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wusel··on Bending Spoons entered definitive agreement to acquire Airtable for $1.28B
When they had this AI induced relaunch „What do you want to build“ they lost the plot.

I guess their product-market fit was always a bit shallow / broad. Airtable is powerful, and you can do so much with it, but it’s never better than the use case specific alternatives. Opaque pricing and feature gating create a lot of friction as well. Also, these „it can do anything, but you have to set it up yourself“ kinds of apps, always have it hard with true bottom up adoption.

wusel··on Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230
There is a third little dot near the camera you can see with a flashlight and that's an ambient light sensor.
wusel··on Show HN: Tips.io – A Tailwind playground with AI, page management, and theming
Very cool. Post it in the Svelte subreddit, I am sure they‘ll enjoy this.
wusel··on Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps
I thought the connecting arrows were bugged at first, then I realized it's a genius implementation. This alone makes me want to use this more than Figjam.
wusel··on Hardest problem in computer science: centering things
That's called optical alignment. He somewhat mentions that with the Apple logo example.
wusel··on Shopify Is Illegal in Germany
Sorry for the German only link, but this is from today and didn't make the rounds yet. It is not really about Shopify itself, but about the use of CDNs - which would be even more worrisome. Shopify Support couldn't help the shop owner.
wusel··on Ask HN: What weird startup ideas do you have?
A bit less fancy than a railgun, but similar to what you were thinking: https://www.spinlaunch.com/
wusel··on Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achieved, process has begun
You are right. I meant fresh water. Sorry, it was midnight when I wrote that.
wusel··on Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achieved, process has begun
Ukraine is/was on track to become a petrostate for Europe, which is a big threat for Russia. Add to that all the other points and he has somewhat „good reason“. Russia is also kinda on a decline polulation wise so he must act sooner rather then later. One thing no one notes is that Crimea gets most of its sweet water from Ukraine (which was cut off of course). That was quite the issue, but it seems they advanced now to the location where it was cut off so that’s solved I guess.
wusel··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Yea that one is better. A snarky one liner is funny, but doesn't communicate any value to your customers. "Your future self will thank you" is a good way of saying "invest in yourself" I like it much more.
wusel··on Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
If it's a good domain it would be snatched by someone who wants to make a profit flipping domains. The domain business is broken.
wusel··on Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest
What's that about Maximator?
wusel··on New 13-inch MacBook Pro
In regard to the display: Yes, those marks come from the keys pressing against the display. Be careful how much you fill in your backpack with the MBP. My display looks very bad around the space bar (that is the 2018 "improved display"). Noticed that way too late. An Apple Genius recommended me to always have a microfiber cloth between display and keyboard when traveling. Not on a $3000 device thanks.

Heating/fan issues, double typing keys, too many "-gates" to count. I never had so much buyers regret.

wusel··on I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit
That wasn't the one I was thinking of, but it's essentially the same. He is just less absolute about it.
wusel··on I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit
The lawyer (James Duane) actually changed his stance on this. There is an updated version of this video somewhere.
wusel··on Sleep myths 'damaging your health'
Currently reading this one. It's already the most impactful book I've ever read.