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endual··on YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content
It might help if you posted a link to where the FDA approval was announced: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...

"Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine"

endual··on Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government's contact tracing app
That's a false dichotomy. They could be totally fine with the intent of this app, but concerned with its potential secondary effects. And "something they did in the past" suggests they have stopped doing it.
endual··on Sydney startup Curbit lets users pick up someone’s unwanted goods from the kerb
Councils picking up and disposing of stuff is paid for by the council. Councils are your customer.

Collect stats on the number and type of items picked up per council. If you get any traction, tell the councils it will cost X$ to keep the service running in their area.

endual··on iOS 9.3 Preview
I totally agree that tablets suck for creation. But I think you're assuming that programming is the only thing to learn via a device.

In my day job we make educational HTML games for kids learning english and math. A heap of schools use this as part of lessons, and we get a lot of extremely positive feedback from teachers.

As to whether an iPad is better than a computer? From a kid's UX, and IT infrastructure POV, tablets are generally seen as better/easier to use and maintain.

At home, I try to keep my kids off screens whenever I can though...

endual··on It Is A Violation Of The Adobe Trademark To Say An Image Was "Photoshopped"
Correct: New features in Adobe® Photoshop® have added bloat since Adobe® Photoshop® 5.5.

Incorrect: Photoshop's new features are impressive.

OK, think I've got it!

endual··on Andrew Warner is in the hospital
Hope everything works out for the best, and you're all shiney soon. If you're having stomach issues though, maybe a burger and fries isn't the best meal you could look forward to? Maybe celebrate with some sushi!
endual··on Unsuck It - translate business jargon
Hmmm, tried to redefine "angel investor" as "sugar daddy" and it hasn't work... Maybe they approve it? Whatever, back to the shiraz!
endual··on Ask HN: What proficiency does one need to start freelancing?
You need to know more than the person you're freelancing to...

Since you've had a few years in a related field and built up some contacts you should be good to go (as long as you have a good rep with them). Let them know you are offering a new service, and get some info up. No matter what you're going to be learning new stuff the whole time, so you may as well just start now!

endual··on Experiments with HTML5 <canvas> and <audio>
Nice example! And cheers for including the code.

I think the "low res" comes from there being a pre-defined number of segments making up the curves. Smaller curves just look smoother. To get them all looking smooth would require more complex subdivisions, and maybe bog it down?

Great proof of concept though!

endual··on Ask HN: Music while coding
It's freaking me out, but my tastes have totally changed over the years. It used to be The Dead Kennedy's and 70's punk, but lately it's minimalist modern classical, like Robert Rich or David Darling...
endual··on Apple’s iPhone 4 Strategy: Free Cases for All
I found it questionable that Jobs compared iPhone 4 dropouts to iPhone 3GS drop outs, and said it wasn't a big deal, only 1% worse. What would be interesting is to see the numbers compared to different smart phones... I think the problem would look a whole lot worse!