Hacker News: the_reformation

New comment by the_reformation in "Google Pixel 9 Pro"

the_reformation — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:41:55 +0000

iPhones are 10x better than $500 Androids, so a steal at 2x the price.

New comment by the_reformation in "Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer"

the_reformation — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:44:40 +0000

I think Apple TV+ may even be a part of this. On its own, its a below average streaming service. But as a proprietary production studio that can bootstrap a VR content library by force of will...?

New comment by the_reformation in "Launch HN: Onu (YC W23) – Turn scripts into internal tools in minutes"

the_reformation — Wed, 31 May 2023 18:28:25 +0000

There are similar tools to this but this is nothing like Lambda or CF Workers. Lambda doesn't do anything remotely close to generating frontend UX for a script.

New comment by the_reformation in "Bank of America has lost Zelle transfers for many customers"

the_reformation — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:26:32 +0000

this is a feature, not a bug

New comment by the_reformation in "We’re the founders of Substack, we just launched an iOS app. AUA"

the_reformation — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:36:43 +0000

Hey guys, big fans of Substack (writer/reader since 2019.)

My favorite part of Substack was how it built on top of email, an (actual) distributed protocol. I'm able to access my Substack writers alongside other writers/publication, since everybody integrates into email.

I like the reader experience of the new app and the recommendations, but I'm worried it will become another walled garden like Medium. How do you plan on protecting against that?

FWIW, Matter (https://hq.getmatter.app/) has a workaround (albiet complicated) for getting all emails forwarded to app, is that on the roadmap?

New comment by the_reformation in "Midwest Developer"

the_reformation — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:43:06 +0000

Living in Missouri and not knowing where Minnesota is absurd. Did you move there recently?

New comment by the_reformation in "Stop using Zoom, Hamburg’s data protection agency warns state government"

the_reformation — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:06:27 +0000

You can't be pleased?

New comment by the_reformation in "It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record"

the_reformation — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:34:44 +0000

It's real, it's because of humans, it's not a civilization threat, and it probably isn't in the top 5 most important problems facing us this century.

New comment by the_reformation in "NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings"

the_reformation — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 18:27:13 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy

New comment by the_reformation in "Goodbye, Fleets"

the_reformation — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:54:24 +0000

I think the idea was the anxiety was that tweets aren't ephemeral enough.

New comment by the_reformation in "Apple still planning return to in-person work despite complaints"

the_reformation — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:46:49 +0000

Monarchies have to respond to the threat of populist uprisings, but they're still monarchies.

New comment by the_reformation in "What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?"

the_reformation — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 22:15:09 +0000

Worth considering the argument against ranked-choice voting: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ranked-choice-voting-is-second-...

New comment by the_reformation in "Amazon Appstore will reduce its developer revenue cut"

the_reformation — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:13:43 +0000

I wonder if this is the way Apple and Google will eventually retreat from their 30%* cut, by using their app store chokepoint to nudge developers to their platform. Seems like a worse monopolistic practice than the 30% cut to me.

For Google, that'd obviously be GCP discount. For Apple, less obvious. Pushing iCloud storage? Apple Music? They've already forced every app to support Apple Pay and Sign In with Apple, so they likely don't even need the carrot.

*yes I know its not 30% anymore for some/most usecases.

New comment by the_reformation in "Estimation of total mortality due to COVID-19"

the_reformation — Fri, 07 May 2021 18:25:31 +0000

“If there were 315,507 excess deaths due to Covid-19, why is the difference in all-cause deaths between the end of 2020 and the end of 2019 only 61,654? That’s 61,654 more all-cause deaths in 2020 than in 2019, where the increase in all-cause deaths over each of the past ten years has averaged 44,806. That’s a difference of 16,848 from the median in a year with an alleged 315,507 extra Covid-related deaths.”

New comment by the_reformation in "Diving Deep on S3 Consistency"

the_reformation — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:04:23 +0000

S3 (and most AWS services) are extremely price elastic; i.e., the lower you make them cost, the more people use it (a la electricity.) That's why they've done stuff like drop from 50ms billing to 1ms billing, etc.

New comment by the_reformation in "Experience with Apple Silicon M1 MacBook Pro as a Software Developer"

the_reformation — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:35:01 +0000

Keeps you in the ecosystem, on Apple's services. And a top-end MBP will cost >$3k, which I don't think people buying laptops every 2-3 years spend.

New comment by the_reformation in "US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing"

the_reformation — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:13:27 +0000

The series of Arabic states opening diplomatic relations with Israel was definitely American-led.

New comment by the_reformation in "Twitter acquires Revue"

the_reformation — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:59:08 +0000

The Substack crowd is already on Twitter, and is where they got their audience from.

New comment by the_reformation in "Anthony Levandowski Pardoned"

the_reformation — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:24:33 +0000

Yeah who knows what Biden could get up to.

New comment by the_reformation in "Amazon: Not OK – Why we had to change Elastic licensing"

the_reformation — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:43:57 +0000

How is increasing consumer choice and offering a cheaper product detrimental to society? It's beneficial to everybody besides Elastic's shareholders.