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3 points·by simonmales·9 miesięcy temu·0 comments

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simonmales
·10 dni temu·discuss
Would love for Pine64 to thrive.

I don't own any of their products, but I am glad they exist.
simonmales
·10 dni temu·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 miesiące temu·discuss
It's a personal bias for me.

Perception of quality, because the author is under constant review.
simonmales
·2 miesiące temu·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 miesiące temu·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 miesiące temu·discuss
What's the risk?

Personally, I only see benefits.
simonmales
·4 miesiące temu·discuss
I guess competition with the Bitcoin equivalent https://www.l402.org/
simonmales
·4 miesiące temu·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 miesiące temu·discuss
The Pixel 8 might be my next "upgrade" (sidegrade?)
simonmales
·4 miesiące temu·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 miesięcy temu·discuss
Good thing about trmnl is you can run the entire backend if the company disappears.
simonmales
·5 miesięcy temu·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 miesięcy temu·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 miesięcy temu·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 miesięcy temu·discuss
You might be referring to Bitchat.
simonmales
·6 miesięcy temu·discuss
As a fan of webapps, https://yr.no is a good no-frills weather webapp.
simonmales
·6 miesięcy temu·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 miesięcy temu·discuss
Whats the cycle time here? This work flow makes sense to me.
simonmales
·7 miesięcy temu·discuss
This is a hard truth. I looked at my own Show HN post history, some are definitely in the graveyard.
simonmales
·7 miesięcy temu·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.