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by erikbye 5y ago
For the average career developer, less common than being stuck with the same legacy code base and language/framework for years.
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by erikbye 5y ago
> In terms of difficulty, writing code is maybe on average a two out of ten. It's not about difficulty, but time. Not the same thing. Easy can still be time consuming. Have you seen how much time the average developer spends on Stac
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by erikbye 5y ago
I understand how others can suffer from writer's block even though it does not pertain to me. Have not happened and never will. Typically those who suffer writer's block go into writing on the false premise that all writing should
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by erikbye 5y ago
Isn't Reverb G2 higher at 2160x2160? (than Quest 2).
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by erikbye 5y ago
I was obviously referring to their HMD.
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by erikbye 5y ago
Ok nice, that's better than G2. What about IPD? All HMDs have too narrow IPD for me, what is the challenge with offering wide IPD? The Human IPD range is 51 to 77. Quest 2 offers only up to 66 mm, the Index up to 70mm. How's the l
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by erikbye 5y ago
What's the resolution per eye?
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by erikbye 5y ago
Not to mention the terrible lens glare.
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by erikbye 5y ago
I tried working like this but the resolution is not there yet, not sure why some people are not bothered by this. For me it’s very important text is as crisp as on my 4k display.
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by erikbye 5y ago
Not to dismiss his achievement, but, why do people always think programming in assembly is ultra hard? This was just how we wrote games back in the day. I still know people using Assembly for a wide range of development, it's not parti
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by erikbye 5y ago
I think the only good thing about the Apple ecosystem is making money off it. Much easier to make a living selling apps on the app store than the play store.
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by erikbye 5y ago
If we go back hundreds of years, to the days of the first newspapers, consuming news had more importance. Financially and health-wise. It probably also gave a greater sense of belonging and something to talk about. I'm 40 and I cannot
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by erikbye 5y ago
> That's often good rather than bad, as many products are optimized away from usability over time. I feel Adobe products are a great example of this.
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by erikbye 5y ago
These are also valid points. Anecdote: A company I know used to have an on-premise product. The customer paid for a yearly license*. Then they developed a cloud based offering, a SaaS. In order to force customers over to this solution they
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by erikbye 5y ago
People tend to think startup or new product when they hear SaaS, and forget that many mature businesses are turning their domain software into a SaaS. This is currently huge. Internal software that was previously only used inside the compan
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by erikbye 5y ago
So more or less abandoned already?
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by erikbye 5y ago
> How can I invest time and money in using a product if I'm afraid the founder will bail after a few months? Would you rather a risk a much bigger one-off payment? For software? Sure, it works now, but it might never get updated, an
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by erikbye 5y ago
> It is too easy to: splash page, Wordpress, "rails new saas" for a product and then try to sell via SEO / outbound Not even that, these days people simply start newsletters... Still, I wouldn't write off the payment
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by erikbye 5y ago
> Perhaps you're not someone who needs this kind of advice. He has the first/top comment on the article. Seems to me he's binging HN, hitting that refresh button. Check his IP, he probably visits several times daily.
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by erikbye 5y ago
Rights are worth many deaths. It has always been. Stopping Hitler was worth millions of deaths, in exchange we still have rights. Before covid, family visited elderly in nursing homes, knowing full well there is a small chance they could pa
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by erikbye 5y ago
Is Erlang still relevant? Many other languages now have both language features and libraries/frameworks for doing similar things to Erlang's main selling points. Languages that are easier to work with for most, e.g. syntax wise, b
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by erikbye 5y ago
Exactly. Jeez. I'm not even shocked anymore, at how out of touch and stuck in their ways some people are. If this is your workflow: terminal; ssh <remote server>; vim <file> ...
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by erikbye 5y ago
Yeah.. this younger generation you speak of will at some point lament about Discord or Snap with the same nostalgia. Maybe.
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by erikbye 5y ago
While I agree, there is still great content to find online, content of the type he refers to, it is just damn hard to find. To discover it I use alternative search engines and custom built crawlers. There should be more portal sites, just l
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by erikbye 5y ago
Why are you looking for something free? Haven't you all learned by now that you are the product if it is free. If you need a service pay for it monthly. If you need disks for storage pay for it once.
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by erikbye 5y ago
Dark Reader is great if you do not care about performance.
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by erikbye 5y ago
Deafening? The only one who will suffer hearing damage is the rider. Next time get your decibel meter out and you will probably find you are just as offended by bikes within the legal limit. You sound like that type of person. Probably live
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by erikbye 5y ago
This is wrong. Many bikes have pops and cracks like this stock, straight from the factory floor. So do not assume the owner went out of his way to make it so.
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by erikbye 5y ago
Perhaps you should get some therapy. Healthy individuals do not get that worked up over minor things like loud vehicles. It passes you and it is over. Or do loud vehicles sit outside your home all day and night?
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by erikbye 5y ago
In my country it is mandatory for electric vehicles to make artificial sound so they can be heard.

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