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billyshihon Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations

This is awesome, thank you! Here's my page: https://buymeacoff.ee/billy

billyshihon Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

Do they still offer the sausage? I'd love to try it when I visit NYC.

billyshihon Amazon Launchpad for Startups

I've been using this for my dog toy that I launched on Kickstarter and it has worked out amazing. The only downside is you don't have control over what they price at since you're selling products wholesale to them. But for the amount of work that it takes (very little), it's a great trade off.

billyshihon Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review

I get your point but being able to place your feet on the floor anywhere in front of you is different than just putting your feet on a metal bar that's attached under your chair. I use a footstool because my desk is too high and even that I don't love. Having a desk at the correct height so you can put your feet flat on the ground is the best.

billyshihon Tweetbot 3

Definitely miss the old aesthetic but it does clash with iOS7 a lot. The photo tossing animation is superb. I wish other apps let you do the same instead of forcing one directional tossing.

billyshihon Vipassana Trip Report by Rap Genius Founder

I did this 10 day retreat and it turned my life around for the better. I wasn't having any life shattering problems, but was just uncomfortable with my life, e.g. confused about career and whether I should stay with my girlfriend.

I did not feel that it was cultish or strong-arm-y at all. Yes, they have rules, but most of them really do help with meditation or they are just cultural rules, which is fine. If I go to church, even though I don't believe it, I'm ok with dressing decently, sitting where I'm supposed to and not yelling in the middle of it. They even tell you that you don't have to chant if you don't want to (I never did.)

Keep in mind that this is all volunteer run, so your experience will vary based on who is managing the course as well as the location of the course. So your experience with a strict course manager/teacher will be different with someone more chill.

I pointed my feet at the TV all the time and no one ever gave me crap about it.

At the end of the day you get 10 days of meditation teaching, lodging and food for free. If you get nothing out of Vipassana, at least you got to learn how to be away from everything for 10 days.

I got that and much more from the experience.