librish · HackerTrans

4 maanden geledendiscuss

There's a difference between attacking an experience share and attacking an attack.

7 maanden geledendiscuss

This level of generalization is naive.

7 maanden geledendiscuss

This is the type of cynicism the post is talking about and it's just trivially untrue.

It's like saying that employees only want one thing: to get their paycheck.

librish

vorig jaardiscuss

> There are huge variations within a country, but they are far smaller than variations between countries.

That's not true. To use the examples in the thread, a patient American kid will be much more patient than an impatient Japanese kid.

librish

vorig jaardiscuss

There are some funny comments in the code:

  function mousePressed() {
    // This is the worst if statement in the history of if statements
    if (!refining && !mde && !completed && !shared) {
      ...
    }
  }

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

While it might be better for your job security to keep your own field hiring locally, it could be better for your life if all other fields hire the best regardless of nationality.

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

Carry-on might get gate-checked if you're unlucky.

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

I'm surprised that this common enough that it's worthwhile for airlines to fight it. It requires both:

- Flight being meaningfully cheaper using hidden city

and

- Traveller is willing to deal with the restrictions (no carry-on, risk of route changing, no frequent flyer etc).

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

This seems weird. If not having personalized ads is such a fundamental piece of the EU web experience, why is it even allowed in the first place?

Payment options:

Paid only - allowed Paid OR Personalized Ads - not allowed Paid OR Personalized Ads OR Non-Personalized Ads - allowed

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

My guess would be that it has to do with the amounts involved. In a typical series A/B only the founders have enough equity (they have larger share, plus they've been at the company the longest so they've vested the most) to be worth the transaction cost of a secondary sale.

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

Whenever you see discussions about longevity online there are a lot of people who come off as either die-hard enthusiasts or self-proclaimed gurus. They'll sink a lot of time, money, and effort into the field.

Frequently though, whenever you see their profile picture, they are not fit. Why is that? Many of them clearly have the means, intelligence, and interest to know that a fit body is a great predictor of longevity and a good healthspan. Is it failure to execute on what they know they should do? Is there competing information steering them along a different path?

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

I think the intellectually honest counterpoint is more about relationships. As someone who has been a digital nomad, it's hard to form deeper relationships when people are always leaving.

It's also hard to have hobbies that rely on the same group of people meeting in person over a long period of time.

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

2.3% to support so little economic activity is just insane.

This is the type of tragedy of the commons issue where regulation is needed. For any one actor they can justify spending infinity energy as long as their ROI is positive.

There are enough justifications out there that it's easy to convince oneself that you're doing the world a favor ("I'm just librating finance and fighting the good fight against the central bankers").

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

Before the new fees I was only using these services when I had a 50% off coupon. After the new fees it just doesn't make sense outside of being sick or a last minute group event.

It's looking like a gig economy that provides guaranteed solid minimum wages is a lot smaller than what we've had so far. It might be a good thing, though it does feel weird to forcibly be telling people "no, you're not allowed to work like that" when the work is so low commitment.

librish

2 jaar geledendiscuss

Important to note -

"New business terms available for apps in the EU — to reflect the DMA’s requirements for alternative distribution and payment processing, Apple is also sharing new business terms for apps in the EU. Developers have a choice to remain on Apple’s existing terms or adopt new terms that reflect the new capabilities."

So this is essentially Apple making the alternative so unappealing that no-one will switch and status quo is preserved.

librish

3 jaar geledendiscuss

Do you have any source for this? It does not match my experience at all.

librish

3 jaar geledendiscuss

It feels like you're trying to win on semantics here.

Right now you as a developer pay $X for access to their eco system, and on top of that you pay 15/30% of whatever payments they process for you.

You can say "well actually, that 30% isn't all for the payment processing" but I don't why it matters what Apple's intention behind the payment is.

librish

3 jaar geledendiscuss

Right now the only time they take a cut is when they do payment processing. Uber, for example, pays Apple nothing.

librish

3 jaar geledendiscuss

That is currently the only thing they're charging for. Like I said, let them unbundle if they want to. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually end up just taking a revenue hit to keep the ecosystem healthy, which would mean more money for developers.

librish

3 jaar geledendiscuss

Wouldn't Stripe be significantly cheaper?

I'm making the opposite of a philosophical argument, I'm making a practical one. Apple is not going to take away the App Store, or make it too difficult for developers to upload apps, since that would be a real threat to their iPhone business.

Developers need Apple, but Apple needs developers too. Currently their market domination makes it an extremely hard collective action problem for developers. Not being on the App Store means losing out on the majority of your revenue, which makes it tough for enough developers to band together against Apple.