remyp

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by remyp 20d ago
I don’t know anything about this particular company, but in general companies do this so they can practice first-degree price discrimination [0]. In other words, they can’t charge a big company 100x for SSO if that company sees what small s
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by remyp 1mo ago
We hate it and are more and more powerless to change it every day. The parties are entrenched and swing districts are becoming increasingly rare. Those competitive districts that remain are flooded with unlimited campaign funds from big bus
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by remyp 3mo ago
This is so much worse now that crossovers are the default car in the US. I seem to be the last person in America driving a car that isn't a tank and have never understood why everyone loves those massive machines so much.
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by remyp 4mo ago
I guess so, but it seems to me it would be far more efficient to use already-above-ground materials (there are loads of them floating in the ocean!) and leave the oil in the ground.
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by remyp 5mo ago
Build it and they will come is a perfectly great strategy if you can build it quickly and start showing it to customers. Completely ignoring customers while you "build it and build it and build it and polish it and polish it some more
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by remyp 5mo ago
I'm attempting to solve this cold start problem by pooling money with other operators to buy an existing business. We're currently closing on our first acquisition and plan to do more if the experiment goes well[0]. Please feel fr
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by remyp 5mo ago
I went with Reolink, but not the WiFi ones. The completely offline version has no privacy concerns, no cloud sync, no subscription. It just records to an SD card. They're great!
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by remyp 6mo ago
Not a co-op, but similar: I'm working on an owner-operated SaaS incubator[0]. A few of us are pooling our own money to buy, operate, and grow a small SaaS company together. We're currently in the diligence phase. It's an ex
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by remyp 6mo ago
I haven't tried any of these products, but I do have a senior dog with very severe separation anxiety. She barks and destroys stuff the minute I step out the door until the minute I come back. I could keep her from destroying stuff w
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by remyp 7mo ago
I've noticed this too. "...two small tweaks" is just a variation on the "one weird trick" you see in chumboxes[0]. I guess this sort of enshittification was inevitable. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by remyp 7mo ago
I’m a native English speaker and I think this is an easier jump if you know other Romance languages. In Spanish and Portuguese “woman” and “wife” are often the same word, “mujer” and “mulher” respectively.
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by remyp 9mo ago
I think you're right. Desensitization has to be a big factor. I'm certain that I just _like_ text, but I've also noticed recently that I miss very large attention-grabbing print (eg. "SALE" or "FREE WIDGETS JU
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by remyp 9mo ago
Over the years I've noticed something unusual about myself: I don't even see these icons. My brain goes directly to the text. This applies to all visual material, but is most evident in printed advertising. Apparently other peop
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by remyp 10mo ago
I attempted a startup to fix meeting culture a few years back. Selling the product was nearly impossible. We got some nibbles and a couple bites, but it eventually became clear that the vast majority of companies just don't care abou
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by remyp 1y ago
Humans are lazy and bad at preventing long-term problems. We need to be reminded frequently, otherwise we get complacent and take naps instead of saving our species.
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by remyp 1y ago
My guess is the friction is there to discourage scammers and indie developers are just collateral damage.
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by remyp 1y ago
Lately I've talked to so many people who are in a similar situation. Whether laid off or feeling stuck in the 9-5 grind, seasoned operators seem disillusioned with traditional employment in our industry. I've heard this so often
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by remyp 1y ago
Gleaning information isn't the goal; whittling down deluge of applicants is. For the company, candidate time is free and manager time is massively expensive. The AI tools are cheaper than hiring more HR staff, so companies buy them l
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by remyp 1y ago
I’m not afraid of the world turning to ash. My rational brain isn’t afraid; it knows people didn’t care and have already forgotten. I’m afraid of the much louder part of my brain that’s going to spend every quiet moment over the next 3 days
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by remyp 1y ago
That's an awfully big Raspberry Pi kit you've made there. /s Seriously, though, this is amazing work. Well done!
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by remyp 1y ago
People said this about AOL for a long time, too.
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by remyp 1y ago
I could be misunderstanding, but this sounds like it would be a wash sale, which would prevent the seller from claiming the loss on their taxes. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/washsale.asp
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by remyp 1y ago
This happens when customer support spends too much time on password resets. As soon as someone in CS says "we need to hire another person, too many password resets" you get magic links. Bad number go down, good number go up. It&
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by remyp 1y ago
Maybe I’m being pedantic, but isn’t a database ultimately a bunch of files on disk? Unless you’re using a pure in-memory DB?
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by remyp 2y ago
Am I the only one that gets an icky feeling when I see things like “I am so tired of all this political stuff, I want to filter it out”? All the political news you don’t like is a symptom of the toxic society we’ve built. Maybe we should be
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by remyp 2y ago
I can’t speak to the public system. My visa requires me to carry private insurance, so I have only used the private system. It’s a breath of fresh air. I’ve had to wait a week or two here and there for exams and tests, sure. My preferred ho
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by remyp 2y ago
To Portugal. If you have enough assets to retire in the US then you probably qualify for the passive income visa. It’s not all smooth sailing, though. The immigration agency here (AIMA) currently has 300,000 cases in the queue. It’s so diff
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by remyp 2y ago
I did. Healthcare was a big part of that decision. My older siblings have been through hell both medically and financially because of the US healthcare system. I decided to learn from their experiences and GTFO while I could. I miss my fami
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by remyp 2y ago
I live in Lisbon. Over 80% of housing units in the historic Alfama neighborhood are now vacation rentals. This is the most historically Portuguese neighborhood in the capital. It was the only neighborhood to survive the earthquake in 175
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by remyp 2y ago
I shared some stats here [0] from a front page Show HN. The data is a handful of years old, though. [0] https://jeremyphelps.com/blog/from-idea-to-revenue-in-5-work...

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