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Re:Created a Doom Scrollable HN website in 7 minutes on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @04:01AM (#46883352)
This took a maximum of 3 prompts and 7 minutes, and it does and looks exactly how I wanted it to look. Just a beautiful version of HN
Re:Ask HN: Replacing traditional UI with chat based interactions/chatb... on Monday January 27, 2025 @11:15AM (#42842647)
Thanks

Ask HN: Replacing traditional UI with chat based interactions/chatbot possible?

Posted by thasaleni on Monday January 27, 2025 @04:11AM
from the ask-hn dept.

HI I am a software developer by profession and also on my spare time I develop websites and apps for a very little customer base of mine, I have a question I have been wondering for a while, at this moment could I replace an app interface or a web app with a chatbot (say a food delivery app, or a expense tracking app or even an activity tracking app), is there frameworks available to do that?...

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Re:Show HN: Simplex: Automate browser workflows using code and natural... on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:30AM (#42709033)
tried:

  simplex.goto("www.amazon.com")
  simplex.wait(2000)
  simplex.click('the search bar')
  simplex.type("bicycle")
  simplex.press_enter()
  simplex.wait(1000)
  image = simplex.extract_image("first 3 rows of results")
get error:

  simplex error processing error
Re:Ask HN: Show me your half baked project on Friday October 13, 2023 @03:47AM (#37867929)
https://github.com/thasaleni/song-association I was making a game based on Elle Magazine's song association (YouTube Game) - In the YouTube game a guest gets a word and has 10 seconds to sing a song with the word in the lyrics (the requirement is that he must get to the part with the given word within 10 seconds) - My game in flutter displays a word, and lets the player sing into the mic while running a countdown and converting the audio to text (if it gets to the word in the lyrics within 10 seconds it stops) then it looks up the lyrics via GeniusAPI if it finds a match that is a point, if it doesn't that is a loss also if you don't get to the word within 10 seconds that is a loss

I intended to make this multiplayer but I got busy in the early stages and kind of abandoned it, intend to get back to it soon

Re:A digital payments revolution in India on Monday May 22, 2023 @03:30PM (#36035627)
South Africa: Payshap https://www.payshap.co.za/
Re:Show HN: I'm trying to guess your personality by your comments with... on Friday October 21, 2022 @07:45AM (#33286990)
almost nailed me to the T, so impressive
Re:Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @06:56AM (#30271625)
Cards are moving towards no card at all i.e. virtual cards. USA is very slow in adopting new payment technology compared to the rest of the world. I live in South Africa and tap to pay is so much of a thing that you do not have to worry if you leave your card at home as you can tap at like 80% of the merchants, and if you can't they will have a fall back like QR code etc, NFC enabled cards have been around for years and all the merchants are really quick in adopting them.
Re:Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:42AM (#30270803)
this is dope, and also something I have been working on on android (yes I am gonna be that guy, Android has supported this for a long time)... it's great for informal merchants, and maybe waiters that run around a bar collecting bills from customers... but actual POS devices aren't going anywhere, there is always gonna be a need for them, this function has been there and even has a name (softPos) many companies can give you this functionality TODAY on your android phone, so yes apple devices can now participate but it won't shake the market as everyone thinks.
Re:Google is shutting down Neighbourly on Thursday April 02, 2020 @09:36AM (#22758772)
The only difference between Google and any other private company is that Google publicizes it's "experiments" early, most companies have the same rate of experiments being closed or even higher, they just keep them private. It makes more sense when you look at Google as an R&D company, than a finished product company
Re:The unexpected Google wide domain check bypass on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:26AM (#22534265)
Ey man, Africa is also in UTC+02 and we are not known to be as shady as that one UTC+02 country
Re:Get Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List (2005) [pdf] on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @07:41AM (#22053695)
Funny, I wrote an article about why people don't cite Wikipedia as a source for information in scholary papers when in fact Scholary papers can fall to the same trap of being "not reliable" the same way wikipedia is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21989531 not so long ago
Re:Ask HN: What is the stigma against Wikipedia as an official reference on Thursday January 09, 2020 @03:32AM (#21999471)
It could be argued that wikipedia has better reviews cause it has a much wider audience of reviewers
Re:Ask HN: What is the stigma against Wikipedia as an official reference on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @07:09AM (#21990644)
This is interesting, couldn't they just get away with translating the english articles?

Ask HN: What is the stigma against Wikipedia as an official reference

Posted by thasaleni on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:31AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I mean the same things that people fault about Wikipedia can be said about scientific papers, anyone can write a paper and have it peer reviewed and approved. Isn't Wikipedia better cause it has a much larger audience that can call bullshit on articles of questionable factuality? Why do educational and research institutions frown against quoting Wikipedia as a reference? I mean some people even...

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Re:Just how fast is too fast when it comes to web requests? on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:19AM (#21522608)
that is the wrong implementation of a spinner
Re:Show HN: Discover what locals eat all around the world on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @07:03AM (#19262688)
Additionally, since it's a place search, maybe add place autocomplete. So it's obvious if the place you search for is not in the list. I also thought the search was broken
Re:Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:57AM (#18559139)
I'm imagine a dragon that has been sleeping beneath the sea for hundred years just woke up, and nothing is gonna change my mind
Re:Boss as a Service – Hire a boss, get stuff done on Friday November 23, 2018 @09:40AM (#18516638)
Fun fact: Boss as a service = BaaS, which is the same as the Afrikaans translation of Boss :)
Re:How I implemented iPhone X’s FaceID using Deep Learning in Python on Friday March 16, 2018 @10:48AM (#16601018)
Even apple can't tell the difference between twins
Re:Google signs agreement with HTC on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:57AM (#15301661)
I think this is great for HTC, HTC is really good on hardware, and are only really struggling with marketing their phones, partnering with Google is almost a no brainer

Apple's questionable “innovator” title

Posted by thasaleni on Thursday September 14, 2017 @10:23AM
from the self-post dept.

A lot of people give Apple props for a lot of stuff, of all the usual things they mention, none I've come across was actually originated from Apple, so why is it that people think Apple is innovative? I get that I might not know because I'm ignorant, if so, some enlightenment is welcomed.

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Re:Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out ... on Friday August 11, 2017 @06:04AM (#14988096)
I see myself using this
Re:Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out ... on Friday August 11, 2017 @04:59AM (#14987818)
Is this for the GauTrain? or normal MetroRail service?
Re:Ask HN: Alternative ways to get streaming source data on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @06:23PM (#14251167)
Hi OP here: I am building a music sharing app i.e (you paste any URL from any* streaming site, you get all other streaming sites links to the same song/album). I managed to make this work as a proof of concept (using Bing Cognitive Search) but the rate limit is quite low at 1k p/m, i'm looking for alternative ways to get the different urls. Check working example of site here: http://www.musicshare.ninja/artist/Kendrick%20Lamar%20/album... if by the time you hit this link I've hit my quota, believe me it works.

Ask HN: Alternative ways to get streaming source data

Posted by thasaleni on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @06:06PM
from the ask-hn dept.

If you built a music streaming URL sharing site, much like smarturl but smarter, what would you use to find the different streaming sites urls? The idea of this app is, you can paste the url of the site you listened from, get a shareable link, and share with your friends and they can click on any of the other links to the streaming sites they use.

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Re:Show HN: Evilpass – A slightly evil password strength checker on Monday February 20, 2017 @07:45AM (#13686765)
Drawable Password = Lock Parttern

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