Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

[MJ DeMarco]

Not bad for a book that is 10+ years old, hasn't spent more than $3k in advertising, and has a dogshit website. I'm sandwiched by free books too, via Kindle U.

 

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[WillHurtDontCare]

buy another copy of the millionaire fastlane

do it. now. right now.

 

[Creative_Name]

Who’s good at fishing?

It just occurred to me that I might be bad at fishing because I didn’t:
- Figure out which fish I want and where I’m going to find those fish.
- Figure out what to give those fish, and perhaps just toss their favourite food into the water with the intention of feeding rather than catching. Eventually throwing in a baited hook after they expect free food.
- Get enough practice at trying to get them to bite.
Basically, no plan at all and going in with plastic lures makes me bad at fishing.

 

[Guest-5ty5s4]

Who’s good at fishing?

It just occurred to me that I might be bad at fishing because I didn’t:
- Figure out which fish I want and where I’m going to find those fish.
- Figure out what to give those fish, and perhaps just toss their favourite food into the water with the intention of feeding rather than catching. Eventually throwing in a baited hook after they expect free food.
- Get enough practice at trying to get them to bite.
Basically, no plan at all and going in with plastic lures makes me bad at fishing.

This says a lot about life. Extremely wise post. Biblical, even.

 

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[Xeon]

SunnySide: Solar-Powered Self Heating/Cooling Lunchbox

The smart lunch box that preserves your meal at its ideal temperature | Heat in Minutes | Keep it Cool | Solar-Powered

www.kickstarter.com

 

[GPM]

OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models | TechCrunch

OpenAI has released Point-E, an open source AI system that can generate 3D point clouds given a text prompt.

techcrunch.com

In future, the v3 of this tool will be good enough to be on par with low to mid tier 3D artists.




For anyone looking to start a "clothing brand" or interested in the fashion industry, consider this issue I faced recently (still am) :

1) It's so difficult to find a t-shirt for short guys that isn't too long (and ends up looking like a t-shirt dress for girls). Sure, you can buy XS or XXS sizes, but for guys who gym, small size tshirts are too tiny at the top (due to large shoulders, arms and chest) even if the length looks ok.

2) Are there tshirts that fixes the issue in 1)? Maybe there are. Some call it fitted tshirts. But they are either bland looking or pure boring. I want a fitted tshirt that fulfils 1) above and also have stylish prints on it.

3) On top of that, most tshirts that fulfil 1) and 2) are overpriced. $69, $129 for a plain solid colored t-shirt? F*ck off.

4) A lot of tshirts lose their shape and gets longer and loose with each wash. Many tshirts nowadays are too sheer and seen-through. I don't want my nipples to show through the fabric; I'm not a Hollywood female celeb.

What if there's a brand that sells tshirts to this exact demographic :

-short guys (5' 7" and below) who gym, looking for tshirts with classy/edgy prints whereby the length is not too long, that cost below $19.99, able to maintain the length and shape of the fabric for half a year at least after weekly washes?


* And stop using the term "short kings". I see this term being used on social media a lot. It's cringey af.

Shirts in particular suck. I have a similar problem, but on a different size. Medium shirts are generally perfect for my chest and arms, but too short on my torso, large are like a billowing dress, but the right length. I don't want to wear a belly shirt to have it fit my upper body.

Everything is made for very overweight people now. But I suppose that's a given, as literally the majority of people are overweight. Make clothes for the market.

 

[Vinz]

The Internet is so toxic when it comes to self-dev or life advice.

I was super naive so I have followed all of them.

In the end, 99% were false, or lacked context.

IMO you have a higher chance of succeeding today by doing THE OPPOSITE of what you read/are told.

One thing I learned this year: no one but you really knows what's good for you.

In my case, I needed to try to know. But that doesn't apply to everyone.

Exactly the same for me.
I realized lately that you better off just not listening to none of the advice on the internet. Context and personal situations can't be ignored and most people who give advice are in reality weird and not an example to follow.
I was extremely naive

 

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[Kak]

Be UNREASONABLE

All progress depends on the unreasonable person. To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, the reasonable person adapts to the world.

www.linkedin.com

I thought that this was pretty spot on.

Of course many would think I’m unreasonable for suggesting that it’s spot on.

 

[Creative_Name]

Be UNREASONABLE

All progress depends on the unreasonable person. To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, the reasonable person adapts to the world.

www.linkedin.com

I thought that this was pretty on.

Of course many would think I’m unreasonable for suggesting that it’s spot on.

Well, even Michael Jackson said to live life off the wall.

