RemingtonLak

I'm the market for a replacement for a 5yr sony bravia 3D replacement which I love. Your question is answered like any other question about which electronics; your budget. As I'm gleaning the market, few things I'm keeping in mind:

1. dumb as possible, no OEM OS like webos/roku etc. use ext. smart box

2. HDMI w CEC to be controllable w/ ext receiver

3. LCD/OLED have burn-in like your phone. just fyi. Particularly OLED.

4. want local dimming

5. want HDR's as many as it supports

6. you want class A screens likes of which manuf are; sharp, sony etc.. but now includes lowend like Vizio

7. look at reviews for screen edge bleeding.. I hate that.

IMHO every brand at every model level has diff screen/tech so one can't definitively say one brand is better. Your budget should dictate what you end up buying. I think what one sees is subjective. Only reviews showing things like contrast levels, bleeding and color reproduction are you only objective parameters to steer you.

[EDIT] forgot to mention that if you like so many others use ext. box to stream. Remember that all your TV settings for color, Hz etc can be over written by your ext box. So the quality of your ext. streamer will also dictate the quality of your videos.

This is basically the Quantify Self movement. I have a picture of every meal since 2005. Currently past 15K images. All taken under similar lighting and angle in the hopes I can analyze later. Not knowing ML was coming. i may still do that but what I wish I did more/better job of is health. If in a spreadsheet let's say noted things like mood, energy, times of most production, life happiness etc. Now in my 40's with aliments. I wish I had the data to see maybe when/where/what about things that are taking place now. Including eccky things like BM info like when, type etc... also including lipid panel info etc when you typically do a full blood workup. Moving job to job diff health care to health care. There is no exportable consistent dataset you can "carry" with you maybe until now but even now it's painful as they don't allow for easy export.

How many times have you gone to your doc and get asked a basic "when did this start?" question and/or what were you doing 2 mons when it started.

There is a evolution in health care monitoring going on which can lead to incredible insights into your health both mental and physical, but then so does the world where it may judge you based on what you have now that you can't keep anything a secret.

Hit me up. I feel the same and actually did roughly the same. Are you in the bayarea by any chance? email: lakota gmail

What you and I area looking for in essence is a life coach. I'm not one but fatherless all my life, it seems having someone to bounce ideas and finding purpose may help. Not necessarily that i have an answer for either of us but having no one to talk to doesn't help. Wife is not someone whom this topic is either ideal or would go too well.

Again, I'm not selling you anything but to tell you I feel the same. Just looking for a chat bud who is maybe willing to share each other's burden but also maybe the sounding board will shed some light in the end of the tunnel.

In my 40's w a 2yr toddler and wife, I'm about to be jobless after my contract ends. thank god! but not thankful not knowing what to do next....

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A fulltime father of a 2yr old. Few bullet points on what I wish I had from the beginning.

1. <5mons tons of skin to skin, lotsa of low calming talk to your baby, soothing music w/o words like works from Claude Debussy, smile/laugh at every chance.

2. <9mons while baby on their back, move their legs like army crawling, lotsa of stomach time.

3. >10mons 2 individuals who seem to contradict, but same messages: (just a few quick potent sound bites)

    - Jordan Peterson : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTyxJWZC7k
   
    - *Gabor Mate\ : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcPPDbvGr7s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9B5mYfBPlY

4. Your child will mimic your every move, talk, and reactions. They basically are your mini me. When they say, the are reflections of you they aren't kidding. The few times I talked aspirated or over excited happy or angry, I witnessed my child re-enacting it later including the few words he remembers. Kinda scary. So point #4: you need to change who you are completely. If you want to raise a calm, gentle, compassionate, humble, caring, empathetic child. You need to show that in every thing you do. If your child acts out or "misbehaves" or something you don't approve of. It's not them, it's you they are reflecting. Again, you need to show not tell. At this age and reasoning level, they have ZERO comprehension of your words, only your tone and body language.

5. Join a dad's group. Even if you don't receive "support" or advice, just by listening to others who will have gone through the same you have helps.

6. Although your child nor mine isn't quite that age yet, Super Nanny shows on youtube are very helpful.

7. They need to be exposed to many diff kinds of people (race, gender etc.) But biggest difference is exposing them to other children their size and age.

8. Mom to join a Mom's group. That's a must for her. She needs an outlet and support only other mothers can give. Not her mothers or mother in-law. That's too close for comfort.

