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This one caught me by surprise. Publisher is a really great tool to create internal documents…reminds me of the Adobe Fireworks fiasco. They force you to use a tool of which you only need 5% and pay an increase cost (time and subscription) 500%.

I mean, Powerpoint, really? That app should’ve been gone a long time.

It has always been so since the dawn of modern desktops. I don’t see how/why this is noise. This is like a developer at a standup insisting we can make the app faster adding some micro services, flashy UX, and a few months of work while the - end user will still enter 20 order changes in an 8 hour day because that’s the environment.

What will you gain from removing the icons?

Wtf! I’m certain this entire stack was reviewed by low level outsourced contractors.

To the person below whining that BK should’ve had more time…absolutely not! Users have a right to know. No effort was made to protect the data. None.

Action needs to be taken. The company contracted to build this stack should be replaced asap! Including the CISO.

Dark patterns 12 months ago

If you want to see dark patterns in action in the US, visit any fitness, diet, weight-loss, vitamin and supplement website.

CEOs, CMOs and marketers prioritize the “abandoned cart”. It’s just business.

You are not the only person that will own the house you live in, that’s essentially what permits and regulations are for, to ensure the next owner isn’t saddled with a stupid decision made by the previous homeowner. Roof inspections are particularly important in places with snow load or hurricane force winds.

That’s what home inspectors are for at the time of purchase. And even if I choose to replace the roof myself - the city is free to inspect according to their ordinances. What I disagree with is that you MUST use their approved contractors.

And the prorated nonsense is simply mathematical fraud.

I think the elephant in the room is fraudulent claims. Majority of the claims filed is related to over-priced contractors. Pick any city, pick any house - old, new, big, small, tiny - the average roof replacement is 4x-5x the cost!

I know of multiple cases where the adjusters send in claims that are 50% to 90% of the actual repair cost. This is the REAL problem. Not hurricanes. It’s the fucking fraud.

I think the only option to combat this is to give home owners the right to fix things like roof themselves…why do I need a city permit, why do I need a fraudulent contractor permitted ONLY by the city (I don’t want the city looking out for me…that’s always their BS argument…leave that to me). I should be able to shop the supplies myself.

Here’s another exercise - pick any city in FL - try to buy roofing materials yourself.

The point is - Fraud is the biggest problem with homeowners insurance in the state of FL.

Notes on Guyana 2 years ago

Guyana is considered part of the Caribbean because they speak 100% English…well creole English (broken English) to be precise.

Just like American Indians, the natives there are called Amerindian.

There’s also a huge Dutch history…dating back to the 1600 if I remember correctly.

WOW! It’s amazing to see Guyana mentioned on HN.

If you rally want to know Guyanese, get invited to one of our parties. Fun and down-to-earth folks…well most, some can definitely carry a massive ego seed.

If you haven’t met anyone in tech - greetings! A pleasure to meet you. 20 years building successful companies and products in the USA.

Wakenaam - Dutch - “Waiting for a name”.

I love the product. I love the service. HOWEVER, I’ve been doing this for a while to know that at some point, Stedi will bought…Stedi will be sold (notice my ordering of bought/sold) and the product and service will become another complicated and expensive mess.

Have you done programming in other languages or worked with other formats other than excel and CSV?

The x12 argument was fine 5-10 years ago. Certainly not now. There are much better structures available.

EDI is not hard!!!! Period! Like some file formats, it’s unnecessarily complicated. The biggest problem in this industry is that there’s a monopoly and many companies are being FORCED to use these arcane and costly service providers.

I build and integrate EDI solutions for small/mid and retail juggernauts.

This just make it more complex…and then what? We end up with multiple specifications like an x12 document? No, it’s not time to retire it. It’s just another option. Just like any other delimited file format. Remember.INI files? They’re still being used when there is need for simplicity.

If you think CSV is complicated for your app requirement choose a different delimiter like pipe, else look at other alternatives. Simple as that.

I’ve spent years building parsers for different document in the retail juggernaut businesses.

In principle yes, but the objectives (constructive/destructive) produce different satisfaction. A programmer on a sizable team might not have the same commitment as one on a smaller team. He/she may think so, but it’s almost always, not the case.

I’m speaking from experience.

As the pandemic continues, my wife had me purchased a Cricut craft cutter, accessories and supplies to keep her and the kids occupied with crafts...since school was also closed for summer.

Literally every time she goes to use the laptop there’s an update...takes over an hour to get things started. Eventually she got tired of the updates and now back on the phone scrolling.