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And yet, they seem to have managed to accomplish a solution which works well for them. Well done, them. Isn't this supposed to be 'hacker' news?

• tqwhite 4y ago
  I didn't say a thing about being mad that they had a solution. I am mad at the guy for claiming that this tremendously useful tool could be had for "pennies". I will grant you this. A hacker, meaning a teen in a basement making it work in the minimum way, could create a thing like this. I'm not that. The person who did this for that cycle company is not that (because that low-class hacker couldn't procure and implement dozens of pi's, or the networking, or the training). And, if he or she could, the company would be nuts to base their business on it. IT systems like this are hard and expensive. Suggesting otherwise is, I think, irresponsible. Someone that sees that video, believes it's just "pennies" and goes to his boss, promising to accomplish something like that is going to fail and be harmed. And that makes me mad, too.
  • detritus 4y ago
    Perhaps a good idea to keep in mind this is a Brit speaking, and we tend to have a lot of understatement in our communication. I interpreted 'pennies' as 'a good bit less than if we'd been stupidly-overcharged by the mercenary consultants he refers to'. I don't interpret 'pennies' as one of their employees getting screwed over. I mean, they may well might of, or they may well have had a significant wage increase and new clout within the company... .