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For anybody that is curious [very NSFW] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=naked+yoga

Awesome, congrats on the progress Quang!

Our customers provide the certs. We can sort something out for Jitsi though. They are on the app store so they most likely already have a cert.

We can help here. We'll do it free. Jitsi guys: Email me dave[at]todesktop.com.

Hi Sungho, Dave from ToDesktop here. Great to see people using ToDesktop on HN. :)

edit: Sungho, we've fixed that Google auth issue. It was an Electron-wide issue. If you rebuild the app then Google auth should work again.

It's easy to under appreciate the amount of infrastructure work involved in deploying a production electron app to customers. Auto-updates, code signing, installers etc...

I'm working on a startup to help solve some of this: https://www.todesktop.com

Feedback appreciated :)

I did the very first Startup School and the most recent Startup School.

When I did the first Startup School I made a number of mistakes. The most costly was that I didn't launch early enough. When I did eventually launch my product, I launched with too many features and I found it difficult to explain to my beta testers. It was "cool" but my users found that it changed their workflow too much and they didn't want to make the investment to see if it was worthwhile. I got disheartened and gave up.

The funny thing was that I was aware that what I was doing was considered "common startup pitfalls" even as I was making the mistakes. From talking to other founders, it seems that a lot of us only learn by making the mistake for ourselves.

At the most recent Startup School, I started again with a new idea. I was determined to build something that solved a specific problem that was easy-to-explain and I wanted to launch quickly. I'm still very early-on in the journey but I have customers, revenue and growth.

I would particularly recommend solo founders to give Startup School a go. As a solo founder, the weekly updates with peers really helped keep me honest with myself.

edit:

Old (failed) Startup: https://pin.gy

New Startup: https://www.todesktop.com

edit2: If you watch one SUS video ever then watch this 16 minute video from Sam Altman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lJKucu6HJc

Deaths per KM is 60x lower when flying rather than driving a car. Even for short haul flights, flying is considerably less deadly than driving the same distance.

I launched ToDesktop back in April, I'm ramen profitable and I'm working on it full-time.

I don't know if I would call it a success yet. I want my revenue to reach six figures annually before I call it a success but I'm seeing good growth. Most of my growth now is coming from organic search engine traffic. I've posted some high-leverage page speed + SEO tips on Indie Hackers here: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/marketing-tools-are-damagi...

I'm a product/tech person with some graphic design experience but I was really weak on sales/marketing before I started working on ToDesktop. If you're like me (strong on tech/product, weak on sales/marketing) then I would highly recommend Julian Shapiro's guide on growth marketing. It's zero-fluff and written by someone with a technical mindset: https://www.julian.com/guide/growth/intro

A one-person business is tough, it's lonely at times. It can also be tough to work on the things you should be working on (as opposed to the things you want to work on). This is enjoyable sometimes though, for example, I made my test suite dance to Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk. Totally unnecessary but it renewed my enthusiasm and made for a fun tweet. https://twitter.com/DaveJ/status/1167386564240056321

Self-promo for those interested: ToDesktop automatically creates a desktop app from any web app. It's like Electron-as-a-Service with code signing, installer, auto-updates, app notarization taken care of. https://www.todesktop.com/

By the way, you can get around this by using their custom domain support and proxying the segment script.

I've been stuck on the iPhone SE since release and refuse to switch even though the home button is broken. I would consider switching to Android if a manufacturer released a premium phone with SE-like dimensions. There's literally nothing on the market with a decent spec anymore. "Compact" phones now have screens that are > 6 inches.

Slack is probably their closest competitor at this stage. But they do crypto (stellar) wallets + git + identity too. The encrypted git functionality is really handy for sharing API keys.

Yes but he was trying to do the opposite and match with everyone.

Here's the corresponding issue on Github: https://github.com/electron/asar/issues/123

As you can see from the issue, this exploit has been known for 2 years and probably longer than that. As I said (November 2018) in the linked issue, I believe it's only a matter of time before Skype/Slack/VSCode gets packaged up with malicious code and flies under the radar of SmartScreen and Gatekeeper. It probably won't be downloaded from the official websites but there are plenty of other ways of distributing the software. I get the feeling that the Electron team aren't taking it too seriously. I think this has the potential for a really dangerous exploit.

My startup (ToDesktop[1]) uses Electron and I've put a huge effort into securing certificates on HSMs (Hardware Security Modules). But it's mostly a pointless exercise when a hacker can simply edit the javascript source.

