SQL2219's comments

On: Is Anyone Else's Life as Stupidly Complicated by Digital Shadow Work as Mine Is?

[SQL2219]

to be fair, his biggest complaint is with a few services that reside on the inner tube, had nothing to do with his operating system.

On: Ask HN: Are subscriptions the doom of the tech sector?

[SQL2219]

Having sold both subscriptions and CDROM based B2B software, I can tell you with confidence that it was easier to sell a $2,000 software package once, then a $200 monthly subscription. That was my experience in the B2B world about 20 years ago.

[bombcar → SQL2219]

There’s a definite niche in the $5-50 a month range where people can buy b2b software rentals that help their job without much paperwork.

But once you hit consumer signups or bigger prices it gets much harder.

[matwood → bombcar]

Many companies require receipts for anything > $50 on an expense report. Under that and employees will buy/try tools that help them with their job, and not have to justify it to anyone.

[greazy → SQL2219]

As an end user who has requested subscription licenses from my employer, this is also my experience.

They are very very reluctant to purchase subscriptions, even if it's year to year cancel any time.

[369548684892826 → SQL2219]

> it was easier to sell a $2,000 software package once, then a $200 monthly subscription

Good work selling a subscription after already charging a one-off fee!

On: Higher viewership of Fox News associated with lower vaccination rates

[SQL2219]

Americans with PhDs are the most reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID, study finds

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9893465/Americans-P...

[sn0w_crash → SQL2219]

This whole thing is a perfect opportunity for the midwit meme

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/035/645/cov...

On: Ask HN: Does anyone else think SQL needs help?

[SQL2219]

With dynamic sql you can write your own. I know you don't have time, just throwing it out there.

On: Ask HN: Cloud hosting rates with surging energy cost

[SQL2219]

Post from 8 months ago

Germany Electricity Prices Hit Record €431 per MWh

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29624346

On: Ask HN: What are the best tools for web scraping in 2022?

[SQL2219]

powershell

[dyml → SQL2219]

Can you expand on this? I’ve always found powershell hard to do right.

[majkinetor → dyml]

    $x = iwr https://google.com
    foreach ($link in $x.Links.href) { iwr $link -OutFile foo ...}

On: We Need to Declare Our Independence from the Federal Reserve

[SQL2219]

https://twitter.com/LPNational/status/1543263737561448449?s=...

On: Stellantis Designer Wants to ‘Delete All Screens’ from Car Interiors

[SQL2219]

Are touchscreens in cars the worst idea ever? Maybe not the worst, but at least in the top 10.

On: Reasons to tour by bicycle

[SQL2219]

maybe you'll have no choice

https://youtu.be/Slszva6kk90

On: Odyssey Game System (2021)

[SQL2219]

1972 Magnavox Odyssey promotional film

https://youtu.be/jLGBtkKPj2U

[ArtWomb → SQL2219]

Ralph Baer. A name every american schoolkid should know, conceived of the home console back in 1951! I recall with Quest for the Rings circa 1981, you had to initially purchase it at a Magnavox branded retail outlet with like the showroom full of jumbo cathode rays ;)

https://habr.com/ru/company/edison/blog/278447/ (russian language / русский язык)

[orblivion → SQL2219]

I'm occasionally surprised by phrases that turn out to be older than I thought. "Do your own thing" seems rather modern to me.

[NelsonMinar → SQL2219]

Wow that's terrific! Those controllers are amazing. Also I'd forgotten about screen overlays.