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Show HN: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Online
I thought to make a funny website with a fine-tuned model that acts like the guide from Douglas Adams's novel. This way, you can find the right answer when in a tight spot (like when you need a ride to Alpha Centauri or smth).
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541975
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We're all living in a black hole: The bold theory scientists can't disprove
Article URL: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/were-all-living-in-a-black-hole-the-bold-theory-scientists-cant-disprove
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541947
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The resurrection of Jerry Lewis' catastrophic Holocaust movie
Article URL: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-09-14/the-resurrection-of-jerry-lewis-catastrophic-holocaust-movie.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541901
Points: 2
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Falsehoods programmers believe about TCP
Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/990281/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541770
Points: 1
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How the contrived panic over Haitian immigrants hijacked our algorithms
Article URL: https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/how-the-contrived-panic-over-haitian
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541761
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Interview Day at Thiel Capital
Article URL: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/interview-day-at-thiel-capital
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541749
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Show HN: Universal Timer (for Pomodoro, HIIT, or breathing exercises)
Granted, there are countless workout and pomodoro timers around. However, if I liked one, it still had a feature missing that I really liked from a different one. Ads and paid apps were a no go, too. So I was inspired by many of them to create my own.
Primarily, I wanted sounds, good visibility, customizable sequences, and good usability on mobile.
I am doing one workout almost daily, so I use it very often. I have a couple of routines ranging from 4 to 20 minutes. When I am changing routines after some months, I need to memorize them first. Therefore, I wanted to be able to name the intervals.
Other features include:
- Sequence editor that helps efficiently creating alternating and numbered intervals.
- Background color changes depending on a work/rest type of interval. Sometimes I am listening to music through a different device and miss the countdown. With the colors changing and the progress circle, it is easy to recongnize, if the work or rest interval has already started.
- Light and Dark modes are kind of a must have for every app nowadays.
- Progress circles are more accurate to estimate from afar than bars plus they give a nice visual touch.
- Detailed timing that includes the wall time when the workout is finished. Sometimes I am in a bit of a rush before taking a shower. With that display, it is easier to see, if I still have time for a workout.
- Intervals can easily be skipped, restarted, and repeated.
- There are a set of sounds to choose from: workout, breathe, or none.
- I discovered that browsers now even have speech synthesis APIs. The timer will tell you what the upcoming interval will be, so you never have to check the display.
- System notifications are triggered for longer intervals as used in the pomodoro technique.
It is pretty much feature complete now. I want to add an import/export feature in the near future though.
However, please let me know what you are still missing to make it your preferred timer!
Depending on the platform, the timer may not play sounds anymore when put in the background. I have found that the timing of the sounds also depend on the network quality. In any case, it will resume counting correctly when re-opening it in the foreground.
The source code is just one short html file that can be loaded into the browser. Hence, it's open source. I am not a dev anymore, but I love how cross-platform applications can be built with web technologies nowadays. I like Vue.js for its simplicity to create dynamic templates.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541738
Points: 1
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Nixon Said Pot Was 'Not Particularly Dangerous.'
Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/us/nixon-marijuana-tapes.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541713
Points: 1
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Accha FM – World's First 100% AI Generated Audio Entertainment Super App
Article URL: https://acchafm.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541678
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Show HN: Preppr – a modern prepping/survivalist iOS app
Hi, this is my first iOS app and built it for the prepping community as I saw all their existing apps looked like they were from 2010 :)
It's 80-90% free (unless you are a power user e.g. create a lot of AI generated items, then there is a cheap pro plan).
Enjoy!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541662
Points: 2
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Americans Are Falling Behind on Their Bills. Wall Street Is Alarmed
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/finance/americans-credit-debt-spending-interest-rates-f3836f23
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541633
Points: 2
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Show HN: Package to parse SEC 10Ks into JSON and other fun things
Features: * parse textual filings into simplified html, interactive html, or structured json. * download sec filings quickly and easily
Datasets: * 2024 Management Discussion and Analysis * 2024 10Ks in json format
Datasets can be downloaded using the package, or here https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/byxiish8jmdtj4zitxfjn/AAaiwwu...
All APIs are free and do not require auth, so you can use them directly :)
e.g. I'm currently using the parser api with js to run my filing viewer demo: https://datamule.xyz/filings_viewer
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541603
Points: 1
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Pro-Russian posters appear on billboards across Italy
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/europe/pro-russian-posters-italy-intl-scli/index.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541597
Points: 2
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Tiny Thumbnail Hashes with AVIF
Article URL: https://juliobbv.com/avifhash.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541571
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Index Cards
Article URL: https://nicetrybudsmith.substack.com/p/index-cards
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541528
Points: 2
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Elon Musk and Larry Ellison Begged Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for AI GPUs at Dinner
Sweden to pay refugees up to 341,00 USD to return
Article URL: https://www.dn.se/sverige/regeringen-hojer-atervandringsbidraget-kraftigt/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541481
Points: 5
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Listen Notes: The Best Podcast Search Engine
Article URL: https://www.listennotes.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541462
Points: 2
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The Bastard Operator from Hell
Article URL: https://bofh.bjash.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541459
Points: 5
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Migrate-Vue – a guide for all still on Vue 2
Article URL: https://migrate-vue.com/guide/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41541449
Points: 2
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