WingNews logo WingNews GitHub [2]

aaron_oxenrider's comments

aaron_oxenrider | 1 month ago | on: The New Collabora Office for Desktop

I was also curious. It says this in about the middle of the homepage:

"We love LibreOffice. We are privileged to be the largest code contributors to the codebase, Collabora employs several founders of The Document Foundation, and many of the top committers. We offer a Long Term supported product based on LibreOffice, branded as Collabora Office Classic, and are deeply grateful for and acknowledge many skilled community contributors we work alongside, as well as the incredible range of features that LibreOffice code enables."

aaron_oxenrider | 3 years ago | on: Oru Kayak’s reckless and irresponsible advertising

People will always be reckless and I understand where this guy is coming from. I'm not surprised at all though. Why would he think a hip new company would be pushing safety over just having fun? New companies pushing boundaries have almost never been focused on safety.

Safety is extremely important and cold water kills, a lot. American Whitewater does a great job keeping track and you can see their stats here: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Accident/view/

No PFD is number 2 and I'm pretty sure a large portion of that flush drowning number can be partially attributed to cold.

aaron_oxenrider | 4 years ago | on: Buy things, not experiences

Its almost like there isn't an easy either/or scenario here. Life can't be broken down into such an easy phrase.

Most of the things I own are to enable experiences. I enjoy kayaking and backpacking. Is my kayak a thing or is my kayaking an experience. I'd say it fits both.

aaron_oxenrider | 5 years ago | on: The worst of the two worlds: Excel meets Outlook

My first job had a coworker who didn't know how to sort the spreadsheet. She printed it out and cut it into strips, then sorted them while watching TV at home in the evening, then taped it back together. I was shocked and in the decade or so after that I have yet to run into anything like that again.

aaron_oxenrider | 5 years ago | on: U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Recession

If you paid attention during the last recession while foreclosures did skyrocket, those people did not end up out on the street. Many found other places to live or just stayed in that house until someone forced them to leave. Some people stayed in a house without paying a mortgage for years.

If it goes that direction again I see even more people just staying without paying anything. The banks don't have the resources to force everyone out and no one wants to buy that many properties in a lot of areas.

aaron_oxenrider | 5 years ago | on: GoPro cuts workforce, changes sales strategy

I literally do kayak off waterfalls and while some in the group will have a GoPro or similar generic camera, they just aren't that good for documenting a trip. Someone bringing their phone in a dry box and getting setup on the side of the river usually provides better footage and a better angle than having the camera on my helmet. I just don't see them that often except for the professionals who post on Instagram all the time.

aaron_oxenrider | 7 years ago | on: The Secret Facebook War for Mormon Hearts and Minds

Not saying that any of this was the right response for them to take but many of these people were recently mormon and therefor had the working that the mormon church uses still fresh in their minds.

The mormon church constantly asks its members to tell the missionaries their non-mormon friends names, phone numbers, and addresses so missionaries can visit and try to convert them. While we see things from the technology side, the mormon church has done the sneaker-net version of the same thing for a very long time.

aaron_oxenrider | 7 years ago | on: How hustle culture took over advertising

Office work is much different and programming is certainly different than a hands on job as you describe. It is far too often that the 'move fast and break things' ideology is pushed to meet deadlines or be the first to market, even if the product is broken.

Also, more similar to what you are familiar with, dealership mechanics and jiffy lube style shops are closer to the hustle mentality than your professional role. They are bound by time constraints because normal consumers will only pay so much for your time and there are standard limits to charge for a particular job. If you take longer than the standard time you can charge for, then the loss is yours.

aaron_oxenrider | 8 years ago | on: Employees at Practice Fusion got nothing as execs pocketed millions

Someone in that position should presumably have some skill with logic and numbers to simply do the job. It would be like someone in finance not understanding how the payout would work. How could they even do the job and not understand a lot of the basics involved?

That said, getting fleeced sucks and most likely it is similar to why people who know better fall for most scams - they think they can beat the system. They know it is false information but they think they are good enough to still come out ahead and the other sucker is going to take a hit. Sometimes they are right but most of the time they are the sucker.

aaron_oxenrider | 8 years ago | on: Sublime Text 3.0

I use Sublime and paid for it a few years ago. That said, I also use VS Code which I really like for certain things. I actually use both of them daily and simply get different utility from them. If Sublime went to subscription then I would make do with other products. VS Code has a robust plugin ecosystem and I see that growing in the near future. I honestly think Sublime will eventually end up as FOSS. Whether that is from a drop or increase in subscribers I don't know.
page 1