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joshblour··on Singapore to Open Source Bluetooth Contact Tracing
I built a react native version: https://github.com/yonahforst/trackandtrace

Looking for contributors!

joshblour··on Show HN: Open-source Covid-19 Contact-tracing app
Very happy to finally post this. I've been working on it day and night for the past 5 days.

Quarantine isn't so bad after all...

joshblour··on Doomsday Clock: It is *still* 2 minutes to midnight
I think it's super interesting to read the Timeline of Doomsday Clock changes from the bottom up.
joshblour··on Show HN: Build and deploy an Event Sourced backend in minutes
Author here: Happy to answer any questions :)
joshblour··on PassPill Project – Open Development of a Webapp with React and Node.js
Awesome!!
joshblour··on Show HN: React Native Paper 1.0.0 released
super nice. does it work with expo? (without ejecting)
joshblour··on Show HN: LambStatus – Status page system built on AWS Lambda
this is awesome
joshblour··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to remind you why you opened Facebook
RIMR - I've just uploaded a new version to the chrome store that has a switch to turn off profanity. Keep an eye on the chrome store for version 1.3, it should be available in an hr or so
joshblour··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to remind you why you opened Facebook
done. File removed: https://github.com/yonahforst/focusbook/commit/491cf59a087c8...
joshblour··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to remind you why you opened Facebook
done. file removed: https://github.com/yonahforst/focusbook/commit/491cf59a087c8...
joshblour··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to remind you why you opened Facebook
Hey. Good point about the profanity. I'll add an option toggle it on and off. It was meant to be sort of a fun tool for myself.

About tracking, it is absolutely not tracking anything or anyone. That line of code referring to gtmetrix.com is from the sample google extension which i just forgot to remove. https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted#resources I'll remove it now. Sorry for the confusion. I hate tracking and would never do it to anyone without their permission (or even with their permission)

joshblour··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to remind you why you opened Facebook
You're not the developer, I am. And I absolutely am not tracking anyone. That code is from the sample app: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted#resources

and it's since been removed

joshblour··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to remind you why you opened Facebook
hey Raphemdia, actual developer and OP here, (user yonah91 was created a few minutes ago) the line of code you're referring to is in a file called popup.js which is never actually loaded . It's from the sample code which I used to learn how to make a chrome extension (https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted#resources) I'll remove it now, so that people don't the wrong idea.
joshblour··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to remind you why you opened Facebook
hhahhaha then this was made for you XD
joshblour··on Show HN: Locate your friends at festivals with BTLE (Couchbase and bonjour)
Sorry for the double-post. I should have put this under 'Show HN' the first time around.
joshblour··on My first app: Locate your friends at festivals w/ BTLE (Couchbase + bonjour)
that's a good idea. I'll try to add something like that to the next release.

In the current version, you can tap the navigate icon on the top-right of the map and the map will rotate to follow your heading. Then you can just point it towards any of your friends. But you're right, a simple compass could be better.

joshblour··on My first app: Locate your friends at festivals w/ BTLE (Couchbase + bonjour)
It's pretty decent on batteries. It only wakes up when a friend is actively searching for you, and only for ~4 seconds.