Been using Webflow for years almost daily. Still a big fan but seeing round after round of VC money and little improvement on the actual tool (Webflow Designer) something feels off...
I bought an Ikea Eneby 20 about three years ago (there's a dual speaker version available). It's my travel companion. Still in use. Almost daily. Indoor. Outdoor. Techno, Rock, Spotify...it just sounds good (bass a little prominent but can be fixed trough EQing or a piece of cloth)
It looks good (not like a plastic toy) and sounds absolutely great. Paid $40 back then. (last time I checked it was 50€+ in EU right now).
You absolutely can pay >400 and it might be accurate hifi, but what you really want from a speaker is joy :)
Please take a moment and open the demo on a smartphone.
It might not be the actual device for the end user but people will read this on HN and just click the link...and then get a very little disappointed
There's more to the world then US. English is the common tech language that almost everyone on HN is capable reading but not always fluent or mothertongue. I don't think "rapier" is a common word for non-native speakers.
Can someone help me understand the greater vision of this project?
I do like the idea and efforts from a technical point of view. Tinkering with OCR on unusual (or old) languages.
But that's not the goal of this project as far as I'm concerned (it's a byproduct?) Archiving every single news entry for the sake of completion sounds more like obsession than purpose. We're creating so much information that it will be even harder to separate garbage from valuable information (you have to spend time reading the useless stuff before you can justify whether or not it's valuable to you).
Information overload IS a problem and by adding more information to an already saturated ecosystem I don't see the vision here but would like to understand :)
It almost seems like a hording problem but for the digital natives. People accumulate a lot of stuff but rarely can they actually appreciate what they possess as time & perception is a very limiting factor.
An article that would shed some light would be highly appreciated.