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New comment by nhangen in "Elon Musk Tesla email: Remote work is no longer acceptable"

nhangen — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:38:10 +0000

Never thought I would agree, but recently started a new job in a fully remote company. I was super excited. I thought it would be a dream.

Instead, I have found that it's basically impossible to stand out in the ways I have in the past, via charisma, camaraderie, being inquisitive, etc. Remote work has basically devolved aptitude into a series of scores & metrics. It feels like working at an Amazon factory. Slack is a nightmare to keep up with.

New comment by nhangen in "S&P 500 Buybacks Now Outpace All R&D Spending in the US"

nhangen — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:59:23 +0000

Buybacks are mostly evil, and used to make their managers/c level wealthy:

https://www.epsilontheory.com/the-rake/

New comment by nhangen in "Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'"

nhangen — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:22:21 +0000

Sure, but that doesn't make it "ethical." It's still killed, and nothing wants to be killed.

New comment by nhangen in "Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'"

nhangen — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:21:19 +0000

Death !== killing, not matter how you want to justify it.

New comment by nhangen in "Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'"

nhangen — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:21:49 +0000

There is an ethical difference yes, but it’s still a net negative. We don’t need to kill in order to eat. We just choose to.

New comment by nhangen in "Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'"

nhangen — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:17:18 +0000

Hate to break it to you, but there is no such thing as ethically farmed meat. If it’s killed for your plate, it’s still bad karma.

New comment by nhangen in "Announcing Flutter Release Preview 1"

nhangen — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:58:23 +0000

So this is different from the Flutter product I backed on Kickstarter? Confusing...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flutterwireless/flutter...

New comment by nhangen in "Snapchat launches Spectacles V2"

nhangen — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:43:34 +0000

Was. Not anymore.

New comment by nhangen in "Snapchat launches Spectacles V2"

nhangen — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:42:33 +0000

Friends and family is 100x different. It’s impossible to explain unless you are a parent.

New comment by nhangen in "Snapchat launches Spectacles V2"

nhangen — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:08:00 +0000

That's a ridiculous question. $10k says you don't have kids.

I have 3. 15, 14, and 7. I'd give anything to have more of their precious moments saved so that I could reminisce and stroll through those periods once more.

New comment by nhangen in "Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits"

nhangen — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:47:50 +0000

How can an article about a re-design not actually show or compare the two designs?

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:30:30 +0000

Also take notice that there is a charge of $1 per invoice when you send more than 2,000 per year. That's crazy!

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:25:31 +0000

The only thing I see is that I'm given the starter plan, which means .04% surcharge after 1 million in sales.

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:16:12 +0000

Easier said than done when your product requires that you integrate with dozens of gateways.

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:09:37 +0000

Isn't it my job as a Stripe Customer to build that functionality into my own app so that I can manage it in the way that works best for my customers?

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:07:34 +0000

Stripe is supposed to be a back-end API, not a front-end API. I don't want them taking over my payflows and confusing users.

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:06:06 +0000

But fees will change right?

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:03:06 +0000

But I don't want invoices?

Stripe needs to decide if they are a b2b API, or b2c checkout and invoicing product.

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:01:33 +0000

It seems to me that Stripe has gone from easy to cheer for underdog, to payment processor that wants to eat the world (ala Facebook).

I love that they are constantly innovating, but every time they do, I have to refactor my product, and then decide how much of my current product's custom functionality can be replaced by Stripe. Then I have to decide if I want to double down on Stripe (at the peril of other integrations), or create a wacky payflow that acknowledges dozens of additional gateways.

I don't want a single product that does everything. I want a great product that does a few things really well. This is starting to kill my love affair with Stripe.

New comment by nhangen in "Stripe Billing"

nhangen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:31:45 +0000

Current Stripe customer that is now very confused.