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arrowgunz

299 karma · joined July 4, 2010

A Geek who loves Caffeine & Humor
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arrowgunz··on Ask HN: When using Twilio, how do I tell if my SMSes are being carrier filtered?
Have you tried using https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

If not, please use that. Hacker News is not really the place for Product Support.

arrowgunz··on Microsoft acquires Github
I really hope this acquisition is good for the developer community. Also, I can’t help but notice the fact that Tom Preston-Werner, one of the co-founders of GitHub, had turned down an offer[0] from Microsoft 10 years ago and today they’ve announced the acquisition[1] by Microsoft. They really have come a full circle. Good luck to the team at GitHub!

[0] http://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/10/18/how-i-turned-down-3...

[1] https://blog.github.com/2018-06-04-github-microsoft/

arrowgunz··on Diaspora* social network federation protocol
I was curious, is Diaspora* used anywhere or by anyone?
arrowgunz··on Apple’s Icons Have That Shape for a Very Good Reason
For those interested in something similar regarding the iPhone X notch: https://medium.com/tall-west/no-cutting-corners-on-the-iphon...
arrowgunz··on Is GitHub down or just me?
It is down from here in San Mateo
arrowgunz··on Facebook is an attack on the open web
Oh boy, so many users disliking Facebook in this thread.

> — a full one-third of my window is covered by a pop-over trying to get me to sign in or sign up for Facebook.

I get that John is clearly annoyed by a certain aspects of Facebook, but, I feel like it's unfair to say "Fuck Facebook" based on that. Facebook posts are primarily meant to be shared on the social network and not on the web. You can, of course, share it on the web, if the author of the post wishes to. But, Facebook has an amazing Notes features, which basically acts like a personalized blog. Long posts are meant to be shared via Notes and not the regular status update posts.

Check out this awesome note created by Kent Beck: https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/mastering-programmi...

They don't put a pop-over that takes up 1/3 of your page.

Also, I see a lot of people complaining about timesuck and how getting off of Facebook has improved their lives. How is any of it Facebook's fault? If anything, it means that it's a win for Facebook since they're providing good content that interests you, the user.

Also, stating that Facebook is trying to kill the open web is a bit ridiculous to say. Facebook's main sell is their content. They're not a search engine. They don't have to let non-Facebook users access their protected content. Yes, they do have a search engine that searches across the Facebook platform, but, you'd have to be a Facebook user in order to be able to search for it. Facebook got a lot of heat a few years ago for the lack of proper privacy features. Now, people complain about not having access to somebody else's content? There is no way everybody in this world can be satisfied.

Also, expecting Facebook to allow Internet Archive to index Facebook's content is unfair. Why should Facebook allow Internet Archive to index their protected content? The content is for the users to share with whoever they wish to share with, which may not necessarily be everybody in the world.

arrowgunz··on Show HN: Ora.pm – New task management service
The slider at the bottom and the sign in/sign up/reset form are very well made. That's a good design. Good job!
arrowgunz··on Chrome 59 has cross-platform headless support
What does this mean for Electron and other apps that depend on Electron?
arrowgunz··on Ask HN: Whats the most you've paid for a Domain Name?
I spend $99/year for mohni.sh (my first name - Mohnish)
arrowgunz··on Updates to our Google Voice apps
I've been a Google Voice user since 2009, when it was initially launched. I absolutely love the product. It is perhaps the only Google product, beside Gmail, that I have been using on a daily basis since the past ~8 years. Initially I only used it for its voicemail functionality and later started using it as my secondary phone number and for international calling (Google Voice's international calling pricing is decent).

All these years, even though the product has had an outdated UI, I didn't mind using it, since, it has been functional and served it's purpose. Now that Google is starting to invest more resources into Google Voice, my only hope is that they don't kill any of the existing wonderful features. I love the product and it would be awesome if they don't add any kind of "social" aspect to a very functional and useful product.

I haven't received the iOS update yet, but, I'm really looking forward to it.

arrowgunz··on RethinkDB, SageMath, Andreessen-Horowitz, Basecamp and Open Source Software
>I think Basecamp itself is mostly closed source, so they may have an advantage in building a business.

I think it's the exact opposite. Basecamp is mostly open source. Ruby on Rails is basically extracted from the Basecamp application. They've open sourced even their Trix Editor (https://github.com/basecamp/trix).

Edit: capitalization

arrowgunz··on Google Maps is down
This is what I am getting when I open it http://i.imgur.com/ewrMsY9.png
arrowgunz··on YouTube Red, a $9.99 Site-Wide Ad-Free Subscription with Play Music
The original subscription page: https://www.youtube.com/red
arrowgunz··on Adobe confirms major Flash vulnerability
Getting rid of Flash on iOS was the best decision Apple had ever taken. It is a fact that Flash is a pretty unsecure platform. Companies should stop using flash and put an end to it mess.
arrowgunz··on Google’s look, evolved
In case the link is not working: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
arrowgunz··on Ask HN: Who are your favorite poets?
Eminem has written some really good lines. His play with words is just fantastic.
arrowgunz··on 360 degree video playback in YouTube
from the video's description

>As of March 12th, 360 degree video playback is supported on Android devices and the Chrome desktop browser. YouTube tells us that they will soon support more browsers and platforms.

Looks like they're going to support newer browsers soon

arrowgunz··on 360 degree video playback in YouTube
Once the video starts playing, drag the video to get a 360 degree view
arrowgunz··on Show HN: Money
First of all, thanks for trying the app. Can you tell me the format you were using to enter the number, please. Thanks. If it is a bug, I will fix it. :)
arrowgunz··on Facebook was down
It's down from here - Bay Area, California.
arrowgunz··on IE Web Development Support Moving to Stack Overflow
That is one smart move by Microsoft. Microsoft definitely seems like it is heading in the right direction. I'm quite excited to see what Microsoft have under their sleeves. Faster release cycles for Internet Explorer (like any other popular browsers) would be a killer move by them, IMO.
arrowgunz··on Intel Introduces Smart Bracelet
I'm really curious to know if women are really going to use this. From the video, it looks really big and I'm guessing it's not light in weight either.
arrowgunz··on Dropbox is in your Office
I'm surprised by Microsoft's move here. Why would Microsoft not use OneDrive instead of Dropbox? Dropbox is surely a great product but Microsoft has something similar already. Am I missing something?
arrowgunz··on OS X Yosemite
In case you haven't got the upgrade yet, here's the direct link: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftw...
arrowgunz··on Segment (YC S11) Raises $15 Million Series A
This is an amazing news. Congrats, Peter and the rest of the Segment Team. Also, kudos on the Open Source work.
arrowgunz··on Open Source Implementation of Google App Engine
I was surprised to see that the project was sponsored by Google.
arrowgunz··on Commander.js – Node.js command-line interfaces made easy
oh hackernews! you guys downvote the author of the program that's being discussed. facepalm
arrowgunz··on Toyko Hit by 6.2 Earthquake.
*Tokyo
arrowgunz··on Build Tools – Make, no more
Make is still the best build tool form me.

https://algorithms.rdio.com/post/make/

arrowgunz··on Showcasing interesting projects in Explore
Ahh, just what I've always wanted. Good job. This looks cool.
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