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mikob

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    Some people will think this is nothing more than a frontend on top of gemini, but if you're genuine with it, you will actually get helpful potentially life-changing guidance.

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    Comment #46212460

    Would love to have these go to my Tana or another PKM. Will that be possible or will it have to go to the Pebble app?

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    Comment #34155784

    How does this compare to rsnapshot?

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    Comment #30620633

    They've had open access to the internet until now and look where we've gotten. Having open access to the internet was not convincing enough Russians to condemn their government. So…

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    Comment #30620574

    If it would help them, they would've done it themselves. They've already taken out Twitter and Facebook without any hesitation.

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    Comment #30574678

    The subjects are the ones in the best position to get rid of Putin. And in a way the subjects are responsible for their leader. Many are fine with the status quo and sitting comfor…

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    Comment #30121144

    We can choose what's best based for the task at hand. In the same way most people don't use the mouse to click an online keyboard, most people won't use voice control to type WASD …

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    Comment #30121110

    You're limiting your thinking to the paradigm of visual interfaces paired with a mouse and keyboard. When all you have is a hammer... Here's some examples where bandwidth and laten…

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    Comment #30120498

    I too noticed that Dragon is trash (2.2/5 rating on the Chrome Webstore, yikes) I've been working on one that's purpose-built for the web. Most software today is moving towards the…

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    Comment #28040619

    Sounds promising! I have noticed companies with environmental impact have disproportionately more success in crowd-funding. Many non-institutional investors (like myself) put their…

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    Comment #27357401

    I'll start it off: crowdfunding (eg startengine.com) so anyone can invest in startups instead of traditional VC to an exclusive group of investors "in the club".

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    Comment #25983281

    Also, if cash were the issue, why limit only “meme stocks” why not limit stock buying across the board to prevent manipulation?

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    Comment #24097160

    Never saw yours before, but I discovered "Handsfree for Web" a few months after I started - and thought he had ripped mine off. But I no longer think so. Yes, seems like many comma…

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    Comment #24096716

    I've been working on this exact thing for Chrome the last 3 years: https://www.lipsurf.com Anyone can make an open source plugin for it to do anything with voice ( https://github.c…

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    Comment #23619382

    You can easily see for yourself on the twitter thread that is linked in the article. There's also this tweet for context: https://twitter.com/DotProto/status/1273824813270700038?s=…

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    Comment #22409981

    I have a free Chrome Extension that let's you control the browser via voice: https://www.lipsurf.com Rest is ultimately the best way to prevent hand injuries and since I spend most…

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    Comment #21858698

    I'm working on a Chrome Extension that lets you open tabs, navigate pages, click links, dictate emails etc. on the web using voice-control: https://www.lipsurf.com Many of my users…

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    Comment #21193757

    If you need voice control for Chrome, I hope you don't mind if I recommend a tool that I'm developing myself: https://www.lipsurf.com It integrates deeply with websites - eg. there…

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    Comment #21031832

    It's not that simple. For example, this would break my accessibility Chrome Extension that lets users browse just using their voice ( https://www.lipsurf.com )

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    Comment #20988946

    The extension can always listen- it has a wake-word just like Alexa, Siri et al. "hey LipSurf" in the premium version. It can be used on a media PC/TV, you would just need to setup…