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This is so much worse now that crossovers are the default car in the US. I seem to be the last person in America driving a car that isn't a tank and have never understood why every…

I guess so, but it seems to me it would be far more efficient to use already-above-ground materials (there are loads of them floating in the ocean!) and leave the oil in the ground…

Build it and they will come is a perfectly great strategy if you can build it quickly and start showing it to customers. Completely ignoring customers while you "build it and build…

I'm attempting to solve this cold start problem by pooling money with other operators to buy an existing business. We're currently closing on our first acquisition and plan to do m…

I went with Reolink, but not the WiFi ones. The completely offline version has no privacy concerns, no cloud sync, no subscription. It just records to an SD card. They're great!

Not a co-op, but similar: I'm working on an owner-operated SaaS incubator[0]. A few of us are pooling our own money to buy, operate, and grow a small SaaS company together. We're c…

I haven't tried any of these products, but I do have a senior dog with very severe separation anxiety. She barks and destroys stuff the minute I step out the door until the minute …

I've noticed this too. "...two small tweaks" is just a variation on the "one weird trick" you see in chumboxes[0]. I guess this sort of enshittification was inevitable. [0] https:/…

I’m a native English speaker and I think this is an easier jump if you know other Romance languages. In Spanish and Portuguese “woman” and “wife” are often the same word, “mujer” a…

I think you're right. Desensitization has to be a big factor. I'm certain that I just _like_ text, but I've also noticed recently that I miss very large attention-grabbing print (e…

Over the years I've noticed something unusual about myself: I don't even see these icons. My brain goes directly to the text. This applies to all visual material, but is most evide…

I attempted a startup to fix meeting culture a few years back. Selling the product was nearly impossible. We got some nibbles and a couple bites, but it eventually became clear tha…

Humans are lazy and bad at preventing long-term problems. We need to be reminded frequently, otherwise we get complacent and take naps instead of saving our species.

My guess is the friction is there to discourage scammers and indie developers are just collateral damage.

Lately I've talked to so many people who are in a similar situation. Whether laid off or feeling stuck in the 9-5 grind, seasoned operators seem disillusioned with traditional empl…

Gleaning information isn't the goal; whittling down deluge of applicants is. For the company, candidate time is free and manager time is massively expensive. The AI tools are cheap…

I’m not afraid of the world turning to ash. My rational brain isn’t afraid; it knows people didn’t care and have already forgotten. I’m afraid of the much louder part of my brain t…

That's an awfully big Raspberry Pi kit you've made there. /s Seriously, though, this is amazing work. Well done!

People said this about AOL for a long time, too.

I could be misunderstanding, but this sounds like it would be a wash sale, which would prevent the seller from claiming the loss on their taxes. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/…

This happens when customer support spends too much time on password resets. As soon as someone in CS says "we need to hire another person, too many password resets" you get magic l…

Maybe I’m being pedantic, but isn’t a database ultimately a bunch of files on disk? Unless you’re using a pure in-memory DB?

Am I the only one that gets an icky feeling when I see things like “I am so tired of all this political stuff, I want to filter it out”? All the political news you don’t like is a …

I can’t speak to the public system. My visa requires me to carry private insurance, so I have only used the private system. It’s a breath of fresh air. I’ve had to wait a week or t…

To Portugal. If you have enough assets to retire in the US then you probably qualify for the passive income visa. It’s not all smooth sailing, though. The immigration agency here (…