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Show HN: Free Math Sheets – Generate math worksheets for K-5 problems(freemathsheets.com)
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by mchaver 8mo ago
Great story and very nostalgic. I remember pre-ordering an N64 with my brother and getting it on launch day with Mario 64. We were blown anyway. Then Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, FFVII, Panzer Dragoon Saga and so on. Great time for a
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by mchaver 8mo ago
¡Quick reminder! We are in the golden era of big company programming agents. Enjoy it while you can because it is likely going to get worse over time. Hopefully, there were will be competitive open source agents and some benevolent nerds pu
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by mchaver 8mo ago
This is why I think they work so well with strongly typed languages like Haskell and OCaml. You say do this until it compiles and passes a set unit tests for business logic. I find I am using even more verification tools like JSON schema va
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by mchaver 8mo ago
Great work. I've put it on my to read list for this year. I currently use Haskell and OCaml/ReScript (with Emacs!), but I always enjoy reading Lisp books and imagine my self building systems in Lisp and exploring code in the REPL.
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by mchaver 8mo ago
I see a lot of projects repeated: screen capture tool, LLM wrapper, blog/newsletter, marketing tool for reddit/twitter, manage social media accounts. These things have been around for a while so it is really easy for an LLM to spi
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by mchaver 8mo ago
I think HN is a very particular group of people and not representative of the market for a lot of the products we make. We tend to like open-source things, ask lots of technical questions and complain about minute things. Also, Show HNs ten
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by mchaver 8mo ago
I've always understood hackers to be a subset of users at HN. Maybe there were more in the early days, but with the growth of the startup business model, a lot of different users were attracted to the site. The core value seems to be i
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by mchaver 8mo ago
I don't agree. That may be your experience, but it is annoying to have someone act as a prophet for all things and disregard what everyone else says. Emacs is still relevant in my daily work even with heavy use of LLMs.
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by mchaver 8mo ago
There is a program for Basic Income for artists in Ireland, but it obviously assumes you are a legal resident of Ireland. It is limited to 2,000 artists and there are more applicants than there are spots. Property rental is expensive in Ire
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by mchaver 8mo ago
I knew a company, StorySense, and their main product WhatsTheNumber used Lisp (maybe Scheme?) for the main logic in the back end. One of the founders previously worked at MIT Media Lab. Interestingly enough their competitor, Whoscall, was a
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by mchaver 8mo ago
It's not too bad. I like it! Haskell uses "$" to do the same thing.
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by mchaver 8mo ago
In one use case, it is kind of a verbal exclamation point, but it has more meanings and uses than just that. Likely originates from Hokkien, but it has evolved into it is own thing. If you are curious, more details here https://e
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by mchaver 8mo ago
Our data in the cloud, hallowed be thy computation, your kingdom come, your will be done, on our devices as it is in the cloud. Give us today our daily feed.
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by mchaver 8mo ago
> There should never have been an "artisan era". Firm no. There should be and there will continue to be. Maybe for you all code is business/money-making code, but that is not true for everyone. > We use computers to sol
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by mchaver 9mo ago
Having distinct icons is nice. People can learn. It's cool to have cultural relics live on in some way. My kids recognize the floppy disk as save, but they have probably never seen one in real life.
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by mchaver 9mo ago
I think images and representations of no longer used artifacts still live on in our cultural knowledge. They don't necessarily have to be a part of everyday lives. Think of children's stories and fairy tales. I don't see swor
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by mchaver 9mo ago
As a small software business, do you have other approaches to ads?
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by mchaver 10mo ago
Can you discuss more about Mentava's approach to gamification? I am working on a math practice application and considering adding some, but I don't want it to be annoying.
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by mchaver 10mo ago
I wonder about having gamification as something you can turn off. I am working on a math practice web application. I have not added any gamification to it. I am ok with minimal gamification like Math Academy does with experience points or t
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by mchaver 10mo ago
As a life long language learner, I wanted to say this is a unique and clever approach, but I also agree that it is really challenging to monetize. Especially in a way that is respectful to users because they are creating a lot of content wi
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by mchaver 10mo ago
It's a fun little game. I didn't like that dying makes you start from level 1 though.
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by mchaver 10mo ago
I am working on two things. The first is a customizable digital math workbook. Currently the demo covers fourth grade math. There is a practice mode where you can select the skills you to want practice. There is also a customizable dashboar
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by mchaver 10mo ago
I wasn't familiar with that book. For other users, I think the book they are referring to is Introduction to Algorithms A Creative Approach by Udi Manber.
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by mchaver 10mo ago
You can do it. Just create the submission with "Ask HN: What would you like to work on?" and add some details about the kind of things users should discuss there.
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by mchaver 10mo ago
Nice job. The order options don't seem to work when searching.
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by mchaver 10mo ago
Two thoughts on solitaire. 1. I don't like how if I already place an Ace and then reveal a 2 that matches it suit, it then automatically moves it over. While mostly trivial, it still takes a way one move from the player and automates i
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by mchaver 10mo ago
Yes, it is a little bit further down in my todo list, but I think for teachers (and students who like worksheets), worksheets would be a nice feature.
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by mchaver 10mo ago
This is really cool. Can you describe more about the scenarios you define and how you manage them over time? I can imagine if you end up with a lot of them, then it becomes time consuming to perform all of the visual tests or handle the hum
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by mchaver 10mo ago
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