TL;DR they used cellular tower anonymised data. The equivalent of: is this place busy right now? function in Google Maps.
HN user
bobbybidon
Sounds like the CCP got him
Lack of emotion is usually a sign of thoughtful and fair decisions. Although in certain circumstances, i.e. work in general, it's perceived as weakness. If there's one thing I learned from work is: it's not the best idea who wins, it's the guy who fights the hardest (not the most stubborn, just the most disagreeable). Choose your battle and the most important one... put emotion behind it.
Is it just me or it's is a clear sign that the bubble is bursting?
I do, do you realize I used the shrug?
"Sign In with Apple" is top post right now so I should I have figured this would not get much traction ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
this was posted after the original article (if you make such a claim, get your facts straight)
You're right, the title is kinda clickbait but the argument still "stands": a $1k stand his basically taking users for cash cows (while a majority of them are sheep)
Quirky or bad? Elon Musk: https://www.quora.com/Did-Elon-Musk-write-any-code-at-X-or-Z... (not a very good source but I remember it was mentioned in Elon's bio by Ashlee Vance that his code was functional but had to be fully rewritten)
You should have done the test in a virtual machine and disabled some features (cam, microphone) and record the screen (outside the virtual machine obiviously).
Participate to events like startupweekend.org. Pitch your idea and get a team of developers/designers.