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Ford to Impose Non-Negotiable Pricing on EV Sales as Part of Model E Plan
Original EnglishAnother pain point is manufacturers that give different prices for the identical laptop configuration, simply because I started the customization wizard with different base models.
A Plea for Lean Software (1995)
Original EnglishWe used to close our chat program to compile to save the 1GB memory it was using.
PicPlum (YC S11): Beautiful Prints, Automatically Mailed for You
Original English5-10 years ago, a portrait photographer could charge a $100 sitting fee but still make $1,000+ on print sales.
Static site hosting hurdles
Original EnglishI tried it was because I was looking for FastCGI support (i.e. non-PHP dynamic sites that you don't have to maintain a daemon for) …
Startups Anonymous
Original EnglishEach lasting anywhere from 2-3 years, 2 of which I failed, the 3rd which I sold and the 4th which I still currently own.
The code worked differently when the moon was full (2021)
Original EnglishInteresting bug, but I don’t like the fix.
Some clients are evil and their work is toxic
Original Englishwe pushed back because they knew there was real scarcity in the labor force for the enterprise software that we deployed. …
Ask HN: Examples of tech worker cooperatives?
Original EnglishI thought the idea of providing health insurance, 401k, business insurance and even a bench would be something my fellow engineers would be interested in …
Show HN: Hacking a Raspberry Pi into a wireless airplay speaker
Original Englishit's more expensive (i think), and less flexible than the logitech solution, but it's also (much) simpler, (much) more reliable, and better sounding (imho - …