sethpurcell

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by sethpurcell 1y ago
THANK YOU for fighting this fight. I hope the responses here might add some empirical weight to your arguments — some people apparently do care about this. And I believe you on how hard the reliability/durability challenges must be in
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by sethpurcell 1y ago
This.
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by sethpurcell 1y ago
Author here. Thank you for this comment, you make so many great points. I'd like to respond to some of them. > First up: "But these physical exhibits require maintenance, and I was dismayed to see that several are in bad repai
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by sethpurcell 1y ago
Author here, thanks for your comment. I'm really sad to hear that everyone was let go; as I said, I loved TFI like nothing else when I was a kid. I completely understand the incentives re: Body Worlds, Harry Potter (I've even seen
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by sethpurcell 2y ago
Given the sentiment in these comments, I figure this crowd might be interested in the book "Measurement" by Paul Lockhart (the guy who wrote "A Mathematician's Lament") He's of the opinion that math should be t
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by sethpurcell 2y ago
+1 for Gather.town we've been using it for years
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AI search could break the web(technologyreview.com)
2 points by sethpurcell 2y ago|0 comments
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by sethpurcell 3y ago
Thanks! On-prem deployment is something we've considered, but the increase in complexity rules that out for now.
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by sethpurcell 3y ago
Thank you! We're aiming to build a "minimally complete" tool, and it's a delicate balancing act. The app is responsive so you can actually use Flat on mobile, it's just not a great UX IMO. We're planning on bui
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by sethpurcell 3y ago
We agree, there should be an editable grid view, and we're planning on adding that. In the meantime: you can do "quick edits" by hovering over a card and typing 'e' (or shift-click to select multiple cards). Then ju
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Show HN: Flat – simple task tracking that stays out of your way(flat.app)
30 points by sethpurcell 3y ago|7 comments
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Oklahoma 13-year-old may have just become the first person to ever beat Tetris(npr.org)
2 points by sethpurcell 3y ago|0 comments
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by sethpurcell 3y ago
Thanks! Yes, our strategy is to integrate the minimally-sufficient set of pieces into one coherent experience, to eliminate exactly that need for jumping around between different apps.
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Show HN: Flat – a minimalist teamwork app that protects focus (live demo)(try.flat.app)
10 points by sethpurcell 3y ago|2 comments