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Hm I was hoping this would be about Obsidian-based Wikis.

appplemacon Vacheron Constantin breaks the world record for most complicated wristwatch

It feels like a lot of complications the watchmakers are building now are stuck in the early 20th century. Sure, perpetual calendars will always be useful, but what about:

* pomodoro focus timers * multiple TZ support - like GMT watches but more than one additional TZ shown at once * timers * alarms

appplemacon Alexei Navalny has died

In addition to Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine were also invaded in 2014, and a lot of the area that was invaded then is still occupied today.

appplemacon Germany explores 4-day workweek amid labor shortage

Instead of a 4-day workweek how about setting reasonable hiring standards so that hundreds of thousands of people out of work, especially non-native German speakers, have a chance of getting past the job application screen.

Most jobs, even in tech, in DE currently require good knowledge of German, and "good" is being interpreted as near-native.

appplemacon Pentagon looking to make sure SpaceX doesn’t abandon them in war

Just to clarify that the Starlink service isn’t being provided for free — many of volunteers (and not just them) are paying for subscriptions with their credit cards. [1]

I’m sure there are additional costs for Starlink operations in Ukraine vs other countries, such as extra measures against jamming etc so the operation is less profitable in Ukraine than elsewhere.

And from what I understand there are some terminals that work without a subscription (although I haven’t seen any info about them specifically).

But it’s not free for many users in Ukraine.

[1]: https://wccftech.com/ukrainians-are-paying-for-starlink-them...

appplemacon Estonia: Become an E-Resident

There is an open company registry, it’s possible to see the companies a person owns in Estonia, and how much revenue those companies have generated in the past quarter through rik.ee. Doesn’t require registration to search.

appplemacon Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card slot in 2022

Some providers in DE also don’t allow eSIM on prepaid plans - you have to be on a contract to be able to use eSIM at all (looking at you, Telekom).

appplemacon Rows.com – Spreadsheet that supports external API integration and collaboration

Used to be called dashdash.

appplemacon Facebook still ‘secretly’ tracks your iPhone

TIL! Thank you.

appplemacon Facebook still ‘secretly’ tracks your iPhone

More specifically:

Settings.app —> Privacy —> Location services —> Camera

and turning off the “precise location” option for the Camera app that way.

It would be ideal if there were an “EXIF data” toggle in the Camera section that could allow sharing pictures with apps but with all metadata removed.

appplemacon What I learnt after burning $10M as an entrepreneur

Right, and beyond the value proposition of the email service, you are also serving your customers _by_ being profitable. Because this suggests that your service will be around in many years and hopefully won’t change in ways that users won’t appreciate (which is common with funded companies these days).

appplemacon Coinbase S-1

Agreed, I personally view them as a bridge between the traditional brokerage model that more traditional investors can understand and use, and the crypto world that is looking to be separate from the traditional model.

appplemacon Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious? (2011)

Are there any similar studies that compared modern organically farmed vegetables or fruits with the 1950s versions?

appplemacon Global air pollution maps by the European Space Agency

Was going to ask the same question. There also is a spot in Poland that’s not in a large city - was curious about that one as well. Some sort of NO2-generating production? Also between DRC and Angola.

appplemacon Ask HN: Books giving practical advice on starting a solo SaaS business?

I found my friend Jason Long’s book to be very useful:

https://www.howtokicksaas.com

The SaaS Build section focuses on building with a team, but other sections don't make assumptions about team vs one-person business setup.

Lots of specifics which certain other books lack. The book is not 100% finished.

appplemacon Cooking Patterns

Patterns to ride a bicycle? Sounds interesting…

appplemacon Cooking Patterns

Yep, foodpairing.com is a great tool for this. In the longer term I would prefer to not to need it at all, but for now foodpairing + a set of cooking patterns is what I am concentrating on.

Thanks for the book titles, added to the top of the reading list!

appplemacon Cooking Patterns

Sincerely saying, I have never made a demi-glace, although I should have. Will try after studying the process, thanks for sharing!

For me, Escoffier’s book is probably comparable to Bjarne Stroustrup’s “The C++ Programming Language”, at least by complexity of the material, so I am somewhat afraid of using it. As far as I know, “Le Guide Culinaire” is used as a source of recipes for the Master Chef exam, for example.

Maybe I should try approaching it again with some patience. Cheers!

appplemacon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2015)

I think I just understood where I am going to spend my next weekend :) Hello, Alto Adige!

appplemacon A system that pours a glass of wine without opening the bottle

I wonder if there will be a grey / black market for non-original capsules. Seems promising since, as far as I know, argon is not _that_ expensive to buy.

appplemacon Show HN: Artful for Mac

That would be impressive.

appplemacon Show HN: Honey as a Service

That’s right, the price is per delivery.

appplemacon Show HN: Honey as a Service

Just added a Micro plan, will add a nice cover page for it soon. Thanks again!

appplemacon Show HN: Honey as a Service

A great suggestion, thank you so much. A couple of people told me that already, so I think I will add such a plan very soon.

By the way, if you were to subscribe for such a 'micro' plan, would you prefer to be charged for the delivery once a quarter or to get it distributed among the quarter’s months?

Thanks for the kind words about the design :) Cheers!

appplemacon Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

$0 at the moment for Honey with a Story[1], but I made it pretty recently, and it did not get any coverage yet outside of my circle. But I hope it will :)

[1] www.honeywithastory.com

appplemacon mdp – A command-line based markdown presentation tool

Oh, just realised it’s not Markdown but Ruby instead. Sorry for confusion. Great tool anyway.

appplemacon mdp – A command-line based markdown presentation tool

Xavier Noria did something like this a while ago. https://github.com/fxn/tkn

appplemacon Chesscademy – Learn How to Play Chess

This is a great project, to my mind. My grandfather told me the basics when I was around three years old, but I’ve never really approached tactics, especially in such a structured, accessible and clear way you do it in the videos.

You definitely got me hooked up on this for some time :) Thanks, Andrew, to you and your team!