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by pflenker 3y ago
The trick here was that of course my friend did not use her own sensitive bank information to ask for the loan - she asked for test data, and the company provided her with data. What she did not realize is that the data they fed her were t
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by pflenker 3y ago
This is the appropriate place to share the following anecdote, which happened to a friend of mine (disclaimer - in the context of this comment and how I wrote it I assume you will immediately notice the red flags, but I assure you these ar
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by pflenker 3y ago
One thing is missing and can’t be done with a web app, and that is automatic tracking of activities recorded by smart watches. The work around here seems to be auto-importing them to Strava and connecting Strava to Endurain.
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by pflenker 3y ago
That might be true for many, but it is surely not true for everyone. The progression analysis across multiple activities, or the heart rate analysis of each individual activity, are immensely useful tools on their own.
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by pflenker 3y ago
No, the Tahoe was not sold. One of the two screen shots on the original thread on X contained the message that every offer from the bot needs to be confirmed by an official dealer. The article chose not to show that screen shot.
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by pflenker 3y ago
In the logic of Apple's design patterns, the button on the bottom left doesn't take you back a view. It manipulates the browser view and asks it to go one step back. I'm not saying that this is really the best way to reason a
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by pflenker 3y ago
One thing I didn’t find adequately reflected in this article is how expensive it is being poor. If you can’t afford the more expensive, but more durable version of X, where X is something you really need, means that over time you will spen
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by pflenker 3y ago
Love the idea! However, it seems that you’re running a non-mobile friendly version of the hacker news design. Making it responsive would be greatly appreciated!
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by pflenker 3y ago
(1) Yes, one and a half times. - The one time was due to Corona. The company needed to shrink so my job was cut. - The half time was due to changes in priority for the company. The parent company was in the US and didn't know how to de
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Embrace the Tarpit(flenker.blog)
1 points by pflenker 3y ago|0 comments
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by pflenker 3y ago
I think the ability to distinguish when to step in and when to step aside is a crucial management skill, which is made harder due to the fact that even if you think it’s time to step aside, higher-ups still might try to push you to stepping
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by pflenker 3y ago
Your recollection of the past might be skewed. Approximately 10 years ago we also celebrated cables - the switch from the 30 pin cable to lightning. Stuff like that has always been there and celebrated, but it fades in memory over time.
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by pflenker 3y ago
This reminds me of the following: Of fictional crime investigators, mrs Marple collects all the clues and then invites everyone to the Great Summation at the end to reveal the murderer. Episodes of Inspector Columbo start with the very ac
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Unauthorized Access to Cross-Tenant Applications in a Microsoft Azure Service(tenable.com)
8 points by pflenker 3y ago|0 comments
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by pflenker 3y ago
Why, of course they want to, and they do. Not _you_, perhaps, but it’s like billboard ads: the thousands of eyeballs ignoring them are being outweighed by the few who react and drive revenue.
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by pflenker 3y ago
> This kind of content is dangerously close to "kids today and their rap music" or "it's those violent video games." Agreed - several statements on this page seem to stem from disliking what Instagram does and fa
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by pflenker 3y ago
You are comparing the benefits of the „good old times“ from the drawbacks of the present. Drawbacks from the past include that the number of things you could express with ascii emojis is very limited, anything that goes beyond the usual pa
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by pflenker 3y ago
Even if she could have, she is checking excel for his reply, which would not arrive there.
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by pflenker 3y ago
Couple of reasons: - Push notifications to reengage the user - Collect more data - you can spy way more on a user using the app than on the web - Bypass adblockers All this makes losing customers who are not willing to make the transition t
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by pflenker 3y ago
The vision pro showcases one use case which is compelling enough to make me consider buying it (in a couple of years, when it’s more settled): As a replacement for a monitor for work. Seriously, having a huge monitor everywhere is a game ch
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by pflenker 3y ago
Your original comment implied much more.
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by pflenker 3y ago
Lab Grown Meat has a marketing problem above all. The lab that grows meat is not drastically different from the facilities that produce modern milk, cheese or other products, but the marketing of these respective products suggest that medie
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by pflenker 3y ago
"Going back to the basic" _also_ means a drastically decreased life expectancy, dying of avoidable sicknesses and generally a dull, short and miserable life. You can't retain all the benefits of modern society and only "
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by pflenker 3y ago
Clicked the link to find out how much Duolingo can teach us, but hoo boy is this information hard to find in the article.
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Zalando to launch virtual assistant powered by ChatGPT(drapersonline.com)
2 points by pflenker 3y ago|0 comments
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by pflenker 4y ago
The comparison to home building is not a good one - houses are things which are repeated, with customizations and slight modifications, and people are deeply familiar with houses. The closest analogy in the software world would be simple we
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by pflenker 4y ago
I think your question does not show how much you have researched before and where/why you are stuck. Implementing dark mode is a well-known problem that has been solved many times before, and SO makes a point to not repeatedly answer t
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by pflenker 4y ago
We’re all obsessing here about the door close button while a surprisingly large number habe trouble understanding the up/down buttons. Surprisingly often, especially elderly people seem to think „if the elevator is currently above me,
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by pflenker 4y ago
The article mentions cases where this is not true - e.g. hospitals, where elevators are configured to stay open much longer than the minimum.
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by pflenker 4y ago
About 17.000 employees.

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