MostlyBlindGamer

MostlyBlindGamer OP , 8 days ago

I love acidic specialty coffee that tastes like you squeezed half a lemon into the cup, but I also enjoy bolder, more classically intense coffee.

My main point isn’t so much about people’s different preferences, but the way companies seem to be pushing towards one end of the preference spectrum bit because of its value, but because of the cost and margins.

MostlyBlindGamer OP , 7 days ago

I think it’s an attempt to introduce apparent differentiation at a low price-point. I’m curious about future developments.

MostlyBlindGamer OP , 7 days ago

Bad? Who’s to say. Specialty coffee is 100% Arabica and Arabica is more expensive to source, so, regardless of preference, I’m surprised by “100% the cheap stuff” marketing.

MostlyBlindGamer OP , 7 days ago

There’s room for preference, I can enjoy a dark roast blend, but they seem to be really leaning into it these days.

MostlyBlindGamer , 2 months ago

Or “How Signal is closer in functionality to WhatsApp by the day, because it turns out people like the functionality of WhatsApp.”

MostlyBlindGamer , 3 months ago

If I’m reading this correctly, they’re adding your name to your site profile, but that’s not visible and is not linked to your reviews.

That specificity makes the situation much less terrifying than the title alone would imply.

MostlyBlindGamer , 3 months ago

I’m looking at it from a perspective of intentionality. Careless? Definitely. A risk ? For sure. But the situation is still not as the title implies.

MostlyBlindGamer , 3 months ago

Risks that are already described.

The headline does it’s job getting clicks by making it sound like reviewers names may already be public.

MostlyBlindGamer , 3 months ago

I was thinking about how this would happen and I remembered when signing up for services using Google login, I’d always get a list of information the website would have access to, including the name listed under the Google account. When I didn’t consent to that, I went back.

Now, is there a line somewhere between strictly getting a user’s consent and the user having an expectation of privacy? Yes, and they may have landed on the wrong side of it.

Suffice it to say, this is one of the reasons I prefer to sign up with an email address.

MostlyBlindGamer , 3 months ago

Hey, you can cross-post this to rblind.com!

MostlyBlindGamer , 4 months ago

Presumably you’re a UK citizen using .uk in accordance with the controlling entity’s terms and conditions. These folks weren’t in the same boat.

MostlyBlindGamer , 4 months ago

How are you liking the Brexit expansion? I felt like was overhyped and overrated.

MostlyBlindGamer , 4 months ago

Some other Central and Eastern European ones are weird as well.

MostlyBlindGamer , 4 months ago

With this headset’s personalized design, it would probably be uncomfortable for a lot of people to wear one that wasn’t made for them. I’m sure Apple never considered what a shame it would be for each person to have to buy their own…

Either way, other headsets would likely be better for these retail style use cases.

MostlyBlindGamer , 6 months ago

Something something monopoly, something something gatekeepers. They don’t need a war chest big enough to sue Apple, they just need to convince the EU to do it.
I’m sure they saw this coming from the start.

MostlyBlindGamer , 4 months ago

You were absolutely right! It’s been a while, huh? WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are gatekeepers and WhatsApp is supposed to open up based on the Signal Protocol. I guess we’re settling on that.

MostlyBlindGamer , 6 months ago

I’d also add that performance needs to be balanced with readability and engineering hours, and considered in context.

I have plenty of code that would be asymptotically catastrophic, but only runs once a day on off hours over a physically limited dataset.

Your post is a very good contribution to the realization that we’re supposed to use data and rules to inform our decisions, not to stop us from thinking.