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by munk-a 3y ago
It should always be personal productivity but as a CEO your productivity is how much better you're doing than someone else in that role would. In the modern world too often executive compensation is viewed as "How valuable is thi
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by munk-a 3y ago
Unfortunately yes - this view isn't so out there that it's not inconceivable that someone would genuinely express it.
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by munk-a 3y ago
I think it's a pretty reasonable question when the salary is so incredibly out of line with what developers make. Is the CEO singlehandedly responsible for productivity equal to that of sixty or so developers?
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by munk-a 3y ago
Just like with pretty much any other substance we use medically - it's good for some people but it comes with some side effects so if it's not doing anything for you it's probably best to abstain.
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by munk-a 3y ago
It's more healthy to abstain from alcohol or cigarettes than edibles.
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by munk-a 3y ago
This comment in itself is likely to cause anxiety. "Your mental health issues cannot be solved by anything short of a societal shift." I agree that there's a lot of things we could change as a society to meaningfully improve
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by munk-a 3y ago
Not in the quantities you'd find medicinal for anxiety... and most people I know who have government weed up here in Canada take it in edible form.
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by munk-a 3y ago
I think it's good to distinguish them because there are games like Genshin Impact that have literally no accessible gameplay without constantly feeding money into the machine. I am also disappointed in the fact that Valve has started
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by munk-a 3y ago
I think it's fair to distinguish gatcha for cosmetics from gatcha for game mechanics - the later is a far worse user experience than the former. But, otherwise, yea I think that's an extremely fair statement - a whole lot of game
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by munk-a 3y ago
I don't think we need to excuse any additional creep of advertising into modern media - we're plenty over-saturated as is.
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by munk-a 3y ago
I'd say to "an acceptable level of moderation" - not perfect. But I agree with that statement if the company is itself profiting from the moderation. I think there's a separate example to be considered when the company
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by munk-a 3y ago
There is a way for the platform to handle that scenario... Manual review. Apple chooses not to rely on manual review and we shouldn't discount this decision of theirs.
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by munk-a 3y ago
If Apple isn't able to police this then maybe it's unhealthy for the market to be completely controlled by them. They make billions off the AppStore and their refusal to reinvest in proper moderation (especially for an app worth
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by munk-a 3y ago
Uh... except MUDs - which absolutely dominated the early era of gaming and still exist as a small but extremely dedicated player base to this day. Text will always be an extremely compelling medium for RPGs since you're only limited i
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by munk-a 3y ago
Just to clarify, IANAL, but the "legally obligated to maximize profit" is a misinterpretation of Dodge vs. Ford[1]. It was a very radical decision for the time and hasn't been rescinded but still allows executives a wide deg
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by munk-a 3y ago
There's apparently even "green bubble bullying"[1] of kids who have Android devices and thus have their messages appear different. In this particular way Apple is happy compromising the mental health of young people to secur
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by munk-a 3y ago
To clarify - iMessage does not use SMS if you're going from Apple to Apple device and both devices have data/wifi available. iMessage refuses to support messaging to Android clients and defaults to SMS for these messages. I'
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by munk-a 3y ago
SMS rates are absolutely bonkers considering the technical way they're transmitted. The US is an outlier in SMS rates actually being reasonable (usually unlimited or close to) for consumers - but for the rest of the world the insane m
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by munk-a 3y ago
Probably just regular stuff but of a high enough quality that we'd consider sending it to space? Defense and space equipment procurement is usually a lot more expensive than normal because 1) companies exploit the bidding system 2) yo
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by munk-a 3y ago
Terry Pratchett was ahead of the curve on this one: > 'And then there’s quantum, of course.’ The monk sighed. ‘There’s always bloody quantum.'
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by munk-a 3y ago
I can't really, there are some really exciting scientific things that may emerge in the new few years but anything related to consumer electronics is at least fifteen years off and will probably have quite slow adoption when it's
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by munk-a 3y ago
I think it's fair to target the board with a large amount of blame as well - but as CEO it's your responsibility... if the decision is going to torpedo the company then refuse to carry it out or leave.
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by munk-a 3y ago
Sublime and Microsoft also are making it work - as are a number of smaller IDEs. Editors and dev tools tend to be pretty profitable as long as you remember the golden rule - let the small fish pirate freely, charge nothing for college stud
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by munk-a 3y ago
On the other hand - ask Epic. Yes, their fortnite income dwarfs everything else - but the engine is still highly profitable.
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by munk-a 3y ago
At least they laid off the CEO that nearly managed to torpedo the entire product.
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by munk-a 3y ago
That is a sign that you work at a deeply unhealthy company. Even at a moderately healthy company it's usual to have "Don't shoot the messenger" policies in place to avoid blaming developers for doing their job.
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by munk-a 3y ago
That's essentially autopay (in effect). Autopay is a cron job for your bank account "Send 200$ to this lender every 15 days" or something similar.
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by munk-a 3y ago
Someone fiscally responsible enough to never need a loan in the first place (either because of higher income or simply from living in more humble needs) will have a lower credit score than someone who did need a loan. That's weird.
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by munk-a 3y ago
If UHC can get Dr. Nick to reject claims for six months before he gets canned they'll be happy to set Dr. Nick up on a caribbean island for life after he declares bankruptcy - then all the other Dr. Nicks will be happy to throw their r
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by munk-a 3y ago
The fact that we haven't nationalized credit reporting absolutely baffles me. These companies have so much power over our lives, are completely unaccountable, and are so incredibly incompetent.

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