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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I haven't, but looking at their website it looks like it only works on computers and phones, not smart TVs. Ublock already solves that problem on my computers and I don't really watch videos on my phone. Most of the time I find myself just plugging in my laptop to the TV with a cable like some...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Unfortunately Pi-Hole doesn't really work well for blocking Youtube ads. I found that out the hard way after going through the trouble of setting mine up. The blacklists I've found that specifically say they are for blocking Youtube ads either do not work or result in videos not playing...
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    Trying to move out of parent's place, not sure which option makes the most sense

    OFF-TOPIC 
    What's keeping you in such a low-paying job? I'm in the Philadelphia area, and finding a job that pays $40-50k is not hard at all here. The typical warehouse job without a college degree pays more than $38k/year. If you're paying $600/month in student loans you shouldn't be selling your labor...
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    Basic Financial Intelligence is Fastlane: Some Simple Strategies to Use Now.

    GOLD! INVESTING 
    Whole life is a scam, term life is fine if you have people dependent on your monthly income (kids), health insurance (in the US) keeps you from going bankrupt if you ever take a ride in an ambulance and is 100% necessary.
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    Figuring Out LinkedIn (Sales, Prospecting, More)

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    For Instagram marketing there's a tool called "Manychat" that lets you automate sending out DMs if people reply "interested" (or another keyword) on your post. I'm not sure if it works for LinkedIn but I've got to imagine there's a similar tool out there.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Car insurance is the biggest racket. I'm driving the same vehicle I had 4 years ago pre-Covid-market-stupidity. It's even older now and has more miles and is presumably worth significantly less money. I drive <5k miles a year. Zero claims, ever. And I'm now in my late 20s as opposed to my...
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    Creating a Technical YouTube Channel

    SOCIAL MEDIA 
    This. I'm curious how the big the market is for more Salesforce videos in 2024. My impression as an outsider who works in a different but adjacent industry (IT sysadmin) is that Salesforce was a really trendy career path 3-5 years ago but fell off a cliff in 2023 with all the layoffs...
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    Flipping Cars for a Profit

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Good thread. I've flipped a few cars and you can make a few thousand with pretty minimal work if you're able to buy the right deal. The biggest struggle I've experienced is finding cars at a fair price. Facebook Marketplace has made it a lot more of a luck-based thing for me - you have to be...
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    Caffeine is Killing Your Creativity, Energy, and Focus. And is a Gateway Drug. Look at this bird.

    HOT! HEALTH 
    Do you have any evidence to support these studies being bullshit beyond "Big Bean"? I agree that many people abuse caffeine and don't prioritize sleep. Also on board with classifying drinks like Monster (or even soda for that matter) as poison. I'm skeptical that a cup of coffee or tea in the...
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    Your first sale to validate your idea

    EXECUTION QUESTION 
    Check out this thread: GOLD! - HOT! - IDEA - Idea Generation To Execution: Fastlane Millionaire's Step By Step Guide In my opinion pre-order without payment is not validation. It's too easy for someone to say "Yeah, I'd be interested and pay for that!" when money isn't actually leaving their...
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    If You Work Remote at a Job, Listen To This Advice.

    HOT! IDEA 
    I feel like I'm missing something. In the top post @ZackerySprague says: Then half the responses are crucifying him as if he's advocating being lazy. Are we gonna pretend that every job in corporate America take 40 hours a week of locked-in work to do well? There is so much wasted time...
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    Less Consuming, More Producing - Progress Thread

    EXECUTION 
    Guess I'm due for an update. I saw an @Andy Black post in another thread asking someone who they were going to help this week. They said that they were going to help their dad, and then you asked them if whatever they were doing to help their dad would be something others would pay for. That...
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    I've Read UNSCRIPTED!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Finished the book recently. I got a lot out of it and have pages of notes to review. For me personally, the most valuable part of the book was the section describing value skews. Since reading that section it feels like any time I leave the house I see an opportunity that gets my mind racing...
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    Google Is Killing Small Independent Sites (Commandment of Control)

    HOT! MARKETING 
    Affiliate marketing was always violating the commandment of control though. Pretty sure MJ calls it out directly in TMF. This site didn't have a very resilient business model to begin with. The fact that sites like Forbes and Cnet have similar business models is not a great defense of it in...
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    Let's Flip Stuff for Fun and Profit!

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    In my experience Temu is just a marked-up, more normie-friendly version of Aliexpress. And Aliexpress is just a marked-up B2C version of Alibaba that lets you purchase things in smaller quantities.
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    Let's Flip Stuff for Fun and Profit!

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Ebay's user base skews towards men, and is also more popular with Gen X and Boomers. Might explain the knives getting more traction than the jewelry.
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    Let's Flip Stuff for Fun and Profit!

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    This is easily my #1 gripe with Facebook Marketplace. There's not enough friction when it comes to inquiring about an item. It's actually too easy. Everyone is already scrolling FB on their phone 24/7, and now there is a way for them to send messages without actually having to write them...
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    Let's Flip Stuff for Fun and Profit!

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Another good place to look for things to sell are you-pull-it junkyards. Flipping car parts to ebay is how I made most of my money in college. Almost all you-pull-it yards you pay by what the part is, not what it comes off of. A headlight will cost $25 whether it comes off a BMW 7-series or...
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    Generation Z Apocalypse: is it coming? The Fear is Here.

    HOT! MARKETING 
    I'm having trouble following some of your post, but I can speak on this a little. There is a common assumption among older generations that Gen Z is super tech literate because they grew up with the internet. My experience (I work in IT and regularly deal with tech problems from users of all...
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    Less Consuming, More Producing - Progress Thread

    EXECUTION 
    I'll share an update and humbling lesson in violating the Commandment of Control... the product I was working on was a study resource for a popular vendor certification in the industry I work in. This week they announced an update to their certification, making my study resource irrelevant...

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