Blurbeepl

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Hotel in Tokyo installs flight simulator in room (2019)(theverge.com)
4 points by Blurbeepl 3y ago|0 comments
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by Blurbeepl 5y ago
Hm, I think most users have been quite granular when it comes to what location they are searching for and they are looking for different places from where they are situated so not sure if GeoLocation would work.. But cache & pre-loading
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by Blurbeepl 5y ago
Just a loading spinner - however, it could take up to 3 min for some calls which would be too long for any user to wait. Thought about building a small in-browser game that would keep a user occupied, like catching raindrops with an umbrell
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by Blurbeepl 5y ago
Thanks Gus! Yes, I originally built it with an instant report - the issue I came across was that the API I was using sometimes took quite long to return the results. And I saw users dropping off really quick if not instantly served. So I ha
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by Blurbeepl 5y ago
Thanks! The site is built with Next.js - but the report generation is happening on a backend node server that I'm hosting on Heroku. For the second question, still a bit early to tell - mostly US & UK. You can see a selection of th
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by Blurbeepl 5y ago
Hi everyone & happy Friday! Thanks for checking the site out - this is my first “real” project I’ve launched after completing a coding bootcamp last year. Wedding Rain Checker analyses years of weather data to allow couples to pick thei
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Show HN: Will it rain on your wedding day? I built a site that lets you find out(weddingrainchecker.com)
7 points by Blurbeepl 5y ago|14 comments
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Apple working on satellite technology for direct iPhone data transmission(techcrunch.com)
8 points by Blurbeepl 7y ago|0 comments