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Re:Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:51PM (#24507714)
I use ipage for domains and hosting and never had a problem with it. I am looking at my past bill and I paid $96 for a year of hosting. I don't use it for much, just static HTML. I use ftp to push changes. Dead simple.

Looking their site they have an intro deal going now to host for a year for $2/month

Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on now? on Monday March 23, 2020 @02:08PM (#22666851)
Just checked back and see it on the site, awesome! Can't wait to mess around with some open D tonight
Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on now? on Saturday March 21, 2020 @07:16PM (#22651090)
Yeah, I just meant "not what I expect" because I play primarily dobro now which uses GBDGBD. The tuning on the website is the correct open G tuning for guitar.

Awesome, i'll check out the github repo and add a PR if I think of something to add! Thanks for adding those! I'll keep an eye on the site.

For dobro open G, an octave is four strings up or down. IE, if i'm play an A on the 1st (highest tuned) string at the 7th fret, another A can be found at the 7th fret of the 4th string.

Between strings, the steps between the strings varies so it's harder to have a single rule there.

Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on now? on Saturday March 21, 2020 @05:37PM (#22650387)
This is awesome! I play dobro, checking out the open D / open G guitar section. G6 / A6 / D6 tuning would be nice to have as well.

I am planning on learning pedal steel and also play 8 string dobro. I think this would be a huge asset for doing that. How hard is it to add a new "neck" and generate scales on it? I assume given a string tuning you just walk up the neck creating the next note for the scale as you go, right?

I also write software during the day, so let me know if I can help out :D

Also, the open G is not as I would expect, but I think the DGDGBD tuning is what people expect on guitar. Dobro uses GBDGBD tuning for open G, DADF#AD open D, 8 string dobro is GBDEGBDE. Would love to see those as well! Sorting out scales on an 8-string dobro is a brain melter, even worse for a pedal steel...