 2009, I had been depressed for 3 years after I arrived in the United States. I made no friends in that time, and I gained about 70 lbs. High school was rough, then the year before my senior year, I started lifting.
I didn't do competition, but I started working out regularly to improve my physic.
I can say that just being able to see daily progress and feel in control of something made a difference.
I read some self help books, but lifting definitely gave me a boost in my esteem and made me feel that I could make changes in my life and that I wasn't powerless.
I'll echo the rest of the people's comment and say Python. It's reasonably easy to pick up, and is really versatile.
I personally use it for some backend work, and it's a joy to use.
One language that I am intrigued by is C# and dotnet. I live in the Midwest, and there are way more dotnet jobs than there are Python, which surprised me at first, but then I figured most of the shops here would have been on prem installations.
The tooling from Microsoft has improved a lot in the past 3 year.
I myself will be looking at C# just to see how it feels to use.
I agree with this.
Definitely learn to push back.
I've been in a similar situation albeit in aviation systems engineering.
The way I dealt with a lot of incoming request was to always point out that I had things that were already on the back burner.
I would phrase it along the lines of: "I am currently doing Y, and was planning to do X and Z next. Is A you're asking me to do urgent? If yes, I can do it after Y of you're okay with X and Z being delayed."
This usually got me a response that indicated want the priority was.
I would also really try not to let the current work I was doing being stopped. Stopping something midtask would always make the same item I was working on take longer, so I would push back if they tried to stop current work midstream.
I would say: "I'm X hours away from accomplish this task. Can item A your asking wait until then?"
That usually got me some good relief.
One item to note that this is also an opportunity to request some training, either formal or informal. Find the skill that if improved would easily increase your task output, find formal training for it in the area or nearby. If you can put a cost benefit analysis on a 1 page word doc, you might be able to take this opportunity to improve your skills as well.
"I wonder if I'm missing out?"
It depends on what you're looking for. If you are only looking to read about the most bleeding edge stuff, then keeping up online is the thing to do.
"Are books worth it? Is it more true for some fields than others? Is it more true for older books?"
Yes. Maybe. Maybe.
I love books because they always take the path of depth on topics. A book on psychology will offer more than a single post. From a book, I get list of examples that allow me to remember concepts better, ,and give me ideas on how I can apply those concepts to my own life.
Books can also give context to what's happening today. It's easier to catch up on a topic by a reading a book that summarizes a topic / field that it is to look for the information online.
And if the concern is cost, and you're in the US, consider getting a library card and download libby (https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/). Free rentals of audiobooks from your local libraries.
I'm going to echo a lot of people's response here, and say that your best bet is to reduce and/or eliminate your dependence on Amazon. As far as IG, I think that it's a channel worth pursuing because your product fits the platform so well.
Just an idea: you mentioned that you had a successful Kickstarter in 2014. If you still have the list of backers, and their emails, this is a good opportunity to start an email list, and tell your story to them. The primary goal will be to tell them why you're not on Amazon, and on IG, and how it happened.
It is an opportunity to also direct them to your new selling channel (or tell them that you are working on one). You can also appeal to your customer to lend your their support (I don't know how, but it is a good opportunity to figure out how that support could look like).