egfx

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   by egfx 7y ago

   In the early 2000’s there existed two main ecosystems in mobile software J2ME and BREW (not counting Symbian) the latter BREW, operated by Verizon. I had cofounded a QA consulting company that heavily based itself off BREW’s highly extensiv
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   by egfx 7y ago

   Other then my disdain for anything ProductHunt, quite a nice presentation.
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   Mysterious tectonic fault zone found off California(nationalgeographic.com)

   2 points by egfx 7y ago|0 comments
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   by egfx 7y ago

   $scope
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   by egfx 7y ago

   I sometimes use https://10words.io sign up for their newsletter for 5 products per email.
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   by egfx 7y ago

   Couldn’t agree more. Yesterday I was browsing the top product of the day to see what future competition was like and the product was a color swatch that gave you similar colors for inspiration. It looked like they mashed together a codepen
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   by egfx 7y ago

   I really wish the pipes.digital project was open source. It could have really gone somewhere. Without it being open source, it seems to have gone the way of yahoo pipes itself. : /
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   by egfx 7y ago

   Ah pipes. Thanks for the memories of a product that both came and went before it’s time. And technologically an amazing frontend web app. There is an attempt to remake pipes https://pipes.digital
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   by egfx 7y ago

   I interviewed at YouTube and I kid you not, the interviewer had no idea what YouTube Leanback was. As wrong as it sounds, I had to school her, a team lead at YouTube on their own product. YouTube Leanback is awesome and will be missed. I i
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    by egfx 7y ago

    I don’t agree. HN is the only site I go to where I go to the comments first before reading the article. I treat the comments like cliff notes and sometimes there are competing view points which adds to the fervor. I sometimes post links sim
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    by egfx 7y ago

    twitter on steroids.
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    A Non-Profit Dedicated to Detecting UFOs Off the California Coast(vice.com)

    9 points by egfx 7y ago|2 comments
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    by egfx 7y ago

    Is this still an issue? https://github.com/MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui/issues/408
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    Guy Just Found a Faster Way to Multiply(popularmechanics.com)

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

    iOS SE safari
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    by egfx 7y ago

    .. more relevant super lists related to finding these products via Reddit and other websites .. https://github.com/mmccaff/PlacesToPostYourStartup https://www.indiehackers.com/forum/subreddits-for-
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    by egfx 7y ago

    another similar site with back story on each startup https://dothingsthatdontscale.com/
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    by egfx 7y ago

    I found this site recently http://www.profithunt.co/
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    The Army and a UFO Group Are Investigating Something(popularmechanics.com)

    3 points by egfx 7y ago|2 comments
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    by egfx 7y ago

    a gif of what this looks like would be nice..
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    by egfx 7y ago

    better description needed.
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    by egfx 7y ago

    Absolutely! What this allowed to flourish was also an organic eco-system of sites dedicated to customization's followed by the great widget movement and lead to companies like PageFlakes and SplashCast. MySpace was a highly influential
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    by egfx 7y ago

    No mention of Piczo? This site was pretty popular and functioned like MySPACE with WYSIWYG controls.
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    Asteroid may collide with Earth, ESA warns: 'Non-zero probability'(foxnews.com)

    1 points by egfx 7y ago|0 comments
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    by egfx 7y ago

    Let me clarify and say googles IR engine is capable. I actually ran the first set of tests developed around image recognition technology. I worked at Neven Vision which got acquired by google in 2006.
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    by egfx 7y ago

    Nonsense. Image recognition engines are very capable of detection in even at the most extreme angles. Sure it won’t rotate the image for you but it will certainly tell you there is a goose in it. What tricks image recognition technology mor
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    by egfx 7y ago

    From the help page: Note: Image descriptions cannot be added to GIFs or videos.
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    by egfx 7y ago

    I did and watched the whole 2 hours. He curiously glosses over the apparent frequency of the events as in, did it just happen in those 2 weeks, and no mention really if there is enough data to prove that these are truly solid objects with m
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    4-Kilometer Planet-Killer Asteroid Headed Towards Earth in 2020(ibtimes.com)

    11 points by egfx 7y ago|4 comments
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    by egfx 7y ago

    Try https://gif.com.ai if you want to turn text into an animation.