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matart··on How Anker is beating Apple and Samsung at their own accessory game
I purchase almost exclusively Anker. When my cheap Bluetooth headphones had a hard time connecting to my phone they just sent me a more expensive pair. I have their cords, wall charger, battery pack, headphones, outdoor speaker, and indoor speaker. All work well and when they stopped or seemed to function inadequately they just sent a new or updated version.

I can't recommend them enough.

matart··on Blackberry Keyone Review: Part Productivity, Part Nostalgia
It looks to be on the top at the left side
matart··on Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV
Reminds me of the "Diet Coke causes depression" over depressed people could be more likely to drink diet coke.
matart··on Basecamp Employee Handbook
What does a sabbatical mean in the tech industry? Do I get to work on a side project? or work for another company? or within the company at a different post?

I feel like in academia it is easier for a sabbatical as you can go to another university and study something different.

matart··on Ask HN: Why are resumes a problem?
They solve the problem of having to manually go through 1000s of applicants. Most jobs these days have over 100 people applying. This software allows the system to easily get rid of unqualified (whatever you set the criteria at) applicants automatically.

I am sure there are many other uses like applicant tracking, job posting, compliance with discrimination laws, etc.

matart··on Ask HN: How did you find that offshore dev team you work with?
I have made a decent living for a couple years cleaning up offshored projects. I do not have any suggestions but carefully screen them for communication skills, responsiveness to emails/calls, ability to track completed work, and overall skill. Too many people put blind faith that everyone can develop software equally and it just is not true.
matart··on Interview with John O'Nolan of Ghost
I am interested and have the cycles. What issues should be started with?
matart··on This Startup Has Developed a New Artificial Intelligence That Can Beat Google
Continue to article button in the top right corner
matart··on Warren Buffett’s Best Investment
It looks to contain a lot of logic about what is shown when it is shared on Twitter, Facebook, etc. I think all the images use this logic.
matart··on Payouts may have contribued to a talent exodus at Google's car project
"F- you money" is the amount of money that allows you to do what you want, i.e. leave when things do not go your way. This must mean the staffers did not want to be there for some reason or another.

This is interesting because they were helping build the future. It's easy to see why people might not be excited or passionate about the next CRUD app but self driving cars seems like a passion project to me.

matart··on A DIY M&Ms and Skittles sorting machine
I didn't see it anywhere but are you willing to provide the 3D printing files?
matart··on Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results
The majority of people do not care about the same things we (HN) do. My friends will by Macs regardless because they are scared of something different.
matart··on Indian Outsourcing Firms Prep for Curbs on H-1B Visa Workers Under Trump
This did not work for me. Still paywalled.
matart··on Show HN: MyHours – Time tracking for digital nomads
I loved toggl but I ended up needing more features than just tracking time for $10/month.
matart··on Show HN: MyHours – Time tracking for digital nomads
I am a big user of Harvest and this looks very similar. That is not a bad thing but I have a few issues with this.

1) When I signed up I filled out some information. I thought it was my first project but I don't remember now. This information has disappeared. I had to enter in new tasks, project, etc.

2) The tracking screen is too complex, I get that it does a lot but it is overwhelming. I will compare to harvest which asks very simple questions (Project, task, duration (if left blank it starts a timer))

Also is there a chrome/firefox app? This is crucial as a timetracking application should not take up significant time to use.

matart··on Top Developer Tools of 2016
How did you source the information? There are primarily web development tools on the list.
matart··on Top Developer Tools of 2016
My guess is that they source this based on web searches and social media posts. Those tend to have a more web development focus.
matart··on Show HN: ClapChat – Instant messaging for HN users
What if I then remove my email? Will clap chat remove it as well?
matart··on Getting Rid of Comments on Vice.com
CBC comments show you how horrible some people can be. It makes me think that we leave discussion to the discussions sites. Reddit, HN, etc. and just let the news tell the news.
matart··on How to Hide $400M
Do you have any information on this weight loss fake ad on CNN. I think my parents got this one.
matart··on PHP 7 at Tumblr
Were there major improvements to autoloading in PHP7?
matart··on California has legalized recreational marijuana
FYI it is not legal in Canada. While barely enforced for small amounts, you can still be arrested.
matart··on An A/B Testing Story
As I sit here trying to figure out the difference
matart··on Oct. 4
What would you go with instead? I am also a Nexus 5 user looking for an upgrade of some sort.
matart··on Mailhero – a more permanent temporary email
I also had every username I tried come up as taken. Even ones I found on main stream sites.
matart··on Snapchat launches Chat 2.0, moves from messaging app to full communication suite
Are "stickers" really a selling point for an app?
matart··on San Bernardino County tweets it reset attacker iCloud password at FBI's request
Absolutely, I worked for a small department at a University and we had to use the management policy to get emails
matart··on Pandora to Buy Rdio Assets for $75M, Rdio Files Ch.11, Will Shutter Service
I really like spotify because I can use it on my phone, PS3, laptop, etc. My phone can be the remote to my sound system in another room.

I also have a small data plan on my phone so I do not stream music. Spotify allows me to download their songs for playing offline.

Does Google Music provide these or similar?

matart··on Let Twitter Be Twitter
This sounds like charging someone to bring you business. Katy Perry convinces a lot of people to use twitter and still has to pay to bring in revenue.

If this was the same for car sales, why would anyone recommend cars?

matart··on Show HN: React for Beginners
I see a lot about reactjs. Am I able to built a multi state SPA with it? If so would this course be enough to get me started?
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