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tomburgs
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Comment #49208188
It appears that the audio section where you can preview the different sounds (power on, charging, low battery) are not working for me. It throws a `Uncaught (in promise) NotSupport…
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Comment #49208167
It looks super nice. I really like the name and the design, but as others have said the numbers seem to be a bit of a turn off. It really seems to throw off the visual balance and …
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Comment #49166574
Despite whether what OpenAI alleges in the blog post is true or not, it's super odd that a company of their size would make a blog post about it. This looks like a company that's i…
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Comment #48891884
Thanks for checking out the app! Truthfully it simply doesn't make sense to support anything prior to iOS 26 for Plates. It was built entirely around liquid glass, morphing animati…
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Comment #48891413
Yes, it's actually possible to change it in the settings! It's in Settings -> Apps -> Plates. It's possible to change the weight and distance units there, as well as the effort met…
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Comment #48890731
I got tired of all the worthwhile iPhone weightlifting apps wanting a monthly payment for a full feature set, while delivering an uninspiring, cross-platform experience. I noticed …
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Comment #48730364
Admittedly I had never heard of this party before, but after looking into them calling them far-right seems to be quite a leap. If you didn't know, Sweden used to be extremely welc…
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Comment #48546500
Not so far — I'm focusing on building the best iOS experience I can, but if it keeps growing the way it has I could absolutely see it somewhere down the road.
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Comment #48540310
Long time ago I got tired of all the worthwhile weightlifting apps wanting a monthly payment for full feature set while delivering an uninspiring, cross-platform experience. Out of…
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Comment #48221750
I’m working on: https://omitten.com It’s a daily word puzzle game based on polysemy.
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Comment #48221569
haha i'll take that as a massive compliment! since today's puzzle is so brutal i thought people would rage quit and never look at it again, so someone caring enough to cheat is awe…
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Show HN: Daily word puzzle game based on polysemy
I built this daily puzzle game called "Omitten". The idea came from a compulsive habit I got from reading books on an e-reader and constantly looking up definitions (iykyk). Quite …
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Comment #48191735
One strength of Obsidian is actually it's plugins. All of the plugins are fully open source so I think if someone truly plans to disrupt it they should make their editor interopera…
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Comment #47316031
i've been grinding away to make "Plates" the best it can be. i know building a weightlifting app is a massive cliche, but i felt compelled to make it anyway and honestly have zero …
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Comment #47297198
did an llm write this? how is it so confidently ignoring rest of the planet? despite the obvious flaws others have already noted, plenty of countries include letters in their zipco…
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Comment #47248994
would it be crazy to use this as a more casual macbook alongside my mbp? it seems light, cheap, and fun.
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Comment #46275541
I've been hard at work building a weightlifting workout tracking & analytics app. Its main selling points are being iOS native, being a one-time purchase, and being completely priv…
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Comment #45703829
Western & Northern Europe. It's not that it was a negligible share of Android users, it's that they didn't generate any meaningful revenue.
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Comment #45703058
I've worked with Flutter, React Native, and now I'm building an app in SwiftUI. I've found a few things in the process: 1.) Neither RN nor Flutter seems to be able to create truly …
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Comment #45567468
I have been building a workout tracking app specifically aimed at weightlifting/strength training. My perfect user being someone who is either a body builder, powerlifter, or someo…
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Comment #45567410
I suppose you must know this already if you have done research on alternatives, but there are already a plethora of apps like this — Lifesum, Cal AI, MacroFactor, just to name a fe…
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Comment #44150677
> I think one of the regrets is only doing the ML API and not the end-user apps. It turns out the people creating the front end pocket most of the money. I'm curious why this is no…
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Comment #43492079
I don't think the title reflects the contents of the article. I believe a more accurate title would be "Blender, the tool behind an Oscar winning movie, releases a new version", be…
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Comment #42245204
> and most importantly, you adopted a language that happened by accident. Is the author implying that Go was created by accident?
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Comment #42155698
It was revolutionary when it came out due to its physics engine, character facial animations, graphics, and most of all it had a captivating story and great gameplay.