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jonheller commented on Are Levi's from Amazon different from Levi's from Levi's?   nymag.com/strategist/arti... · Posted by u/randycupertino
jonheller · 5 months ago
Like the majority of "Don't buy from Amazon" articles I've read, this one doesn't seem to make any mention (unless I missed it!) of if these Levis were shipped by _and_ sold by Amazon.

There's no doubt Amazon has a problem with fake or imposter products. But every post I seem to read about this is people who unwittingly by from a marketplace seller.

Of course Amazon should do better to regulate those marketplace sellers, but it seems similar to me to someone buying a Rolex from a street peddler in Times Square and being shocked it isn't the real thing.

jonheller commented on Pivotal Tracker will shut down   pivotaltracker.com/blog/2... · Posted by u/sandinmyjoints
jonheller · a year ago
That's too bad. At one of my companies they were using Trello for all engineering development which I found just too casual of an approach. Jira would have been overkill.

Pivotal provided a nice middle ground and was so easy to use with just the right amount of customization and power user functionality.

But I always felt like there was a small group of users and it just never got a foothold in companies.

jonheller commented on Google AI might kill you: identified Destroying Angel as edible"button mushroom"   boingboing.net/2024/06/03... · Posted by u/josephcsible
jonheller · a year ago
They prompted it with "Button mushroom" as well. Asking "What mushroom is this?" elicits a much different response, but not one that would get clicks.
jonheller commented on After Furiosa flops, Hollywood could be facing a biblically disastrous summer   bbc.com/culture/article/2... · Posted by u/UUjiasuqi
jonheller · a year ago
I know I'm a bit sensitive to this type of thing, going to the theater is such a roll of the dice:

- Will I set in front of someone kicking my chair? - Will I sit next to someone eating candy from a crinkly bag for half the movie? - Will I sit behind someone on their phone the whole time? - Will I sit next to someone talking most of the time?

I go to about two movies a year because of this, but I would easily go 5, maybe even 10 times as often if there was a way these issues could be addressed.

jonheller commented on Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results   apple.com/newsroom/2022/1... · Posted by u/ckastner
skc · 3 years ago
I actually like that Apple completely obliterates the fiction that people don't want a walled garden.

It's such a minority as to be utterly irrelevant. These insane numbers prove it.

jonheller · 3 years ago
Or how about those that basically predicted Apple would cease to exist as a company for removing the headphone port, not having exchangeable batteries, or using a non-standard data/charging port on the iPhone.
jonheller commented on Launch HN: MovingLake (YC S22) – Real-time data connectors for almost anything   app.movinglake.com... · Posted by u/paezand
jonheller · 3 years ago
Congrats on the launch! I do have a quick bit of feedback based solely on looking at the website:

Seeing a clearly fake testimonial immediately makes me lose trust in your product. It was pretty obvious the images in your testimonials were stock images, and a quick reverse image search confirms this (https://tineye.com/search/2f7aa5f73e0cee27b9ff54b1ad29cc8353...).

You obviously put a lot of work into your product, and it'd be a bummer to turn people off for something like that.

jonheller commented on Debit card apps for kids are collecting a shocking amount of personal data   vice.com/en/article/4avqx... · Posted by u/meowster
swiley · 4 years ago
>but cash is also near useless for me.

Did your bank/ATM stop accepting it? Do you never settle debts with your friends?

jonheller · 4 years ago
Honestly I completely forgot ATMs accepted cash! And my bank doesn't even have branches within 500 miles. As for friends, I mostly use Square Cash or Apple Pay (or, hesitantly, Venmo, though even with all the privacy enabled I don't love it).
jonheller commented on Debit card apps for kids are collecting a shocking amount of personal data   vice.com/en/article/4avqx... · Posted by u/meowster
quesera · 4 years ago
> especially when I started his savings account at something crazy like a 500% interest rate

Yikes. What are you going to do when your child learns about compound interest?

The "Parents are untrustworthy and break promises" lesson sounds like a bad plan to me!

jonheller · 4 years ago
I thought starting him at an 8% interest wouldn't give him the motivation. After a few months we had a talk and he saw the power of compound interest based on these crazy numbers, and we've adjusted it downwards since then. Of course he was a bit disappointed but understood this was closer to the real world.
jonheller commented on Debit card apps for kids are collecting a shocking amount of personal data   vice.com/en/article/4avqx... · Posted by u/meowster
jonheller · 4 years ago
My son has a Greenlight card. It's been fantastic for helping him understand allowance, savings, charity in a more modern age than when I used to get cash I put in an envelope with a table on the front. It's taught him about interest and he's able to see quick results (especially when I started his savings account at something crazy like a 500% interest rate to encourage him).

As others have mentioned, cash is near useless for children nowadays. He used to give me cash when he bought Robux etc but cash is also near useless for me.

I was concerned when I saw this headline but it's not quite clear to me what impact this would have on him, that wouldn't be gathered once he got a credit or debit card as an adult. Maybe because he literally purchases from only three places (Apple Store, Microsoft, Roblox) and donates to a panda charity.

jonheller commented on PlayPhrase: Site for Searching Cinema Phrases   playphrase.me... · Posted by u/NKosmatos
jonheller · 4 years ago
This is one of the most impressive projects I've seen on HN in a long time. Nice work!

u/jonheller

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