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Re:Show HN: See, compare and share your Spotify stats on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @11:51PM (#26720411)
Really well designed!
Thanks for sharing these! I haven’t seen anyone trying to add integrations into onboarding but it makes sense.
Re:From an Airtable to $9.2k in Side Income on Sunday October 11, 2020 @10:04AM (#24745848)
Not trivial at all! Yea, I know that sell your own product feeling. Congrats and subbed. Cheers!
Re:From an Airtable to $9.2k in Side Income on Sunday October 11, 2020 @09:17AM (#24745550)
Not a life changing amount but not bad.

How much time would you say you spent on all of the promotion parts?

Who is sponsoring in the startup space? Looks interesting otherwise.
Re:Casino-like apps have drained people of millions on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:00AM (#24470946)
A ton of games use psychological tricks to get people to spend. Look at hearthstone from Blizzard. You have to keep buying cards until you get lucky... and you never do. The randomized fashion makes it so you never stop spending even though you are one card away from your ideal deck. It has all the elements of gambling minus the real life rewards. There definitely needs to be some sort of regulation — perhaps punishing the randomized reward mechanics.
Re:Video Games Are the Future of Education on Sunday June 21, 2020 @08:15PM (#23596386)
I did the same in WoW :) Bought up all the versions of a certain item in AH and sold at extreme markup over time. As more came up on AH I’d just buy them all up and continue. This lasted for quite some time and I diversified into other items. Let’s just say I could afford anything in that game :)
Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again on Friday March 13, 2020 @12:19PM (#22568517)
5 weeks, not 14 days.
Sounds like you don’t have kids.
It’s shocking to see people call Reuters, NPR and NYTimes unbiased. They are biased.
Join the YangGang. I had a 180 change of attitude towards people.
Re:State of SaaS Product Onboarding on Thursday January 30, 2020 @11:13AM (#22192457)
It’s funny how we know testimonials are hand picked but still get influenced by them, even if they don’t feel authentic. Those star ratings must act as dopamine hits or something.
Re:Neumorphism in User Interfaces on Sunday January 05, 2020 @08:56AM (#21961251)
So, bevel and emboss? What am I missing?
Re:What Happens to the Body on No Sleep on Thursday October 10, 2019 @11:49PM (#21221403)
As a designer I often run into creative blocks. Sleeping on them usually brings clarity. I’ve made it a point to never hand over any project until I’ve slept on it and had a chance to look it over the next day. Almost always I’ll find something that needs fixing or that could be done better!
Hold on, let me go test it.
Re:Pizza robot makes 300 pizzas per hour on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @06:36AM (#21134958)
Yang is advocating on their behalf, even if they don’t know what’s coming.
Re:We Are All Confident Idiots (2014) on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:03PM (#21132853)
Would you rather be a happy idiot or a miserable know-it-all?
Re:Birds Are Vanishing from North America on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:27PM (#21032887)
Chances are slim to none. Once permafrost goes there is no stopping it. It's already starting to go...
Re:Birds Are Vanishing from North America on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:26PM (#21032881)
It's not hard to know, just people being lazy to do their own research.
Re:Birds Are Vanishing from North America on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:24PM (#21032874)
Pretty sure it was autocorrected.
It's likely we are not alone but it's highly unlikely any sophisticated life forms would ever cross paths due to the sheer scale of the universe.
I think you just answered your own question...
I read somewhere that it's much easier to convince people of conspiracy theories once they have doubt in one. It is my theory that the UFO phenomenon is a means of injecting doubt into people's minds to make them a bit paranoid and question the reality of things. Once they believe something is going on or have doubts, it's easier to sell them on other half truths, lies and conspiracy theories. I have no proof of this but I suspect a vast majority of ultra conservative voters exhibit mental frameworks of people who believe in conspiracy theories. UFO coverage could be means of creating doubt and reinforcing conservative behavior. In short - it's a play to create, recruit and retain the ultra conservatives for the sole purpose of voting. Of course I realize the irony of my statement considering this in itself sounds like a woowoo conspiracy theory.
Yang proposed a constitutional amendment to ensure climate is a priority for federal and state govts. beyond a single administration: https://www.yang2020.com/blog/climate-change/
Actually, violence is at the heart of every revolution and is absolutely the answer when facing tyrants.
Re:The Crash of United Flight 232 (2017) on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @04:01AM (#20864501)
Did the kids without seatbelts all die? I can't imagine what I would do as a parent of one of those babies if I were told to put them on the ground. Like... Hell no!
Re:Monsanto Effort to Defund Cancer Researchers on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:24AM (#20778575)
Is this a surprise? Monsanto doing what Monsanto does to keep screwing people for profit. Take money out of politics, pay our public servants well out of taxpayer money, implement short term limits, problems solved. It’s not rocket science, but powers that be will not give up easily.
My biggest problems with Amazon:

1. Sellers pretending to be legitimate brands. I’ve bought things thinking I’m buying from this brand I know, turns out it’s just a copycat.

2. Accidentally buying used products which seem to be old models. I’ve made the mistake on a few occasions buying used when I specifically wanted a new item.

Amazon has plummeted in quality but I get a feeling they don’t care. Their ultimate goal is most likely to flush out the top sellers and replace their goods with amazons own brand.

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