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Post by epanchin »

bevan wrote: post #434

For the creator of this product (and to any other creators launching soon): don't listen to the keyboard jockeys saying it will fail. We (commenters here) are essentially NPCs in your world. We're not your narrow target market, just some gawkers addicted to typing "news.yc..." into our browsers, maybe with nothing better to do. And although we sound confident, we really don't know if it'll fail, or take off, or pivot…

When Omegle shut down I looked here for when it was launched. All the replies to its first post, ~14 years ago, were negative.

For the curious: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=539753

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Post by dfjkdksjds789 »

boomskats wrote: post #50

For anyone interested in something closer to the feel of the original Bold keyboard, the Fairberry[0] uses the keyboard from the BB Q10, which is excellent and can be had for about $5 a piece. They can look pretty decent[1][2] and are more easily removed. If anyone wants one PM me, I'll mail you a couple. I've got like 30 of them. [0]: https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry [1]: https://imgur.com/a/wYub8JD [2]: https:…

I would love one of these! And then just try to attempt to make a case for the samsung s23.. or bite the bullet to go for fairphone if cant

How should I message?

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Post by RuggedPineapple »

OJFord wrote: post #386
kshahkshah wrote: post #363

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of curiosity, what types of goods do you get from those websites?

Anything where you're actually ok with all the NEUVWY branded junk on Amazon but want it much cheaper in exchange for possibly slightly slower delivery and a horrible browsing experience.

Or free if you're willing to put up with REALLY slower delivery. I ordered a 20kmAH battery with fold out solar panels off wish. 4 months later with it undelivered and tracking no longer active I requested and got a full refund. Two months later it finally arrived having gone the long way around the planet and held by Azerbaijani customs for several months.

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Post by ecshafer »

bevan wrote: post #434

For the creator of this product (and to any other creators launching soon): don't listen to the keyboard jockeys saying it will fail. We (commenters here) are essentially NPCs in your world. We're not your narrow target market, just some gawkers addicted to typing "news.yc..." into our browsers, maybe with nothing better to do. And although we sound confident, we really don't know if it'll fail, or take off, or pivot…

I was literally searching for physical keyboard attachments for the iphone last night. This is almost exactly what I want. I think a slide out keyboard would be nicer, but this looks awesome.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by CodeCube »

I'm legitimately surprised that whoever owns the blackberry IP didn't do something like this way sooner.

edit: lol, nevermind https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38875842

> Ryan Seacrest (yes the Ryan Seacrest) bankrolled a startup 10 years ago with an almost identical product. (They were sued out of existence by an already dying BlackBerry.)

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by ecshafer »

4death4 wrote: post #337
thom wrote: post #204

It’s incredibly rare that I can type even a single sentence correctly on the iPhone. In that one it came out ‘in’ and not ‘on’ for example. In that one I typed sample not example. I got that last one right! I see the arguments from both sides but it’s a real shame the design space of smartphones has become so conservative. Such intensely personal devices deserve to be more varied. If I thought I could build some sort…

This was true for me until the latest iOS release. The new autocorrect is markedly better. It used to be that at least 30% of words (not even sentences!) were misspelled. Now it's pretty rare. I think the auto-correct on the iPhone is even better than how I type on a laptop keyboard. Pretty crazy!

The worst part about iOS autocorrect is that it will change previous words and it drives me wild. So even though I had typed a word correctly, I am 2-3 words ahead and it decides to just change the previous word making the sentence nonsense.

Also the constant autocorrection of swearing is really annoying.

Re: Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone

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Post by rkangel »

tauntz wrote: post #417
obilgic wrote: post #353

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whats the verdict on temu vs aliExpress. I still find things %30 cheaper on AE while most of my orders are delivered within 6 days.

I get so much Temu spam that I finally gave up and decided to check them up. I compared 3 random items that the spam in Instagram was about - exact same items were 3x - 10x cheaper on AliExpress than Temu (~0.50 on Ali, ~5.0 on Temu, ~10 on Amazon). I haven't looked further but my impression was that they just ship stuff from AliExpress with a X price multiplier?

How do you go about finding stuff on AliExpress that isn't (too) shit when it turns up? Or is that just the risk?
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