 

[Xeon]

Duopoly Done: Google and Meta Take in Less Than 50% of Online Ad Money

Google and Facebook's parent have lost their decade-long dominance of the digital ad business. There are a lot of reasons the duopoly is in decline, but my two favorites start with the letter “A.” Perhaps you’ve heard of them: Amazon and Apple.

gizmodo.com

Very good. A nice end of the year present for many. It used to cost $0.10 or less for a click or even to acquire a customer via these two channels, but now it has gotten to the ridiculous point where one needs to spend $60 on FB ads to sell a $70 product.

Meta and Google are both in decline. 2000 - 2022 was their decade. No more.

 

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[socaldude]

Shirts in particular suck. I have a similar problem, but on a different size. Medium shirts are generally perfect for my chest and arms, but too short on my torso, large are like a billowing dress, but the right length. I don't want to wear a belly shirt to have it fit my upper body.

Everything is made for very overweight people now. But I suppose that's a given, as literally the majority of people are overweight. Make clothes for the market.

I have a similar problem. I like wearing short sleeve button shirts with designs on them but it's hard to find one that fits me just right. I think to myself who the heck are they making these shirts for? I'm 5 feet 7 inches and 155 pounds so my body type is not abnormal and a medium fits but my shoulders and upper back don't. So if i have my arms extended driving a car it doesn't fit right.

I like going to nordstrom rack but it's hard to find a good fitting shirt. That's definitely a need in the mens clothing space.

 

[Itizn]

Sometimes while looking through old threads I come across former posters I never knew of/had forgotten about.

Perfect example being that french member gdsm/guy999 who would spam enlightenment, freemasonry, and general babble

 

[MitchC]

Everyone go to Twitter and tell Elon to interview me for Twitter’s CEO position.

I just made an account. @kylekeeganradio

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1605378907364298752

View: https://twitter.com/volodyagusak/status/1605378907364298752?s=46&t=ikUL7dVTnjp4aWYQR8It_w

Would love to hear how you would run it

Maybe a radio show episode could get his attention?

 

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[Kak]

Would love to hear how you would run it

Maybe a radio show episode could get his attention?

I have no delusions that I could actually be chosen the CEO, but I do think it would be a fun and rewarding challenge.

I don’t think my leadership of the platform policy would be much out of line with Elon’s. Free speech platform. Find new ways to make money. I like the paid verification plans. I like the phone idea.

I’d even probably try to move it to Texas, which he can obviously understand given he did it with Tesla. That’s almost an instant improvement.

Where we differ though… With my background coming from smaller privately held businesses, I think I would be a more profit and bottom line oriented leader than he is. He has been a high flying revenue guy for recent history. I have never had the choice to run unprofitable businesses for extended periods of time. I can’t handle ugly cash flows. Probably a good thing considering the credit cycle we are in, yet probably hindering during expansionary periods. I’d have to adapt.

 

[Xeon]

Is anyone familiar with how warehouses work? When they say they charge you $30/month for a pallet of 4 x 4 x 4 (64 cubic foot) storage space, how do they usually store the items?

Is it something like this:

?

And when you made a sale, and the warehouse system receives the order, warehouse worker Bob will go to the pallet, lifts all the boxes down (assuming my product is in the bottomost carton), picks out the product, then lifts up all the boxes back up onto the pallet?

I assume goods are stacked like this, because if not, it would be a huge waste to only store them on one layer, and we would be paying tons of $$$ for tons of pallets (especially for people with lots of SKUs). But that would mean Bob will be lifting boxes up and down hundreds of times daily.

 

[Kak]

Is anyone familiar with how warehouses work? When they say they charge you $30/month for a pallet of 4 x 4 x 4 (64 cubic foot) storage space, how do they usually store the items?

Is it something like this:

?

And when you made a sale, and the warehouse system receives the order, warehouse worker Bob will go to the pallet, lifts all the boxes down (assuming my product is in the bottomost carton), picks out the product, then lifts up all the boxes back up onto the pallet?

I assume goods are stacked like this, because if not, it would be a huge waste to only store them on one layer, and we would be paying tons of $$$ for tons of pallets (especially for people with lots of SKUs). But that would mean Bob will be lifting boxes up and down hundreds of times daily.

Not that I have seen it in practice, but what you just described is horribly inefficient. I wouldn’t run a warehouse that way.

I’m going to say they measure each sku you have stored there and multiply it by how many of them you sent in, and give you an allotment of 64 cubic feet per $30.

It seems they also place limitations of 4 linear feet on individual items.

I can’t believe they are stacking and unstacking a pallet for every order and somehow it still remains a financially viable option.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Perfect example being that french member gdsm/guy999 who would spam enlightenment, freemasonry, and general babble

He was banned for being a nuisance.

