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fasicle··on Google Analytics 4
Yep, I've been on the same Google Analytics for the past ~6 years. It's still working and I haven't ever migrated / updated it.
fasicle··on Google Tensor SoC debuts on the new Pixel 6 this fall
Agreed - I'm still on a Pixel 2 and the phone is running great except the battery life. I have to charge it twice a day now.
fasicle··on Brian Armstrong sold $291.8M in Coinbase shares on opening day
What percentage of his total shares is this?
fasicle··on Deliveroo shares drop 30% on UK IPO listing
How do Deliveroo metrics compare to Uber Eats? Which is more profitable?
fasicle··on The Deno Company
The article says they "raised 4.9 million dollars of seed capital" so I expect their investors will want a decent return over the next few years.
fasicle··on Coinbase S-1
Could Coinbase have done an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) to raise money for their investors and employees instead, where the coin tracks revenue or something?
fasicle··on NordVPN disables features when you turn off auto-renew
Audible might be the exception, I'm very happy with it.
fasicle··on B2B SaaS marketplaces with opportunities for indie hackers
That's interesting, could you expand on this line a little more:

"Our primary work is in remote work for non-desktop people and educational/video space plus a live ecommerce"

fasicle··on B2B SaaS marketplaces with opportunities for indie hackers
Which is surprising as I assumed not many people would be travelling at the moment.
fasicle··on Bumble S-1
Revenue:

"Bumble and Badoo are two of the highest grossing online dating mobile applications... generated $376.6 million... in the period from January 29, 2020 to September 30, 2020."

Actually higher than I was expecting.

fasicle··on Coinbase is experiencing connectivity issues
Others who are happy with the gains they have made, and think it's too risky to keep holding. I've got a friend who sold his bitcoin recently to buy a house.

Unlike companies which have revenue as a marker, the bitcoin price seems very speculative, and if you think others might sell at 40k, you might do the same.

fasicle··on Tell HN: Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays from the UK :)
fasicle··on Google Poly will be shutting down on June 30, 2021
Dear Poly users,

We’re sending this note to let you know that, on June 30, 2021, the Poly website will be shutting down. The ability to upload 3D models on poly.google.com will be shut down on April 30, 2021.

What does this mean for you?

Your assets will be available at poly.google.com until June 30, 2021. You can download your entire library at takeout.google.com/settings/takeout/custom/poly, or you can download individual assets by viewing each asset’s page. After June 30, poly.google.com and associated APIs will no longer be accessible. You will not be able to upload new 3D models on poly.google.com after April 30, 2021.

We want to thank you for joining us on this journey. We appreciate you trusting us to host your assets and provide a space where they can shine. The amazing work that our users have uploaded to Poly every day has surprised, humbled, and delighted us, and we have you to thank.

For more information, view this Help Center article.

Thanks, The Poly Team Poly

fasicle··on Losses at Revolut more than triple to £106m
"If you choose to open a full current account with Revolut Bank in the future, any funds you deposit will be protected up to €100,000 under the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS)."

https://blog.revolut.com/we-got-a-banking-licence/

fasicle··on When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its 30% cut [edited]
Is this true? From their docs [1]: "There are no fees to refund a charge, but the fees from the original charge aren’t returned."

[1] https://stripe.com/docs/refunds

fasicle··on Slack Files EU Competition Complaint Against Microsoft
"Microsoft has illegally tied its Teams product into its market-dominant Office productivity suite, force installing it for millions, blocking its removal, and hiding the true cost to enterprise customers"

Is teams auto installed with the Office suite and can it not be uninstalled?

fasicle··on The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival crash so fast?
I tried Quibi for a few days when it was released (90 day free trial) but found the content to be pretty boring.

Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it, but I tried a few different shows and nothing really kept me engaged like shows on Netflix.

fasicle··on Bootstrap 5 alpha
"we’re now able to drop jQuery as a dependency", interesting
fasicle··on The Content Marketing Handbook (2015)
This surely depends on the industry, I'm in the VR training space and there is plenty to write about.
fasicle··on Boost VC closes $40M fund as revamped ‘sci-fi’ accelerator
I was in the 2017 program and I agree that it was an amazing experience! As a first time founder, I learnt a huge amount during the 3 months.
fasicle··on WeWork sues SoftBank over canceled $3B tender offer
I know a lot of people, including myself, who have cancelled membership to WeWork due to Coronavirus.

I intend to join again when we're allowed to leave our houses.

fasicle··on How SEO Ruined the Internet
Agreed, I almost always find what I am looking for on my first search. It might be a few search results down the page, but usually what I'm looking for is found on the first search.

Maybe I've just adapted to typing in words and phrases into Google in a way that brings up the results I'm looking for.

fasicle··on Free virtual tours of 2,500 museums around the world
These are worth checking out as well:

https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/arts-culture

fasicle··on Virus Survival Strategy for Startups
Have you got a link for the "Massive layoffs in Spain" - I'd be interested to read as I'm living in Madrid and no one has mentioned being laid off yet.
fasicle··on Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating
Will be interesting to see if Coronavirus helps at all with climate change.

I assume there will be a lot less flights, cars on the road etc. when cities start getting shut down.

fasicle··on Dow Slides Nearly 1,400 Points, Enters Bear Market
Has Robinhood crashed again?
fasicle··on Denmarks shuts down all schools, daycare facilities, universities, highschools
Madrid has also shut all schools and universities as of today, for 2 weeks.
fasicle··on Facebook Now Lets You Turn Any 2D Photo into a 3D Image Using AI
Would this work for converting 2D panorama photos to 3D for VR purposes, essentially creating a fake stereoscopic photo?
fasicle··on Revolut raises $500M at a $5.5B valuation
This line from the article is interesting:

"An analysis of the start and end dates of 147 former Revolut employees on LinkedIn suggests that over 80 percent had lasted less than a year, and over half stayed at the company for less than six months."

fasicle··on What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
WhatsApp is massive in Europe, I'm currently in Spain and nobody uses anything else.
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