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Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by wlesieutre »

sandofsky wrote: post #146
yoz-y wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, that's why I really don't agree with the point 3 of this article. > 3. Don’t be afraid to ask for money Only ask for money if you know you will get major coverage (either Apple placement in a feature in a country speaking a language that your app supports, or general public publications). After switching to freemium model I earn more money per month than with a paid app during a year. Another thing is, the autho…

> Only ask for money if you know you will get major coverage. Or just ask for money if it fits in organically with your product and audience. We build a camera app. We considered freemium, but couldn’t find a way to lock features without compromising the intended experience. It also acts as a bit of a filter, as people do research before paying for an app. We suspect that if we were free, we’d have to contend with mo…

Oh shit, you made Halide! Great app, thanks!

Anecdotal experience: bought it knowing that it doesn't record video, got exactly what I expected.

Really looking forward to a new phone so I can take advantage of the exciting new stuff, but I hear the 12 Pro might shrink to a 5.4" screen so I'm going to try and hold out. Once that happens I don't know if I'll touch my SLR again - it's already seeing minimal use because the phone is much more convenient.

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by Adverblessly »

Crinus wrote: post #91
lerxst00 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently had a similar experience: I watch a lot of YouTube videos and I like reading through the comments. Often, comments quote specific timestamps from the video and I would find it a pain to keep scrolling between the comment section at the bottom of the page and the video at the top and then find the specific time in the video that the comment was talking about. So, I created a Chrome extension that surfaces Y…

I had a similar case... i want to be able to download interesting videos with youtube-dl in case they or me go offline but i found having to copy the url, open a command line, move the proper folder, etc, type youtube-dl and paste the url be a bit cumbersome, so i wrote a Firefox extension to do all that for me. This is extremely specific (and i had to switch to Firefox Developer Edition to do that since the mainline…

For a similar usecase I settled on writing a bash script along the lines of

  PARAM=`xclip -o -selection clipboard`
  notify-send downloading $PARAM
  youtube-dl $PARAM
And setting a keyboard shortcut to invoke it, so downloading is just

  CTRL+L (select URL)
  CTRL+C (copy selection)
  CTRL+ALT+D (trigger download script)

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by not_a_cop75 »

ineedasername wrote: post #126
not_a_cop75 wrote: post #105

Sounds cool, but the scratch your itch advice isn't for everyone. Most everything I would want as an app, maybe 1% of the population would every even consider using, and that's assuming they knew about it.

Isn't that the point of the statement though? You do it for yourself, not because anyone else at all might want to use it. Then if you toss it up on the app store and anyone does actually use it, it's just a happy upside.

It would make more sense if the example were of an app no one ever knew about, if that really was the case. His app provided more of a counterexample, if what you're saying is true.

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by woodrowbarlow »

bonoboTP wrote: post #48

It makes me sad that features are now paid apps. Imagine if every tool in GIMP was a separate app. This app should be a feature of a default Paint-like app.

i would love it if every tool in gimp was a separate command-line tool all stitched together by one GUI wrapper app that unifies all of them. imagine being able to use gimp's skew tool on an image from inside a bash script.

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by lerxst00 »

jamesmoss wrote: post #84
lerxst00 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently had a similar experience: I watch a lot of YouTube videos and I like reading through the comments. Often, comments quote specific timestamps from the video and I would find it a pain to keep scrolling between the comment section at the bottom of the page and the video at the top and then find the specific time in the video that the comment was talking about. So, I created a Chrome extension that surfaces Y…

This is awesome, I have the exact same problem. One thing though, when I go to install the extension it asks to read and change data on youtube.com, which makes sense, but also wants permission to access my browsing history. Just wondering why this is? http://shots.moss.io/a67bd6/Screenshot%202019-09-19%20at%201...

Chrome shows that warning if your extension requests access to the 'tabs' permission. https://developer.chrome.com/apps/permission_warnings#view_w...

In this case, it is needed to get the url and id of the tab. I'll have to go back and check if I can make do without depending on that because I agree it does not make sense for this extension to need 'access to my browsing history'. Also, I do intend to put the code up and link it in the extension description page soon, so you don't have to take my word for it!

Thanks for pointing this out.

