I use it to receive mails from my GF on mobile ;)
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#142I set up a rule a while back to let me know when the temp dips below 60 degrees, and I've been shocked at how useful that is. Can't wait to continue using the service more. It's one of those things where you don't really know how useful it is until you see / hear of some examples and start using it yourself.
Do you live in the desert?
Rochester, NY?
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#143I set up a rule a while back to let me know when the temp dips below 60 degrees, and I've been shocked at how useful that is. Can't wait to continue using the service more. It's one of those things where you don't really know how useful it is until you see / hear of some examples and start using it yourself.
Do you live in the desert?
Oh, you have -6 karma. I'll disregard all future comments from you.
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
...yes you could - you can actually perform exactly those tasks using http://femtoo.com . Although IFTTT is great, Femtoo has the advantage that you can track changes and be notified, or fire events when content of ANY web page, not just those listed. Femtoo also supports Notifo notifications (direct to your mobile) and optionally a URL callback, so you can even create your own event handlers. For example, I have a F…
Additionally, Femtoo stores every value of every change in content so you can see history data about flight prices with pretty graphs etc...oooohhh!
ifttt has the advantage of a beautiful design, being free, and not spamming their service on hacker news.
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#145This is the type of service that really brings the benefit of computing to the masses. Sure, everyone consumes on the internet, but something like this lets everyone experience the joy programmers feel when they make a computer do what they want.
Not to mention that it is beautifully designed and very intuitive, making it very accessible for almost any dumb-dumb (like me!)
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#146About ifttt Heh. Also, when did chrome stop antialiasing text? If I somehow checked a box labeled "make text look worse", then someone please enlighten me. http://bbot.org/etc/aliasing.png EDIT: Ha ha, Windows, you card, always with the case-insensitive file systems. Got me again! Link should work now.
s/Heh/unprofessional/ The URL is unprofessional, and so are the identifiers in the source code. Protip to the devs: Dropping profanities doesn't make you look cool, it makes you look like a 19-year-old trying to impress his friends.
Get over it! They're not disrespecting or hurting anyone. They're not affecting the quality of their product. This is purely a style thing. Calling unconventional behavior "unprofessional" is a cop-out!
P.S. - I still upvoted you because I see where you're coming from, and "s//" is always funny to me for some reason.
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#147Why does the "about" URL reference profanity? Why did the page's source contain profanity, as pointed out by another poster ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971423 )? (The profanity has since been removed.) If your target audience is non-programmers, then make the URL something I can e-mail my mom without having to answer awkward questions.
Mom: What does "WTF" mean?
You: It's just some internet joke.
Mom: Well, all right.
Mom: What does "WTF" mean?
Me: It's an internet thing; it stands for "What The Fuck".
Mom: Ha ha! I love it. I'll have to remember that one.Re: If this then that
#148A tip for Kindle owners: you can make an ifttt pipeline that sends RSS entries to Instapaper. Then on Instapaper's end, set up automated Kindle delivery. Presto, new posts from your favorite bloggers are now on your Kindle, entirely automatically.
Marco explicitly asks you not to use the send to Kindle feature 'to automate delivery of bulk content, such as entire feeds.' See http://www.instapaper.com/user/kindle
Thanks for pointing that out. I've only ever used the ifttt -> Instapaper trick for blogs with infrequent, lengthy posts -- the sort that are much more pleasant to read on a Kindle. But it's good to know that using it for large content dumps is discouraged.
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#149The interface is an absolute joy to use. I was initialy taken aback by the (large) size of everything, but it makes it surprisingly fun. I love some of the smaller details; the way 'powered-off' Tasks are greyed out for example.
Can you share any info on your stack?
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
s/Heh/unprofessional/ The URL is unprofessional, and so are the identifiers in the source code. Protip to the devs: Dropping profanities doesn't make you look cool, it makes you look like a 19-year-old trying to impress his friends.
Get over it! They're not disrespecting or hurting anyone. They're not affecting the quality of their product. This is purely a style thing. Calling unconventional behavior "unprofessional" is a cop-out! P.S. - I still upvoted you because I see where you're coming from, and "s//" is always funny to me for some reason.
Thanks for the upvote, but I do see profanity in a professional setting as disrespectful, because there are people who take offense to profanity (that is the point of profanity, right, to offend or to indicate intense anger?) I realize of course in this instance it wasn't meant to offend, but that doesn't mean it's not offensive.
I'd consider the site equally unprofessional if they used the words "retarded" or "Jew" (as in, "our competitors' products are retarded, don't let them Jew you!"), or if they used scatological humor. It's just bad taste.