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There was a story that the state had millions earmarked for building a cluster of tiny homes to help get the homeless off the streets. Only thing San Diego City Council had to do was find a location.

They couldn't. So the state redirected the money to San Jose. They are opening several sites this year 🤦🏻‍♂️

A few suggestions:

Create a portfolio site. Pictures, logos, and a little text. If you have the skills, install Wordpress and set it up with a portfolio theme. Each entry shows off something you did. Built an app that saved $10K. Put that in. Screenshots if you have them. Opensource code, college projects. If you don't have a good screenshot, get a semi-relevant image from freebie image sites like unsplash.com (with credit). Not too wordy. Nobidy likes reading a short story. Punchy two liner. Also, make your PDF resume available from the site.

If you don't want to deal with Wordpress, create a static HTML site using Jekyll (with a theme) and host it on github pages or Cloudflare for free. Vibecode it if you don't know how. set it up with an easy, memorable domain name related to your name.

Next, write some short articles on things people in the same background as you might be interested in. You mentioned Python, SQL, and AWS. All are good. Post them to Medium or Substack. Cross link them on social media.

If you have the skills, make a video screencast covering the same topic as the blog post, and post it up on your own Youtube channel. Do one per week (or more often) while you wait. Put a link in your portfolio. Link from video description back to your portfolio.

If you have the energy, start a related podcast. Start with a survey of the latest news in areas you're interested in. Just need a cheap USB mic. Post once a week. Again, cross-link with your portfolio or other channels.

Join local Meetups and show up. If one doesn't exist, consider starting one. Host it at a local bar. People will show up just to chat and grab a drink. Invite someone interesting to give a short talk. Post links everywhere. Expect a lot of no-shows. Don't take it personally.

Volunteer to help a local non-profit. Help them put up a website, clean up a database, or run some reports. Maybe a stretch project. Use it all in your portfolio. It'll help you learn new things and stay uptodate.

Ask on Nextdoor or some other local site if people need in-person IT help. Setting up computers, fixing networks, or cleaning up phone problems. Charge a modest fee for individuals. Slightly higher for small businesses. Insta-print business cards with your contact info at Kinkos or Office Depot for $15. Leave 2-3 everywhere you do a job, so they can hand them to a friend, especially if they're elderly. Pin them up in the local senior center and laundromat.

And lastly, consider getting a teaching cert and teaching high school, or going back and getting a graduate degree. Will likely have to borrow money, and it will take a year or two. But by then, job market might have turned around and with a graduate degree, you'll be worth more.

If hard up for cash, pick up gig work, but leave time for doing these other things.

Best of luck!

When approaching a light or stop sign, smoothly press down the clutch and break pedal together. If it's a red light where you might be for a while, pop the gear into neutral and let go of the clutch.

I was taught (rightfully or not) that holding down the clutch too long can damage it.

... And the love of my life, my wife Justin.

Invite a judgemental friend or relative over for dinner. Best way to force you to clean and declutter your space.

Not to be a shill... but lots of commercial systems have run on python: https://inoxoft.com/blog/top-23-applications-made-with-python/

Not just for data science, but in core services, including Dropbox, Instacart, Instagram, and Reddit. It's pretty good at getting something up and running, and there are lots of published tricks for optimizing it so it scales.

It's seed, using existing RISC IP. They can tape out an early prototype, or even just a simulated design, then use the performance numbers to raise the next round.

If anything, Intel proved that nobody in their right mind should ever go vertical and pay to build a fab again. TSMC in Arizona will happily take the job.

I have friends working on ways for content providers to charge AI training models. But I have a feeling that's not enough.

The future will have to be where creators have an incentive to consistently create, and consumers pay for what they like, or services to keep them informed and entertained without them having to do much.

In between will sit middlemen and aggregators to enable a smooth flow. Who that will be and what they do in this next phase is the big question.

Under the current method, Google's search and ads groups are competing against each other. Don't see that going well for anyone.

TV show idea for bottom panel: see how many toilets each contestsnt can hit in 60 sec. Have funny animal mascots randomly jump out of stalls.

Winner wins a high-tech bidet seat and a lifetime supply of adult diapers.

Running from large predators will definitely help with the dementia.

Amazing voice and arrangement. Also, thanks for pointing out the show. Never heard of it. Lots of great music there.