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samtimalsina··on Reddit Claims 52M Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms
I use BaconReader Premium [0] and it does almost everything I want out of Reddit, including Reddit videos.

[0]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onelouder....

samtimalsina··on Raindrop 5.0
I checked out the repo for the desktop electron app, it talks to a local server. I don't think the backend is open source. Electron is just a wrapper in this case, I would not consider this project open source.
samtimalsina··on Show HN: I built a simple web app for streaming videos
Sounds like a cool idea, wish there was a demo room without uploading a file. Can you talk a little bit about how the video is handled on the server? What steps do you take to keep the file secure and protect the privacy of the users?
samtimalsina··on The phone that almost ruined my social life
ok...
samtimalsina··on Apple, Hey, and the Path Forward
I don't have a horse in the race, but watched this closely. The whole situation put Apple in a bad light, and Basecamp got free publicity. I hesitate to say it was planned, as DHH likes to mention he's not THAT smart. Regardless of the drama, HEY the actual product, looks like it does a lot of things right.
samtimalsina··on Office noise generator
Upvote for mynoise.net. This is a more accurate representation, in my opinion. They have a lot of high quality sounds, and we play the baby shush sounds for our infant almost everyday.
samtimalsina··on Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?
What a delightful blog! I love the small details in the long-form articles. Bookmarking this for further reading.
samtimalsina··on You don't want quality time, you want garbage time
I can relate. I hate taking pictures that you have to "fabricate" or redo because it didn't come out perfect. Especially around kids because they might infer these pictures are important somehow.
samtimalsina··on You don't want quality time, you want garbage time
Oh I love this definition! As a parent of a just-started-crawling infant, I can already see how they thrive on attention.
samtimalsina··on An Amazon Scam: The Mofut Key Lock Box [video]
Oh my! I literally snorted out my coffee over this. This is hilarious. I have followed LPL for a while, but never seen this before. Thank you!
samtimalsina··on Show HN: I published my first website – ShellMagic.xyz
Second this. I was looking for examples of how to use some of the commands. I was able to easily google it in another tab, but it broke the quick-reference workflow.
samtimalsina··on ML Powered Video Conferencing
And no demo?
samtimalsina··on Show HN: I'm building a robot that performs haircuts [video]
Not a regular commenter, but I had to reply. I think everyone here agrees this is just a prototype/early work. Why would you be so dismissive of a tool that someone is building from scratch? They are not claiming it is a finished product. Jesus, tone it down.
samtimalsina··on Firefox 70
> However, Firefox wouldn't exist without Google and (to a lesser extent, Google Chrome).

Can you elaborate on this? What kind of bundling and distribution deals?

samtimalsina··on Poll: Is it OK for n8n to use the term “Open Source”
I am not well versed in the different types of licensing for Open Source, but after reading up the links you have posted in favor and against, I think calling your software Open Source is misleading. Great work with the project though, I can understand why you would not want a big company to come in and use your hard work to make instant profit if it was all Open Source. I have no solution, but that is my observation.
samtimalsina··on China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains
I did not know about this project at all. I live in North Dallas, and this is absolutely fabulous news.
samtimalsina··on Dark Mode for Slack
> Youtube’s Dark mode is an example of this uncanny valley.

What uncanny valley? I have been using Youtube's dark mode for a while now, and much prefer it to the default light mode. The light mode appears jarring and "noisy" for some reason.

samtimalsina··on iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
I am in the same boat. I have an S7 from one of the major carriers that came preinstalled with Facebook. You can disable it, but not uninstall. Also, there is an update to "Facebook Services" which I can't seem to find and disable. I absolutely will not get another phone from Samsung (or others) that comes with Facebook preinstalled.
samtimalsina··on How to learn D3.js
I've been meaning to spend some time with D3.js for a side project. Bookmarking this, casually scanning this it looks like it's exactly what I needed. How's the book different from the web intro?
samtimalsina··on Show HN: Filmtypes – Explore the world of analog film
I only have vague memories of shooting with film, with permissions from elder members of the family. Browsing through the photographs, I couldn't help but get somewhat nostalgic.

Just a small suggestion, you could remove the "Explore Now" button on the homepage, and take visitors straight to the films.

samtimalsina··on Ask HN: Any good online CS / CE / etc. bachelors that's arent scams?
WGU has been recommended a few times on HN. Worth checking out.
samtimalsina··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2018)
SEEKING WORK | Dallas, but remote only

Looking for smaller projects to occupy weekends and evenings. I work with PHP, Drupal, React and such.

Please email samtimalsina at gmail dot com.

samtimalsina··on Prisma’s next AI project is a fun selfie sticker maker called Sticky
Typo in "Artificial Intelegence", or was that intended? Also, does anyone know when this comes out on Android?
samtimalsina··on Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced
This little annoyance aside, I really appreciate the time and effort they put into this.
samtimalsina··on SendMyRent: automate mailing your paper rent checks
More information on the site would be useful. I am reluctant to provide an email with no explanation how it would all work, specially on a site with no https.
samtimalsina··on Bread is Broken
You need to tell us the place!
samtimalsina··on Hotel offers $2,000-a-night 'space station' experience
This looks nothing like the space station.
samtimalsina··on Ask HN: Drupal or from Scratch
I am a little biased because I have been using Drupal for a couple of years and recently started building very complex web applications using MVC frameworks. If you are building a website for content purposes, please use a proper CMS like Drupal. It is pretty well written and very properly documented.
samtimalsina··on Ask HN: Do people have any luck using eLance or Upwork as a client or freelance?
I have had fair success, but not the best experience with the competition. There are far more developers that are ready to work for cheap. Getting noticed and interviewed feels like winning a battle. It has helped me by working on niche projects, and not regular websites.
samtimalsina··on The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]
The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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