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Re:A Tiny E Reader on Sunday May 17, 2026 @01:53AM (#48166361)
Here are some wiktionary stardict files: https://xxyzz.github.io/wiktionary_stardict/
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) on Sunday April 12, 2026 @07:12PM (#47745491)
Create StarDict files from Wiktionary HTML snapshots for KOReader: https://xxyzz.github.io/wiktionary_stardict/

I'm surprised that no one has done this so I decided to give it a try.

Show HN: WordDumb, a calibre plugin that helps you read books

Posted by xxyzz on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @10:47PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/xxyzz/WordDumb

This plugin creates Word Wise and X-Ray sqlite files for Kindle format books, it also adds these data as <ruby> tags and footnotes to EPUB books. If an e-reader device is connected, it'll send the book and created files to the device.It uses spaCy to find named entities as X-Ray, 22 languages are supported. X-Ray descriptions come from Wikipedia, locator map, Democracy Index and...

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Re:noDRM's GitHub repo DeDRM_tools is disabled due to Readium's DMCA n... on Sunday January 09, 2022 @10:15PM (#29870178)
noDRM's post on MobileRead: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4187904&pos...
Re:The 1.111B class of $0.99 .xyz domains white paper on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:29AM (#27955672)
https://aydacfu.xyz/downloads/1111B_WhitePaper_traditional.p...
Re:DuckDuckGo – two non-JavaScript versions of search results on Friday March 05, 2021 @05:24AM (#26355186)
I've seen this for months. It seems to be caused by the 'Origin: null' header. But in my browser it only occurs when I search from context menu.
Re:DuckDuckGo – two non-JavaScript versions of search results on Thursday March 04, 2021 @06:33PM (#26350045)
HTML version recently get 403 Forbidden in Firefox's context menu search. It appears to be caused by Firefox adds a 'Origin: null' header in the request. Hope they can solve this bug one day.
Re:Not Lisp again (2009) on Sunday February 28, 2021 @08:40PM (#26298867)
Racket can also be used in terminal. But I think it's harder to debug in terminal compared to debug in DrRacket especially in the later chapter. Besides, racket also has a sicp package for the book(https://docs.racket-lang.org/sicp-manual).
Re:Not Lisp again (2009) on Sunday February 28, 2021 @08:29PM (#26298830)
But drracket is more easier to use.
Re:Not Lisp again (2009) on Sunday February 28, 2021 @08:24PM (#26298804)
You can run all the code from the book and do all the exercises in Racket(https://racket-lang.org) with minimal modification.
Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do dat... on Saturday February 27, 2021 @06:27PM (#26289123)
That means some Chinese apps: https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter#features--use-cases
Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project? on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @04:09AM (#25998791)
It would be really funny to play some audio clips from south park.