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by matwood 6mo ago
> to improve the products. Meta had ~100B in EBITDA (or 60B in net income) for 2025. What critique does he need from a product/business standpoint?
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by matwood 6mo ago
> keeping it successful I’m no Zuck fan, but he’s done much more than keep them successful, they have grown a lot. I remember everyone making fun of him for overpaying for IG and WA. Now both in hindsight look like amazing acquisitions.
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by matwood 6mo ago
Don't they usually take out the primary residence when doing the calculation? It still doesn't mean someone is completely liquid as I'm guessing many people have their money in tax deferred accounts they can't access unt
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by matwood 6mo ago
People saw Black Mirror and made a business plan out of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)
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by matwood 6mo ago
> Apparently i don't understand pain I didn't until I had a bulging lower back disc pressing on my sciatic nerve. My leg felt like it was constantly on fire no matter what position I put myself in. In the past I've torn my
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by matwood 6mo ago
I'm not sure how many occasional LR users there were/are. Either it's software someone needs to manage their non-phone photo library plus editing or not. Those type of people are also likely to upgrade every year. So if you c
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by matwood 6mo ago
Way back when the only real LR competitor was Aperture. I moved to LR when Apple discontinued Aperture, though I really wish they hadn't. I've tried all the competitors multiple times but keep coming back to LR for my DSLR usage.
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by matwood 6mo ago
People often mistake speed for progress. One of the best examples of this is in jiujitsu. Two beginners sparing are often moving fast, but so many of the moves are wasted effort there's no actual progress in the match. Two experts spar
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by matwood 6mo ago
> can't believe how prevalent that fallacy is on HN of all places AI is very emotional for a lot of people leading to bias takes in both directions. We like to think HN is more rational than average, but we’re all human.
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by matwood 6mo ago
> Because it’s FUN. I don’t feel like I’m exercising, I’m just having FUN. First step is throwing away the idea it has to always be fun. You even said right before this: > And even the days I didn’t felt it, I never regretted going
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by matwood 6mo ago
Learning to grind through things you don’t want to do is a skill. I’ve been going to the gym for 20+ years at this point, and training BJJ for almost half that. It’s not about wanting to go or not, it’s just what I do. I have also found tha
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by matwood 6mo ago
I mean, anything with Sharepoint will be terrible. No amount of AI can fix that mess.
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by matwood 6mo ago
> all of which have apps that are only available on the Dutch app store. This isn’t really on Apple though. Blame the companies/developers for geo gating their apps. It’s a simple checkbox in the store to make it available for other
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by matwood 7mo ago
> I often hear people say no one should care because there aren't many power users. You also have to consider that not all power users are the same. I’ve been using macOS since the G4 PB days, and would consider myself a power user.
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by matwood 7mo ago
> The business plan these days is try and get as much investment money I know you're trying to be snarky, but this is itself a business plan and will impact how the company is operated.
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by matwood 7mo ago
You don't have to pick two exclusively. They are all connected sliding scales. Part of engineering is figuring out where the slides need to be.
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by matwood 7mo ago
It's why I said quickly and correctly. I think it's a cop out to say someone was slow because they were building it correctly. Famously, the old space shuttle software was developed very slowly because it had to be 100% correct
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by matwood 7mo ago
> I'm not seeing how this matters Same. This is how any market works. I think one of the problems (US only maybe?) is that talking about salary is generally taboo. The first thing you should do with all your friends is be open about
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by matwood 7mo ago
> I get this, but also genuinely interested to know how to measure outputs. Measuring outputs or inputs (hard work) is always hard. Did someone get the thing that was asked done both quickly and correctly? Do they do this consistently? I
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by matwood 7mo ago
> I don't pay my employees based on inputs like how hard they work, I pay based on outputs. It's crazy how many times I have to explain this to people, and it's usually when they ask me for a raise.
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by matwood 7mo ago
Yep. Sales and biz dev people use LI constantly not necessarily for connecting, but learning about contacts.
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by matwood 7mo ago
I use load-bearing all the time in conversation. People need to be careful that just because they don’t use certain phrases, it doesn’t automatically mean AI.
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by matwood 7mo ago
Bad as in malicious or bad as in they offered/you asked for their advice and it didn’t work out? Because if it’s the later, that’s an unfair burden to put on your friends or anyone else. People can give great advice, genuinely want to
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by matwood 7mo ago
Simon Sinek has a lot of good content around this. Step one is building trust. People won’t speak up if they don’t feel safe doing so.
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by matwood 7mo ago
> I took its recommendation. Ultimately it turned out to be the wrong decision. Curious if you think a single person would have helped you make a better decision? Not everything works out. If a friend helped me make a decision I certainl
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by matwood 7mo ago
I use a mix of Cmd-Tab and a hot key to see all non-minimized apps (Mission Control?) to pick from. I’ve realized that that I’m faster at seeing the color of the window I’m looking for than remembering the app name.
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by matwood 7mo ago
Consider me another weirdo. I don’t know why anyone would use full screen. Even games I want in a window…
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by matwood 7mo ago
> Just converting a loop of queries into bulk ones can help loads This is usually the first thing I look for when someone is complaining about speed. Developers often miss it because they are developing against a database on their local
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by matwood 7mo ago
Anytime I use a language other than Java it's always jooq that I miss. It's that good.
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by matwood 7mo ago
Putting Linux on a headset will do nothing to change that the average person wants no part of one on their face. You can develop for the Vision Pro inside the Vision Pro today, and few people care. Maybe a game library as large as Steam&#x2

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