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dwilding

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About dwilding

Occasional hacker. Currently building a lightweight, privacy focused task manager - https://frogtab.com

GitHub: https://github.com/dwilding

Dev blog: https://maybecoding.bearblog.dev

Unused project domains looking for a good home: viewfinder.dev, upriver.app. Contact me through my blog if interested (I'm not looking to sell the domains)

Recent public activity

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    Comment #39658135

    Thanks! Earlier in the project I tried to find a way to generate English but with Chinese grammar - something like “you need to grab your shoelaces and tie them well” - as a way to…

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    Comment #39652500

    My pleasure, glad you like it!

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    Comment #39652485

    I use GPT-4 for this kind of exposition too. If you haven’t come across Pleco [1] yet, I can highly recommend it. It’s a high quality Chinese-English dictionary with a lot of helpf…

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    Comment #39652437

    Happy to share, thanks! I also use GPT-4 for explaining the meaning of sentences in more detail (as in JimDabell’s comment). Often my questions are like “how would a native speaker…

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    Comment #39651971

    That’s awesome! I hope you have fun too :)

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    Comment #39651957

    Just for fun, I’m trying to force it to misinterpret what I’m saying by changing “dei tie” to “di tie” (as in subway). It really doesn’t want to interpret it differently! I think “…

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    Comment #39651874

    After working on this project, I’ve started using MS translate as my go-to app if I want to translate an existing sentence. Previously I tended to use Google Translate by default. …

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    Comment #39651822

    I have seen some variation in the interpretation - although it does seem to be pretty consistent. When I enter “服了u” into unscrambler I get the interpretation “I give up” every tim…

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    Comment #39649000

    I’ll check out those models - thank you! According to my wife (a Chinese native speaker), GPT-3.5 is bad at outputting Chinese but GPT-4 does a good job

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    Comment #39648415

    Thanks for the kind words! I’ve found it very helpful for staying in the zone and getting better at “thinking” in Chinese If you start learning Chinese again in the future, I hope …

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    Show HN: My AI writing assistant for Chinese

    Hi HN! In trying to improve my Chinese skills, I built this tool that lets me write a mix of Chinese and English, then recommends a proper Chinese expression. This is super helpful…

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    Comment #39610210

    As lavrton said in a sibling comment - simpler integration. I can't speak to Dropbox integration, but every time I've looked at integrating with Google Drive I have felt my develop…

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    Comment #39602978

    I agree, this opens up really interesting possibilities. Here's my understanding of how it works, based on the puter.js docs [1]: If I'm developing a frontend app that could benefi…

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    Show HN: My AI writing assistant for Chinese

    Hi HN! In trying to improve my Chinese skills, I built this tool that lets me write a mix of Chinese and English, then recommends a proper Chinese expression. This is super helpful…

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    Comment #38740315

    Your app is awesome, it's just so satisfying to use. Really fantastic job! My two cents on block insertion: Personally, I would love if Cmd+Enter inserts a new block at the very to…

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    Comment #38679477

    Thanks! Yep, there are full docs at https://frogtab.com/help

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    Comment #38671471

    I love the idea of interoperability between homegrown task managers. Another shameless plug: https://frogtab.com , which I’ve been building, following similar ideas of minimalism. …

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    Comment #38567133

    Does anyone use Kagi for Kids? The Starter level at $5/mo is enough for me so far, so $20/mo for Family is quite a jump. Would love to know whether Kagi for Kids is worth paying fo…

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    Comment #38542548

    Yep, there's an entry in the hamburger menu called Help & Privacy - it goes to the /help page

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    Show HN: Frogtab – Private, peaceful task management

    Hi HN! I'm excited to share the task manager that I've been building and relying on for the past 9 months I started developing Frogtab after a particularly busy period at work, whe…

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    Comment #37864522

    Honestly, I'd happily give my unused project domains to a fellow hacker who can make better use of them. (If interested, see my profile)

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    Show HN: Frogtab – My lightweight in-browser task manager with a privacy focus

    Hi HN! I've been building a browser-based task manager to help keep me focused on my day-to-day priorities. My primary purpose is to scratch my own itch, but I figured that other p…

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    Ask HN: Would anyone like an unused domain? I'd like to give away viewfinder.dev

    Hi HN, I bought viewfinder.dev for a project, but in the end I never used it (and I don't think I will anytime soon). So I'd like to give it away to someone who can make better use…