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Re:Show HN: Postmaster - an easy API for shipping on the web on Monday October 01, 2012 @05:45PM (#4599523)
Q1: Will this allow for tracking and management of shipments not created through Postmaster?

Q2: Will this allow for monitoring of preprinted shipping labels (e.g. RMA labels or https://store.burrellimaging.com/index.php/supplies/mailers-...), with web hooks when they are used for a shipment?

Q3: When creating a shipment, will it be possible to specify rules for the "service"? E.g. "cheapest service with delivery by X date, but no more than Y dollars."

Q4: Can carrier specific account numbers be provided for lower shipping rates (and so shipments will be tied to account for claims, etc.)?

Re:Show HN: Deadman.io - a digital dead man's switch on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @02:02PM (#4382229)
I set it up to check an old email account I tend to forget about for months at a time (which can't auto-forward mail). I could set a calendar event, but I don't want to force myself to check it at exact intervals.

There's a web-hook switch which is intriguing, though I haven't come up with a good use case yet.

Re:Sometimes What's Normal is Pretty Absurd. on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @01:11PM (#2634017)
The Atlantic has a post somewhat on this, slowing how transit-centric behavior can lead to more disposable income:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/06/the-fina...

Re:Sometimes What's Normal is Pretty Absurd. on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @10:44AM (#2633265)
> P.S. lets hope you're not in a "smart car" when and SUV forgets to stop behind you "too late" at a major intersection.

Maybe that means we need to question that large SUV with a single occupant and an always empty cargo hold. Or perhaps why as a society we do not find it acceptable to "risk our lives" in small, light cars yet we find it perfectly ok to "risk the lives of others" in our large, heavy "car-trucks."

Re:Sometimes What's Normal is Pretty Absurd. on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @09:54AM (#2633086)
This can go in line with questioning the status quo: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663429/big-innovations-question...