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by augustinel 6y ago
Not too familiar with how Pocket works but this one is more focused on books rather than articles / text. It'll be able to recognize books based on highlighted text, then save the author and cover and back blurb to your list.
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by augustinel 6y ago
That's fair! Just wanted a faster way for myself as I'm quite lazy. The hope is that there will be more useful features to add that make it a better than Amazon shopping lists when it comes to books.
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Show HN: A Chrome extension to help save books you want to read(chrome.google.com)
13 points by augustinel 6y ago|7 comments
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by augustinel 6y ago
After getting tired of manually making note of all the books I find online that seem interesting (from Twitter, HN, Reddit, etc.) I made a chrome extension to help me keep track of them + the website where they come from. Thought this would
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by augustinel 7y ago
Started my self-taught programming journey about two weeks ago and thought this would be a fun/manageable/somewhat useful project. Appends years found in Wikipedia entries with how old the subject was at the time. Would love to he
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Show HN: Add ages to Wikipedia years for biography entries(chrome.google.com)
1 points by augustinel 7y ago|1 comments
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by augustinel 7y ago
Understandable given where the company is. The unit economics don't work without autonomy. Maybe it works in its original rendition as an on-demand black cab service, but not as a general-purpose transportation provider. I understand t
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by augustinel 7y ago
One of the most convincing reasons I've heard for why certain social media sites succeed and fail have to do with how well they manage the balances between utility and status game (i.e. come for the tools, stay for the network). You tw
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by augustinel 7y ago
Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson: I assume a HN classic. Good read nonetheless. Crazy imaginative. Prior experience with Stephenson is limited to Snowcrash, which I found to be quite good as well. Benjamin Franklin - Walter Isaacson: Biographi