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Re:Show HN: Incrediibli simple shared lists on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @08:12AM (#10662711)
You can even have lists of lists -- that's powerful!
I think the whole point is to make a certain subject more accessible and fun for students who are more "attracted" to different topics. May be there is an inner engineer in some english major students and vice versa.
Re:Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:42PM (#9814999)
I totally get your point. Nearly everyone we talked to said "Great idea". We are simply applying the MVP principle, hopefully we'll grow from there :)
Re:Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:33PM (#9814943)
More of a Slack for the rest of us. Please have a look at our manifesto: https://kwak.io/blog
Re:Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:32PM (#9814935)
What makes you think it's skinned IRC?

- you can't change nick

- you can go full anonymous

- Hashtags (or channels if you like) are automatically ranked)

- you can post media

- ...

Re:Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:28PM (#9814908)
Chat is more of a generic term. The discussions we refer to are content based (right now centered around one hashtag or a Tweet). We will have other contents soon (hint: original content).
Re:Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:26PM (#9814894)
We haven't dig too much into optimization yet, it's _almost_ vanilla Meteor with MongoDB. The hashtags are created by the users, and they automatically rank based on activity, we will have many more interesting ranking algorithms to come.
Re:Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:22PM (#9814864)
shout is MIT opensource, we ack the use of the looknfeel (see our about). Kwak is by no mean IRC backed, it's our own dev work based on Meteor.

The interface will change eventually to support all the features that we intend.

We first started by mapping IRC features and for that shout is super convenient .. but it is just the start ;)

Re:Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @01:31PM (#9813600)
With a Meteor backend.
Re:Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @01:15PM (#9813475)
Hi, we wanted to show you a little something, so here it is.

We suggest you also read the manifesto[0] we wrote, telling more about our mission on this project.

[0] https://kwak.io/blog

Re:The User Is Drunk on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @06:25AM (#9262041)
Not a new idea. I used to follow: http://threesheetsresearch.com/

Unfortunately their last review dates from 2012 (ThreeSheets, if you hear me .. please come back !)

E.g., Check this hilarious Microsoft Surface drunk review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cMVKW-fR1M

I loose systematically 2 to 3 kg each Ramadan. People usually exaggerate on food (esp. sweets) during iftaar.

Merge with a company with a set of ideas.

Hi! I met a few months old startup that is gaining momentum and have good technology and user base. I think that I can add a product to their offerings which can set them apart from the fierce competition. They obviously have all the ingredients to implement my product overnight. Since I would like to join'em as a co-funder and offer some tech help in the future, what should I do to avoid being...

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