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Re:It's Time to License Software Engineering on Thursday September 25, 2025 @12:14PM (#45374704)
Ahh yes, regulation... It's that insane people would suggest this especially now that anyone can build their ideas. Rather than wanting to regulate more, let's educate people how to research their vendors or providers better.
Re:Study finds gaps in evidence for air-cleaning technologies to preve... on Monday August 25, 2025 @06:37PM (#45019999)
All the tech in the world won't change anything if people don't focus on airflow and airchanges. Air needs to move and be replenished with air from the outside. Filters/UV/etc are just a bonus.
Re:Show HN: Resursive URL/News site to learn the backstory on any article on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:17AM (#44006500)
Thanks, this is one of those - I need this to exist for me, and I’m hopeful others might care. I’m so tired of the “news” - just want to calm down, learn things, and see if society can find solutions.
Re:Show HN: Resursive URL/News site to learn the backstory on any article on Friday May 16, 2025 @11:16AM (#44006487)
This was an issue I ran into a lot and why I settled eventually on a design similar to what you’re saying. Even for something seemingly simple like deciding what the title is or what’s the main picture is ridiculous hard with scraping alone so I have to pass most the data for ai analysis and then generate the details, summary and backstories. Thanks for checking it out

Show HN: Resursive URL/News site to learn the backstory on any article

Posted by nextcept on Thursday May 15, 2025 @01:31PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://getbackstory.ai

Like most people I assume, I've been annoyed at news for a while. I really just want to learn about what's happening and then be able to easily go deeper down the rabbit hole if I want.Boulder's startup week has a hackathon going on right now, so this is my entry to try and make it happen. I'd been wanting to build a purely AI app for awhile, that doesn't support free form inputs (yes, I...

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Re:Ask HN: How do you come up with project ideas? on Friday October 20, 2023 @07:35PM (#37962681)
In my experience, there are way too many ideas and no where near enough time.
Re:Ask HN: How does an app like Strava get insurance? on Friday October 20, 2023 @07:34PM (#37962676)
no, they are actual locations.
Re:Ask HN: How does an app like Strava get insurance? on Friday October 20, 2023 @06:35PM (#37962241)
General liability. If people run one of their segments to compete, and something happens to them, it seems like Strava could be held accountable. I don't agree with this, but it seems like something that would have to be dealt with.