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by thirdsun 8y ago
Yes, that's my experience as well. Once you step out of tech bubble you'll encounter countless small and even mid-sized businesses that could greatly benefit from rather simple CRUD apps and solutions that might seem very obvious
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by thirdsun 8y ago
It's not just finland. I'd guess that it's much less of a problem anywhere in europe. As a german I can't remember when I had my last spam call (from a real person), probably multiple years back. An automatic robo-call,
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I don't want to question your examples, but lack of spoken narration doesn't automatically lead to an unbiased documentary. It's pretty easy to build a narrative just through visuals, by selectively showing certain aspects an
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I'm not sure if I agree. Of ourse it's a decision that has to be weighted and carefully considered, but by avoiding slight and temporary inconveniences at all cost nothing would ever change or progress. Often people don't kno
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by thirdsun 8y ago
White space has its purpose - grouping and the principle of proximity comes to mind. Of course this argument comes down to how much white space is appropriate and we may actually agree, but if you're indicating that the whole idea of
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Exactly. Proper white spacing shouldn’t be the problem of any redesign. Also consider that users often have a tendency to rebel against change. Habits and routines are hard to overcome and the actual might be that features and data simply a
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by thirdsun 8y ago
That’s the strange thing about reddit’s new design: It not only lacks functionality and performance, but also white space and clean aesthetics. It feels dated already.
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Apple will investigate app that lets Saudi men track and control women(theverge.com)
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Counterpoint: I actually enjoy non-tech discussions on HN and your observations seem to indicate that I'm not the only one.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
While Reddit is indeed what you make of it and your experience heavily depends on the subs you're visiting, these days I see a lot of subs in decline - subs that are dedicated to niche topics and used to focus on meaningful discussion
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> 1) I suggest this is not blackmail in the legal sense. AMI, whatever they are - are not idiots. AMI probably knows better than any company in the world what is going to constitute 'newsworthy' items, at least in the legal sen
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I think the user you’re asking tried to explain that not everyone has the means to handle things in such a way. Fair point, but obviously someone like Bezos should be able to make use of his resources in cases like these and I‘m sure nobody
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by thirdsun 8y ago
As someone else in this thread figured out, Feb 2 0019 was a thursday.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Outside the US you can't assume that every customer actually has a credit card. Using it as the only payment method would probably halve our sales here in europe. The beauty of Paypal is that it allows to add your bank account as a sou
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by thirdsun 8y ago
The banner at the top of this story seems to indicate that it's part of a BBC series called "Japan: Untold stories", which could explain the frequency of similar stories: http://www.bbc.com/future/columns
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by thirdsun 8y ago
It's not just banner blindness. Even as a less tech-savvy person I imagine I'd just assume those notifications to be fake, fictive customer stories that serve to illustrate a feature, similar to how "customers" used to r
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Same here. I recommend to avoid bloated kitchen sink frameworks like Bootstrap and Foundation unless you don't plan to do any customizations at all and only include the parts you actually use. Otherwise you'll realize that you&#x2
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> Most of the time in enterprise sales, the potential customer is too busy to try software himself. Learning a new piece of software takes a lot of time and effort. That's exactly why I want to deep dive into specifics and see the p
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I love Mubi for their taste and community of cineasts. However that 30 films a month model makes it a non-starter to me - the selection is just to limited. I feel somewhat guilty but I basically use them as a giant movie database with excel
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by thirdsun 8y ago
And one way to get there might be live sports. The money I throw at Sky Germany to be able to watch Bundesliga (football - don't call it soccer.) is ridiculous - I'd be happy to spent a fair share of that amount to watch it via Ne
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Obviously you are expected to use scaling on high PPI displays. Didn't you use any?
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> During my recent trips to Japan, I also felt that same vibe. Children under the age of 10 taking the trains by themselves or with friends, even in Tokyo. It's my understanding that it's a big part of their process of growing
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> I really wish parents would just let go a little. And so should schools. While we preach healthy work/life balance for adults, we bury children in huge amounts of homework that can stretch into or fill whole evenings. I'm all
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Not to discount the Cirklon, but have you seen Polyend's Seq? Always seemed like everything I'd love to find in a hardware sequencer. More info: http://polyend.com/seq-midi-sequencer/
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> First it signal's "I don't do superfluous effects and scratches even if I wanted." I wish that included the kind of DJs that can't resist driving their isolators hard every 30 seconds.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
If I remember correctly iTunes absolutely tells you that that your software versions are incompatible and suggests that update.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
That seems like a negligible issue. It's really not unusual that both device and software need to be on the same or latest version to work as intended.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
That's an even bigger argument for the point I tried to make. I don't want the see the film in a theater, which (in my case) would require about an hour of driving, overpriced drinks and all the other annoyances of a theater visit
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> With Twitter, I am constantly bombarded with people soapboxing their opinions, trying to start arguments, virtue-signalling, trying to force group outrage, witch-hunting... all manner of things. Even news articles have started using Tw
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> Air quality was fine > Not sure about the air quality downtown but my friends didn't complain about it. I think unhealthy air quality is dangerous long before you actively notice it. I'd rely on measurements instead of sub

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