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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   Thanks for the answer, those are valid points! I think most web developers forget that most visitors don't have fiber connections and high-end hardware like them. This page renders at 15 fps on my mom's laptop with an old Core I3.
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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   What's the advantage of using React for a landing page that could be a 10KB static HTML file ? (non-sarcastic question)
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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   Good idea, so we can wait for the Dyson sphere to finally power proof-of-work algorithms at scale
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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   First remote work, now UBI: Covid-19 is planting the seeds that both are possible and can be beneficial to society in the future.
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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   The "TikTok e-boy" and "Nightclub chad" are probably overlapping demographics.
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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   I'm calling uBO temporary because adTech is evolving to evade adBlockers (in-domain tracking and ad obfuscation). Surfing the web is a nightmare for the average user, and the tech industry barely notices. The web has an unsustainable b
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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   uBlock Origin is awesome, but those workarounds are temporary. The web has an usability problem that is worsening every year.
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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   Thanks to this effect, small food companies are growing fast since the 2000s. "Big Food" is fighting back by doing local-washing: silently buy small companies, industrialize them, then pretend to be local and responsible. Tech has
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   by arnaudsm 7y ago

   Really interesting product, but please disable the notification sound of your chatbot!
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    It's a common denomination for environmental seal. Similar to IP67.
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    I reduce iPhone and stock Android to "intuitive", since it's the #1 criteria for most tech-savy users.
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    It should be mandatory by law to open-source APIs at discontinuation.
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    I love these kind of websites, it's much better than a 20-page guide on CNET or Wirecutter. I've been working for two years on a similar website for Phones/VR/Cameras/Drones, check it out here : https://
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    I've been working for 2 years on a successor for productchart! Modern UI and KISS, check it out here : https://picked.cc
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    I tried every single trick in the book : SEA is too expensive. Word-to-mouth needs more critical mass. Website is not sexy enough to get press and backlinks. Blackhat SEO is out of question. My only hope is to rebrand the website as a carb
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    I was a student in debt at the time. Fortunately this project caught the eye of a fellow HNer and helped me get my first job in the bay area.
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    It's crazy how markets saturate quickly online. You really need a large marketing budget and/or network effect to triumph nowadays, product quality is not differentiating enough. I am scared for the future, this will inevitably le
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    Technological progress is not the problem! We have better energy efficiency than ever, overpopulation and especially "modern comfort" are the real culprits. Moreover, bioplastics, fusion and next-gen battery tech could mitigate wo
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    I agree except with your last sentence. They have the biggest total pollution, but their pollution per capita is actually low compared to eastern countries, and they are investing and legislating aggressively for clean tech.
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    I agree. Except for mass manufacturing and stolen tech, most chinese tech is smoke and mirrors at the moment. Chinese research is famously low-quality given that most researchers are paid by the paper. I hope their fusion and quantum experi
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    Show HN: Interactive VR Headset Comparison(picked.cc)

    3 points by arnaudsm 7y ago|0 comments
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    Author here, you're right, I should do a followup with social data for specific brands ! Phones bring social status, just like cars. It's no coincidence that Huawei partners with Porsche for special editions.
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    Visualization: Are expensive phones worth it?(picked.cc)

    1 points by arnaudsm 7y ago|3 comments
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    OP here, I've been working alone on this project for a year and would love to know your thoughts ! Thanks to this [1] HN thead 2 years ago, I noticed that in tech, price was not always correlated to quality, and wanted to help compare
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    Show HN: Benchmark-Driven Product Comparator(picked.cc)

    2 points by arnaudsm 7y ago|1 comments
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    They could have a threshold for deletion, only deleting account with <1k followers. This would spare accounts with real historical value.
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    We really need a feature to block websites from Google search. It's impartial and a common thing on Twitter/Facebook/YouTube. If a Google search engineer reads this, please think about it.
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    I am sorry about that, it was just a funny experiment. I thought it was acceptable considering that you accepted a similar post 6 months ago, which stayed on the frontpage for a long time : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
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    Show HN: Space Invaders in the URL(arnaud.at)

    38 points by arnaudsm 7y ago|21 comments
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    by arnaudsm 7y ago

    To make this work at all, you have to carefully tune your learning rat - @fchollet