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New comment by jirf_dev in "GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder"

jirf_dev — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:31:08 +0000

All the factors you listed are a huge component of Steam’s success but are mainly for the benefit of consumers. Lack of offline installers is something that makes the vast majority of suppliers comfortable with putting their game on Steam. A platform ideally wants to capture as many consumers as possible but also needs to capture as many suppliers as possible to create a rich marketplace. Negotiating the balance of consumer vs supplier demands is what makes Steam successful as a platform.

New comment by jirf_dev in "Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row"

jirf_dev — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:25:04 +0000

Of course they are. Violent threats and admitting illegal activity on social media can lead to arrests in the US. By being so unspecific your comment does not really foster good discussion on the topic. You should describe what kind of posts they are being arrested for and which laws/protections in the UK you are specifically criticizing.

New comment by jirf_dev in "Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]"

jirf_dev — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 22:19:58 +0000

“Every click is a hassle” so you created a click that is one big hassle?

New comment by jirf_dev in "Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon"

jirf_dev — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:12:23 +0000

This is confusing to me, does this mean Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify will be in violation as well? None of these companies allow subscription or digital goods transactions in their iOS apps.

I’m not sure why Patreon couldn’t replace the “subscribe” button with a “wishlist” button within the iOS app. They could add a link that opens your wishlist in the browser too. It turns what should be 1 click into 3, but it seems far more sensible than accepting the 30% fee.

New comment by jirf_dev in "FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges"

jirf_dev — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 21:18:35 +0000

The article states that fees and minimum purchase amounts will no longer allowed, so the rates in the tables should be accurate.

New comment by jirf_dev in "Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes"

jirf_dev — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 23:39:57 +0000

I would guess most of your exposure to business travel is within tech or consulting, which rarely require last-minute booking. I would imagine most last-minute bookings for business travel come from people in sales. I’ve seen many sales people find out a prospective client is open to meet and immediately hop on a flight just to potentially make a sale. The opportunity cost is worth it even for small businesses. My exposure to this was for wholesale and retail distribution of consumer electronics but I’d imagine that this would apply to any business with a sales team.

New comment by jirf_dev in "Please continue supporting iOS/Android streaming SDKs"

jirf_dev — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 23:48:56 +0000

I use Spotify Premium and Apple Music. I consistently find the audio quality of Apple Music to be miles ahead of Spotify. I don’t even use any audiophile-level gear.

New comment by jirf_dev in "Is “acceptably non-dystopian” self-sovereign identity even possible?"

jirf_dev — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 05:12:15 +0000

This is probably one of the most interesting comments I’ve ever read. Can you share more details about the digital identity and currency product you were working on and for which government was it intended for?

New comment by jirf_dev in "Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life"

jirf_dev — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 19:49:09 +0000

In this scenario do you just sit at the bar and start working? I’ve never been at a bar where this wouldn’t be very strange. But I’ve only been to bars at night on the weekends.

New comment by jirf_dev in "IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access"

jirf_dev — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:51:04 +0000

thinking it’s a flex is missing the interesting point. Which I believe would be that PTO should be progressive and be accrued by hours worked. There shouldn’t be a requirement to be a “full time” employee before PTO is accrued because businesses can easily have people work slightly less than 40hrs/week with minimal loss to operational efficiency. If PTO accrued over hours worked regardless of full time status, businesses would have much less incentive to circumvent the system.

Let’s say we have a system where 40 hours worked = 1 day PTO:

- the business may choose to split the 40 hours among 4 employees working 10 hours each.

- however, needing to hire more employees to cover the same 40 hours (which one person alone could have handled in the legacy system) increases training and recruiting costs 4x (worst case hopefully) for each role.

- instead of circumventing the PTO “cost” altogether, the businesses would be forced to budget for it no matter how creative they get with staffing.

- budget-wise, the increased cost of PTO would effectively also be increasing the hourly wage. Further forcing businesses to scrutinize the roles they offer and question if it is really necessary to have a human being perform that function.