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Readit Newslinster commented on Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)? · Posted by u/troupo
linster commented on Quality software deserves your hard‑earned cash stephango.com/quality-sof... · Posted by u/kickofline
It absolutely does, but that doesn't change the fact that the "fair price" of an additional copy of that software is still its marginal cost of production, which is zero.
Which is why funding the R&D part of any product of such nature has always been so annoying. Today it seems we've settled on Patreon and the like for the individual-scale projects.
Every user isn’t just a zero marginal cost copy of the software, having a user base is taking a gamble on support requests, bugs, FAQs.
There’s a risk with a user base and having a support organization, much like the risk calculation the insurance industry takes.
linster commented on Ask HN: How to choose the desktop platform and tech for desktop app development? · Posted by u/wayoverthecloud
Jetpack Compose Multiplatform, packaged in a fat JAR. App in Kotlin.
linster commented on Why is everything so ugly? nplusonemag.com/issue-44/... · Posted by u/lucabenazzi
The current advice is when you buy something to already think about the resale value of the item.
So this excludes all colors for everything. Black, white, gray everything.
I think luxury goods, and the privilege of living within your means, is to be able to buy goods and instantly depreciate them.
I buy electronics equipment, computers, furniture, clothes, and cars with the mindset I will be the last owner of them, and they will have no resale value.
“I bought this, and I will assume it’s instantly worthless”
It keeps me from buying the same thing twice and causes me to save up for the thing I really want, and keep it for as long as possible. It also lets me be picky about my preferences and really scope out exactly what I want on a relaxed timeframe.
Perhaps it’s a side effect of growing up with hand me downs, and knowing anything our family owned was one step to junk, but it does keep spending in check now that I am doing okay in my career.
> One underlying problem with these PIP type programs at FAANG seems to be that they have very high barriers to entry in the interview process, and then act like 30% of the company is underperforming and subject to an annual 6% cull.
FWIW, when I was a manager at a FAANG, the numbers were closer to:
Underperforming: ~12%
Meeting or Exceeding: ~80%
Better than exceeding: ~8%
All that said, every company and even org within a company have their own goals, targets, processes, and flows, and my experience was pre-COVID, so I'm also sure that any needle movement has been in the direction of harsher evaluations.
As a Canadian, “better than Exceeding” sounds like an American construction.
I’d imagine the scale to be: 1. Not Meeting Expectations 2. Meeting Expectations 3. Exceeding expectations
Wait until you hear about the .de domain.
What about the .de TLD?
linster commented on Rewrites are Waterfall shermanonsoftware.com/202... · Posted by u/jeffrey-sherman
But we could, facetiously, do a rewrite every two weeks in a time box and call it agile.
Probably should be careful what they wish for. It seems to me that unused vacation properties are optimal for the residents: they pay much higher taxes as a secondary residence and they don't cause traffic or consume any resources.
Except the space (opportunity cost) of building more housing
linster commented on Giving up the iPad-only travel dream sixcolors.com/post/2023/0... · Posted by u/haunter
You think that Jason Snell, completely sold into the iPad-only lifestyle for many years, who records and edits podcasts on his iPad, is limited by his perception of iPad's ability?
This is rage farming. Parent post says using a limited tool well is fine, can lead to good results.
“The best camera is the one you have with you” is common photography advice
Whether or not the author is limited by his perception of iPad’s ability is needless hair-splitting.
If you've learned anything in your 20-year mental health journey, I hope it would be that not everyone is exactly like you, nor needs the same things you need. It's remarkably self-centered to assume the prescription that's suited you is exactly right for everyone else, don't you think?
Wow that’s a pile-on.
“What works for you only works for you, so you might not have discovered that it works for anything else, but only if you were really paying attention.”