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New comment by Anderkent in "A Plea for More Mikado"

Anderkent — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:41:50 +0000

>That deprecated usage should be replaced before it is removed; and if we're talking about skipping multiple major versions over a long period, the replacement likely didn't exist in the older version, so this method still wouldn't work.

the answer to that problem in this approach is to do multiple step upgrades, rather than skipping

serious frameworks/languages do not remove methods in the same version that introduces a replacement, that's the point of having a deprecation mechanism in the first place

New comment by Anderkent in "Whenever I buy things I try to prioritize cost per use"

Anderkent — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 19:50:54 +0000

The Boots theory is funny because it's absurd. It's not actually applicable to life in powerty. There is no class of items where if you are poor you spend more on it than when you're wealthy. People in poverty spend more _time_ on things, yeah, but not more money or money per use.

You can see some discussion on that from people who actually grew up poor in https://mastodon.social/@danluu/111068036776213383

New comment by Anderkent in "So what’s next (personal news from developer of popular CoreJS polyfill)"

Anderkent — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:20:59 +0000

yes

New comment by Anderkent in "U.S. credit card debt jumps 18.5% and hits a record $930.6B"

Anderkent — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 22:17:16 +0000

but since they charge the same prices to holders of credit (2% fee) and debit (0.05% fee), users of credit cards are de facto subsidized by cash/debit payers in the US

so as an individual it still may pay you to have one

New comment by Anderkent in "A non-constructive proof of the Four Colour Theorem"

Anderkent — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:33:10 +0000

>It's so inappropriate that in the field that's actually trained for this, they're disallowed by compact, even with extensive evidence.

The field trained for this is not refraining from this because it's hard to get right, but because it undermines the privacy promise they give their clients! not an argument applicable to people who do not have that professional reputation to uphold.

Of course you should speculate about mental health of people when it's relevant to the topic - it's a factor heavily shaping many people's behaviour!

New comment by Anderkent in "Ask HN: I have diagnosed ADHD and cannot work with Slack anymore – advice?"

Anderkent — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 23:20:59 +0000

set profile description telling people to call or text you if urgent

New comment by Anderkent in "Epic is turning off online services and servers for some older games"

Anderkent — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:47:59 +0000

but also amazing things built by community

I remember the first time someone built a dedicated server for WC3 custom games (dota) that supported players reconnecting after a dc. it was mindblowing

New comment by Anderkent in "Accidental Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass"

Anderkent — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:52:26 +0000

roll to disbelieve. i think someone was pulling your leg

especially the bit with samsung devices, i've had the misfortune of setting up a samsung phone for a family member and the amount of crap on those is just unbelievable

New comment by Anderkent in "The Preppers Were Right All Along"

Anderkent — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 17:05:13 +0000

how do you figure it's of little use? big difference between breaking in to loot a house you know is unarmed, versus one known to be armed and possibly keeping watch

New comment by Anderkent in "Most people don’t finish online job applications"

Anderkent — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:28:34 +0000

obviously no one has issues with this scenario where both employers know. but the recent overemployed scheme where you get multiple jobs, do nothing for months while taking advantage of remote & people understanding that it takes time to get started, then look for a new job once you get fired from one - that's clearly abusive & wrong

New comment by Anderkent in "Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea"

Anderkent — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:11:38 +0000

hasn't stopped 'green' parties from shutting down nuclear power, so it's all a question of PR

New comment by Anderkent in "The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero"

Anderkent — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:51:05 +0000

re: 1; since payments processors compete for business, ones that can convincingly claim to reduce fraud rate can charge higher fees of the merchants

New comment by Anderkent in "Ask HN: Why is company letterhead a valid form of auth in 2022?"

Anderkent — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:41:59 +0000

It takes pretending to be someone you're not from 'a prank' to 'fraud', and as such is actually valuable

New comment by Anderkent in "BMW’s Heated Seats as a Service Model Has Drivers Seeking Hacks"

Anderkent — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:26:46 +0000

You spent some amount of money on the car, money that you would otherwise have available to either spend or invest, when you eventually replace your car you will get less if anything. So even if the car just sits in your garage you are paying for it (or really already have)

this might be less than you would be paying for renting a car (or more! depending on how often you'd need to rent), but it's obviously not 0

New comment by Anderkent in "What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes?"

Anderkent — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:46:20 +0000

if it's the best offer you can get, would you quit just because someone else on another continent is being paid more?

New comment by Anderkent in "BMW’s Heated Seats as a Service Model Has Drivers Seeking Hacks"

Anderkent — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:47:45 +0000

>Costs $0 to just sit in my garage

this is not true of your bought car, you're ignoring opportunity cost for the capital & depreciation

New comment by Anderkent in "BMW’s Heated Seats as a Service Model Has Drivers Seeking Hacks"

Anderkent — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:44:26 +0000

the proposed counterfactual is that BMW pays someone to brick the heating before the first sale

New comment by Anderkent in "BMW’s Heated Seats as a Service Model Has Drivers Seeking Hacks"

Anderkent — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:43:23 +0000

> Car extras are already very much a thing and always have been – the alternative is that BMW physically has to remove the heater components or disable them permanently, so as a second hand buyer, I'd be permanently locked out of the upgrade. Forcing the car maker to have to physically neuter the hardware out of "purity" strikes be as something a bit silly.

this is buying into a market differentiation approach that I see no reason to tolerate

it's one thing to differentiate by installing something extra (at cost) to charge a price higher than the cost to some market segment. sure, do that as much as you want, makes sense

New comment by Anderkent in "Amazon instructs New York workers “don't sign” union cards"

Anderkent — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:44:48 +0000

> Well, who the hell is in the teachers union if not teachers?

well, union higher-ups are basically politicians, they're not usually working in the job by that point

New comment by Anderkent in "Amazon issued 13,000 disciplinary notices at single U.S. warehouse"

Anderkent — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:50:03 +0000

pretty sure we've all been in school, and while it's not a great experience, you can work with it

i'm pretty sure amazon's optimizing the work more so that my shitty thing gets delivered at all, rather than 0.002 seconds faster. which is very valueable to me, as it happens