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saddestcatever··on I finally finished this awesome game called Photoshop, let me send you a video
Maybe a licensing/legal restriction? Could adding screencapture support of arbitrary content get Microsoft in trouble?
saddestcatever··on The mobile games industry is kept afloat by less than 1% of users
Can anyone recommend me a good Android game? Good is subjective, but I find that Android games pale in terms of gameplay and replayability. I'd much prefer to play a GBA emulator on my phone.

I'm more than willing to pay for mobile games, but I've been continually disappointed and how shallow the mobile games industry is.

Mobile games currently have much more in common with Flash games (remember when those were all the rage), than the gaming industry. Cheap, and quantity > quality.

saddestcatever··on Uber's Design Meltdown
At least most drivers in Boston have front license plates. I've always found that tricky when I'm in states that don't require them.
saddestcatever··on Uber's Design Meltdown
I'd suppose it's a safety issue. I wouldn't want to draw attention to the fact that this person has no idea which car they're supposed to get get in.
saddestcatever··on Lumberyard and Amazon GameLift and Twitch for Games on AWS
Is it just me, or does $50m seem like a deal in terms of buying a top-end video game framework that will compete with the likes of unity and unreal?
saddestcatever··on If we are in a tech bubble, how can I protect myself?
We're talking about a tech bubble here, not the apocalypse!
saddestcatever··on Alphabet Becomes the Most Valuable Public Company in the World
In my opinion:

User Interface. Dropbox presented a beautifully clean metaphor for how your files get synced. It doesn't matter if you understand what "the cloud" is. My grandmother understands: "put things in folder, folder available elsewhere".

On the other hand we've got Google Drive. Is GMail using Google drive? Is Google Photos using Google Drive? Why don't folders other people have shared to me not appear in my folder? Why isn't 'Shared with Me' the same as "Mine". Is Google Drive the same thing as Google Docs?

Not to mention - Dropbox really pushed the "Desktop App", while Google Drive pushed the "Web First" approach. Add on referral bonuses, Dropbox had some good solid adoption - well, at least among free users.

I use both extensively - Dropbox Pro for everything personal, and Google Drive for everything at work, and I still get confused about the where I saved/shared files to in Google Drive.

saddestcatever··on Stress-testing airplane wings
I'm surprised at how old the footage appears to be. Goes to show that commercial flight hardware remains largely similar in the past decade or two.
saddestcatever··on Facebook ad click numbers are inconsistent with other analytics
What are your thoughts on "accidental clicks"? Say, I accidentally click a facebook ad while scrolling, then close the new browser window before your site's analytics scripts load. Would that account for a large difference?

I know that I thick-thumb at least 10 ads for every ad that I intentionally select.

saddestcatever··on Social engineering: 7 signs that something is just not right
Not a great writeup. Nothing surprising. Poor format (slideshow). Seems like cheap churn & burn content for web views.
saddestcatever··on Chaparral Cars
The Gran Turismo wikia article actually has a great description of the 2J. Just found while looking for more info:

"car that utilized two engines: one was a 690 HP powerplant to power the car and the other, an air-cooled snowmobile engine that powered a pair of large fans to such the air flowing underneath the car, thus making it "stick" to the road surface...Before the start of the 1971 season, the SCCA banned the use of engines used for other than powering the car itself, and the Chaparral 2J was banished from motorsports forever."

http://gran-turismo.wikia.com/wiki/Chaparral_2J_'70

saddestcatever··on GoPro cutting 7 percent of its workforce
Most likely, buying a dust-proof, water-proof, and shock resistant smartphone with 4k video support is going to be a tad more expensive than your entry level GoPro.

