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Re:No Spanish Reading Crisis? on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @09:11AM (#48906316)
I personally think that though the medium is different, audiobooks are at least _similar_ to reading a book.

Screens however, are you including something like an eReader as _not_ reading books?

Re:Building a High Performance Home on Thursday November 20, 2025 @02:47PM (#45996812)
absolutely agree. Software folks, such as myself, often think that we are generally smarter than others, can figure out/learn anything, and that the software way of working is the obviously correct one. Beside the project management, which the GC is invaluable for, it is nearly impossible to know enough about building and all of the related technologies, codes, and processes to end up with a home that doesn't have at least a handful of issues, as someone who hasn't worked in the industry for many years.

If you want to build a home, try building a shed. Learn about code, how to keep out water, how to insulate, how to condition the air (if necessary). You will learn how many ways there are to achieve the "best" result, how many small skills that you will need to learn, and how many products are out there that market themselves as the best.

Building a home, even if you just plan it and oversee the build, is the equivalent of a 2-5 year software project.

My advice would be to decide the things that you absolutely must have, especially the ones that will be unique to your build and communicate why you want them to a good GC. Work with an architect, a builder, etc. Let your GC manage the network of trust necessary to get a project like this done. Or pay up and find a boutique builder that builds exactly what you want.

Re:China's 'Wukong' Hit Sells 10M Copies in Three Days on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @07:43PM (#41385629)
It's a fairly good AAA game with souls-like elements, people are very happy to have it.
Re:WiPhone: An Open Source, modular VoIP phone for calls over WiFi on Thursday September 08, 2022 @08:29AM (#32764531)
What protocol does this actually use for VoIP? I do VoIP over ham radio with various protocols, I'm curious what this uses behind the scenes and didn't see in the docs.
I've taken L-Theanine in the morning with coffee, but I found that it seems to limit the effects of my stimulant medication for ADHD, which I suppose makes sense. I will likely try taking it in the afternoon if I drink another cup of coffee.
The feature set looks pretty good, the UI is decent enough (I personally dislike Material designed stuff but it's better than most), but frankly I think the name is a bit off-putting. Whether or not it's reality, people often don't like the idea of "tracking their users" but instead liking to think that they're only "gaining user analytics" which of course means the same thing in reality.
Re:The Serverless Revolution Has Stalled on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:42PM (#24759219)
is it, though? Every person I know with side projects writes them in either nodejs/ + react/vue or django/flask + react/vue/templates
Re:OB–4 – Portable high fidelity loudspeaker on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @10:30AM (#24639067)
They're kinda making fun of that with the next line:

"designed to be played outdoors, in public spaces and at high volume; carried on one shoulder with speaker elements facing the head. note: it is assumed that passers-by share the same musical taste."

Ask HN: Natural sound TTS (ML Based?) for web article TTS

I've been enjoying using Firefox's reader view to listen to articles lately but the default TTS voices are quite robotic. With something like Lyrebird - https://www.descript.com/lyrebird-ai?source=lyrebird existing, is there something I can use to leverage that type of TTS for reading documents?

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Re:Launch HN: PostHog (YC W20) – open-source product analytics on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:53PM (#22376956)
Looks pretty sweet. I like the UI for adding event captures.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (October 2019) on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:06PM (#21139176)
SEEKING WORK | East Coast (USA) | Remote I am a full-stack web developer located in Raleigh, NC.

My main areas of expertise are as follows:

1. Python/Javascript full-stack development (Django, Flask, React, Vue, Express)

2. Amazon Web Services infrastructure and DevOps experience

3. Production API design and deployment

Email: [email protected]

I will note that this was written by a 15 year old. Pretty amazing work.
Any idea if this is a free and open data set? I'd love to get my hands on it.
Check out GBoard for iOS, it's the google keyboard that supports swype
Re:Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule (2009) on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @02:49PM (#16924743)
This is cool!

Too bad my team is trapped in the Outlook world..

I would love to do that. Unfortunately I have long term financial obligations here in the states. Any suggestions for making that work?
Re:I passed $50,000 in monthly revenue as an indie maker on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @12:08PM (#16475444)
Is this blog post finished? There are multiple sections with no text. If it is, it seems more like gloating with no information for others who may want to achieve similar goals.
Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @03:38PM (#15452737)
I'd love to see the code for this, happen to have a public repo?

Ask HN: How do I move from an entry level SE job to contracting remotely?

Hey HN:I'm a young Software Engineer who has been working in the healthcare field for about 3 years. At some point in the near future, I would like to move into contracting remotely. I have experience working in a full-stack dev role, with an emphasis on cloud infrastructure.My question is this: How should I go about making connections and getting my first contracts?Thanks!

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I've just applied through your TypeForm. I'm a recently graduated Computer Engineer, with 2 years of experience working with web technologies.

Hope to hear back!