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Re: Show HN: I'll e-mail you in the morning if it's going to be a beautiful day.

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Post by intenex »

ForrestN wrote: post #31

The idea is cute and it seems nicely executed, but I'm a bit turned off by the, err, narcissistic aspect. Me and Brian haven't met yet, I'm not sure I want to invite him into my daily life. Could just be me. Edit: if the feedback isn't straightforward enough, I'll say it more plainly. I feel like the use of your image and name throughout adds a somewhat strange flavor to the tool that some people, like me, won't resp…

I think Brian's better than a large impersonal nothing, and I assume that was Brian's reasoning as well. On that note though, I agree that it would be cuter if Brian was a personified animal like a groundhog, or something along those lines. Removes the possibility of vanity perception.

Re: Show HN: I'll e-mail you in the morning if it's going to be a beautiful day.

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Post by personlurking »

dustball wrote: post #33
personlurking wrote: post #24

I had a somewhat 'similar' idea last year. Pick a place in the world and every morning (or once a week) receive a picture of the sunrise there. The time of day can be altered and the location within the city can be altered. Would be cool for people who miss home or who wonder what it'd be like to wake up elsewhere. On a side note, not sure if this exists but what about a desktop picture app that changes your desktop…

Check out the "Magic Window" Mac App :)

Very interesting, I literally had the idea a year ago and Magic Window (looks awesome) was first revealed 355 days ago.

Re: Show HN: I'll e-mail you in the morning if it's going to be a beautiful day.

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

Note this is a real hole in the ToS AFAICT but I'm not claiming the operator is using it with prejudice.

>"Beautiful Day Brian may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice." //

So despite assurances that "we will not sell, trade, or give away your e-mail address to anyone for any reason" they can change those terms "at any time without notice".

In case you missed it that time could be when 'selling, trading, or giving away your email address [or any data they have on you] for any reason [within the law in the jurisdiction of their choice]' and they wouldn't even need to make a note of that instantaneous alteration on their website. Of course they can, if they please, change the ToS right back afterwards the following nano-second so as not to put off new punters.

Now, I'm not saying they will but just that the power of that one line in the ToS obviates any assurances that the ToS give - it's basically worthless. All you've got is your trust of the current owner and all their associates.

Also it's worth noting that they could offer a with notice and acceptance [eg via a link click] alteration as, of course, they have your contact details. "But it's just a simple little notification site" someone might say, "they're never going to alter those terms to your detriment". In which case why not just promise to have you opt in again for any new ToS.

Storm in a tea-cup? Most likely.

Re: Show HN: I'll e-mail you in the morning if it's going to be a beautiful day.

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Post by Terretta »

charlieok wrote: post #40
bromley wrote: post #22

Perhaps I'm unusual but I think it would be more useful if it emailed early evening* before the beautiful day. By the time the beautiful day has come I'll be able to see it out the window. Either way I do love the idea. Nice one! * I'll expand on that to say that I'd ideally want it early enough that I'd be awake and could call a friend to plan something without worrying about waking them up. But for building excitem…

“But for building excitement I think it would be best to send it after it got dark (the timing of which you could determine from the date and location).” On a somewhat related note, I recently went hunting for phone apps to help me better sync up with times as determined by the sun, rather than numbers on a clock. I like the feeling of getting enough sleep and of being up before the Sun, and I'd like to be relatively…

One of my favorite apps is "Emerald Observatory for iPad":

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/emerald-observatory-for-ipad/...

The author is into "grand complication" watches (see one of his other apps), and this app is the grandest "complication" I've seen to display time on the iPad. In addition to all of the above you listed, he also displays the "Equation of Time", eclipses, direction and attitude of the sun, sidereal time, and positions of all the planets.

Re: Show HN: I'll e-mail you in the morning if it's going to be a beautiful day.

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Post by dustball »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #54

Note this is a real hole in the ToS AFAICT but I'm not claiming the operator is using it with prejudice. >" Beautiful Day Brian may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. " // So despite assurances that "we will not sell, trade, or give away your e-mail address to anyone for any reason" they can change those terms "at any time without notice". In case you missed it that time could be w…

If you can point me to some other boilerplate TOS I can copy (freely, without stealing), I'd be happy to change it.

When building a site, I like to focus on features and usability. The TOS is usually just copied from another of my own projects.

Re: Show HN: I'll e-mail you in the morning if it's going to be a beautiful day.

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Post by huhtenberg »

bromley wrote: post #22

Perhaps I'm unusual but I think it would be more useful if it emailed early evening* before the beautiful day. By the time the beautiful day has come I'll be able to see it out the window. Either way I do love the idea. Nice one! * I'll expand on that to say that I'd ideally want it early enough that I'd be awake and could call a friend to plan something without worrying about waking them up. But for building excitem…

Speaking of evenings... this would work much better if a beautiful day encouragement be made conditional on "get your ass to bed within next 5 minutes" clause :)
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