However, for the casual user (not doing action shots), you've got a point. What use would my mom have for a GoPro that her iPhone can't do?

saddestcatever··on Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
I would disagree. Most attendees of yoga, at least as I've seen in Boston, treat it similarly to a gym. It's a "come in, do yoga, resume rest of day" attitude that doesn't cater well towards conversation or interaction. I'd be curious to know if others have had any different experiences.
saddestcatever··on Building the Casper homepage
I'm on Chrome OSX. Website matches the final video, however as a user, I don't scroll nearly as smoothly as the demo video does. What I end up seeing is a bunch of products "jitter" as I go down the page.
saddestcatever··on Airbnb introduces dynamic pricing to meet surging demand
...what is this website!?
saddestcatever··on LogMeIn acquires Lastpass
Just a note - the 1Password Mac app is MILES ahead of the 1Password app. I've been using both for about 3 years now, and the separation is only getting larger. 1Password is smooth, fast, and fluid on Mac OSX. 1Password works, but is none of those on Windows.
saddestcatever··on LogMeIn acquires Lastpass
I've been a serious 1Password user for ~3 years. Love it. Mac OSX app, and Chrome plugin are amazing. It's a little pricey, but I think it's worth it. However - don't think about using 1Password if you're on a windows machine - their windows app is really janky and works just enough to be usable
saddestcatever··on Tinder's Monetization Strategy Deck [pdf]
... I hear there's an opening.
saddestcatever··on WordPress 4.3, “Billie”, released
Thanks for writing up your post. I'd say it certainly added some value that wasn't in the official release.
saddestcatever··on Soylent 2.0
True. I'm on my first batch of 1.5 right now. The instructions are pretty clear about it needing to be cold. Room-temperature, the Soylent mix is pretty gnarly (think chalk), but once properly chilled it pretty much tastes like nothing.
saddestcatever··on The new MacBook
Appears as if the new Macbook is sitting in between the Air and the Pro...

Air < Macbook < Pro

saddestcatever··on This Is the Chart That's Freaking Netflix Out
I tried to watch Star Wars V yesterday. On Netflix? Nope. On Hulu? Nope. On Amazon Prime? Nope. Amazon Instant? Nope. On Vudu? Nope.

I could have upgraded my Netflix subscription, and had the DVD shipped to me in 4 days. Except, I don't own a DVD player.

I could buy the blueray from Amazon. Except, I don't own a blueray player.

saddestcatever··on Introducing uberPLUS
Huh. So it's the no-minivan version of UberX?
saddestcatever··on How Do You Want to Be Recruited?
Honestly, I don't want to be contacted by a recruiter.

I want a list of companies that are looking to hire. I want a list that I can individually research, then find a way to contact them.

saddestcatever··on Final – A credit card built for the 21st century
Same. I was like "Oh cool, Coin is making something even better." Oh.
saddestcatever··on The Greatest Web Pages
Jesus. That change-when-you-scroll profile picture is annoying. When I scroll, the motion in my peripheral jerks my attention away from the content of the page.
saddestcatever··on Landing page of our upcoming product. Do you understand what we do?
"Create groups, send links, share files and we’ll organize them so you don’t have to" <- This doesn't mean much to me. Maybe I didn't 'identify' with the problem you're trying to solve.

If I understand correctly, you're a service that uploads e-mail attachments to a central location? Kinda like sending all -mail attachments to google Drive, then sorting by who you send to?

saddestcatever··on I’ve created a Google Adwords course. Free (usually $59) for first 100 people.
Awesome, thank you! I'll provide feedback soon.
saddestcatever··on Show HN: Get a list of your Amazon purchases and see what you can sell them for
I'm curious to see where the pricing structure is coming from.

For example: Apple MacBook Pro ME864LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (NEWEST VERSION) $382.32

It's a compelling business idea, and I understand there's a need to generate a profit, yet the math seems a little off.

saddestcatever··on Show HN: Yourtaximeter.com
A good idea, but room for improvement.

- Get rid of that full-screen HTML5 video. Full-screen background videos are great for experience driven services, but distracting for utilities.

- be clear about where you support. UK only - took me a while

- Autocomplete on addressed. If not - show what format you expect. Hell, even placing markers on a map would be better then blind entering

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