9. Mother's groups vastly by them donating outgrown toys/clothes. We are midincome like yourselves but this donation and also paying it forward is a social thing not necessarily although does help a financial thing.

My child can't tell me what they feel or think because they don't have the words....yet. So they get unresponsive, "disrespectful", misbehaves etc.. It isn't because they want to, its because they don't yet know how to tell you how they feel or think. It's frustration at it's fullest. They can't yet control their emotions either so it seems almost bipolar; mad/happy.

By the age or 7+ they are their own person and if you want them to be a good person, you must show NOT tell them how to now.

I also learned this when I volunteered to be a Big Brother to 3 boys who have now grown. they were 5,6,8. And because they weren't my kids to "discipline." I had to use what I know now by Gabor Mate' way of compassionate talking and acting. I had to "show" them howto not give them pointless endless lectures.

Bottomline, one thing you will need to be are: thick skinned bc you will need to do this in public too, and have patience as if you're literally watching paint dry.

[EDIT] Didn't put down anything pre-baby. Here are some thoughts: 1. you need a play area for the child that is so baby-proofed that it's basically a padded cell. Having a gate to corral them is a must unless you have plenty of rooms and can dedicate an entire room for them.

2. you need to support your wife who pushed out a bowling out of her you know what. Unless you can or did too, you need to baby her as much as you baby you new child. This means endless washing dishes, clothes, entire house. No I'm too tired BS. You have no choice of the matter unless, you're wealthy enough to afford maids. You will be tired... period. Your life as you know it will no longer exist.. period. You will have to change yourself in so many ways, you may not recognize yourself in the end. However, what you becomes is; more compassionate, sensitive, empathetic, patient, caring.

3. babies <6mons loves large black/white images. They can only see shadows of light and dark so get books to show them.

4. Bath times are precious. I did and still do all of the bathing. At my child's age of 2, although nursary rhymes are good, at bath time, I play the Supremes, chantels and at play time I play a lot of Baroque.

5. Take as *many* pictures and video as you can!! Since it's digital, no cost! However, you need to housekeep all that pic/video regularly as it will get out of hand.

6. Apps we use that are a must:

   a) Baby Tracker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nighp.babytracker_android&hl=en&gl=US
    
   b) Google Keep (shared with spouse) for the following:
        1. Milestone : keeping track of any differences and milestone achieving
        2. Needs like food/clothing/toys
   c) Wonder Weeks : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.twisevictory.apps&hl=en_US&gl=US

7. Dedicated baby monitor and a security cam where you can record and of course view from outside house.

8. Sound machine is a must.

9. Baby needs to be swaddled and temps always around 68-71 sleeping.

I have to stop here.. omg. So much info and I feel I've given only 10% of what I've learned.

Your life as you know will change...period. And you'll have to learn what you may have pushed out like nutrition, psychology for both parents and child.

Learn to LOVE washing milk bottles.

I 2nd the obvious notion of trying to fix a problem. But this is a loaded question. There is a million answers to this single question all stemming from who/what/where/when you want to find a solution for. Like everyone else, I have a billion ideas but one thing to try and it does work that I learned from Amazon is working backwards from the problem, then do the obvious of cost analysis short term then long depending on if you're trying to make money right away or aggregate a critical mass first before trying to figure out how to make money. Of course the obvious notion is one doesn't need money but the 2nd options needs much up front ie. organic growth or get VC funding for all out blitz.

Also go on reddit, HN commenters don't vent here, but you can find plenty of venting on reddit. You will no doubt find problems to resolve and if that isn't enough. There is even a sub for startup app ideas where people for the most part not capable of developing it themselves come there to "vent" why isn't there an app that does ...... ?

2019 Tesla Model 3. Electric is the way to go and can't say enough goodness about Tesla. After the state/fed rebates I think my Std Plus came in around $27K. Now here's the best part: paid total of $20 in 2yrs for charging in >20K miles. During day, my work pays for charging so it's fully charge all the time and if not work like during the pandemic, target has free charging and other locations, of course most are not free. I've had no other cost to maintain the car at all in the 2yrs. Considering one could pay $4/gal with 25mpg comes to $3,200 in gas I saved not to mention no oil/filter changes either. It's great, while charging for free at Target, I'm streaming Netflix or Youtube onto the car's dashboard while working on my laptop. A complete mobile home office :)

thanks. yeah a lot of angst and resentment here. I was truly naïve when I came to CA/adulthood. I thought.. wow. Kool stuff interesting people, best ideas. To my disappointment, behind the curtains were very manipulative very very small boy's club. If you want to see something realistic, watch the fictionalized docudrama: The Social Network starting at time 9:00mins The ivy league clueless boys have the connections, coders have the idea/product/dedication to their craft however clueless. What zuck got right was the right mentors who also happen to make an accidental killing. Just truly sad how things work. No diff in any industry however.

