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redindian75··on A “deepfake” is at the center of a harassment case, but what if it’s not faked?
'mocking bird media' is a Qnon term like "deep state".
redindian75··on Show HN: Mail Studio – IDE for designing responsive emails
would love to know about your workflow & link to the code :)
redindian75··on Penpot Alpha Release – Free and Open-Source Design Plattform
As a regular user of Figma, I am blow away. I did a quick mockup, and it runs as well as figma on my browser. Silky smooth zooms,pans etc.

I briefly played with components, pasted screenshots, and drew rectangles & shapes (80% of UI design is drawing rectangles :-). Yet to play with Prototypes.

Kudos to the team... extremely impressive alpha.

redindian75··on Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the dust
Model 3/Y has a sporty suspension (like BMW 3 series) - not as buttery as a, say a Lexus. Ive done long drives fully loaded (4pax & luggage), and its ok - not too roomy or comfy.

Model S/X has better suspension.

redindian75··on Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the dust
the car knows where chargers are... no need to check Tesla App.
redindian75··on Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the dust
checkout Model Y great price, comes in 7 seat variant. 330 mile range
redindian75··on Open-source Visual JavaScript platform – TotalJS
Not connected with the project - but came across this https://builder.totaljs.com/
redindian75··on Wireflow – an open-source flowchart real-time collaboration tool
looks very polished. Great work! Havent seen many opensource UX tools

Wishlist:

1) App Screen Dimension (iphone, ipad etc)

2) A way to resize the Dimensions (longer, leaner, shorter etc)

3) Popups, Modals

4) Micro interactions (menu on/off)

5) A way to annotate, add sticky-notes on the canvas.

6) Whiteboard type of pen tool to markup areas (ex: this block is for next sprint)

7) A play button to preview the site (clickthro)

Thanks again for sharing!

redindian75··on Show HN: Talk – A free group video call app with screen sharing
it is hosted here:

http://talk.vasanthv.com

redindian75··on Show HN: Talk – A free group video call app with screen sharing
Here is a demo:

http://talk.vasanthv.com

redindian75··on Show HN: We make a Sketch to React/HTML tool (need advice)
> as the video showed?

I dont see any video attached..

Edit: Just saw the url in your profile (pxcode.io). Does it work with Figma as well?

redindian75··on How Are Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's Changes Affecting Workers?
He tweeted. He tweeted that mail-in voting is GOOD in Florida, and somehow totally different from mail-in voting in other states. He encouraged people to do vote by mail in Florida.
redindian75··on Htmx – high power tools for HTML
From IntercoolerJS website "Work on intercooler 2.0 (renamed to HTMX) has begun. See htmx.org for more information!"
redindian75··on What's a virus, anyway? The bare-bones basics
> Is a virus a living thing? Maybe.

Maybe Virus is akin to a SEED. Seeds are inert/dead by themselves, but it carries as all the code/DNA/instructions needed to spring to life, flourish & even reproduce infinitely when put in an friendly environment (nourished soil with water, O2 etc)

redindian75··on Private client-side-only PWAs are hard, but now Apple made them impossible
"Web applications added to the home screen are not part of Safari and thus have their own counter of days of use."[1]

From WebKit: [1] https://webkit.org/blog/10218/full-third-party-cookie-blocki...

A Note On Web Applications Added to the Home Screen

As mentioned, the seven-day cap on script-writable storage is gated on after seven days of Safari use without user interaction on the site.” That is the case in Safari. Web applications added to the home screen are not part of Safari and thus have their own counter of days of use. Their days of use will match actual use of the web application which resets the timer. We do not expect the first-party in such a web application to have its website data deleted.

If your web application does experience website data deletion, please let us know since we would consider it a serious bug. It is not the intention of Intelligent Tracking Prevention to delete website data for first parties in web applications.

redindian75··on Implementing single-file web components
> On the other hand if you write templates in JS

As a non-programmer (UX), I used to watch Polymer with so much interest, since it had HTML tag-like syntax. I copy paste component codes & construct an UI. There was simplicity in <googlemaps lat="89.2" long="123.2" draggable="false"></googlemaps>

Now with lit-html, it went from unique HTML/WebComponent for non-coders, to another one of the JS frameworks out there.

redindian75··on ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery
I got Mobiscribe from Amazon for around 250. Smaller screen, but has warm backlit eink screen. Decent ereader for ePubs, very good responsive notetaking. It comes with a note-folio & pen for $250
redindian75··on Figma mockups connected to AirTable for a working Nativeapp (BravoStudio)
Not connected with them. Here is a their website https://www.bravostudio.app/
redindian75··on Amazon has 150M Prime members
'Prime Video' is worth the price for me. We get new release Indian movies for free & great TV series.

