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I think we're beyond this already for most Claude/ChatGPT users they just assume that everything is written by AI because that's what they'd do. Credibility has been lost, but certainly there are many cases where human thinking will improve the final artifact, I think it's enough to focus on improving quality vs some moral high ground.

> If the task turns out to be unneeded, go back to 1.

No one person should decide that a task is "unneeded".

Most items in this suggested workflow are actually attainable via SCRUM.

Was really interested in reading this until.. "ditches the Escape key for a dedicated emoji bar".

The use case at the moment is around media that includes audio of the user. Usertesting.com sessions work well, but because you don't get any audible feedback from Inspectlet we can't really do much analysis on those sessions as our tech is focused on transcriptions and analyzing user testing transcriptions.

It's hard to read stories like this. It's so clear that the diversity issues in the tech industry are in part a signal of a much larger issue in our nation. Under represented minorities have such a tough time getting a decent education let alone one in computer science.

That said, I'm hopeful that the industry that I'm a part of can play a large role in fixing this.

This seems potentially misleading without proper context, like... were "favorites" growing before, if so at what rate?

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+1 not sure where "to store the information in the DHT you'd have to attach it to a torrent" comes from.

Sounds like they're sorting through the contents: "We'll give away or properly dispose of your items."

Thanks for the feedback. We'll definitely be focusing on stability and getting updates out as often as possible in the next few weeks. Definitely send in any other feedback you have if you continue to give it a shot.

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Thanks for the thoughtful comment. We've thought about a lot of this. This is our first stab at trying to push a lot of these thoughts and ideas forward.

This works for me too!

Privacy is a factor, it's just not the factor that drives most decisions around consumer software (at least mass market adoption). It's true that Facebook and others have emphasized privacy, but they have not compromised the user experience. Projects like this are challenging because you're forcing some behavioral changes for additional security.

They pulled the plug on this pretty quickly. It's not really clear how they'll transform it in the future, but I think the larger point is still valid. They should not be dependent on a single source of revenue.

Agreed. I'd love to see demographic info from these companies. That said, they can still be pretty successful this way, I just feel it's disingenuous to claim otherwise.

This seems like a more realistic theory. I've only ever known people to use these services to save money or in a few rare cases because their was no other supply for the service at the time.

Agree 100%.

It does not seem difficult to understand both sides in a situation like this. It seems like something that probably happens all the time, especially in regards to charities.

I think this is what makes me hate this purchase. The most interesting part of Oculus to me was the "open-ness" of the platform. They were seemingly doing an amazing job of getting developers interested in the platform. I'd argue that Facebook does a pretty terrible job on both fronts.

I believe we're already seeing this as a valid business market in the sense that a well designed app often finds a market against the less designed more utilitarian open source competitor. I think this is in line with the "luxury" business model where designers and engineers focused on "the experience" are the new craftsmen.

How does a YC backed company create a video with audio that's clearly watermarked. Presumably they could afford the $17 license...

"They are literally throwing away the notion of profitability or monetization."

To be fair Google had no idea how they were going to monetize search for a significant amount of time.

I'd say the pivot is from usefulness / utility to entertainment / novelty.

The irony of, "[t]he Machiavellian view on this is if you are the founder you actually want to pretend you have a huge ideological mission, even if you don’t."

I've seen a lot of founders actually start off this way, they come up with a mission post product. The best are actually capable of being delusional enough to believe this mission over time.

tldr: i'm a dick, but i'm not dumb and i understand that i should apologize.

I had high hopes for this and was immediately turned off by #3. I still can't believe that their are developers who believe that design is just the pretty layer on top of their functioning infrastructure. It's not.

That said, I wish there was a site that connected people with complementary skill sets around similar product ideas.

Great point. I would love to see some study done around this. It's the combination of poverty and crime that leads to such disaster in most cases. It's not even a lack of community, in my experience both have very strong social ties to one another. Either way, it's a shame we still can't figure this out in America.

I disagree with this premise. The cost of quality customer support can easily be mitigated by factoring it into cost of your product.

"Software is eating the world"... and it's allowing companies to scale customer support more easily through active knowledge bases and better more intuitive searching. The 3/4 of calls that could be resolved with a one-line fix should never make it to a phone call, they should be directed to an online support tool that could more efficiently answer their question and if not then funneled into a call or chat system.

It isn't happening quickly, but more and more companies are understanding that the relationships customers build with companies matter immensely and those relationships often begin with customer support reps.

Quality, friendly support scales and you don't have to create a shitty work environment for employees. Look at companies like Rackspace or on a smaller scale, 37 Signals for proof. It's not just about finding "friendly and resilient people" it's about finding people who are passionate about your company's mission.

disclaimer, currently building http://awesomatic.com and tackling this very issue

The "Dropbox Alternative" marketing line seems to really be what's confusing people... this is not Dropbox.

You have to have a source always online, there's no third party service sitting in the cloud syncing all of your computers, it passes that responsibilty onto the user. That said, I'm surprised they aren't trying to "consumerize" this into a hardware product.

Space Monkey has seen a ton of success recently and are well beyond their funding goal on Kickstarter(http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clintgc/space-monkey-tak...). The thing that immediately came to mind for me is that this is really a job for Bittorrent.

A NAS device makes complete sense and if they could build a better experience around that, similar to what Space Monkey is doing, seems like a huge opportunity.

It's a complicated issue, but glad that a company like Rackspace is taking a strong stance against patent trolls. It's not necessarily the patents that are the problem, but the companies leeching off of and taking advantage of the system.

There's nothing wrong with invention and although it would be a great world if we were all altruistic and willing to share these ideas with one another for free, it's not that wrong to believe that inventors should be rewarded for their efforts. Unfortunately the current system is broken, and needs fixing.

Not sure it'll be a huge consumer hit, but you can't argue that they're innovating, they're continuing to push technology further.