Hacker News: Andrenid

New comment by Andrenid in "Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up quickly in 2018?"

Andrenid — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 08:01:16 +0000

The size of this discussion and the sheer number of different ways this can be done is mind boggling.

I'm all for having choices and I'm glad we're beyond choosing between FrontPage, Dreamweaver, and Notepad, but no wonder new people to web development are so overwhelmed.

New comment by Andrenid in "I wrote a negative Yelp review and it made my life a nightmare"

Andrenid — Tue, 29 May 2018 15:46:05 +0000

Maybe she means all that info was exposed in the court case?

That's exactly the sort of "true but out of context" thing a tabloid like this site would use.

New comment by Andrenid in "Hacker News Points Inflation"

Andrenid — Thu, 17 May 2018 03:58:37 +0000

I feel like number of comments should carry more weight than upvotes. Then upvoted comments could weigh the entire story up further too, pushing quality discussion over a simple upvote click.

New comment by Andrenid in "Ask HN: What should we call phones as they stop being used as phones?"

Andrenid — Tue, 15 May 2018 10:57:26 +0000

What will replace phones that soon? Are you referring to smart watches and wearable tech? Wont we still use a phone as a primary device to tie it all together?

Ask HN: What should we call phones as they stop being used as phones?

Andrenid — Mon, 14 May 2018 16:55:16 +0000

Cell/mobile phones are being used less and less as phones, and more as portable mini always-connected computers. There have been dozens of names thrown around in sci fi and similar, from Pads to Tabs and Decks to Slates.

What's you're favourite/preferred idea for a new for these devices that have taken over our lives?

No goals or motives. Just a thought I had as I realised I barely make/receive more than a few calls a week these days.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17067090

Points: 1

# Comments: 6

New comment by Andrenid in "Uber’s New Rival in Australia: An Indian Upstart"

Andrenid — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:29:41 +0000

I absolutely love exploring all the food and coffee around Melbourne and I can't even remember the last one that didn't take PayPass. Even the market stalls and coffee carts have an MPOS or CBA tablet. Maybe a couple of super hipster places take cash only for the image, but I haven't actually found one yet.

New comment by Andrenid in "Uber’s New Rival in Australia: An Indian Upstart"

Andrenid — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:26:11 +0000

I haven't carried cash or wallet for about a year now. All I use is my phone (CommBank app, which uses PayPass network). Whether it's a coffee, snack for my kid, weekly shopping or a night out, I can barely even remember the times I've been caught out. Maybe twice in a year. Only times I take my wallet out the door is if I'm driving (I live in Melbourne and mostly walk or take trams) or going to the Doctors or something that requires ID/Medicare.

Food trucks, weekend markets, everyone has an EFTPOS/MPOS or CommBank tablet in their business now.

New comment by Andrenid in "ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US"

Andrenid — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:15:24 +0000

What do they do with the data? Is it just for law enforcement to find people, or is there value in the data?

New comment by Andrenid in "Show HN: How I built an image proxy in Go to anonymise images in 20 mins"

Andrenid — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:34:25 +0000

I think "censor" is the word OP is looking for, not "anonymise".

New comment by Andrenid in "Show HN: Hack interviews by studying questions recently asked by companies"

Andrenid — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:26:04 +0000

Repost (from the same day): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16169971

New comment by Andrenid in "JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake"

Andrenid — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 07:51:54 +0000

> the actual editing feels very slow - painting something takes almost a second to update with the brush being very jumpy, reminding me using ZSoft's PhotoFinish on Windows 3.1 on my 4MB 386:-P.

It's completely and utterly indistinguishable from a native app on my PC (Firefox 57.0.4 (64-bit) on Windows 10). First thing I noticed was how smooth and flawless it was, even when I expand the canvas and go crazy with every single tool to make a big mess, it didn't slow down once.

New comment by Andrenid in "Luna 1.0 Beta is out"

Andrenid — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 07:43:45 +0000

It's a beta. You're helping them test it, so them collecting usage/statistics is completely fair. If you don't want to take part in the beta testing, don't install the beta and wait for the full release (which the creator said elsewhere in the thread won't require email or data collection).

In saying that, I do think a sentence above the email field saying "By taking part in this beta, you're helping us collect data to improve the product for final release, which will not require your email address or do data collection unless opting in" or some such.

New comment by Andrenid in "Google Pay"

Andrenid — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 09:56:08 +0000

Exactly why I use Dropbox instead of Google Drive, my bank's Paywave app over Apple/Google Pay, Todoist over Google Tasks, and even Firefox over Chrome (because of bookmarks sync, addons sync, form fields, etc).

I can't split my Email from YouTube (which I really enjoy as products and am very active on YouTube), so if those get locked, I can still live most of my life.

New comment by Andrenid in "Google Pay"

Andrenid — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 09:48:17 +0000

Tech names have lost the plot. We really really need to get past this "Pick a really common English word and name your brand that, so it's impossible to search for and confuses people when discussed" thing.

New comment by Andrenid in "Darktable 2.4.0 released"

Andrenid — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 05:52:06 +0000

It's nowhere near as good as Picasa or Lightroom for bulk editing, sharing, and general photo library management. But it absolutely destroys Picasa for the actual editing of raw files. I'd say if post processing is your focus, it's without a doubt worth the switch. If you're more of a "shoot lots and manage in bulk", then no.

I personally find the file/library management aspect of Darktable so lacking that it's personally useless to me. I absolutely despise Adobe and would pay double what I give them for a decent Lightroom alternative, but it just doesn't exist yet and won't anytime soon.

New comment by Andrenid in "Inside the Home of Instant Pot"

Andrenid — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 05:21:31 +0000

We've used a Japanese multi cooker for years. Tiger brand. Does rice, steaming, slow cooked stews and soups, even cakes and yoghurt. I'm very surprised at everyone talking as though the Instant Pot invented it.

New comment by Andrenid in "Microsoft forced users to install a password manager with a critical flaw"

Andrenid — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 23:48:53 +0000

The last big Windows 10 update I did the other day completely reset me installation to stock. Wiped all my drivers including GPU, all my settings, reinstalled everything I'd tweaked over the months/years, the works.

I've been meaning to ditch Windows (again) for a while and this is the final straw.

New comment by Andrenid in "AIM will be discontinued today"

Andrenid — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 23:46:04 +0000

Discord has absolutely replaced AIM/MSN/ICQ/IRC for my friends. Everyone I care to chat to uses it, and has it on all their devices, including phone, as our primary messenger. My circle of friends is admittedly nearly entirely techies (and some finance crowd who seem to love Discord too).

New comment by Andrenid in "Skype Vanishes from App Stores in China, Including Apple’s"

Andrenid — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:19:34 +0000

There's that little tiny one called Android too.

New comment by Andrenid in "Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?"

Andrenid — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:57:03 +0000

I'd love an e-ink dashboard in my car so it's not so glary, e-ink tablet that does a bit more than a Kindle but isn't a full media player (super thin super light with basic browser for wiki, news, rss, and email), ~20" e-ink screen on the inside of my apartment door with calendar and notifications and todolist, there's so many cool things we could do with the tech if we could produce it cheaper and bigger. Not everything needs to be able to play video.