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Show HN: Blog Reader – Listen to blogs that you don't have time to read

The_Amp_Walrus 6y ago
As a long-time reader of blogs (eg. slatestarcodex.com, kalzumeus.com, etc) I've sometimes struggled to keep up with all the posts that I'd like to read. I often don't make the time to sit down and plough through some of the longer ones. I noticed that I listened to a lot of podcasts when commuting, so I made this website to convert interesting blog posts into a podcast. The tech component is mostly glue: the trafilatura scraper + AWS Polly TTS. Given I find this site pretty useful, I figured that some HN readers would enjoy it as well. Here are some of my favourite articles from the past ~18 months with the accompanying audio: Doing Business In Japan https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan... https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/e096c7623b305cb129c4dd5ecca8cd75.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/e096c7623b305cb129c4dd... A Deep Dive into K-pop https://dormin.org/2020/09/06/a-deep-dive-into-k-pop/ https://dormin.org/2020/09/06/a-deep-dive-into-k-pop/ https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/741f2612536071e911f9a964f5adb65c.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/741f2612536071e911f9a9... Peer review: Troubled from the start https://www.nature.com/news/peer-review-troubled-from-the-start-1.19763 https://www.nature.com/news/peer-review-troubled-from-the-st... https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/4712ffd8d05dd1b51df2b7fedfc3fb82.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/4712ffd8d05dd1b51df2b7... The Real Reason Your City Has No Money https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real- https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real- reason-your-city-has-no-money https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/1f92611929679af2763b348b29deaa15.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/1f92611929679af2763b34... A Software Engineer’s Guide to Cybernetics https://medium.com/software-safety/a-software-engineers-guide-to-cybernetics-d57c7def1453 https://medium.com/software-safety/a-software-engineers-guid... https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/0340fb5628b642f8dd495914872c7773.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/0340fb5628b642f8dd4959... Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China https://sinocism.com/p/engineers-of-the-soul-ideology-in https://sinocism.com/p/engineers-of-the-soul-ideology-in https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/f749f66d4be0b6899bf25a9e72985b6e.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/f749f66d4be0b6899bf25a... Markets, discrimination, and "lowering the bar" https://danluu.com/tech-discrimination/ https://danluu.com/tech-discrimination/ https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/2571f6e06b9c358d5a9ce3da5c6cb097.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/2571f6e06b9c358d5a9ce3... Stevey's Google Platforms Rant https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/9008b40fde501cf4ea3c3909964ac4f0.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/9008b40fde501cf4ea3c39... Why Deep Learning Works Even Though It Shouldn’t https://moultano.wordpress.com/2020/10/18/why-deep-learning-works-even-though-it-shouldnt/ https://moultano.wordpress.com/2020/10/18/why-deep-learning-... https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/dd360c22e33717098e7a2cbad24d9b12.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/dd360c22e33717098e7a2c...

As a long-time reader of blogs (eg. slatestarcodex.com, kalzumeus.com, etc) I've sometimes struggled to keep up with all the posts that I'd like to read. I often don't make the time to sit down and plough through some of the longer ones. I noticed that I listened to a lot of podcasts when commuting, so I made this website to convert interesting blog posts into a podcast. The tech component is mostly glue: the trafilatura scraper + AWS Polly TTS. Given I find this site pretty useful, I figured that some HN readers would enjoy it as well. Here are some of my favourite articles from the past ~18 months with the accompanying audio: Doing Business In Japan https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan... https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/e096c7623b305cb129c4dd5ecca8cd75.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/e096c7623b305cb129c4dd... A Deep Dive into K-pop https://dormin.org/2020/09/06/a-deep-dive-into-k-pop/ https://dormin.org/2020/09/06/a-deep-dive-into-k-pop/ https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/741f2612536071e911f9a964f5adb65c.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/741f2612536071e911f9a9... Peer review: Troubled from the start https://www.nature.com/news/peer-review-troubled-from-the-start-1.19763 https://www.nature.com/news/peer-review-troubled-from-the-st... https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/4712ffd8d05dd1b51df2b7fedfc3fb82.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/4712ffd8d05dd1b51df2b7... The Real Reason Your City Has No Money https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real- https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real- reason-your-city-has-no-money https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/1f92611929679af2763b348b29deaa15.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/1f92611929679af2763b34... A Software Engineer’s Guide to Cybernetics https://medium.com/software-safety/a-software-engineers-guide-to-cybernetics-d57c7def1453 https://medium.com/software-safety/a-software-engineers-guid... https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/0340fb5628b642f8dd495914872c7773.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/0340fb5628b642f8dd4959... Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China https://sinocism.com/p/engineers-of-the-soul-ideology-in https://sinocism.com/p/engineers-of-the-soul-ideology-in https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/f749f66d4be0b6899bf25a9e72985b6e.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/f749f66d4be0b6899bf25a... Markets, discrimination, and "lowering the bar" https://danluu.com/tech-discrimination/ https://danluu.com/tech-discrimination/ https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/2571f6e06b9c358d5a9ce3da5c6cb097.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/2571f6e06b9c358d5a9ce3... Stevey's Google Platforms Rant https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/9008b40fde501cf4ea3c3909964ac4f0.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/9008b40fde501cf4ea3c39... Why Deep Learning Works Even Though It Shouldn’t https://moultano.wordpress.com/2020/10/18/why-deep-learning-works-even-though-it-shouldnt/ https://moultano.wordpress.com/2020/10/18/why-deep-learning-... https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/dd360c22e33717098e7a2cbad24d9b12.mp3 https://media.blogreader.com.au/media/dd360c22e33717098e7a2c...