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kinard··on Brandchirps – Simple Brand Monitoring
I just tried to sign up and received an error. I'm based in the UK, I've emailed you the details.

In regards to pricing. I would say it's very reasonable, you could probably charge more (after I'm grandfathered in of course) :)

I see you had a 7 day refund policy, that was enough to give me confidence. If you can't afford the very low price, then you don't have a brand worth protecting.

Can't wait to try the service, let me know when it's fixed :)

kinard··on Founder came back after 8 years to rewrite Flash photo editor in Canvas/WebGL
Just wanted to say thank you for Pixlr, I was able to integrate it into our SaaS product and during my demo's it was a real WOW feature. Really appreciate it. We moved to a JS based image editor a few years ago when Pixlr started to get ad injections :(
kinard··on Google Calendar Is Down
Shushhhhh, I've still got my fingers crossed they don't notice us.
kinard··on Third fatal Tesla Autopilot crash renews questions about system
I hate when I see replies from Tesla stating that so-and-so didn't have their hands on the wheel for X number of seconds/minutes. It's bollocks. As a model S owner, for a few weeks I didn't realise it was sensing turn pressure, rather than grip pressure. So I had numerous warnings about my hands not being detected, even though they were constantly on the steering wheel.
kinard··on How does a relational database work? (2017)
"Error establishing a database connection" - Not very well apparently :)
kinard··on Eliminating Robocalls
Great blog post, actually looking forward to the second part.
kinard··on Jabra: we know our Bluetooth headsets don’t work with laptops
Do you not have a small claims court in your area? Here in the UK if a product is not as described then you are entitled to a full refund from the supplier (not the manufacturer). As they are the ones you have a contract with. The supplier can take it up with the manufacturer. No help from the supplier? Then sue them, I've done that several times, it's cheap, easy and quick. I've never had a failure suing a business for a consumer protection issue.

https://www.smallclaimscourtgenie.co.uk/money-claim-online/

kinard··on Ask HN: Best Command-Line Applications?
XTree Gold
kinard··on CleverBrush has released JavaScript vector editor component
I've been integrating with this recently, it's a very useful tool. They are very responsive to developer requests. We're trying to replace svg-edit as our editor, and this is working out well. Although it is paid (which is fine for us as we're a commercial entity).
kinard··on What travel insurance really means
Contact the financial ombudsman, they will be able to help, and in a lot of cases they side with the consumer. http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk
kinard··on Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for water-splitting using sunlight
I understood some of those words.
kinard··on Google Maps Platform
Thanks, I'll take a look!
kinard··on Google Maps Platform
Maps, Places and Geocoding
kinard··on Google Maps Platform
WOW, my costs are going to go from about $320 per month to $3,750 per month.

Time to find a different solution! GULP!

kinard··on Tesla Model 3 Sets New EV Cannonball Run Record
Without a doubt, It seems like everyone is playing catchup, I'm still shocked how far behind the German car manufacturers are. I recently switched from a BMW M5 to a model S. It's been a great switch for me. Slightly lacking in build quality but made up for in that 0-60 excitement!
kinard··on Magic Leap One
I'll join you in the Oasis.
kinard··on Using an IDE Hard Drive with a 8051 Board and 82C55 Chip (2005)
Yup, I too wanted to see the offering from US Software, it looks like they have diversified somewhat :)
kinard··on Scenic Tram Simulator
Amazing, I loved this.
kinard··on Microsoft's homepage circa 1994
It's from an automated process. Are you an automated process?
kinard··on One man's obsession with rediscovering the Doves typeface
The font files that have been created are copyrightable. Fonts have been classified as computer programmes and as such are afforded copyright protection.

However, the font itself is long out of copyright, so that you or I could create our own version of the font from printed samples by digitising the font.

This happens all the time.

The other issue is that sometimes trademarks can get involved. In that the name of the font could be trademarked and thus the font offered some small protection in that it's hard to then find a duplicate font because it has to be called something different.

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