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by yarcob 6y ago
> Yeah I’m going to need examples of what features get locked by not providing location. Strava refuses to let you track your ride if you don't allow always-on background tracking. (They changed this about a year ago. Previously &qu
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by yarcob 6y ago
> Yeah, your GPS example doesn’t hold up. How is denying an app location info consistent with your position that Apple wanting to enable companies to track users? Many apps require location data for access to features. If you can't
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by yarcob 6y ago
> you can deny that and the app keeps working, just without the feature that needs GPS A phone that would truly value the user would allow the user to provide a fake GPS location. Then you could use features that need GPS and not give
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by yarcob 6y ago
Does the bolt mean Thunderbolt or power delivery?
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by yarcob 6y ago
That won't work because the detection logic is in the female side, not the male side. You could make a hard disk with detachable cable, though.
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by yarcob 6y ago
I think even all the "analog" stuff in modern cars uses chips. A modern engine wouldn't work without chips. LEDs won't work without chips. Automatic AC won't work without chips. ABS, ESP, etc. are all based on micro
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by yarcob 6y ago
Do you actually get most of your work from promoting yourself to strangers via Github or similar? In my experience, if you do good work, it's usually not that hard to get more work even without a public showcase of your work. Your clie
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by yarcob 6y ago
People aren't idiots just because they sometimes do stupid things. Perfectly intelligent people frequently drive recklessly or post incendiary bullshit on hacker news. I don't think anyone is flawless, so I try not to judge people
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by yarcob 6y ago
What helped me was to start with the assumption that the other person is just as intelligent as myself. The worst is when you start making suggestions after listening to two sentences. If you assume that the other person is as intelligent a
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by yarcob 6y ago
10 million in ETH. How easy is it to exchange large sums like that? (Genuine question, I have no idea)
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by yarcob 6y ago
How is this "cancelling" the artist? It's just mocking people for paying millions for bad art. People make fun of other people paying too much for art all the time.
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by yarcob 6y ago
> look, I've found something damning buried among X's old stuff Since this is specifically an auction of "old stuff" looking through it makes sense. And while the author is very critical of the work, the most signific
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by yarcob 6y ago
> who is enforcing this Let's not exaggerate, they just changed the default for new repos, everyone is free to continue naming their branches "master" or "stable" or "trunk" or whatever they want.
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by yarcob 6y ago
I wonder if these problems could be fixed by showing only a list of family safe instances by default, but allow adding custom urls somewhere in the settings. Don't show a directory of instances in your app. This way casual app reviewer
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by yarcob 6y ago
It's not a problem if there are alternatives to the app. You can just use a different app. The problem is when there's no alternative because the platform owner blocks you.
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by yarcob 6y ago
Yes, that's a good point. I have two Rails sites (side projects) and I've never worked with something so finicky. Something always breaks, and after every OS update I habe troubles getting my dev environment back up. I can see the
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by yarcob 6y ago
I think this is a great example of a fallacy that's pretty popular on HN: That work should be rewarded based on "value created" rather than effort. I don't think this line of thinking is helpful. Should Amazon increase t
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by yarcob 6y ago
> We use docker for almost everything, and it’s a lifesaver. While we're sharing anecdotes, we are using Docker for a part of our CI pipeline, and it's the only thing that constantly breaks for some reason.
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by yarcob 6y ago
Unless it's accidentally quadratic. Then all the RAM in the world isn't going to help you.
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by yarcob 6y ago
The problem is not spam or bots, the problem is that most commenters just post worthless shit. I mean, even on HN, which I consider above average, you have to read 100s of comments before you read one comment that really challenges your tho
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by yarcob 6y ago
> at its default level, compresses not only more than gzip level 9, but also at more than 10x the speed I could also call that a wilful misrepresentation, since gzip level 9 is very slow compared to the default setting and IMO isn't
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by yarcob 6y ago
Yeah, worst part is when some support engineer asks you to please post the bug to a bug tracker, but the bug tracker requires an account, and when you try to sign up they make you wait for someone to review your account, and at some point y
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by yarcob 6y ago
Size of the market is also important. Text editor for 30€ is a good business, everyone needs a text editor. Database client for 30€ is probably a little less profitable, not as many people need that. Client for a specific database like the
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by yarcob 6y ago
Have they solved the CPU usage problems? Dropbox caused serious CPU spikes during backups, and when they didn't fix it for years I moved away.
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by yarcob 6y ago
Fortunately domains don't really matter that much anymore. Address bars in pretty much all browsers are now search bars, and if you type a product name it will typically be the first result (as long as there aren't multiple produc
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by yarcob 6y ago
> Most people just Google the recipe they want to make and use the first result. This very very very rarely produces a good result. It depends on your skill level / experience. Some people have a knack for cooking and just need a ro
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by yarcob 6y ago
You are overthinking it. A lot of software just doesn't need elaborate updates. For one utility app that I sell, I just build a new version every couple of years when it's no longer compatible with the latest OS, and people still
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by yarcob 6y ago
I think the problem is that people are overestimating the benefits of subscriptions. Yes, subscriptions make recurring revenue. But so does pay-once software, as long as you don't stop getting new users. But your SaaS subscribers also
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by yarcob 6y ago
The problem is that all these standards apply to large and small devices, and to software as well. I was once tangentially involved with an app that was basically a weight tracker. It was supposed to be a simple, reliable solutions for doct
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by yarcob 6y ago
ISO standards are often discussed at PostgreSQL conferences, and whenever possible they try to follow the standards. Sometimes standards are written after PostgreSQL implements a feature, and it some cases it seems like they are even writte

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