Readit Newsfoofoo4u commented on Ask HN: Do you have a side project you're getting tired of? · Posted by u/gdulli
I've being having a very hard time getting any traction for a recent productivity app I made. I am just not sure why it's not getting downloads. I think the concept is pretty cool. It's an iOS app which lets you block addictive apps until you exercise.
I have redone the app icon 3 times, changed the App Store metadata and keywords several times and fixed bugs. I have tried sharing it on reddit, here on hacker news etc but it's gotten no traction :(
Not sure if I want to get rid of it though.
Have you tried paying for Facebook ads for it? My app gets traction that way.
foofoo4u commented on I decided to pay off a school’s lunch debt huffpost.com/entry/utah-s... · Posted by u/dredmorbius
On the off chance you're interested in school lunches I highly recommend watching videos of Japanese school lunches on YouTube. There's a bunch out there now and if you were raised in the American system it will probably blow your mind. The idea that lunches can be freshly made, on site, out of healthy ingredients and children are active participants in serving and cleaning up is just crazy. When I encountered it for the first time I felt like a big part of my childhood had been sold to the lowest bidder.
I attended a Japanese elementary school in California. It served food just as you described. Fresh and made onsite.
I then transitioned to a typical American public school. I was disappointed to find my only option was cheap, factory made, mass produced, strangely flavored and textured food. This stark contrast and downgrade has made me forever passionate about the topic of improving school lunches.
foofoo4u commented on 'Enough Is Enuf' Review: A Dream of Simpler Spelling wsj.com/arts-culture/book... · Posted by u/pepys
I’ll have to give this a read! It reminds me of this quote often attributed to Mark Twain (although not verified):
“For example, in year 1 that useless letter ‘c’ would be dropped to be replased either by ‘k’ or ‘s’, and likewise ‘x’ would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which ‘c’ would be retained would be the ‘ch’ formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform ‘w’ spelling, so that ‘which’ and ‘one’ would take the same konsonant, wile year 3 might well abolish ‘y’ replasing it with ‘i’ and Iear 4 might fiks the ‘g/j’ anomali wonse and for all. … After this bakward progression, there would be no more trubl with kommas, semikolons, etc.”
foofoo4u commented on Decoding JSON sum types in Go without panicking nicolashery.com/decoding-... · Posted by u/misonic
Surprising to see V lang brought up. What’s it current reputation?
foofoo4u commented on Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers (1953) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=gwf5m... · Posted by u/teqsun
I wish I grew up with educational videos like these. Simple, to the point, foundational videos that teach complicated topics from building blocks. I love the practical demonstrations. If I saw these as a child, I would have certainly considered majoring in engineering.
One of my biggest complaints about Google is the prioritization of pop culture slop over everything else. I feel like I'm frequently getting auto-corrected because some Netflix show is titled with a pun of a phrase or there is a dramatization of some historical figure that Google considers more relevant than the real person.
Google "Queen Cleopatra" is a good example for me. 95% of the results are about the Netflix documentary. There is bodies of work dedicated to the history and legacy of this queen. Quality content, produced by leading academics, historians and universities. And yet Google insists I should know everything about this poor production (a bit of an understatement) and nothing else, except for a wiki article as one of the results (Good job Google, you at least got this bit right).
Google knows so much about me. And yet it continues to act as though it doesn't.
Google, YouTube, etc., they're all getting worse. I'm finding it ever more difficult to learn anything anymore from the internet. Whether it's learning how to play the guitar, how to fish, weight lifting or how to do mostly anything, I get trash results. Google results are exclusively shallow content, most of which are trying to sell me on something. YouTube is full of short videos with click baity subjects entirely irrelevant to what I actually entered: "Don't make this {topic} mistake!", "This one trick will make you better at {topic}!", "Top 10 ways to become a pro at {topic} in two weeks!".
Due to the constant trash these algorithms insist on feeding me, which I believe is actively contributing to the dumbing-down of society, I've naturally gravitated towards books. Books are leagues better in terms of quality of content. They are more detailed and thorough. It's a richer experience so far.
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