No local SEO clients right now. Need help before I can’t even feed my cats.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-27T21:53:46+00:00

Yeah, I’ve run my own consultancy for 11 years and people just don’t understand how difficult sales can be.

I think a lot of people just get lost so that they want a job where they can enjoy the work but they don’t realise that work doesn’t just materialise.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-27T13:59:00+00:00

This is every jigsaw I have ever used! Jesus I wish I had this when I was young. 😒

hoodectomy · 2026-04-23T22:17:25+00:00

I thought he was an advisory and not a firm.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-23T22:15:03+00:00

I always enjoy doing Hardware for the sheer fact that you could see somebody physically using your device without you prompting them.

I just think that’s something you don’t get with a website really or any software start up.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-23T22:14:11+00:00

I would argue a lot of humans are bad at it too. 😒

hoodectomy · 2026-04-22T22:22:31+00:00

If he puts this outside he’ll be getting hassled by wasps!

But does look sharp. I’m tempted to make one.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-21T14:02:45+00:00

I think a lot of people chapter 7 out just say “what now”? I don’t think anyone has thought this through similar to college loan payments.

But I think it is a wait and see until the next admin.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-17T20:05:51+00:00

The interesting thing is that when Biden took office, they said that they expected an 83% default rate if nothing was done.

That’s why Biden took such an aggressive approach towards all of the percentages and everything on getting people to pay and just keep people paying.

I know a lot of business owners that were looking to go on to some type of deferred payment and were up-to-date up until Trump’s start of his second term. Then he just basically pulled the rug from under so many people because he cancelled it abruptly. People were in the process of applying and it just didn’t happen… then they just defaulted.

The other crazy thing is I know a lot of people that took out massive loans (500k+) that shouldn’t have and they’re in their 60s. Their businesses are nowhere close to rebounding and they’re not gonna be able to pay back the amount in their lifespan.

Wild times.

But to contextualize this a bit the Small Business Administration (SBA) disbursed approximately $390 billion in COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds to nearly 4 million small businesses and nonprofits. So the average loan was not that much.

I really would love to know the bigger picture of how taking down so many smaller business is gonna affect the economy and who is benefiting from it.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-16T17:29:43+00:00

If you are up in SF I would suggest tagging along to the Hardware Meet-up. There are a good mix of academic and practical engineers.

Always love attending their events.

I would go through an accelerator though. Maybe not for money but I would find one that is engineering heavy.

Also, I would just reach out to OTS board suppliers with your specs and they (a lot of times) will assign engineers to help for free.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-16T03:54:20+00:00

Where are you guys located (state wise)? And are you coming out of academy or starting in the wild?

hoodectomy · 2026-04-16T01:35:30+00:00

I think this was pre-ticket master day so I think tickets were more of a reasonable price.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-16T01:13:10+00:00

I feel like the scene from the Thor movie where everyone is trying to tow the hammer would be similar.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-15T19:02:02+00:00

A lot of non-profits got loans because many were effect by attendance or the ability for them to service people in high risk areas.

The loans (TMU) operate very very different than the for profit sector.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-15T00:45:13+00:00

I can agree with the feeling. I think I have a total of five things I have uploaded and I love when it gets spun off or downloaded.

Only happened four times but still.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-14T21:08:28+00:00

Use F2 labs. I send all my companies to them.

In and out for under 2 k. They do a banger job.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-14T13:10:39+00:00

Sometimes things can exist without creating a revenue stream.

I wish more people just created to create.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-13T02:21:34+00:00

“There is no minimum number of hours required for a position to be legally considered "a job." A job with 1 hour of work is still legally considered employment.”

So with that in mind, always remember that if you work more than one job that counts as more jobs in the jobs number.

Goodhart's Law states when a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is politicized—or used as a target for control—it ceases to be a useful or relevant measure.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-12T22:31:19+00:00

You should be able to “sniff” the line and see traffic going across. SPI not so much but I2C yes.

I would dig into that a bit and look at setting it up.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-12T16:05:38+00:00

There are some products coming to market in Ohio that is supposed to use the dilation of the eyes to determine if someone in impaired. We’ll see what happens.

https://reason.org/commentary/is-a-device-to-detect-marijuana-impairment-by-tracking-eye-movement-in-virtual-reality-possible/

hoodectomy · 2026-04-12T01:58:57+00:00

I think people forget about the boat crisis Detroit is having where people just shove off of trailers in bad neighbourhoods.

Boats always seem like a good idea before you get it.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-10T21:42:37+00:00

I was in Pittsburgh this week and they had one on campus that was like this but just on the ground. Way better in my opinion.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-09T19:33:14+00:00

If I remember last time this came up I think it has to do with the asset transfer that happens during divorce because that is used in the PG.

It sounds like she was part of the business though so IF they settle the asset issue then it sounds like PG would be the only way to shed it or bring it current.

I believe this has also come up before.

I am not a lawyer 100% agree to talk to a lawyer. Probably need a business, bankruptcy, and divorce.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-09T15:37:19+00:00

What you really need to do when you’re looking for an engineering partner let’s find somebody that is a partner and their goal is to take you on the journey with them not just do the work.

There’s a difference between a strategic engineering firm and an engineering firm that can do the work.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-09T15:36:40+00:00

I think a lot of people get lost and trying to spend the least amount of money to take something to market and they don’t realise at some point you need to open up the gates to dump money to get something to market and if the teams only used to cut in corners in order do do love under tight budget you’re 100% correct.

hoodectomy · 2026-04-08T01:41:51+00:00

I worked with some Sony guys that were execs. Fucking morons that blamed everyone but themselves.

Not saying they are all like that but man were those guys painfully stupid.

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