I have no delusions that I could actually be chosen the CEO

You'd be cancelled within 24 hours as woke-wingers go through your internet material besmirching socialism and personal responsibility.

 

[Kak]

He was banned for being a nuisance.



You'd be cancelled within 24 hours as woke-wingers go through your internet material besmirching socialism and personal responsibility.

You’re right. Lol

 

[Bekit]

Is anyone familiar with how warehouses work? When they say they charge you $30/month for a pallet of 4 x 4 x 4 (64 cubic foot) storage space, how do they usually store the items?

Is it something like this:

?

And when you made a sale, and the warehouse system receives the order, warehouse worker Bob will go to the pallet, lifts all the boxes down (assuming my product is in the bottomost carton), picks out the product, then lifts up all the boxes back up onto the pallet?

I assume goods are stacked like this, because if not, it would be a huge waste to only store them on one layer, and we would be paying tons of $$$ for tons of pallets (especially for people with lots of SKUs). But that would mean Bob will be lifting boxes up and down hundreds of times daily.

I think it would be more likely to look something like this:

Your 4x4x4 foot space is one pallet-sized "cubby" in the shelving system. And when the forklift needs to retrieve your items, it can go directly to your cubby and access it without moving anything else around, no matter if it's on the top or bottom or what.

If the warehouse is pulling and shipping your orders from there, I'd imagine that they make one trip a day per customer, pull the pallet down, remove all the ordered items from the boxes (yes, even if they're the boxes on the bottom layer of your pallet) and then stack everything back up and put it all back up on the shelf.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1606045293220311040

View: https://twitter.com/MJDeMarco/status/1606045293220311040?s=20&t=Qrh6Pf5W34YRKhWqqj7DJA

 

[BizyDad]

Is anyone familiar with how warehouses work? When they say they charge you $30/month for a pallet of 4 x 4 x 4 (64 cubic foot) storage space, how do they usually store the items?

Is it something like this:

?

And when you made a sale, and the warehouse system receives the order, warehouse worker Bob will go to the pallet, lifts all the boxes down (assuming my product is in the bottomost carton), picks out the product, then lifts up all the boxes back up onto the pallet?

I assume goods are stacked like this, because if not, it would be a huge waste to only store them on one layer, and we would be paying tons of $$$ for tons of pallets (especially for people with lots of SKUs). But that would mean Bob will be lifting boxes up and down hundreds of times daily.

I think it would be more likely to look something like this:

Your 4x4x4 foot space is one pallet-sized "cubby" in the shelving system. And when the forklift needs to retrieve your items, it can go directly to your cubby and access it without moving anything else around, no matter if it's on the top or bottom or what.

If the warehouse is pulling and shipping your orders from there, I'd imagine that they make one trip a day per customer, pull the pallet down, remove all the ordered items from the boxes (yes, even if they're the boxes on the bottom layer of your pallet) and then stack everything back up and put it all back up on the shelf.

I had a client that ran a third party fulfillment center. He offered pick and pack services in addition to traditional shipping. So you would have racks like Bekit showed. Usually you didn't need a forklift to grab items. I forget what the equipment is called but it's basically the same thing with window cleaner might use to reach the higher areas.

But in part of the warehouse the bottom level was smaller shelves filled with smaller items for the pick and pack clients. And there was a conveyer belt set up in the aisle next to the shelves.

So an order would come in, and someone would be standing in one of the pick n pack rows, they would go to the shelf and grab the item, place it on the conveyor belt, which would bring the item to the packing area. It would be packed, a shipping label would be already printed there, and then attached, these items would be stacked on a pallet, and then someone would take the pallet to the pickup area of the warehouse for UPS or FedEx to come pick up.

 

[MattR82]

I had a client that ran a third party fulfillment center. He offered pick and pack services in addition to traditional shipping. So you would have racks like Bekit showed. Usually you didn't need a forklift to grab items. I forget what the equipment is called but it's basically the same thing with window cleaner might use to reach the higher areas.

But in part of the warehouse the bottom level was smaller shelves filled with smaller items for the pick and pack clients. And there was a conveyer belt set up in the aisle next to the shelves.

So an order would come in, and someone would be standing in one of the pick n pack rows, they would go to the shelf and grab the item, place it on the conveyor belt, which would bring the item to the packing area. It would be packed, a shipping label would be already printed there, and then attached, these items would be stacked on a pallet, and then someone would take the pallet to the pickup area of the warehouse for UPS or FedEx to come pick up.

