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welpo

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About welpo

https://osc.garden

^ email is on footer

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    Comment #46520112

    I misread too. "novel" is being used as an adjective, not a noun. They are saying they are writing "a novel […] programming language", not a novel.

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    Comment #44750244

    https://archive.is/ddaZh

  3. story
    Show HN: iine – privacy-first like buttons for the small/indie web

    I wanted to add likes/kudos to my blog without tracking or account creation. I also wanted an excuse to build my first project with a backend. I focused on: * privacy: no user trac…

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    Comment #44614217

    > That said, I do use KaTeX with client-side rendering on a limited number of pages that have mathematical content You could try replacing KaTeX with MathML: https://w3c.github.io/…

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    Comment #44416873

    I'm trying to create the best A/B test sample size & duration calculator: https://calculator.osc.garden/ It's free ( https://github.com/welpo/ab-test-calculator ), and it has no de…

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    Comment #44344836

    On the third point (peeking at p-values), I created an A/A test simulator that compares peeking vs not peeking in terms of false positive rate: https://stop-early-stopping.osc.gard…

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    Comment #42366425

    Why post AI comments?

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    Comment #42111780

    Yes, the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Recordi... I don't know how to look up music with a known ISRC, though.

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    Comment #42050777

    I'm a happy Zola [0] user, which does everything you mentioned except LaTeX. There are a few themes [1], though I ended up writing my own [2] (which supports MathJax [3] for mathem…

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    Comment #41096808

    I use characters from books I've enjoyed.

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    Comment #40921994

    When I read "Taras", the first thing that comes to mind is Nikolai Gogol's "Taras Bulba": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulba Not sure it's related, but (spoiler) Taras Bulba…

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    Comment #40823169

    You're right; there is a lot of noise in the git-sumi changelog. As it matures (and I tinker less with it), it should get better. Here's a better example on a more mature project: …

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    Comment #40819899

    I use git-cliff for my personal projects. If you follow conventional commits and squash merges, you get a clear, user-friendly changelog—it's easy to "skip" commits that don't affe…

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    Comment #40478237

    Indeed. He shared it here: https://x.com/jeremyphoward/status/1689464587077509120

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    Comment #38472114

    That's a pretty high bar, no?

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    Comment #38313593

    OpenAI firing Sam Altman. The announcement: https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transiti... The discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38309611

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    Comment #38313535

    Unlikely. They are separate settings both on iOS and Android.

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    Comment #38313276

    > Updated over a week ago Is this actually new? The article doesn't even mention anything about switching to prepaid billing.

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    Comment #38313158

    Poe has allowed custom bots for over 6 months now. It's a very similar experience to creating/using [custom] GPTs.

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    Comment #38264683

    Presumably that's because you can get water through other means, whereas the same can't be said about soda.

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    Comment #38097423

    From the article: > Now, when a person hovers their cursor over the page (or scrolls on mobile) it triggers body:hover which calls the URL for the post hit

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    Comment #37465346

    The GitHub Student Developer Pack: https://education.github.com/pack/offers

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    Comment #35186403

    Are you referring to this? https://www.internetvin.tv/i-dont-like-making-the-best-thing...