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Discussed at length here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007247

I have vague memories of iPod Linux (or Rockbox, I can’t remember) having a feature where you could record voice notes using your regular headphones using the same technique

Got a discount code for the HN family? ;-) Congrats on shipping. I'm living in the EU working California hours (4pm-1am) and will definitely be buying one.

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sounds good, thanks for the response!

I’ve noticed the same thing. Horrible for my productivity. Paging @dang

It’s described here: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-pract...

It doesn't sound like GP is saying we have to do away with audio, just that it's absurd to stick to _just_ audio. Great to have a screen that shows "Clear for option 25R etc etc". …

I attended Northeastern from 2010-2013. Fundies (the freshman-level functional programming courses) was fundamental (ha) to my growth as a software developer. It taught me how to r…

I’m scheduled to donate one of mine to a stranger in a few weeks. Similar story here—saw Scott Alexander’s story, did some research, decided it was something i had to do. I’m donat…

off topic: do you have a name or a link for the paper referenced? My company just moved to a new office that's "coincidentally" closer to the CEO's house, and I'd love to send it t…

I have long considered building a code generator that only serves "nice" codes. The standard implementation would use a hard coded set of patterns. The enhanced version would pair …

The two are unrelated, but they do reference the shareware platform in their FAQ. https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq.html#are-you-affiliated-w...

ah i think it's a feature for YC founders to identify each other, might not be on for everyone

HN highlights your username in orange to indicate that you're a YC founder, and shows that you're a founder of Octolane on your profile. Disingenuous comments like this on a forum …

(if it wasn't clear, this is submitted in jest)

Basically what WorldMaker said. We updated our tsconfig and package.json, updated all our imports to include ".js", and fixed/upgraded things as necessary. The only real hiccup was…

If anybody has tried ES modules in the past five years and had to turn back due to incompatibility / lack of library support / javascript is a minefield, I'd urge you to try again.…

I was annoyed by having to reach for a remote or my phone when watching stuff on my Apple TV, so I made a MacOS Apple TV remote[0] that lives in the menu bar. Saves me literally se…