I still use a macbook pro 2012 (lubuntu).

It's the longest lasting machine I've ever bought.

The build quality is fantastic. I use it as a backend to my Hermes Agent and it works fine.

this might not be the answer you're looking for, but passion isn't in the "thing". it's a state.

when I'm in it, everything's a joy. dishes, kids, day job, night job, whatever.

sure I gravitate toward certain things, but (ideally) they're an expression of my state, not a way to fill a void (temporary at best, misleading at worst).

when I'm not, finding passion in anything is a candle in a storm.

even if I get it lit it flickers out, and I think: wrong candle. need to find a better one.

from your post, you're seem to be in the second bucket. which means hobbies aren't the fix -- you'll just keep hunting candles.

got nothing but love for you, man. tough place to be.

i'm almost 40 and have felt versions of this cyclically through the years. only now seeing breakthroughs.

I use puzzle.io

I have a very small business so can't say how it compares to running a bigger business on qb

How does zed.dev compare?

I don't use vscode because it's always felt heavy on my (older) machine.

Zed seems to work okay. Curious to know how it compares

I tried Zed too. It's really performant and all, but I feel like I got used to VS Code too much and even looking at a different themed editor feels... awkward. Extensions is a must for me. I have plenty of extensions and I think Zed won't be having native support for extensions for a while, at least to the same degree as VS Code.

Brother black and white laser printer

brother-usa.com/products/hll2460dw

I have one personally and installed it in many a home and business

For 12 years, I did one year ON, one year OFF (2012 - 2024).

On my ON years, I felt compelled to drink, every night I had at least a beer, if for no reason other than, I wanted to make the "most of it".

On my OFF years, I didn't feel the need to drink, and generally slept better, lost weight and was more focused.

Stopped drinking completely after that.

I applaud your commitment to statistical rigor.

On a related note, “sequential analysis” is the keyword in stats for experimental designs that allow for stopping the experiment early in the face of clear results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_analysis#

haha... I'm slow..needed the dozen years of data.

I'm collecting caught-in-the wild use cases at https://www.clawdrop.org

I use it personally for cold outreach - specifically list building, enriching, and qualifying.

build distribution first. treat this like a product.

simplest - email list.

if there is an area you are interested in, start writing weekly.

post it in 5-10 relevant subreddits. post it in 7-15 relevant facebook groups.

daily.

give yourself 6 months to get to 1000 subscribers.

now when you launch something, you have a warm audience.

protip: to grow email faster, niche down. and try to talk individually to each subscriber like you would a friend.

Exploring my own bio-electricity.

Something is stuck within my body most of the time.

Doing certain movements makes this something flow better.

I feel better when this happens.

Breathing in certain ways enhances this something.

I feel A LOT better when this happens.

Still early, exploring.

do you mean BCI(brain computer interface type shit) I am in this field

yeah, it's not there in a lot of ways.

I've found a lot of value in using it as a scraper and enrichment agent