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hmhrex

438 karma · joined January 20, 2014

Creator of https://routinehub.co and https://500mile.email

Currently working on https://soundcheck.ing (WIP)

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hmhrex··on Netlify Analytics
Congratulations Netlify on launching this! I'm all for simple, non-tracking analytics, and this perfect for that use.
hmhrex··on Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
I just mentioned this to a co-worker last week. This was news here 4 years ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11140033
hmhrex··on I left the ad industry because of data tracking
Podcasts are a great place to advertise! No tracking available there.

I would suggest looking at communities and websites that are targeting fantasy novels and Tabletop RPGs. You're headed in the right direction.

Unfortunately that solution doesn't exist yet.

hmhrex··on I left the ad industry because of data tracking
I've been trying to do a monthly report on the RH blog, but I'm behind by a couple months. I've actually been thinking more about how to get more info about this. If you have any specific questions, I can try and answer them for you or bring them back to the others.
hmhrex··on I left the ad industry because of data tracking
I use Firefox as my main driver and just tested this, and it does exactly as you're saying. Thanks, I'll take a look.
hmhrex··on I left the ad industry because of data tracking
Me and a few other people have been pushing for ethical advertising. It doesn't have to be this way.

We meet monthly to give each other advice and help each other out. It's hard, it can take more time, but it's been a great experience, and I hope that this starts to become the norm over time.

Here's the group:

- Eric Berry with CodeFund (https://codefund.io)

- David Fischer with ReadTheDocs (https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/advertising/ethical-ad...)

- Roberto Galoppini with Filezilla (https://filezilla-project.org/ethical_ads.php)

- Harley Hicks (Me) with RoutineHub (https://routinehub.co/ads)

hmhrex··on Finding My Next Bootstrapped Business Idea
Thanks to you, I finally read The Mom Test. It was extremely insightful alongside your written experience.
hmhrex··on Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order
The option to "subscribe" is enticing! $25 a month is pretty good if using daily.
hmhrex··on Bird One Scooter – Pre-Order
This is too expensive for what I need to commute to work and back. Any other recommendations for electric bikes/scooters/boards?
hmhrex··on DungeonDelveXL (2017)
Is there any repository of Excel applications like this? I would love to see what other people have done.
hmhrex··on Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS
It would be great if you expanded on _why_ it's different.
hmhrex··on Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS
Reading through the Privacy Policy, I have some concerns.

Under "Usage Information":

> We may collect information about: how you communicate with those Wavers, such as their names, the time and date of your communications...

I know you're not storing the actual messages (in plain text at least), but I don't like the idea that you're storing who I'm talking to.

Under "Information Provided By Third Parties":

> - Advertisers may let us know you installed a new app or games so we can determine whether we showed you an ad for it.

> - If you interact with one of our advertisers, they may share information with us to help target or measure the performance of ads.

> - If another user uploads their contact list, we may combine information from the user's contact list with other information we have collected about you.

That's too much profiling for my liking.

In the end, even though the messages are "private", I don't feel that this app is taking my _privacy_ seriously.

Otherwise, I like the design, the UI and the idea. We need more competitors in this space. I do desire a web version of any message platform I use. It makes it easier for me to communicate throughout the day.

hmhrex··on Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS
They don't own Wave anymore.[0]

[0] https://incubator.apache.org/projects/wave.html

hmhrex··on Experts cracked laptop of crypto CEO who died with $137M, but the money was gone
That is publicly available for everyone to read?
hmhrex··on An Honest Living
Agreed. This is a good mindset shift that I will definitely be using.
hmhrex··on AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform: Call It Mirrorworld
You bring up some good points, but I would be happy with having that info for people in my Contacts list. I would see it like this, each user has an id, and I would be able to tie that id to a name. And it would only be visible if they were in eye-sight.
hmhrex··on Advocating for privacy in Australia
This. I've been trying to find both web and email hosting outside of the 14 eyes, and it's not easy. It's very frustrating. I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep my user's data safe from these kind of legislations (within reason of course). The site I run isn't even that large, but I'm still concerned about these kinds of things stifling my business.
hmhrex··on Show HN: Supportify – Support your top Spotify artists by buying on Bandcamp
It's closer to the top on desktop! I wish it was higher up on mobile.
hmhrex··on Lyft speeds ahead with its autonomous initiatives
I thought the big selling point for Lyft for awhile is that there profitability wasn't dependent on shifting to autonomous vehicles, where Uber's was. This seemed to make drivers move to Lyft because they felt they had more job security. Was that just perceived?
hmhrex··on Delete Your Account Now: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier
I like this idea. I might just try it with my family.
hmhrex··on AWS S3 (Ohio region) is currently experiencing issues
Looks like it's back up again. Was out between 3:00 and 3:30.
hmhrex··on Show HN: RoutineHub – A place to share and keep track or iOS Shortcuts
This is a project I've worked on for the past week, and I'm excited to finally get it out to the world.

I was excited about Apple's new Shortcuts app and just how powerful it is, but there seemed to be a huge pain point that there didn't seem to be a great community for it or a way to keep track of versions, etc. So I created RoutineHub.

I'm really excited to see other people's Shortcuts!

hmhrex··on Vapid: an intentionally simple CMS
Kumbaya, my friend.

But seriously, in my experience, I'd rather use something other than Wordpress. There are lots of things it does well, but not usually for the projects I work on. Use the tool that works well for the project.

hmhrex··on Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels?
Honestly, I feel like the story is incomplete without the sequel. It made the whole idea even better.
hmhrex··on Original Source code for the Furby [pdf]
I was going to mention this too. It was a great episode that gave me a lot to think about (I have kids)
hmhrex··on Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels?
If you read Daemon, you really need to read FreedmonTM. It's a direct sequel, and almost has a hopeful vision of the future where Daemon has a dismal vision.
hmhrex··on Show HN: Hedphones – Track releases of the artists you follow on Spotify
Thank you! Hope you enjoy!
hmhrex··on Show HN: Hedphones – Track releases of the artists you follow on Spotify
You scared me for a minute. My project is missing the “a” in “head”. So it’s a little different.
hmhrex··on Show HN: Hedphones – Track releases of the artists you follow on Spotify
This is a project that I've been working on as a side project for the past 4 months. Hedphones is using Django and Bulma along with the Spotify API. It's been an idea rolling around in my head for a while now and I'm excited to finally get it out there. I've opened space for 50 beta testers.

I wrote a blog post to explain what Hedphones is all about: https://hedphon.es/blog/1/say-hello-to-hedphones

Or if you want a quick rundown, you can read the FAQ: https://hedphon.es/faq/

Or you can skip all that and go straight to the beta signup form : https://hedphon.es/beta-signup/

Let me know what you think!

hmhrex··on We're Baking ‘Have I Been Pwned’ into Firefox and 1Password
I'll be checking out bitwarden for sure. It looks great. I'm ready to move away from Dashlane. While I haven't had any issues with it, I'd feel more comfortable having the data stored on my own servers. And the cost difference is pretty huge.
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