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by lerxst00 »

acollins1331 wrote: post #85
lerxst00 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently had a similar experience: I watch a lot of YouTube videos and I like reading through the comments. Often, comments quote specific timestamps from the video and I would find it a pain to keep scrolling between the comment section at the bottom of the page and the video at the top and then find the specific time in the video that the comment was talking about. So, I created a Chrome extension that surfaces Y…

But when you click the timestamp in the comment doesn't it automatically jump the video to that point? It's worked that way for me for years...

It does. But that also means that you have almost surely navigated away from watching the video.

Re: Oh shit, my weekend project turned into an App Store Best New App (2018)

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Post by ignoramous »

darkwizard42 wrote: post #144
zhte415 wrote: post #135

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That sounds very cool. Have you heard of bilibili.com? It's a video streaming website, but where comments are timestamped and scroll overlaid on the video at that timestamp, hugely entertaining, somewhat like sitting with 1000 videojockies at the same time. Mainly Chinese language, as it's a Chinese site. Worth having a look though, similar gist.

Nice! This sounds similar to SoundCloud which allows for comments attached to timestamps (great for music, “what a chord”, “the drop here!”)

...and medium blog posts with highlights.

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Post by rasz »

Crinus wrote: post #91
lerxst00 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently had a similar experience: I watch a lot of YouTube videos and I like reading through the comments. Often, comments quote specific timestamps from the video and I would find it a pain to keep scrolling between the comment section at the bottom of the page and the video at the top and then find the specific time in the video that the comment was talking about. So, I created a Chrome extension that surfaces Y…

I had a similar case... i want to be able to download interesting videos with youtube-dl in case they or me go offline but i found having to copy the url, open a command line, move the proper folder, etc, type youtube-dl and paste the url be a bit cumbersome, so i wrote a Firefox extension to do all that for me. This is extremely specific (and i had to switch to Firefox Developer Edition to do that since the mainline…

I use tempermonkey for simple stuff like this, takes 2-5 minutes to write something without deploying full extension.

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Post by abhiyerra »

kranner wrote: post #46
rohan1024 wrote: post #28

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That's what Bhagvad Gita says as well. Please note these are not the exact words but this is how I remember them कर्म करो फल की अपेक्षा मत करो जब तुम फल की अपेक्षा रखोगे तुम्हारा कर्म दूषित होगा Translation: Do your work, don't expect anything in return. Because when you do, your work gets corrupt.

> Do your work, don't expect anything in return. Because when you do, your work gets corrupt. This translation doesn't seem to cover the familiar, deeper meaning of the passage. The term कर्म (karma) can refer both to work/action as well as to the principle of cause and effect (that the word 'karma' more commonly represents). My understanding is that it really talks about the purifying effect on the mind of doing you…

"It is in action alone that you have a claim, never at any time to the fruits of such action. Never let the fruits of action be your motive; never let your attachment be to inaction." Bhagavad Gita 2:47

"Besides, considering your duty as a warrior, you should not waver. Indeed, for a warrior, there is nothing but a battle fought according to dharma." - 2.31

Further, the reason for action is held up later. This is also the quote that Oppenheimer used to describe setting off the Atomic Bomb.

"Time I am, the mighty destroyer of worlds, and I come to vanquish all living beings. Even without your participation, all the warriors on the opposite side of the battlefield will be killed.

Therefore, arise and achieve glory! Conquer your foes and enjoy a prosperous empire! O best amongst archers, all your enemies have already been killed by Me – you are but an instrument.

Drona. Bhisma, Jayadratha, Karna and other heroic soldiers have already been killed by Me. Fear not – fight! You will certainly conquer your enemy in this battle." - 11.32-11.35

Not to simplify the complexity of the Gita but what I take from it is: We can only take action and in the long run everyone is dead so why not take righteous action along the lines of what you are good at and thus fulfill your duty to society and God.

Furthermore, the rigidity of the caste system is a modern invention. It occurred during British Rule (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/7191.html).

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Post by qqn »

ignoramous wrote: post #157
darkwizard42 wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice! This sounds similar to SoundCloud which allows for comments attached to timestamps (great for music, “what a chord”, “the drop here!”)

...and medium blog posts with highlights.

I wish we could combine all this stuff together regardless of media. I'd use it in a heartbeat to curate class notes and recorded lectures! Particularly with a community this would be awesome, harnessing everyone's highlighting to pull out a veritable "best of" the course, without losing any context!
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