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ChiefEngineer commented on Inside One of America's Last Pencil Factories (2018)   nytimes.com/2018/01/12/ma... · Posted by u/perihelions
globnomulous · 5 months ago
NYTimes, I don't care how much you pay photographer Christopher Payne and the rest of your photography staff (and contractors). No way is it enough. This is incredible work.

A quick internet search tells me Payne -- who shot the article -- specializes in large-format photography focusing on industry, and the samples on his website are breathtaking: https://www.chrispaynephoto.com/ Seems like the kind of thing that would be right up HN's alley.

ChiefEngineer · 5 months ago
I rolled my eyes reading your comment and went to the site to validate that your gushing praise was over the top. Boy was I wrong! His work is incredible!

Too many photographers these days misuse/overuse the Bokeh effect and lose important visual information in their photos. They also use poor lightning and coloring, under the guise it is artistic when in fact it is a frustrating loss of the visual elements.

Kudos to Chris Payne and his amazing work.

ChiefEngineer commented on Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts   arstechnica.com/space/202... · Posted by u/LorenDB
Animats · 7 months ago
Good. With both Blue Origin and Space-X having flown heavy boosters, there's no need for a US$2 billion per launch Boeing booster, even if it works.
ChiefEngineer · 7 months ago
That depends on the application. If we are talking safety critical human space flight SLS would be preferable over SpaceX.
ChiefEngineer commented on Spotify attacks Apple's 'outrageous' 27% commission   bbc.com/news/technology-6... · Posted by u/InsomniacL
Workaccount2 · 2 years ago
Imagine if google had just developed a proper iMessage competitor in 2012, and made it a cornerstone product like gmail. We probably would actually have a competitive smartphone landscape in the US today.
ChiefEngineer · 2 years ago
BlackBerry had BBM on their legacy devices and it didn't stop the original iPhone from being a hit. BlackBerry released their BB10 devices in January 2013 with BBM that were very competitive, and objectively better than the iPhone at the time, and it did not stop the iPhone. Then BlackBerry released BBM on Android and iPhone allowing cross-platform communication with objectively the best messenger available at the time. It failed.

The success of the iPhone was built on the culture of iPhone-first app development and the unwillingness of companies to develop for a third platform.

ChiefEngineer commented on LastPass users locked out due to MFA resets   bleepingcomputer.com/news... · Posted by u/jonathanzufi
makach · 2 years ago
1Password is probably the best kept secret when it comes to password managers. I don’t understand why not more IT professionals advocate this software.
ChiefEngineer · 2 years ago
Cost. Get a quote for a few thousand users from each vendor. Bitwarden and LastPass will come in around $50k, where 1Password will quote you $75k and have no flexibility to be competitive on their pricing. LastPass will probably drop to $40k later in your decision process to entice you to pick them.

LastPass has known issues and IT departments can make an understandable recommendation to the business to pick Bitwarden even with a slight cost premium. There is nothing to justify the insane premium 1Password demands. I have seen them lose multiple contract opportunities because of this.

Note: The dollar quotes are made up numbers, but the percentage differential is real. 1Password is often 50% higher in total cost.

ChiefEngineer commented on California forces companies to show pay on job listings, revealing salaries   cnbc.com/2023/01/05/heres... · Posted by u/vitabenes
sokoloff · 3 years ago
Why would variable comp "not be good for workers"? At the extreme end of variable comp is a worker-owned collective, which a lot of people seem to be in favor of.

Variable comp could have positive effects (reducing the pressure to have layoffs during lean times, creating an environment where success is shared with those who participated in creating in, aligning incentives across different factions to better support customers).

ChiefEngineer · 3 years ago
Because variable compensation is not going to be variable in practice. It's going to closely track to the stated minimum. For some executives the variability is in the split between their bonuses and shareholders in the form of increased EPS. Employees get the remaining portion, if any.

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