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Re:Stripe Billing
on Thursday April 05, 2018 @04:56PM (#16768720)
I'd love something like this that handled in-app purchased subscriptions. There's a bunch of annoying parts of dealing with the app store SDK's & verifying transactions, handling refunds etc. We have a combination of online credit card purchases and in-app ones, it seems like there's an opening for some tool to handle the in-app part as well.
Invoice2go gets $15M to compete more directly with Square and PayPal
Introducing the Universal Windows Platform Bridges
Re:Ask HN: Why do people have a hatred for Scala?
on Friday April 17, 2015 @09:18AM (#9394063)
I've written C# for most of my career, and have in the last couple of years been exploring functional programming. I started learning Scala, and getting involved in the community and I found it to be quite interesting.
Something I find different is that most C# developers like writing C#, they may dislike many other parts of the ecosystem, but they generally enjoy the language. However with Scala developers, I find that many of them seem to dislike the language.
To cast a broad stereotypical brush, it seems like there are 2 main groups of Scala developers. There's those who are really into FP, and would love to be getting paid to write Haskell all day, but unfortunately Scala is the only option they can convince their employer to adopt. So they begrudgingly choose it because it has some of what they want, but they are forever wishing it was better & making their frustrations known.
Then there's the other side, which are developers coming from Java (or other OO languages) after hearing about the benefits of FP/Scala. They're either not using Scala professionally, but want to learn, or are just starting to use it at work. They are much more enthusiastic about the language.
Unfortunately, the first group are often more vocal, and it puts off newcomers.
Re:Google I/O 2015
on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @04:06PM (#9029896)
Are there usually any other tech events on during the week of IO? ie smaller conferences/meetups etc?
Sploria – Travel advice direct from the locals
Re:Travel planning software: The most common bad startup idea (2012)
on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @08:29AM (#8420722)
Ah man, I've been working on http://sploria.com/ for a while, leading up to launching an MVP soon and hadn't heard of TourstEye. Had a look at the app and the 'experiences' part is almost exactly what we've been building, damn :(
Congrats on your success with the product though, it's really beautiful!
So how do I deal with supporting both Android and iOS from a single Beacon?
Re:Parrot Bebop
on Monday June 02, 2014 @06:38PM (#7836954)
It all looks very cool, but that 12 minute battery life :(
Thoughts on Xamarin for iOS development
Re:Why I killed my standing desk
on Sunday March 23, 2014 @08:37AM (#7453099)
2 weeks doesn't seem like that long to persist with a major change like swapping from sitting all day to standing. Would be interesting to hear from someone who persisted with it for longer to see if they were able to adjust fully. I have a desk that is adjustable from sitting to standing and enjoy it as it lets me work longer without my back annoying me.
In regards to the 135 degree suggestion, I've found this doesn't work well for me, my lower back hurts, and also it encourages me to stick my chin forward which puts pressure on your neck. Could be a result of body shape or specifics of my setup though.
Re:Introducing StandDesk [video]
on Thursday March 20, 2014 @05:00PM (#7438743)
Cheaper than $399 which is what the video says this will start from?
Re:Microsoft and Xamarin partner
on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @04:29PM (#6728698)
I was hoping to sign up to their training program using our Microsoft Partner Network MSDN but alas that is also excluded :(
Re:Technology Change: .Net to Scala
on Friday October 25, 2013 @08:14AM (#6611074)
Really interesting article, thanks for writing it. I'd like to hear a bit more about the reasoning for the whole company swap, what problems you were having with C#/Microsoft stack. The impression I got was that you tried out something new for a small project, liked it and liked the idea of OSS in general and then started doing everything in that way, is that all there was to it? What other factors came into the decision on a whole?
Re:AngularJS Tutorial: Learn to Build Modern Web Apps
on Thursday September 05, 2013 @02:50AM (#6332586)
Signing in with Twitter wants to post as me and read my tweets, how come?
Re:Stephen Wolfram on Personal Analytics
on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @09:39AM (#5674033)
I use Fitocracy to track my fitness, MyFitnessPal to log every bit of food I eat and http://askmeevery.com/ to email me once a day reminding me to rate things between 1 and 10, like health, happiness, productivity. These all don't take much effort really, and they give me some interesting history. I'm hoping to do things like correlate what I eat with how well my workouts go, or how healthy I feel in the future.
