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3 points·by simonmales·9 months ago·0 comments

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simonmales
·10 days ago·discuss
Would love for Pine64 to thrive.

I don't own any of their products, but I am glad they exist.
simonmales
·10 days ago·discuss
Will this forever exist as a Fedora "remix". Or will we find the support in upstream so I can one day run Debian-based distro?

I think the last time I used an RPM-based distro was almost 2 decades ago.
simonmales
·2 months ago·discuss
It's a personal bias for me.

Perception of quality, because the author is under constant review.
simonmales
·2 months ago·discuss
I think nowadays on Android it's called QuickShare, and it works. But I believe the fragmentation and awareness is a part of the problem for Android.
simonmales
·4 months ago·discuss
Thanks for sharing the "fixed wireless terminal" tip. A HN post a while ago describe hacking a landline to a wireless terminal. But this tip removes the hacking :)
simonmales
·4 months ago·discuss
What's the risk?

Personally, I only see benefits.
simonmales
·4 months ago·discuss
I guess competition with the Bitcoin equivalent https://www.l402.org/
simonmales
·4 months ago·discuss
Here is my recent history of phones: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8972&idPhone2...

The Nokia 6.1 now feels like a monster in my hand at 75mm.

I agree that 70mm is sweet spot.
simonmales
·4 months ago·discuss
The Pixel 8 might be my next "upgrade" (sidegrade?)
simonmales
·4 months ago·discuss
The small form factor phones simply do not sell. Some great thoughts on the topic:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR9zBsKELVs * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZdbbN3FCzE Not about small form factor, rather enthusiast phones don't last

Currently running a Sony Xperia 5 V which farm factor is acceptable, and still will get a number of months of updates. And the winning point is that the bootloader can be unlocked and is supported by LineageOS.
simonmales
·5 months ago·discuss
Good thing about trmnl is you can run the entire backend if the company disappears.
simonmales
·5 months ago·discuss
I made fun of the 'America First' campaign slogan and referred to it as 'America Only'.

Then you can quickly use this idea on people who put themselves in front of others. And the reality is it's not about being first, rather it's only about them, not what comes after them.
simonmales
·5 months ago·discuss
Coming from Slack for a number of years, there is an initial shock of missing out of the 'slack way of things'.

The killer feature is everything is a stream/thread. I argue that is a better UX over Slack, but it takes some getting used it.

As mentioned, Slack is way more polished.
simonmales
·6 months ago·discuss
It's getting movement in tough political environments like Uganda: https://www.archyde.com/bitchat-surges-to-1-in-uganda-amid-p...

And natural disasters like in Jamaica https://www.gadgets360.com/cryptocurrency/news/bitchat-becom...
simonmales
·6 months ago·discuss
You might be referring to Bitchat.
simonmales
·6 months ago·discuss
As a fan of webapps, https://yr.no is a good no-frills weather webapp.
simonmales
·6 months ago·discuss
I was a big fan, the original version was called forecast.io.

It was a rare example at the time when it was _the_ webapp better than any existing 'native' apps.
simonmales
·6 months ago·discuss
Whats the cycle time here? This work flow makes sense to me.
simonmales
·7 months ago·discuss
This is a hard truth. I looked at my own Show HN post history, some are definitely in the graveyard.
simonmales
·7 months ago·discuss
Savage, but accurate.

But I argue for these projects to have a long tail, they need revenue.

A few have tried by selling hardware, but it never lands mainstream enough.