Interesting that when we can't make chips bigger laterally, we go vertical and stack transistors. It's like we discovered high-rise buildings all over again.
> I used to be worried about face scanning. But sometimes I wonder if it's an inevitable evolution of technology.
The cat's out of the bag. But you can still exercise caution. I remember when that app FaceApp was trending, and everyone wanted to see what they looked like when older, oblivious to the ulterior motives behind the app. Essentially they were building a FR database from user generated content. So, don't feed the beast and don't upload your faceprint to apps every chance you get.
A bit of advice if you are aiming for FIRE: Don't buy Starbucks, buy instant coffee you make yourself, and stop buying stupid avocado on toast at cafes, and a whole laundry list of other luxury items. Basically you should refrain from buying any luxury item unless it's a treat and you set aside time and money for treats, not have treats and luxury purchases all the time. FIRE people need to exercise incredible restraint on their purchases, then that money that was saved can be pooled into your retirement fund. It's hard, I know, but that's life!
This is odd advice to me. Sure, you can save money by not buying the coffee, dining out but that money would never have you FIRE'd in any reasonable amount of time (certainly never would have worked for me).
The only way I got FIRE'd was by building a successful business as a solo person. I can't imagine doing it any other way...
I did it by making a lot of money, compared to how much I was (and am) spending. Not splashing money around on lattes, expensive car, expensive vacation, a summer house etc. was a vital part of that.
Saving on all of that person year is like 2k bucks max. That's a drop in the bucket. Plus then you come off as a weird cheapo, no? All so that you can sit around and do nothing while retired. Which sounds boring and probably bad for your mental health.
Very easy - just don’t do it. Was never a problem for me. If I ordered food, it was because I didn’t have time to cook, not because I needed it to wind down etc.
I don't agree with the whole skimping-on-small-things thing, but I work at home and don't eat out that much. The "how" seems pretty straightforward: either buy groceries at a grocery store or have them delivered. I have a fresh vegetable box delivered every week. "Getting out" and "winding down" don't require eating out.
I stopped eating out completely and stopped ordering food in. Bought a freeze and canner and meals are quick and cheap to make with better flavour. I stopped getting sick.. think back to all of the times you got really sick from food. I bet you most of them were from food you didn't prepare yourself.
There's no getting away from carbs. They're in everything. Often in extreme amounts, depending on what you select for treats. But to answer your question: I find strawberries, raspberries, & blackberries to be a comforting snack. For fiber, I eat a variety of nuts like redskin peanuts, walnuts, and brazil nuts. I also do a burger in a bowl which has all the ingredients of a burger, just without the bun.
> Then there will be no place for my small agency to rank on the first page
Don't rely on agencies to do SEO for you. All the old tactics of SEO still work surprisingly well, and are worth learning. I still stuff the <title> tag with hundreds of keywords, and I get more leads. Some search engines still look for oldskool tactics like that and you get extra traffic.
You can already edit your comments? They give you a grace period of about 15 mins. Are you pissed when that window of time expires and you can't go and 'perfect' your posts?
The unofficial "List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors" maintained by minimaxir says that the grace period to edit is 2 hours and I think it's similar to what I remember from the last (recent) times I had to fix my comments. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#editde...
AI is just hype at the moment, and subject to a hype cycle. Now we're at the peak, but usage will drop. The people using AI and wielding it the 'right way' will have made their money and live in Margaritaville, and everyone else will just use it as a personal assistant to make life easier, not make millions. Things will settle down. It will integrate into everything eventually just like a basic search functionality has been integrated into any capable app.
> Since these services (ChatGPT, DALL-E, etc) are so powerful
They are powerful, but they're trained on already existing information painstakingly created by humans, so they're the 'compressed JPEG' of the Internet now. Under the hood, they're just if...else statements, so don't be fooled.
> I'm not an expert in anything, but I know a bit of everything that is required to ship something that works
The landscape is always changing, potential employers change their requirements, so you need to know $framework or $language of the month. My advice is be agile and adapt. Don't get set in your ways with a strategy that only works for you.
