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TrueGeek··on Apple announces ‘upgrade’ to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points
I don't mind IAP necessarily, but it's frustrating when you download an app and then it immediately says you have to pay $10 a month to even open it. Those shouldn't be listed as "free" in the App Store and should be separate from an app that might be "free" but have a minor feature disabled by an IAP.
TrueGeek··on Show HN: I made a pretty relaxing puzzle game
Thanks for recommending Tales From the Loop. What a beautiful show.
TrueGeek··on The Citroen Ami – tiny electric car with no boot, 28mph top speed, 46 mile range
Riding increases with proper infrastructure, even in areas with extremely bad weather.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU

TrueGeek··on Almost everything on Amazon is becoming an ad
And they don’t care about the paid reviews either. I contacted them saying a seller mailed me offering $50 cash via PayPal for a 5 star review. The chat agent replied with the “contact seller” link since I was unhappy. They had no interest in the photo of the bribe sent to me. I don’t even know why the seller has my contact info since the item was shipped by Amazon.
TrueGeek··on Two weeks of dealing with Google as a developer
From my experience this is exactly what you need to do. You don’t even need to change the app. If your CICD pipeline is already incrementing the build number then just kick off a new build and re-submit that. If you frequently get apps kicked back then add notes to the “how to test section” like “you can test reporting user generated content by doing x, y, z. This is the only user generated content in our app.” It does seem like the “how to test notes” actually get read whereas the appeal notes do not.
TrueGeek··on Companies ran an experiment: Pay workers their full salary to work fewer days
Yeah, if you have 32 hours of fire fighting every week then you either love fighting fires or you need to find something that you do love.
TrueGeek··on What Happens When Everything Becomes TikTok?
My wife does this too and I've noticed that a large percentage of the Instagram videos she shows me have the TikTok logo on them. People are just copying them and reposting from one platform to the other.
TrueGeek··on Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back
Ah, you might not have kids? I just went through the sign up process. All the plans were about the same for me on Healthcare.gov: $1,400 a month with no coverage until after a $14k deductible. This is for a family of four in Georgia.
TrueGeek··on Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back
Are you saying you’ve declined your employer sponsored healthcare and just signed up at healthcare.gov and it ended up being cheaper?
TrueGeek··on Twitter users jump to Mastodon, but what is it?
> Mastodon is built around the idea that you can easily migrate your data to a different instance without having to leave the platform if you disagree with how it is being run

I’m not super clear on how it works. If you do this, what happens to the people who follow you? Since they had to type in your address (including instance) wouldn’t you lose all followers in this case?

TrueGeek··on Ask HN: Is everyone on Hacker News super charismatic?
Standard WFH outfit: button up shirt (freshly dry cleaned), underwear (optional).
TrueGeek··on Ask HN: How to deal with burnout and its consequences?
> I'm not well off like most people on here, I can survive 4-6 months with no salary

Be careful of comparing yourself to what people post online. It's easy to read social media and think everyone else is waking up at 5am, drinking their keto coffee, and making millions with their startup while working as a digital nomad.

Even on a tech heavy site like HN I would classify someone with 6 months of savings as very well off.

TrueGeek··on Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta
We’ve started to get some in Atlanta, but only in the center of town. I live out in the suburbs. I haven’t been able to try them out yet because the every time I’ve ridden into town the lane was filled with half a dozen delivery vans.
TrueGeek··on Rishi Sunak will be next UK prime minister
Or how to gather user requirements.
TrueGeek··on Build an early-stage startup
Right now your comment is the only one so this page looks like:

"Where can I find out how to build a late-stage startup?

Applications are open for YC Winter 2023

https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/"

TrueGeek··on 2/3 of kids bike to school in Assen because it was designed that way (2013)
Yeah, I was much younger then and much less self confident. If I had it to do over I'd escalate, like you suggest. Maybe get the super intendant involve. Another option would have been to find more parents that were interested and get some ground support.
TrueGeek··on 75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime will be spent by age 12
My wife and I are looking to do the same in the next couple years. How has your experience been?

We’re worried they’ll get sick and we won’t be able to help. We’ve tried getting them to come with us but so far no luck.

