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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026) on Sunday August 09, 2026 @04:33PM (#49235539)
Text message reminders and automation.

Send the service number a text message like "call Dave in 2 hours"

and then in 2 hours you get a text back that says "call Dave"

Open in private beta if you're interested email:

[email protected]

In what world would this be a future burden? It's just a throwaway fun project lol
Re:Claude Code is all you need on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @12:01PM (#44878134)
There are free and offline options, like Llama.cpp, but you will have to pay by giving up your privacy to Meta (or similar large companies)

Show HN: Guilt Trip Yourself with a Website Banner Timer

https://github.com/reidjs/banner-timer

I found myself spending too much on websites like Hacker News, so I made a Google Chrome Extension that shows a simple banner with a timer to make me feel guilty for wasting time here.All data is stored locally on your computer. I am happy to help with installation or configuration if necessary. I hope this helps you spend your time more wisely!

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Re:A modest critique of Htmx on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @09:01AM (#41787476)
I set up HTMX for a toy project recently, seemed fine to me. I think the philosophy of HTMX is the real selling point, sending structured content instead of passing JSON around. There is an opportunity here to either improve HTMX or build a competitor.
Re:Should Sports Betting Be Banned? on Thursday September 26, 2024 @11:10PM (#41665894)
The difference is self harm vs harming others. The distinction is that advertising may convince people who do not gamble to start gambling.
Re:Takeaways from the Vision Pro after 6 months on Monday August 12, 2024 @03:29PM (#41228328)
speech interfaces have gotten amazing in certain contexts, especially now that speech to text is decent. Think times when you can't call the person but need to send them a quick message, eg noisy festival or loud bar while you are moving and aren't able to stop to type.

I know that some people even use voice assistants to do things like set timers, reminders, or initiate calls

Re:What is the ideal chapter length? (2023) on Sunday August 11, 2024 @11:40AM (#41216962)
Perhaps it’s the movies fault for not being interactive or engaging enough
Re:How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed on Sunday June 30, 2024 @01:55PM (#40838717)
At least it doesn't run windows
Re:Why Triplebyte Failed on Monday June 10, 2024 @02:41PM (#40636717)
Just out of curiosity, what are some of the problems with "Clean Code"? I thought most of it made sense as basic guidelines. It's been a while since I read it though
Re:Encryption at Rest: Whose Threat Model Is It Anyway? on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:02PM (#40588221)
Oh thank you, not sure if that existed when I first set it up
Re:Encryption at Rest: Whose Threat Model Is It Anyway? on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @03:09PM (#40577890)
Hey I do exactly this! Borg into rsync.i know it’s not exactly your domain, but are you guys working on making this flow easier? I found borg difficult to set up, and tbh I don’t really trust my setup long term. All the borg tutorials I found are on random people’s hobby blogs, it would be nice if you had one specific for rsync.net

Either way, Thank you for providing such an affordable service !

Re:I Coded Something Dumb and I'm Proud of It on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @11:36AM (#40368329)
Agree, especially for conveying tone, eg, happy, frustration, danger, etc, especially in dialog.

There is an art to using them to enhance a message instead of obscuring it, though.

Re:The greatest resume I've ever seen on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:17AM (#40286718)
At my company, we call this a scream test
Re:Ask HN: How do I stop political SMS spam? on Thursday April 25, 2024 @12:59PM (#40160039)
You're validating that there is a human on the other end, though, that's dangerous.
Re:Someone built an LLM-powered Slay the Spire bot on Thursday April 25, 2024 @11:25AM (#40158682)
I like that it requires a small amount of mental energy to perform the 'optimal' play in every situation. The obvious example is doing basic arithmetic to calculate whether you should block more or attack.

At first, the game feels like it's deterministic with sprinkles of randomness, however, at high ascension levels it is the opposite - random chance until you get a broken deck that makes winning trivial. It's a slot machine.

Re:Banner Blindness on Friday March 29, 2024 @02:58PM (#39867688)
That article will be very meta next time Jimmy Wales' face is plastered over the page asking for wikipedia donations.
Re:Topologists Tackle the Trouble with Poll Placement on Friday March 29, 2024 @02:02PM (#39867103)
Or better yet, have the majority of people vote by mail and make it easier for everyone.
Re:Linux Text Manipulation on Thursday March 28, 2024 @01:16PM (#39854586)
Is there something like leetcode for string manipulation exercises like this?
If anyone else was wondering why this is a physical device

> Why aren’t all these AI gadgets just an app? The answer is actually really simple: phones and tablets don’t allow AI deep system-level access. The iPhone, especially, is a closed platform that Apple wouldn’t allow AI complete access to.

If the text fits within the context window most models are pretty reliable at summarizing texts effectively.
Re:Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files on Saturday March 09, 2024 @08:54PM (#39656147)
Was also planning on using it for sending happy birthday texts
Re:Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files on Saturday March 09, 2024 @05:25PM (#39655185)
I like your solution a bit more because it doesn’t require scheduling this script to run on a cron or something. How do you URL encode the message? Could you share the whole shortcut
Re:Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files on Saturday March 09, 2024 @02:02PM (#39653930)
Awesome!!!! Thank you
Re:Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files on Saturday March 09, 2024 @01:37PM (#39653776)
I tried sending to a non iMessage number, it failed to send, but there may be a way.
Re:Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:57PM (#39653468)
I'll edit the readme for clarity
Re:Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:57PM (#39653462)
It only works for iMessage texts, unfortunately.
Re:Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:30PM (#39653216)
I just built it this morning! I was planning to use it to send myself reminders.

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