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481.
by pif 3y ago
> The core of the problem is outsourcing your core product to people who are neither competent nor interested in the quality of the product. I'm afraid the core of the problem is customers focusing on price more than on the quality
482.
by pif 3y ago
Thanks, I've learnt something today. Just out of curiosity: is it just a joke, or is there an idiocy behind, such as Sovereign Citizen or similar?
483.
by pif 3y ago
Is this a common joke?
484.
by pif 3y ago
You meant "Fahrenheit" rather than "Freedom", didn't you?
485.
by pif 3y ago
As @andersa correctly pointed it out, put the function in a header file and refrain from inventing useless complications. How could this post get to the front page of Hacker News?
486.
by pif 3y ago
> That's how they reset and seize more power. > They are selling our bonds and not buying these days. Who is "they"?
487.
by pif 3y ago
> No const. I stopped reading there. I wish this guy a happy coding (and non-coding) life, but I hope we never work together.
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by pif 3y ago
Call it as you wish, it's still enervating when you ask it the same poetry three times in a row, and it invents a new poetry each time, and you force it to recognize that it doesn't match the previous hallucinations/confabula
489.
by pif 3y ago
> machine learning algorithms Machine learning algorithms are good for cheaper replacement of cheap customer service agents, but they are not trustable. For important things (and having accurate and precise time is an important thing) yo
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by pif 3y ago
> if the backend people didn't deal properly You are right. It's not a frontend/backend issue. It's a "for human" vs "not for human" issues. Personal names must be treated in an international-frie
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by pif 3y ago
> The minimum every software developer must know about Unicode Just a nitpick... Once more, as it is typical on HN, web programming is confused with the entire universe of software development. There are plenty of software realms where A
492.
by pif 3y ago
> An extended grapheme cluster is largely defined on "this visually displays as a single unit", which isn't necessarily correct for things like "display size in a monospace font" or "thing that gets deleted
493.
by pif 3y ago
> A company I worked for had a few people at each site that had a kill switch ... Other than an admission of doing something shady, what else could this be?
494.
by pif 3y ago
It's not really a matter of filtering. Web and SaaS are interesting topic. But it is irritating and frustrating how many articles, and commenters, refer to web programming as the whole universe of software development.
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by pif 3y ago
> The advantage of the iPhone is that the entire device could adapt to whatever application you were currently using. This is the same argument as with Tesla dashboard: it's true, but incomplete. Virtual keyboard require your visual
496.
by pif 3y ago
The most important question for me: did it stop inventing facts?
497.
by pif 3y ago
Who changed the title? It was perfect the way it was.
498.
by pif 3y ago
> about half the time is spent waiting for traffic lights. I wonder if it is the same problem as in Geneva: in an effort to moderate congestion, they programmed the lights to slow the traffic towards the centre. In other words, they move
499.
by pif 3y ago
> We really need to distribute the economic activity around the UK by properly investing in other towns and cities I think your proposal is correct worldwide; it's not a UK-only problem. Unfortunately, it looks like humanity has not
500.
by pif 3y ago
I think I married her.
501.
by pif 3y ago
> These kitchens can consume food waste The risk of customers becoming community kitchen dwellers could be too high for the store. Stores need people buying the produce from the shelf, rather than helping themselves from the bin.
502.
by pif 3y ago
Not reading " https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.h... " considered harmful.
503.
by pif 3y ago
> no one ever said you’re entitled to only having to play guitar in coffee shops to support themselves Actually, no one ever said you’re entitled to only having to play guitar in coffee shops to support yourself in the town you chose .
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by pif 3y ago
> Google saves millions upon millions ... There is no chat support to complain to for most of their products. If people are not happy with their services, why don't they just ask for their money back?
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by pif 3y ago
> But the next person to come along has to bounce back and forth Only if they can't read code! Code is meant to be read as written, at least the first time; if you try to read it as executed, you are in the wrong. If the previous de
506.
by pif 3y ago
> enshittification via greed You are right. The greed of affectionate users who refuse to pay has destroyed many a service!
507.
by pif 3y ago
Enshittification is only a problem from the point of view of the non-paying user. But the on-paying user has no say in what happens to the app. As they say, if you are not paying for the product, you are the product. Enjoying the generosi
508.
by pif 3y ago
You mean: another thing destroyed that a few people used to enjoy when the developers had no chance to have it economically better!
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by pif 3y ago
> I would pay $100/month for a site like the original okcupid, but ... That you would not pay $100/month for a site like the original OkCupid.
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by pif 3y ago
> I still think there is potential for dating apps that target higher intellect users. Apps are not developed for the sake of the users. Apps are developed in order to make a profit. If your higher intellect users are not ready to pay go

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