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by dv35z 7mo ago
Just an anecdote - I never used Twitter/X, and never used BlueSky. Recently (about a year ago), joined Mastodon. I enjoy it, find a lot of value there, and have interesting conversations (recently about Mint Debian Linux & sound-sy
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by dv35z 7mo ago
Can you share details about Blender CAD/CAM capabilities? I have a CNC router (carves 3D shapes into wood), and exploring what tools can help with that. I keep hearing about Blender's CAD abilities - I don't know Blender well
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by dv35z 7mo ago
Recommendations for local text-to-speech synth? Last year, played with Piper-TTS, Chatterbox, and some others. Ideally supporting English, Spanish, Chinese.
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by dv35z 7mo ago
(1) PROJECT "AFFIRMATOR" - Start each day out right with chill jazz wake-up music, then life-success wisdom (Earl Nightingale, Tony Robbins, etc). In the evening, fun latin cooking music plays, and then lo-fi chill tunes. At night
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by dv35z 7mo ago
Such a great and underappreciated movie.
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Ask HN: Why Open-Source for Products/Startups?
2 points by dv35z 8mo ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Blocked by YouTube? (Sign in to confirm you're not a bot)
3 points by dv35z 8mo ago|3 comments
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by dv35z 10mo ago
Sales & Marketing guide / playbook for Technical People would be great. I am a solution/sales engineer and would find a ton of value in that.
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by dv35z 10mo ago
Check out Kiri:Moto (open source tool which can convert SVG into 3D shapes, and export to G-code appropriate for 3D printers, CNC routers) https://grid.space/kiri/
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by dv35z 10mo ago
This may be helpful to you - a high-quality maker-space / tools forum: https://forum.makerforums.info/ I've seen a few HackerNews commenters frequenting both forums...
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by dv35z 10mo ago
I'm in Medellin Colombia, and frequently see BYD cars on the road. I recently had an Uber which drove a BYD car - I was seriously impressed. For those who don't know, Medellin is extremely hilly, and somewhat of a mountainous bowl
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by dv35z 11mo ago
Every time I consider learning Rust, I am thrown back by how... "janky" the syntax is. It seems to me that we ought to have a system-level language which builds upon the learnings of the past 20+ years. Can someone help me unders
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by dv35z 11mo ago
Meant to mention in my requirements: No Bluetooth! :)
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by dv35z 11mo ago
I saw a friend's 2-year old e-ink Boox reader - it changed my thoughts about eInk. The refresh rate was quick, and he could draw using a stylus. Definitely seemed responsive enough for writing/programming...
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by dv35z 11mo ago
Curious your experience with Mint Debian Edition. I currently use Debian Stable as my workstation & local server - I considered Mint, but since it was Ubuntu, I held off...
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by dv35z 11mo ago
I am hoping that someone (maybe me!) will make a "write/program in the sun"-friendly e-ink Linux computer, A5 sized. Use cases: Patio bars in Austin Texas, sunny Medellin Colombia, outside plaza cafes in Barcelona. Thank you!
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by dv35z 11mo ago
What would it take to have "vim-wiki" for nano (see also: FOAM, Obsidian)? I have always admired nano for how simple and easy to use it is, and would love to use it for wiki/obsidian-style note taking & linking...
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by dv35z 11mo ago
I haven't tried it yet - async processing (and even using SQLite) is new to me, so I'm trying to figure out solution patterns which work for the now, and also I can continue to invest my knowledge in to solve future problems. I wi
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by dv35z 11mo ago
I will check into `asyncio` and Python threads. I used multiprocessing as my first project into asynchronous programming. The previous use-case was using Python + multiprocessing to run MacOS `say` (using Python subprocess) - so I could inv
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by dv35z 11mo ago
Thank you - this is helpful. I didn't realize how important I was going to value consistency over quality voice, but then when you've got to go back and listen to everything for quality control ... I guess that is the drawback of
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by dv35z 11mo ago
Curious if anyone has strategies on how to perform parallel writes to an SQLite database using Python's `multiprocessing` Pool. I am using it to loop through a database of 11,000 words, hit an HTTP API for each (ChatGPT) and generate e
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by dv35z 11mo ago
I experienced that recently - just curious, since you're digging into voice synth, what are open-source voice synth (specifically text-to-speech) which have been working for you. Recently, I have tried PiperTTS (I found the voices very
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by dv35z 1y ago
Invest and contribute in your local community / neighborhood maker-space. If one doesn't exist, consider leading the initiative to create and promote one. This can be nicely partnered with a local business incubator / investm
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by dv35z 1y ago
(1) These look great - I saved the Impacts so I can keep reading it later. Can you share what the background/reason is for this document? (2) Hoping you might be able to point me in the right direction. I often take notes with clients
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by dv35z 1y ago
This book is the "Gold standard" in starting a successful makerspace / hackerspace. Highly recommend. Covers tool organization, to staffing, to standard operation procedures, agile, entrepreneurship, funding and more. Direct
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by dv35z 1y ago
Thanks Nico - Yes, I experienced the same on PeerTube (MakerTube.net is the instance I used). Recently I experimented with TwitchTV - but wow, I everything about the interface & experience shouted "this is not for me!". I don&
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Live-Stream: Hacker News "Who's Hiring? (July 2025)" Discussion
2 points by dv35z 1y ago|6 comments
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Live-stream Jam session: Hacker News "Who's Hiring? (July 2025)" tech discussion(pop.com)
1 points by dv35z 1y ago|1 comments
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by dv35z 1y ago
Hey everyone - We are reviewing the HN Who's Hiring post, discussing & documenting tech trends, and overall talkin' shop and gettin to know each other. HN Who's Hiring post: https://news.ycombinator.com/it
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by dv35z 1y ago
Have you ever come across an "inverted" abridged dictionary? A dictionary of the words which are most commonly abridged (removed) from a core dictionary.

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