jamix's comments

jamix | 4 years ago | on: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

> I just disciplined myself to use it as little as possible.

By now, I have no illusions of being able to discipline myself to that extent. Even with many time-sucking apps uninstalled, there's always a fast browser on the smartphone, and it's a big temptation by itself.

jamix | 5 years ago | on: Fuck Domainparkers

I fail to see that's wrong with domain parking. You buy a promising domain now hoping that someone will pay you more for it later.

If not for those f*cking stock parkers, I'd still be buying TSLA at $10 today!

jamix | 6 years ago | on: Work on these things

> Life expectancy in Hong Kong is 84.23 years, more than five years longer than the US and the highest in the world. Hong Kong is not that wealthy (median household income is $38,000 USD); it’s somewhat polluted; people don’t obviously eat what seems like a healthy diet; and they don’t seem to exercise a great deal. What should we learn from this?

We should learn that Hong Kong is probably a smaller territory so any of its "average" metrics has a higher chance of being an outlier, out of sheer randomness.

jamix | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Overtalk – Raise to ear to send quick disappearing voice messages

App developer here.

Overtalk was born out of my frustration with text messaging. How many times did you want to share a spur-of-the-moment thought or idea, but then gave up while trying to type it up on the phone screen?

True, most messaging apps let you send voice messages. But the voice functionality is shoehorned into the old text chat paradigm with its message bubbles and chat history that's kept forever. And, by default, messages are played over the speakerphone so everyone around can hear them.

Overtalk is different. Raise phone to ear to listen to the incoming messages, and speak your reply after the beep. No buttons to press and no over-the-shoulder listening to worry about. To the uninitiated, it looks like you're on a phone call.

I started testing Overtalk with friends and family a few months ago, and it’s now part of our daily lives. Give it a try - you might like it, too!

P.S. At the moment, the app is only available in the US App Store.

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