mikejarema

Wow, that first one is like Ur-Quan + Yehat + Spathi all wrapped into one! These both definitely nailed the SC2 aesthetic, thanks for sharing. (And also for all your work on VQ, it was an amazing journey to follow!)

It's a long shot... but are those sound effects from Starcon 2? Particularly the rockets fired from these guys (https://imgur.com/a/TU5kr)?

I played Star Control 2 many times over as a kid and can't help but think that my many (many!) hours in front of that game have trained a part of my neural nets to excel at recognizing the sounds and readying for battle. 20 seconds into this game those paths were triggered, hence my Q.

No I hadn't thought about LinkedIn, I honestly have no idea why I hadn't, though it strikes me that it'd be a great addition to the site.

I'll take a stab at in when I've got some spare cycles, thanks.

Thanks.

The domain suggestion engine was a fun component. It's not all that complicated... it really just tries a bunch of prefixes and suffixes on your keyword (plus some geo suggestions, if it can "find" you) and shows you what is (probably) available.

I've also found some gems using it as well.

Yeah the false positives are such a pain.

I've been maintaining a manual list (thanks for the @wood addition) but otherwise haven't really figured out a way to definitively sort through these.

Thanks, I'm glad you like it and use it. If you've got a moment, I have a few Qs that would help me understand what you're describing here.

What would be an example of the notification you're thinking of here? Like domains matching a keyword? Or a specific one?

The idea of a marketplace definitely does make sense. Were you thinking as a buyer or seller?

My domain name and social media handle search tool has been humming along nicely for 5+ years now and produces a modest amount of profit each month.

https://namevine.com/

It makes money from domain name registrations it refers via affiliate links.

I've been playing with the idea of adding "pro" features for a couple of years now but I worry anything that detracts from its simplicity may hurt sales.

This is a fantastic philosophical summary of what a cryptocurrency fork represents. Thank you for sharing.

I should have posted the link to the actual product: https://send.firefox.com/

Namevine: https://namevine.com/

Find a domain name with matching social media handles. Instantly searches as-you-type. Also provides some simple "suggestions" based on common startup prefixes and suffixes.

Monetized via affiliate commissions on referred domain sales.

For those interested in researching past domain sales, namebio.com is a great starting place. It has a searchable DB of public domain sales which can be filtered by extension, length, etc.

Eg. five-letter .com search: https://namebio.com/?s==ITO4gTM5ITM

Also the weekly domain sales report by Ron Jackson is another good place to get a sense of current sales: http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm (I believe these are included in namebio's DB, but regardless Ron adds some color commentary to the numbers)

Here (and when I see people generally using the term) is the meaning of "shapeshift" simply that you go to shapeshift.io and exchange from one cryptocurrency to another?

I use Firefox and have disabled autoplaying across the board by going to about:config and setting media.autoplay.enabled to false.

Unfortunately it doesn't offer exceptions at all (eg. by domain), so you'll need to click-to-start media on every site. IMO it's worth that minor effort.

Thanks... but is that the extent of it?

I'm familiar with this syntax but thought that Google's punishments take the form more of a sliding scale (which diminishes general authority or prevalence for certain searches) than a binary system (good/show, bad/hide). And that simply checking the index as above wouldn't reveal too much actionable info. Eg. if a domain is categorized as having adult content.

What's the process to assess whether a domain is on the naughty list?

> I’m talking about viewing domain names as an asset

Another way to read this, which the author indirectly touches on in his listing of expired domain auction results, is the $$$ value of the domain itself.

It's kind of insurance for the situation where your side project/business either fails to materialize or goes nowhere. A solid domain should at least retain its value so you can view the perceived authority/trust as free (or a dividend) on the initial investment in the domain.

This is the basis I've been using for some of the prospective side-projects I've been mulling. I've been buying some decent domains as investments both in the domains themselves and the value they would bring to my projects.

Here's a specific example:

I've got a few ideas related to energy, eg. a system that'll let IoT devices/smart appliances/software base decisions on the cost and environmental impact of the energy required for an application. So I bought http://energy.io as the eventual home for this. It carries the authority/trust that the author describes, at least as a developer-focused business, and in the worst case I'm sure I can resell it for an amount comparable to what I paid.

I'm curious about how the $15k/mo figure is computed.

The story reads as though Logojoy more or less launched on Producthunt, which was 7 days ago. And all posts on the blog are dated Nov 15th. Finally the domain itself seems to have been listed on HugeDomains as of Oct 8th [1].

Now maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like the revenue figure is extrapolated from a small window which includes a wave of initial traffic from PH.

I'm hoping that the revenue figure is an actual ongoing sustained amount for Dawson's sake (as it is great looking & functioning product, solves a need that I've faced, and for full disclosure I've been putting together something along these lines on the backburner for awhile), but I can't help but feel this is a bit sensationalized based on what I'm seeing here.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20161008092541/http://logojoy.co...

The Noun Project has an API plan which allows for usage like this I believe: https://thenounproject.com/developers/

Squarespace, Tailor Brands and some other tools are using the API for logo design (without the attribution) much like what Logojoy is doing.

I've heard about The Grid and paid attention for a little while with some excitement, however lost track of them.

