samfpetersen

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by samfpetersen 9y ago
Oceania was at war with Eastasia, Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.
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by samfpetersen 10y ago
Or that Police song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2GDbEmjGE
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by samfpetersen 10y ago
Is this not just a symptom of oil prices dropping? Solar has to remain competitively priced or the industry is screwed
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
What you get when you let the internet decide what words to put in a haiku: http://www.crowdhaiku.com
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
I think the "Developer" tier has the most promise as a selling point. For apps you just want to get out there, I think some developers would be willing to pay 4.99 to quickly slap on a FAQ section. The reasoning might be "I&#
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
I posted this on Show HN last week, but I wanted to let people know that the iOS version was out. Sorry for the repost!
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Meshtag: Hand-drawn, scannable web links – now available on Android and iOS(meshtag.com)
1 points by samfpetersen 11y ago|1 comments
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
Thanks! I think you're right, I'm going to get rid of the QR code reference in the landing page headline. Maybe just 'Hand-drawn, scannable web links'. I will then have an FAQ box that says 'How is this different th
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
It's a pretty simple back-end - cheap and easy to run. I don't plan to take it down!
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
Thought I'd clarify generally a little bit. QR codes definitely have a lot of advantages over Meshtag - and they're perfect for what they do. I'm by no means suggesting this could "replace" QR codes. Where Meshtag f
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
This is what I need you guys for!
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
As for monetization, I figured why the hell not. If somebody really wants to buy a simple meshtag that they can memorize and reuse (maybe it has their contact info), I'm not gonna stop them :). This isn't really a moneymaking sche
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
You are right. However, I think most scanners only scan dark QR codes on light backgrounds, which is not the case with Meshtag. You can draw on chalkboards, pavement, etc.
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
Same one!
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
I used Google+ so that you wouldn't need to create a user id / password. Each tag that you create is "owned" by you, and you probably wouldn't want other people to edit it (though there is an option to "unlock&
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
Very informative!
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
Very true. And I steered away from squares due to the "swastika effect". Also because the information is slightly more dense with a system based on triangles - 6 bits at a given vertex versus 4 bits.
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by samfpetersen 11y ago
That would be cool; they'd have to interact with the meshtag database in order to retrieve the data. I can dream though!
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Show HN: A Hand-Drawn QR Code Alternative(meshtag.com)
270 points by samfpetersen 11y ago|134 comments