Free shipping on Prime items is just a bonus. They have added free overnight, free next day 8AM and even sameday 6pm for my zipcode. Cutoff is noon for same day delivery! I do not see a huge pricemarkup, and sometimes I dont even need to order $35 worth of items. The two toys I ordered was $5 & $8 each, it got delivered 8AM next day,

redindian75··on Launch HN: Carve (YC S19) – Rent Cars from Local Dealerships
Is it volvo? Didnt know it has unlimited and allowed frequent swaps.
redindian75··on Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year
Took my 4yr old first time to Movies... he said "dont like this... can we change it?"

It was a Disney movie - but he wasnt ready to sit thro character buildup etc, and complained the cartoon was too "long". I thought he lacked patience due to watching Youtube fastcut episodes (GuavaJuice and such), then I saw him watching 45mins of a hand opening candy wrappers one by one, patiently folding it, then opening the next one. I dont know what to make of it :)

redindian75··on Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag
Had 2 BMWs before my Model3 LR. Never going back.

Briefly thought of BMW i3, but once I tested Model3 & played with its Autopilot on stop/go commute - Teslas are years ahead of the game. Best part is, they can only get better.

- The very thought of dealership, auto repair shops feels very old now. I had a problem with my left indicator stalk, booked an appointment in the same Tesla app, a mobile mech pulled up, took out the whole driving wheel unit and fixed it on the spot.

- They have bi-monthly, monthly updates (feels like our software dev 2 week sprints) where they release NEW features, yes, brand new features... not just bug fixes or improvements.

The Model3 body feels like a frame-housing with an ever improving hardware/software under it to constantly make it better n better.

It feels like the iPhones vs Nokia smart phones debate in 2010.

redindian75··on H-1B Employer Data Hub
>But the premise of H1 is to provide visa for people with skills that the American market doesn't have.

how does that square with

>I am a front-end developer on an H1 visa.

So let me get this straight, other immigrant's jobs can be easily done by locals with minimal training, hence it is a scam. BUT your 'front-end skills' are so unique that no other American can do it?

redindian75··on Sketch raises $20M in Series A funding
For me it's the other way round. Figma canvas is silky smooth while Sketch drones on.
redindian75··on Sketch raises $20M in Series A funding
I agree with other commenters here. Its too late for Sketch. Sketch has promised to go Browser by the year end. Figma was already there 2 years back.

Figma is eating their lunch. It does what Sketch does & much much more - in the browser.

I moved from Sketch to Adobe XD to Figma. Not going back.

redindian75··on Tesla Model Y
He just announced the prices (took a screengrab)

Standard Range (230miles) -> $39K (Spring 2021)

Long Range (300miles) -> $47K (Fall 2020)

Dual ($51k) Performance ($60k) (Fall 2020)

redindian75··on 3D Modelling in a Browser
For lightweight & quick conceptual work, even final deliveries most of the time, nothing beats a browser based available-everywhere tool. No files to sync, same tool to both view & edit the files.

I used Industry heavyweight Photoshop for 15+ years, Sketch for 4 and dropped everything for Figma[1] after playing with it for 2 days. Now my UX comps, UI sketches all available EVERYWHERE. All inspirations, rough concepts all stacked away in any browser I have access to. I move to different machines a lot (Macs/Windows). Used to carry around a USB stick (synced to Dropbox from my home computer).

Now it is nirvana - No syncing, No dropboxing or figuring out where my prototypes, v1, 'final-final-v1-1-edit-final' files, & source files are. Not only the files are available, but the viewer to view those files are right there.

[1] www.Figma.com - Browser based UX Mockup/Prototype tool.

redindian75··on 3D Modelling in a Browser
Here is a video of what is possible inside a browser! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dC1ZRdf9JM

Wow! (not affiliated with them)

redindian75··on Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world
which country passport you hold is what makes the difference, not your home country (residency).

Example: One can hold Srilankan Passport, but home country now is USA (Perm Residency Greencard)

redindian75··on Spectrum is joining GitHub
Forums?
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