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> The apps to which DHH compares Hey with are very different in nature and all the mail apps he constantly mentions are also different in nature. They all implement the suggestions which Apple has suggested in their response.

I can only speak to the app I'm most familiar with that DHH has compared it to multiple times. Fastmail. Fastmail's app lets you access Fastmail's email accounts, but not POP/IMAP accounts more generally. It doesn't provide a way of subscribing, and just loads to a login page when the app starts. It doesn't follow the suggestions they included in the letter, and I've seen DHH reference it multiple times.

For what it's worth, I've enjoyed Fastmail a great deal, and having an email client directly tied to the service provider has been great for me. I'm mainly concerned about this whole issue because of it's implications for new updates to Fastmail's app.

> Apple have (freely) provided Basecamp a platform to grow their business via the App Store, whilst giving Apple (effectively) nothing in return.

I've purchased an expensive phone mainly so that I can have access to a high quality ecosystem of apps. Apps like Basecamp and Hey are part of that for me. Apple gains so much from the breadth of high quality apps on the app store, including free apps. If they begin to see free apps as giving them effectively nothing, I see that as an indication that they no longer value the reasons I go to them as an iOS user.

For Ludum Dare 46, going on this weekend, the theme is 'Keep it alive.'

I had a few 'real' game ideas, but this is the thing I thought people might get some use out of, but after some reflection, the best task I could come up with, that would have a positive influence on people was just to give people who want it the opportunity and an excuse to say what’s on their mind.

The website will self-destruct if you don’t engage with it.

It’s been a rough month for me, and I’m sure it has for a lot of people. So I figured, lets create a nice cozy place online where you can write about the issues you’re having.

For those interested in the technical details: On page load, I check to see if the latest request is more than 24 hours old. If it is, I delete all the items in the database and stop rendering.

> The thing is, you are bound to come across someone who finds a feature useful even if the feature is not useful for the vast majority of the people.

I think this sentiment holds true for function keys in general. I the vast majority of people never used them.

It's a chess opening, in an older notation. But for someone into chess in the 70s, it wouldn't be hard to remember.

> Not my experience, let me explain:

>> Experience and anecdote does not substitute for real scientific evidence. My research suggests that...

Can you cite your research. It's hard to criticize someone for giving an anecdote then going on to cite 'your research without citing it.

Exactly. If it starts happening frequently, maybe it's worth looking into. But I think there's a middle ground between 'worthy of complaining on hacker news' and 'need to implement and support a redundant backup payment system.'

KATG listener since 2006. Awesome to see you on here.

I believe most of 3M's products are industrial abrasives, films, laminates, and adhesives. I suspect they make more money selling layers of film that are part of electronic displays than they do selling scotch tape.

Well, this inspired me to install ScummVM, install this pack, and finally beat Kings Quest VII Chapter 1. It was the first game I ever had as a kid, and I never was able to get past one of the puzzles. The audio sounds great!

I loved the Crystal Maze as a kid. It started back up again a couple years ago. It's now hosted by Richard Ayoade.