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nogabebop23 commented on Google Photos hooked users with free unlimited storage. Now that's changing keyt.com/news/money-and-b... · Posted by u/blindm

throwaway3699 · 5 years ago

Very little. I think training data for image classification is one benefit.

Google conspiracy theories are just HN's preferred sport.

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

... says the person hiding behind a throw-away account

nogabebop23 commented on HP Instant Ink is “ink as a service” pluralistic.net/2020/11/0... · Posted by u/samizdis

nine_k · 5 years ago

I imagine a robber growling "$0.99 or your life!"

It's hard to tell what is more insulting, the ending of a "for life" program or the amount because of which it ends.

Also, another big warning against stuff which is "free" or "for life"; in most cases, either is commercially unsustainable.

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

>> or the amount because of which it ends.

a buck to print 15 pages a month on the customer's printer is a sweet deal for HP. It's pure profit and likely adds up. 6 months from now they'll bump it to $1.29 and some executive will get a multi-million dollar bonus.

nogabebop23 commented on HP Instant Ink is “ink as a service” pluralistic.net/2020/11/0... · Posted by u/samizdis

filmgirlcw · 5 years ago

> It's not like HP can revoke a digital license to all of the ink I've already received.

Except they’ve done exactly that. Twice. Issues as “security” updates no less.

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

well they were securing their future revenue streams, so accurate just not the reasonable interpretation.

nogabebop23 commented on HP Instant Ink is “ink as a service” pluralistic.net/2020/11/0... · Posted by u/samizdis

Spivak · 5 years ago

Doesn't ink expire normally after a few years?

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

toner cartridges last forever. I've only used 3-4 over the past 20 years, including the replacement stored for years after I bought it my printer because I assume they would pull that intro-cartridge horseshit but they didn't - they still won!

nogabebop23 commented on San Francisco voters approve taxes on highly paid CEOs, big businesses latimes.com/world-nation/... · Posted by u/Circumnavigate

opportune · 5 years ago

I know lots of people under 30 in the Bay Area who could have much more than 3 rental properties if they wanted to. Especially outside of the bay area.

It's just that living with roommates is pretty frugal, and before the pandemic, it was a good way to save an extra $10k a year living in a more central location. Every single person I know who is a bay area SWE makes enough to afford renting a 1bed apartment in a good area, they just don't think it's worth it.

Yes if your main goal in life is to live in a large house on a large lot in a nice area without spending much, you will not find it there, but your characterization makes it seem like bay area engineers are poor which is... not true

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

>> makes enough to afford renting a 1bed apartment in a good area

In most cities in the US this is not the definition of wealthy or even well off. living with roommates to save 10K a year does sound like one step above poverty.

nogabebop23 commented on San Francisco voters approve taxes on highly paid CEOs, big businesses latimes.com/world-nation/... · Posted by u/Circumnavigate

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

"dismisses fears that the surcharge will drive companies out of the city, saying the tax is modest in comparison to the cost of moving a business."

...until it's not. Amazon has shown us there are lots of attractive jurisdictions ready to shower companies with tax incentives to relocate; SF feels like a city that's enjoyed the benefits of many factors not directly of their making and they could be in for a strict reckoning. We will see...

nogabebop23 commented on Tobias Lutke still writes code for Shopify changelog.com/podcast/416... · Posted by u/jerodsanto

thinkingkong · 5 years ago

This is such an interesting perspective. 99% of engineering managers dont or cannot write software any more usually as a rule.

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

He's not exactly an engineering manager, but he's definitely part of that 1% who don't meet your rule, so it actually fits within the standard perspective.

nogabebop23 commented on Why do printers still suck? wired.com/story/why-do-pr... · Posted by u/harha

julienb_sea · 5 years ago

The trick is to buy a laser printer. Inkjet is garbage and cannot handle being left idle for any period of time. Laser does not suffer from this problem.

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

I fear I will jinx my 20-yr-old hp 1200 laser jet that's on maybe it's 4(?) toner and hooked up to our home network via a parallel port to usb adapter. It's yellower than an 8-bit computer but still prints great and fast. One of my best tech purchases ever; I'm glad I resisted the lure of color inkjet and spent 3x much for a b&w laser.

nogabebop23 commented on Winamp for Windows 10 mywinamp.com/winamp-for-w... · Posted by u/zindera

bstar77 · 5 years ago

I tried Winamp a few months ago and was disappointed to find that it's evolved into a media center more than a player. I was hoping just for a simple player where I can easily drop files in a running playlist, like VLC does. There were also some issues I experienced (that I don't remember), but I'm guessing they have been ironed out since win 10 is officially supported now.

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

I just want a simple player as well, so I've been using foobar2000: https://www.foobar2000.org/

It doesn't get much more basic...

nogabebop23 commented on Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time scientificamerican.com/ar... · Posted by u/pseudolus

nostrademons · 5 years ago

Also don't need to have clocks at all, which was an industrial-age invention. The concept of standardized time and hour-long timezones dates from the mid-1800s, and was a construct of the railways (which needed to publish schedules that'd be valid across long distances). Before then each village or region had its own time.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/invention-...

nogabebop23 · 5 years ago

Do you think agriculture hasn't moved into a post-industrial age? Modern farms are tightly integrated into a global supply chain from imputs to product and definitely need to work on the same standardized schedule as the rest of the world.

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