timdavila | 2 years ago | on: Making friends as an adult is hard (2021)
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timdavila | 3 years ago | on: Bing AI can't be trusted
You're holding it wrong!
timdavila | 3 years ago | on: Goodbye Spotify
Spotify allows you to block artists very easily.
timdavila | 3 years ago | on: Seeking the productive life: Some details of my personal infrastructure (2019)
Curious why you do this and what you feel like it adds to your life?
timdavila | 3 years ago | on: iPad Pro M2
> And the people who do, used to be people who don't.
Yep. Walled gardens kill curiosity.
Curiosity is what got me into this industry, way before I knew it could be a career. Playing around, messing with files that ran my games, making web forums and learning to change how they look.
timdavila | 3 years ago | on: “It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
I use iMessage. It's great, and doesn't get in the way. And as I said it's included on my phone. It also allows me to communicate with anyone and I don't have to think about if the person I'm contacting has it installed or not, it gracefully degrades to SMS when needed. That's a great messaging app!
timdavila | 3 years ago | on: “It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
So I have to replace the native messaging app that's decentralized, well proven, reliable, and pre-installed on every phone that can communicate with anyone in the world for 5 different centralized apps from the app store that may or may not exist next year and also try to move my entire network over?
No thanks, I'll stick to SMS.
timdavila | 3 years ago | on: Find a good available .com domain
> I'm surprised that someone hasn't gone ahead and taken this data and put it up on github or something; it all feels very theatrical.
It would be out of date the minute you post it.
timdavila | 4 years ago | on: The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive (2019)
How does everyone back up their iDevices? Every article I read talks about iCloud, which is great and I use, but doesn’t follow this principle and you’re out of luck if you lose access to your Apple ID.
I’ve found some content specific solutions that will backup photos or contacts for example, but I’m looking for a fairly streamlined comprehensive solution that would back up everything-messages, contacts, photos, emails, bookmarks, basically iCloud 2 but without the Apple lock in.
timdavila | 6 years ago | on: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival
I would say you also need Groups. But I love the idea.
timdavila | 6 years ago | on: Facebook Dating
And it looks like they're already anticipating your privacy questions: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/privacy-matters-dating/
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you manage bookmarks and knowledge flow?
Pinboard for bookmarks, Nominal for notes, tasks, and habits
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: The New 30-Something
"Uphill both ways"
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: Amazon Personalize: Real-Time Recommendation
Sometimes it makes sense, for consumable goods or even non consumable things like storage containers, where you might buy more of the same item at different times. Other things like books I agree don't make sense.
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: I Hit $115k/Month with a Status Quo Improvement
I don't see anything wrong with posting your own content as long as it's not all you post. Way better and more honest than using a sock puppet.
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: First .dev Domains Go Live
TLDs matter, in that you want .com if you can get it.
Otherwise, personally I would use something more well known, but most of the differences are vanity, unless you're using a country specific TLD such as .co.uk or .us
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you use for notes + reminders + tasks
Just wanted to add my little app as it does all three, as well as habits.
Let me know if you try it out and have any feedback, it is still pretty young.
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: HTML, CSS and our vanishing industry entry points
Your site looks great, I like the way you explain your services.
You might want to check your "blog" link at the bottom though. Gives me a 404.
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App
Yep, sorry that was confusing. I was comparing to previous versions of Android. It's relatively new that it's added to the app drawer.
timdavila | 7 years ago | on: Start with a Website, Not a Mobile App
True, the situation on Android is much better than iOS. Also after you do this, you get an icon in your app drawer and not just the homescreen.
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