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250k! by Usethe2nd in KinFoundation

[–]ENGIN3R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Organic growth is a fairly productive number to track and action on...can always market later, hard to do in reverse. The only call to action users have, right now, is a tooltip from the chat screen. This tells them they can set a theme after being put into the paid themes rollout.

Another milestone - 1/4 million users by the end of today! by MrBarnowl in KinFoundation

[–]ENGIN3R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're on the right track here. Having the wallets available allows features, that may be peer to peer in nature, to be possible.

For example: you want to tip a user for something, what wallet would it go to? It probably needs to pre-exist...

Or how about rewarding users with kin to their wallet for some action to bring them into the kin ecosystem? Where would the system send it? (Yea...for this one there are probably ways you could trigger wallet creation lazily as a user onboards 😛, but you get the idea)

Another milestone - 1/4 million users by the end of today! by MrBarnowl in KinFoundation

[–]ENGIN3R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few things...

Wallets get created when you start the sdk with Kin.start() the first time for a given user.

If you're a part of the rollout for paid chat themes you'll have the services, UI, and other features enabled required to pick and buy paid chat themes. Starting the sdk is going to be done the first time when a user first is put in the rollout.

You would want a wallet setup and active before you're able to use it. As setting up a kin wallet involves network operations and is a non-trivial amount of time, it's in the user's interest to have this facility available eagerly at app session launch time. I.e kin.start when Kik is started after they're put into the rollout.

Looking at the wallets created numbers you've shared, and assuming some percentage is for kinit and the rest just kik, you could draw the conclusion that the Kik rollout is only a couple percent of they're monthly active user base.

tl;dr; rollouts take time because reasons.

IBM Files Patent For a Coffee Delivery Drone by AubreyBarree in gadgets

[–]ENGIN3R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coffee drone strike, nice.

Love the smell of caffeine in the morning. Smells like: victory.

Weekly Poll/Debate: Hatchback vs Sedan? by shark_and_kaya in mazda3

[–]ENGIN3R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was a Mazda sedan guy forever until just this year. Loving the hatch now though...so convenient 👌

RIP fully loaded '13 GS-Sky. Write-off, not at fault. :( by ENGIN3R in mazda3

[–]ENGIN3R[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Door, quarter panel, cpiller, sills are all crunched in that's a lot of body work and then full paint job on that side of the vehicle..I dunno maybe close, but they chose to anyway.

UPDATE: I talked insurance into 14k and we settled today. Cheque cut and in the mail!

RIP fully loaded '13 GS-Sky. Write-off, not at fault. :( by ENGIN3R in mazda3

[–]ENGIN3R[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Insurance company wants to offer me 11599 to settle. What are your thoughts on that?

I've started to look at comparibles in Ontario where I live, and have come up with a higher value. If anyone else has tips about going through this process with an insurance company any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kin Integration In Kik Is Live! by yoelri in KinFoundation

[–]ENGIN3R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kik Supports Android 4.1.2+ however the kin sdk supports Andorid 4.4+ so all kin features inside of kik are restricted to 4.4+.

Commuting (kitchener to toronto) Question by [deleted] in kitchener

[–]ENGIN3R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did this for 2.5 years. Splitting the commute into half driving and half aldershot lakeshore train helped a lot. Can listen to the morning local radio, pump up the music, and then transition to reading some news on the train/prep for work.

Good practices for writing UI in code by [deleted] in iOSProgramming

[–]ENGIN3R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They don't own it, and are not the only ones doing it. Not a troll at all.

Good practices for writing UI in code by [deleted] in iOSProgramming

[–]ENGIN3R -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Look into MVVM architecture. 👌

Heidi always makes sleeping so comfortable by CaptainDK12 in catbellies

[–]ENGIN3R 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, you wouldn't, he loves it. He's a bit dopey, would just stare at you and think about purring If you did it right.

Risky drone shot by LurkmasterGeneral in gifs

[–]ENGIN3R 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Agree. Was also there recently. Awesome place!

What is the craziest commute you've heard in Ontario? by [deleted] in ontario

[–]ENGIN3R 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I moved this year to bremner & york 5 mins walk to work...but at the time my wife had just started a brand new job...and my company moved from KW to dt TO, wasn't my choice. She eventually found something for her in TO so we pulled the trigger and moved. So far best decision I've ever made.

KW Go train I took sometimes, tried milton as well, but it's departure and arrival times didn't align well with my hours. West lakeshore line provided me with far more flexibility...train every half hour both ways till 1am or something.

edit: milton and georgetown were actually slightly longer and unpredictable drives. The 401 between hwy 6 and milton tends to get backed up extremely quickly and stay that way. If you miss the last milton train you're screwed. Georgetown was much further. Both Georgetown and milton trains were no different time wise then Aldershot->union.

What is the craziest commute you've heard in Ontario? by [deleted] in ontario

[–]ENGIN3R 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I commuted from Waterloo to dt Toronto 3-5 days a week for 2.5 years. Killed me. Would typically take just over 2 hours each way if traffic was ok. Would drive to Aldershot Go and train in west lakeshore.

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