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as1992 commented on Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Continuing Blackouts   macrumors.com/2023/06/15/... · Posted by u/stalfosknight
k2xl · 2 years ago
For someone kind of out of the loop, can someone explain what they think reddit should do instead of charging for their API access? After all Reddit is a business right? What alternatives do users want reddit to do instead?
as1992 · 2 years ago
The issue isn't actually reddit charging for API access, its how much they're charging. $0.24c per 1000 api requests which for high volume apps isn't feasible.

Heres a post by the developer of Apollo explaining his experience in detail https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_w...

as1992 commented on My Salary History   jvt.me/salary/... · Posted by u/popcalc
jvidalv · 3 years ago
Im the only one who never had a joining bonus?
as1992 · 3 years ago
I've only joined 2 companies, however I interviewed and turned down maybe 6 other job offers. The company I work for now is the only one that offered a signing bonus so I don't think signing bonuses are that common in Europe?
as1992 commented on My Salary History   jvt.me/salary/... · Posted by u/popcalc
poizan42 · 3 years ago
I live in Denmark, an entry level wage for a junior developer averages around 65K-75K EUR per year here depending on which part of the country you are in.
as1992 · 3 years ago
Cost of living is crazy high in Denmark though right? How does that €65-75k compare with the actual cost of living out of curiosity? ( Eg. rent, groceries, leisure activities etc..)
as1992 commented on Google Play Developer Antitrust Litigation   googleplaydevelopersettle... · Posted by u/binkHN
thrdbndndn · 3 years ago
Genuine question: how was Apple rarely sued in similar fashion?

Not just compared to Android/Google, but also the way they bundle programs in their operating systems, compared to Microsoft browser case in the US/EU.

To my untrained eyes, they're worse in almost every aspect.

Is it just the boring answer "they have better lawyers", or are there things fundamentally different?

as1992 · 3 years ago
In my opinion, its based on the perception of the companies combined with the impact they have on the general consumer market. Eg 70% of phones run Android, only 27% run iOS which makes Google a much better target to go after.

Same situation with personal computing, Windows was like 80% of the consumer/business market when the whole browser thing took place. MacOS was something like 5%. Also I've never really heard of someone complain about Safari compared to IE/Edge so maybe there wasn't any traction for something like that

Maybe someone has a better/more accurate answer than that but thats just how I've been perceiving it.

as1992 commented on Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell    · Posted by u/code_Whisperer
as1992 · 3 years ago
https://spotify.smithy.dev/

Built it in a few hours in 2021, my girlfriend and I have a collaborative Spotify playlist, and as everyone knows Spotifys shuffle feature sucks. When on a road trip we'd constantly have the same songs play while on shuffle mode, so I built this, it basically just does a Fisher–Yates shuffle on a selected playlist and allows you to save this new order back to the playlist on Spotify (non destructive on Spotify, which unfortunately means an API call per song order change). Now no need to use Spotifys shuffle! Its worked well for us, we actually get a properly random playlist order.

Price: €0 Cost to me: Like €7 a month for a VPS than runs other stuff as well.

as1992 commented on How Tinder Changed Everything   theverge.com/23549905/tin... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
as1992 · 3 years ago
When Tinder first came out, and in its early years, I think it was great. Aside from a dating aspect, I used to use it when travelling to meet other travellers. I met my current girlfriend through Tinder. Like most good things, Tinder was ruined when profit took priority over the product. Last time I used it (2020~) it was a mix of fake profiles, misleading upgrade prompts and expensive premium plans.
as1992 commented on Things they didn’t teach you about software engineering   vadimkravcenko.com/shorts... · Posted by u/mikecarlton
wankle · 3 years ago
"What important truth do very few people agree with you on?"

For me it's that Apache is the best web and proxy server, Java is the best programming language and platform, Eclipse is the best IDE and never use anything made formerly or currently by Russians including nginx and JetBrains' stuff.

as1992 · 3 years ago
I mean irrespective of Apache/Java/Eclipse, saying to never use something made by someone just because it was developed by a company/people of a certain nationality is just silly.

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as1992 commented on Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?    · Posted by u/aruanavekar
as1992 · 3 years ago
Based on my own experience as a SWE (Working with a previous company up until May 2022, job searching from Feb 2022 , and now at a new company)

The vast majority of companies are willing to hire remote, but a lot only within locations they have the legal means to do so (eg. Legal entity, contract with Deel or other company). It seemed during 2020/early 2021 people were saying it was going to be a "global job market", which in my understanding meant you could get a job in any country in the world, easy.

While it's true in my experience you can get a job in any country in the world, it's not that easy. A lot of companies do not want to hire outside areas they have a legal entity in, Eg. a company has an office in Paris, they'll hire remotely anywhere in France, but good luck if you're based in Spain.

Companies that will hire most anywhere are far and few between, and generally from what I've seen are smaller, startup/small business sized companies.

Take the above with a pinch of salt as that is purely my own experience, and could be bias based on what I was looking for.

as1992 commented on Ask HN: Why does WWDC get 10x more views than Google I/O?    · Posted by u/carlycue
k12sosse · 3 years ago
> (who owns a Wear OS watch?)

I was gifted a Mobvoi TicWatch 3 GPS and it works well with my Pixel 2. It's my first watch in decades, let alone smart. It's been paramount in my efforts to fight back the gluttony and sedintary lifestyle that snuck in with full-time WFH.

I like the integration with Fit, Maps, and I don't pick my phone up and get distracted along the way just to reply to a few messages. Google Assistant works well. Can take my calls while in the pool with it.

Best gift I didn't know I wanted in a long time.

Your results may vary, I am a simple man.

as1992 · 3 years ago
I've a TicWatch Pro (2018 release I think?) and I absolutely hate it, well thats not true. I hate WearOS on it. The watch itself is lovely, its the software that lets it down, constant lagging, freezing, unresponsive touches etc.. I came across a XDA post on optimising it by disabling animations and removing lots of the bloatware on it, and thats improved its performance a good bit. Compared to my girlfriends Apple Watch though, it feels like I'm using severely outdated tech (Not 4 year old, more like 14 year old)

Have you had the same experience with the Pro 3? I'd be interesting in upgrading if it was better.

u/as1992

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