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by m52go 7y ago
The Android app for 100 Million Books is meant to abide by these principles...to the point I thought it made sense to call it an "anti-app"! I see Calm's purpose seems to extend far beyond smartphone apps and consumer technol
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by m52go 7y ago
For some people, the V8 means much more...the sound, the torque, and perhaps most importantly, a stronger platform for tuning and power that a V6 simply cannot offer. Perhaps people doing PhDs also have different motives and intentions for
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by m52go 7y ago
Correct, books won't die, but copyright (as we know it now) will. What's needed in this industry is social innovation, not technological innovation. Technology is already doing all it can.
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by m52go 7y ago
This is brilliant! I find Splitwise annoying...need yet another account, need to use an app or clunky web interface, etc. This is perfect. Breath of fresh air. I will use it the next time I need it! Lately I've been using a local app o
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by m52go 7y ago
Nice. I did the same exact thing last week with one of my own blogs. But I was disappointed a little with some quirks with Jekyll. For example, I really needed to list blog posts in categories separately. Turns out there's no built-in
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by m52go 7y ago
They are completely different situations. People are intently focused on their smartphones, whereas they're distracted when using car controls.
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by m52go 7y ago
No, it's because insurance hasn't hijacked the system in India like it has in the US. Watch pet health costs...with the recent advent of pet health insurance, it's just a matter of time before costs skyrocket for veterinary c
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by m52go 7y ago
Looks like Mozilla is starting to break out again, and it seems they're making the most of it with recent headlines. I say they should capitalize on it with the ultimate announcement. Bring back Firefox OS!
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by m52go 7y ago
Maybe a bit off-topic, but each of these announcements seems to be posted here on HN as a TechCrunch link. Can we not do that? Their site is very hard to browse these days, and there are plenty of better options.
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by m52go 7y ago
It's a third party. To be sure of the integrity of a binary and what it does, one must build it from source code that one has verified. Making strong claims about privacy and then bundling pre-built binaries found on the internet (no m
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by m52go 7y ago
The very reason for /e/ to exist is expressly to provide users with privacy...so some of the shortcuts they took are inexcusable (using APKs from APKPure, leaking personal data, etc). So "shady" might not be the right te
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by m52go 7y ago
Apparently they're rather shady. https://ewwlo.xyz/evil https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/e-foundation-first-look/
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by m52go 7y ago
I personally don't think this utility is worth the asking price for my use case but as a developer struggling to monetize my own projects, I respect that this developer is bold enough to ask for money at all. What I don't like..
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by m52go 7y ago
Why? Does Lapham have a paywall?
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by m52go 7y ago
> That is maybe the first sign of brick and mortar retail finally waking up. Hasn't Walmart been inching into this space for a while? I already cross-shop with Amazon all the time, and for me Walmart's delivery is often quicker
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by m52go 7y ago
I love the idea of this, but what's the market? Wouldn't the people interested in this kind of thing mostly be capable of doing this themselves, i.e., not willing to pay the premium?
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by m52go 7y ago
I remember getting on their beta list 3 years ago. Seems like they're still in beta...that cannot be a good sign. From what I remember, they're a closed platform. One must use their apps to get access to full article content. That
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by m52go 7y ago
This seems like one of those ideas that's great in theory but not in practice. I don't care about paying or even being paid when browsing the web...I just want to be left alone. Also this particular implementation is rather shady.
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by m52go 7y ago
Okay since no one has asked this yet, I will...does this man have an onion site? Because I'm a big fan of onions, but an even bigger fan of onion sites...
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Ask HN: Ideas for holding a virtual launch event?
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by m52go 8y ago
Why can't UBI be attempted on a local scale first? We have state and local governments for a reason. Something as risky and expensive as UBI, if it is going to be implemented, should be implemented gradually with proper testing, feed
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by m52go 8y ago
I got the same thing...immediately exited. Surprised there isn't more of a brouhaha about it in the comments.
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by m52go 8y ago
Exactly. The new interface, even if it makes logical/quantitative sense, is functionally worse. I don't ever need to see the whole screen of an app to before deciding if I want to switch to it or not. Having all the titles and w
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by m52go 8y ago
> if you're thinking Purism is going to have better usability than Android or iOS Luckily, I don't think that. It's not what I thought of Linux on my laptop when I moved to it full-time either. But here I am a year later,
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by m52go 8y ago
I was just watching a video a couple minutes ago about changes to system navigation in Android Q [0]. Oddly, I don't see any mention of it in this blog post. Can someone explain how (1) switching buttons into gestures and (2) changing
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by m52go 8y ago
If you use GNOME, GSConnect is magical. https://github.com/andyholmes/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnec...
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by m52go 8y ago
I tried it once but found it way too sophisticated! It would probably work, but it would probably require hours to learn, whereas with Kdenlive I could get up and running almost instantly with a 2-minute YouTube tutorial here and there to c
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by m52go 8y ago
> There appears to be a trend towards larger aircraft, with expensive heavy jets the aircraft of choice > This is partly due to the long distances travelled, he said, “but also possibly due to business rivals not wanting to be seen to
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by m52go 8y ago
It's not fair to blame it on users. This is businesses playing bait-and-switch. No person would like it if all of a sudden they had to pay for something they were getting for free before. It's the business's job to charge a f
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by m52go 8y ago
You could make moral arguments for and against the companies seeking these protections and even Mozilla itself. Ultimately businesses will always ruthlessly try to make more money, and software will ruthlessly seek a more efficient user exp

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