[1] https://www.todesktop.com/

I'm currently ranked number 24 on the leaderboard. I was in the top 10 until they started picking winners. You can see from the chart in the article that I (DaveJ) have the largest negative "rank change since start" with -21. My feedback emails on my progress have been very positive.

It's all good though. I understand that they are looking for pioneering ideas (hard sciences, research projects, AI, etc.). Perhaps B2B SaaS is a little less pioneering. I'm definitely going to stick with Pioneer though. As a bootstrapped solo-founder, having a weekly progress report to submit to my peers helps keep me focused and motivated. If I win a prize then that would be amazing, and if not then my startup will still benefit from my consistent progress :-).

edit: By the way, I'm working on a self-service tool for converting web apps to desktop apps: https://www.todesktop.com/

I don't know whether chronic Lyme is a thing or is not a thing. But there is something going on and medicine doesn't have an answer for it currently. Fibromyalgia is a useless diagnosis. Most of the time docs don't know what's going on so they just a slap a label of CSF or fibromyalgia on it. It means nothing other than you seem to have these list of symptoms.

LLMDs seem to get much better results than traditional docs for people struggling with these symptoms (just based on a bunch of anecdotes that I've heard, not a study). They may have the pathology wrong but for the sufferer it doesn't matter as long as their condition is improving.

Issues with deli meats could also point to histamine issues and mast cell activation syndrome. I'm not saying it applied to your case but perhaps it's something for others to be aware of.

It's a personal anecdote of an individual's experience. When you are at your wits end with an illness and doctors have no answer for you, then it's natural to want to try stuff with very little science behind it. It's all you have. The alternative is to do nothing.

Also, Chronic Lyme is notoriously difficult to diagnose conclusively. The diagnoses that we do have are not widely accepted.

Sam Altman is on record saying that they asked him to leave because he recruited talent from OpenAI for his other companies. Sam seemed quite philosophical about it though and was complimentary to Musk otherwise. It doesn't sound like there was a ton of bad blood there.

I have some experience with this, you can use javascript on the https:// meeting link to detect if the app protocol (zoom:// or whatever) exists. If the app protocol exists then go straight to the app protocol link. If it doesn’t then prompt the user to download and install Zoom. The JS is a bit messy and requires a few different approaches but it works on all popular browsers on Windows and Mac (Linux support wasn’t needed, so not sure).

Of course, the browser will pop up a confirmation dialog to ask if you want to open the Zoom app but this is a feature not a bug.

Where are they going to get access to the diffs of the patch? iOS is closed source.

I’m not sure of the stats honestly but there’s still going to be a huge long tail of people on earlier versions for months afterwards. I was surprised that I was still on iOS 12.2.

Sounds good in theory. In reality, the vast majority of iPhone users are not aware that this bug exists and never will be. The best action for user safety is to wait until the period has elapsed or the exploit has been seen in the wild already.

Alternatively, they could publish the gist of the exploit without providing enough detail to actually perform the exploit.

I didn’t read it like that. I read it more like... yes, we just got some money from investors but the drive for profitability is still a huge priority.

> This is not the packing area though.

Yeah but if you pack fast enough and have your bags already open on the trolley then you can it done at the till.

A couple of things I've noticed here at Aldi in Ireland. Particularly interested in the psychological aspects:

- The packing area (after the till) is quite small. This means that if you're not packing quickly and putting items back into the trolley then the till operator will have to stop scanning because of the backlog. They will often make subtle eye-contact (with a smile) when they have to stop, this puts the shopper under pressure to pack quicker. I'm a fast packer so it doesn't affect me but I've seen it with other people.

- The till operator will ask you "Cash or Card" before you have finished packing. Another nudge to hurry you on to the next stage.

- They will open a new till the second the queue goes beyond the edge of the conveyor belt. Often they will open up the till for just one customer and then close it again as the queues have subsided. I've seen a large variance in this though, some Aldi's are lazer-like, others are more laid-back.

Pointless comparison really, you're comparing a startup (in automotive industry context) to a company established in the 1900s. Tesla's revenue growth is 40x Ford.

Sorry, you're correct. I was looking at 2018 revenue, not market cap.

That's insane. One-third of Tesla's market cap and they seem to be far behind in self-driving, battery tech, charging infrastructure and product development.

> If you look at his past claims it becomes clear that he should just be ignored.

What's an example of this? His timelines are often much too aggressive for reality but he repeatedly delivers (eventually).