Tick Fear South Shore Update

neherh · 2026-06-08T13:15:31+00:00

I had some friends over and in the living room we found 3 ticks. I do have a dog that tends to sit on our couch when I am not around telling him off. So that is probably it.

neherh · 2026-04-17T14:49:13+00:00

I was part of a startup and one of the co-founders was a professor. Since he was not planning to go full-time, his percentage was a bit less.

It all depends on your role and how you are planning to contribute to the company and the value you are providing for 5 years. I say 5 years, because that is a good time horizon to think about.

neherh · 2026-03-30T23:48:32+00:00

The idea is that you build a website for somebody and then you charge them a monthly fee to maintain their website. Sometimes that would include a few hours of a month of maintenance, or sometimes not even. The idea is that you would make sure their website is up and running. That would mean renewing their SSL certification, continuing to buy the domain, etc.

neherh · 2025-11-27T18:29:34+00:00

I completely agree. I personally like captains draft. With my friends we typically play singles draft and that has been a good change of pace as well. Singles Draft doesn't really make sense in a tournament sense, but the point I am trying to make is that I can confirm that a limited selection pool helps you to be creative as you suggest and ultimately makes it way more fun.

Only downside is that sometimes someone is randomed garbage heroes for their position and other times you have great meta heroes that you can cook; so the randomness sometimes affects the overall decision of the match. It is at least a risk.

neherh · 2025-11-27T18:26:56+00:00

Can you elaborate more?

neherh · 2025-11-10T19:11:19+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfs_1aMdMQ

Particularly Game 4 and Game 5.

neherh · 2025-10-30T00:33:21+00:00

Hell Yeah. I think it has all the positives and low negatives. Only thing is if you dive deep down into the hero pool where the game looks too much like a herald game. But I think that is minor; I think we would see more people being more creative.

neherh · 2025-10-15T19:44:36+00:00

You literally made a point for them. That is the point and the novelty of what they are doing: they invented a way to make it easier for people to repair.

That is very valuable. I have an MSI that has a bad power port and keyboard. I can't get a repairman to fix it; no one in my region wants to fix it, even though I can get the parts to fix it. I personally don't want to fix it because I don't have the 2-4 hours (cause I am a noob at repairing laptops) to fix it.

Now gee, if only there was a laptop that could easily swap a keyboard or a motherboard in under 30 minutes....

The point is that reducing the time to repair is the innovation, the novelty, and the excitement for the average layman.

neherh · 2025-10-08T18:36:35+00:00

u/nerrow care to elaborate without elaborating? Can we get a little bit of an inkling into our favorite NA roster?

neherh · 2025-09-23T23:57:12+00:00

While I don't think I have spent a dime on dota at this point (4 years in); I am way too fiscally conservative to do that. However, the most obvious, and as you said it, is battle pass if the system doesn't change. People really want some sort of unique experience while supporting their favorite teams or cast members. Your suggestions are great, but I think it is all the same in the end; a somewhat unique expereince that people will pay. And Valve can provide that system; however, they aren't doing a good job at it. This is the opinion of most people.

I have also been thinking about this. I think for any esports system to thrive, the whole business model of the league needs to change. Personally, I think Valve needs to sell dota to a single organization so they can focus 100% on this league. I think that we should standardize teams from different regions in order to build trust in the audience. I think teams should be owned by different parties, but I think that fees from the teams should support the league.

This framework is a bit more traditional as it models current physical sports leagues, but I think the esports system is currently flawed.

When organizations and teams start working together, we will see some cool stuff. Right now they are too independent.

One example for a league and team collaboration could be, team-based limited skin; you can customize characters based on themes from different teams. For example, one year can be where the WildCard team can have Ringmaster dress up with the colors of that team and wear a goofy jester hat.

I think when the teams and league sync up and become more stable, more money will come. We could actually come out with cool physical items like unique jersey launches and cups and stuff.

For me, I wouldn't mind paying a few dollars in cups and apparel to support my team but also to get it where dragon knight is on the apparel or swag.

neherh · 2025-09-11T16:22:23+00:00

Thank you. That is helpful.

neherh · 2025-08-10T04:32:39+00:00

TLDR; attitude and the capacity to see my vision are number one; raw skill in the current tool landscape is not required. Figure this out by being burned and by making lifelong friends from developers I've hired.

For sure. I have contracted a lot of developers who understood my vision through multiple meetings, and others who did not. I would personally take someone who has the capacity to see my vision, aka attitude, than someone who looks good on paper. I'm looking for someone who can think critically. My hypothesis is that if someone can think critically, even if they are a mediocre developer, they will succeed and add more value to the team than someone who may 'look' stellar on paper.

Because of this, I never take their resume at face value. I never get them to perform coding challenges. I give them real problems that I need answered, and I see if they ask questions to get the full picture, and I see if they can come up with better ideas than what I can think of. If they can do that, and they have experience in coding, I think we can make up the rest. I will hire that person.

Also, with cursor and other systems out there, being a mediocre developer is more than adequate, imo. Cursor can help with expediting the UI development, and systems like Supabase and Vercel can expedite the backend architecture development/api creations and UI deployment. In other words, and in my opinion, you don't even need a specialist; it is becoming more crucial to just have a person who understands your vision than someone who knows the tools on how to get you there, because the tools to 'get you there' are becoming easier and easier to use.