Re:Why SICP Matters
on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @08:39PM (#5635791)
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/reading-s...
is a reading group just starting up now if anyone is interested
Re:The Chromebook Pixel’s best feature
on Saturday February 23, 2013 @11:36PM (#5272850)
I do this, however I feel my 16:9 monitor is just a touch too thin, whereas 16:10 gives a perfect width.
Re:No bullshit guide to math and physics
on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @07:40PM (#4994693)
For reference have a look at the % price difference for other book sellers, like O'Reilly:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596802363.do
I'd be selling it for $24 for Ebook (and make it available in PDF/Epub/Mobi to cover all readers), $29 for print, $32 for Print + Ebook.
Actor Framework for Windows Azure
Re:Chrome Canary for Developers
on Friday November 02, 2012 @10:32PM (#4735714)
I recently discovered a good reason to be running Canary/dev channel. Chrome version 22 introduced a bug with heavy JSON pages, where navigating away from them would lock up the browser. Our page had been working great on all browsers, then literally on the morning we went live, Chrome 22 was pushed out to auto-update, which broke this page for our users. If we had of been running Canary, we'd have seen the issue earlier in the development process.
(this is the issue by the way - http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=155270)
Re:Facebook explains what's wrong with the mobile web
on Sunday September 16, 2012 @01:43AM (#4528382)
Lots of people are quick to jump on Facebook and claim that their well paid developers are just poor at their job. What I'd like to see is a list of html5 mobile apps that are as interactive as Facebook is, so that we can see the best practices in action. I'm struggling to come up with many that aren't simple blog/news sites. Is anyone able to point me towards some good ones?
Re:Apple is bigger by market cap than Microsoft, Google, Amazon & Face...
on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @04:37AM (#4447595)
Am I the only one who is tired of being updated what Apples market cap is now bigger than?
At first they were interesting stats, but in reality it isn't overly useful information.
Re:Show HN: remote access to your Android phone with Shynk
on Saturday August 11, 2012 @09:26PM (#4371516)
Nice job, seems to work well. I love airdroid but it annoys me that I am constantly having to reconnect after I walk out of wifi range. If this gets around that issue then I'd swap.
One comment I had is that if I was to download this app on my device, the initial experience could be improved somewhat. The first screen is a login one and it says to go to your website, sign up and come back to the app. I did this on my mobile browser (chrome) and it was a bit clunky to sign up (I had the feedback/need help button hover over the form a bit). Perhaps instead of that, you could have a registration function right in the app? even if it was just a web view with a mobile optimized signup web page loaded. That way I don't have to leave the app.
Not a major thing but thought I'd offer you some feedback.
Re:Hangouts now available in Gmail, Google+ account not required
on Monday July 30, 2012 @06:28PM (#4315015)
Disappointing that this doesn't include screen sharing. Our team have been using Google Hangouts for remote code reviews as it seems to be one of the better free options for screen sharing at a 30" monitor resolution (MeetingBurner is probably slightly better though). I'd much rather just use our Google apps gmail interface, rather than having to create a second Google+ account.
Re:Raspberry Pi Myths and Truths
on Monday July 30, 2012 @09:24AM (#4312159)
I think the tech media built these devices up a bit too much to the general consumer public. They are really a learning tool that you can tinker with, not a 'cheap pc' like they were built up to be. So many people got theirs after the pre-order wait and immediately complained about the performance. Think of them as a beefed up Arduino style device and you'll love it, think of it as a cheap computer for consumer use and you'll obviously be unhappy.
Activating Browser Modes with Doctype
Re:Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet
on Monday June 18, 2012 @08:32PM (#4129505)
I'm not sure his shareholders would have loved it if he had of said that he thinks the MacBook Air is amazing and would love one of his own...
Re:Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet
on Monday June 18, 2012 @08:31PM (#4129496)
The RT version is 'HD' and the Pro is 'Full HD' so I'm guessing 720 and 1080.