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Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

jessaustin wrote: post #312
callumlocke wrote: post #103

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Because GIMP has a lot of baggage: a very particular UI, a community of active users (many of whom probably like it exactly how it is thanks), and a terrible name.

The name was "terrible" right after the film "Pulp Fiction" was released. Decades later, is that still true?

Yes. "Gimp" in UK English is not a word you say in polite company, like calling your software "slut". Sure, it's fine to speak of with a close friend but difficult to even mention to people in certain circles. I don't know what's wrong with calling it "The [GNU] Imp", an imp being like a fairy/pixy (but with a sense of mischief too), like Puck. The mascot could be kept as it fits the description imp as well as it fits anything (I've no idea after c.20 years what it's supposed to be, though I recall looking it up once).

Maybe "Imp" is offensive in other languages? (Nothing other than alternate English meanings shows on Wiktionary).

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by jcranberry »

savanaly wrote: post #343
bqe wrote: post #177

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This reminds me of the joke about the economist who refuses to pick up the $20 bill on the ground because surely someone else would have already picked it up.

Realistically though, how many twenty dollar bills do you find lying around on the ground? Zero so far for me in this life... Maybe a quarter here or there.

I found 2000 in the pocket of a thrifed suit jacket

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

sanbor wrote: post #97
s73ver wrote: post #78

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Kickstarter or Patreon would seem to be the kind of thing made for this problem. Maybe those that donate more get their pet issue moved up the queue.

What about you pay to get hours of work (HoW). Then people put their HoW into the issues that they want to solve. Example: Having different keymaps scheme support in Gimp would take 100 hours. So once people put enough HoW into that issue the team can start to tackle it.

Keymaps being sets of shortcut keys? GIMP used to have that with dynamic update and easily​ shared keymap files.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by CamelCaseName »

bluGill wrote: post #162
baron816 wrote: post #21

I think this has the potential to introduce an interesting auction model. People might want to join in, but not at the initial price point. What if everyone proposed wanting in on project stated their maximum price point, and the winning application to solve would get the price they bid at for everyone above that level. In other words customers_offering_prices = [1,1,4,15,30,30,40,80,100,150,175,10000] winning_applic…

Is that fair though? If something is only worth 5 to me and 40 to you, and the cost of development is 45 - neither of us along can afford the feature, but if we put aside out different contributions the total is enough to make both of us happy, or neither of are. Your model both of use get nothing when we both could be happy on a different model.

It is equitable, but it is not efficient. At least this is better than a Vickrey auction though, where you would only get paid $5.01 and spend $45 (net loss) rather than see the bids and do nothing. (Or see the bids and lose, but get paid $40 rather than $5.01)

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by s73ver »

pkamb wrote: post #206
HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #199

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I understand what you're getting at, but the price is an issue. I do something similar: I write very small programs for embedded systems: simple timers, sequencers, alarms, etc. for around $100. In some cases, we're talking 15 minutes of work, tops. If I could charge just $30 and instead sell it to multiple people, I would, but the odds of that happening are so slim, I have to have a $100 minimum. The problem is that…

I definitely understand the price issue. It might not be a lucrative or attractive business for existing freelancers. BUT... people already do this stuff for free. Create free Chrome Extensions to make some tweak on a website. Spend hours crafting a script for an answer on Stack Overflow, only to get fake internet points. I asked the questions above on SuperUser, a website that theoretically does exactly what I'm ask…

The thing is, the motivation is different when it's fake internet points than when it's actual money. The relationship between the people is different, too. The way it works now, the relationship is a cordial, friendly, familiar relationship (even though the people don't actually know each other in many cases). Throw money into the deal, even the paltry $10, and now it becomes a business relationship, with all that entails.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by [deleted] »

guimarin wrote: post #352
cookiecaper wrote: post #292

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Wouldn't this already be effective as long as the project was under the umbrella of an appropriate 501(c)3? Not necessarily the repatriation bit. I'm not a tax expert by any means so I am legitimately asking. From a quick search, it looks like the IRS does sometimes allow businesses to make deductible contributions to a 501(c)3, but that it first attempts to determine if the business expects to receive a "substantial…

One easy way around this is to do what all the NYC foundations do. That is, give to other people's charities, and they in turn will give to yours. That is only small potatoes compared to donating to a political campaign and taking the money you don't spend on the campaign off the table tax free. A lot more things make sense through that lens. I could imagine a situation where Google who doesn't benefit from every OSS…

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Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by tehlike »

custos wrote: post #220
scrapcode wrote: post #81

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Captcha solving is expensive for spammers.

I can assure you it is not. It's about $0.001 per solved captcha with 97% accuracy rate and refunds on failed ones, from the service provider I know of. I've even written one, it's not complicated and not expensive.

It is still the same rate. 2.2 ish for new recaptcha, too.

Re: Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project

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Post by quadrangle »

desiderantes wrote: post #310
cookiecaper wrote: post #293

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AFAIK this was the original intent of the GPL as well, but due to the common interpretation that "link" and "distribute" refer exclusively to their meanings within the context of traditional binary building and distribution (that is, they do not apply when a program is "distributed" such that its back-end is accessed through a web-based front-end), the AGPL was necessary. IANAL

That's a load of bullshit

what's bullshit? That the GPL was written with the same aims as the AGPL? I fail to see any bullshit in the post you're replying to…
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