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by stevenkkim 4y ago
How does one find a good tax accountant? I used to use one who cost around $1200/yr, but I lost trust in him for various reasons, so I do my own with TurboTax Home & Business. Probably not a good use of my time (takes 1-2 days per
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
"The American crayfish was introduced in the '20s. A guest, if you like. And like most guests having a good time, they didn't wanna leave. Next 50 years, they consumed all the local crayfish, wiped them out. And then, they st
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
While I prefer native apps, I’m fine with electron and web apps as long as the ui is good to use and to look at. Some electron apps are great to use, many have terrible UIs. But in my experience all Qt apps are ugly. I was wondering if Qt h
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
Has Qt improved its aethetics/appearance? My experience with Qt apps is that they have a distinctive non-native look and feel that's a bit off-putting to me.
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
Very cool article, thanks for sharing!
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
Also, can you imagine the positive impact on health and well-being? Also, my impression is that at least in the U.S. there isn't a shortage of farmable land. It's just that most of it is used to grow corn and soybeans, and most of
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
Do you check app size before downloading? I know I don't, and even if I did, I'm not sure what I would do about it as a consumer. If the user doesn't care and Apple doesn't care, then the company probably isn't goin
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
I migrated from Adobe to Affinity years ago and have absolutely loved it. In particular the abiilty to use both vector and raster graphics in Designer is a game changer. $99 for the universal license is an amazing deal. Well done Serif!
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
Yeah, I think this is probably the right answer. I once worked on an iOS app that took about 5 cycles of "guess what's wrong?" -> submission -> rejection before we got it to pass. Each time, we asked "Can you just
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
Can someone explain why both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store give opaque explanations for rejections? Why don't they just tell developers what's wrong and what needs to be fixed instead of pointing to some broad rule
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by stevenkkim 4y ago
Of the 7 lightening cables I own, two of them have stopped working, and one of them only charges in only one orientation (flip it, and it doesn't work). I'm hoping that usb-c on Apple devices will be more reliable.
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by stevenkkim 5y ago
+1 for Affinity Designer. I actually prefer it to Illustrator because it can do both vector and raster (they call it Designer and Pixel Personas). At $55 one-time price it's very reasonable.
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by stevenkkim 5y ago
Can you provide an example of a todo or project management app that does sprints well?
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by stevenkkim 5y ago
Thank you so much! I've just been suffering though this change thinking "I guess that's just how it is now" not realizing there was a solution.
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by stevenkkim 5y ago
Most of that cost is probably in his newsletter ESP. I believe he uses ConvertKit and has around 30,000 subscribers. But I'm not sure how that math works because the ConvertKit website says the 35K pricing tier is $216 per month.
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
Yes. There's also a huge difference between what people want and what they are actually willing to pay for. I bet many of the people interviewd by the author would have be happy to use the product on occasion if it had been free.
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
Have you tried contacting Paddle about this? https://paddle.com/migrate
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
To be fair, the bulk of the page load consists of large unoptimized images. My page load was 9.1 MB of which 8.1 MB were images and 446 kB was react devtools. So that means the rest of the site is about 0.5 MB.
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
Obviously this is easier said than done, but if Microsoft wants me to use Edge, they should actually make it better or differentiated from Chrome to persuade me. I've tried Edge and it's totally fine and feels more or less the sam
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
I have both, and they are just too slow. I think if I were reading fiction page by page, it would be fine. When I read non-fiction for learning, it's very difficult to skip forward/back, re-read sections, highlight/annotate,
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
I agree with your points about distraction, and I think "Deep Work" is a critically important book. That said, it's easier said than done. I only have one iPad and I do use it for many things including work, and it is shared
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
Just found this presentation online by Maryanne Wolf: https://www.stjornarradid.is/media/menntamalaraduneyti-media... See page 30 for the "reading circuit" diagram.
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
Yes, this 100% resonates with me.
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
I think all these points are valid. As someone who spent the first 30 years of my life reading physical books, the transition to e-books has been difficult for a lot of the reasons you mention. I wish the author was more specific on what &q
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
The following assertion interests me greatly: > She points out how the “physical and temporal thereness of books” provides a tactile support for the reading circuit’s development that e-books do not, while noting e-books nonetheless cont
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
I hear you on this, I’ve been through similar issues. Few comments though: - We have 3 kids, and you would think that would be a hostile Roomba environment but instead, it motivates them to keep the toys off the floor e.g. Legos. Sometimes
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
I don’t know if this would meet your needs, but I recently built a gated static site for personal use using Gatsby + Firebase for Auth and Hosting. Firebase Auth took 10 minutes to set up. I didn’t need a DB but I will use Firestore if need
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by stevenkkim 6y ago
This may just be my personal experience, but my Roomba does a pretty mediocre job vacuuming my house. As a result, I have to run Roomba 3-4x per week the get the equivalent cleanliness of using a traditional vacuum cleaner once per week.
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by stevenkkim 7y ago
It's not obvious to me - why do you think snap is better than scratch?
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by stevenkkim 7y ago
I am curious - what languages do you think would be better for kids to start with?

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