twomoonsbysurf

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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
I know a former Amazon Engineer. After working at Amazon as a mid level engineer, co-founded his own startup in Mexico, as CTO. It's a startup... titles in a 50 people organization don't compare to 50,000 people organization title
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
Have intentional gratitude. In the morning, say 5 things you are grateful for. Imagine how you can be grateful and happy with what you currently have. Rather than wanting something else. Try to do away with your wants: stop wanting more.
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
FIRST: Best resource: https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2019/article/wages-and-ope... Now... The answer to your question is a simple equation which has been written numerous times around the internet, in vari
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
It is sad to see that folks put a company and its equity-holders first, before attending to their own lives outside of work. They put off their personal relationships and personal care activities (such as exercise, getting outside, various
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
No mention of Blackrock or private equity firms in general[1]. [1] "Investment Firms Aren’t Buying All the Houses. But They Are Buying the Most Important Ones" https://slate.com/business/2021/06/blac
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
RV Parks? I see RV rental spaces on Craigslist in the $400-700 range.
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
Super cool, looks great. Interesting to see you built it with Typescript. I was wondering-- and I know this is a long story, but I am curious: How does one go about building a PostgreSQL driver for NodeJS in Typescript? How do you design a
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
>almost always follow up with "“don’t do drugs, instead do what I tell you to do. Read my self help book or convert to my religion. My values are the best values.”" Eh, it's a fine line that once crossed, you don't ge
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
I don't recommend it. It is incredibly intense-- even traumatic. And there is no precise "dosing". Stay away from all drugs. Drugs do not lead to enlightenment. They do not lead to some hidden knowledge. They throw your n
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by twomoonsbysurf 4y ago
Hahaha. As a Mexican, I find the American focus on racism so simultaneously hilarious and unnecessary. In Mexico, we don't have clean water in our faucets. Electricity and the internet shuts off, randomly due to infrastructure proble
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by twomoonsbysurf 5y ago
>It is conceivable to get paid $70+/h at Series A startups as an intern and $140-150k + 20-40k in options as a new grad. conceivable? Sure. But what use is "conceivable"? I'd rather know what is "normal" i.
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by twomoonsbysurf 5y ago
Indeed. People in literal prison stay fit this way.
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by twomoonsbysurf 5y ago
Super cool. I want to see more legal tools for developers to improve workflow efficiency. As a developer I'm especially interested in finding free contracts I can use to create agreements with other developers to work on mutually-own
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by twomoonsbysurf 5y ago
Absolutely fascinating! This article really gives one a sense of 16th and 17th century relations between different European nations (Portuguese vs Dutch) & Japan, and mentions a couple exceptionally interesting folks (links below) &quo
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by twomoonsbysurf 5y ago
I do 3 packs currently: - a 44 L osprey - a 25 L dakine w/ 15” laptop sleeve - a 2-3 L small pack... satchel. $10 here in Mexico. Bought the last one recently for day hikes to hold water/keys/wallet/phone/small batt
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by twomoonsbysurf 5y ago
Super inspiring OP! On VisaList, for example, it's great to see you've had your product picked up into the news by various publications. Thanks for sharing your revenue/expense numbers. - Do you have a blog/personal site
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by twomoonsbysurf 5y ago
Yep. And Tinder seemed so useful just a few years ago. More recently, perhaps some management there has got together and changed to exactly the sort of strategy you speak of. I barely use it anymore. But back in the golden days of Tinder