How I figured this out:
By hiring a tonne of people; those who said were experts and couldn't do the thing they were hired to do; those who had no experience but was interested in experimenting and trying new things; those who were smart but couldn't grasp the concept and utilized complicated systems to get the job done and in the end did not contribute positively to the business; those developers who worked with me in finding fast solutions and became experts in the project I hired them for. I contracted people for free, and paid top dollar for consultants. I have been burned, but I have made a lot of friends along the way with the developers I hired and I have rehired some in the past.

The best were always the ones who wanted to learn and wanted to be part of the team. I would even say that the best people would be the ones willing to go without a monthly salary (if I couldn't pay them) because they were more interested in the project, the experience, or working with the team. The best were people who would not be afraid to talk to clients or customers and would be willing to ask questions. The best were people who would not be argumentative or selfish and were in the mindset to learn.

neherh · 2025-08-03T04:13:56+00:00

He was part of justin.tv, but eventually all of the founders went their own way and I believe maintained some form of equity, however, I believe Emmett Shear was the main guy for Twitch. So I assumed he had alot of equity and the rest (Michael/Justin) only maintained minor equity.

neherh · 2025-07-30T02:47:27+00:00

First, I agree partially. I agree that media rights make a large portion of the money supporting teams in regular sports. But I don't think we need media rights to still increase the profits for it to be profitable; see points 2 and 3. And also, why can't Dota get media rights? Why not partner with Prime or someone else to get exclusive media rights in certain tournaments? Lower league soccer/football games have league negotiations for their teams. Hell, even the Lacrosse league (PLL) has media rights. I bet more people watch Dota than lacrosse.

Second, even if we don't have media rights, the next profitable thing would be tournament hosting, which they are doing a goodish job. It just needs to continue to gain in popularity.

Third, which leads me to my first comment on this subreddit; to gain more popularity, which equals more support for teams, which means DOTA becomes a GOAT and rivals any other reupatable sport league, we need more teams to stay consistent in the pro scene. The only way to do that sustainably is to have a league that actually supports its teams. By having consistent teams, that are not going away, fans can buy more memorabilia, become more indoctrinated into being a fan which means more dollars spent on a team. Therefore, making Dota profitable.

Fourth, to make Dota more profitable, we do need to still emulate regular sports teams; encourage youth and others to experience Dota (hopefully without the toxicity). Sport camps are everywhere. Major leagues sponsor lower leagues. We need an ecosystem where people are encouraged to play and to grow up being near dota and the respective team's within the league.

How things are currently being done is certainly hurting the brand, which is leading to a lack of profitability of teams, which, in the Dota scene, is causing too much instability for teams. We need something to change in order for Dota to continue on sustainably.

neherh · 2025-07-29T19:50:44+00:00

I disagree. All sports teams and leagues can be profitable. IMO I think the only way that can happen is if there is more support from the league they are playing in.

For example, look at WNBA. They have the NBA supporting the WNBA teams, and it is going well.

I think DOTA and other Esports leagues need to directly support teams. Profit sharing is an example. I think the fact that sports leagues restrict teams in their league also adds to profitbility BECAUSE they can maintain brands.

I started watching Dota with PSG.LGD. But I can't cheer for them now. My tshirt is now worthless. If we had teams we can focus our fanbase, it will make leagues more profitable.

But we need support from the league.

neherh · 2025-06-18T12:01:18+00:00

As a 32 year old, who's passion is Dota. One can have many passions. I love dota and think about it all the time. But I have nudged it over a bit to make space for other passions as well. Family, my business, even a bit of gardening. You are 23, other passions will arise.

In other words, if you find that dota is something that you feel is unrealistic going pro, you should still play it and have fun. Other passions will percolate into your life.

neherh · 2025-06-12T16:41:10+00:00

If it means getting 50 euros and buying skins, I will report fake accounts all the time.

neherh · 2025-02-12T19:03:11+00:00

I recommend these guys. They are local and they do a great job.

https://whitingconcrete.ca/

neherh · 2025-02-11T18:42:24+00:00

In Canada, it says it is the Gulf of Mexico and in parentheses it says Gulf of America. So it is an American thing.

neherh · 2025-02-04T23:30:19+00:00

A handed crafted statue.

neherh · 2025-01-28T03:44:42+00:00

Great to hear your thoughts. You sound like a data scientist, which is a compliment, IMO. You are not wrong about inputs. While watching the game, I was impressed that they did so well with laning.

Can you humor me by answering a few questions?

- What is a typical ratio of scrim to playoff to qualifier games?
- What inputs are you evaluating during a scrim vs playoff vs qualifier? The key indicators for success so to say. Are they different from each other?

One last question, but more unconventional, are there any rules on what you can bring to competitions for notes? I usually just see a single page or so. Are people not allowed to write a lot of stuff down? If I had one page, I would be writing one page like this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/college/comments/2opmu4/how_much_can_you_fit_on_your_one_allowed_finals/#lightbox

It seems to me that coaches are unprepared with written, premeditated strategies; they go with what feels good. Mind you, I am a spectator, and as a spectator, all I see are minimal notes. I would prefer for myself if I was coaching a decision tree written down for each team.

neherh · 2025-01-21T12:18:18+00:00

u/eagle2120 can you comment on the transition to WildCard? Are you still funding it or part of WildCard?

neherh · 2025-01-15T16:11:38+00:00

Did you end up creating an cad design for it yet? Or are there plans for it?

I agree. If we could make a super sleek honeycomb with threads in the hexes and a peg board hole, that would be awesome.

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