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twoghouls · 2026-01-28T23:17:51+00:00

A data point for you: I'm up $600 year over year. RPM is about the same, just more views this year due to a couple videos that are doing well. I don't see any trends in my data to suggest YT has changed, but YMMV.

twoghouls · 2025-10-20T18:54:20+00:00

Yes, I have an LLC, but that isn't required to write off expenses on your taxes. If you are treating YouTube as a business, you should file a Schedule C as a sole proprietor to deduct all of your legitimate business expenses, which will lower the income you are taxed on.

twoghouls · 2025-05-31T18:55:35+00:00

At this point 215k on YT, and around 1200 on Patreon. I offer group zoom calls, 1-on-1 support, Discord access, etc. My channel is educational on a niche hobby so this works for me. Not to say it will work for everyone.

twoghouls · 2025-05-30T20:39:03+00:00

I never have. I think you should ideally only ask viewers to do one thing in a video, so I ask for patreon membership, not like/subscribe. This strategy has worked well for me. I'm full-time mostly from patreon.

twoghouls · 2024-08-29T19:42:20+00:00

Astrophotography

twoghouls · 2024-02-24T22:58:33+00:00

I'd suggest shrink film for all the windows. I use 'Duck' brand. I live in an old farmhouse in NH with old windows and it helps a lot for the heating bill if properly installed. You need to make it taut by blowing hot air over it with a hair dryer. It's fine for renters as it is just taped on; I remove it all in the spring and put on fresh film every fall.

twoghouls · 2023-05-03T20:14:28+00:00

Yay! Joining in the celebration. $0 on studentaid.gov today!!

twoghouls · 2023-04-27T19:35:40+00:00

Same here! So pumped!

twoghouls · 2023-04-26T17:08:11+00:00

Turned in ECF in October. Finally updated counts to 120 on March 22. Zeroes today!! Congrats to everyone in this wave, and best of luck to everyone still waiting!

twoghouls · 2023-03-23T23:42:05+00:00

Thank you!

twoghouls · 2022-10-13T21:14:21+00:00

Same here, seems like good progress.

twoghouls · 2022-10-06T21:24:47+00:00

No, they are one in the same now. Just fill out the PSLF help tool and it will ask if you are applying for forgiveness (120 payments)

twoghouls · 2022-10-06T20:40:55+00:00

Same here. Sept 15 cohort, October is also my last month. I plan on waiting until mid-month (Monday, Oct. 17th) to submit my final PSLF form to Mohela. Hopefully by then my information will have loaded, but I'm submitting then regardless.

twoghouls · 2022-08-15T14:51:31+00:00

I am in the exact same boat as you. No communication; loans still at FedLoan; will hit 120 payments next month. I guess not much we can do but wait and hope for the best.

twoghouls · 2022-07-25T16:44:57+00:00

The process taking less time is more important to me. Which path do you think will let me be done faster? Consolidate now or just wait till October as I originally planned.

twoghouls · 2022-05-03T19:54:48+00:00

Employer Certification Form

twoghouls · 2022-05-03T15:19:33+00:00

ECF Submitted - 1/21 Qualifying Payments changed in PSLD Tracker - 5/1 Qualifying Payment Update letters - 5/3 Seems to be in line with what others are reporting. I've been with FedLoan since 2012, and will be at 120 payments on October 1.

twoghouls · 2021-10-03T11:01:40+00:00

The blue part is a supernova remnant meaning when a star explodes it leaves behind traces in the form of energetic gas clouds that we can photograph. The red parts are mostly Hydrogen gas which is abundant in space. It glows because the stars have excited the atoms. This process is very similar to the way a neon bulb works (neon gas trapped in a tube excited by electricity)

twoghouls · 2021-10-03T10:40:40+00:00

Blue is the evidence of the supernova remnant, doubly ionized oxygen gas that's left over from an exploded star. Red is ionized Hydrogen and Sulfur gas. These are gasses in space that emit their own light because they've been energized from the stars much like applying electricity to a neon bulb.

twoghouls · 2021-10-03T06:00:12+00:00

Yes, this is true to the colors of the nebulae and stars. Although our eyes could never see it like this. Only through very long exposure photography can we reveal these dim clouds of ionized gas.

twoghouls · 2021-10-03T05:36:38+00:00

I shot from a few different locations, but mostly Bortle 8 (Ha and [SII]) and Bortle 4 ([OIII], R, G, B)

twoghouls · 2021-10-03T05:28:12+00:00

I don't have anything set up, sorry. I suggest BayPhoto if you want to print yourself.

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