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Show HN: Zidezi.app – A Wordle-Like app for language learning

Posted by bluemooner on Friday November 01, 2024 @10:12AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://zidezi.app/

Hi HN! I built this app to help me stay consistent with learning a new language. It’s like "Wordle" but for language learning, with daily articles adapted to the user's level. The app uses ChatGPT to generate fresh articles daily, and users can click on any unfamiliar word for an instant explanation. My goal was to keep it smooth and minimal — no clutter, just learning by discovery.Each...

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Re:Do we have a moral obligation to live for as long as possible? on Saturday May 01, 2021 @11:01AM (#27006860)
Yes, I am referring to a nature-centric approach to life and ecocentrism seems to be getting there. However, I don’t agree with the ethical claim in ecocentrism which seems to imply an ecological movement: humans should respect nature and compensate for destroying it. This very idea gives humans a special role. I believe humans destroying nature is part of nature itself, so motivating ecology using ecocentrism raises a contradiction. PS: I am not claiming we should destroy nature.
Re:Do we have a moral obligation to live for as long as possible? on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:55AM (#27005917)
Recently I have started believing that humans are just another part of nature and nothing more. I don’t know whether this idea is part of some greater philosophical tradition. I have not looked into it, but it feels like it should be, i.e. probably somebody else has already thought and written about it. The good part of thinking like this is that you become content with everything, you don’t worry about stuff not working out because you believe there’s no reason why it should in the first place. The bad part is that you might affect the people around you.
Re:Ask HN: When to claim you know a programming language? on Friday May 29, 2020 @02:02PM (#23353366)
That makes a lot of sense! But how do you deal with people that expect something different from those levels? That is, 'proficient' might mean 'expert' for some people.

Ask HN: When to claim you know a programming language?

Posted by bluemooner on Friday May 29, 2020 @01:34PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I find it particularly difficult to assess my skills in a specific programming language.Even if I've done some projects solely in one language, I feel like that's not enough for me to say that I'm comfortable with that language.Then the question is: when and how should I say I know a language? More precisely, when should I add one to my CV?

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Re:Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011) on Saturday April 11, 2020 @07:01PM (#22844856)
Going beyond Turbo Pascal, the author is amazing! I've just discovered this blog and I'm amazed by how simple and relevant every article is.

Here are some of my favourites:

[1] https://prog21.dadgum.com/128.html

[2] https://prog21.dadgum.com/149.html

Re:Partying over Internet: Technological Aspects on Sunday April 05, 2020 @06:10PM (#22789165)
I enjoyed this a lot! It identified a problem and explored a couple of aspects of the solution. It's really fun to think about designing such a product. Even though there seem to be some technical roadblocks in the way, I would love to use an app like this!
Re:Next-Gen Devs on Friday April 03, 2020 @08:05AM (#22768328)
I actually had a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B laying around for months until I decided to finally do something with it. I guess I was never into hardware that much and I could not think of an interesting software project that I could pick up.
Re:Ask HN: How can a intermediate-beginner learn Unix/Linux and progra... on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:27PM (#22649754)
Here's a couple of tutorials on various tools that might be useful for a beginner: https://missing.csail.mit.edu/
Re:Locked-down lawyers warned Alexa is hearing confidential calls on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:11PM (#22649595)
A quick search online yields the following [1] with an associated discussion on HN [2].

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19629513

Re:Show HN: I built an app that ensures that I track my home office wo... on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:44PM (#22649340)
Perhaps it's because people focus better in their personal environment?
Re:Show HN: An experimental, keyboard-first user interface on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:39PM (#22641937)
Thanks for sharing this! I find these kind of articles very interesting, as they go really deep into the analysis behind product development. As for the feature itself, as other people have already mentioned, I think it depends on whether your users are more accustomed to GUIs or CLIs. Personally, I prefer the latter so I'm definitely biased.
Re:Build stuff on Friday March 20, 2020 @12:31PM (#22638911)
It's great that you've managed to reach this conclusion! Yet I assume you still need to earn a living. Have you considered finding a job where you would do something more similar to what you enjoy doing?
Re:Build stuff on Friday March 20, 2020 @10:55AM (#22637984)
For a senior position I agree, but this changes if we're talking about a junior role.
Re:Build stuff on Friday March 20, 2020 @10:10AM (#22637613)
> CS programs across the country need a wakeup call. I assume you mean the United States. I'd say this is actually across the world.

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