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If you can’t find a job, make a job. Sounds reasonable but fraught with risk.
Having been in the software industry for 30 years I feel the need to provide some balance and context to your advice. YMMV
Getting a startup to even survival level money takes incredible effort, skill, and time.
Outside of those, luck is by far the most important aspect. Which is out of your control.
You have to fight and beat dozens of biases and fallacies.
Here is a small sample…
Survivorship bias — focusing on visible winners, ignoring the many failures
Outcome bias — judging decisions by results rather than decision quality
Availability bias — overweighting memorable success stories
Publication bias — only successes get written about or promoted
Narrative fallacy — inventing clean stories after the fact
Please ignore the one-shot-bro-influencers who have a fool proof recipe for making 10MMR with Ralph mode. If they are real they have hit luck not execution.
As hard as it is getting a job. The massive amount of work and time it will take. Building a network via proof of work [side projects] and hitting only your archetype with applications is still far more valuable for landing a role. With, and this is key, much higher levels of success than startups.
Good, smart, and so needed. That said, I'm not forgiving them for the diesel emissions scandal.
We’re basically seeing this story through media summaries and Richelieu-Booth’s own account, which means the narrative reflects either what he says happened or brief police statements. There’s very little publicly available that allows anyone to independently confirm or contradict either side.
Stories like this are designed to provoke a reaction, but the truth could be far more mundane: he might be a completely unreasonable person who was genuinely stalking someone, and police might have had credible concerns. We simply don’t have the full picture.
For balance, West Yorkshire Police do have a reputation for being heavy handed. the same force that used drones during Covid to shame people walking alone on the moors.
My point is: this isn’t solid evidence of Orwellian decline. It’s difficult to draw sweeping conclusions about Britain from a single case built on incomplete information and media amplification.
Perhaps the terms import and export aren’t suitable for internet content? Perhaps new terms with legal implications are needed for internet age?
The report seems focused more on crash rates, accident involvement, rates with Autopilot / Full Self-Driving vs without, and active/passive safety systems. Has zero insight into touchscreen and their safety issues.
Also from the car manufacturer not independent and isn’t without bias.
For changes of this size, to any client, grace and care is the well trodden path. The only case where this isn't the route is when you don't want that customer, or where you can no longer afford that customer. Does it seem like the cost of AI on everything is coming home to roost?
Reading the comments looks like I’m not the only one who thought on similar lines.
I’ve had this idea in my little book of ideas for almost a decade. Great effort getting this up and running.
Is it just me or is this title a clear contradiction? Free but increases price? Do they mean now included in your cost…which is increasing? Doesn’t have the magic marketing power I suppose.
So where does that leave all those incredibly expensive watches that boast accuracy?
Me too. I was about 8 when I took my TV apart and brushed my arm against that capacitor. Packed a wallop, and kept my arm in a ridged state for a bit.
Just a continuation of internet companies breaking open standards.
I see people have already worked out the rude word stacks.
+1 Interested in this area as well.
What an ad for ProtonMail - Governments cannot track you.
Stay away from 23andme if you have any privacy concerns. I've worked with providers of DNA insights and advice that don't build their revenue model on selling your data. For example DNAPal.me
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The title could have been worded better.
Fair point. I meant no disrespect to those making a `honest` living.
A vast difference between the 100m of sole proprietors of the world and the LLC.
I'm sure that is the modus operandi for any business. That is, to find ways to give the business an advantage over any competition...and hopefully put them out of business in the process.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I believe Steve Jobs hate the idea of turning the iPod into a phone. Rejected the idea from his smartest people for a long time.
Sounds a like a real shame, lots of faithful energy put to good quality work.
Perhaps this is more about projected issues than this specific work. Law is based off the precedence of previous cases. If this project is allowed to continue other future projects may get legal precedence to continue, and those future projects may damage the brand or the profitability of the IP.
I tend to agree, seems a little sour. (and now I'm sounding a little judgy)
https://www.borroclub.co.uk is managing (so far) to compile to GDPR.
Seems a little angry, sour, and conspiracy-esque. But 20 Mill is some dark cloud.
GDPR hasn't effect https://www.borroclub.co.uk/
So seems like it is possible to have a sharing website and not violate GDPR
I'm not directly comparing, only highlighting the step issue.
To me, give a per user or private repo cost. Allow the customer to choose between user or repo model, each addition costs a single fixed unit. Simple!
I didn't say you did. Well, I don't think I did. Either way, we agree it wasn't disingenuous. I'd also agree this change won't be beneficial to all.
And GitHub is also allowing everyone to make a choice. "...you'll have at least 12 months notice before any mandated change to your plan."
"loosing credibility" is subjective in this case. Some orgs/people will be better off, some won't.
I recall GitHub doing some extensive research on what their customer based wanted. This is most likely the outcome of that research.
If I were to migration our org. over we would be worse off. Even with that I don't think this move is disingenuous. Poorly thought through perhaps?
Isn't that one of the points of marketing: Highlight issues as a positives to decrease their impact to sales?
ps. No pricing model will suit every org. The current model based on repo numbers has horrid steps which make no sense. eg. 125to300 private repos = $200to$450 cost. So if you need 126 repos you pay more than twice as much for that extra 1 repo. That makes little sense to me.