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lemerou commented on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell · Posted by u/program247365

mixedsignals · 2 years ago

I run https://bonusbuddy.app.

Online casinos in the US will give you daily bonuses of $0.50-$1 just for logging in, and I built a Chrome extension that automatically collects the bonuses for users every day for a bunch of different casinos.

I charge $20/mo and users make roughly $200/mo in bonuses (trying to adhere to the software must provide 10x value philosophy).

lemerou · 2 years ago

Would this work for someone outside the US using a VPN?

lemerou commented on Ask HN: What's your favourite hobby and how did it start? · Posted by u/tagwarehouse

neom · 2 years ago

Learning Ableton opened me up to a whole world of meeting new people and picking up new skills.

https://www.ableton.com/en/live/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iuRsiKtObw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxY0x1i3XhY

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9oiyAGA6zOTSPR5-ttojODT4...

Getting some teenage engineering pocket operators is also something I'd strongly recommend. They're affordable and fun! Check out this 8 year old building a tune with them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhFIUdICYSA

lemerou · 2 years ago

Can you explain how picking up this hobby lead you to meet new people?

Btw thanks for the links, they look super helpful.

lemerou commented on Shortage of COBOL developers in insurance and banks lemonde.fr/economie/artic... · Posted by u/gregoire_g

dagw · 2 years ago

https://sebgroup.com/sv/karriar/vem-ar-du/nyexaminerade-och-...

Only formal requirement to apply is some professional development experience or a degree in something programming related.

lemerou · 2 years ago

Other requirement is "Proficient in Swedish and English, verbal and written"!

lemerou commented on Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022? · Posted by u/curious16

rnernento · 3 years ago

I think Gene Wolfe is the one of the greatest authors of all time across any genre. I highly highly recommend the Fifth Head of Cerberus which is 3 short interconnected novellas and Peace, which isn't traditional Sci-Fi but is absolutely worth a read.

He's not just writing, he's constructing beautifully crafted puzzle-boxes that take a lot of time and thought to unpack.

lemerou · 3 years ago

Fifth Head of Cerberus was a huge shock for me when I read it.

Couldn't believe I spent so much time reading SF without having heard of this.

lemerou commented on Ask HN: What's your ideal city in a 100% remote world? · Posted by u/alecbcs

wingerlang · 4 years ago

> 1) a lot to do, 2) very safe, and 3) don't need a car

I think Bangkok matches this pretty well.

lemerou · 4 years ago

I really don't think Bangkok is very safe. It wasn't when I lived there a few years ago anyway.

I'm not saying it's super dangerous but it's definitely not 'Tokyo safe'.

lemerou commented on Re-reading the novels of John le Carré the-tls.co.uk/articles/pu... · Posted by u/newest

billfruit · 6 years ago

I wish if Honourable school boy could be adapted for the screen, perhaps as a miniseries, it covers lot of ground, the Hong Kong chapters are a good description of the years under British rule, and the chapter on the fall of Vientiane is also very notable.

lemerou · 6 years ago

You mean of course the fall of Saigon, not Vientiane.

lemerou commented on Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of jobs in Taiwan techcrunch.com/2019/03/26... · Posted by u/jrwan

cowmoo728 · 6 years ago

I visited Taiwan recently and was shocked by the weird economics there. Rent, food, clothing, and labor are extremely cheap. Foreign goods and property are insanely expensive. It's clear there's wealth, as I saw several dozen rare BMWs and Audis, and some Lambos, Ferraris, Bentleys. But then I read that the average annual salary of a new university graduate is $11,000 USD.

It's also a very friendly place to foreigners. I'm surprised there aren't any enterprising people jumping from Shenzhen to Taipei now that Shenzhen is so expensive.

lemerou · 6 years ago

Totally agree with the rest of your answer but rent is definitely not extremely cheap, at least in Taipei (wich is where most of the jobs are). It can actually be argued that the property market in Taipei is a bubble.

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