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Very cool! I'm curious as to why you removed ProseMirror after trying it out. I've been building my own writing app for a different purpose over the last month and have been pretty happy with PM, but I'd be curious to know what you're using instead.
Re:Affinity Studio Now Free on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:07PM (#45761574)
This is that. Canva acquired Affinity a while back.
Re:How jeans conquered the world (2012) on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:18PM (#14403732)
Those are pretty much what I wear (except straight leg instead of boot cut), and the best I've found so far are at Buckle. All the Levi's I tried seemed weirdly high-waisted, and stuff at other stores didn't fit so well either.
Re:The user is drunk (2013) [video] on Sunday April 27, 2014 @12:25PM (#7655675)
Here's a longer version of his talk that answers your question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI9esN3BqbI
Re:World of Mathematics on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @02:52PM (#6849655)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't fractal image compression a real technique?

However, I did read about a hoax in the 90's where there was a claim of a fractal compression technique that could reduce a file down to 1% of its original size, which turned out to just be a program that stored a reference to the file's location instead of an actual compressed file.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal_compression http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=885055

Re:How to Use Structure to Become a More Effective Entrepreneur on Thursday September 19, 2013 @01:10PM (#6412863)
"The will to act."

Probably my favorite line in the movie. I wrote an article about habits and willpower a while back based around that line, actually: http://collegeinfogeek.com/hack-your-willpower-by-building-u...

Re:Why I hate funnels. on Friday September 06, 2013 @11:52AM (#6341033)
I think the traditional funnel concept work just fine - as long as you do step three right.

Do many blogs and services spam their subscribers? Yes indeed - and I have an itchy unsubscribe button-clicking finger for those services.

If you change Step 3 to "Provide even more value", though, then you do indeed get customers that love you. And some of them refer their friends, who come in at the top of the funnel like everyone else - but with some preconceived good feelings towards you because of the recommendation they got from a friend.

Pat Flynn's newsletter is a wonderful example of how to do it right. Almost all of the emails I get from him simply give me more useful information - maybe 10% have ever been strictly promotional.

All I'd like to say is congratulations. 35lbs is a great achievement - keep it up!

Alright, off to the gym.

Re:Show HN: A Tribute to Richard Feynman on Friday May 03, 2013 @02:13PM (#5651645)
I've been getting into reading about science lately, and I also wanted to learn responsive design.

This isn't much, but I thought it looked nice, and now I know media queries!

Re:How an unsigned rapper changed music on Thursday January 24, 2013 @07:46PM (#5113270)
Is it bad if I thought this article was going to be about Froggy Fresh?
Re:Show HN: WordCount.is on Friday September 21, 2012 @05:51PM (#4556055)
Nice first project Joel!

Evernote is one of the rare programs that's very much inferior on the Mac, as the Windows version DOES have a word count feature. I'm really not sure why the team can't include it on the Mac version.

Re:Want to Block Common Passwords? Sorry, That is Patented on Thursday September 20, 2012 @08:56AM (#4548247)
I get why you'd want to check for weak or common passwords, but why not just require passwords to contain numbers/special characters? It may be a pain in the butt, but it takes users' lack of care for security out of the equation.
Re:Xkcd "Click and Drag" in a "map" interface on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @02:46PM (#4544903)
Looks like Randall had a pretty good time playing Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.

(for those curious - http://michelgagne.blogspot.com/)

Re:Pdf.js: PDF Reader in JavaScript on Friday September 14, 2012 @08:44AM (#4521321)
I agree about Preview - but mainly I just hate having to download PDFs to read them. Most of the time I don't need them long-term.

Ask HN: What one thing would you tell your younger self?

Hi guys, just came across this crowdsourced social experiment Twitter account: @AYoungerMeThere were some really cool Tweets of lessons people would tell their younger selves. However I thought the HN crowd is so smart that I’d like to hear what all of you would tell your younger self, if you had the opportunity.

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