Shrugs
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Comment · 3 years ago
i made something like this as a hackathon project years ago, but it's _slightly_ more usable
Comment · 6 years ago
we're (re-)building a platform for virtual art fairs in the wake of coronavirus — most fairs and galleries are cancelling or postponing events that will work super well online. We're building a novel experience from the ground up, not relying on VR or skeuomorphic interactions
here's a tour of the initial exhibition last year: https://lds.wistia.com/medias/4ucxldnz9n
if you or your friend is the operator of an art fair that'd like to move online, please do hit us up at hello at dot.gallery
Comment · 6 years ago
this is great! i never used calendly et al because it felt like a little too much, you know?
i want a super fast way to grab text for the next 3 days, maybe an alfred shortcut or a bookmarklet or gmail extension or something
Comment · 7 years ago
very awesome tech + privacy combo
Since fraud detection is done on-device, is there any clever encryption or security features that stop me from issuing a direct API request to the service with my (or someone else's) credit card info? If not, I'm worried that a technical fraudster could script their way around the ML model (and therefore not need the physical card), especially since cc lists are already nicely formatted. This would hurt pretty badly if the service assumes that DyScan is infallible and then doesn't have mechanisms for detecting fraud post-signup.
Comment · 9 years ago
I second the references to "Mastering Bitcoin", and also add my blog post "Getting up to Speed on Ethereum" [1] that takes you from "I kinda understand bitcoin" to "I understand ethereum at a deep level and know about the big projects being built on top of it" over a few days.
[1] https://medium.com/@mattcondon/getting-up-to-speed-on-ethere...
Comment · 10 years ago
1000 uniques/month on average, not including when I post the site on hacker news. The clickthrough/conversion rate is pretty solid. 35% of users buy something after clicking through to Amazon, which makes sense cause it's a pretty strong signal of intent.
Comment · 10 years ago
I have, but the API differs in availability/completeness across regions and writing the code to handle each region probably isn't worth the time. The Product Advertising API is also _terrible_ and not fun to work with, so I'm minimizing the amount of time I spend working with it and reading their docs.
Comment · 10 years ago
I made http://fivestar.io/ a year or two ago; it's a better Amazon search.
It shines when you search for something that you want the best version of, without caring about the details; i.e., let the masses determine the quality for you. It weights results based on ratings, review volume, and some other stuff, segmenting the results by price range.
Helps me answer the question "I want the best phone mount for my bike, but I don't want to spend more than $20" without fiddling with Amazon's search parameters and then scanning the page.
Makes ~$100/month off of affiliate links.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
I'd also back dokku for small side projects. I have 4 small slack bots installed on my reserved t2micro instance and I'm pretty happy with it.
Comment · 10 years ago
There's also Comedy Hack Day [1], my personal favorite hackathon(s) of all time. I've been to 4 so far and have flown across the country just to participate over and over again.
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