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ApolloRising··on Husband of Amazon employee sentenced to prison for insider trading Amazon stock
Hard to guess right 11 times in a row.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What is a common pay cut for moving?
You could just say, I'm doing the same job, I get the same pay. Do they charge less to customers living in Miami vs SF?
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What Is Happening, with Everything?
Miners have bought up all the graphics cards to do crypto, shortage drove up price, scalpers keep the price up with bots buying everything.

US Govt over spent the insane amount of stimulus money in the wrong places instead of on the people themselves during a crisis. Inflation is going to happen and many middle class goods are going to increase in price as a result.

If we did not have a vaccine it would have been much worse...

ApolloRising··on Show HN: HMSC – Analyst for your files and folders
This is really nice, I will play with it this weekend. I starred your repo on github. Can it display exactly which directory a particular type of file is in with a --command?
ApolloRising··on Twilio blocked our account and with it hundreds of our customers [resolved]
Try this link: https://investors.twilio.com/governance/person-details/defau...

Phone number on the page and an email address that may work for you. Let me know if that helps.

ApolloRising··on Show HN: Puppeteer scripts in the Browser, DevTools on remote pages
They want 30-50 a month, easier for the user to buy a new computer than use the service at that price.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Software developers, what is your side income?
Some need networking, backups, office it upgrades, some appointment reminder type apps, some automated notifications of important email. You just never know till you ask.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Software developers, what is your side income?
Doctors always need stuff done in their practice that requires tech knowledge, maybe trade that for the surgeon fee and knock off a big part of that 30k in one shot. (Son of a doc, and have seen those types of offers sometimes work)
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Can you switch to a programming career despite nearing 40?
On a more positive note there are ways to get this done if you are really interested.

Learn a specific in demand skill set that will last a long time ex: Salesforce programing for SFCC is highly in demand and under supplied, if you pass the certifications you are going to get your start for sure no matter the age.

Find industry specific respected qualifications and get one to get started, once you are in the ecosystem you will be fine. If you want to go work at x startup that may be harder but you can get started in the enterprise space if you want.

Once you are out of the silicon valley bubble you will be just fine in the other major cities or in places that need it but are not attractive to the younger folks.

If its your dream go for it and avoid the problems by getting respected certs to get you started.

ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Anyone else things that all BI tools suck?
Tableau is one of my favorites
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Decade-long plan to FIRE starting just under age 40?
What type of company pays for the house other than the military?
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What technology made your jaw drop the first time you used it?
First one ever was Expedia CD ROM in college watching JFK give his famous speech. Never seen anything like that from a computer.

Duck Hunt was a memorable second. That gun shooting light amazed a kid.

ApolloRising··on Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features
Awesome a fellow salt. Sarcasm was definitely hard to pickup but glad you had so much fun on the boats. I picked it up later in life and would have been so nice to have done that as a kid.
ApolloRising··on Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features
You obviously don't sail. You need a motor on a sailboat to either fight a strong tide to dock, to escape an incoming storm if the wind is pushing you towards a storm. Many other uses such as regenerating the batteries so you have your food not spoil. Sails/masts/rigging also fail so you need a backup to get you to port in an emergency.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What are your best tips or resources when it comes to marketing?
After you read the first one that was mentioned - Read this one, same author, buy both: The Halbert Copywriting Method Part III

Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DYP3MMU

ApolloRising··on When the Stock Market Is Too Much Fun
Vanguard won't even sell you TQQQ at all.
ApolloRising··on When the Stock Market Is Too Much Fun
For those that don't know you can look at TQQQ vs. QQQ as a reference on Yahoo.

TLDR: TQQQ Short term buy and sell, high volatility, high risk (higher profit and higher loss possible.)

KEY TAKEAWAYS (investopedia) The Invesco QQQs ("cubes") is a popular ETF that tracks the Nasdaq 100 Index. The Nasdaq 100 Index is composed mainly of technology companies and excludes most financial stocks.

TQQQ is one of the largest leveraged ETFs that also tracks the Nasdaq 100. Due to their natures, QQQ is perhaps best-suited as a long-term investment while TQQQ is built for short-holding periods.

ApolloRising··on Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser
I understand the pricing model of getting in the door that's not where you are going wrong. TRY THIS EXERCISE ACTUALLY LISTEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HELP YOU.

I don't think you understand, I AM your target market for this product and I'm trying to tell you the model makes no sense, you seem to be focussing on the dollar issue. I did NOT say you are priced too high, I said the pricing/usage model does not make SENSE for THIS product. You think I have the time to keep going back for some non defined "process" every time I want to automate something? Especially when the limits are this low?

I am not going to start using your product when you could vanish after I have advocated for this automation to be installed. The reason? Because I would be the one that got blamed when things suddenly break.

For data entry solutions, I could have it scripted or use any number of solutions that run in software installed on my side of the network that never will get shut off by you, your buyer, your ISP, whatever.

I hope you prove me wrong and you make a lot of money. You never did answer the other important question is what happens if your service goes down or is sold? All those people that integrated with you are going to be royally screwed unless you can offer an in house replacement platform or a guarantee in the notice that is more than reasonable. In the places I've worked this is a no go from the start if this touches anything critical in the flow of business.

I don't want to argue anymore, it never makes progress after this so take the advice or not up to you.

ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Obsessing over Side Project Metrics
Set a weekly time to review your metrics. Do it every time on time and take actions based on the analysis. If you take no action, monitoring metrics is pointless. A decision tree is a great way to make positive progress without the obsession.
ApolloRising··on Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser
You may want to review your pricing model it does not make a lot of sense. Here is why: Pricing by business process with the jumps you have in your pricing probably will not work.

Have you validated your assumptions on how business operate and how many process are involved even in small businesses?

You go up from 1 to 25 users in your first small tier of 300/Mo but you only increase your processes from 5 to 10. You don't define a processes on your pricing page and your FAQ is unclear. You don't define the real value to someone using it for a real job would have in advocating why this is important to the COMPANY. Do your offer an SLA that is safe enough for any real business to trust your service? What happens if you go down for a few hours? What happens if you sell it?

-edit removed typo

ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Using your laptop as a cheap front for your workstation?
Try Expandrive on the Mac
ApolloRising··on San Francisco Puts Another Nail in Its Own Coffin
Article is terrible, is it .1% of income or net worth? Lots of companies are leaving SF and CA in general in droves, this is not going to help generate revenue, but laws like this just incentivize the leaving.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020?
Thanks for the answer, it is a believable number, I'm up 30% and have only a moderately aggressive portfolio. I went in at near the bottom and just figured it would recover and could shop cheap.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020?
Its no problem, i got it working from the repo, don't need a refund, it saved enough mouse clicks for me today to make me happy! I have carpal tunnel and this made a difference today. You may want to include a template of hotkeys that people use or create a default set to get people going.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020?
Just a heads up I bought the extension and then tried it on Brave Browser, keep getting Failed Needs Authorization message when it tries to install.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020?
Is there a book or learning source you recommend?
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020?
Looks really useful, I'm buying it already.
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Best Programming Books of 2020?
Glad you enjoyed it. I'm enjoying this but it is not a book https://towardsdatascience.com
ApolloRising··on My Phone Was Spying on Me, So I Tracked Down the Surveillants
GPS chip in the car? License plate readers all around you? Face recognition cameras? Chip in the credit card that you are not using? Friends with a iphone that have your number? ID cards that swipe you into places?
ApolloRising··on Ask HN: Can we sell a tiny product on day 1 with almost no followers?
If you need help send me a message
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