majani

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by majani 5y ago
Indeed. The way I see it, wokeness and religion seem to be two sides of the same coin
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That would be easily overcome using dark patterns in the initial OS setup screen
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Yup. There's not too many people out there willing to risk bricking their $1000 phone for extra permissions
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by majani 5y ago
Sideloaded apps can adopt any payment system they want
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by majani 5y ago
I stopped following any groups or pages, and I'm only friends with people who I'm on a first name basis with. This is probably Facebook as originally intended. The signal to noise ratio is only middling and my usage has gone way d
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by majani 5y ago
Exactly. The problem with all these highly publicized, flimsy regulations is that when you eventually fail to enforce them, the extent of your authority comes into question. Better to have few laws that are strictly enforced.
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by majani 5y ago
That's an opinion from your filter bubble. Try get some info from conservative and libertarian sources. The results may shock you.
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by majani 5y ago
Needing a password for every in-app purchase is the default on both Android and iOS, and only the password-holder can change that setting. Many change the setting because they get annoyed by the constant typing of passwords, and that's
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by majani 5y ago
Yup. We thought digital distribution would eliminate the editorial middlemen, but we just replaced them with algorithms. Being favored by the algorithm is a big part of most social media stars' success nowadays and it is not guaranteed
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by majani 5y ago
The real reason is probably that "adult Patreon" probably isn't a sustainable business model. The incentive for famous influencers to scam users with photos and videos that are only technically nude is just too high, and that
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by majani 5y ago
Also Onlyfans willfully supported a scammy business model by allowing people to sell content without any preview whatsoever and cash out quickly. What would then happen was that famous women would open an Onlyfans, lie about having nudes on
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by majani 5y ago
For those who are tired of this culture, you might want to take a look at working on projects targeting poorer countries. There, backward compatibility with older technologies is what is prized, and newer technologies hinder adoption rates.
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by majani 5y ago
If he has the skills to get such offers, then he's in a power position with employers, which explains his demeanor towards them
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by majani 5y ago
Scammers sometimes intentionally dumb down their language to filter out discerning people from their audience. That way they only remain with a non-technical audience who are charmed with the scammer's presence.
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by majani 5y ago
As someone who is currently working on a browser game myself, PlayOK feels like optimization nirvana. It's so refreshing to see such a minimalist approach in a world where no one cares about bloat any more.
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by majani 5y ago
Making everyone a replaceable cog in a machine is a necessary evil for a company to survive past the founding team's heroics in the beginning
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by majani 5y ago
A lot of people walk into ponzi schemes with full awareness where they hope they'll make bank and cash out before the music stops
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by majani 5y ago
That's overblown. Going into hiding is easy with a pile of money by your side. Just cross into a country with a different language, change your appearance by changing your body fat % or growing hair, then buy yourself some new ID docum
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by majani 5y ago
Holy Bubble Batman! I'm curious, what do you think the median national salary is?
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by majani 5y ago
Yeah, the online gray area companies like porn and gambling are the ones largely holding up the web at this point.
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by majani 5y ago
Nowadays even most games are casual games that can also be run on the web easily. I'm personally making my first game and it's going to be delivered through the web. Crossing my fingers that people actually appreciate the lack of
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by majani 5y ago
The answers are definitely mostly from redditors and guys from here (many of whom are also redditors)
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You giving both examples as product companies is still generous. Most computer scientists work in service companies.
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by majani 5y ago
Probably any country that's not the US. Very few companies in the world have FAANG-level cashflows or Silicon Valley-level funding to be able to pay developers high salaries.
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by majani 5y ago
Actually the cost of mining puts a soft price floor on Bitcoin. When prices touch the cost of mining, they face heavy resistance since miners rage quit at that point
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by majani 5y ago
He's always been a bit of a dick. I'm currently doing a deep dive into his business history and the conclusion I'm coming to is that he is first and foremost a scrappy marketer, not a genius engineer as his reality distortion
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by majani 5y ago
I don't think anyone's buying a burger for the health benefits though
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by majani 5y ago
Actually there are thousands of rats, snakes, moles and other pests that are killed every time crops are planted and harvested. The realities of this world are quite ugly. We've just managed to put a civilized veneer over it
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by majani 5y ago
To me, the rich people bigging up high tax policies and heavy regulations feels like they're intentionally pulling up the ladder from behind them.
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In discussion forums, the best answers are usually those with many upvotes and no replies

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