toennisforst (u/toennisforst)

toennisforst commented on Renewing Medium’s focus blog.medium.com/renewing-... · Posted by u/minimaxir

eropple · 9 years ago

You also hurt people in the process, and that's something that tends to fall out of the calculus.

At the end of the day, humans are pretty much the only thing that matters.

What would you prefer instead? That they not hire these 50 people at all?

toennisforst commented on Ask HN: What do you think about websites that won't work without JavaScript? · Posted by u/WildGreenLeave

toennisforst · 9 years ago

I'd say that my tolerance depends on the kind of project.

Does it do 3D maps? I can understand that the UX will be terrible even with a lot of progressive enhancements. Does it display text (i.e. news sites)? Then it should by all means work without scripting support, and should display images that would usually be lazy-loaded.

I am also willing to compromise on functionality. If a site offers nice, client-side filters for their 100 products, it is OK if they do not work as long as I can [Ctrl]+[F] to find products.

Another thing to consider is that most users who block sites consciously use a plugin that allows unblocking scrips based on the domain (e.g. NoScript, uBlock, uMatrix). Scripts that enable functionality should be hosted on the same TLD or a CDN. I have no mercy if your site depends on various A/B testing and ad tech scripts to work, but I will gladly allow scripts from the origin host, especially if the functionality I gain is explained well.

toennisforst commented on Don’t Mess with The Google dansdeals.com/archives/98... · Posted by u/mendelk

majewsky · 9 years ago

> even when they shutter services they give you plenty of advance warning

The original article is about how this is absolutely false in the case discussed.

toennisforst · 9 years ago

Parent was probably referring to closing down entire products (e.g. Google Reader).

toennisforst commented on Don’t Mess with The Google dansdeals.com/archives/98... · Posted by u/mendelk

majewsky · 9 years ago

How is that compatible with legal requirements for deletion? I think that, at least in Germany, you can demand that a company delete all data associated with you, and the company has to comply with it.

(Whether German data protection law applies in Google's datacenters is a wholy different story though.)

toennisforst · 9 years ago

Though this requirement is moot even in Germany, as it is impossible for you to verify such a deletion.

toennisforst commented on Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making? · Posted by u/shovel

tree_of_item · 9 years ago

I can't tell what point you're trying to make here.

And how exactly does your dating example work? It invites them only if they agree to stay single for a year?

toennisforst · 9 years ago

I think parent assumes users send their confessions and sins to people after they die instead of clearing things up beforehand or living an honest life. Says more about himself/herself than the product IMHO.

toennisforst commented on Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making? · Posted by u/shovel

saamm · 9 years ago

Does anyone know of a Firefox equivalent of this extension?

toennisforst · 9 years ago

No, but you can use Chrome Store Foxified to install most Chrome extensions in Firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-...

toennisforst commented on Software Developers: how to get a raise without changing jobs fearlesssalarynegotiation... · Posted by u/Axsuul

redwards510 · 9 years ago

> They still wouldn't budge, so I got a counteroffer for $30k more than I was making,

Getting a counteroffer is not the same as what the OP is suggesting. Using another job offer as a leverage for a raise is not recommended by most experts. Just google "Should i accept a counteroffer?". Mainly because you create bad blood at your current employer and you have to be ready to follow through on your threat. Also, that employer you just pushed right to the edge of hiring you is going to be mad you were just using them. There are entire top 10 lists about why it is a bad idea!

I have pleaded the entire "it would cost you thousands to train a new guy, and you will have to pay him to start what i'm asking for right now!" line to bosses before. They are unmoved by financial arguments. It's as if management just decided to take a hard line against "persuasive" raises across the board, nevermind the damage it costs to lose talent.

toennisforst · 9 years ago

Of the top five results Google gives me, all are by recruitment agencies who have a strong incentive not to loose candidates and their commission.

The notion that accepting counteroffers is always hurtful to your career is contested to say the least: See this [1] HN discussion from about a month ago.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12624112

toennisforst commented on Jury finds Rolling Stone responsible for defamation with gang rape story washingtonpost.com/local/... · Posted by u/gist

jeffdavis · 9 years ago

Real world examples tend not to fit narratives perfectly.

Perhaps in many cases they involve non-students, or are off-campus, or don't sound as horrific (even if they are), or they are investigated seriously already (without help from a journalist), or the perpetrator or victim might reinforce a stereotype that the journalist doesn't want to contribute to.

It doesn't mean the stories are less bad, or that there isn't a problem, just that the journalist has nothing to gain by writing about them. And some might actually contradict the politically-correct solutions being proposed.

toennisforst · 9 years ago

Can you give some examples for these non-fitting cases? It would be interesting to hear as a non-US citizen since this debate seems so cryptic to me.

toennisforst commented on Facebook Q3 2016 Results investor.fb.com/investor-... · Posted by u/blawson

morgante · 9 years ago

The difference is that I can't go and buy shares in the winning Powerball ticket.

toennisforst · 9 years ago

You can: Assuming that Powerball simply collects all earnings and pays them to the winner (they don't and keep a share), simply regard your lottery ticket as your share and deposit the price you pay in your savings account.

toennisforst commented on Facebook Q3 2016 Results investor.fb.com/investor-... · Posted by u/blawson

the_watcher · 9 years ago

I'm curious - are you comparing Facebook, the company with nearly 5 years of success as a public company based on strategic decisions, to someone who wins a random chance lottery?

toennisforst · 9 years ago

Because just like with lotteries, there are a lot of blanks, few small wins and a tiny amount of never-work-again wins: Many startups don't net the investor much, some make quite a bit after being acquired, and very few - such as facebook - turn out to be really successfull.

Your phrasing suggests that you compare Facebook (now) with lottery as a system. You should rather see Facebook as a lottery ticket that turned out to be the jackpot.