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This is awesome. I think I'd honestly prefer a Waymo from Los Angeles to San Diego over a flight through LAX!
Re:U.S. opens UnitedHealth antitrust probe on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @10:27PM (#39533603)
The healthcare system in the United States is so hard to navigate. I recently switched to Sedera (https://sedera.com/). They to have much better incentives, better prices and service. We'll see how it goes
Re:Ask HN: Who else is working on nothing? on Saturday January 13, 2024 @02:29PM (#38983612)
I can relate a lot to this. Thanks for sharing
Re:Ask HN: Who else is working on nothing? on Saturday January 13, 2024 @02:11PM (#38983429)
I feel less hopelessness, but I’m also just working on myself. Getting into a routine, cooking, working out, making tomorrow better. Work can come next.
Re:New York City population declined by 5.3% since 2020 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @01:01PM (#38699074)
I want to see this for San Francisco. And, for every other U.S. city!
Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment) on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:28PM (#38199275)
Telegram at least offers end-to-end encrypted “Secret Chats”

Ask HN: What will it realistically take to create an iOS app?

I am a web developer with extensive experience with React, TypeScript and Node.js.I’m building a side project and tossing up whether to build an iOS app or a web app. I know what’s involved in web apps, but can anyone give an overview of what it’ll take in terms of effort & time to create and submit an iOS app to the App Store?

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I’ve been looking for an OCR engine and hoped that using LLMs would improve their output.

Looks great! I’ll give it a go.

Re:Toyota Adopts the North American Charging Standard on Thursday October 19, 2023 @07:38PM (#37950269)
Good news for consumers?
Re:Is an All-Meat Diet What Nature Intended? on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:52PM (#37680307)
“What nature intended” seems a bit ambiguous!
Re:Live near your friends on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @03:51PM (#37680298)
How about the inverse - making friends where you live?
This publication truly isn’t worthy of being quoted or shared. Just about every article of theirs I’ve read has major logical flaws.
Re:The first conformant M1 GPU driver on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @02:44PM (#37226932)
Can someone ELI5 what this means?
Re:I don't want to host services (but I do) on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @12:07PM (#37064773)
I want to self-host all of my data such as calendar, contacts, photos and more but I just haven’t dedicated the time yet
Re:My Frugal Indie Dev Startup Stack on Monday August 07, 2023 @05:22AM (#37032186)
Thanks for sharing!
Re: on Thursday August 03, 2023 @02:54AM (#36982281)
Great idea!
Re:Ways to Say No – With Grace and Style on Sunday June 25, 2023 @09:51AM (#36468175)
This seems particularly relevant for work - if you work with reasonable people, that don’t expect you to deliver 2 weeks of work in one.

As for personal commitments (or “yes”) find it easier to say “let me think on it” or “that’s a great idea. Let me get back to you.”

Life is busy and it’s hard to commit in the moment anyway amongst whatever your existing commitments are.

Re:Your keyboard layout is broken on Saturday June 24, 2023 @09:11AM (#36458414)
I would add that the size of the keys is also off. My hands are significantly larger than others using the very same machine…
Hey Substack team, I am excited to see the app published and try it out!

I’m curious - what are some of your goals with the app in terms of reach, retention, engagement and activation of users?

I’m also wondering - does this new channel set up yourselves (and writers) to be at the whim of Apple?

For example, if the app begins to drive any of the metrics above, and Apple someday comes to see it as untenable, would you be comfortable sacrificing it?

Ask HN: How do you socialise with your extended family online?

Currently my extended family (~25 people) have a shared WhatsApp group in which we share milestones or any things deemed worthy. I am hoping to find a better way of keeping up to date, as the chat is very quiet. I hesitate to start posting regularly as I know others don't and it may dominate the conversation.Clearly 25 is too many to have on video or phone call, as well as to speak individually...

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Re:Australia's COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:23AM (#28466545)
"The Australian Government is developing a claims scheme to reimburse people who suffer a moderate to significant impact following an adverse reaction to an approved COVID-19 vaccine.

The scheme will provide a simple, streamlined process to reimburse/compensate eligible people for their injuries without the need for complex legal proceedings.

..."

This is such a great idea. I can see it being really useful. Can't wait to see it evolve!