What do you mean by a "horrific trainwreck"? What happened... nothing?

I've got Syncthing (https://syncthing.net/) for syncing 40+GB between my machines and Android smartphone.

It's not quite the same as Dropbox/OneDrive in the sense there is no central service storing and backing up your files, but rather more like BitTorrent Sync which requires at least one other participating device to be online in order to send/receive/sync files.

So it appears that a combination of (1) removing instant feedback (not alerting fraudsters as to the success/failure of their charge) and (2) giving a grace period to review and cancel charges has given Candy Japan some breathing room.

Though it does seem that this requires a manual step (2) before sending charges through, does anyone have experience using a fraud detection API, like Maxmind's minFraud [1] or any other, in an attempt to avoid having to review each charge?

[1] https://www.maxmind.com/en/minfraud-services

Or any iteration for that matter, brand identity being so subjective and all.

Perhaps they're purchasing these to handle the constant/baseline load of riders throughout the day, and then will continue to use human drivers & contractors to supplement demand beyond that, eg. the peaks times you mention.

So it'd be the best of both worlds for Uber: being able to put the self-driving vehicles to use around the clock and not having to make a capital investment to handle spikes in demand, which would just continue to be handled by existing drivers (for now). Just call in the human backup to help out when required.

I'm also wondering if they made the huge order so that they'd be able to influence and guide the requirements for the vehicles to Uber's specs. It seems that the requirements for a self-driving car for an individual's use differs from that for commercial taxiing.

At first I thought that this was a 1k SVG, being that it was a static image.

Turns out it's built in Javascript, and the developer has an even more impressive 1k implementation featuring a rotating 3d render of the rose: http://js1k.com/2012-love/demo/1100

Thanks for the feedback. Keep on playing around.

I plan to surface the font, palette, etc info for each logo just as you've described. Specifically so that you can use it to drive design/branding decision further in your product/company/site.

For now (and seeing that you're a "code jedi") I'd recommend just scoping out the X-Logo and X-Meta HTTP headers for the logos you've saved, eg:

  $ curl --head -s "https://api.logocaster.com/v1/logos/new.png?action=recreate&name=companyco&style=bubble&palette_id=1643&font_id=438&bubble_width=18" | grep "X-"
  X-Meta-Permalink: https://api.logocaster.com/v1/logos/new.png?action=recreate&name=companyco&style=bubble&palette_id=1643&font_id=438&bubble_width=18.0
  X-Logo-Name: companyco (edit)
  X-Logo-Style: bubble
  X-Logo-Palette-Id: 1643
  X-Logo-Font-Id: 438
  X-Logo-Bubble-Width: 18.0
  X-Logo-Drop-Spaces: false
  X-Logo-Text-Transform: none
  X-Logo-Font-Category: sans-serif
  X-Meta-Palette: #72ab1a #2aade4 #9ed4d6
  X-Meta-Palette-Background: #fdfcfc
  X-Meta-Font-Family: Montserrat

Thanks for letting me know, I hadn't tested names with anything beyond alphanumerics.

Certainly some of the fonts in the system are lacking those glyphs but this seems more related to the application logic than font issues. It's especially odd that it intermittently discards the text to the right of the bracket (eg. https://logocaster.com/logo-design/less+%3C+more?seed=784036...)

Great, and thanks for the link back. I like the idea of a public personal bookmark site, especially if it serves to help you level up your design and dev skills.

Thanks! Hit the blue "Refine Font/Color/Style" button the left :) (edit: wrong left, link)

https://twitter.com/logocaster/status/695671140409335808

Thanks! Glad you can put it to use, hope you find something that works for NeuralObjects. Pro tip: all of your saved logos as well as SVG downloads are found on your profile page.

Re: pricing. Not quite sure about details yet. But the high level is that 1) the design page and functionality (https://logocaster.com/logo-design/) will always be free to use and explore, 2) I'll sell one-off logos at a price point that is competitive with anything out there, 3) as you mentioned, offer a monthly option for people who want to use the tool regularly and produce logos at some moderate volume and 4) offer up the API for other interesting use cases.

Re: (4) it's quite easy to see the API in action, eg.

https://api.logocaster.com/v1/logos/new.png?action=recreate&...

Try playing with the style param (text,bubble,outlined), or letter spacing (works only with style=text).

Metadata on a logo is tucked away in the HTTP headers for the curious.

I'm spending some time creating a logo generator tool targeted at idea/early stage products and companies, or for side projects, open source projects, etc.

It's called Logocaster - https://logocaster.com

Logocaster is meant to help you explore a huge universe of logo designs when brainstorming your brand/logo. It makes it quite easy to scan a bunch of style/font/palette options and then "drill down" and see designs which only incorporate the features you like.

Right now it's a playground for testing out fonts, colors and a few logo styles. I'm planning on incorporating graphics from the Noun Project and giving a bit more of a rich experience around tweaking a specific design.

You can explore the functionality without registering, and save/download your favorites as SVG if you do register (edit: for free, at least until I've incorporated Stripe).

I'm looking for any feedback on the direction the project is headed, or interesting use cases where the API that powers this whole thing could be put to use, cheers!