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dmcy22 | 5 years ago | on: Adobe Lightroom v6 is Falling Apart

Absolutely agreed that it doesn't make much business sense to keep supporting LR6. And 5 years is a long timer in the software world. That said, I wonder if there are companies that do support older versions of software just for the sake of customer delight.

dmcy22 | 5 years ago | on: Adobe Lightroom v6 is Falling Apart

I recently upgraded to an M1 Mac after my 2016 MacBook Pro died. It's an awesome machine; however, when I tried to install Lightroom 6, I wasn't able to because the installer isn't 64 bit. As a hobbyist who edits photos only a handful of times a year – usually after trips or photoshoots – moving to a subscription model is really costly. What's silly is that I was able to use Lightroom 6 on my 2016 MBP, even after upgrading to Big Sur. I don't blame Adobe for not supporting a product that came out 5 years ago but how nice would it be if they did.

dmcy22 | 7 years ago | on: Stock-trading app Robinhood was rejected by 75 investors

That's a fair point. I use Robinhood to diversify my porfolio so it's not just tracking against the market. So far, whether due to luck or skill, or both, it's been working out pretty well. So to put it another way, I don't see Robinhood as a replacement for the traditional brokerages (yet), but as a supplement.

dmcy22 | 7 years ago | on: Stock-trading app Robinhood was rejected by 75 investors

As a Robinhood user, no fees is a big draw because while I don't buy/sell stocks that often, I might still be saving $50 a year. That extra $50 can be invested.

But beyond that, Robinhood has a really easy to use UI compared to platforms like TDAmeritrade. It's not only much easier to make trades but also see information like how much dividends I've earned, whether a company has hit their earnings, etc.

Robinhood also lets me invest any money I transfer from my bank immediately. There's no 3-5 business day wait. That said, I'm not sure if this is feature available to everyone or only those on Robinhood Gold.

dmcy22 | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you nerds spend your money on?

I'd like to suggest donating money to causes/organizations you believe in, whether that's locally, in the US, or abroad. If you have excess, why not use a bit of that to help someone else? (Plus, it's often tax deductible.)

dmcy22 | 8 years ago | on: Litecoin and Ethereum buys and sells are temporarily disabled

There are no fees on GDAX (Coinbase’s exchange) if you are a market maker, i.e. post only limit orders. So $801 + $1122 + $1077 = $3000.

Even if you don’t plan to trade, it might be a good idea to buy/sell through GDAX rather than Coinbase to avoid the fees.

dmcy22 | 8 years ago | on: Soylent’s Next Chapter

I'm not sure the comment was about the CEO's looks as much as the photo itself. It has a stock/cliche feel to it with the product in the foreground, slight smile, pose, clothing, etc.

dmcy22 | 8 years ago | on: Transitioning entirely to neural machine translation

Impressive indeed. Would you happen to know if Facebook is able to translate without using English as an intermediate language? For example, from Dutch directly to French, without needing to go from Dutch to English to French.

dmcy22 | 8 years ago | on: Bankers Ditch Fat Salaries to Chase Digital Currency Riches

I wonder about that to. To me, cryptocurrency is akin to hiding cash under your mattress – except it's digital. You have to figure out security on your own, there's no protection against fraud, and if your money is stolen, it's gone. On top of that, it's wildly volatile as others have mentioned.

For people in nations with stable governments and currencies, access to credit, and nothing to hide, there's no compelling to use cryptocurrencies day to day.

dmcy22 | 8 years ago | on: A hacker stole $31M of Ether – how it happened, and what it means for Ethereum

Don't think it'll happen. From the article:

A hard fork would be impractical–what do you do about all of the transactions that occur downstream? What about the people who innocently traded assets with the attacker? Once the ether they’ve stolen gets laundered and enters general circulation, it’s like counterfeit bills circulating in the economy — it’s easy to stop when it’s all in one briefcase, but once everyone’s potentially holding a counterfeit bill, you can’t really turn back the clock anymore.

Also, a tweet from Vitalik:

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/887782650026631168

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