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tommoor

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An Englishman in New York. Building a team knowledge base called Outline and leading engineering at Linear.

https://www.tommoor.com https://www.getoutline.com https://linear.app

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tommoor··on Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird
So, do we think there is a path to using some future version of the transparent OLED's that were being shown off at CES here?

If the same density can be achieved you can imagine how much simpler the entire device would get with just a transparent screen – you'd have to move the rest of the electronics into the edges but that seems very doable.

tommoor··on Post mortem on Linear incident from Jan 24th, 2024
Happy to answer any questions that might be left lingering on what happened here.
tommoor··on Linear Is Down
There is a post-mortem on this incident now available on the blog:

https://linear.app/blog/linear-incident-on-jan-24th-2024

tommoor··on Disney unveils the HoloTile floor
It's the human-scale version of these parcel sorting devices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRS0Uj2WdpA

tommoor··on Linear Is Down
Data is being restored, very little data will be lost once complete – sorry for the trouble
tommoor··on British man appears in court over bomb joke sent in private message
I think the original BBC headline is more misleading to be honest, a joke in a private message is not a bomb hoax.
tommoor··on British man appears in court over bomb joke sent in private message
I feel like they are being vague on how the message was sourced purposefully.

It's a shame it's a kid that doesn't have the resources to fight this, the UK public has already been conditioned to expect that all their messages are being tracked and read it seems.

tommoor··on Spotify attacks Apple's 'outrageous' 27% commission
It's 30% commission all the way down
tommoor··on Outline: Self hostable, realtime, Markdown compatible knowledge base
Yep, cloud and self-hosted both support embedding video (native tag) as of a few versions ago.
tommoor··on Outline: Self hostable, realtime, Markdown compatible knowledge base
You can yes, in fact Outline's own documentation are hosted on Outline:

https://docs.getoutline.com/s/guide

tommoor··on Outline: Self hostable, realtime, Markdown compatible knowledge base
I haven't really used Obsidian, but I'd imagine that the team aspect is the main advantage plus realtime collaborative editing as part of that.

Outline is also used in a lot of orgs where the users are less technical, I'd imagine Obsidian could be quite intimidating in comparison.

tommoor··on Outline: Self hostable, realtime, Markdown compatible knowledge base
Improving how drafts work is near the top of the roadmap, one of Outline's main value props is it's speed –so definitely want to reduce the friction here.
tommoor··on Outline: Self hostable, realtime, Markdown compatible knowledge base
The license allows all use _except_ competing with the cloud offering – you can run in for personal use, or your company without issue. This style of BSL license has become fairly common to protect the business model that allows the software to remain under development.
tommoor··on Outline: Self hostable, realtime, Markdown compatible knowledge base
Maintainer here, happy to answer questions and glad to see it get some attention on HN :)

Outline is a bootstrapped business. The software is used by thousands of teams, including government agencies, universities, and companies from startups to large corporates.

tommoor··on Cybertruck Launch
Whether we like it or not cars are a very visible and public status symbol, unlike many other purchases.
tommoor··on Young people would sacrifice other perks for a 4-day workweek
My dads first house cost less than his first car, bought around the same time.
tommoor··on Global CO2 Levels
It's not a great book, but the fact that a single billionaire could decide to change the climate with a relatively small amount of SO2 was news to me until I read this!
tommoor··on It's Fucking Impossible to Stay Healthy
You've been drinking hot water from the tap your whole life?
tommoor··on An ultra-quiet electric leaf blower
I will never understand Americans seeming obsession with moving leaves about. Do I have to become a father first?
tommoor··on US sues eBay for allowing sale of emissions defeat devices
Legal in what respect? It wouldn't be legal to drive it
tommoor··on Linear raises $35M Series B led by Accel
Hard to hit the graveyard when you're highly profitable ;)
tommoor··on Threads, an Instagram app
Seeing as it wasn't linked yet:

https://www.threads.net looks like where this will live on the web

tommoor··on Goldman is looking for a way out of its partnership with Apple
Do you have an AMEX? It's accepted basically nowhere outside of the US, actually very annoying
tommoor··on North Korean market prices suggest serious food shortages
The BBC did a good piece on this a few weeks ago that includes multiple interviews with people in NK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiviOdWDl9o

tommoor··on Show HN: An open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG Markdown editor
For those interested TipTap is doing the heavy lifting here – https://tiptap.dev/examples/default
tommoor··on Stripe Launches PayPal Integration In Europe
Do we know if this can be used for Stripe subscriptions? Doesn't seem to be mentioned on the landing page.
tommoor··on Show HN: HelpHub – GPT chatbot for any site
I think it's a good idea and someone will see success here, unfortunately it's far too slow to be useful right now (HN effect?)
tommoor··on Show HN: HelpHub – GPT chatbot for any site
$20m in funding, so lets say a $100m post-money valuation – probably need at least 10k sites running this at $250/mo for that valuation to stack up.
tommoor··on Gfycat has been down for two days due to an expired SSL certificate
> Type "thisisunsafe" into the page

great tip

tommoor··on Waymo One doubles service area in Phoenix, continues growing in SF
And pedestrian/cyclist safety
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