Hacker News: megy

New comment by megy in "Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?"

megy — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:32:19 +0000

Do you need one pi board per camera?

New comment by megy in "Fiverr IPO’s at $700M valuation"

megy — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:24:34 +0000

Hmmm, I wonder if, no, it can't be. But I do wonder, sometimes, if you get what you pay for.

New comment by megy in "Fiverr IPO’s at $700M valuation"

megy — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:22:52 +0000

> There are places where $1000-1500 covers you for the month, even with non-local, white guy pricing.

This is hilarious. There are places were $300 covers you for the month. I was paying $7 a day rent at a hotel at one stage.

New comment by megy in "SwiftUI"

megy — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:20:54 +0000

What? You develop it using SwiftUI, then you compile it and it will run on whatever you compile it to. So yes, it will run on older OS versions.

New comment by megy in "Delisted Overnight: A Cautionary Tale for Indie iOS Developers"

megy — Wed, 29 May 2019 23:31:30 +0000

> destroy years of good will thats been built up by genuinely building and delivering a high quality app people love.

And how did they do that? By changing where it appears in one search. wow.

New comment by megy in "Delisted Overnight: A Cautionary Tale for Indie iOS Developers"

megy — Wed, 29 May 2019 23:30:34 +0000

> In this example there's also only one supermarket, the Apple app store.

But there is other apps stores. There is Googles, Amazons, even Samsung have one.

New comment by megy in "Delisted Overnight: A Cautionary Tale for Indie iOS Developers"

megy — Wed, 29 May 2019 23:27:47 +0000

No it isn't. They changed the algorithm in which apps appearin search. Should they have to go through every change of app order, contact that dev and explain why?

New comment by megy in "How Fragmented Is Android?"

megy — Mon, 27 May 2019 00:00:37 +0000

> and have to support both a 32 bit and a 64 bit version of your app?

For a developer, there is no difference between a 32-bit and 64-bit.

New comment by megy in "How Fragmented Is Android?"

megy — Sun, 26 May 2019 23:14:11 +0000

I mean, what? You are like a local store with foot traffic complaining about the global internet restrictions. Of course it doesn't affect you.

New comment by megy in "How Fragmented Is Android?"

megy — Sun, 26 May 2019 23:12:40 +0000

Sure. Plenty of people can ignore the cheaper devices. But if you work for a government agency, you may not be able to. Or a bank. Or a utility. Or a telecom provider. Or a 1000 other businesses.

New comment by megy in "Uber, Lyft drivers manipulate fares at DCA causing artificial price surges"

megy — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:21:14 +0000

> any other Taxi company

Except world wide (or us wide).

New comment by megy in "California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roundup cancer trial"

megy — Mon, 13 May 2019 23:46:34 +0000

And this would make a difference if motorola were trying to hide any reports, and influence investigators.

New comment by megy in "New Taxes and Higher Density Aren't Fixing Vancouver's Housing Problem"

megy — Thu, 09 May 2019 02:23:42 +0000

Are apartments also down? You can easily get the situation were expensive homes are down, but cheap apartments are up.

New comment by megy in "Air Pollution in Our Homes"

megy — Thu, 09 May 2019 02:12:09 +0000

They used $4.5m worth of equipment. They didn't purchase it just for this test.

New comment by megy in "I Made a Deal in a Bike Race"

megy — Tue, 07 May 2019 00:53:47 +0000

I know, just like Romeo and Juliet. They both die. The end. What a waste of words.

New comment by megy in "Stripe’s fifth engineering hub is Remote"

megy — Fri, 03 May 2019 01:40:57 +0000

If you are going to request to go to remote, then I would suggest making sure your productivity is better or at least not worse.

New comment by megy in "Stripe’s fifth engineering hub is Remote"

megy — Fri, 03 May 2019 01:34:26 +0000

I know, why wouldn't a company pay more. When I go buy something, I always insist on paying double for it. It just makes sense to pay more when you don't have to.

New comment by megy in "Stripe’s fifth engineering hub is Remote"

megy — Fri, 03 May 2019 01:31:15 +0000

There are advantages and disadvantaged to being remote.

One way of getting over isolation is to work in a share office. But even getting out to the library, or a cafe can be good. I used to work in different places, Museums with wifi, art centers, Uni's, almost anywhere.

New comment by megy in "Microsoft, currently the most valuable company, is having a Nadellaissance"

megy — Thu, 02 May 2019 23:23:01 +0000

There is an advantage and a disadvantage to backwards compatibility. Letting people keep using old technology that hampers progress. You have to devote resources to ensuring that it still works, and you have less people using the new stuff.

New comment by megy in "Jenkins Is Getting Old"

megy — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:24:37 +0000

You say that, but you do not mention in what way?