yetanotherasian

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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
I know what you mean. I was forced to use emacs for a year. I found it an interesting coincidence the person who forced emacs on us had the worst carpal tunnel syndrome and couldn't type on a standard keyboard without extreme pain. I k
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
It's not astroturf. It's pointing out you've been living with this stuff for years, Amazon isn't new and special. If you want the problem solved then it shouldn't be about Amazon, it should be about entire process.
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
How often do you write bash scripts or do you always write all automation in some other language? Just curious how much your conviction influences your behavior
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
Getting fee isn't wrong maybe, but getting a fee by install is. They should instead ask for a percent of revenue. So if 1 billion people install my flappy bird clone but I only make $300k I don't owe them $15 million dollars.
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
I don't personally feel like I notice many ads online. Maybe they are subtly influencing me but mostly I seem to avoid them. Yes I have an ad blocker but I still see ads or open things in an guest or incognito window or something which
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
Playing for placement is common (not saying it's right, nor am I saying it's wrong) https://thecounter.org/coca-cola-frito-lay-mars-real-estate-... https://www.vox.com/2016/11/22/137
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
It's not just SF. Was in the Venice/Santa Monica area recently, every restaurant had a prominent sign "Restrooms for customers only. No Exceptions" My impression is the USA is falling apart. Every year people get more ru
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
I'm not apologizing for google, but think many people who are against all forms of this aren't really thinking the problem through. The same way newspapers said "stop linking headlines to us" and then once some popular s
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
Which carriers are these? I just went to the AT&T site, they wanted $30 a month for an iPhone + a separate $85 a month for cellular service. If instead I pick "wireless->bring your own" and go through the steps it was $75 a
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
Rude seems like a too strong a word for it but it's normal culture to fill someone's cup if it's empty and it's rude to poor for yourself without first filling your friend's cup, and ideally they'll ask for the
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by yetanotherasian 3y ago
It's never as simple as "asians are guess, westerns are ask". If that was actually true there would be no bosses, no company presidents, no politicians, no entrepreneurs in asian countries. Separately, I once read a book that