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I think what I will miss most about TikTok is its ability to teach me things that I would otherwise never have interest in. I've discovered so many musicians, writers, historians a…

Wow this is amazing. If there was a locally running version available, I would gladly pay money for it.

Second this. I've written my own private Google Apps script specifically for this view and I wish more calendar apps would do the same. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough.

I'm pleasantly surprised to see his name on HN. He had a table at NYCC this week and people have been leaving him gifts and messages. It's so sad. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FeZt8…

Did we hit some sort of technical inflection point in the last couple of weeks or is this just coincidence that all of these ML papers around high quality procedural generation are…

I see an old Sudoku game I wrote in here and it brings back some great memories but now I'm also scared to look at my old code now. O_O Curious how did you back all this up?

Curious if there's more news on this. They came back for a short bit but now they're gone again...

I'm really happy to see ZhuangZi show up on HN and a good reminder to go back and re-read his work from time to time.

I never thought I'd see Vaporwave mentioned on HN. Anybody fans of Bandcamp here? I really feel like it's helped keep a lot of these microgenres going even more than Spotify.

My response to this will always be: whoever solves live music performance (as in two or more musicians in two different locations happily playing together over the internet) will w…

I'm still stunned we're able to achieve all this in a web browser today (not the processing power but how accessible this is to people). Great job, Emily!

What is his motivation for this right now? Is it just the distraction of the week or was there a specific incident recently that triggered this?

I'm fine with the questions but I still think people are missing my point. This is NOT for professional videos. The whole point is just regular people showcasing some small talent …

According to their "algorithm", they show everyone's videos randomly to a small set of people and if people watch all of it (as in don't immediately swipe up), share or comment qui…

a) If I'm being brutally honest, it's attention. Human beings enjoy attention even if it's totally dumb luck. I could say for this HN crowd that the traffic translates to revenue o…

My personal opinion is people don't realize the app/algorithm doesn't just reward the viewers, it rewards the creators. I do video/photo work outside of coding and at first what go…

There is something irreplaceable about the first time you solve a difficult puzzle, especially one that you anticipate to be daunting. As a Sudoku enthusiast (though not at Simon's…

I got the game because a friend invited me to a virtual wedding party because she had to cancel the one in real life due to SIP. My goal was to get a nice virtual gift for my frien…

Not always and I'd suspect that being a "Full-Service Shopper" (vs "In-Store Shopper") pays better so a large percentage are likely both preparer and deliverer. Source: https://sho…

What area do you live in? Like the other comment, best to donate locally and not delay with more shipping logistics. Search #GetMePPE or #PPEshortage on Twitter and you'll find a b…

Did you ever use AIM, ICQ, MSN, Y! Messenger? I'm quite certain that in a decade, there will be another batch of dominant messengers "reinventing the wheel" (IG & TikTok I'm lookin…