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Re:An Introduction to Obsidian on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @08:54AM (#47765041)
GitSync works fine, you can find my previous comment about it (I don't want to spam the whole thread over and over with the same message)
Re:An Introduction to Obsidian on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @08:50AM (#47765006)
GitSync works for me both on Android and iOS. I'm not using it that frequently tho, and you have make it a habit to open GitSync first, sync the changes (pull) and then open Obsidian. Also, after changing the notes you should again open GitSync and do a sync (commit + push).

https://gitsync.viscouspotenti.al/

Re:Cross platform GUIs and Nim macros on Friday March 24, 2017 @08:56PM (#13953450)
Go + Qt and/or QML
Re:“I have toyota corola” on Monday November 14, 2016 @10:05AM (#12950187)
You can do that with Fastmail easily.
Re:Ask HN: Foreign founder, can't find a payment processor on Saturday October 15, 2016 @04:58AM (#12713297)
Take a look at 2Checkout.
Re:Facebook seems not to be paying app developer $160K in ad revenue on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @04:48AM (#12691294)
It means "content", I don't think it's the name of the app.
Re:Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @04:02AM (#12434314)
I think he meant the only option as a web developer. Maybe he doesn't know C++ and C#, and it's not that easy with a web-oriented mindset to start writing desktop apps in C++ (it's not easy the other way either, I had a friend who after years of programming in Delphi started with the web by absolutely positioning every single HTML element).

When someone asks in which lang should he implement a webapp/SaaS/whatever, the first comment is to use the tech he knows the most. Why so much hate when the same principle is used for desktop app development?

Ask HN: Should I use Wit.ai?

Posted by vsakos on Monday June 06, 2016 @04:55AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm planning on making a chatbot, and of course I have to parse the messages from the users. Should I use a third party API for this like Wit.ai or an NLP library like Stanford CoreNLP or OpenNLP? This will be my first NLP project, I have no experience in this area.

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Re:Ask HN: How much do you make from Google AdSense per day? on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @06:38PM (#11726591)
The "API for advertising" you described is called native advertisement and is already a thing out there :)
Re:Ask HN: Worth looking for cheaper VPS than Digital Ocean? on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:17AM (#11461612)
Check OVH [0] ($3.49 is the lowest plan) or for even less, take a look at Time4VPS [1], they have really cheap servers, but I wouldn't use them in production only for dev and private use.

[0]: https://www.ovh.com/us/vps/vps-ssd.xml

[1]: https://www.time4vps.eu/pricing/

Re:Ask HN: Describe the perfect side project on Monday April 04, 2016 @06:58PM (#11426426)
Can I ask you where do you look for potential project ideas?

Ask HN: Usable laptop touchpads – Are we there yet?

Posted by vsakos on Thursday February 11, 2016 @01:06AM
from the ask-hn dept.

For years Apple was the only one who could make usable touchpads.Now, in 2016, is there a laptop with a touchpad comparable to the MacBook touchpads? I'm not asking for force touch and other stuff like that, just plain usability, smooth multitouch gestures etc.

( Read More... | 3 comments | 3 points | on HN )

Ask HN: Usable laptop touchpads – Are we there yet?

Posted by vsakos on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @05:44PM
from the ask-hn dept.

For years Apple was the only one who could make usable touchpads.Now, in 2016, is there a laptop with a touchpad comparable to the MacBook touchpads? I'm not asking for force touch and other stuff like that, just plain usability, smooth multitouch gestures etc.

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: Do you have any repeating tasks that can be automated? on Sunday January 31, 2016 @04:40PM (#11008215)
Anything you could either do manually or write a bash/python/javascript/php/whatever script for, or use a SaaS.

It can be anything, like scraping some site and exporting the data as csv, getting raw text from pdf, doc files etc.

Do you use something like this, or do something that can be automated this way? Just give some examples that first come to mind.

Re:Ask HN: Do you have any repeating tasks that can be automated? on Sunday January 31, 2016 @02:39PM (#11007655)
Can you please tell me what exactly?

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