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Im bummed they are Audible exclusives since I deleted my entire Amazon account this year. But I've heard really good things about the audiobooks

I just started book 6 of Dungeon Crawler Carl. You are in for a treat.

that feels pretty excessive

I deleted my Amazon account earlier this year. I have yet to feel like I am stuck and unable to get something. It has made me turn directly to the seller, so it then I know every single dollar is going to them, versus most of it going to the seller and Amazon getting a cut. It has also made me look closely at places in my city where I can pick things up. I've found a few new shops I didnt know existed because the default was Amazon. The only bummer was I lost about 5 years of Audible books, most I listened to once but a few were repeat listens. I will just pick them up on Libro when I get the desire to listen to it again.

We've dealt with a broken water heater, a city wide wifi outage, incredibly hot temps (thats the current thing), and loss of power for 30+ hours in the winter storm that hit the US Southeast earlier this year. It has really made me come to appreciate each of these things more than I did.

you say this as you type it on an American-run website.

there is no way Fable and Mythos had such an impact in such a short amount of time that people were hiring based on it.

I honestly don't know anymore. I've been searching for an answer for a few years now.

I think you underestimate how many people actually care about mass shootings.

Amazon isn't just going to sit by while $33 billion is set on fire.

I did back in 2020. I still have instagram but I removed it from my phone.

there was. I think it was something with a key at a data center and a DNS config. You would think after that people would have learned to have their own website and POSSE everything outwards, but businesses in particular still think a Facebook/Meta presence is good enough.

dont threaten me with a good time.

6 hours a week is low, unless its the average spread across industries. I think I spend more time in Claude Code via the CLI versus any other app I have on my laptop.

Like others said, the frustration is when it gets something so wrong you just think "wow, how'd you mess that up?" but when it gets it right its kind of nice. I also dont like that I basically tell Claude what to do, and then either go to busy work or waste time on the internet.

>He would _always_ say "Let's find out together", and then proceed to find the answer in front of me, doing effectively LMGTFY but in a way that was extremely more helpful (by watching his workflow and allowing questions) and empathetic (by taking time politely and starting from what I knew, not what he knew).

I absolutely love this.

sure but a restaurant is always going to be a risky asset. I am thinking more in terms of a plumbing business. It's a business that will always have a need, no matter the economy because a bursting pipe doesnt care if its a recession or a booming market.

I guess what I would like to see is a pathway to making it easy to buy or start up crucial businesses like a plumbing business, HVAC company, etc. As the current generation of owners want to sell and retire, we should make it easier for people to be able to get in there and buy these companies before PE can.

yea the side of the table they sat on is one that fluctuates month over month, year over year. They recognize that it can work out, but its a gamble whereas working for a steady company (pre 2026 I guess) is the better option for their kids.

who are these grads graduating without massive loans hanging over their heads?

I think part of the problem with the succession idea is that a lot of people in these positions worked these hard jobs to try and give their kids a better life. They encouraged their kids to go to school for their passions and now those kids are in careers far removed from what their parents did.

Instead of succession, I wonder if there is a way to make it easier for these people to sell their company when its time to retire to someone who is looking to start the next step of their career. A lot of software engineers joke about becoming farmers, but if they could instead make an easy transition into a small business by buying a small business, we could prevent PE from raiding things.

seriously consider that book if you can fill it up with these types of stories. A book like this could be a huge hit, get this issue even more spotlight and maybe some fixes.

you're welcome!

definitely have a bunch of these but I know a few are missing! Feel free to submit them :)

I saw it in the submissions - seems like it fits.

ha now I wish I had thought of that.

The one above yours was what set me off on the path but yours helps reinforce it!

Ah I missed that, thanks! I’ve updated it

Agreed, hopefully someone finds a fun index that they like and it leads them to a new blog or site

Hey thank you! That’s awesome, I’ll take a look at Wander this afternoon

Thanks for the heads up! I’ll check it out when I’m back from running errands

discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921248