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   What nicotine-free cigarettes can offer(futurism.com)

   2 points by shwinnabego 6y ago|0 comments
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   by shwinnabego 6y ago

   interesting post; especially notes on increasing revenue.
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   Walkthrough of a D2C rebrand(medium.com)

   1 points by shwinnabego 6y ago|1 comments
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   by shwinnabego 6y ago

   I operate a small digital studio that focuses on branding, design and dev for direct-to-consumer brands. This was our first effort managing all of the pieces end-to-end, so thought I'd share what that process looks like.
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   by shwinnabego 6y ago

   They help with nicotine cravings. But yes you hit on an important point, smoking anything is still bad and combustion creates harmful byproducts regardless of the inputs. The pyrethrins are actually plant based so not bad...we were concerne
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   by shwinnabego 6y ago

   Part of what makes breaking the addiction so difficult is the habit of smoking + oral fixation, so this is meant to be used in conjunction with NRT
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   by shwinnabego 6y ago

   Don’t disagree with any of that. But breaking the addiction is step one, no?
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   by shwinnabego 6y ago

   Yes, adding that! They smell and burn with a similar profile as cannabis. It’s certainly a conversation starter, but hopefully something that becomes more accepted with time / education
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   by shwinnabego 6y ago

   Curious to know how / why vaping is preferable to this?
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    by shwinnabego 6y ago

    Appreciate that!
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    An nicotine-free alternative for smokers(itsoklahomas.com)

    9 points by shwinnabego 6y ago|13 comments
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    by shwinnabego 6y ago

    Well aware that this isn't tech focused, but I have oddly found a number of folks in tech who are looking for alternatives to cigs / vapes. I helped launch this company - oklahoma smokes - that makes nicotine-free, tobacco-free sm
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    by shwinnabego 7y ago

    I think they're just about there with strawberries! There's a machine called the Berry 5.1 which has shown promising results so far. I recall it was mentioned as part of this story ( https://www.newyorker.com/magazi
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    I think your comment conflates purpose and efficiency. This might be because you've only used slack for a few days now, and haven't realized its full power. While email can be used for group communication, it's not ideal fo
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    Thoughts on building browser extensions(medium.com)

    2 points by shwinnabego 12y ago|0 comments
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    Good idea, we'll probably do this!
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    Good point! We've heard this a lot and will be modifying that.
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    Thanks Jesse! The concept of discussion around content is really interesting - both public and private.
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    Thanks! We plan on building for Firefox and safari soon! It will be free, with maybe some premium features.
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    Good point -- though we are building a search functionality now so that won't be the case soon enough! If the content on the page changes, the quoted text will still show in the point chat box. Definitely useful to comment on Dropbox f
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    We played with explaining it on mobile but found that it led to confusion. It's an unfortunate stop gap for now until we have a mobile experience, but certainly agree that copy and mobile landing page isn't the best.
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    Thanks! Glad you're liking it :) As far as data and privacy, every article you share, and the comments you make are private to you and only the people you mention in the 'point'. So there's no sense of a public feed or p
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    Thanks AVTizzle! Glad you and your friends are liking it so far.
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    by shwinnabego 12y ago

    That image makes me think of poverty, rather than being "poor." Although, I make this distinction in my head.
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    by shwinnabego 13y ago

    Pretty sure chrome requires all extensions to state that. It's not that the application needs to, but in the event that it does, chrome wants a catch-all phrase.
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    by shwinnabego 13y ago

    neat project!
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    by shwinnabego 13y ago

    ya, life could get pretty rough if you had to enter your HN username too
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    The Problem with Business School Today(shwinnabego.tumblr.com)

    1 points by shwinnabego 14y ago|0 comments
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    by shwinnabego 14y ago

    I'm sure you didn't mean it this way, but for a third party to "justify" anyone's break is less than necessary. In my eyes a break need not be earned by doing great work. People need time off. They need time to think, develop their interest