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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

If you don't know how this works, . That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down.

NOTE: That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask COF, Crazy, or myself.

If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only.

Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then .

**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask COF, Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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I must have been. I was searching for something and couldn't find it then I got that

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Yeah, you gotta wait between searches. It's like 30 seconds, I think? It may only be 5 seconds, but it may just be that you needed to wait an additional 5 seconds. I want to say it's adjustable, but can't be configured without editing the source code. It has been a while since I was an SMF dev.

Yeah, a long time ago I was on the SMF team. (Another accomplishment!)

Someone asked me earlier today how much I value my time. They were taken aback when I said my free time is worth $500 an hour to me. For $500 an hour, I will come work for you. I figure I'll be willing to work 20 hours a week at that rate. I definitely wouldn't work a full 40 hours, nor anything like overtime.

Now, I get to spend my time any way I want. For example, I'm writing an article right now and saw that I had a new message. I spent the time answering the message. I can spend my time. It's $500 an hour for SOMEONE ELSE to spend my time.

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Hell yeah! $500 an hour is really a hell of a deal to get you working for them!

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Assuming they use my time wisely, yes.

I suspect there are no businesses I couldn't improve once I understood them.

Now, if they try to make me weld things together for $500, they're not gonna be happy with the results. Now, if they have me learn how their business process works and offer improvements for increased productivity, safety, etc... They'd get a hell of a deal. I'm pretty good at modeling systems and then making predictions about the results!

I finished my article. I usually have articles written ahead of time, but not right now. I've not felt well lately. I'm feeling better.

Yes, the site is something I choose to spend my time on. It doesn't pay anywhere near $500 an hour! Still, I enjoy it and it helps the Linux community. Shit, my traffic is pretty awesome.

Last month, I averaged 140 unique visitors per day. On no days did I have fewer than 100 unique visitors (with a rounding error of 5%). I'm counting that as a win, though I've not done much to make the numbers go up. They're mostly going up on their own. I still need to do some more promotion.