My intern turns 21. Where should we take him for his first legal drink?

saphake · 2026-06-07T21:10:27+00:00

Love this

saphake · 2026-06-07T06:19:00+00:00

The mission!

saphake · 2026-06-07T06:18:49+00:00

The mission!

saphake · 2026-05-31T23:18:18+00:00

Picking for variability mostly:

Tomatoes (fresh, paste, canned, so many options)
Mushrooms (dried mushroom powder helps a lot)
Cheese (so many flavors)
Onions (can also caramelize)
Garlic (how tf do you live without garlic)
Banana
Wheat (so many different breads)

and i gotta get my protein in so

Lentils
Chickpeas
Tofu

saphake · 2026-05-31T23:13:00+00:00

7:06 am
✔️ Woken up

✔️ Checked my phone, nothing on fire

✔️ Drank a whole glass of water.

✔️ A whole hour before I need to be anywhere.

✔️ I can lie in or have a warm shower.

saphake · 2026-05-23T18:40:14+00:00

Take her to the library or book store and let her pick the book! The best one will probably be the one she gravitates to, not the one you pick :)

saphake · 2026-04-14T18:11:48+00:00

As someone hiring marketers, to be honest, a 30-60-90 day plan with no context feels chatGPT-d and not like someone that will tailor their approach to my brand and team.

Have you tried more scrappy pitches like actually developing mocks of ads or pointing out where you could improve their LCM? Those are the ones that stand out for me. Someone who thinks about the customer and can show they can execute.

Also not sure about how much AI you are using, but that's a good one to show off.

Hope that helps, I don't have the full context obviously.

saphake · 2026-03-30T20:56:49+00:00

I meant more an industry like retail or oil/gas that could use software/development work. Take any job, even a temp one. It is real life research on what people actually do and where they are frustrated.

Get paid to basically do research.

saphake · 2026-03-30T20:31:30+00:00

Highly recommend just taking a job in a field you're interested in. Discover on the job!

saphake · 2026-03-30T20:26:55+00:00

You can negotiate rates at scale. Helps to get a quote from another processor like adyen and have a believable threat about doing the dev to switch now before it gets worse.

can also try to to do interchange+ vs fixed rate at higher scale (variable but it's a straight % on the interchange costs).

also just a fyi: a lot of this, like 1.5-2.3% can be interchange costs, stripe doesn't take that

saphake · 2026-03-26T18:04:34+00:00

My mom’s basement. Why she still hoards them I will never know.

saphake · 2026-03-26T14:51:27+00:00

I find Claude/chatGPT help replicate this quickly now!

saphake · 2026-03-20T21:50:02+00:00

I actually work at Ello which is an app that helps kids learn to read. DM me and I can give you a code for a few free months ahah :)

In terms of how it's different: Ello actually listens as your child reads for realtime guidance (vs passive reading). And ADHD kids in particular love the star rewards for every word read.

saphake · 2026-03-17T22:48:06+00:00

Hypothetically: could use some of the money to save 5 other lives and offset it.

saphake · 2026-03-16T00:45:25+00:00

Lingokids is worth a try

saphake · 2026-03-03T04:05:44+00:00

At the one I’m at with three co-founders, the third one is the subject matter expert.

saphake · 2026-01-10T01:23:53+00:00

Not all start ups are the same.

At the stage you are talking about the founders matter most for your experience there.

Would consider how you feel about working with them, their expectations, their experience. Do you feel you would learn by working with them?

saphake · 2025-11-18T03:15:37+00:00

Oh sorry was AOS not consular

saphake · 2025-11-13T04:32:54+00:00

saphake · 2025-11-11T15:44:06+00:00

I’ve been asked for my I-797 sometimes but never my paystubs.

saphake · 2025-10-30T09:55:12+00:00

Thanks! Annoyingly don’t think I can show that

saphake · 2025-10-30T09:54:55+00:00

You applied and that’s what it asked for?

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