frasermince

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by frasermince 5y ago
I worked on a language learning app for about a year. I wanted to read the first Harry Potter in french and easily create flashcards. I iterated early on based mostly on what I wanted to see in the app instead of talking to people. I defini
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by frasermince 6y ago
I think a lot of people in these comments are missing the core dilemma a lot of these tech companies are dealing with. How do you deal with rampant misinformation that might be harmful to society as a whole? I think moving to putting discla
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Why Books Are the Key to Learning a Language(blog.unchart.io)
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A Tool to End the Pandemic(threadreaderapp.com)
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by frasermince 6y ago
While I think there might be a grain of truth here I really disagree with how he states it. He seems to be really placing higher value on the isolated genius who does great things despite society being against him. This seems to be based on
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by frasermince 6y ago
I love the clear eyed approach to what Haskell's future may look like. I look forward to seeing the fresh ideas the programming language community continues to bring forward in this area. Does anyone know if these slides came from a ta
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by frasermince 6y ago
I'm working on a project to help people learn languages from reading books: https://unchart.io/ I've been using machine learning to highlight different parts of speech which I've found makes looking at a fore
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Show HN: Unchart – Learn a language through reading books(unchart.io)
4 points by frasermince 6y ago|0 comments
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by frasermince 7y ago
I'm pretty sure development on this project has stopped. That said I would love to see a project of this kind come to maturity. A Haskell like language with a good macro system could solve a lot of problems that are poorly solved by so
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by frasermince 7y ago
Hey! Founder here. Let me know if you have any questions. Also just as a quick heads up this doesn’t work very well on mobile yet.
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Show HN: Treader – AI Assisted Reading for Language Learning(app.treader.io)
1 points by frasermince 7y ago|1 comments
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Understanding the Forward Pass of a Neural Net(thoughtbot.com)
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by frasermince 8y ago
Upcase is one of the main learning resources I used to take my development to the next level! I'm excited to see it be available for everyone!
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by frasermince 8y ago
I wouldn't spend 4k on a mattress. You can get a solid one for 1.5k tops. The important thing is doing the research beforehand, knowing what materials will last, and knowing what kind you prefer. After getting a couple of bad mattresse