convalescindrey

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by convalescindrey 3y ago
Unfortunately he did a lot of BS along the way which made it easy to dismiss everything he said.
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
And they definitely don't need to join it with data about my phone location history and my search history. Or evaluate which video I have watched for how long. Subscriptions, fine. Recent history, fine. Until I delete those, then I wan
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
It wasn't such a reference, no. And I believe it's hard to do this kind of thing as an afterthought. If your whole engineering culture is built around having a QA dept then just firing that dept is obviously going to have disastro
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
That can hardly be an argument to rule something new as "unconstitutional". I'm going to need to assume that this is an oversimplifying summary then?
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
> This is a simplistic take. First of all, even if it’s true now it does not make it true for all time. Blockbuster hit a real sweet spot for video rental until the tech landscape changed under their feet. True. I'd love to see a co
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
It's easier to criticize the baiter than the baitee, but that may be barking up the wrong tree. Tech companies are acting within the economic and regulatory framework. Criticizing them for doing so is not helpful. Ironically, I'd
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
I don't follow. I don't have integrity because I'm consistent in my replies? I also don't see how turning this discussion into ad hominem against myself is meaningful. Attacking that I'm using a throwaway? Seriously
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
I agree! I'm very disappointed with my fellow humans too! But what do you want to do? If you reduce how much the general population can impact their life then you are doing democracy a disservice. As sad as that is.
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
There are competitors, but they also use ads. Consumers just don't want to pay for things they've gotten used to getting for free. You may not like it (I don't), but that's reality. Being angry at "big tech" fo
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
What were the Supreme Courts reasons for deeming this unconstitutional?
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
You want an economic system that provides you cat videos for free? I'm quite ok with markets and capitalism. Should be regulated, but if you get your wish then there will be 300+ Americans who also want a wish. I rather have people pay
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
> It is called bait and switch which is a blatant fraud. Sorry, this is just not true. If you let yourself get baited, then it's your responsibility. Don't lift the responsibility from the general populace of mostly mature adul
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
> B) Many of these companies have such large content hosting fees because of the very nature they chose to set up under. If an economically more viable alternative exists then you are welcome to create a competitor. The fact that there i
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
> never underestimate the ingenuity of a good QA person. "app freezes while triple-clicking About button while changing wifi network when storage is 89% full and screen reader is enabled" If such feature interactions matter the
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
Anual revenue is in the ballpark of about $1bn-$5bn.
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
I agree! So, stop using the service then. Apparently most people don't care though. So, whom are you criticizing? Youtube for providing a service that's populare despite their way of financing which you personally don't like,
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
I'm not even talking about those producing content. It's their choice to upload things. But the platform itself needs to be paid for as well. You think Youtube should provide video hosting for free? Facebook should provide their .
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
And what they do to circumvent what you are doing to avoid seeing the ads is also their choice.
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
The alternatives are stop watching the content or pay for it. If you chose the ad-supported version then that's on you.
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
Yeah, my 9-year-old grandson could not upload his hillarious videos about dinosaurs anymore. Please explain to him that he can open some Patreon to support his Youtube fees instead.
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
Sadly, a Youtube Premium subscription only removes the ads. They still collect all the data about you. Remember that you are not just paying with ad eyeballs, but also with your data. When what where how much you watch. That's nobodies
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
> In my late 30s, I went serious about getting ads out of my life. Have you also cut everything out of your life that's financed through ads? So I'm expecting you to not use any Facebook, Google, Twitter, Youtube or other moder
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
> I block ads because they're psychological warfare that corporations wage against me. I don't care how unobtrusive the ads are. I hate ads as much as the next guy. But that's the economic model most of the web is built on
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
Then your developer should learn that "done" means more than "works on their machine". The difference between devs and dedicated QA people is that devs know the dark corners of the implementation. They know the edge case
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
Great project! A comment I'd have is that it's quite hard to find out who authored this fine piece of software.
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
A changelog is supposed to tell you what has changed. A general greeting/landing page is supposed to tell you what the thing is. Trouble is if a link to a changelog is submitted to HN. Most people who don't know what the thing is
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
If devs have to do QA themselves, many issues magically disappear.
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
Every apartment and house I've bought up to this day in my life (and I've moved quite a lot over the decades) would have been almost an impossible sale by the owners themselves. Their realtor was able to present the place, reply w
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
> It seems like the higher up the chain you look, the more indifference or incompetence you find. Well, let's say, you have a really competent investigator. Is that the person you want to be promoted into a position where they are
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by convalescindrey 3y ago
> are so good at marketing Yes, that's their job and primary purpose. Yes it's hard. Most people have anxiety to even talk to their neighbors without sweating. Sure there are lots of idiots out there, like in every profession.

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