NickFanion

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by NickFanion 2y ago
Playing nice with Excel (and PowerPoint) is an underrated feature. The next step I see from business users is taking the formatted Excel table and pasting it into a PowerPoint slide. The hacker mindset often says the Microsoft Office suite
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by NickFanion 3y ago
Yes, I can't read this either. Also, consider using a sequential color scale, rather than diverging. A diverging color scale should be reserved for datasets with a neutral value or natural midpoint. For example, if you were displaying
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by NickFanion 3y ago
You’re making a good point, but I don’t think this is fair to AirPlay. You don’t need an Apple TV to use AirPlay. My LG TV supports AirPlay. I recently stayed at an Airbnb with a TV running Roku OS. It supported AirPlay as well. Sonos and v
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by NickFanion 3y ago
A success I've had is building datasets from the electronic data interchange (EDI) transmissions we receive. EDI is an old standard, and everyone implements it slightly differently, but Stedi ( https://www.stedi.com ) has mad
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by NickFanion 3y ago
Luckily I haven't had to use those desktop apps in 7 years, and today everything is through their web portal + .csv exports. Export restrictions still apply, but at least it's a standard format.
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by NickFanion 3y ago
Thank you - you've described exactly what I try to do every day. This year has felt especially painful, which is why I made this post. I'll stay persistent and keep looking for the weird solutions!
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by NickFanion 3y ago
This is a huge help, thank you. I've been using the Postman Interceptor extension, but OpenAPI-devtools looks tailor made for my use case. The hard part will still be figuring out the auth headers/calls (EDIT: the dev has added au
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Ask HN: Working with CPG Retail Data
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by NickFanion 4y ago
My pain point with these tools has been that my presentation ultimately ends up in the hands of business users, and they expect an editable PowerPoint. This includes native charts/visuals/tables. They don't like giving up con
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by NickFanion 6y ago
PowerPoint does support inserting SVG files. Microsoft added SVG support a few years ago, but it might only be available for 365 subscribers.