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Re:Ask HN: What should I use to write native desktop apps for Ubuntu?
on Monday May 28, 2018 @12:54PM (#17173415)
Gnome has won the war, it's the default for the major distro's so Gtk.
If it's a quick thing then maybe just make it a shell extension.
Re:Ask HN: What should I use to write native desktop apps for Ubuntu?
on Monday May 28, 2018 @12:48PM (#17173382)
Lots of people sniff glue, doesn't mean they should.
Hello WebAssembly
Re:StumbleUpon closing after 16 years, accounts can be migrated to Mix
on Thursday May 24, 2018 @07:00PM (#17149266)
Shame, have fond memories of finding cool random things in the early days on StumbleUpon. Later on it felt like an adfeed but still, good stuff.
Re:Ask HN: Is A/B Testing your pricing considered unethical?
on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:24PM (#17149032)
Online shopping sites do it all the time, which I do find unfair, unethical I'm not sure.
But if we go there, you might as-well ask "is it unethical to run sales and discount promotions?" Users might not be happy to hear they missed out but I'd say no it's not.
Re:I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore
on Saturday May 19, 2018 @04:43AM (#17107151)
Actually it's not that absurd, Facebook has deals with mobile carriers which gives the users cheaper or even free access to Facebook compare to other "normal websites and apps".
Re:Show HN: Vuido builds desktop apps using Vue.js without Electron
on Saturday May 19, 2018 @04:37AM (#17107136)
It's a good shift away from the crap that is Electron.js but once we are using a native toolkit, why not use a native language too? ;-)