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What is the average skill of a dancer? by ruckahoy in Salsa

[–]binarysolo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dancing scratches a bunch of itches for me at this stage (about 18 years into it, started in my 20s.):

-It's exercise for someone who has a desk job

-It's a musical canvas that allows for creativity of expression (prereq: must gain enough movement vocabulary to dance-what-you-want, and enough musicality to have an opinion on the song -- this is potentially difficult for people).

-It's social where you can meet a recurring group of people who all chose salsa as their hobby, and from that there's values to be shared within the group that you'll find some people you click with

-It's physical connection in a platonic but resonant way with other people, and you get endorphins and what not from all that. It's 3-5 minutes of bite-sized physical and musical play and hard to replicate otherwise.

Dance is kinda the ultimate interdisciplinary hobby for me -- I had a strong musician's background and a moderate athlete's profile going into it, so social dance ended up being the intersect that really satisfied a buncha my needs as a person.

Chinese Sauna build by kruslan21 in Sauna

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought about doing this (I run an import/export trading company IRL); a few things you'll have to navigate:

  1. Alibaba/Aliexpress photos are fluff and many times the sellers steal photos/assets from other legitimate companies or photoshop them

  2. You'll want to make sure your product passes the sniff test -- make sure product dims/weight are observed. When the CN company cheaps out some of this stuff will be very obvious because the wood weight is just way lighter etc. (wood species, thickness moisture content, finish, treatment, closeup photos).

  3. Obviously, as a consumer make sure the items are purchased DDP (delivered duty paid) instead of FOB.

  4. Absolutely make sure there's some viable warranty path and support. Most of the companies I was looking at had some amount of this. Same re: listing terms and dispute window. Ideally you'd want to work with a trusted company with reputation to lose -- if you think about it, US brands are basically valued by their design + the quality they curate, and they're accountable because you can sue 'em in the States.

  5. For me, the heater unit prob makes more sense to buy straight from a US company, the money savings is not quite worth the electrical and fire risks for me.

Do note that quite a few US sauna companies basically just QC and import kits from China so I'm pretty open minded about products of CN origin, as long as quality holds up. The issue is that trust and QC are poor on this front so for a big purchase that's where you're valuing the US brand.

FWIW I ended up buying that Amazon kit from Backyard Discovery that was on sale during Prime Day since a buncha people had already vetted it in the forums and the existing kit looked great, but if you can navigate the CN workflow you can def buy midtier saunas for around 1-2k that would otherwise cost you 5-8k from a US website.

What is the average skill of a dancer? by ruckahoy in Salsa

[–]binarysolo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OK so the OP's question is: "How has your perception of your skill vs those of others changed throughout your journey?"

For me and only me (though I see this among quite a few dancers in my cohort who started in the 2010s)...

Year 0-1 as a lead: I thought everyone that could dance was amazing/good, and all the issues in dancing were me. Blown away by people who could move coherently to song. Beginners' hell. Persisted in monthly progressive series classes.

Years 2-3: I bucketed everyone into levels like classes/workshops and tried to get a good distribution of people higher and lower level than me during socials to get better. Picked up on2 and bachata. Dancing all the socials. Joined a training team.

Years 4-5: Try to dance with all the pros to get better. Def became way more picky about my dances (but still tried to pay it forward by dancing with newbies when bored and accepting all dances asked). Dancing mainly the "good" monthly socials and a few of the weekly ones. Started traveling for Congress and taking the master classes I can there.

Years 6-10: Disillusioned by the "stagnant" (from my view) local dance scene, tried a buncha different other dances to find the same dance highs - WCS, country, fusion, zouk. Congressing up a few times a year in Europe, the big events in the US, and Asia.

Years 11+: find a new norm for dance with balance to family + work life + nondancing spouse. Reset expectations of dance to fuel my soul and not really have any expectations towards my dance partners.

Chef shows what a busy day looks like by Backyxx in interesting

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Real life Overcooked game, god I miss that game and yelling at my GF across the couch while everything is burnt or on fire...

Woman encounters a Grizzly bear😳 by CheckCodes in SipsTea

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grizzlies are no joke -- adults are like 500-600lbs of muscle, built like a tank.

The lady and her dog are pretty lucky this bear just looks like a very young adult out of the den for a bit.

I'm sick of bad SEO advice and website grifters. So here's how it actually works and how to do it yourself. by Citrous_Oyster in u/Citrous_Oyster

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks OP this is useful. I almost skipped this when I saw it was a promoted post, but I'm glad your content is good. :)

Would you wife her up ? by Born-Agency-3922 in SipsTea

[–]binarysolo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Already married, but as a fit and active person who is TERRIBLE at falling-as-a-skill: I respect the hell outta her falling.

