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afkqs

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About afkqs

building Peerdiem (www dot peerdiem dot com) get platform updates on twitter (at aco_le)

Recent public activity

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    The visuals are generated and manipulated in real time by Weirdcode, an artist who has been working with Aphex Twin for years now. He gave a lecture a couple of years ago where he …

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    Comment #36131891

    Funny this is popping up today. I was just listening to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech [1] this morning. Beautiful text on the role and responsibilities of artists in our societ…

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    Comment #34726320

    I will always remember him in Bruce Lee's Game of Death

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    Comment #32269697

    It seems to be made with Substack [1] [1] https://substack.com/

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    Comment #32263092

    Thanks for your feedback Pedro! > receive an email about the discussion of the day (or RSS?) Noted! I'll look into implementing something like that in the short future. That will b…

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    Comment #32263000

    Thanks for your feedback, I just thought about the timezones last night. I will pass the client's date while fetching the artwork of the day so that everyone get the full 24h lapse…

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    Comment #32262887

    Thanks Maxime! I was looking for a new way to discuss art. There are a couple of nice subreddits to discover new art but I found the discussions that went with them a bit disappoin…

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    I was not aware of the term used in that context. I just recently heard it in an episode of The Office when they fly to Winnipeg and it caught my ear. I might move the platform to …

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    Comment #32262543

    Thanks for catching that! I couldn't find anything from my logs, that was frustrating. The frontend of Peerdiem is served from www.peerdiem.com while the backend uses www.api.peerd…

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    Comment #32257259

    Glad you enjoyed it! I really wanted a minimalist interface so that the artwork is the real focal point. I'm looking forward to chatting with you on the platform!

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    Comment #32257209

    That would be a big win for me if people feel this way. I'm delighted with the comments the artwork is getting so far, great insights from everyone! I will check the logs in the mo…

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    Comment #32256559

    Do you get the same "No painting found for today" error as well? I'm fetching the artwork + metadata myself in advance to avoid any throttling on the API. I don't see any error on …

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    Comment #32253535

    Thank you for making it your browser startpage, that's flattering! Regarding the previous discussions, for now I'd like to try having only the artwork and the discussion for the cu…

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    Comment #32253205

    Thanks! If you have any suggestions on improvements, I'm all ears. I hope to discuss some paintings with you there.

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    Comment #32249727

    Shoot. I tested it on Firefox, Chrome and Safari without any issue. I will check the logs

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    Show HN: Peerdiem — Discover and discuss one painting a day

    Hi everyone, I made Peerdiem (a portmanteau word between Peer and Per Diem, which means Per Day in latin). The idea is very simple, a new painting or artwork to discover and discus…

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    Comment #29898814

    Also Viber that used to be the main contender of WhatsApp in Western Europe up until a couple of years ago. I believe it's still beating WhatsApp on market share in a couple of mar…

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    Comment #29597639

    1 and 4. What about you?

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    Comment #29507794

    Why am I only finding that out today, that's amazing, thanks

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    Comment #29147982

    For anyone who hasn't seen it yet. The Internet's Own Boy https://archive.org/details/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaro...

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    Comment #28986969

    Any ideas of the technologies used to get something like that?