OSS and FOSS are global, not American or EU or anything. The geopolitical situation is on another plane. FOSS can and will be used as a tool for strategic autonomy, for better and for worse.
Why would one at this very moment look with suspicion at a FOSS contributor for the sole reason (s)he's American?
My fingers always ache when I hear praise for the company that through its incompetence nearly lost me my company's domain name... twice. Shame on me for staying with them.
The Mercosur-EU trade deal, the India-EU trade deal and this China-Canada trade deal. A pattern perhaps? A frantic search for reliable trade partnerships, or just random noise?
Sure the details were negotiated in 2019, but it isn't even in effect yet. It still needs to be approved by legislative bodies on both sides of the Atlantic. Which will probably happen sometime this year.
Why would I trust these recommendations? Much higher quality dietary information is available from much more trustworthy sources than the US government du jour.
A clear view of WW II in all its complexity is important. The current tense geopolitical context makes that even more so. Have you noticed how the current head war criminal in Moscow is glorifying his WW II predecessor?
- I'd clean up less relevant bits as much as possible. The subtitle for example says "Share text and images instantly and securely across all your devices". I'd s/and\ images// and s/across\ all\ your devices//.
- There is a strong use case for sharing just text. I'd encourage you to focus this app on just that. If tempted to add file/image/whatever sharing, I'd break that out into something separate.
- The copy functionality for each text string shared is great.
- Why not make the qr code visible by default?
- Let your audience decide how they want to use string sharing functionality. Don't presume on their behalf. What if two technicians on either side of a theatre want to use this to share secret streaming strings? You'd want to make sure your messaging is welcoming to them too.
Thank you! I'm genuinely surprised by a level of feedback I get in the comments, constructive, thoughtful and actionable! Would love to hear from you if there a use case you found for yourself.
I've built this as a small utility for myself, by sharing it I hope that feedback will help me to make sure I do not make unnecessary presumptions :)
- Asset inflation can be tackled with flexibility. The level of flexibility my acquaintance showed is not required. He bought a fixer-upper two apartment building with a garden in a livable small walkable eurozone city for 5k€.
- The productivity growth really has had incredibly strong deflationary effects. So much more, more diverse, tastier and healthier food for example, for so much less money.
- The growing affluence has really created incredible opportunities for scavenging from the waste stream. A practical example. About half of the food I eat is leftovers from a nearby school. I'm proud to be saving good food from going to waste _and_ it lowers our expenses quite significantly.
> It's utterly insane that people need to work more and longer as technology increases productivity. A truly dystopian economic system.
Keynes was almost right. He underestimated the ability of future generations to consume conspicuously. Also, the need for many to fit in by working, but I digress.
Many don't _have_ to work more and longer. I'm speaking of a large class, very much overrepresented on HN, of smart, healthy westerners with no dependents to care for. We have only one major problem. We live in this bubble nudging us towards conspicuous consumption - gently or less so.
My job closely resembles Keynes' 1930's prediction. Sometimes I work (much) more. Not because I need money, but because the job is interesting. Interesting as in, me learning, contributing something positive to other people's lives, growing my family's financial resilience and robustness, or just enjoying the flow.
Sharing one's opinion in a respectful way is possible. Less spectacle, so less eyeballs, but worth it. Try it.
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