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Show HN: Stretch – Free limousine rides
- fiatjaf 9y agoThat's awesome.
- ClassyJacket 9y agoInaccurate title. This is Uber for ONE limousine.
- justboxing 9y agoIt's not even Uber for ONE limousine. You can summon an Uber and it'll be outside your door in minutes. Not this one :)
- notatoad 9y agoSure it will. If it's already almost outside your door, then it will be outside your door in minutes. Otherwise, not so much.
- dang 9y agoOK, we changed the title from "Show HN: Stretch - A parody of Uber (free limousine rides)".
- Kiro 9y agoThis is the first time I've seen you change a Show HN title. For my Show HNs I spend a lot of time thinking and coming up with a title that I can stand behind. I may be extreme but if I were the poster of whose Show HN you changed the title I would rather have the post removed.
- dang 9y agoWe change Show HN titles all the time, just like other titles. In this case the submitter emailed us and was fine with it. Actually I copied the original title incorrectly above. The original title was "Show HN: Stretch – Uber for limousines (but it's free)", which provoked objections in the thread. When a title provokes objections like that, it can easily take over the discussion. That's one reason we change them.
- vortico 9y agoWhere is it right now? The screenshot shows an icon on a map, but I've zoomed out to the entire United States and it doesn't show up anywhere.
- limeblack 9y agoI believe it is in Oregon. Not 100% sure.
- drpancake 9y agoYep we're currently docked in Portland.
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- finnn 9y agoWhen I hit the icon in the bottom right, it switches between showing my location and zooming in on NW 20th and W Burnside in Portland, OR. Sooo I assume it's there?
- sergiotapia 9y agoIs this taken at the salar de uyuni? https://www.facebook.com/the.limo.diaries/photos/a.594902204049397.1073741828.594842944055323/623662471173370/?type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/the.limo.diaries/photos/a.594902204...
- drpancake 9y agoThat's White Sands, New Mexico
- finnn 9y ago"Request a limo" -> Surprise facebook login! that's a shame, this looked cool
- SirLJ 9y ago:-)
- hartator 9y agoI don't want to be this guy, but the required Facebook login doesn't seem to be safe. There is no way of knowing is the real Facebook as it's not going though the fb app or regular safari. A bit shady.
- drpancake 9y agoThanks for mentioning this — I've removed FB login until it's configured correctly to use native login!
- tehwebguy 9y agoDon't make me give you my Facebook password. Facebook already has a way to auth in.
- limeblack 9y agoAre there any plans to post the cities you should end up passing through?
- drpancake 9y agoWe post semi-frequent updates on our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/the.limo.diaries https://www.facebook.com/the.limo.diaries
- drpancake 9y agoHey folks, author here. My phone is exploding. I hear you on the Facebook login issue. I misconfigured the Facebook SDK and it's falling back to a web view rather than using native login. I just pushed an over-the-air update to remove Facebook login entirely for now.
- zackify 9y agoAs of iOS 9 (I think) the native Facebook login opens a safari view inside the app. Signing in once will remember you for any other apps. They got rid of the app switch.
- riobard 9y ago> Facebook login opens a safari view inside the app I'm always troubled by this stupid design. How do I know that the web view inside the app is not fake?
- foepys 9y agoYou have to hope that the app ist trustworthy, the developer uses TLS, and implemented the certificate verification correctly.
- BillinghamJ 9y agoSafari view controllers are completely separate - it is not possible to implement any kind of checking with it. However Safari itself does do a reasonably good job of checking the certificate, and the view controller does show the hostname at the top. Doesn't stop you from just faking the UI though
- mattbgates 9y agoI got rid of Facebook login for this reason... annoying updates. I even tried installing their new SDK with examples and it was still broke. I'll just stick with the others until they decide not to work.
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- kd22 9y agoWhat's the point of this anyway?
- vortico 9y agoFun!
- bbcbasic 9y agoDo things that won't scale!
- askvictor 9y agoHow much VC funding do you think this can attract?
- wand3r 9y agoThey didn't mention it, but unlike Uber they aren't being sued by a rival company, their employees and their contractors while being actively boycotted by customers. Also, prob don't have a 10-figure burn rate. So simple vc math would dictate a valuation like: Absolute value of their earnings. 9999999 Growth Multiple + $1M for having an app - $500k for not blogging about react Basically already a unicorn
- reledi 9y agoLogan style adventures await!
- oblib 9y agoLove the idea!!! Have fun and share some stories!!
- matthberg 9y agoIt would be great if there were a feature to notify the user when the limo is nearby, with a range away selector. Awesome concept and story, though!