willwhitney

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by willwhitney 13y ago
+1 for awful pun
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by willwhitney 13y ago
This is definitely a tricky question, but in the end it comes down to the actions our users take, just like if they were using a tape recorder or Google Glass-like-device. We'll make sure to notify our users of the relevant privacy laws in
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by willwhitney 13y ago
Clickable link: http://goretro.co/
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Ask HN: Building an app to make real-world conversations searchable. Want it?
45 points by willwhitney 13y ago|36 comments
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by willwhitney 14y ago
While you may not have a right to tell the companies you fund what to do, you certainly have the right not to fund them. At the same time, you are running a for-profit business, and turning down a company you feel is likely to be successful
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by willwhitney 14y ago
Just to reiterate this - I had the exact same problem, and they replaced the display immediately.
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by willwhitney 14y ago
Coolest part of the post is actually the map of traffic by city and hour: http://www.webgl.com/reddit-webgl-barack-obama-ama-globe/ . NYC at 5PM is crazy.
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by willwhitney 14y ago
sweet, thanks!
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Surprisingly modern graffiti from the walls of Pompeii(pompeiana.org)
11 points by willwhitney 14y ago|6 comments
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by willwhitney 14y ago
I realize it's a complicated question, and that Spotify (or Apple, or any other company we love) couldn't just jump straight in and be an instant success. And while Apple certainly has the cash to cover upfront costs, staffing up, etc, Spot
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by willwhitney 14y ago
Yeah, static is probably the way to go. Know of any good tools to snapshot it?
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by willwhitney 14y ago
I would be very excited for Spotify to start signing artists directly, without the major label middleman. It could let Spotify turn a profit on those artists while simultaneously paying out more to the people making the music. As an insider
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by willwhitney 14y ago
Not to mention that Spotify and Pandora are making it possible for young, poor people to be active music consumers without turning to piracy. When I was in high school, my options were to pay $15 an album, and thus only have access and expo
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by willwhitney 14y ago
Yeah, I noticed that myself when I looked up the video again. The site hasn't been touched in a few years, and I'll have to go fix a couple of things for history's sake.
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by willwhitney 14y ago
Reminds me of a project my brother and I did a few years ago for Maker Faire. We took the 3'x4' Fresnel lens out of an old rear projection TV and melted pennies and locks with it - video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoMjBkKOkPc
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What clang taught us about Objective-C properties(crashlytics.com)
10 points by willwhitney 14y ago|0 comments
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by willwhitney 14y ago
I remember last year when Greplin was still working on improving search in Gmail - unfortunately I was never that impressed with the results, but I love the premise. I would especially expect Google to do a better job with email search than
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by willwhitney 14y ago
Exciting stuff! That seems like an interesting way to bring back in the hardware possibilities from the comment above - using an ifttt API in tandem with smart devices could eliminate a ton of work in developing automation. Also, what's ift
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by willwhitney 15y ago
I was bored in an algorithms class, so I made this Python script to spam a friend's Google Form with Urban Dictionary word - definition pairs. It uses Mechanize and Diffbot (which I've been waiting for an opportunity to use). The results ar
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My script that spams a Google Form with Urban Dictionary terms and definitions(github.com)
12 points by willwhitney 15y ago|1 comments