Interesting. I think text chats would be a nice addition as they allow asynchronous conversations which would be beneficial.
there used to be a site like hnchat
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm in the same boat. I'm also very interested in talking to random HN users, but my hesitation comes from the fact that if I start a chat I'll really commit because I want to make it meaningful. I guess now I'm doing a cost-benefit analysis whether I should try this out while it's gaining popularity, or I should continue what I was working on.
I'll just put it out there that if you start talking with a random stranger, "... okay, I've got to go now. It's been nice talking with you!" is a perfectly acceptable kernel panic. :)
>a perfectly acceptable kernel panic
I love this and I can't wait to use it.
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#104I am absolutely terrified of informal "coffee chats"... One company I worked for had a policy to do it "few hours every week" with some random person.. completely hated that.
I get the impression that many extroverts see introversion as a flaw / limitation that should be corrected, rather than an equally valid personality type that they should accommodate.
Apologies if I'm painting with an unfair or inaccurately broad brush. I may be vastly overestimating the prevalence of that attitude.
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#106In the age of replicated AI voices and security it seems like this would be a bad idea. How much voice sample is needed to decently replicate someone's voice?
I wish I had a decent way to calibrate my paranoia about stuff like this.
I don't want to miss life's nice opportunities just because I was too worried about this kind of thing. But I don't want to be too lax either.
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#107can we have a version for the ones with "phone call phobia"?
What would that look like?
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#108Love this. I do think there should be more opportunities to connect people across the world. I think if more people connected directly there be less faith in the filtered messages we get from our media and politicians. To the creator of this: - Thanks for creating! - A small recommendation: maybe a little text paragraph on the landing page explaining it might warm people up a bit as to what to expect. Doesn’t need to…
Agreed! I ended up talking with someone halfway around the world for an hour. We discussed what we did, some interesting differences... and it also turned out that everyone everywhere has at least a few gripes about their project management system (whatever it is). We're all more alike than we are different. :) Thanks to author for making this! PS: If HNers are uncomfortable talking to strangers via voice, maybe writ…
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#109Related:
Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36179883 - June 2023 (4 comments)
Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31957389 - July 2022 (20 comments)
Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31376125 - May 2022 (6 comments)
Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30179355 - Feb 2022 (123 comments)
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
espresso
While it’s almost never useful to correct irregularities in spellings and pronunciations, this is a particularly poor correction. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/espresso-vs-expresso...
Muphry's Law [0] strikes again!