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thomasfrank09

71 karma · joined June 13, 2012

I'm a writer, podcaster, designer, and occasional web developer. Fan of books, bike rides, and good rye whiskey.
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thomasfrank09··on Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first
Very cool! I'm curious as to why you removed ProseMirror after trying it out. I've been building my own writing app for a different purpose over the last month and have been pretty happy with PM, but I'd be curious to know what you're using instead.
thomasfrank09··on Affinity Studio now free
This is that. Canva acquired Affinity a while back.
thomasfrank09··on How jeans conquered the world (2012)
Those are pretty much what I wear (except straight leg instead of boot cut), and the best I've found so far are at Buckle. All the Levi's I tried seemed weirdly high-waisted, and stuff at other stores didn't fit so well either.
thomasfrank09··on The user is drunk (2013) [video]
Here's a longer version of his talk that answers your question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI9esN3BqbI
thomasfrank09··on World of Mathematics
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't fractal image compression a real technique?

However, I did read about a hoax in the 90's where there was a claim of a fractal compression technique that could reduce a file down to 1% of its original size, which turned out to just be a program that stored a reference to the file's location instead of an actual compressed file.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal_compression http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=885055

thomasfrank09··on How to Use Structure to Become a More Effective Entrepreneur
"The will to act."

Probably my favorite line in the movie. I wrote an article about habits and willpower a while back based around that line, actually: http://collegeinfogeek.com/hack-your-willpower-by-building-u...

thomasfrank09··on Why I hate funnels.
I think the traditional funnel concept work just fine - as long as you do step three right.

Do many blogs and services spam their subscribers? Yes indeed - and I have an itchy unsubscribe button-clicking finger for those services.

If you change Step 3 to "Provide even more value", though, then you do indeed get customers that love you. And some of them refer their friends, who come in at the top of the funnel like everyone else - but with some preconceived good feelings towards you because of the recommendation they got from a friend.

Pat Flynn's newsletter is a wonderful example of how to do it right. Almost all of the emails I get from him simply give me more useful information - maybe 10% have ever been strictly promotional.

thomasfrank09··on What happens when you sit at a desk for 13 years and also exercise
All I'd like to say is congratulations. 35lbs is a great achievement - keep it up!

Alright, off to the gym.

thomasfrank09··on Show HN: A Tribute to Richard Feynman
I've been getting into reading about science lately, and I also wanted to learn responsive design.

This isn't much, but I thought it looked nice, and now I know media queries!

thomasfrank09··on How an unsigned rapper changed music
Is it bad if I thought this article was going to be about Froggy Fresh?
thomasfrank09··on Show HN: WordCount.is
Nice first project Joel!

Evernote is one of the rare programs that's very much inferior on the Mac, as the Windows version DOES have a word count feature. I'm really not sure why the team can't include it on the Mac version.

thomasfrank09··on Want to Block Common Passwords? Sorry, That is Patented
I get why you'd want to check for weak or common passwords, but why not just require passwords to contain numbers/special characters? It may be a pain in the butt, but it takes users' lack of care for security out of the equation.
thomasfrank09··on Xkcd "Click and Drag" in a "map" interface
Looks like Randall had a pretty good time playing Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.

(for those curious - http://michelgagne.blogspot.com/)

thomasfrank09··on Pdf.js: PDF Reader in JavaScript
I agree about Preview - but mainly I just hate having to download PDFs to read them. Most of the time I don't need them long-term.