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acomms··on How to Animate Multiplayer Cursors
Thanks, that makes sense!
acomms··on How to Animate Multiplayer Cursors
I like this solution but would latency create issues? You'd only be sending 100ms worth of motion every ~120ms. Would you just drift 200ms behind with every passing second (20ms behind after each 100ms batch)? I think I may be missing something though.
acomms··on Please Stop Using Grey Text
I tried this method, but i'm finding it impossible to book movie tickets when I keep closing the window on their homepage.
acomms··on Why I'll never use Affirm again
I am curious why you think 'real-time' risk modelling in particular might be deficient? For the record I agree, but my issues are with fintech lenders desire to lend out money too freely (models that are designed to pump lending #'s, not repayment).
acomms··on Claymorphism: Will it stick around?
Out of curiosity: What is the frozen food delivery company?
acomms··on The Dark Side of Minimalist Design: Updating Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles [video]
He's saying that heels and basketball shoes are great because they do not adhere to minimalism. If they strictly adhered to just doing their job they would be less decorative than they are. We want these objects to also be expressive, and so we design them to be so. He's suggesting this expression is good, and shouldn't be constrained by an adherence to minimalistic design.
acomms··on Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong
The game does increase in difficulty (shrinking paddles, increased speed).
acomms··on UBS Acquires Wealthfront for $1.4B
2 things come to mind: 1. These target the large majority of people with no will or interest in researching/picking/managing their own ETF investments. 2. Robo advisers re-balance your ETF portfolio (in much the way an individual ETF would).
acomms··on Show HN: 3D map of shade around the world
Bigger than you'd think, it's true! Outremont gets sunrise about 45 minutes after the eastern part of the city.
acomms··on Lets talk about how NFTs are a giant scam
For sure this thread of his is passionate, but I can't really refute any of his points. The current NFT market is hot potato.
acomms··on Cryptocurrency is something people tell lies about in hopes of getting richer
Why are you so convinced that cryptocurrency solves the "outside forces much larger and more powerful than me have influence over the system" problem? It exchanged a solution to some problems for a new set of problems to be solved.
acomms··on Designing Beautiful Shadows in CSS
Why can't depth be a design element that creates visual hierarchy for a better UX? Better UX can generate business value.
acomms··on Ask HN: How do you validate your startup idea when you've no distribution?
This is tough in B2C though.
acomms··on Empty storefronts are killing neighbourhoods
Rents in Montreal are historically cheaper than other major metros (in Canada). I am currently looking for commercial space in Toronto and despite lots of empty spaces, rates remain high.
acomms··on New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
Why would inflation stay at 0? That is extremely unlikely.
acomms··on Six Figures in 6 days
If you're good and persistent eventually you get lucky. Most people just give up because being persistent is emotionally draining.
acomms··on Uber CEO Wants to Shift More Engineering Jobs to India, Sparking Internal Debate
I would tend to disagree with this. Facebook's customer is advertisers, which inherently requires scale/ad placements + live auction system + the FB graph matchmaking. I am not familiar with the internals of Uber, but they earn revenue if they can get a rider in a car, pay both parties, and then take a cut.
acomms··on U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Recession
This might be a dumb question, but wouldn't whoever sold the car/provided financing have the lien on the title? Wouldn't sale/financing be contingent on no other liens on the car/property?
acomms··on TransferWise announces $280M investment
That's really surprising. I've had only great experiences using it between Europe and North America. Maybe an issue with sending to Cyprus?
acomms··on IBM to Acquire the Weather Company
Nope - I think this is the one they're referring to: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather-channel-weather.com/...
acomms··on Wait, Google Sent Me
Haha very nice solution
acomms··on Ask HN: Please stop making infinite scrolling websites
Agreed - nicely done
acomms··on The Ronco Principle
This is actually really great advice - albeit a bit harsh. #2 makes sense, but any advice on solving #1 and #3? Is this yours or did you read about this somewhere?
acomms··on Lecture 5, How to Start a Startup: Peter Thiel
My brain is signalling that you may be missing the point.
acomms··on A New Car UI: How touch screen controls in cars should really work
Some things just need buttons.
acomms··on How traffic actually works
"At the risk of being helpful, here are some things YOU can do that are actually guaranteed to improve commute times for everyone: ... 2. Don’t let people merge in front of you, ever."

How will the commute times of those who sit there waiting to merge be improved? If traffic flow was heavy enough they would never merge.

If they didn't pack a sandwich they'd starve!

acomms··on The Beginner's Guide to Sales
Nice! Thanks for sharing this. You should include some more sales anecdotes if you have any to add. They're a really useful way of communicating a sales strategy being applied to a unique scenario.
acomms··on We’re Being Sued For Linking To Shopzilla
Very strange indeed - people don't take legal action lightly. I don't understand why a simple email asking to remove the link wouldn't work. And if that fails you can always just use the Google Disavow: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...
acomms··on I know the solution, but it's illegal
Hey Pete - Alex from FinanceIt here (http://www.financeit.ca); thanks for the mention in your article! We actually do solve most of the problems you outlined in your article. Our current focus is on improving existing point of sale financing systems for retailers - however we've developed an API (https://www.financeit.ca/api/v1/index.html) so any developer can offer instant approval financing online. I would love to connect anyone whose interested with our API people. Message me at acommons at communitylend.com
acomms··on Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
Thank you! As a heavy tab user this is fantastic feature that complements the way I want to be using my browser. Keep up the great work.
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