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3,925karma·1,752submissions·October 24, 2013
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From my point of view, the OS is a completely different thing then the browser. Because an OS is not specifically vertically oriented, where websites (for 99% ?) are. Therefore I do not like some kind…
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I am currently experimenting with 'Toolbar Autohide' (Firefox). It also hides the address bar and other tools. Meaning I now have the complete vertical screen space available for website con…
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I use Firefox by default with an add-on 'Vertical Tabs'. This moves all tabs away from the top into a narrow sidebar. Screens are more wide then tall and for me my vertical space is more val…
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I do not think many individuals have a (personal) benefit by adhering to these rules. Also, people like to keep implicit grey areas in their opinions. To have space for 'I did not mean it that wa…
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"In a scathing audit, state tax officials slammed nonprofit health insurer Blue Shield of California for stockpiling "extraordinarily high surpluses" — more than $4 billion — and for fa…
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So this make something similar as Cordova possible ? Running a local webserver with all logic, serving html5/css/js as GUI ?
Would still need bindings for accelerator and such (just as Cordo…
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Its a link to Google search results. No idea why this is here. But interesting to see Google already found it:
http://imagebin.ca/v/26hjcGX0K0S1 So this is some kind of self fulf…
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Maybe its because jetpack sounds like backpack, but this is nothing one person could possibly 'pack'. It needs a big van for transportation.
To me a better description is 'micro helicop…
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So how about a tool that would open an Excel spreadsheet as a sqlite database ? By on-the-fly converting the tabs into tables. Then open this database in your favorite sqlite browser.
Maybe even open …
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A lot of data is already in spreadsheets. And using an existing spreadsheet in AirTable is not quick and easy because its only possible with csv import:
https://support.airtable.com/hc…
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There a lots of Pages in FB that attract many visitors. And those only make money for FB. Would be interesting to offer those Pages an option (platform) for making money as well. Such 'third part…
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How about inserting an extra (final ?) frame with the logo of a company. Maybe share the revenues with the people using your service. I am not very familiar with FB: could there be a link as well with…
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A few weeks ago there was a discussion that might give some leads:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9623791 …
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I did not see the movie. But without rivers the mountains would still be a better option then ground level land: cooler and rainy because of the height.
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There was a discussion on the SG startup scene two weeks ago. In general to me it was not very positive. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9642665 …
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On HN for the sixth time in two months ?! https://hn.algolia.com/?query=gitup&sort=byDate&prefix&page=... The last one only two days ago with more then 200 comments: http…
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Great idea ! Has been on my list for a while as well ;-) > Originally I tried it in JavaScript, but iOS strips lat and lon info from photos when they're picked with a file input field. Yes, th…
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I wanted to try Azure a few weeks ago for a small project. But I found the UI to be confusing. Part old and part new ? Trying to match up with the current Windows look (which I am not familiar with) ?…
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From other posts I understand that at least some people do the same as I do: check the discussion first to decide if opening the link itself is worth it. Because the link title is often cryptic (by pu…
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short, positive story of somebody who visited Mad Max...
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I do not know much about bitcoins, but it seems online third-party solutions like Coinbase, Case, Trezor, Ledger Wallet are needed for posession and trading ? So I may conclude bitcoin is not the ulti…
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I think security in combination with money can only be about preventing a third party having access to your money. The banks or any device you give your money to in the first place, you have to trust.…
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Yes, there should be no roaming charges so people can freely travel in Europe and be online always and everywhere. That would be good.
However, the latest plan is to NOT abolish them... Just a discoun…
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The digital single market strategy “in no way” aims to limit the progress of U.S. tech firms in Europe, Mr. Ansip told The Wall Street Journal. No worries there ! The European strategy is always to …
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A bit OT This reminds me that I tried to register a Dutch domain with them a few weeks ago. It said the domain was not available. Strange, because it was a very specific name. I then tried with anothe…
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'The Bloomberg Pay Index tracks the 100 highest-paid executives' 'Thirty-six of the CEOs in the ranking lead companies that had negative three-year average economic profit, meaning thei…
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Comments on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9163984
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Had some ideas for this as well (would only work for 'file workers' like programmers) and build something basic using Go to cover all desktops. But then decided those basics are to simple to…
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Yes we have ways to deal with that: taking their money and/or freedom. Don't forget that revenge is an important element. Taking the 'freedom' of a car (scraping it ?) probably fee…