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mparas

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About mparas

AI engineer and CS PhD (FU Berlin, Marie Curie fellow). Previously co-founded a language learning startup (raised €350K, 15K users, partnered with Goethe Institute). Now building Sensonym: teaching vocabulary through phone sensors. Berlin-based.

hello@sensonym.com | https://sensonym.com

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    Comment #47846713

    I'm a solo dev from India who moved to Berlin a few years ago. I built Sensonym because I was bored with every language app feeling the same, and I wanted to find out what happens …

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    Comment #47691618

    I am building Sensonym ( https://sensonym.com ), a vocabulary learning app that uses phone sensors (gyroscope, camera, mic, accelerometer) to tie physical interactions to words. Fo…

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    Thanks! I agree!

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    Building Sensonym ( https://sensonym.com ), a vocabulary learning app that uses phone sensors (gyroscope, camera, mic, accelerometer) to create physical interactions tied to word m…

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    I understand that something needed to be done. Still can't help but say that it's a pity. A blanket ban on new users posting doesn't seem right. There are many people like me who "…

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    1. Distribution 2. Splitting time between family, day job, and building the product.

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    Comment #47311863

    What my parents always wanted - work for the government

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    Working on Sensonym ( https://sensonym.com ), a language learning app that teaches vocabulary through physical phone interactions. Shake your phone to learn "earthquake," blow on i…