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Show HN: I built an app that texts you Nietzsche daily
- ryanewolverton 4y agoHi everyone, I made an app that texts you one line from Nietzsche's "Twilight of the Idols" a day. I made it because I read the book, and thought that it would be cool to be able to really chew on what Nietzsche is saying line by line. Also, there's an integrated discussion subreddit that will take your text responses, so you can write what you think and see what other people say!
- formerkrogemp 4y agoNice work, Any plans to tackle any other Nietzsche works in the future?
- ryanewolverton 4y agoTwilight of the Idols is particularly full of short, punchy sentences, although I might try out other books like the tao te ching or Napoleon’s diary!
- testmasterflex 4y agoI’m listening to Thus Spoke Zarathustra currently and I need to pause every 2 minutes because of the same reasons; constant profoundly deep short locutions So I’m guessing many of his works are like this? I wish I would have started reading him earlier.
- ryanewolverton 4y agoYeah, if Nietzsche writes a sentence odds are it’s going to make you put down the book and take a walk to think about it, hence the app
- quickthrower2 4y agoThe desktop calendar is back!
- tsol 4y agoInteresting. Why phone number? What with data harvesting being a hot topic, I'm hesitant to give that out. Perhaps a second option like email or push notifications via an app would be good too. I'm also curious how your sending these texts. Is there a service you are using for that? I've had ideas before that would require a similar system
- ryanewolverton 4y agoGood point with texts, a daily email would probably be a good option as well. I’m using Twilio for the texting, really good infrastructure on it and cheap
- yoyopa 4y agoit's ok we already have your phone number
- quickthrower2 4y agoOr do https://www.reddit.com/r/dailynietzsche.rss https://www.reddit.com/r/dailynietzsche.rss