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The only reason to use spa as far as I am concerned is that’s the way the industry was going 10 years ago… so the community and controls etc… were / are for spas.. any other reason to me was just chasing new tech.
I made the switch and the community it stronger than ever for vuejs and react
we used them because they guaranteed parts and repair for something like five or ten years. This was the number one reason we purchased hundreds...
No complaints, they were very stable. We tried other cheaper models and they would overheat etc.. ( used on large ships )
Things are not always what they seem. I’ve started multiple companies that appear to be not viable but once you’ve made something and shown value, all of a sudden everybody wants it.
I mean good gosh just think about Uber, WhatsApp, YouTube - like anyone would ever want that at one time. The world is a big place. Most undervalued lesson early in life.
I was in the same situation(wife, small children, no real savings) about three years ago. Long story short freelance for a high enough rate that you can pay subcontractors to do the work and free you up to work on the side project. Eventually, you can start paying the freelancers as subcontractors to work on your project as well and this is the hardest part and I don’t know any way around it. I happen to know people that were in sales and know the business side of the industry I target. Eventually, one of them said, I’m ready to be entrepreneur and I sold a piece of the pie in exchange for him and his clients. Within the first two months our profits soared. It’s a wild ride and we are just getting started. Build a solid product that customers love and lightning will eventually strike.
Really? How many open source databases do you offer? Some may say it’s not right for randos to complain when you give something away and they complain that it’s missing basics. I just happy someone else wrote most of what I need and I can extend it if needed.
What’s wrong with licensing?
Lived in Austin for most of my life and moved away as soon as I could due to Heat and traffic. It’s not an enjoyable place to live weather wise for most of the year. Basically you feel trapped at home either due to heat or don’t want to deal with traffic which I am sure by now is most the day.
If any of the kids are like the way I was they have two phones, a fake phone for the parents to see and control, and then a real phone I keep to myself
I understand the article to say start with these things... that does not mean you have to stop there. Build an empire but start small.
Spot on great advice. The big picture is start small (niche, deep pockets) and then grow big (wide market, all price ranges). I see some comments assuming his advice is the end game for an entrepreneur, its just the start.
I will add one note: dont waste money on marketing (google/facebook/etc... ads) when you start small, if you don't have connections that can give you projects/buy your product then pair up with someone who does.
I used to think social status only meant money. But now I am starting to realize it’s any perceived value that a person can provide in some group setting. For example at church the pastor or those more involved have status. At work, those making impacting decisions have status. When finding a mate, attractive (physically/confident/intelligent) people have more status.
When someone says they are not at your level, you do not have enough status to interact or compete with that person? You don’t have as much perceived valued, but what happens when a princess marries a commoner. Proving the point value is very individualized but at times shared by many.
I am skeptical of anything with a battery. My mother who is 80 can keep absolutely nothing charged. Batteries die and they are not recharged until someone charges and reconnects.
Ideally some future tech will not require batteries or they will last a year or so.
Great project, I am happy to see this area pushed forward.
Sure it’s cheaper but requires someone be nearby with an iPhone/android. Ankle monitor I presume has gps and SIM card… I guess that’s an optimized iwatch for battery life.
The ideal technology simply does not exist…
The same way you track if someone is in house arrest? (Ankle monitor?)
Is this similar to rife machines that you can use at home? Essentially frequency generators.
We just moved to Mexico for this very reason. My mom now has 24 hour nurse care (at home) for 1,200 usd per month. In the US we were quoted 10k per month and not 24 hour. My mom receives a small pension which puts her in a spot where she qualifies for no government benefits but also cannot afford care at the current market rate.
It’s not for everyone but she is much happier here than in a nursing home.
Exactly - pay top dollar for crud forms makes no sense just for them to be written in wpf…. Hello JavaScript
Not just younger devs. I am an older dev who has extensive experience with WPF and was relieved when I moved on to another stack. Having worked with winforms extensively wpf sucks on every level. Xaml is an atrocity that should not exist. Please Microsoft abandon xaml and back fully another established framework like react native for windows.
This is going to be out there in left field and our experience so far.
1- (will not help you but for the benefit of others) My wife has MS and the doc said if she gets pregnant it may help. She got pregnant and yep sure enough life changing results for the better.
2- Covid vaccine helped her. She felt better after getting both phizer shots. Like her body needed it.
3- She has Been using a machine called truerife for Lyme and says it also helps. She takes a lot of fish oil every day, not the cheap stuff you find at the box store. Lookup nutridyn omega pure.
4- Along with medical professionals find a naturopath. We see one that is semi retired that changed my mind from snake oil to he knows what he’s taking about and saved me from pretty major surgeries twice now.
I have it on all the time due to the volume range going from soft to insanely loud to soft and it’s annoying… when the kids are sleeping this is also a show stopper
Thanks for the idea! irony, I am a hardware/software eng working in the home health space... I am thinking of a keurig type device with a integrated finger print reader button. the dispenser only releases dosage if the biometrics match.
I mentioned this idea to my wife and she said it will only make our five year old want them more... maybe we will make a kids version that releases gummies :).
Mexico
Thank you for the idea. If I could rely on her to remember to close the door to the safe and lock it every time it would be a good option.
Yes please, additional information is very much appreciated!
Any reasonably cost solution for a 80 year old with one functioning arm to take her meds in such a way that also prevents a 5 year old from getting to them? This is what we are up against.
Currently, I have a reminder on my phone to give them to her and watch her take them, but it’s not sustainable long term.
Ideally the solutions is something that enables her to take the meds on her own.
My mother recently moved in with us. At the age of 80 she needs more help than we can provide. Her pension is high enough that she does not qualify for assistance but well below market rate for home health aides (help with daily activities such as shower, dressing, meds, etc) or a nursing home.
Long story short, we are moving to another country where she can easily afford 24 hour care by a nurse.
Home health (non-skilled) here in the states is about $25/hour, out of pocket that adds up quick.
Not true. To blanket state microsoft is not reliable is ignorant. Anyhow, be on your way. I will continue using .net / c# for another decade.
what? this is crazy. I have been using .net since 2001 and they have always had a community version or a free way of developing. There is no more concern using MS than there is using any other platform in my opinion. They are divided because they have different audiences, its ok, they are different service lines (corporate vs startup)
Where do you host your .net projects? I am especially interested in anything other than azure webapp and VM's/IIS.