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by jonpurdy 5y ago
I've found that half the time whatever site I'm trying to order with doesn't work, either due to Safari, adblock, or whatever. Sometimes doing it in Chrome helps, but not always. Even if it works, I need to create an account
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
Totally agreed. Just because a feature is used by 2% of users doesn't mean it should be killed. That feature (plus others) could be critical to the workflow of those users. It seems the telemetry-driven product development in the past
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
Agreed. I work for a remote first company and it’s night and day compared to previous employers’ policies. Life is just easier when one doesn’t need to justify their reasons for remote work.
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
As an aside, I’ve got a ADB Wombat from BMoW and it’s just awesome. Allows me to easily use my 1993 Apple Adjustable Keyboard with my modern Mac. Edit: forgot to mention that it also works great for using a USB mouse or keyboard on older Ma
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
Thanks for the clarification; that's exactly what I was referring to. I'd like to see fibre included in that since it's likely to be the physical medium that will last a century or more, regardless of the protocols on top of
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
What I am interested in: a single entity responsible for trenching/fibre infrastructure, then allowing providers to resell access to it. Requiring each ISP to run their own fibre makes no sense to me. Let ISPs compete on price and qual
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
I avoided replacing my 2015 MBP until 2020 because of the arrow keys (when they finally fixed). Not great to seem them still clinging to that asymmetric design.
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
I use Safari + AdGuard for most things due to the native Mac interface and reduced power consumption. And Chromium + uBlock Origin when I need to use sites that don't work with anything other than Chrome.
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
I agree; they shouldn't be called podcasts if they don't conform to RSS and don't work in standard podcast apps. They're time-shifted audio shows sure, but not podcasts.
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by jonpurdy 5y ago
Numerous times in the past couple of years I’ve briefly tried Firefox, or considered trying it again. Stuff like this just keeps coming up completely souring it’s reputation. At least anecdotally speaking, they’re shooting themselves in the
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
These anecdotes mesh with what I remember. A friend in high school around 1999 had a Pentium 133; it could play MP3s without stuttering but it couldn’t do anything else while it did that.
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
Thanks for that input. My AP AC Lite has been absolutely rock solid so I wouldn't want reduced reliability; it's the reason I went with Unifi in the first place. Not that it matters; no chance I'll be going with Unifi in the
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
I was considering replacing my AP AC Lite with whatever 6E equivalent comes out when 6E is approved. I considered picking up a NanoHD for the extra MIMO speeds, but in the meantime I keep seeing problems with reliability, the 6.x Unifi vers
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
Shout out to Feedbin! It was created shortly after (I think) Google announced the Reader deprecation. I signed up around the first day and have been a subscriber since then. It even has a well-documented and supported API. I hope Ben keeps
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
Some anecdata: located in SF. I rarely order non-Prime items. But I did recently order a desk grommet mounted USB hub (not charger) that was only available from China. Originally predicted to take a month, it took slightly longer at five we
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
I was wondering about why SwiftBar existed when there was already BitBar, and a lot is explained in this thread on Github: https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar/issues/95 TL;DR: BitBar stopped working well in
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
This sort of thing drives me crazy. It's so pervasive that it's impossible for users to keep up with opting out of everything. All one can really do is treat corporations adversarially and assume the worst. It's crazy that I
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
I basically stopped playing games around 2008 when I graduated uni. This was a time when I found other interests, didn't have time for games, and when mobile devices started taking over the world. If nothing in my life changed, I'
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
I had just posted in the duplicate thread complaining about 1Password ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26154324 ). I've been a user since 2007 and it seemed to get significantly worse with version 7. Despite its in
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
I've been on 1Password since 2007. Unfortunately, software quality seems to have taken a nosedive since version 7 came out (disregarding the subscription issue). Random beachballs and slowdowns, annoying 2FA and duplicate password warn
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
You are 100% correct. This is why Acceptance Criteria are a thing: so the person working on the ticket knows exactly what it means to be "Done". If they're unclear, they must be made clear (by questioning as you did). Often,
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
No worries; there’s always a balance between being overly verbose and not covering every edge case. The core point of your article was still clear, and as a result generated interesting discussion and follow up for an update.
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
Top parent here. I originally deleted the word “influencer” but put it back in with quotes since it was the best word to use. You’re totally correct in your assertions and the understanding of the intent and meaning of my post.
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
Anecdata: Trello and Jira both have free plans that I used that caused me to recommend them for paid usage at multiple companies I’ve worked with. Those free plans resulted in $xx-$xxxx monthly subscriptions. Asana has a paid plan with a 5-
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
I'm just a casual observer, but Japan had a "lost decade" post-bubble where average inflation and growth rates averaged 0%, but this has extended to a "lost two decades" now. (Side note: Japan's cost of living
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
This looks... awesome, from a first glance. Takes up more screen real estate for sure, but it seems like a cool way to inject a bit of fun into remote work. I can imagine some people would totally not be into this, but I'm not one of t
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
Parent here. I suppose my beliefs are more nuanced than what I specified in my post. > You should use the UI elements that make sense. It doesn't make sense for Maya or Blender or Photoshop to constrain themselves to whatever Micros
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
As a Technical PM, I fought against a former boss when they wanted to forego native controls because they wanted their app to be branded, because without a custom look they felt that their app would not be unique and memorable. If an app ca
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
From what I remember reading when Wehe came out, ISPs in Spain and Portugal (and Brazil?) were already providing data capped plans with options to uncap particular services for a small fee. So you'd get an (example) 100GB plan and pay
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by jonpurdy 6y ago
I agree that building and demoing something small is key. The larger and more complex a project will be, the harder it is to estimate. I’ve been trying to distill this into a framework that is accessible to both development and business fol

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