That was the setup in the warehouse I worked at in oil and gas ages ago. Well, when our new warehouse came online that is. For 3 years before that it was a heap of 20 foot containers sitting in the dirt so hopefully Xeon has a more professional outfit lol. There was a lot of stuff that was put in smaller plastic crates rather than full pallets.
New warehouses are so fancy.

 

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[monnffffiiiiiii]

So I got fired, which is, in all honesty, well-deserved as I was working roughly one day a week for this company.

I don't mind working 12h a day for myself 7 days a week.

But I can't work for one hour for somebody else.

Maybe it's an ego problem. Maybe entitlement. In any way, it's become a real allergy.

Now I am moving back to my parents (at 28 lol) to work on my startup project. My 5th trial.

This must work.

There is no other choice. If it doesn't work, I have no idea what I'll do. I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to a real job now.

I don't know if I have turned insane, determined, arrogant, entitled, or desperate. A few months ago the perspective of getting fired gave me nightmares.

But it is what it is.

I often envy the normal people with normal lives, that are happy to go to work and climb the hierarchy.

I really do envy them.

Their lives seem simpler, nicer, and definitely less painful.

I feel like going on a suicide mission now, some sort of "one last shot", one last chance to make it work, where the outcome is whether success, or death, metaphorically speaking.

Wish me luck!

 

[Black_Dragon43]

Wish me luck!

If success is so important this time, I pray you’re doing something simple ideally with some experience in…

NOT a marketplace
NOT an app
NOT a software
NOT an affiliate website

Something like…

Freelancing
Selling Facebook ads
Reselling specialty teas from China
Plumbing services

Something that cannot fail if you do it right

I never held a job in my life. I started with something simple - freelancing. I’m much like you, I always knew I can’t hold a job. So I haven’t.

Start with easy. It’s the most impactful advice I can give you.

 

[monnffffiiiiiii]

If success is so important this time, I pray you’re doing something simple ideally with some experience in…

NOT a marketplace
NOT an app
NOT a software
NOT an affiliate website

Something like…

Freelancing
Selling Facebook ads
Reselling specialty teas from China
Plumbing services

Something that cannot fail if you do it right

I never held a job in my life. I started with something simple - freelancing. I’m much like you, I always knew I can’t hold a job. So I haven’t.

Start with easy. It’s the most impactful advice I can give you.

"Unfortunately", it's an app.

 

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[Black_Dragon43]

"Unfortunately", it's an app.

May the Lord be with you brother!

 

[Antifragile]

I often envy the normal people with normal lives

Who are “normal people”?

 

[Xeon]

You'd be cancelled within 24 hours as woke-wingers go through your internet material besmirching socialism and personal responsibility.

Needs to remove all his anti-ban-TikTok posts in the other thread as well because otherwise he's a CCP commie, sympathiser and 50-cents agent.

I had a client that ran a third party fulfillment center. He offered pick and pack services in addition to traditional shipping. So you would have racks like Bekit showed. Usually you didn't need a forklift to grab items. I forget what the equipment is called but it's basically the same thing with window cleaner might use to reach the higher areas.

But in part of the warehouse the bottom level was smaller shelves filled with smaller items for the pick and pack clients. And there was a conveyer belt set up in the aisle next to the shelves.

So an order would come in, and someone would be standing in one of the pick n pack rows, they would go to the shelf and grab the item, place it on the conveyor belt, which would bring the item to the packing area. It would be packed, a shipping label would be already printed there, and then attached, these items would be stacked on a pallet, and then someone would take the pallet to the pickup area of the warehouse for UPS or FedEx to come pick up.

Thanks to the explanations by Kak, Bekit, you and Matt. All these suddenly makes sense now!

 

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[GPM]

I have a wood fireplace in the basement. It is -30c outside and I decided it would be cool to see if it actually works. So I lit some candles in it this morning, and burnt a piece of paper over it to see if the smoke would go up. Well the smoke went 100% into the basement, and now I am smoked out and I don't want to open a window because it is -30c outside. Fun times.

I didn't tell my wife what I was doing and just about gave her a panic attack when she smelled it. Whoops!!!

 

[Guest-5ty5s4]

I have a wood fireplace in the basement. It is -30c outside and I decided it would be cool to see if it actually works. So I lit some candles in it this morning, and burnt a piece of paper over it to see if the smoke would go up. Well the smoke went 100% into the basement, and now I am smoked out and I don't want to open a window because it is -30c outside. Fun times.

I didn't tell my wife what I was doing and just about gave her a panic attack when she smelled it. Whoops!!!

*laughs in subtropical climate* - but then realizes I'm in the midst of an epic cold front.
Why are you back in Canada? I thought you were in Mexico?