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flopit commented on Mille Bornes   codex99.com/design/28.htm... · Posted by u/ptrkcsk
kergonath · 3 years ago
The whole "waiting for a green light to just start" is the problem, I think. We have house rules that limit the cases where you need a green light, and the pace is much better. And less frustrating.
flopit · 3 years ago
New house rule : It's illegal to say you have a house rule without citing said house rule.
flopit commented on Our screwdriver took three years [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=2K5Gq... · Posted by u/zepolen
kalleboo · 3 years ago
It's pretty impressive how they've sold 60,000 $70 screwdrivers in under 48 hours
flopit · 3 years ago
plus 23,000 $250 backpacks in the last few weeks
flopit commented on Why can't the government put a limit on car sizes?   ashlan.com/blog/why-can-t... · Posted by u/samemail88
flopit · 4 years ago
This is reminding me of the kei cars in Japan : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car
flopit commented on Enclave: An Unpickable Lock   ominoushum.com/lock/... · Posted by u/lisper
hprotagonist · 4 years ago
I’m looking forward to sometime next month or so: “Little click on one…”
flopit · 4 years ago
A little bit of counter rotation on two...
flopit commented on Megadesk   tindie.com/products/gcorm... · Posted by u/robin_reala
ww520 · 6 years ago
While researching for standing desks to buy, I came across this [1] listing the problems with the Bekant. The stability issue is a design problem and hard to fix.

[1] https://www.btod.com/blog/problems-ikea-bekant-desk/

flopit · 6 years ago
Be careful with btod reviews and blog posts. They sell their own desks under the VertDesk and NewHeights brands.
flopit commented on Movie recommendations based on your personal taste   taste.io... · Posted by u/lifwanian
Animats · 10 years ago
These guys are trying hard to hide their identity. No business name or address. No SSL cert. Anonymously registered domain in Panama. Hosted by a telecom in Sweden. Nothing in Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

The "Privacy" page gives a hint. It gives a contact address of "contact@ymal.io". "ymal.io" just redirects back to "taste.io". But WHOIS gives some info for "ymal.io". It's registered to [redacted].

That location is a 5-story building, but the most likely location is Spark Labs, which is a co-working space.[1] $550 a month for a desk. And, yes, "ymal.io" is listed as a member of Spark Labs.[2] So, if you need to find them, that's where to look.

[1] http://www.desksurfing.net/desks/1045-spark-labs [2] http://spark-labs.co/members/

flopit · 10 years ago
not so hard to find using OP's nickname on twitter...

If they are really hosted in Sweden, does the collected data is under Swedish law and not US as mentioned on privacy page ?

flopit commented on Movie recommendations based on your personal taste   taste.io... · Posted by u/lifwanian
dawnerd · 10 years ago
Not only that but the Privacy Policy is a straight up lie. No https yet:

"In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information."

I really like the service, but it's free to get https setup and takes just about 0 effort thanks to letsencrypt.

flopit · 10 years ago
Yep, login with POST to http://www.taste.io/auth/local and creating an account (POST http://www.taste.io/api/users) are made without ssl. name, password and emails are sent in clear over the network.
flopit commented on Movie recommendations based on your personal taste   taste.io... · Posted by u/lifwanian
flopit · 10 years ago
Nice work !

But :

"About us" (http://www.taste.io/about): There is nothing about you...

You ask people for their names, email addresses and/or to link to their facebook accounts but you don't return the courtesy of identifying yourself or your company.

You make some promises and cite some laws about privacy (http://www.taste.io/privacy-policy) but if you don't say who you are, we can't even be sure that those apply to you...

u/flopit

KarmaCake day31July 11, 2016View Original