TrueGeek··on 2/3 of kids bike to school in Assen because it was designed that way (2013)
She said if my daughter showed up by bike she wouldn’t be allowed into the building. If they saw the bike locked up to the fence they’d cut the lock and impound it. She was apologetic and said it was a safety issue because everyone else drove and it’s not safe for students to be around cars and busses. I pointed out that everyone else drove because they weren’t allowing people to walk or ride their bikes. It was very frustrating. I was glad when we moved on to Jr High.
TrueGeek··on 2/3 of kids bike to school in Assen because it was designed that way (2013)
It really depends on where you live in the US. When I moved from Los Angeles to the Atlanta suburbs my daughter rode her bike to elementary school like she always had. The school principal called and told me it wasn't allowed. I offered to ride with her since I work from home and it wouldn't be a problem but she wouldn't budge. I offered to fund raise for bike racks, setup bike trains, and give safety courses. I tried for years and years, through three kids, and never got permission. My kids are all grown now except my oldest who does indeed ride an e-bike to high school.
TrueGeek··on North Paw
Yes, that's my setup - Varia and Wahoo. I have the original Wahoo from 2015 - 7 years and they're still updating the firmware so that it supports new stuff like radar.
TrueGeek··on North Paw
yes, exactly this. I thought for sure the radar unit was a gimmick and I'd be returning it, but after seeing so many positive reviews I ordered it to give it a shot. It consistantly tells me there is a car (and how many) well before I hear it.

With a mirror I'd have to be constantly checking which not only takes my eyes off the road ahead, it makes the ride much less enjoyable.

TrueGeek··on North Paw
I ride a bike with a Garmin radar detector that tells me when a car is behind me. Adding a vibration motor to it would be neat.
TrueGeek··on American Airlines is trying to stop a popular app used by flight attendants
American Airlines was featured in a video at Microsoft Ignite last week. They showed how everyone involved in a flight talks to each other through Teams and how Microsoft / AA has worked closely together to get this working. I'm wondering if AA doesn't want this app being used instead?
TrueGeek··on Ask HN: Where do you host images for your blog or landing pages?
The first option is what I'm using. CloudFlare in front of GitHub Pages. It seems to work well, my blog gets literally dozens of visits a month and it's never gone down.
TrueGeek··on Ask HN: What's your favorite programmer niche?
Microsoft’s mobile framework: Maui (previously named Xamarin). It’s not nearly as popular as React Native but it’s wonderful to work with and it’s great having a company like Microsoft behind it. I’ve been working in it for 8 years now and still having a blast.
TrueGeek··on Show HN: Nomad, a no fee Airbnb competitor. Any investors here?
A few observations:

- pay for a domain name. Show an investor you're serious enough that you at least put in $10 of your own money

- when I click on a photo let me use left / right arrow keys to go to the next photo

- let me click on the header photo to start going through photos

- when you show me amenities also show me what amenities aren't included like AirBnB does. I always like how they show the crossed out dryer or whatever so I notice right away before renting something without a feature I need

TrueGeek··on Infosys asked HR not to hire 'Indian-origin candidates', 'women with children'
Some humans suck, some don’t. I don’t think it’s accurate to say this divide is mostly split between countries. I’ve worked with multi-national companies that have great culture and diversity and multi-national companies that are much like you describe. The problem is not that “x people are by far the worst”. The problem is that culture needs to be led top down. It needs to be thought of during hiring. Intolerance needs to be addressed after hiring.
TrueGeek··on All the stupid startup/app ideas I've had so far
And tons more. Lots of money in church software.
TrueGeek··on The most dangerous road for cyclists in America
I've thought of both, the Netherlands especially looks very appealing, but they don't allow dual citizenship and, unlike Germany, don't appear to have any plans to ever do so. I don't really want to give up my US citizenship.
TrueGeek··on The most dangerous road for cyclists in America
We came over in July to try it out. We stayed in Kent and living car free wasn't a problem at all. We both work from home so that wasn't a problem. I brought my bike and riding around Kent was incredible. Much nicer then back home. I even went out with the local bike club and they all had wonderful things to say about the area.

Now, going in London itself - although it took less then an hour by high speed train - wasn't as much fun by bicycle at all. The cars were crazy and there were stop lights everywhere so it took much longer to get anywhere.

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