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by mronge 5y ago
Here's a list of some of my favorite books dealing with crisis: - In Thin Air - About a mountaineering expedition that turned into disaster on Mount Everest. - Black Hawk Down - The story of hundreds of US special forces trapped in
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by mronge 6y ago
Also check out Luna Display if you want to use another Mac as a display: https://astropad.com/product/lunadisplay/
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by mronge 6y ago
There is also the option to use an iPad as a drawing tablet now. We've been doing this for a few years with Astropad. https://www.astropad.com Astropad connects your iPad to your Mac and so it acts like a Cintiq. We have Wi
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by mronge 6y ago
The vast majority of it has been software work, but we have developed a new model of Luna Display that supports HDMI specifically for the Windows market. The USB-C dongle we didn't have to change and that will work as is on Windows.
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by mronge 6y ago
Hi HN! I'm excited to share Luna Display for Windows, a new hardware dongle that turns the iPad into a wired or wireless display for the PC! We are long-time Mac developers who transitioned to Windows over the past 1.5 after being sher
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Show HN: Luna Display for Windows, hardware to turn the iPad into a PC display(kickstarter.com)
8 points by mronge 6y ago|4 comments
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by mronge 6y ago
Yes! We built that into Luna Display: https://shop.astropad.com/pages/meet-mac-to-mac-mode We are also launching a Kickstarter at the end of the month to add Windows support to Luna.
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by mronge 6y ago
I've been using the beta for a while and I'm happy to see it land here on HN. The two things I love most about Mimestream are: 1. It's wicked fast (seriously) 2. It has Gmail style shortcuts The only thing I wish it had was a
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by mronge 6y ago
Upgrades are still a good option but I didn't discuss them in the article because they aren't supported on the App Store. One caveat with upgrades is it's difficult to maintain many version of the same app. Now with frequent
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by mronge 6y ago
Thanks for buying Luna! :) We've never taken features away and put them behind a subscription paywall, and we never intend to! So don't worry about that! Also hardware allows us to have the upgrade pricing model you described. If
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by mronge 6y ago
It’s a skill you can train just like any other. We all sucked at programming in the beginning too! Just keep at it and your marketing chops will improve.
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by mronge 6y ago
Also for Windows users, we have Luna Display for Windows coming later this year! Sign up to our waitlist if you're interested: https://astropad.com/windows
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by mronge 6y ago
I'm happy to report that we haven't had to lay anyone off and we don't plan on it! We found that there is still a market for our products, Luna Display[0] and Astropad[1]. Apple's Sidecar has limited features and doesn&#
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by mronge 6y ago
Hi! Luna team here. I'm really sorry to hear you had a poor experience with Luna Display. We do support both the iPad keyboard and Mini DisplayPort so I'd be happy to try to get this figured out for you. You can contact me directl
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by mronge 6y ago
That's true but they may be able to cancel the contract based on a force majeure clause because of the global pandemic.
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by mronge 6y ago
We build the computer accessory Luna Display[0] which turns your iPad or extra Mac into a second display - particularly useful for working from home! We were originally pure software people, so it's been fun and challenging to explore
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by mronge 7y ago
I also found a video slideshow that shows a lot more of the interior https://youtu.be/ZFst3PVWErw
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by mronge 7y ago
That's a great question. Our UI is pretty light on the desktop side and most of the complex UI is on the iPad which we don't have to rewrite (yet). So we will most likely use the native UI APIs and use Rust's excellent FFI su
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Why We're Rewriting Astropad in Rust(blog.astropad.com)
10 points by mronge 7y ago|4 comments
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by mronge 8y ago
Here's another great book that touches on this subject: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-City-Deadly-Obsession-Amazon/dp/... The main story about explorer Percy Fawcett is also incredible
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by mronge 9y ago
Astro HQ | Firmware Engineer | Minneapolis, MN | ONSITE | Full-time We are Astro HQ and we build hardware and software tools that unlock creativity and productivity. Our tools are in use by tens of thousands of creative pros and some of the
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by mronge 9y ago
Also check out Astropad https://www.astropad.com which turns the iPad into a Wacom like graphics tablet. Couple that with a drawing app and it works great
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While Apple is taking away buttons, we found a way to add one(medium.com)
2 points by mronge 9y ago|0 comments
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How churn limits your subscription app business(mronge.com)
1 points by mronge 9y ago|0 comments
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by mronge 10y ago
Astropad | Codec Software Engineer | Minneapolis,MN | REMOTE At Astro HQ we make Astropad, software that turns the iPad into a high-end drawing tablet for the computer. We replace existing dedicated, hardware drawing tablets that are prohib
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by mronge 10y ago
Astro HQ | http://www.astro-hq.com | Fulltime | REMOTE or Minneapolis, MN At Astro HQ we make Astropad, software that turns the iPad into a high-end drawing tablet for the computer. We replace existing dedicated, hardware drawin
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by mronge 11y ago
Another +1 on Minneapolis. A growing tech scene, lots of outdoor activities, low unemployment (2.5%!) and very affordable. Been here 5 years now, and it's the best place I've lived
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by mronge 11y ago
I've been using DejaLu for my Gmail the past couple weeks and it's FAST! Going back to Mail.app is now painful. The sync speed and search are far superior in DejaLu. I'm really excited to see where this app goes.
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by mronge 11y ago
How does this compare to what Elon Musk says about solar power? In this presentation he shows that a reasonable amount of area could power the entire US (if we used roof tops etc for solar panels). Is that not feasible? https://y
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by mronge 11y ago
The FBI Hostage Rescue Team is an amazing group of professionals, the premier hostage rescue team in the US. They are the civilian equivalent of Delta Force as they can't normally operate in the US. Historically Delta and the FBI HRT e

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