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I've had great success with dual monitors using DisplayLink Manager, really handy little app - https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/down...

Take my upvote :)

Very neat, about time someone tried to disrupt goodreads. Here's some thoughts:

- Get people to create a bookshelf as part of the onboarding experience, even with just a few books that they are reading, or have read. What you'll be able to do is instantly provide some recommendations. Finding new books is hard! You have a nice opportunity here to drive really valuable recommendations. Amazon doesn't know what's on your shelf, they know what you've bought or "saved" to buy, this is important.

- Get influencers to upload photos of their bookshelves and do the leg work of digitizing them. Heck, maybe even make this a feature and auto-magically digitize your users' bookshelves for them. Or even better, do some research and figure out what vertically specific influencers are reading, then manually create those bookshelves and accounts.

- 10% affiliate fee is not going to be enough, you need to figure out a much better way to make money, this will be your hardest challenge.

GL

From the article, "The best way to fix the system is to prioritize websites that are there to share knowledge, not websites with their primary priority to make ad revenue."

You know who shares valuable knowledge? Other humans who have personally experienced the knowledge I'm trying to acquire. In this context, Reddit IS the website that shares REAL knowledge. I agree I wouldn't search "restaurants near me" on reddit but what I do search locally, and every single time I visit a new city is, "favorite restaurants in city x". The result is real crowd-voted feedback, from real humans that has almost always been extremely reliable, google doesn't do this, effectively.

Another example. I was trying to buy new skis. Google any query and you get SEO'd results which are almost always useless or sponsored reviews/content. Now, try reddit, you get real testimonials from people who have actually used the product and often provide insights I wasn't originally even aware i should be considering.

The reddit dataset is already a search engine, it just doesn't have a pretty UI. It's like trying to buy Gucci shoes at Nordstrom Rack vs. the Gucci store.

I do something similar. If I'm being lazy or procrastinating I ask myself to rate on a scale of ten how much I don't want to do said thing, then I ask myself why it's not a 10/10, those reasons push me to start.

Example - how badly do you not want to run today (6/10). Why not 10/10? Because I'll feel better after, because it's part of my marathon training and because dinner will feel more rewarding. Ok, go run.

You and me both! I made it to the round of in-person interviews when I was pursuing a principal pm role. 5 hours of back to back interviews, expressionless faces, repeated questions and almost zero eye-contact.

I am not certain what they were going for, though I can tell you I left knowing that even if I had gotten an offer, there was no way in hell I'd be accepting. It's obvious there are some very successful (happy?) amazon people (amazonians?) but no thank you, I enjoy living.

This is so absurdly disgusting, there's nothing more to it. The whole thing boggles my mind but the FAQ is just on another level, here's one example:

Q: Will I be able to adjust the settings thresholds, or will Norton decide that?

A: For now, Norton will manage the settings. We are continuing to build capabilities and could potentially make the settings adjustable for you in the future.

Like, I know ~1.5m people still pay for AOL [1] but this is criminal.

[1]https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/aol-1point5-million-people-s...

Reddit has an API, sounds like a cool idea! Roogle - the best of Reddit + Google

I always just append the word "Reddit" to any review type searches, it's been tremendously helpful. The peer reviews on Reddit are top notch, give it a go and I bet you'll be pleased.

1. The goal with Unsplash has always been marketing exposure and inbound traffic, though unfortunately it just doesn't really exist. So, why are my photos still there? It feels counterproductive to remove something that has ranked so well, for so long, on the platform.

2. Just my opinion - I believe that over time people will increasingly value digital assets, I don't think we're even close to understanding their utility. NFT collectors are a growing segment for artists and things like virtual galleries will represent new places to showcase and share those collections.

Edit - I think people should make an effort to distinguish between visual and "technical or attributable" ownership. Too often these threads on NFTs are, "how do you own something if I can copy it" (the picture). That's missing the point. I don't care if you replicate my NFT and its visual identity, I will always be the owner of the underlying attribute and the evolution of that attribute.

That's exactly what I'm doing :)

I'm a hobbyist photographer. I have been publishing my photographs to unsplash for the last 4 years. I have over 100 photos on Adobe contributor. The former has delivered me ZERO inbound or monetary value, just over 3 million downloads of my work. The latter has given me returns I could buy coffee with.

NFTs open a new World of opportunity for me. Not only can other humans easily collect, and compensate me for my work, I also have a whole new stream for consuming royalties. Now think further about the ecosystem potential and all the third parties that consume my unsplash content for free today, NFTs can change that.

Not surprised that this is the top comment, it seems to be the overwhelming sentiment on HN, which is unfortunate. My perspective is that it's very early for NFTs and the large majority (you included) are fixating on what you're seeing in the space today, or put differently, you're being shortsighted.

Mark your comment down and revisit it in a few years, having an opinion on the sidelines is just fine. Now let the downvotes commence.

Is there any value in you learning how to effectively work in a place where things take weeks instead of days? If not, that's okay. Though do appreciate that as that 50 person company scales, it too will need to take a longer time to align all the moving pieces.

Moving slow isn't inherently bad, it just might not be.. your thing.

what does it matter, you buy a house for $500k and sell it for $900k a couple years later, same difference?

One of the things you've said is true, also GM.

I think the answer is usually, someone who has skills that you don't. When I think about looking for a co-founder, I know what specific skills I am looking for, there is a gap, this second person would fill that gap. Some other thoughts:

- Specific skill set (what is their expertise) - Values alignment - Ways of working (work life balance, etc) - Communication style - Conflict resolution and disagreement management

I have found song, artist and playlist radio to be extremely effective at discovering new music. For example, Monday rolls around and I hit my discover weekly, say I like a song, I hit the song radio and go down a discovery rabbit hole, try it.

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I've tried a few variations of fasting over the last ~3 years and here's what works best for me. Because I tend to snack, I have time-boxed my eating windows inline with a fasting schedule, so:

- No breakfast, just black coffee - First eating window (~11am - 2pm) - Second eating window (~5pm - 8pm) - No eating after 8pm

I've played with three eating windows and it also works quite well. I cheat on weekends, Fridays and sometimes in social situations. Most important thing to note: build a routine that works for you, nothing is sustainable if it isn't built around your specific lifestyle. If it doesn't work for your lifestyle, it will never sustain.. think about it as product market fit for your body + health.

That website is tuned for SEO maximalism, every article, every title, all the keywords and even the affiliate links. Good example for anyone looking to build a good inbound content strategy.

Your perceived peak is exactly that, a perceived peak. You go and try to time the market, I will continue to DCA, I know what has historically proven a more effective strategy.

Or for that matter on iOS, the App Store used to download the chrome app to then delete the safari app :)

Also LOL - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4260837

This is similar to safari being used to download and install chrome :)

If more people invest in an asset, the price of the asset increases because its value also increases. This isn't overpricing, or the 'system' feeding itself, this is the value of assets increasing..

Congrats on the IPO, I've been using your product for ~3 years and absolutely love it. It's hard to scale adoption in the enterprise but you've done impeccably well, happy to say I'm now a shareholder.

This is a great summary! Large orgs are designed to move slow, it's a necessity of calculated moves. For example, single policy, product or process changes can affect thousands of people and many millions of dollars. These things take time as the ripple effects are far and wide.

This is not to say that innovation isn't possible. In my experience, the way to forge ahead in large orgs is to achieve progress by example, advocacy and influence.