bitcrazy

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by bitcrazy 6y ago
Wow, did not expect that from Apple. Disappointing indeed!
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
I am in the same position except 7 years earlier and on my first bootstrapped startup. Any general advice to your younger self? Funnily enough there's another thread on HN for someone about to embark on this journey: https:/&#x2F
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
Since yours is software its much easier to give away freebies. Discount codes, special features, early access features, etc are much easier to do than a physical product. Also its a great way to get feedback and generate buzz on the project
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
It's entirely possible that a different app (that sells your location data) notified FlightRadar.
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
Customization.Yes DigitalClothing.No A bit confused regarding your formatting requirements there... but basically fitment and quality are most important to me and I'm not sure it's in your list. No, I don't know what Digital
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
I might be the same as you, except like 3 years ahead. I too felt the exact same way, so I left my cushy job (which paid pretty well) to start my own thing. 3 years later, and still bootstrapped, I'm starting to see why things are the
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
I hadn't seen this discussed yet, but how did Google know that Podcast Addict was indexing corona-related content? What was the mechanism that triggered the ban? The developer's twitter said that he didn't include any coron
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
The 'not knowing' part happens when the outrage is then transferred to any app which does integrate the FB SDK (like zoom). We as developers have sortof taken for granted that the FB/Google/etc SDKs can do no evil. Maybe
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
The Facebook SDK does make some calls on init. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-events/gdpr-complia... From them: "The Facebook SDK automatically initializes when the app is opened. When the SDK is in
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
For the average user out there, the fact is, most people only care about privacy when there's a breach/outage/scandal of some kind. Otherwise, the average person is not going to have "zomg fb is spyware" on their mi
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
It wouldn't be surprising if some Smart TVs are already doing this.
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
No, they did not. It's probably just a transient bug with safari.
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by bitcrazy 6y ago
It sort of depends on the candidate. For a new grad, I'd be asking interview questions that are a little more textbook. Write something to traverse a tree, sorting, etc, i.e. theoretical stuff. For someone with experience, the expectat