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Re:Did anyone else lose their marbles? on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:41AM (#34695038)
Fascinating. But is Limerence only when the obsession is targeted towards a person, rather than idea/object?

I've noticed strong feelings of obsession towards an idea/goal, particularly when it's not achievable.

I've been working 15+ years as a UX developer, with varying results. From my experience, the best way to get developers and designers to work well together is to have frequent short demos/reviews (ideally weekly). That has helped solve random problems like:

1. This user flow does not match backend reality, let me explain why.

2. How does this screen design handle XYZ usage?

3. I cannot export this asset from figma, please share.

4. Would you mind verifying that the fonts/colors/spacing look okay?

5. Are you sure about not reusing an existing icon from our library?

6. How should we handle error and loading states?

7. How important is this design feature? It'll take me a while to build it.

8. Did you expect this desktop layout to be full width or 1600px?

9. Can you give me an overview of what changed since the last design version?

10. This is how I implemented the design. Is that correct?

Re:Worldcoin on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:47AM (#28946224)
Interesting project, but many open questions:

1. Are the coins allocated to each user lumpsum, or on a fixed schedule?

2. How can privacy be protected when converting coins into fiat currency?

3. Why would anyone trade these coins, when they can simply get their own freshly issued?

3. How can the coins have any value when nobody trades them?

By that logic, shouldn't the concerns stop when the growth rate drops?
Highly recommend Brian's Tacklebox program. It helped me create a framework for validating my product idea, while gaining the skills (and confidence) for running customer interviews, landing page tests, mapping markets, etc.

Obviously, you still need to put in the work to reach out to potential users. But the program helps you approach it in a structured format.

https://gettacklebox.com/

Re:Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site? on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:59AM (#26621633)
I started using Firebase hosting for side projects. Easy to setup, deploy and free for up to 360MB/day.

https://firebase.google.com/pricing

I did this back in 2014 with my wife-to-be. We traveled through Ireland, England, France, Spain & India.

In order to stretch our travel funds, we took local transport, stayed in hostels and campsites, and ate street food. Somewhat proud of the fact that we lived + traveled on $30-$90/day for more than a year.

For me, the best part was taking the same buses and trains as the locals. It gives you a glimpse into their everyday routine and also makes it easier to start a conversation.

Coming back and restarting income took a while though. Mainly because of personal preferences on the kind of work... ultimately just ended up doing the same kind of work that I left (frontend development).

Thinking of doing it again this year, but too scared to abandon income yet again. Might just try remote work this time.

Strange how "broadband" and "high speed internet" can have a different meaning in various parts of the country. For ex: a 10 mbps dsl line is considered "high speed" in New Hampshire.
Re:Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript (1995) on Friday December 04, 2020 @10:56AM (#25303717)
The biggest irony is that they believed Javascript "complemented" Java!
Re:Paris hails victory over short-stay rents on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @01:02PM (#24556988)
What is the alternative then? Live like tourists in hotels and never understand what local people care about?
Re:Paris hails victory over short-stay rents on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @12:59PM (#24556941)
> It does not take AirBnB to have problems with other parties within an apartment block.

This is important to note. AirBnB is not the "cause" of the problem, but seems to make it easier to cause the problem. Shouldn't they just increase the guest liability?

I'm a strong proponent of "living like the locals" so hope that spirit of AirBnB does not fade away.

Ask HN: Have you ever bought a small business?

We have been thinking about purchasing a local small business (like laundromat or car wash). But somewhat confused by the archaic process of browsing vague listings posted by brokers. Also, unsure about the financing available for a first time buyer.Has anyone else gone through the process, and have insight + resources to share?

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Re:Double Entry Accounting for Developers on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @09:21AM (#23975434)
> Rules: Left side of equation: Increase in an asset: debit. Decrease in an asset: credit.

This is the non-intuitive part for me. Everything else seems logical. Why would you debit an asset when it increases?

Re:Design Docs at Google on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:48AM (#23918257)
My experience has been that writing the design doc is not as controversial, as much as the review process.

Does anyone have any insights on how to make the reviews more constructive + quicker?

By that logic, the adjustment should not be a percentage of gross pay, but a fixed dollar amount based on difference in average cost of living.
Wasn't this a cash settled contract?
But why move from one COVID prone location to another?
Does anyone know if this was the vulnerability used to hack into Bezos' phone?
Re:SHA-1 Collision Detection on GitHub.com on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @07:03PM (#13927086)
Naive question - why can't GitHub use a SHA2 function for commit hashes?
Yes, it does seem vague. Isn't the NHTSA investigation meant to be a non-biased root-cause-analysis about last year's trailer crash? Instead, this just seems to be a grading report on Tesla's autopilot compliance.
Re:Show HN: Generate Google Slides from Markdown on Monday November 21, 2016 @02:04PM (#13008125)
This is pretty neat! I've been thinking of having a goal of writing one article + presentation every month, and this is the perfect workflow to accomplish both - write the article draft in markdown format, and then run this tool when ready to publish.

Curious about a couple of things:

1. Is there a way to add notes to the presentation?

2. Is the {.big} notation standard markdown, or something specific to this tool?

Re:SpaceX FCC Application for over 4000 Internet Satellites on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:12PM (#12979257)
"You probably have heard the story about the chicken being involved in breakfast because she laid an egg but that the pig was committed to breakfast since he supplied the bacon. Investors are like the chicken, but startup up employees are like the pig." I liked this quote... perfect way to describe the startup-investor relationship.
Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf] on Thursday November 10, 2016 @04:16PM (#12924437)
I think it's a great idea. Every asset not being put to use, is similar to hoarding cash under the mattress - a waste of capital.
Re:US elections has the lowest voter turnout in the free world on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:01AM (#12921512)
It's still being tabulated, but you can get a glimpse here - http://www.electproject.org/2016g
Re:Ask HN: How do you manage your personal software projects? on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @11:21AM (#12548986)
I have a folder called Projects in my tasks app (Wunderlist), with each project listed as a to-do item, and their status listed as subtasks.

At the start of every week, I move one of these projects to my Inbox, update the subtasks to match current thoughts, work on the top few, and move project back at end of week.

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