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I've published a desktop Windows app before with a freemium strategy. It was developed by a team of 3 after hours. We didn't make a living out of it because we wanted to keep it as…

(Author) Yep there is definitely an instant download page. Strange it's not the #1 result on Google. The #1 result is actually the thing as I've annotated.

Normally I am usually very susceptible to motion sickness from FPS games, reading in cars/trains and theme park rides which can all easily make me feel like throwing up, but I've n…

I'm using the Google Maps JavaScript API which now has the option to enable the new visual style. https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/... Of course it has a…

That's weird. It should definitely switch to the new article if you click the picture/play icon or the title. As a workaround, could you try "up/down" arrows? It's possible the HTM…

I think early on I investigated getting comments for posts but couldn't do it reliably or "say it" in a consistent way that made sense. May add it as a future feature.

Forgot protip: you can also use up/down arrows and spacebar for play/pause.

We investigated this. Unfortunately HTML5 audio (especially mobile devices) doesn't offer a lot of capability in that regards.

The feeling is mutual. :)

We applied but never got in :P

Yeah parsing is a tough challenge for something as diverse as Hacker News where the content could be anything between a thesis, a blog post, to a picture gallery. Will investigate …

Thanks Peter. Already drafting email. You're absolutely right about the TTS uncanny valley problem. We're betting on the fact that this is an industry effort. Currently we don't ha…

I'm a co-founder of the startup that built SoundGecko. But more specifically I had a bigger part in building this "feature" for Hacker News since it's something I actually wanted t…

Yeah. Came across Hacker News Radio before but the domain has since expired. Anyone know who was behind it?

Glad you're pleasantly surprised. You'll probably come across a few oddities sooner or later. My startup has licensed some premium text-to-speech engines for a pretty penny so you …

Yeah I came across tldr.io the other day and really like the concept. Would love an introduction. PS: the codename of the backend that powers all this is actually "tldr" since I ca…

Yeah unfortunately there isn't a lot of control over HTML5 audio AFAIK. There is a preload option but it's specific to the individual element. Maybe as a hack I could change it so …

I find I don't have enough time to read all the stuff on Hacker News, but I spend heaps of time on the train where I’m usually listening to music. Since I work at a startup doing s…

A friend of mine at MS said the same thing, the IT department blocked the IP.