101–110 of 130 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks. I replaced that with an array of servers.
But it still doesn't work, because there should be “stun:” at the begining of the URL. (Otherwise you get this Error “RTCPeerConnection constructor passed invalid RTCConfiguration - improper scheme” (Firefox, but you should have a similar one in any browser)) Edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30185324 has the error as it appears in Chrome.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I tried four of these chats. The first just rambled about how much PHP sucks and how great Postgres is, for no apparent reason. The second touted how amazing Kubernetes is, and then asked if I could help them configure it for their small project. The third went on a long rant about how they could build Zoom as a weekend MVP. The fourth tried to explain how we should run the entire world on SQLite.
Hahaha. It took my brain until the 3rd example to realize this is a joke.
Hack Roulette
Similar problems to chatroulette, i.e., cyberdisinhibitionism, backgrounds/communication impedance mismatches, although hopefully not as many flashers.
My luck, I'd get the homeless guy at the coffee shop breathing into the microphone saying "I never use my real name. And, I always wear extra tin foil in winter when the mind beams are stronger. The FBI has a file on me a mile high. They're out to get me. Do you hear those voices too?" (This is based on the personality of a real, harmless person who did live in 24 hour coffeeshops in SV.)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I suspect it’s a proof of concept to judge demand. No it actually is meant to work, though, I admit, it doesn't seem to. > Would be better if I could actually read HN while waiting, might make people willing to keep waiting longer on mobile. Interesting idea.
> Would be better if I could actually read HN while waiting, might make people willing to keep waiting longer on mobile. It actually would be really interesting if there was a functionality to chat with other people viewing the same article. Or still one-to-one, but with someone else also looking at the article.
Would hate for something like that ever to detract from the reading experience though - e.g. someone with something great to say or niche experience etc. tells their story then feels no need (or lacks the energy/motivation) to write it out again.
How does it discern that its a HN user?
The nichification of social networks suffer from this problem of loving it vs having the time/effort to use it. Maybe a button on HN here would make it more approachable to people but not as a standalone site. Funneling people outside of their common interest space is super hard and unsustainable without appealing a to a boarder group and forming a unique community within itself. But in that process you just lost your original vision.
For this app, I would suggest incorporating features from Omegle. Having a chat section and having a status section would be nice.
Not being dismissive at all but this is just a rant :/
It's great that something was built. Amen. Similar problems to chatroulette, i.e., cyberdisinhibitionism, backgrounds/communication impedance mismatches, although hopefully not as many flashers. My luck, I'd get the homeless guy at the coffee shop breathing into the microphone saying "I never use my real name. And, I always wear extra tin foil in winter when the mind beams are stronger. The FBI has a file on me a mil…