Bjartr

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by Bjartr 5y ago
Plus, there's the consideration of adding value with a quality experience itself being innovative. Dropbox is "just" a VCS. Slack is "just" IRC. Yet, no one had effectively executed the idea of providing those as a
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by Bjartr 5y ago
In the tech world the "huh, that's weird" can apply to users using your app to solve problems in unexpected ways.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
What Google are you using? I want to that one. For me, obscure is exactly where Google falls down these days, returning dozens of regurgitated listicle and low effort content marketing spam at best most of the time. Often ignoring extra w
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by Bjartr 5y ago
"and kept low latency" is not a reasonable assumption in the face of real world networks.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
For a(n anec)datapoint, I'm using JSON Patch in a production application.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
Complaining about "from whence" is like complaining about using "literally" to mean "figuratively", in that both 'misuses' go back centuries. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-p
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by Bjartr 5y ago
> It could be because they want to try your app. It implies nothing about long-term goals. How does "use" imply long term? Is trying an app not at attempt to make use of it? > It's forcing a user who only wants to try t
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by Bjartr 5y ago
When someone sits down to use an app, the app will have higher utility if it makes whatever task they're aiming to do, easier to do. When designing an app's UI, making something easy for users is a matter of understanding what the
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by Bjartr 5y ago
Not really. Dark patterns are a subset of nudges that push a user towards doing something they don't actually want. Say you have a 'signup or continue as guest' dialog with a "signup" button and a "later"
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by Bjartr 5y ago
The opposite perspective also has some value. e.g. If you try to learn a new language and solve a new problem, then when you get stuck on one you can make headway on the other, then return. It is harder to juggle effectively though.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
So a university library is more university than library in this regard.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
Seems like plain old competition to me.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
$1M of your money? Yes $250k from immediate family, if said fuzzy conditions don't confer any ownership or repayment? I'd say just barely yes (it's basically a gift to you at that point, which is then your money) $250k from a
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by Bjartr 5y ago
> But few have the level of obsession to follow through with it. If the goal is to release a complete product, then you're right that that's a problem. However, if the goal is learning, half a game is a great way to learn about
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by Bjartr 5y ago
This is a good point, and it's important to also remember that these ideas aren't independent. How people interact with the healthcare system over their lifetimes has an impact on how they think about their health, and the health
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by Bjartr 5y ago
Often, the alert you get is about a "keygen" or "crack" tool, which is exactly what you wanted in the first place.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
What is triple copy? Literally hitting ctrl-c three times? No idea that was a thing people did.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
The presence of aggregate societal harm tends to be the motivator for other regulation around otherwise voluntary behavior such as gambling. So if that harm can be demonstrated then there may be a case for legislating if companies can offer
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by Bjartr 5y ago
Is the bottleneck on improving security a lack of evidence?
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by Bjartr 5y ago
Is $40/mo. or $800 perpetual if you're making $50k or more a year, and free below that, really that expensive?
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by Bjartr 5y ago
I understand it's reasonable to be cynical about Windows, but is it really appropriate here[1] when the changes of note are support for dark mode and multiple undo steps? At least wait for someone to find an actual problem. [1] When I
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by Bjartr 5y ago
> I can never find the features easily because I don't know which pane or tab group it's supposed to be in. In an attempt to be helpful, in case you don't know about it, the shortcut ctrl-shift-a brings up a quick search
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by Bjartr 5y ago
Why does the containing universe necessarily have comparable physical laws?
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by Bjartr 5y ago
Part of the problem of the NFT hype is that some people DO believe this to sure degree and believe that those redistributing the NFT content are somehow attacking the NFT itself.
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by Bjartr 5y ago
"centuries" undershoots the persistence of tattooing by several millennia. Direct evidence of humans having tattoos dates back to ~3200 BC with the remains of Ötzi "the Iceman". https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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by Bjartr 5y ago
There is the chance this can backfire. Cancelling the card doesn't void the contract you made with the company. If they care to they can come after you for the continued subscription cost since you never cancelled and are therefore tec
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by Bjartr 5y ago
The article acknowledges this < ...real piles of sand don’t generate this kind of spontaneous structure. The abelian sandpile model doesn’t even try to capture the behavior of actual physical materials
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by Bjartr 5y ago
I'd love to see a few examples of what's expected from such a discussion
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At the edges sure, but why allow that messiness to pervade the system instead of isolating it to the data consuming/producing interfaces?
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by Bjartr 5y ago
> Customers expect polish, and they expect a lot more functionality than the bare minimum. That's why it's the minimum viable product, and not the bare minimum product. Determining what's needed for viability is an importa

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