michael_storm

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by michael_storm 6mo ago
Some users switch apps by dragging windows around the screen, like a messy stack. A friend of mine didn't even know about Cmd+Tab to cycle through open apps. Users are weird.
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by michael_storm 6y ago
Ageism isn't cool, dude.
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by michael_storm 6y ago
Believe it or not, it's pretty hard to conduct a large-scale study in the middle of the largest pandemic in modern history.
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by michael_storm 7y ago
Yep.
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by michael_storm 7y ago
I have. It was a few hundred bucks. There was a tax form, but I don't recall specifically what it was.
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by michael_storm 7y ago
I expect more of companies and people than their minimum legal obligations.
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by michael_storm 8y ago
Gotcha, no worries.
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by michael_storm 8y ago
That's a false dichotomy.
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by michael_storm 8y ago
I can't edit my post anymore, but I should apologize for implying that gnicholas made that argument. As others have pointed out, they were just making a point above effective rates versus nominal rates. My mistake.
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by michael_storm 8y ago
I've seen this point before, but it's not an argument for keeping rates low. "If we raise rates, the rich will just find ways to avoid them!" People find new ways to try to murder and steal all the time; that doesn'
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by michael_storm 8y ago
Replying to self: I meant “unconditionally” as in without consideration of other factors — not meaning to imply that conditions should be attached to the money.
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by michael_storm 8y ago
Because you’re sinking a huge amount of money into someone’s passion project, for which you may or may not have received equity before being broken up with. Being able to afford something is not a binary situation in which “yes” means you s
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by michael_storm 8y ago
Facebook itself won't be meaningfully "deleted" for at least five years. It simply has too much money: even if its main product went kaput tomorrow (which it won't), it would find some other way to stay alive. That wou
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by michael_storm 9y ago
They still have to do that to get the goods to the store. Delivering to fewer locations in bulk may be cheaper, though.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
People, I think we’re missing some of the other buried gold here. Some highlights: We do a daily standup where we don't discuss why something is late. Instead we each spend 10 seconds on what we actually shipped today. So if I’m bloc
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by michael_storm 9y ago
Fair enough. I think we’re pretty close together on that.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
I’m disagreeing with that nuance. I’m saying that blind people should be able to enjoy the same things that sighted people can, rather than developers deciding for them whether or not blind people are in the target market.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
People with disabilities don’t need random developers determining a priori whether or not they’ll be able to use the same software as everyone else. People with disabilities aren’t an afterthought; they’re not a bonus; it’s a requirement to
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by michael_storm 9y ago
> We will also be sending our cooks off with a transition packet, which will include their business data, customer contact info (for those who opt-in), alternative business proposals and recommendations, tool/service recommendations
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by michael_storm 9y ago
> but it demonstrates one reason why one can avoid doctors for seemingly non-serious ailments and conditions, particularly with all the times they've shrugged. You didn't have breathing problems when you asked for an appointmen
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by michael_storm 9y ago
It being fundamentally incorrect and you not liking it are two very different things.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
Why is this person downvoted? That is a true, relevant, and dispassionate statement.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
Why must the CEO of Google be the most highly-paid position for Google to run well? The point is that the pay for participating in self-interested capitalist endeavors leads to outsize rewards compared to those dedicated to serving society.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
Or requirements to not keep data unless for a legitimate business purpose.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
Then don't. GP said "seriously consider moving", not "move". Presumably the developer would do it if they value potential impact over the risk.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
Because Twitter is a for-profit business, whereas Mastodon is not.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
I don’t follow. Twitter is big because of all the things I just listed.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
Sales, support, marketing, accounting, business ops, software ops, management, HR. Pare those off and you might get something like Mastodon's contributor size after adjusting for scale of user base. Although I doubt many of Mastodon&#x
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by michael_storm 9y ago
I do. Everyone has their own tics; one of mine is that.
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by michael_storm 9y ago
Or, perhaps, simply treat it with due skepticism.

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