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samfpetersen
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Comment #15117475
Oceania was at war with Eastasia, Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.
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Comment #11847098
Or that Police song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2GDbEmjGE
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Comment #11621676
Is this not just a symptom of oil prices dropping? Solar has to remain competitively priced or the industry is screwed
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Comment #11336772
What you get when you let the internet decide what words to put in a haiku: http://www.crowdhaiku.com
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Comment #10663220
SOP for this site: 1. Read content 2. Think of a reason to disparage it 3. Disparage it in a comment 4. Suck own dick
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Comment #10060651
I think the "Developer" tier has the most promise as a selling point. For apps you just want to get out there, I think some developers would be willing to pay 4.99 to quickly slap …
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Comment #10009741
I posted this on Show HN last week, but I wanted to let people know that the iOS version was out. Sorry for the repost!
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Comment #9961412
Thanks! I think you're right, I'm going to get rid of the QR code reference in the landing page headline. Maybe just 'Hand-drawn, scannable web links'. I will then have an FAQ box …
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Comment #9959111
It's a pretty simple back-end - cheap and easy to run. I don't plan to take it down!
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Comment #9957918
Thought I'd clarify generally a little bit. QR codes definitely have a lot of advantages over Meshtag - and they're perfect for what they do. I'm by no means suggesting this could …
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Comment #9957456
This is what I need you guys for!
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Comment #9957420
As for monetization, I figured why the hell not. If somebody really wants to buy a simple meshtag that they can memorize and reuse (maybe it has their contact info), I'm not gonna …
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Comment #9957154
You are right. However, I think most scanners only scan dark QR codes on light backgrounds, which is not the case with Meshtag. You can draw on chalkboards, pavement, etc.
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Comment #9957124
Same one!
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Comment #9957095
I used Google+ so that you wouldn't need to create a user id / password. Each tag that you create is "owned" by you, and you probably wouldn't want other people to edit it (though …
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Comment #9956993
Very informative!
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Comment #9956981
Very true. And I steered away from squares due to the "swastika effect". Also because the information is slightly more dense with a system based on triangles - 6 bits at a given ve…
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Comment #9956965
That would be cool; they'd have to interact with the meshtag database in order to retrieve the data. I can dream though!
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