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dan-allen

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    Comment #46628583

    Oh lord. Sorry they’re doing that to you. Chargeback?

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    Comment #40918030

    Of fucking course

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    Comment #40752852

    Of ducking course they are. There’s not a strong enough incentive not to. Companies have pulled crap like this a million times and the vast majority of the time just get a slap on …

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    Comment #40685900

    I keep checking in on OpenTelemetry every few months to see if the bits we need are stable yet. There’s been very little progress on the things we’re waiting for. I don’t follow cl…

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    Comment #40652255

    Oh that’s interesting and I think you’re right. Software as it’s developed today is very abstract but spreadsheets have a visual representation that makes them much more approachab…

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    Comment #40400332

    I’m not sure what to expect. Apple is better than average at finding good applications of technology for regular people. On the other hand, Apple is below average in integrating ne…

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    Comment #40400252

    Project management actually seems like a good candidate for open-source. It seems like companies often need customizations. I could imagine forks for different industries.

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    Comment #40291655

    Yeah iPad hardware is sadly limited by software and I think Apple shoots themselves in the foot. It took them a long time to start allowing apps to use meaningful amounts of ram an…

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    Comment #39459398

    This isn’t the first time this has happened. They’ve had the exact same issue just affecting a smaller number of users and have never acknowledged it. You can find lots of reports …

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    Comment #39423841

    I have exactly the same workflow: VSCode when I want a specific extension and Sublime as a fallback. I think a lot of people don’t notice the difference but I can’t un-notice it. H…

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    Comment #38455473

    Thanks for sharing this. You’ve articulated a nuanced balance very well.

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    Comment #38247126

    Like how a serf could move their crops to a more generous lord. It’s a false dichotomy that you either have one monopolistic company or perfect competition. Like almost everything,…