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  1. splok

    Magnesium for better sleep

    HEALTH 
    I could tell a big difference in sleep when I started taking magnesium. Less so now, so I assume I'm less deficient than before. I also take potassium, which I don't think gets enough good press: https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/minerals/potassium So 3-4 potatoes just to meet the recommended...
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    Can You Escape the Giants in an Online Business?

    SOCIAL MEDIA RANT 
    There are ways around each of those problem if you're willing to jump through enough hoops. (FB account banned? start another, pay an agency to do it, etc.) However, all of those problems become less of a problem the more you niche down and/or the farther upstream you can swim. If your...
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    VR Content will be the next multi-trillion dollar industry

    The real use-case for VR: When you need a user to feel like they're actually somewhere else, doing something else (without actually being there and doing it) For that use-case, there's really no other alternative. For any other use-case, it's currently a waste at best. Also keep in mind that...
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    VR Content will be the next multi-trillion dollar industry

    Lets assume assets are free (plenty actually are). Now what? It's the interaction and, as Johnny points out, attention that matters. It's like saying, 'well, words are free, just think all the books we could write!'. I mean, ya, it's amazing that anyone can write and publish their own books...
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    VR Content will be the next multi-trillion dollar industry

    I'm about as big of a VR supporter as you can imagine, but the real need for more VR is dubious until the hardware has improved dramatically. It's good enough for niche applications, but when you're talking about VR clothes shopping, we need hardware that's practically ubiquitous and easy...
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    The "Fox" Fastlane Summit Meet Up House

    MEETUPS 
    Me and the wife would be up for it, depending on the scheduling. Also check flights to Vegas. They can be surprisingly cheap from major euro hubs. Rent a car at the airport and drive. Driving may not be your thing, but some of my euro friends have really enjoyed some US driving while on...
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    2020 Fastlane Summit, Tickets Now On Sale! (SOLD OUT!)

    MEETUPS 
    No problems with Paypal for me
  8. splok

    "Hustle House": What would you want living-wise as an entrepreneur?

    HOT! 
    Exactly these things. Especially the last one. If people were able to focus on their business in their current situation, they'd be buying their own house instead. Other practical bits: Upgrade the electrics, especially if outside the US. Blowing fuses/breakers has been a problem for me...
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    Confused About Health-Dental-Eye Insurance Thread

    If you don't care about using as a saving account, you don't even need to deposit the money first. You could pay your medical expenses on a rewards cc for example to get a couple of bonus%, and then you can basically make a deposit at the end of the year for all of your expenses up to the cap...
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    Confused About Health-Dental-Eye Insurance Thread

    Not an insurance expert, but an HSA is basically a bank account you can open at any HSA provider, but you have to have a high-deductible insurance plan to get an HSA. You can deposit up to a certain amount per year ($7k for a family plan), which you can then use to pay for your medical expenses...
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    Not Fulfilled? Depressed? Maybe You Need An Alignment

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    That sounds right for the general population, but it might be very underestimated, at least from your products that I'm familiar with. It's a pretty old thread, but I'm sure you've seen this one: https://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-the-shit/129440-mbti-personality-type-you.html 50+% INT, and...
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    Not Fulfilled? Depressed? Maybe You Need An Alignment

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Mine has flipped in the opposite direction since I was younger. I took the test as a college freshman and was pretty hard intp iirc. The first three have stayed the same, but as I get older, I find myself moving farther toward the j side. I think it's a result of becoming more pragmatic, but...
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    Forum Self-Promotion Opp: Offers, Links, Your Business, More! (July W2)

    SELF-PROMOTION 
    Not sure if this is useful to anyone here, but I do data/BI stuff for a Fortune 500ish company. If anyone could use some help in that area, feel free to give me a yell. Most of what I do is Tableau, SQL, and Excel, but I can tinker with other things when I need to.
  14. splok

    Tin Foil Hat Time: Are Aliens Here?

    HOT! CHAT 
    It's been 80 years since splitting the atom. 50 since the moon landing. How much like science fiction would either of those have sounded to the average person 10-20 years before they happened? Don't you think we think we've created things that aren't public knowledge yet, and that would...
  15. splok

    The Developer Hourly Rate

    HOT! 
    Ah, I guess I wasn't very clear there. I was trying to say that most companies just won't consider remote positions at all. Most job hunters probably think that sounds bad, but then most people don't jobhunt outside their immediate physical area, so the fraction that hire remotely may still...
  16. splok

    The Developer Hourly Rate

    HOT! 
    Of course it "just depends", everything always just depends. You can absolutely make 125k from home if you freelance, are good at something valuable, and can sell your skills. That's a lot of if's though, hence the "it depends". If you want to be an employee, then you can do that from home...
  17. splok

    Living in a van down by the river

    HOT! 
    Google mail scanning. There are plenty of services that will accept your mail and scan it, so you can access it online. They'll also forward anything you want forwarded. I started using one for a US address when I was living overseas, but when I came back, I kept it. For me, this is MUCH...
  18. splok

    The science of making habits stick

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I've known some amazing artists, and they were always working on something. That doesn't mean it was always something "serious" though. One of their tricks is to do speed sketches, where they give themselves a super-short time limit (5 minutes maybe, with an alarm so you have a hard stop) to...
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    Jordan Peterson on The Marshmallow Test

    MINDSET 
    God I really hate research reporting: followed immediately by Obviously, producing the same result = spectacular explosion. I wish everything I did exploded so spectacularly.
  20. splok

    REAL resources on self image and self belief

    NOTABLE! 
    If you're trying to improve x, any one of a hundred books could be the "event" that throws the switch for you, or maybe it's just something you internalized after reading 100 books. (Of course, some process led you to that event, whether or not you were aware of it...) Either way, you're a...

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