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Just wait till someone explains TOR to the MP's. That will be funny

One 8 y/o one 3y/o This year:

- Transformer robots

- Origami book & papers

- Some ski gear

- Metal detector

- Climbing harness & slings etc (small climbing frame in the grander they like to attach to and just kinda swing about)

- Kids Cookbook

Past Years Winners:

- Magnatiles - both have loved these, one of the most used toys and reasonably open-ended

- Diablo - the circus toy thing

- Modu - https://modutoy.com

- Potions kit - just a bunch of small pots etc with random glitter and what not in them. pretty good one for an upcycling project

- Playdough - classic for a reason, also DIY'able Little printer roll instant print camera

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Third on the magna tiles being a huge win for all my kids.

The metal detector is a good idea. We live by the beach, so doubly so.


Our Magna tiles get so much use. I should really buy the kids some more.

And that Modu stuff looks so cool, I’ve never seen that before.


Frank Sinatra. I'll take that!

Awesome project :) congratulations on shipping, JacobSingh


I think the point is, that they DO know who they are. They are being specifically approached for some sort of expertise, and being asked to spare their time for the benefit of the person proposing the meeting.

If you ask someone to do you a favour (even if its just to listen to your pitch) then I would say its common decency to not put that person out more than you absolutely have to.


<insert link to HN comment on dropbox>


I actually got stuck with a bug in the flow. "What drives you" I couldn't seem to move on from this step, no button visible (maybe my old device for factor (iPhone mini 12)

But I also would have bounced on the "free trial, auto payment after" I understand the thinking around them, but for me it's just not a pattern im ever going to opt into. It feel predatory, you will probably forget and then ill get some amount of "months" off you. Like gym memberships.


FWIW I have a few app ideas that are about lifestyle / personal system. and i've thought about pricing strategies etc, specifically to balance "the Ick" with what I know are proven industry standards that Do maximise conversions & profit, and what I think is more personally palatable. (no real word experience though)

I would be much more likely to convert if the "trail" as months maybe years instead of days or weeks (this is a lifestyle thing after all, if customers find it genuinely useful and buy into the system for months then $30 a year is nothing)

OR

free-trial followed by locked out. No "automatically start billing"


I half felt Ted Lasso was the adult equivalent of the obvious and excruciating moral stories of kids 90's era TV.

Yet somehow I still really enjoy the whole show. I guess thats a comment on the quality of the production itself.

I see a trend in AppleTV+ productions that seem to embrace "niceness" instead of the usual gritty storylines of today. 'Trying', 'Platonic', 'Shrinking' are another example of this, and also even 'The morning show', to an extent. And I am actually really enjoying it, it makes me want to wait for more APTV+ content over watching yet another same-same rubbish thing out of Netflix.

[edit] expanded my thoughts a little


Dunno, I feel like it fell off hard after season 1


Not sure I agree with the premise.

New cars are being made. Sure this might kinda suck. But most of the enthusiast are driving and loving cars from the 1970's that have been out of production for decades right?

Saying EV's kill muscle cars is like saying Cars killed of horse riding.

Sure, there are less breeders for day-to-day travelling requirement style stuff, but the hobbyists keep everything going, and in some ways I would imagine it will bring round a golden era where these things aren't required to be useful as day-to-day options and can just be for fun


I don't think so (not a Londoner)

It was my impression that the whole thing was just about simplification in order to provide a better service.


I am literally in the middle of building this same thing! (well almost the same, im trying to keep it 100% local device)

I'd love to connect and share ideas if your up for that?

chris at Matheson dot it


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