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I've always thought shopping would be more fun if it was less similar to gathering & more similar to hunting.

Scan the sky for size 10 sneakers. Pull back the drawstring and BAM! Now you have shoes and a story to tell.

Re:What do we do with the Twitter-shaped hole in the internet? on Sunday September 17, 2023 @04:45PM (#37549131)
The author offers strong arguements for the value of twitter, does a survey of inadequate competition, and leaves off with vauge specs of a better platform. Not discussed are ways twitter might recapture the minority who no longer use it.

I'm starting to think Elon is actually going to increase Twitter's value. It sure seems sticky. Even this minority of highly political people who hate Elon enough to quit twitter don't seem happy with the other offerings. Perhaps a rebranding and distancing himself from the platform will regain this lost market share. I never really cared about twitter before this whole saga started! Now it's really interesting.

Re:The Never Married, a New Normal on Monday May 29, 2023 @02:29AM (#36111291)
The law accounts for roommates by defining the nature of the relationship. Cohabitation for a certain period isn't the full definition. The definition does not allow for more than 2 people in the relationship.
Re:Another UFO shot down over Canada by US on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:35PM (#34759039)
I wonder if the north american military is concerned about enemy aircraft seeding the countryside with weaponized drones.
Re:Spotifyd on Monday December 19, 2022 @06:16PM (#34059230)
I think the integration was initially scrapped due to problems with licensing (streams <30s don't result in a payout, and after that 100% payout; so it's either unfair or expensive under the current model). Good question about why they're leaving the space to their competitors.
Re:Ask HN: How do I get fit and healthy as a software engineer? on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:04AM (#28561815)
Podcasts are a great way to make boring exercises interesting. Walking or biking instead of driving is an easy way to get some exercise in. Bouldering is really fun & social.
Re:TinyPilot: Month 11 on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:21PM (#27389055)
Looks like the author replied to a similar comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27388827

I tried both solutions a couple months ago with one of these cheap USB HDMI capture dongles https://www.amazon.ca/MavisLink-Capture-Definition-Acquisiti...

& pi-kvm had better performance

Re:Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers on Saturday November 07, 2020 @12:01PM (#25016287)
In British Columbia the term is protected by the association of professional engineers. I'm not an 'engineer' but I have seen enough terrible code to think that this is both a step too far and too short. Protecting the the title doesn't matter as much as protecting the work. A certification should be required to work on software related to finance, health or safety.
Re:Web by Google (TM) on Monday August 17, 2020 @01:37AM (#24184338)
it's the easiest way to get adblock on mobile!
Re:Cool Backgrounds on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:22AM (#17153959)
Great patterns! If you want to build on Android I've got this open source background service https://github.com/jdrbc/SimpleBackgrounds