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Canadian software company grows business in US by pretending to be more American(cbc.ca)
2 points by fbelzile 7y ago|0 comments
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Twitter should look into on how working from home affects productivity. I'm sure it'll decrease in the short term. Although, if this goes on long enough, it would be neat to see if people re-establish strong lines of communication
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by fbelzile 7y ago
NPR's Planet Money podcast did an episode last Oct related to this [0]. It was pretty cool to hear how the rise in food delivery services (drive-throughs before that) created an entire industry for engineered cooking oil that helped ke
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by fbelzile 7y ago
I actually had this concept in my Trello list of good business ideas. I wasn't going to pursue it since I like running one person businesses, but I'm glad you're working on it! Good job, keep it up and good luck!
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Instead of regulation, maybe have browsers give you a warning on how the site your about to visit treats your personal data? We already have warnings in one way or another for: expired SSL certificates, lack of HTTPS, potential malware site
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by fbelzile 7y ago
I work the occasional weekend and about 2-3 hours hours in the evening twice a week as well. I might also keep up on some support for 10 mins here and there whenever I have some downtime. The only rule my partner and I have is to keep elect
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Sure, I've been a solo founder for about 3 years now and found myself most productive with this schedule: 8:00: wake up without an alarm 8:00-8:30: easy customer support emails 8:30-9:30: go for a run 9:00-10:00: get changed, coffee, d
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Check out my app: https://getcoldturkey.com
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Are you sure VC funding is needed to get started? Is there a reason you ruled out bootstrapping? Sure, you probably won't grow as big as fast, but you'll remain totally in control and enjoy the freedom of working for yourselves.
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Wow. The page source is gold. No kidding. Firefox's inspector tool just crashed (went white and unresponsive) while I was making a list of the worst offenses: - h2, h4, h5 used interchangeably - embedded wav file loading an image - loa
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Similarly, in Canada we have CBC Radio 3 which plays pretty good indie music: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-music-playlists/56-cbc-radio-3 There are other CBC Music playlists that are surprisingly good too: https
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by fbelzile 7y ago
That actually sounds like a cool SaaS business idea on it's own. Create an API to convert email addresses like example@gmail.com to links with custom search parameters like so: hxxps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0&
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Is this a different store from the "old" Edge? The "old" Edge store was utterly mismanaged [0]. I'm glad they've improved if this one is different, but they definitely left a sour taste in my mouth. [0] I requi
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Wow, is this the same reason why you're more prone to sunburn if you have water on you or are in a swimming pool? Does the light refracted under the surface of the water bounce around and hit your skin multiple times?
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by fbelzile 7y ago
As another gay man that was raised this way, I couldn't agree more. The worst thing you can do to a child already doubting their self-worth (by being in an invisible minority) is to quantify it with impossible standards. Please don&#x2
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Toyota, Lexus owners warned about 'relay attacks'(cbc.ca)
5 points by fbelzile 7y ago|2 comments
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by fbelzile 7y ago
I know this book gets posted anytime something sleep related comes up... but I still find it underrated. 'Why We Sleep'[0] has changed my sleeping habits for the better and I wish everyone had the chance to read it. It's like
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Would social media be better if we paid for it?(cbc.ca)
2 points by fbelzile 7y ago|1 comments
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by fbelzile 7y ago
I agree with your point, but as a user, I would want Google to rank results lower if the content served to the Googlebot isn't the same as the content served to the general public. I'd expect this behavior to be a red flag in Goog
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Exactly, they have other motivations to make this work. Imagine only needing a ChromeOS laptop or Android phone to play the latest exciting games. I feel like Stadia might be the tipping point to make general computing a 100% streamed exper
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by fbelzile 7y ago
This looks like a nice solution to save some time for cross-platform developers on .NET Core. I'm sure we're going to see a lot more of this once the new Chromium version of Edge is released mid Jan 2020 (which will include the ne
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Yet another shameless plug - my app, Cold Turkey Writer, forces you to write for a certain amount of time or word count before letting you close the app. The pro version also lets you disable the backspace/delete key to prevent editing
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by fbelzile 7y ago
I would love it if Microsoft integrated parts of Electron (or at least Chromium Edge) as the new WebBrowser component (or alternative Electron component) in .NET. This would be such a major game changer for me as someone making apps using t
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by fbelzile 7y ago
I sell freemium software that blocks distractions on your computer so that you can focus on doing work. Unlike my competitors, it's a one-time payment business model. The idea for my product first came to me when a friend in university
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Yes, particularly in BC where the author is from.
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by fbelzile 7y ago
The "privacy" dialog popups are just marketing. Sure, there may have been an issue with a few bad apps, but Apple found a way to continuously remind you that they are the only ones that 'care about your privacy'TM. Meanw
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by fbelzile 7y ago
I recently updated my app to be macOS 10.15 compatible. Most of the changes were just annoying and difficult to debug, but some were glaring bugs related to Safari App Extensions which were show-stoppers. I really hope they fixed them befor
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by fbelzile 7y ago
Probably a naive question, but why don't they use multiple drones instead? Wouldn't that be much safer and cheaper?
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by fbelzile 7y ago
This shows how much YouTube could benefit from a "I'm feeling lucky" button. No algorithms (except for flagging inappropriate content), no filter bubbles, just a random video uploaded from another human.
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by fbelzile 7y ago
This project is fantastic and has potential in bringing people closer together. I just watched a man propose to his girlfriend in another language. (I'm pretty sure she said yes!)

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