"buy twice" is one of those live advices I heard and adhere to since.
It's basically the optimistic interpretation of "buy cheap, buy twice":
When I consider getting into something I buy cheap first, the idea being that that is enough to get a feel ...
... then you buy the second time and don't cheap out. But this purchase is more informed and you really get to appreciate it more because you know the step up from the cheap thing.
And sometimes... maybe even most of the time... the cheap thing is just enough.
Yes and buying the expensive item is not insurance against losing it, or breaking it, or it not being particularly useful. That’s before the possibility of buying the expensive version used…or the expensive item not being more robust.
On top of that, the canon of fine objects includes careful use and high maintenance…I know a guy who took offense at the suggestion he could drive his 911s in the rain.
And of course, you can buy a $45 keyboard twice and have a backup or one for your other computer, etc. Likewise, you can replace a $45 keyboard at 7pm on Tuesday at your local Walmart.
To the best of my knowledge, it stores ordinary audio files in your chosen file location…but you should probably verify how it addresses your concerns yourself with a diligence commensurate with your perceived risk.
Someone sets up a server that accepts connections to it and then someone sends a connection request to it.
My disappointment is not with websites. It is with browsers. They have continuously prioritized dark pattern support. They have consistently removed user control.
I mean it's not the websites that default to recording every keystroke, default to tracker persistence, default to phoning home with daily telemetry, etc.
When I first started using HN, I ran four very different browser engines. Now there's no real choice.
HN does not record your key strokes until and unless you click the reply link…and then only if recording your final edited comment counts as recording your keystrokes.
On the other hand, your browser might be recording each of your keystrokes just because it can and if your browser does, those keystrokes are not going to HN.
It's trivial for HN to record your keystrokes. Any application that can read your keys can record your keystrokes - its fundamental to how software works. You wouldn't be able to write a game if you couldn't.
The distinction you are trying to make a is a distinction without a difference. If you don't want sites to "record your keystrokes", then don't use a computer. Trying to paint this as nefarious is a losing battle and completely undermines any awareness you are trying to bring about.
There's a difference between HN getting the final text when you hit "reply" and a site using JavaScript to time how long it takes you to hit each individual key press and how many times you hit backspace or moved your mouse to switch to a different tab to look something up or if you made up some facts in the comment or if you used an extension like grammarly or anything else.
>site using JavaScript to time how long it takes you to hit each individual key press and how many times you hit backspace
You mean like a video game? Are video games now nefarious applications tracking you? Your browser is not "leaking" anything to websites. It's hard to understand what you are even complaining about. If you don't want grammarly to record your keystrokes, then don't install grammarly.
It's like ordering a beer and then complaining about alcohol.
Ignore or downvote or flag [1] depending on your confidence in your judgement, your perception of its severity of impact on the HN community, your mood, etc.
If you are selling to ‘enterprise’ that business model might work well as a per-seat price.
At retail, into small bespoke niches a business built on $20 problems is unlikely to be sustainable because it is not enough money to reliably reach small markets and it is not enough money to sustain high quality service to a small number of customers…sure 1000 customers would be $20,000/month, but you have to get there first and stay there second.
Getting there is probably more money and calendar pages than you think and staying is going to gobble up more of the $20,000/month than you want through churn and employees.
My advice: find some thing you want to work on or find actual customers who will pay you handsomely to solve their important problems. Good luck.
I'm using flutter too, I've found a website called codemagic, so I can make builds for iOS. My laptop is windows. The bulk of development is building for Android.
Ordinary choices are between bread and nothing.
A $45 keyboard is rounding error on a $500 keyboard if you decide to buy one.
And buying and trying the cheap one is how a person gets direct experience to make a well informed decision.
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