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Seems like a useful app idea. Probably not something that would get much repeat use though.

> and “for sale” became Facebook Marketplace. Ummmm... 1. Does the data suggest that is true? 2. If it were true, would it support the "unbundling" narrative given that it would be…

The "small codebase" claim hinges on the fact that you're not counting the lines of code in nginx, leveldb, and other external software that are glued together to make this system.…

> It definitely beats OnePlus. Vs. a OnePlus 6 it has a smaller screen, worse camera, one fewer sim slot, lacks a headphone jack, half the RAM, a slower processor, no face recognit…

I'm not sure where the optimism comes from. I too have been surprised at how mediocre most conferencing software is, and concluded that it's probably harder than it seems. What wou…

FYI (and disclaimer I work here) CloudFlare provides SSL as a service for free and you can host your site anywhere: https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/

I did something similar, but on a few legs spent the extra money for a sleeper. For those who are interested: http://lianza.org/blog/2015/05/15/on-traveling-cross-country...

I think it's more like they're part of the "Android ecosystem" where you have a lot of choice around fundamental components, as compared to the iOS ecosystem. I get your point that…

Biggest downside is the FireOS, Amazon store instead of Google Play, etc. If you want to do basic web surfing stuff, this is a phenomenal deal. I doubt you'll find a better one. If…

> The ASP->PHP conversion was extremely low-hanging fruit (the conversion involved almost no logic). This is where I'm curious that they didn't just start writing PHP from that poi…

There are so many delivery services... there should really be an inverse. "We'll pick things up for you." I bet Shyp could branch out into this, though it's clearly not their targe…

Yes, people are trying. The problem is hard. https://www.rivetandcuff.com/find-your-fit

You think this is illegal in China? I can't think of anything the government would approve of more than a giant database of creds at their disposal...

embraced and extended? [ducks]

"Mandarin, despite being excruciatingly hard to learn for most Westerners..." Mandarin is hard to learn, period. Even if you're born and raised in China and it's the only language …

One thing I was surprised to run into is how basic CRUD operations don't have an out-of-the-box solution, like they did even with Rails many years ago. When I read the "Discover Me…

I appreciate that people are upset at the USG and I think the comparison to China helps the argument, to be clear they're asking for a lot more than the USG. China is way, way, bey…

I believe "adding backdoors" is exactly what they meant. In the context of China, I think you can interpret "controllable" as more than just controllable by the companies that oper…

There's some poetic justice to feeling deceived by a book with that title.

#2 isn't solved with a CDN since you'd always hotlink a specific version - the version you tested your code with. The main reason I think isn't even really #1 (cost) but a general …