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by p0d 18d ago
I was reading computer magazines < 16 and now > 54. I am in Northern Ireland and very fortunate our public library provides digital access to books and magazines through the free Libby app. The app has some of the best computer magazi
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by p0d 26d ago
I am 54 and my response to your 40s insight is, "Amen".
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by p0d 2mo ago
My meditation is religious in nature. I work my way through the Lord’s Prayer every morning. I pause after each line and then pray with words. I started this pattern a number of years ago as I could not concentrate during silence and I wres
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by p0d 4mo ago
Lecturer in Cybersecurity. I started to believe in God in my late teens, 40 years ago. I was at a party and a friend told me he had become a Christian. As I slept on a sofa in the party house I prayed, “Jesus, if you are out there, will you
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by p0d 4mo ago
My son had a little toy called Charlie when he was a baby which he loved deeply. AI no more has feelings than the idea Charlie came to life and played with the other toys when we left the room.
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by p0d 4mo ago
Leaf by Niggle, Tolkien. If you worry about your life being a disappointment, or you are often distracted / lack focus, read this :-)
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by p0d 5mo ago
Solving a problem in my area and timing is my experience. My sideline is 18 years old and paid for a lot of my family life.
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Ask HN: When bored during vibe coding edits I ---?
1 points by p0d 6mo ago|0 comments
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by p0d 7mo ago
Loving a migration from Dropbox to Nextcloud and client tls certificates through Cloudflare to work around my very tied down workplace :-)
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by p0d 7mo ago
I enjoyed reading your thoughts on thinking and rumination. I fall prey to circular thinking myself. This can unsettle my wife at times as she is not this way inclined. I can incite worry, while I move on and probably forget about the very
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by p0d 8mo ago
I made the mistake of promoting my sideline on online groups 20 years ago. Some nasty responses. One random guy however told me to keep going and ignore the criticism. Groups are full of critics who couldn't make porridge let alone a p
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by p0d 8mo ago
Well said...I have discovered the same in my own marriage of thirty years. I would add that even bringing a good solution in a relationship can go unheard, especially if the motivation is to be the fixer, and to be honest make your own life
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by p0d 8mo ago
I think a better question may be, how do I make the world a better place? This means anyone, doing any work, can make a contribution and find value in their work (assuming their work is not illegal or toxic).
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by p0d 9mo ago
The Bible. Through it, I see the connection from the fall of man, the redemption of the cross and the future return of the King to restore all things. I also see connection from wisdom shared 2-3 thousand years ago through the Psalms and Pr
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by p0d 9mo ago
I am in my 50s and have learned that learning how to deal with unknowns is often more important than knowing. For example, I do know what triggers some of the negative thoughts that come into my head which used to cause me stress. I now hav
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by p0d 10mo ago
I appreciate your insight. I have done this and that and am also most pleased with my shed. I am a christian and do believe in heaven. I'm going to say a prayer now in my little office and ask that you find your way there, whether toda
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by p0d 10mo ago
I have been running a one-man sideline Saas for 18 years. I have found that most customers have no concept of what the company looks like behind a Saas product. The only time I had the, "What happens if you get knocked down by a bus?&q
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by p0d 10mo ago
To love God and love your neighbour as yourself. Life is not a formula. There is a squirrel climbing a tree in my garden as I look out the window. I could dedicate the rest of my life to squirrel study and still not know everything about sq
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Dual-core ThinkPad owner, wondering about Black Friday trends?
3 points by p0d 11mo ago|3 comments
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by p0d 1y ago
I am 53 and have had a sideline for 18 years which makes about a 1/4 of an average salary. I believe people are meant to have one job, unless poverty or circumstance is driving their financial needs. If your sideline is not making mone
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by p0d 1y ago
Thank you, maybe I will stop dropping real data into any old online tool now.
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by p0d 1y ago
This is not a book recommend, but what an average day looks like in my life, having lost about 40kg over a several year period and maintained the same weight for five years. I walk at least 2-3 miles everyday. * Breakfast: 60g porridge oats
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Ask HN: Juggling a sideline in your 50s
2 points by p0d 1y ago|1 comments
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by p0d 1y ago
My advice, make a time machine and travel back 20 years and take your side projects with you. I made a thing 18 years ago that has been making money ever since. If I made it now I would be like an apple in a barrel of apples. If it's a
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by p0d 1y ago
I am a lecturer, despite having being a very immature teen who left school with practically no qualifications. I was able to go back and fix what I had broken. Therefore, I understand the privilege university provides to those who can affor
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by p0d 1y ago
I remember a friend at a conference in the 80s being emberassed when postively answering a question at the conference about an event which took place in the Old Testament book of Hezekiah. We just didn't call them hallucinations back t
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by p0d 1y ago
These matters often come down to personal preference. One of the most unplesant board meetings I ever experienced involved expletives over a M365/Google fight. I suggest you keep to the facts as you understand them and also know you ma
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by p0d 1y ago
Agreed. I have discovered at 53 that teenage fiction is my happy reading place. Impossible Creatures was my favourite read last year and currently reading the Eragon series. 30;years in IT has resulted in me scanning rather than reading.
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by p0d 1y ago
I am 53. All my life you stuck a fuel pipe in a hole and pressed. One of the differences is how you choose/can pay. And for those of you thinking EV, someone else is sticking fuel in a hole and pressing.
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by p0d 1y ago
When I did launch some of the first feedback I got that was the product was rubbish and served no purpose. The product has been making money for 20 years now. Most of the world are critics and not creators. As we say in the UK, keep calm a

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