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ngokevin
·15 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
You can click your own piece and see the move order to see if it's a possibility you'll be moving into a discovered attack. You can sort of predict that pieces will move if they can go from a non-threatening state to a threatening state.
ngokevin
·29 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Potentially geocaching too
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·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
HNers aren't just using AI for articles — they're redefining the hacking of news.
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·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
In 1985, a Ross Dress for Less exploded due to methane gas, and congressman Henry Waxman representing the westside used that to federally ban any idea of a subway for decades.

Prior to that, Henry Wilshire, who donated the land for Wilshire Blvd in 1895, made a condition that no rail lines would be built on Wilshire.
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·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Played violin, sounds nothing like a (plucked/pizzicato) violin.
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·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I believe in modern medicine but I lost some faith in the American institutions around it when I "diagnosed" my partner with the correct disease that the first rheumatologist dismissed and told them to just stretch. It was officially diagnosed years later, and we lost a lot of time because of it.
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·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Airdrop has not felt reliable to me all the time, and completely fails on anything larger than a picture or short video. Especially if you are storing your files on iCloud and the pictures and videos don't live on your phone.

Been using Localsend to transfer bigger files between phone / laptops, never fails or has trouble finding a device, or stalling.
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·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I use Blood on the Clocktower to do this, it's a social deduction game (that's just not randomly accusing each other) so it gets everyone talking easily
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·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
This short-term thinking makes me pessimistic about UBI. Everyone's addicted to work despite automation and AI creating less need for work. And thinking we live in a zero-sum game where if someone else is benefiting, it must be hurting them somehow so they must block it. If someone's getting a "handout", they're a lazy bum.
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·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
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You dropped your emdash. This comment actually sounds more human than the original post!
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·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
The most AI headline I've ever read
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·4 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I guess the AI didn't know what Animal Crossing looks like. Cool visualization though.
ngokevin
·4 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Mostly enjoyed it but the art style gave me motion sickness during and after each session where I had to stop (playing on a TV).
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·4 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I'd love an Inter-dimensional Cable channel, just weird surreal stuff
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·4 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
"This is not...this is" is a tell
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·6 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I've repeatedly told ChatGPT to stop talking like this (it isn't X, it's Y) every other sentence
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·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Thanks for trying and following it. Spent the morning wondering if that's a chance for it and I'm not sure. Just requires Herculean habit building which necessitates dopamine. Anki works because it has 100% of the coverage of people who don't need dopamine.
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·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Thanks for the feedback, I'm trying to sort of post-mortem and I think that's always been a major point I thought I could overcome.
ngokevin
·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
As someone who spent 2+ years building one, I would turn away now if you're looking for traction or sustainability (https://couplingcafe.com). Though I don't regret it and learned enough to speak to my in-laws. My retention numbers are decent, but I just haven't done the marketing bit yet, and am currently taking a break.

Language learning apps are the ultimate sand-pit for solo developers thinking they can offer some random unique feature that Duolingo (or "Anki but better") doesn't offer. Without realizing, they don't do it for a reason. Language learning has extremely low activation and retention. And it's super easy to find one or two early adopters that like your app for some reason to keep going.

And solo developers that get into language learning often are only strong in software development and lack in UX, design, product, or marketing.

You may start with a calm, "not Duolingo gamification" style app, but every language learning app starts with pure intentions until you're many months or years in, your numbers are low, you need to make money, and you need to move the needle.

My two cents, you don't have to heed it obviously.
ngokevin
·9 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Not sure about the autopilot part (even planes autopilots follow a flight path). I'm not an expert either, but with roads, there are clear lanes and markings. And ability to generally see around you, and judge distance.

Is what sets the lanes in the air are traffic controllers and flight plans? We're already short on traffic controllers. And there are already lots of near-misses (and not near-misses) even with the heavy regulation and control. Can't imagine having it as mass personal transit driven manually. There'd need to be a mass central system that controls everything, and in that case, might as well just keep it commercial

The energy efficiency isn't great either on personal aircraft

not an expert, just shooting the crap