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Re:Show HN: Unreal Speech – Text-to-Speech API
on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @10:57AM (#31655311)
I actually like the Gary V one. I think using voices that people are very familiar with is helpful for showing the ability of the product. It allows me to A-B the voice with how I know Gary's voice is in my head.
Re:We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m
on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @11:05AM (#3884228)
I would respond to the investor with, because it's not about quantity, it's about quality - quality of work AND quality of life. In 2-5 years time, I can't imagine the product would be any better due to that extra day every week.
Re:We're not paying enough for apps
on Sunday February 26, 2012 @10:30AM (#3635788)
20 years ago, when I worked at CompUSA, we used to have this bin of budget software. In it, you'd find things like "3D Home Design" software, game clones, and Pagemaker wannabes. People used to ask all the time, why do I need to pay $200 for X when I can buy this one in the bin. They'd of course be cheapos, buy the one in the bin for $9.99, and then one of two things would happen, either they'd realize, wow, this is crap, and come back and buy the $199 "real" software, or they'd come back and ask a thousand annoying support questions on how to make the crap software do what they need. Some things never change.
Re:Ask HN: Question about rewriting my app in NodeJS
on Saturday February 25, 2012 @08:24AM (#3632874)
Are you a freelance/contractor? Are you looking to add to your skill set in general? Do you know Javascript at all? If you answer yes to one or more of those, I'd say it can't hurt to learn Node.js.
Re:From Java to Node.js
on Monday January 09, 2012 @07:57AM (#3442324)
Just curious, are you using any framework in your Node projects?
Re:Ask HN: Small product, single founder success stories?
on Friday September 23, 2011 @02:10PM (#3030960)
Really enjoyed the bootstrapping deck, Garrett. Thanks for that. Would love to hear about your dev and technology stack evolution.
Re:DOSBox ported to run in Chrome via Native Client. Some games hosted...
on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @12:43PM (#2533128)
Same for me on Chrome 12 Mac. I had Chrome 11 on a Win7x64 box which worked.
Re:Building a Web Application that makes $500 a Month – Part II
on Thursday April 28, 2011 @09:37AM (#2493224)
FWIW, I would move the mailing list form out of the main call-to-action area as it visually interferes with the "Try for Free" button. Maybe move it to the black bar below that and center it. Could possibly reduce the size of its elements a bit too.
Re:Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look b...
on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @07:33AM (#2441648)
Land Line => Mobile
TiVo => WMC7 (with Ceton 4 stream cablecard)
Briefs => Boxers (like 25 years ago but still)
Thinning hair => shaved head
Klonopin => nothing
Working for the man => Being the man
Re:How to find startup ideas that make money
on Monday April 04, 2011 @09:56AM (#2406386)
After reading this, I've spent the past 2 hours perusing the Inc. 5000 list that he links to. http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/
There are some mind-blowing/boggling entries there, like: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/chasing-fireflies
Take some time browsing through, you're sure to find something you'll be scratching your noggin over.
Re:Encrypt a file so that only a SSL site's private key can decrypt
on Sunday April 03, 2011 @08:01AM (#2402498)
Friends of mine have created http://lockify.com/ exactly for the purpose you outline with the banking details.
Re:Best app store review ever
on Sunday March 27, 2011 @10:51AM (#2375076)
Especially seeing as it was just added to the Oxford Dictionary - http://bit.ly/dSmjvL
Re:Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas
on Friday March 25, 2011 @09:05AM (#2368292)
Feature request: Automatic URL linking/detection
Re:Sold my dipshit company for $5m, where to invest?
on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @10:53AM (#2275849)
Dude, you can't call your company something funny like "dipshit" and then not tell us what it was! That's just evil.
Re:Paid to Eat Pancakes: The Truth about “Passions”
on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @10:20AM (#2275682)
I think in this day and age, that's just splitting hairs though. Most people would love to have something that makes them spring out of bed in the morning and keeps them so engaged that they can't sleep at night. Well, they'd love it until they hate it. And of course there are some people who are wired in such a way that they could never feel that way about anything and to them, the grass is always greener on the other side. That's ok. In the immortal words of Ted Knight, "The world needs ditch diggers too."