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How funny -- to me the text seems "perfectly" justified! Note that each line has no extra spaces, no word breaks, and never ends on whitespace. As somebody who writes a lot, I can't eve…
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I've used Wellfound (formerly AngelList) in the past: [1] https://wellfound.com You may also have some luck browsing the monthly HN job threads to see what's out there.…
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I have 10 years of reading history and 1 year of reviews for you to browse! Please let me know if you have any questions about specific books, authors, or genres. [1] https://taylor.town&#x…
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I’ve had success by maintaining a /now page with a roadmap for my upcoming year. Whenever I find a new obsession or idea, I force myself to place it somewhere in my upcoming queue. I often find t…
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I haven’t personally used it, but shopify might be a good fit.
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I second Software Unscripted. Richard is a unique host who isn’t afraid to bring on guests with differing views and dive into the weeds
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I was having trouble finding a deep guide too, so I started writing one! Feel free to look at my draft below, and let me know what’s missing. [1] https://producteyes.pages.dev/product-…
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> Nothing seems like the obvious next step. Rather than focusing on "next steps", it might help to think 10 years out and work backwards. Where do you want to live? When do you want to …
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Hey, I live pretty close to Riverside! Shoot me an email at hello@taylor.town and maybe we can grab coffee sometime
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Where can I learn more about the relationship between wolves and sapling growth?
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To quickly generate a list like this, export your .opml file and run the following in vim: :%s/.*xmlUrl="\([^"]*\)".*/• \1\r
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• my blog: https://taylor.town/feed.xml • lots of blogs with RSS feeds: https://ooh.directory --- • https://www.benkuhn.net/index.xml • https://…
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dial 988 if you're in the US
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I'm so sorry to hear you're going through this. I got hacked a few years ago through a SIM swap attack, and it feels terrible being violated like that. This does not sound like an overreac…
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I’ve heard many good things about Essence of Mathematics by Borovik and Gardiner. I’ve flipped through a copy of the book, and can confirm it’s well-written.
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I’d need more information about what “niche” means, but BuiltInLA has a pretty good track record of listing all the LA startups: [1] https://www.builtinla.com I used to work at Pex in LA. …
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I’ve been yearning to meet cool people in tech, so I started a conference! Come hang at Outland on August 26 in Palm Springs, California :) https://outland.sh …
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Personal projects, personal projects, personal projects :) And when you feel like your skills are developed enough, consider helping out an open-source project.
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I disabled ALL notifications (except phone calls), and developed routines for manually checking everything. It’s done wonders for reducing my stress levels and increasing my meaningful output :) [1] …
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Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
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I think this essay best summarizes the benefits of starting a blog: [1] https://www.benkuhn.net/writing/ Personally, I’ve found 2 major benefits for publishing my essays: 1. Any …
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People tend to overestimate what they can do in the short-run and underestimate what they can do in the long-run. [1] https://taylor.town/500-hours [2] https://taylor.town&…
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You can generate ideas with a combinatorial approach: [1] https://taylor.town/an-algorithm-for-generating-ideas To validate ideas, I try building them for 1 month to find my "rea…
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https://buttondown.email works nicely for me.