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by joshwa 16y ago
timer + servo motor connected to blinds pull? I keep imagining a nighttime bedroom temperature control based on a PID and a servo attached to my window-- would probably be too loud (esp with the required torque) to work while I'm sleeping,
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by joshwa 16y ago
Don't bother with a landing page. I'm guessing that most visitors bounce right off it. Put the functionality on the home page, with a small amount of explanatory text. What do you need to do? << I need to _____ which will take me __
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by joshwa 16y ago
http://tastespotting.com/
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by joshwa 16y ago
That kind of self-linking would get you banned at MetaFilter ;) But tell Gerry I said to pop on over here and chime in.
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Fake pilot flies passengers for thirteen years(gizmodo.com)
4 points by joshwa 16y ago|1 comments
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by joshwa 16y ago
Note to tech pundits-- the average joe can't ping his twitter network to get 40 responses to a question about shaving cream. This is a benefit only pundits enjoy. Stop touting it.
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by joshwa 16y ago
This brings into focus one of the App Store's main advantages-- a micropayment platform that users have actually adopted in large numbers. The only reason that media companies need fear cannibalizing app sales is that people have become acc
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by joshwa 16y ago
One common misconception is that all censorship is done automatically based on keywords. While it's true that internet searches in particular, and visits to banned websites are greeted with a connection reset, the censorship of message boar
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by joshwa 16y ago
Awesome. On page 2 is a request for the app I'm already building! I think I just found a few beta testers :)
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by joshwa 16y ago
A few different ways the DOJ could approach the anti-competitive issues: 1. Section 3.3.1 enforces monopoly in app development tools (GM won't allow parts made using CNC milling, only hand-milled parts) 2. App Store policies enforce monopol
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by joshwa 17y ago
who said anything about free? my point is that mobile web apps have no way to monetize, and that could be fixed by letting web apps in the app store, via a native bridge.
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by joshwa 17y ago
What I'm arguing for is not technology (which already exists), but technology support in the form of official frameworks, which subverts the "3rd party middleware" argument, and for equal access to distribution and payment channels. I hav
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by joshwa 17y ago
If they're going to pitch HTML5 as an alternative to Flash (and, implicitly, the iPhoneOS API), then why not let them compete directly with Cocoa Touch apps? Why not offer HTML5 developers a way to take advantage of the App Store's monetiza
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by joshwa 17y ago
With PhoneGap you can have the best of both worlds: using HTML5 and PhoneGap, you can write web applications running inside of a native shell, including proxies to native hardware functionality including accelerometers, cameras, proximity s
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Ask HN: Comepetitive Research for the App Store?
3 points by joshwa 17y ago|1 comments
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by joshwa 17y ago
Curious to know how they compensate for windage? Elevation is easy to calculate, but at non-trivial ranges wind becomes a major factor in ballistics. Also: why are there not soldier-portable computer-guided sniper rifles? Deploy spotter + s
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Earth's magnetic field 1590 - 1990(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by joshwa 17y ago|0 comments
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by joshwa 17y ago
Is anyone concerned about copyright issues? I'd have to go back and consult the Twitter TOS... edit: "You agree that this license includes the right for Twitter to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals
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by joshwa 17y ago
I was (if not sympathetic, at least) understanding until this. At what point do all these restrictions start becoming truly anti-competitive? Locking out 3rd party tools and services in favor of in-house products, and this one now including
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by joshwa 17y ago
http://www.tastespotting.com/
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by joshwa 17y ago
Not sure how this: http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/secureflight/faqs.shtm "If the name printed on my boarding pass is different than what appears on my government ID, will I still be able to fly? Due to differences in boarding pass s
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by joshwa 17y ago
Now you don't get to fly.
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by joshwa 17y ago
I used to have this problem (I have a hyphenated last name) when booking airline tickets up until very recently-- but it appears that SABRE and the airlines have finally fixed it! This probably has something to do with the new TSA regs that
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Chatroulette + GeoIP + screengrabs = Chatroulette Map(chatroulettemap.com)
109 points by joshwa 17y ago|76 comments
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by joshwa 17y ago
The big "statuses" are inconsistent (and therefore useless) compared to the actual status in the details. This means I have to actually read the details since I can't get any useful info just from scanning the page.
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by joshwa 17y ago
Related: Unit Testing Achievements : http://exogen.github.com/nose-achievements/ The Game-ification of Everything (watch the last 6 mins or so if nothing else) : http://g4tv.com/videos/44277/DICE-2010-Design-Outside-the-Bo... surely the
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by joshwa 17y ago
There are multi-leg flights that share the same flight number. I recall of a particular AA flight that has the same flight number from JFK-ORD and subsequently from ORD-MIA (or something like that).
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by joshwa 17y ago
I'm trying to apply these usability lessons (based on my multiple-times-daily use of readability + instapaper) to my apps. There's a lot to be said for clear, large, readable, high-contrast text, either where there's a big block of text, or
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Chumby's Chinese Factories (read previous posts too)(bunniestudios.com)
57 points by joshwa 17y ago|25 comments
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by joshwa 17y ago
I am actually a little burned out on the supper club scene... I'm just not that kind of social. Curious to know what your HN-related project is, yeah.

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