Subtle Paradox
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Learning 日本語 gradually.
Learning 日本語 gradually.
This is also true of software engineering.
March 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is also true of software engineering.
Add-on thought:
Isn’t this a fantastic problem to have?!?
Remember when “Linux gaming” meant exclusively the bsd-games package, NetHack, or MUDs?!?
Isn’t this a fantastic problem to have?!?
Remember when “Linux gaming” meant exclusively the bsd-games package, NetHack, or MUDs?!?
March 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Add-on thought:
Isn’t this a fantastic problem to have?!?
Remember when “Linux gaming” meant exclusively the bsd-games package, NetHack, or MUDs?!?
Isn’t this a fantastic problem to have?!?
Remember when “Linux gaming” meant exclusively the bsd-games package, NetHack, or MUDs?!?
Seems like Valve needs to refine the categories a bit. Totally agreed that if you wanted to play multiplayer, “Playable” is a mislabeling.
Still, for a growing number of people, anything not marked Playable is summarily ignored, so likely pressure in both directions…
Still, for a growing number of people, anything not marked Playable is summarily ignored, so likely pressure in both directions…
March 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Seems like Valve needs to refine the categories a bit. Totally agreed that if you wanted to play multiplayer, “Playable” is a mislabeling.
Still, for a growing number of people, anything not marked Playable is summarily ignored, so likely pressure in both directions…
Still, for a growing number of people, anything not marked Playable is summarily ignored, so likely pressure in both directions…
We don’t have that environment today. We don’t have a plurality that agrees on what “better” looks like, and so rather than collaborating, people are pushing at every boundary to figure out how they can meet their ends.
February 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We don’t have that environment today. We don’t have a plurality that agrees on what “better” looks like, and so rather than collaborating, people are pushing at every boundary to figure out how they can meet their ends.
Unrealized gains are problematic as a tax strategy because the act of realizing the on-paper gain changes the value.
Look, it wasn’t just the taxes that led to the benefits. The public (and leaders) *believed* that government could do a better job in the circumstances, and stood up to robber barons
Look, it wasn’t just the taxes that led to the benefits. The public (and leaders) *believed* that government could do a better job in the circumstances, and stood up to robber barons
February 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Unrealized gains are problematic as a tax strategy because the act of realizing the on-paper gain changes the value.
Look, it wasn’t just the taxes that led to the benefits. The public (and leaders) *believed* that government could do a better job in the circumstances, and stood up to robber barons
Look, it wasn’t just the taxes that led to the benefits. The public (and leaders) *believed* that government could do a better job in the circumstances, and stood up to robber barons
Commonly, wealthy people have far less than $3m in wages. They receive much of their income in stock or options, and thus only pay capital gains on the part they actually sell in a given year. Or they sell off losing investments to offset the gains.
Once you have wealth, you have tons of options.
Once you have wealth, you have tons of options.
February 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Commonly, wealthy people have far less than $3m in wages. They receive much of their income in stock or options, and thus only pay capital gains on the part they actually sell in a given year. Or they sell off losing investments to offset the gains.
Once you have wealth, you have tons of options.
Once you have wealth, you have tons of options.
I think SteamOS is demonstrating the potential for “appliance”-like applications, and to be pedantic, Android is Linux.
I think professional UX/design is incredibly hard to achieve absent a product mindset, and such a mindset benefits greatly from top-down constraints on time/budget/priority.
I think professional UX/design is incredibly hard to achieve absent a product mindset, and such a mindset benefits greatly from top-down constraints on time/budget/priority.
February 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I think SteamOS is demonstrating the potential for “appliance”-like applications, and to be pedantic, Android is Linux.
I think professional UX/design is incredibly hard to achieve absent a product mindset, and such a mindset benefits greatly from top-down constraints on time/budget/priority.
I think professional UX/design is incredibly hard to achieve absent a product mindset, and such a mindset benefits greatly from top-down constraints on time/budget/priority.
Prediction: This cycle will continue.
February 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Prediction: This cycle will continue.
Method Man! Classic
February 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Method Man! Classic
Part of the challenge is that free software by nature embraces choice, while the best way to help people operate a device is to strip down the choices to base abstractions, with no possible way to get to a state you can’t easily return from.
February 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Part of the challenge is that free software by nature embraces choice, while the best way to help people operate a device is to strip down the choices to base abstractions, with no possible way to get to a state you can’t easily return from.