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fatbat··on Wireless HDMI for Everyone
Awesome! Did not know about MHL. Looks like that is used by the Roku Streaming Stick too. I think you should definitely mention that in the campaign as well. Going to keep an eye on this and the stretch goals. Thank you!
fatbat··on Wireless HDMI for Everyone
So I have been wanting a HDMI dongle or similar solution and this sounds promising. I was hoping Chromecast would have delivered something closer to this but alas it focused too much on entertainment content (and tab casting barely works for me).

I know it is a WIP, but this would have been much more attractive/awesome if they managed to power without separate USB and add wifi AC support. That would have made it a serious competitor even if at a higher price point.

fatbat··on The Open Book Sale of My $600K eCommerce Store, With Financials
Thank you for the awesome article and sharing the details! One random question from looking at the charts, how do insurance/product liability for drop shipping work? Are they generally not needed or covered by someone else?
fatbat··on Coin
My thoughts exactly. I feel like there should be some sort of locking mechanism tied to toggling.
fatbat··on Webdesign tool Macaw raises $275k on Kickstarter, $200k more than original goal
Depends on your end goal I suppose. Not everyone wants to learn development. Some people just prefer getting things done and this tool certainly has potential to help in that regard.
fatbat··on See Your Folks
Inspiring. I actually have a shelved project that is somewhat similar but for marriage + life, etc.

I think I will continue that now!

fatbat··on LeadGeni.us: User acquisition as a service
How is this different from simply running ad campaigns with lead gen companies?
fatbat··on Analyze Github commits to know which convention is popular
Looking at the javascript one I wonder if the data is skewed by the many minimized code.
fatbat··on Trsst: a distributed secure blog platform for the open web
Play on the word trust + rss? tRSSt?
fatbat··on Show HN: Mobile feedback your users will love
Interesting. I think this is a good idea seeing as how I kind of do this already except with voice transcribe on the keyboard.

Unlike a text report though where users can edit or take a moment to collect their thoughts, I think voice feedback will create alot of recordings where people are unprepared and thus unable to structure deeper more meaningful feedback.

That said, I am curious on how many users accidentally release their hold or submit multiple feedbacks as they add more info?

fatbat··on Why I'm saying goodbye to Dropbox and hello to SpiderOak Hive
I have only seen one outdated blog post benchmarking upload speed of the various services being suggested here. http://www.proposedsolution.com/downloads/online-storage-ser...

As a Dropbox user, I find that the files get synced very quickly and I wonder if these alternatives (Spideroak/Wuala) being suggested will match that speed. That will be a factor as well to consider.

fatbat··on Just got an Amber Alert on my Phone
The first time I got the alert (non-amber) it took me by surprise. Having never seen/heard of it I thought it was mistake/joke.

It was a flash flood alert in Las Vegas, a desert. It happened again the following day but this time a friend shared with me a pic of a flooded Caeser's Palace casino. It helped me avoid that area.

fatbat··on Loom (YC W12) Launching Cloud Storage for Photos and Videos
I would love to have a cloud solution for personal pictures, etc but I do not see any mention about the security/ rights/ privacy. That would be my main concern for using a service like this.
fatbat··on Hijacking a Facebook Account with SMS
Looks like there was a 2-day window between when the reveal post was made vs when Facebook fixed it.
fatbat··on Yahoo resetting usernames that have been inactive for over 12 months
12 months inactivity is too short. Too simple of a reason for something so aggressive.
fatbat··on Burner Phone
Is it biodegradable?
fatbat··on How to Leak to the Press
Why not just use Kinko's?
fatbat··on Show HN: Codementor – instant one-to-one mentor for programming and design
What if money was involved from both parties? I do not think it will be a complete solution but was wondering if incentive & penalty variables will keep people committed. Like a deposit structure?
fatbat··on Polymer, a Web Components library built by Google
Thank you for that. Without a working demo it was hard to wrap around how this can be used. The video totally made me want to use it now!
fatbat··on Auto-Canceling Subscriptions
Confused. Why do a Auto-Cancel-Subscription model when they can do Pay-To-Use model?
fatbat··on Coinbase grew 15x in the past 3 months
Actually there are additional costs to using Mt Gox and other exchanges as well.

Aside from monetary ones, I know from experience that Mt Gox has horrible customer service. The size of their operation does not match the level of customer service required. Granted, banks suffer the same but at least they have B&M presence.

fatbat··on DBX
That is over 3 yrs of Dropbox Pro for one user, so I am curious what they will offer on that single day.
fatbat··on Duplicate your House Keys with your Phone
My bad, I missed that part. But I still think those conditions are far from sufficient. A sharp picture and a credit card?! Really? How would anyone even resolve that this service was the accessory to the crime?

I like the slowness and hassle of duplicating keys because I know that someone would have to swipe my keys to do that. Not just snap a clear picture.

The future is probably with smarter locks, not enhancing what is broken.

fatbat··on Duplicate your House Keys with your Phone
My immediate thoughts as well. Perhaps a different scenario.

eg- Anyone can easily just take their friends key, snap a pic and have creep access to their house/car/locker/safe/etc.

I am not sure if this kind of easy service is a good one to have around. Do not forget real-world security too!

fatbat··on Want To Raise A Million Bucks? Here’s What You’ll Need
Interesting metrics though I think the ballpark figures are missing ballpark examples.

On one hand 100K signups/download seems to be easier to achieve than $50K rev/mon but on the other hand if my e-comm product sells for $5000 each that seems easier too.

Nevertheless interesting metrics!

fatbat··on Instacart Launches Costco
I was wondering the same thing. Why have a personal membership anymore when I can just utilise instacart to deliver it. Personally, incorporating Costco's selection is a big plus for me.

Now... if anyone is interested in insta-gas delivery, hit me up. ;)

fatbat··on We've Open-sourced Rendr
What do you mean by "where everyone stands"?

I agree that there are so many JS libs/frameworks now that it is hard to keep up with! I actually started on a super simple script for myself to compare git repos general stats.

fatbat··on Multiplayer Game 'Eve Online' Cultivates a Most Devoted Following
I feel the exact same way. I especially enjoyed reading one article a few years back about a real-world Eve scam. Not sure how to find it anymore but it was very well written as are a lot of Eve stories.

I did not know CCP bought White Wolf Studios and will be looking forward to what they do with those creative brands. Will they dominate the sci-fi and horror genre?

fatbat··on _why's site is updated
Just a random-lol-thought but somehow my brain floated this. Could _why = Satoshi Nakamoto?
fatbat··on It was not a DDoS: MtGox got 20k new accounts per day
But are the other markets as rabid as MtGox? I think that is why alot of people even put up with the higher fees.

Also when MtGox comes back online in ~3 hours I believe we will be in for some more bot action manipulation, especially with the temporary fee waive now.

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