thr0waw4y5555

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   by thr0waw4y5555 6y ago

   Having worked in the FAANG / startup offices you describe, they always felt like they were designed to appeal to someone in their early 20s who was irritated that they didn’t have the benefits of living at home with parents who take ca
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   by thr0waw4y5555 6y ago

   ...and where might the money for that fair compensation of the creative act come from when consumers of the product expect it for free? This is the part that never gets resolved in discussions - someone, somewhere has to cough up money to
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   by thr0waw4y5555 6y ago

   100% agree. The death of in-person bookstores has killed that mode of browsing, and I have yet to see a viable replacement when buying online.
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   by thr0waw4y5555 6y ago

   We are, very poorly. With rampant piracy of books (e.g., ruslib), royalties have become quite reduced that would traditionally compensate for low up front payment from publishers. I’d blame publishers for paying so poorly, but the bulk of
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   by thr0waw4y5555 6y ago

   Blur deconvolution is not exactly a new method. Easy to find examples of reconstruction from blurred images. Eg, https://www.instantfundas.com/2012/10/how-to-unblur-out-of-f...
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   by thr0waw4y5555 6y ago

   I always go for a native app over a web app/electronjs app. Native will most likely have the familiar idioms of the OS, lower overhead, and take advantage of platform specific features. I happily pay money for native apps. I general