waylandsmithers

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by waylandsmithers 23d ago
This rings so true to me. I've had about a dozen jobs in software and exposure to another dozen through consulting, and I've generally found that the more mundane the application, the more the company's leadership and many em
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Early signs of enshitificiation: Paid promotion on Spotify song radio playlists(spotify.com)
5 points by waylandsmithers 1mo ago|1 comments
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by waylandsmithers 1mo ago
I should start by saying I am a huge fan of spotify, been a paid subscriber since close to the beginning of availability in the U.S., etc. But today I went to the Song Radio playlist for Help by the Beatles and found a link in the header I
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by waylandsmithers 3mo ago
Hey this is a great game. Nice work
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by waylandsmithers 11mo ago
Anything you search for, the first thing at the top of the list is an ad from a competitor!
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by waylandsmithers 11mo ago
Did we all have a Mandela moment that what we all thought was "The Farmer's Almanac" with the yellow cover actually has OLD in the title? And there is randomly this other farmer's almanac?
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by waylandsmithers 1y ago
I think my expectations for apple intelligence were just too high. All I've really seen it do on my macbook is suggest "Sounds great!" or "See you there!" as responses in Messages, and it's like, really, it too
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by waylandsmithers 1y ago
> After I had done this test, I asked myself why I decided to do a test on something that would convert a joyful activity into a soulless one This is how I feel at the moment about AI coding tools. Programming is the fun part of my job
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by waylandsmithers 2y ago
I was really surprised to hear this because I feel the exact opposite! I've worked mainly with project managers who ran all the ceremonies, held people accountable, dealt with planning and doling out tasks, handled stakeholders and gen
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Ask HN: I'm a dev who never wants to be on call again. What are my best options?
9 points by waylandsmithers 2y ago|10 comments
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by waylandsmithers 2y ago
Tangentially, the company I worked for years ago used ZenPayroll/Gusto. Seemed fine enough with a nice design and definitely friendlier to the end user than the gray boxes in ADP. I started a new job recently that also uses Gusto. They
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by waylandsmithers 2y ago
Meanwhile, the overall results don't make it seem like the sky is falling > For the quarter, Microsoft reported earnings per share (EPS) of $2.95 on revenue of $64.7 billion. Wall Street was anticipating EPS of $2.94 on revenue of $
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Ask HN: How do you handle needing to find something to do at work?
1 points by waylandsmithers 2y ago|1 comments
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
...not to mention furniture stores seem to keep no inventory, so you get it 6-8 weeks after you buy because that's how it takes them to build and ship your new couch
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
A few of the tricks I've noticed they use: * Review not tagged as English, or neither Full-Time or Part-Time, and those are the default filters * Default sort is "Most Recent" and the Featured Review at the top of reviews is
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
The reviews might be real, but the order you see anything, say Top 10 hotels in Indianapolis, is the result of an auction
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
> has nothing to do with “late stage capitalism” Couldn't agree more, and the ironic thing about this phrase is that it's really more reminiscent of the pre-depression era of robber barons, price fixing, no workers rights, Pani
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
I think the point was that a socialist system could provide more services, perhaps to the point where cash transfers wouldn't be necessary
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
Yes- I've had the same experience... the same "Huh, that's weird" kind of unknowing response that I give my parents when their printer isn't working again
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
Agreed- I'd be interested if someone could figure out how to do this on $0 for some period of time on sign up credits and free tiers
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
> "kids today and their rap music" I feel like teens are on other platforms? Many 30 and 40-somethings I know spend a ton of their idle time scrolling instagram, sharing reels with each other, and buying random stuff that pops
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
Oftentimes I find that the written reviews are just a plot summary with little analysis or opinion
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
> Even worse, occasionally I will accept a suggestion and only later notice a subtle “mistake”. Same, I got burned one time by accepting a suggestion I thought I understood. I think the general problem is that Copilot shifts you from wri
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
To me this is the true value of Apple Pay as a customer. I have all my subscriptions in one place, which says exactly when they expire, and they can all be canceled or resumed with one tap. Sorry to the providers that they have to pay Apple
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
A long time ago I spent a little while debating whether listing my middle initial on my resume would make it look "more professional"
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by waylandsmithers 3y ago
Yeah, Facebook is just the company that everyone loves to hate, and the NYT often joins in the chorus. This one seems especially agenda-laden, however: > absentee leadership, > Mr. Zuckerberg, 38, is on parental leave after the birth
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by waylandsmithers 4y ago
So- I'll pose the question from the other side because I've been in the position before- do you have any moral obligation when you know for a fact that a paying customer is not using the service you're providing?
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by waylandsmithers 4y ago
Worst and most psychopathic offense I've ever seen- in a coworking space- someone is reheating some leftovers in the microwave- another person stops the microwave, takes out the plate and puts it on top, then puts their stuff in and st
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by waylandsmithers 4y ago
My own personal opinion is that Tailwind just looks better. Bootstrap is great for developers who want something instantly nicer than unstyled HTML, but Tailwind is more production-worthy.
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by waylandsmithers 4y ago
Not to mention their podcast deals are bad for the consumer- Spotify was and is great because people _wanted_ to pay a monthly fee for access to (nearly) unlimited music instead of buying albums. Podcasts on the other hand already worked gr

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