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Re:Fitbit Studio – Web-Based IDE for Fitbit SDK
on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @11:29AM (#15339505)
That's pretty slick!
Re:A New Face for Pebble
on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @04:09PM (#10267794)
Even for non-developers, it's easy to create watchfaces using http://www.watchface-generator.de/. Upload a photo, customize your text and download the app to your watch (credit to Paul Rode, a 3rd party developer for this)
Re:Pebble Smartwatch Review: A Useful Dumbwatch
on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:29PM (#7043458)
You may be pleasantly surprised by 2.0 =)
Re:Pebble Smartwatch Review: A Useful Dumbwatch
on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:21PM (#7043430)
Most of my pants would fit little more than a few bills or a single credit card, so my phone often lives in my purse. My watch, however, is something that's always on me, and now that it's a Pebble, I get the added benefit of having the important messages from my phone alert me as well.
Re:Pebble Smartwatch Review: A Useful Dumbwatch
on Saturday January 11, 2014 @02:14PM (#7043406)
That's unusual. You should email [email protected] to get an RMA replacement if you're consistently only getting 1.5 days
Re:Pebble Giving Away Smartwatches to Developers
on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @08:23PM (#6805579)
Please send us a link to your GitHub repo with a Pebble app mapped out ;-)
Re:Pebble releases SDK 2.0 with accelerometer and JavaScript APIs
on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @05:46PM (#6686071)
No mailing list, but we'll be posting to the blog...RSS?
Re:Pebble releases SDK 2.0 with accelerometer and JavaScript APIs
on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @02:54PM (#6685026)
Fixed
Re:Pebble releases SDK 2.0 with accelerometer and JavaScript APIs
on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @02:46PM (#6684982)
In the latest build, you no longer need to #include all of the individual files, #include <pebble.h> is all you need
Re:Pebble releases SDK 2.0 with accelerometer and JavaScript APIs
on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @02:44PM (#6684967)
Palo Alto, but we'll also be hosting some of our open labs virtually for our remote friends =)
Re:Pebble releases SDK 2.0 with accelerometer and JavaScript APIs
on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @02:12PM (#6684746)
We'll also start hosting weekly open labs where developers can come hack with us and get help on projects at Pebble HQ starting in early December. Stay tuned to the blog for more details!
Pebble Announces SDK 2.0 & ANCS Support
Pebble Hosting Livestream & AMA on Wednesday
Why is no-one disrupting BART?
Re:Ask HN: How much savings did you have before quitting your industry...
on Thursday September 26, 2013 @12:56PM (#6452021)
I wonder how the penalty + income tax from lower tax bracket for the emergency withdrawal compares to the tax that you would pay at the higher bracket if you chose to take it as post-tax income during your employment...?
Re:Ask HN: How much savings did you have before quitting your industry...
on Thursday September 26, 2013 @12:52PM (#6451993)
I had about $9k and the expectation that I would do some consulting on the side to help out with expenses. I don't think I'd do the same thing again, because consulting ate up a lot of time that I could've been iterating on my project and that became a large source of frustration for me over time.
Re:Aeromobil: Roadable aircraft
on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @01:46PM (#6446085)
Interestingly, this also came out today: http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/moller-signs-agree...
Computer Vision in the Real World – Why SIGGRAPH Probably Won’t Help You
Ask HN: How much activity did you get on Developer Auction?
For those of you that have used Developer Auction before, how much activity did you see on your profile once it was approved/public? How long did your auction run for? Approximately how many profile views did you get? How many offers did you receive? What was your time-to-first-offer? How many years of developer experience did you have at the time (if you don't mind sharing)?
Re:Samsung unveils Galaxy Gear smartwatch accessory
on Thursday September 05, 2013 @01:05PM (#6335352)
I read that the Sony SmartWatch also supports NFC. It would be interesting to see if a standalone smartwatch app could support NFC building entry (like a replacement for your company badge). It'd be a much nicer form factor and I'd be significantly less likely to forget it at home or at my desk.
Though it's worth noting, with August and Lockitron keyless entry systems being shipped this year, I wonder if the same can't also be accomplished with the existing BLE implementation by Pebble/others
Re:Hacker Scouts is served Cease and Desist letter from Boy Scouts of ...
on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @02:50AM (#6242175)
It looks like they've added a PayPal donate button to the bottom right side of the page
Re:Hacker Scouts is served Cease and Desist letter from Boy Scouts of ...
on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @02:49AM (#6242171)
The site's back up!
Re:Hacker Scouts is served Cease and Desist letter from Boy Scouts of ...
on Monday August 19, 2013 @08:58PM (#6240960)
This doesn't seem to be unusual behavior for the BSA: http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pnam=Boy%20Scouts%20of%20...
Re:Google announces Android 4.3, the latest incremental Jelly Bean update
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @02:00PM (#6097857)
Excellent! Now I can start buying up those BLE exercise devices I've been eyeing!
Re:Female developers as a perk
on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @08:35PM (#6060972)
I like your interpretation. If for no other reason, it would seem to back up the idea that the OP is merely bad with words and was in fact describing the current composition of his team (a team diverse in gender, ethnicities, levels of experience, etc)
Re:Female developers as a perk
on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @05:24AM (#6050744)
As a female developer, I wasn't terribly offended by line item #8 (regardless of whether it was intended to imply diversity or it was a joke in questionable taste), but I did find it strange that female seemed to equate to "junior" developer in this context. Did I read that wrong?
Re:Why You Should Not Build a Recommendation Engine
on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @12:48AM (#6050088)
I think the author of this article makes a compelling argument for why building a recommendation engine is not an efficient strategy in creating an MVP. I've been working on an e-commerce startup for over a year now (eep!) and after spending countless hours arguing over this exact prioritization with my co-founder, I had to finally call it quits, because we just never got anywhere. Recommendation engines sound sexier when pitching ideas, but at the end of the day, how do you pitch a product that doesn't exist to customers that only exist in theory?
Re:Shooting in SF at 888 Brannan. Stay indoors.
on Friday July 12, 2013 @05:38PM (#6035367)
Re:HackerSkills Game – Level 1
on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @08:05PM (#6023661)
7 didn't seem to work for me either. Asked a friend to give it a shot, same thing