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Oh that's odd... are you accessing the web app through a regular browser like chrome, safari, mozilla, etc. ? I know the Google SSO does not work if you access the web app through …

I've been living in Montreal now for the last couple of years and have struggled to find people to practice speaking French with, so I created a web app to talk with an AI to impro…

Absolutely, what I've noticed is that the current apps are great for beginners but after a certain point the only way to improve your ability to speak a new language is to well... …

Hi HN, I'm Josh. From the classrooms of elementary school to the streets of Montreal, it feels like I've been learning French for my entire life. One thing I've struggled with is t…

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what exactly a vector db is. Let's say you have a chatbot and stored in its database is the usual info like session id, timestamp, message etc. To "vecto…

I've always wondered, what determines which planet or solar system to observe? I guess I'd like to think we have a list of solar systems that are most likely to hold life and simpl…

Lots of focus on RAG here, and rightfully so, but I feel an overlooked benefit to vector databases is the novel visualizations they provide. To be able to plot qualitative data ont…

I found these illustrations to be really informative Experimental setup - https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2023/10/fig5_fy_en_23.pdf Light / gas interaction - https://www.nobelpr…

I think there may be a typo with the "Restart" button. An interesting project though! I'm curious, where do you see this going next? Would it be to have the AI execute the plan?