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by technotarek 3y ago
I don’t know where you live, but what about all the mail spam — physical mail like catalogs and email advertising/marketing? And that half of what’s published by most journalistic outlets is now veiled ads? Dear Products, I know me bet
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by technotarek 3y ago
Lively discussion on this based on Signal’s own blog post on the same topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38291427
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by technotarek 3y ago
True, not snippy: I found interesting that their automated billing emails seemed to arrive right on time.
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by technotarek 3y ago
I can’t believe how hard this was to wrap my head around: “ If you're at a traffic light, in the rightmost lane with two lanes turning left, of course the demented tamagotchi on wheels thinks you are about to sideswipe the car to your
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by technotarek 3y ago
But this only works for webmail, right. Thunderbird user here.
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by technotarek 3y ago
To elaborate on my Duolingo critique… I find it too linear and strict. I can’t really get it to focus on the skills that I’m struggling with or most want to focus upon at a given time. This is especially true when you’re learning using a co
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by technotarek 3y ago
As a French language learner, one thing I’d love to see is more interesting ways of practicing a specific area/skill (eg in French that might be the passé composé or l’imparfait). There are tons of lessons on line, but they’re boring a
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by technotarek 3y ago
Has anyone figured a good way to account for time spent on asynchronous communication (ie email)? A lot my time goes there and it is sprinkled throughout my days and nights. Ideally we wouldn’t bill hourly and wouldn’t have to care, but nei
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by technotarek 3y ago
It really depends on where you live. Aside from the obvious electrical cost savings, you typically have state/federal incentives plus the opportunity to sell back excess power to the grid. In addition, and most importantly, there may b
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by technotarek 3y ago
As someone who first created an IG account in 2010, then deleted it in 2019 after watching it decline, I like how simply this summed up my reasoning : « commercial, flat, vain «
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by technotarek 3y ago
For a company that isn’t making the economics work, how does one justify such a massive resource investment in a brand change like this?! Do the gains from the related PR (ie news coverage) make up for it? These are not meant to be rhetoric
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by technotarek 3y ago
I hear your point, but the given example? GPS? Does anyone prefer an auto manufacturers software GUI over the GUI of their phone? CarPlay and the Android equivalent for the win.
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by technotarek 4y ago
A $40 pie?!?!
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by technotarek 4y ago
Yep, my bad. Thanks!
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by technotarek 4y ago
The biggest shortcoming here, from what I can tell, is custom event tracking (eg, click tracking). That was a high priority for us when we moved some projects from GA/universal.
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by technotarek 4y ago
Can someone please explain the CBD market? I’m in Paris right now and it seems like every block has a high end (looking) CBD shop. How are these rents being covered? Who is buying? I have to believe that most people still want THC.
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by technotarek 4y ago
As a comparison, we just did a similar project in Washington DC for our ~105 year old row house. It cost us ~$2500 including permits and all materials except that actual EV charger unit (blanking on what that’s called). But that is BEFORE f
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by technotarek 4y ago
PSA for the younger reader and / or parents: Try being the janitor. I was effectively the janitor for a public ice arena outside Detroit from the age of 14 to 16. I cleaned public restrooms, as well as hockey locker rooms. I emptied la
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by technotarek 4y ago
I’m one of the ones that asked for a comparison. Thank you. I’m not sure I’ll appreciate the difference until I give it a try though. I know that when I look at my history in Last, I could clearly see what I discovered and what I obsessed o
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by technotarek 4y ago
Selfish, but possibly not alone in the following request… I was a passionate, early user of last.fm. On its face, your service is similar in its goals. How does it differ? How do you think it’s better? A good question to ask myself: why did
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by technotarek 4y ago
TLRTF (too long, read too fast): they were the greatest thing at the time (especially for cinephiles). Superior contrast, better viewing angles. Disclosure: Former Pioneer plasma TV owner
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by technotarek 4y ago
Grey Poupon (French Dijon) was readily available at our local grocery store in DC. I assume the incentives to divert the supplies from the US to France aren’t quite there yet.
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by technotarek 4y ago
Vacationing in France as I write (but still reading HN). It was a surreal moment when our French family called before our departure asking if we could pack a jar or two for them! I guess I won’t fully understand until a peanut butter shorta
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by technotarek 4y ago
Every year, while visiting family in France, we dedicate days to visiting these shops as well as brocantes (antique/vintage markets). I used to do the same in the US, starting as a child when I hopped around Salvation Army shops and ga
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by technotarek 4y ago
“ I am almost tone deaf—only with great effort can I carry the simplest tune, and serious music was to me no more than an arrangement of noises. So I did what I always did when trapped: I sat down, and when the music started, I fixed my fac
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by technotarek 4y ago
How is the source of this not The Onion?!
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by technotarek 4y ago
I’ve always imagined that an iPod-something would be my child’s first camera/media device. We’re not ready for that leap yet (at only 3 1/2 yo), but I’m curious — what are others opting for in this use case?
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by technotarek 4y ago
As a IA / UI guy, I have to say I’ve come around a bit on this. I used to share the opinion, but mobile has changed my view. A well implemented touch enabled, smooth sliding horizontal carousel is an excellent UI component on a handhel
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by technotarek 5y ago
Does this include CodePen? If so, DO if you’re listening, please give your current customers a break on the paid versions :)
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by technotarek 5y ago
I believe you may still have a useless bike in the case of this design.

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