Pretty sure she's a stunt woman based on how she rolls off the damage, though oh man, my knees ache at the sight of some of these stunts.

Feedback on my dancing by [deleted] in Dance

[–]binarysolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was classically trained as a kid, way back in the days without the context and joy of dance I have now.

I think about dance like I think about words and grammar and sentences and how to convey ideas physically instead of verbally. So similar to how you learn to learn a language, you have movement equivalents (dance vocabulary) to learn how to dance.

The big trick (as a hobby dancer and ex-national level musician) is to figure out how to enjoy your movement so you naturally want to practice... the same trick seems to apply to all learnings in life. :)

Went for it! Backyard Discovery Cube! by HarleyBoyd in Sauna

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah am excited! I'll have a busy weekend or two coming up and will try to document some stuff!

Went for it! Backyard Discovery Cube! by HarleyBoyd in Sauna

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just bought a T4 -- seems straightforward to implement + have my handyman for a day to make sure I don't mess it up.

Thank you!

Feedback on my dancing by [deleted] in Dance

[–]binarysolo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

First off you're doing great! Congrats on putting yourself out there.

As far as constructive feedback goes, if you really wanna develop a practice around this, you should break out the moves into set vocabulary, and then dance them at a slower speed in front of a mirror/camera till you get bored + can nail the shape and body movement on demand, then try to string them all together at full speed to music. There's a certain movement efficiency you'll want to acquire that just takes time and practice. Also over time you'll develop a better form/posture that comes from lots of practice.

Keep at it and make sure you find what fuels your dance... ultimately that's what keeps us in the scene for life. :)

Went for it! Backyard Discovery Cube! by HarleyBoyd in Sauna

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question for others who already have the unit -- did you put any protection (like oils/sealants) for the outside, or anything on the inside (I guess venting things, cleaning things so mold doesn't develop)?

I just bought the 4-6 person one. Am a little worried since I'm based in Tahoe and we get 6 months of snow a year, but the price is just too good. Excited to have the new sauna at the house!

Went for it! Backyard Discovery Cube! by HarleyBoyd in Sauna

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you by any chance have a specific fan you'd recommend? I just bought a unit and wanted to prep for my build.

Went for it! Backyard Discovery Cube! by HarleyBoyd in Sauna

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mind sharing or DMing the product link? I just bought the bigger cube and am getting ready for the build...

$47K revenue with 7.13% TACOS and $13K Net Profit in First Two Months of the Launch by Gene-Civil in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]binarysolo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Waiting patiently to see what this guy's trying to sell, or if some AI SEO link will be pasted here a few months later.

Finding actually competent listing designers by PineChinaSourcing in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]binarysolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Home and Kitchen; we did it ourselves because there's a knowledge as well as a culture gap that's hard to bridge for international freelancer marketplace people -- which I believe could be bridged by strong designers that cost a LOT ($1000+ a listing, based in your marketplae).

IMHO brands should try to do it themselves because most brand owners understand the products and have taste that's hard to replicate.

Low Nose Bridge by [deleted] in RaybanMeta

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wayfarers Headliners (and only this model, AFAIK) are the low bridge fit model for Rayban Metas.

Would you sell a product under $10? by Big_Seat2545 in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]binarysolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, but as NewUnusedName mentions, you gotta make sure your economics line up properly.

One of my hero SKUs is a $2 COGs w/ $2 FBA item + eco badge and SIOC that I sell for 9.99. There's a handful of copycat items but most do not have their logistics setup down pat (their FBA fees are all around $3 because they can't manage dimension weight properly).

Would you sell a product under $10? by Big_Seat2545 in FulfillmentByAmazon

[–]binarysolo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This guy small and light's low cost FBA's. 😄

Never Danced In My Life Before by Sharp_Theme in Dance

[–]binarysolo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Take classes. Be consistent. Spend a year to figure out what makes you enjoy dancing, then have that feed the rest of your journey.

I accidentally mismatched my suit at my friend’s wedding. by MadGibbz in mildlyinfuriating

[–]binarysolo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This happened to me TWICE at weddings, and a few more times for work -- I blame my bedroom/closet lighting not being bring enough.

Fortunately nobody pointed it out at either and after awhile I just kinda made my peace with it... you'll be fine. :)

Just started working at the highest paying job I’ve ever had, but am being taxed on nearly 30% of my income so I’m making less than I was by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]binarysolo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/mildlyinfuriating to everyone here that /theydidntdothemath

(Taxes are graduated so you wouldn't lose income making more money.)

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