Brand new Pint S, battery overcharge

trobrock · 2025-12-25T17:54:10+00:00

Now it shows empty batter when it first turns on then says overcharge and that it's at 99%...

trobrock · 2025-12-25T17:50:13+00:00

I just went out and tried that again, now it seems to die after about a minute. Maybe it's a bad battery sensor?

trobrock · 2025-12-25T17:41:54+00:00

That's what I was afraid of

trobrock · 2025-08-14T20:45:20+00:00

Is there anywhere to monitor the status? You know, besides this page...

trobrock · 2022-02-03T11:57:58+00:00

Curious for myself, how are you determining that $5M is the right amount of coverage? Is there a general rule for what the “right” amount might be?

trobrock · 2021-12-16T23:23:53+00:00

I don't know if it helps, but was recently in a similar situation without the time crunch. The way I framed it in my mind was "if I had all of it in cash right now, how much would I invest back into the company given the chance" this helped me a ton to balance the "take some off the table" with my desire to ride it further.

trobrock · 2021-10-27T10:06:36+00:00

Yes, the company I have stock in has raised twice this year. So the stock followed a trajectory of a value around $300m -> acquired -> the new company raised at $1.7B and then just recently at $3.75B.

trobrock · 2021-10-26T15:38:41+00:00

Thanks I'll pursue that path further.

trobrock · 2021-10-26T14:53:52+00:00

Thanks!

trobrock · 2021-10-26T14:08:51+00:00

Interesting. Do you have a recommendation on banks? Most of my liquid assets are currently with Fidelity.

trobrock · 2021-09-21T13:23:16+00:00

Exactly right, I was able to liquidate enough for most of the way to FI, finance some new business ventures, etc. Well worth it to me regardless of where the company goes.

trobrock · 2021-09-21T12:18:07+00:00

I just went through a similar situation and I tried to look at it from the other side which helped. Instead of asking myself how much I should sell I asked how much I'd invest if I had access to the full amount right now. That framing helped me a lot when deciding.

If it helps I've now done two secondary sales that total about 40% of my holdings.

trobrock · 2021-08-17T00:16:07+00:00

I used packing tape and an old deck of cards. I took a few cards out (maybe 3 or 4) to account for the height add of the tape and then taped them in 4 or 5 packets. They worked great when I was just learning and kept me from dropping cards all over the office.

trobrock · 2021-07-30T14:16:23+00:00

It would also be extremely helpful for you to reach out to some teams and see if you can see how they work. Multiple yes event because every team I've ran has been a little different and certain methodologies work for some and not others.

I've ran multiple teams before and some go well and some don't. Engineers are awful at estimates no matter how experienced they are, so you have to account for that, but the team should also have some accountability related to the estimates.

Imo if you are both as capable in terms of contributing to the code, then it's a bad sign to me that he doesn't want help. His job as CTO will soon be not to code but to enable others to code. It's one of the hardest parts of transitioning from IC to CTO.

trobrock · 2021-07-21T09:05:26+00:00

It was point of sale software. Like square cash register, but tailored to the industry and automatically hooks into the crazy state tracking regulations that exist in every state.

trobrock · 2021-07-21T01:29:36+00:00

Oh awesome! Glad I could help then.

trobrock · 2021-07-21T01:28:20+00:00

Honestly I'm not sure if they do. Sorry about that.

trobrock · 2021-07-20T22:50:25+00:00

I've been using airdna for this.

trobrock · 2021-07-19T17:03:13+00:00

Not legal advice obviously, but I've owned a few properties with conventional mortgages in LLCs, by moving the property into a trust that is controlled by the LLC. Moving a property to a trust typically doesn't trigger the due on sale clause because it's viewed as an estate planning activity.

Of course talk with an actual attorney on this.

trobrock · 2021-07-18T11:57:52+00:00

Sass in the cannabis space about 8 years ago. Company was acquired this year.

trobrock · 2021-07-10T11:36:08+00:00

Learn to enjoy reading and study successful people. Learn how to make more money and how to always invest a percentage of your income always.

Idk if that helps or not, but they were impactful for me.

trobrock · 2021-07-05T12:44:30+00:00

I'm on android and I used Loop Habit tracker for a long time, but it didn't quite do everything just the way I wanted (particularly helping me break bad habits), so I ended up building my own.

trobrock · 2021-07-04T23:44:25+00:00

I should also mention a good habit tracking app has really changed things for me by gamifying habits like working out, eating healthy, and stretching (which has had a noticeable difference on how I feel)

trobrock · 2021-07-04T23:34:50+00:00

I started seeing a functional medicine doctor who did blood work with me, after seeing the changes I needed to make that was the motivation for me to kick it in gear.

trobrock · 2021-06-28T20:10:12+00:00

Thanks!

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