It's strange to me that many folks can't accept some people release things and don't necessarily care how it's further used, when the exact thing happens for many other examples of software and software products.
> Being an engineer who wasn’t happy with a situation like this, I gave my manager a piece of my mind. She brought gender into the equation and said that I couldn’t speak to a girl like that, so I decided to hang up the phone.
I'm going to guess there's more to "gave my manager a piece of my mind" than described that led to firing
This article is focusing on user customization in the wrong places. OS window chrome is mostly invisible to most users nowadays. The places where customization happens is within apps. Custom emojis, sticker packs, browser themes, slack themes, whatever else.
IMO "theming" and customizing visual appearance is alive and well. But it's moved to higher layers.
> They've solved the trust and the brand issue, and _that_ is their moat.
I think they've solved it better than their competitors, but I'm not sure that they've solved it broadly for people using hospitality services.
For better or worse, one bad experience tends to sour people that I've talked to on the overall host-driven places to stay. Whereas for hotels and other more traditional forms, that seems to be compartmentalized to specific locations ("ugh, the hilton in boston") or chains ("I'm avoiding all Marriots from now on").
> $1 per mask to $10 per mask would still be very much affordable for everyone who really needs a mask
teachers and many essential workers who need masks the most are also most vulnerable to unexpected expenses like PPE costs. and the organizations they work for typically have strict budges and can usually only provide limited supplies.
> Epic, btw, has the exact same kind of agreement with Sony, Microsoft, and Google, for access to their gaming platforms. All three of those companies are extracting the same 30% fee that Apple is.
You don't have to agree to Epic's terms to access the platforms from Sony, MS and Google. You do, however, have to agree to Apple's terms to access their Platform.
Did some of y'all stop reading at half of the first sentence?
The article isn't a parody, and is expressly saying that SF/Silicon Valley can be a pretty bad place to live, specifically with regards to the author mental health.
I'm not sure how people are getting from this piece that SF is a great place with no problems
Did... you read the same article I did? The author describes a hyper competitive childhood that explicit took a mental and physical toll on the student body
Ignoring for a second what should or shouldn't be allowed...
now the moderators are just subjected to constant child porn or potential child porn, which, let's be honest, is still essentially the same issue re: their mental health.
I realize capitalism rewards scarcity here, but imo this is a piece explicitly about the tolls that tends to bring