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Comment · 9 years ago
That is interesting, I also couldn't find a way to search or a complete list. There's a sampling here: https://21.co/
Comment · 9 years ago
It sounded to me like you only have to pay if your message gets a response. So I just assumed it would be a lottery as to whether he even ever saw my message. I figure he must devote only a very small amount of time to perusing his messages, and then he must devote an equally small amount of time composing an answer.
So I figured I'd have to get pretty lucky to actually wind up spending the $100 (or $110) in the end. Even so, I'd hate to spend the $100 and find the response was disappointing.
Comment · 9 years ago
That's correct. Clearly the worth of the advice would be different for different people, depending upon how deep their pockets are. I was hoping to get some examples of just what kind of advice was offered.
Comment · 9 years ago
Maybe, but I don't see anything in the FAQ which says you have to do that https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
Comment · 9 years ago
Right, it's a business-related question. $100 to me is worth a lot more than it is to him, so I just wondered whether what I'd be getting would be worth what I'm spending. If the response is anything like the Ben Horowitz example above, I'm thinking no.
Comment · 9 years ago
How do you run a restaurant as a side project? I'd heard that this business requires a huge amount of time.
Comment · 10 years ago
John Greaney's "retire early home page" is also helpful: http://www.retireearlyhomepage.com/
Comment · 10 years ago
It's not my experience that cities have bad raw veggies and fruit (I've lived near Boston and in NYC). Be that as it may, if you cannot find raw produce, you may want to look for the frozen stuff. http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/frozen-vegetables-are-hot
"Nutritionally speaking, frozen veggies are similar to -- and sometimes better than -- fresh ones. This makes sense, considering that these veggies are usually flash-frozen (which suspends their 'aging' and nutrient losses) immediately after being harvested. Frozen veggies were often picked in the peak of their season, too."
I have a fruit (blueberries, cherries, mango, banana) and greens smoothie almost every morning. The banana is the only thing that's not frozen. It seems healthy, although I admit, it's not low-carb.
Comment · 10 years ago
I'm always on call, technically
Do you have a partner who can do support when you need time away?
I run a small game website. A couple of years ago it experienced an outage while I was away from home on a 2-day climbing trip. I didn't learn about it until I checked email the first evening. It was a terrible feeling to realize I'd been out having fun, and the site had been down for most of the day. I had to drive home to get the site up again. It was miserable.
Comment · 10 years ago
I did contact their tech support people. After going through a few different contacts, they've told me to upload one of the site files so they can examine it. I'm still waiting for a response on it. I guess I'm a little confused about why I need to upload a file... It surprises me that they can't just hit the site and diagnose what is happening on their end.
Comment · 10 years ago
make programming in my head possible again. Not sure if i'll ever get there but I will die trying
Is it due to age that you can no longer do this, or something else? Good luck with it! I've never actually "programmed in my head", but I definitely think about my projects while out hiking or whatever.
Comment · 10 years ago
Jason, thank you for this suggestion. I will try this. I guess I was skeptical that anything would be done if I contacted them (who cares about a small site owner?). I've been asking my users to send support requests, but maybe they will listen to me, too.