dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Windows 10 could start bullying people into using a Microsoft account to install
What's your desktop alternative?
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dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Windows 10 could start bullying people into using a Microsoft account to install
I've tried for the nth time 3 years ago to use Linux desktop (Ubuntu).
It just takes Soo much effort to get things to work. Netflix and deactivate mouse acceleration(which isn't perfect) to name a few.
I love ubuntu server, favorite os of all time. But Linux desktop just isn't anywhere near Windows quality.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight
This is how United States politics work. The elite give money to regulate an industry.
Do elites ever give money to deregulate?
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Stripe refunds: fees from the original charge are not returned
Yeah this is damage control.
I recommended stripe to a friend because a hn (ad?) That mentioned the documentation was great. He struggled and I couldn't help him without a deep dive.
To be fair, my WordPress website has no problem with stripe.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army
We are seeing both parties run Populist demagogues.
Yes people are getting fooled real bad.
The decline of democracy is here.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets
Blows my mind how many people ignore this problem when they demand more regulations.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Building a static serverless website using S3 and CloudFront
Not embellishing.
And even at 4 a year I have this issue.
If 70 of the 7000 emails I send bounce or get marked as Spam, I get frozen until I ask for forgiveness.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Building a static serverless website using S3 and CloudFront
AWS ses has convinced me Amazon and Google have too much power.
1% "spam" = frozen account
Could be bounces, but mostly just users who literally signed up clearly for my email list with 0 deception marking spam.
It's actually cut my content production down because I'm afraid to email. From 50 articles per year to 12 to 4 to 2.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Code and data for The Economist's Big Mac index
Consumer pricing is the last to get hit with inflation.
Why do people use CPI instead of labor, housing, or stock prices to gauge inflation?
On a similar note, why would anyone trust the federal reserve's numbers given how the federal reserve has lied in the past?
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Iota cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after wallet hack
I'm not sure these are real as much as these are put out by iota PR people.
Reddit had a massive issue with iota astroturfing.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assange's extradition hearing
I don't.
But I also don't like Facebook's forced news.
Reddit is decent as long as the subreddit isn't big enough to be astroturfed... But big companies can do searches...
This place is probably the worst out of the social networks I use for censorship.
Snapchat is good
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW
The power of marketing is incredible.
No one else could get away with Tesla quality at luxury pricing, but they sell vehicles.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: An app can be a home-cooked meal
Making 1 app is fine. Web or Android, no problem. Both? Double your dev time.
React native you say? Double your dev time to learn a weird language.
Want to service 100% of people? Spend 1000$+ on apple products and beg Apple to let you publish.
dontdoitpls | 6 years ago | on: Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneurs (2019)
The worst insurance you can get + max out of pocket is 12,000usd per year.
10 or 20 procedures, still 12k.
For the 10%ers/6 figure earners, this is 10% of the before tax income.
For the 90% making 15-19$/hr, I can't even imagine managing this.
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