todd3834

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   by todd3834 10y ago

   Yeah, Google Hangouts is great if all you want to do is share the screen. I guess my use case is mostly pair programming on a distributed team. I have used the remote desktop control on google hangouts but it never felt like I was actually
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   by todd3834 10y ago

   Mac OS screen sharing works alright if you are on the same network or you know the IP address of the remote computer and they aren't behind a router (which is almost no one), I wonder if it would be easy to hack together a buddy list a
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   Ask HN: Does a viable alternative to ScreenHero exist?

   18 points by todd3834 10y ago|20 comments
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   by todd3834 10y ago

   I know that I'll be checking it out for more details soon. Thanks for bringing it to my attention :)
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   by todd3834 10y ago

   Hi yes! You are correct. We just wanted to go with the most simple backend service with the least amount of maintenance that we could use for starters.
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   by todd3834 10y ago

   It isn't but I wish I could say it was because that would make it much funnier.
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   by todd3834 10y ago

   We plan to open source it once it is opened up to everyone.
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   by todd3834 10y ago

   That is correct. We cannot see that email. The only email people would see is one you put in your bio section. See my profile for an example
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   by todd3834 10y ago

   > Scrapping a resource for email addresses and sending unsolicited email would be understood by a lot of people as spam We don't even want to dance the line with spam. Thanks for the feedback. What if when you try to message a user
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    Good idea, if we do decide to go that route we need to be sure that the email is still in the profile before sending a message.
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    The primary focus is to get something that works well as a browser extension but since we plan to open source it there isn't any reason why the community couldn't add that. If there is demand for it then I'll be happy to work
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    I'm very sensitive to this issue as a long time HN user I don't want to get spammed. However, as I was brainstorming this I came to this conclusion: If you put your email address in your HN profile you are opting in to people bein
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    We are considering a few things. Our first pass is to use mechanical turk so that we get the email address from the profile page and send an email with the message. We want to be sure not to bother people who truly don't want to partic
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    Very cool! I hadn't heard of HNChat but the authentication process is very similar. I like the idea of letting user's manually add the id if they want to. I think we may make it optional to automatically handle it for you or let y
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    Here is an early diagram I made when we were exploring the idea. It's not the complete story but hopefully it communicates the general idea https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.clap.chat/assets/HN-a...
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    In a way, it's kind of like validating a domain name using a TXT record.
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    Glad you asked! So here is a teaser on how it works: 1. ClapChat gives you a unique id, the extension posts the id in your profile, ClapChat independently verifies that your profile contains the correct ID so that we know you really do own
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    The front-end code uses an API, I suppose we could make it public. I'll make note of that, it would be cool to make it completely public.
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    Thanks! fixed typos :)
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    Details on the tech stack: We are using React and friends for the front end and Programmable Chat by Twilio on the BE ( https://www.twilio.com/chat ) Happy to go further into details on any of that if interested. We are consi
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    Show HN: ClapChat – Instant messaging for HN users(clap.chat)

    120 points by todd3834 10y ago|62 comments
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    I agree. As someone who probably wouldn't normally have read an entire article on bayesian probability, the angle the author took to present the material kept me interested for the entire thing. Maybe you can call it article bait? I fo
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    Get to the facts and stop telling me how to think
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    single page apps are part of the web paradigm. They too benefit from this.
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    I don't agree with this logic one bit. What you seem to be experiencing is SPA's that can use improvement. There is no reason why a SPA is required to load the entire app at once. There are many ways to split out the code so that
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    How much does it cost to charge a Tesla at home on average?
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    You're free to represent an alternative perspective.
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    Nice work! Would you be interested in sharing anything interesting you used or learned while making this? These are the kinds of posts that made me fall in love with HN over 2535 day ago.
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    And mocha
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    by todd3834 10y ago

    This was great to read and it inspired me to give both a try soon. Question: Did the app receive millions of visitors or was it basically 1 visitor with millions of viewers via the television showing a recorded screen? At first I thought Ph