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by offsky 4y ago
Ironically, the badge sounds robotic "written by human". How about "written by a human" to make it grammatically correct? And while we are at it, why are the letters AI the biggest thing on the badge? Seems backwards.
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by offsky 4y ago
Here is a quick deep link to 80s and 90s sci-fi movies for 12 and unders. Sorted by popularity. https://www.movienight.tips/movies.php?m=1&start=1980&end=19...
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by offsky 4y ago
Over the pandemic I created a website to solve a very similar problem for finding appropriate movies for my kids. https://www.movienight.tips/ Click through to the list of movies and then add a genre filter for sci-fi. You
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Ask HN: Best Structure for a Multilingual Website?
3 points by offsky 4y ago|2 comments
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by offsky 4y ago
Marketing is not my strong suit and is one of my 2023 goals to improve on. I have not noticed the competition in this space to be fierce. Maybe when I become better at marketing I will notice. I have not found a direct competitor yet becaus
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by offsky 4y ago
https://www.validbot.com A website I made to test other websites for valid configurations. Sort of like chrome lighthouse on steroids with the ability to automatically monitor and alert if some configuration changes.
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by offsky 4y ago
I stopped using Google Calendar years ago because it was possible for anyone with my email address to add events to my calendar, and I couldn’t decline or remove them. Not sure if this is still the case.
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by offsky 4y ago
For the shower I have a slate with a pencil, intended for scuba divers. Works great.
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by offsky 4y ago
You could ship it by COD? If they don’t pay, it gets returned and you can assume it’s yours.
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by offsky 4y ago
What is the best way to implement rate limiting if our site allows payment without a login? By IP?
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by offsky 4y ago
My problem with any voice assistant is that it doesn’t have a UI, so it’s hard to know what it’s capable of. You have to try a command and have it fail. And then you don’t know if maybe you worded your request wrong. Or you can go to the ma
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by offsky 4y ago
Toodledo.com does this. I know because I made Toodledo, although I no longer own it.
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Ask HN: What software do you miss that no longer runs on modern hardware?
34 points by offsky 4y ago|112 comments
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by offsky 4y ago
I read a story about a solar installer that blew my mind. The customer posted a negative Yelp review about the installer. In retaliation, the installer remotely deactivated the customers internet connected solar panels and held them ransom
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by offsky 4y ago
As a company of one for 20 years, I have made lots of websites. My advice is to intentionally design the product to be low maintenance from the start. When considering a new feature, always think about future maintenance costs. For example
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by offsky 4y ago
Can someone please explain how I can run this on my computer but something like GPT3 is too computational intensive to do the same? Isn’t text easier than images?
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by offsky 4y ago
I’m waiting for someone to wrap this up into a desktop app that I can install and run on my Mac.
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by offsky 4y ago
Are there any ultra realism simulators for other professions (aside from soldier)? I’m thinking cargo ship captain, electrician, kindergarten teacher, phlebotomist, etc.
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by offsky 4y ago
FreeCAD is getting nearly $500/week from Liberapay. Let’s see if we can get this up to $1000 to support an OS alternative. https://liberapay.com/FreeCAD I’m going to contribute.
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Ask HN: Managed Hosting Recommendations
2 points by offsky 4y ago|2 comments
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by offsky 4y ago
Does nobody remember Apple’s CyberDog web browser from 1996-7? In an alternate universe people are surfing the web on CyberDog 12.0
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by offsky 4y ago
Based on all the comments here, Im confident this is Zipcar's fault and not the OP. However, I have had some experience being on the other end of this type of billing problem (not at zipcar) so I'll share my experience. Several ti
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Show HN: Zazow – Generative Art Toy (fractals, spirograph, satori, etc.)(zazow.com)
30 points by offsky 4y ago|1 comments
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by offsky 4y ago
Someone needs to make a "dating style" app that helps people find platonic friendships based on shared interested.
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by offsky 4y ago
Author of the website here. Always fun to see my site pop up in my own news feed. Happy to answer any questions.
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by offsky 4y ago
For your first kid you will be so nervous about doing everything right. Everything will be sanitized and organic and over researched and helicopter parented. Second kid is eating jellybeans off the floor.
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by offsky 4y ago
My parents hosted a wedding reception at their house. After the reception, my aunt insisted on digging through all the trash. We let her have her fun. She triumphantly returned an hour later with a dozen pieces of my moms silverware. People
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by offsky 4y ago
You can get aftermarket security film applied to windows that makes it very difficult to bust through. This saved my office from a burglary.
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by offsky 4y ago
To fix rating spiking could they simply remove reviews if the customer returned the item?
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by offsky 5y ago
What worked for me to quit an addictive game was to educate myself on the dark patterns that games use to make us addicted. Knowing their tricks makes them less powerful (at least for me). I used my research into dark patterns in games to m

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