How to read time estimates: Whenever anybody says something will take, say, 5-10 hours what they mean is: “My most optimistic estimate is 10 hours, but that sounds excessively long; if I add an interval people will mentally think it’s really just 5 hours yet I will technically still be truthful if I finish in […]

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I backed a dumb Kickstarter project which in retrospect is an obvious scam (tech project with too short deadline, based on environmental/free energy, creators from greater Russia). It was supposed to deliver a dumb iPhone case around 1.5 years ago, and has been stringing people along with dumb excuses for delays and several “we’ll ship […]

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