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Ask HN: Why hasn't Apple bought Adobe?
6 points by blindprogrammer 10mo ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Why I rarely see game dev startup here?
19 points by blindprogrammer 11mo ago|12 comments
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Ask HN: Why is Bowker's monopoly on ISBNs in the USA legal?
19 points by blindprogrammer 11mo ago|12 comments
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by blindprogrammer 11mo ago
Thank you for the link, I emailed them and waiting for their response; it is surprisingly difficult to find an actual programmer nowadays, AI brothers are everywhere though.
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by blindprogrammer 11mo ago
I have a small project using JavaScript and a Chrome extension. Do you have experience building extensions? If so, please let me know.
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by blindprogrammer 11mo ago
I have a small project using JavaScript and a Chrome extension. Do you have experience building extensions? If so, please let me know.
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by blindprogrammer 11mo ago
I have a small project using JavaScript and a Chrome extension. Do you have experience building extensions? If so, please let me know.
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by blindprogrammer 11mo ago
I have a small project using JavaScript and a Chrome extension. Do you have experience building extensions? If so, please let me know.
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Ask HN: Is the developer of Modern for Hacker News here?
2 points by blindprogrammer 11mo ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Where to Hire JavaScript Devs?
1 points by blindprogrammer 1y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: What powerful but lesser-known Python libraries are out there?
13 points by blindprogrammer 1y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: Why hasn't Apple bought a cell carrier like AT&T or Verizon?
11 points by blindprogrammer 1y ago|57 comments
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Ask HN: What API or app-based service do you wish existed – and would pay for?
1 points by blindprogrammer 1y ago|0 comments
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by blindprogrammer 1y ago
>As an avid OpenStreetMapper I honestly wonder what kind of data is missing in OpenStreetMap. Is that something sighted persons cannot grasp and thus not add to OSM? Have you seen. Thank you for providing that link — it was helpful. The
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by blindprogrammer 1y ago
>I'm not sure what it means. It's a PDF reader? It's another format that is similar PDF but more screen reader friendly? Yes, a PDF alternative optimized for screen readers. For some reason, PDFs have clunky functionality
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by blindprogrammer 1y ago
This is actually a great question. For me, as an individual, the software I create to fulfill an important need for blind people would be worth it. But having said that, I shouldn't just look at it from one perspective—I need to consid
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by blindprogrammer 1y ago
Yes, as I read HN and Reddit, I’m seeing all the big corporations acting like vultures. The problem is, as these corporations monopolize the market—either by buying out or rendering smaller independent companies and developers obsolete—and
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by blindprogrammer 1y ago
That is my plan, but I am afraid I would have the opposite problem, no programmer, the one we want, would bother contributing.
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by blindprogrammer 1y ago
That’s exactly what I have in mind too. The only issue is avoiding the “freeloader problem” that most big corporations have embraced lately. For example, with my local navigation system, I don’t want Google scraping all my valuable data to
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Ask HN: Should I open source or not?
5 points by blindprogrammer 1y ago|20 comments
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Ask HN: Does it bother you this label is abused?
2 points by blindprogrammer 2y ago|6 comments
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Ask HN: What are some ways to build a powerful moat for your product?
1 points by blindprogrammer 2y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Should we develop a biometric-based alternative to HTTPS?
2 points by blindprogrammer 2y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: Is being concerned about privacy holding you back as a developer?
4 points by blindprogrammer 2y ago|5 comments
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by blindprogrammer 2y ago
I think Apple knows that in the desktop market, they don't have as much of a monopoly as they do in mobile. So they often neglect the Mac and its software because if they introduce a poor native app on the Mac, you can create your own
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by blindprogrammer 2y ago
The problem with web-based apps is that although they free you from Apple and Google stores, they unfortunately introduce friction that modern users won't tolerate. Sure, back in the early 2000s, when the majority of internet users wer
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by blindprogrammer 2y ago
But isn't this constant idea that Apple and other OS providers should add more features to their platforms ultimately counterproductive? If, as a developer, I knew I only had a couple of years at best before Apple replicates my app, wo
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Ask HN: How to prevent Apple sherlocking your app?
2 points by blindprogrammer 2y ago|9 comments
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by blindprogrammer 2y ago
Do you realize that some multi-billion dollar, publicly traded companies rely heavily on volunteers who contribute content for free? Imagine if I came to you in 2005 and said, "Would you invest in a for-profit company where the vast ma
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by blindprogrammer 2y ago
Unless you're not building graphics from scratch and competing with Nvidia, you're building just another wrapper that will soon be obsoleted by another company with billions of dollars. In a gold rush, instead of selling large lan

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