I don't think this is a good argument that just because x industry does this that it's ok another y industry does it to justify it.

It's important to have the article properly framed, though. If you didn't organize and get rid of (sell or toss) unused things at your place, you're eventually going to end up under piles of garbage nobody wants unless you somehow anticipated all your own needs perfectly.

At some point you buy something you thought you'd need that you didn't. The same goes with businesses trying to sell. The difference from cleaning up your software project is that getting rid of physical product is not just deleting a few lines of code. It has to go somewhere.

There exists a second hand market online, Amazon just don't want to feed into it.

Probably the scarcity by waste leads to more profits than trying to recycle, as the environmental costs of waste aren't paid by Amazon.

I don't think he is making that argument -- which is why he prefaced it with "This is not ideal" -- just setting context,

Is it a different industry? Any customer-focused retail that readily accepts returns will inevitably have returned items that are difficult to resell.

And in that situation the retailer is just throwing away the product for the consumer who returned it; otherwise the consumer would probably have just thrown it away.

This person should never be allowed on hacker news because of the disgusting sexist tweets he's sent over the last few days:

https://twitter.com/spakhm/status/1333514691533025284

I love this idea - I want to get the new Valve Index, but can't justify buying it all myself and then letting it sit on the shelf 90% of the time.

Me - looking for a new project to dig into. http://andyphil.com/

Oh wow this sounds like me — here's what I do and my 2 cents:

PLAN 1) Before the event, think of interesting questions and topics you can talk about

2) Remember as much as you can to let the person know you were listening and engaged

DURING 1) Listen more than you talk - ask the other person about their interests and hobbies (bonus if it's interesting to you too)

2) Don't try to be someone you're not - being your authentic / weird / quirky / self is better than trying to act like someone you're not

3) Admit that you're an introvert (assuming you are like me) - then people will be more accepting if you're more quiet than everyone else.

Good luck!

Really bold move, good for Kroger. However, I wish they had a substitute in place - like they started accepting Venmo, PayPal, or build their own "Bill me Later".

Or maybe some cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

Team up with a good ux designer so that you can wireframe/prototype your idea before you spend any development time. I'd love to help - www.andyphil.com

Sorry, but you completely missed the mark on this one. Are you in UX or have you led design thinking sessions? It's successful because the product stops being something the designer created and starts being a product the whole team created. It gives everyone, no matter your role, a voice in the product and the creativity to build what you think the product should be.

It also centers the process, meaning how problems and solutions are validated, on your users.

UX Designer here. It took me a long time, almost 4 years of college, to train my creative muscle. Most people don't wake up one day and are instantly creative, it takes hard work and dedication just like any other skill.