There was one partnership that did work. Primarily I suspect due to lack of "Ivy league" connections: Steve Jobs/Woz. Two very naïve but smart people lacking the not yet tainted by the ivy leaguers created an empire built on good foundation. Albeit Jobs could have been nicer ;) I worked in his environment and he was scary as you see him on shows dramatized or not. Met him in hallways/cafe.. he never ever smiled but did worship him. He knew what to steal, how to exploit then productize to make people happy. Honestly, 90% of the products he facilitated would never have seen the light of day. Case and point: Xerox's mouse and desktop.

thx for the offer.

Thank you for the reply. Yes, question was more rhetorical in nature and exhibiting my anxiety towards idea dissemination. I guess one of the reason why I never got further from capitulating from copycats who will do it faster, and better.

I suspect like most, your teams are overseas ie Romania/Spain etc. Lots good talent, focused so hinders my willingness to try something that isn't out there yet only to be overrun by talents who can crank it out in a day.

Like all indies, I do not have team/business currently to administrate/PR this to public mind's eye. Not to mention that in itself will be more time consuming than coding it.

Let me chew on this and see if there may be a small prj. How are you on pwa/vue? and unity?

Can you tell me more about your team? members, skillsets, knowledge expertise?

hum.. just tried loading your sites and it crashed Brave....never seen anything crash any of my browsers ;)

What is your stance on collaboration based on equity? Some I may pay others, thinking of equity instead. What are your thoughts?

i need a few built bc I don't have the bandwidth.

Only thing holding me back is app/idea stealth and competition. What would hold your group back from implementing same and deploy in countries I can't touch? Of course, inevitable if it's worth while, copycats everywhere. So my main concern is stealth and competition since easier for you to move on it.

What's the clause / non-compete agreement?

What's the ballpark $ a complete E2E from provided wireframe? I also provide the UX/UI/graphics etc. Let's say Instagram equal. as PWA/Vuejs w some sort of auth/db? Another MVP may be Unity3D again, provide all assets. Both to live on say.. GCE vm.

I personally don't think we have a clue as this article clearly states we've just begun to understand by not understanding.

I would be cautious since they are doing nothing but feeding you what they feel are "essential" gut bacterias.

the danger is, there has to be a balance. You can have an overgrowth that you may not be able to reverse.

Again, I think this article exemplifies what we don't yet know so, a company providing a ready made solution seems a little much?

The best thing you can do for your gut isn't yet practical which is to find a bio/genetic/ethnic compatible person and do an FMT and do the rebalancing this company is promising for real. yeah. a bit futuristic but have been done and proven to work if you need helping an aliment such as Crohn's.

I don't think we will ever get to understanding even 10%. I think the cause and effect of what happens in our mouth/throat/stomach/small/large intestines connection will ever ben understood. Unlike the advancements we've made in trying understand the brain which we've only begun.

From all that gather, the cause and effect like one bacteria's waste is another's feed to yet another etc.. I do know yes, we found certain vitamins are made in the gut including many hormones like why is 90% of Serotonin made in colon but bulk of it is used in the brain? It has been found that there are neurons in our gut thus the "2nd brain" Hypothesis.

Not going into specifics, I can tell you without a doubt my fasting has made a huge impact to my health although I'm not doing it long enough >5 days nor often enough. Further that by eating garbage high carb/sugar when back to "normal."

It's been speculated and I believe it's for real that if everyone fasts at least one full day a week and do IM 16:8 the rest. Most of the aliments people are currently dealing with will be almost gone.

I clearly feel going into ketosis after a full day of fasting.

I fast 3-5 days once a qtr and every week I fast Mondays.

If I had the money and motivation. I would start a startup that does the following: At your puberty, you bank/cryofreeze your blood and when you are the pinnacle of your gut/body health in your 20's cryofreeze your stool. Then in your 50-60's, reimplant your stool and your blood. We lose so much along the way, by the time we're in our later age, we need to reconstitute it to reinvigorate your gut and possibly reverse aliments. I truly believe this business model could work.