In business, selling is much much much more important than making because if you have money you can hire technical workers. But nobody will care nearly as much about survival as you.

And if you have a technical background you are much more likely to have technical people in your network. Good luck.

This is consistent with good photographic technique that prioritizes "getting it right in the camera."

HN is HN because its endless September prevents ossification.

There are two simple tools to deal with problematic behavior: downvotes and flags. There’s also the almost simple tool of emailing the moderation team…oh and there’s also hiding stories and collapsing comments.

It might not feel worth doing any of those things, but that’s how proof of work works. Good luck.

I wasn't, but I didn't...beyond trying to connect a few times unsuccessfully and connecting once or twice and not knowing what to do.

Which is to say the era of BBS's was very much unlike the internet because only a very very small handful of people ever actively participated in BBS's in a meaningful way...remember the famous BBS's like The Well were a long distance phone call for most people...and there was no Google to tell you about BBS's you could call toll free...and long distance was expensive.

If a person was online, it was probably Compuserve or later AOL.

The commercial internet changed everything. For the better.

Or not.

Focus on fun and play.

Go where that leads.

Be a peer. Don’t lecture.

High density housing is unlikely to be compatible with that.

Also rental dwelling owners and people with limited economic resources tend to be less likely to make those kinds of capital investment.

The ramifications range from inability to obtain product liability insurance for manufacturers, the voiding of general liability for users, and the fire marshal shutting down places where the system is installed.

Keep in mind that new products get listed under new standards developed by manufacturers all the time. But only when the new standard demonstrates ordinary safety.

The simplest likely explanation is that vc did not believe the technology was worth betting on.

And that's what your company needs. Because your questions suggest that your team has a very very long way to go relative to understanding the technology to a bet-the-business level.

Building in house.

Outsourcing to consultants.

And probably a feature because downvoting is usually enough.

Maybe that experience can be improved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0CkQk7id0

If tires had to be manufactured at the car-buyer's home or place of business, cars and buildings would be more analogous.

The premise of the article is that home building is economically inefficient. As a mature industry in a capitalist economy, that requires supporting evidence. That so many people cannot afford market rate homes in desirable locations is not evidence that a free-market profit driven economy isn't working.

Mortgages are the important product produced by the home-building industry. Below market rate housing is by definition not going to be willingly sought by free market actors.

Usually, if you are just starting out you will tend to work for bad clients because good clients are those with regular work that pays well who value stable business relationships.

Bad clients are those (in order) who don't value stable relationships, don't pay well, and who don't have regular work. The best likely good client for a new contractor/freelancer/consultant is someone you can grow your business alongside their growth...and that's a long term relationship.

If you are worrying about your hourly rate, you probably won't make it because relationships are what matters. If you don't have enough resources to build relationships over time, you probably won't make it.

Your job is solving client problems (other than paying you).