Nice! What is the long term goal with numpad?
Show HN: I made a web-based notepad with a built in unit calculator
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#142This looks pretty cool. I've long been looking for something similar to Soulver ( https://soulver.app/ ) that I can use on Linux. This seems promising. One small criticism: In my opinion, no web-based writing app is useful unless the tab key inserts a tab. The default behavior of most browsers to move focus to the next field is tremendously infuriating in this context. Unfortunately, that's what happens here, at leas…
I've never used Soulver, but there is a free web app https://numbr.dev that seems very similar to it.
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#143Very cool! This reminds me of the open source NoteCalc: https://bbodi.github.io/notecalc3/ It was discussed on HN, you might look there for inspiration: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25495393
I am the author of NoteCalc, and it warms my heart that my project is mentioned here :)
As a sidenote I would like to mention that NoteCalc is still in active (but slow) development, though I do it privately, and the next big release will be definitely this year.
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#144On my Android phone I can't see the last letter of some lines and I'm unable to zoom out.
I'm sorry about that, I don't have an Android device to test on. But I'll fix that when I get hold of one.
I also notice when typing a number it gets entered twice. So I'll type a 3 and get 33.
Re: Show HN: I made a web-based notepad with a built in unit calculator
#145Very cool! This reminds me of the open source NoteCalc: https://bbodi.github.io/notecalc3/ It was discussed on HN, you might look there for inspiration: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25495393
I am the author of NoteCalc, and it warms my heart that my project is mentioned here :) As a sidenote I would like to mention that NoteCalc is still in active (but slow) development, though I do it privately, and the next big release will be definitely this year.
Just discovered NoteCalc, really cool. Thanks!
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#146Can I self host this?
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#147Very cool! Some ideas: 1. Doesn't seem to support area conversions (tried 400 square meters, 400 m^2, and abbreviations in between). 2. If I only give a time, it would be more useful if it gave a time-only result rather than defaulting to the current date - unless it rolls over to a different date. (E.g. in Soulver, "2:30pm + 20hr" gives "Tomorrow at 10:30".) 3. It would be nice to support multiple abbreviations for…
400 inch^2 -> 400 inches² 10 km^2 -> 10 km² ... works for me.
Ohhh, I missed that "->" was the operator. I was typing "to" as in Google searches.
Re dateless times, yes, I think the Soulver way is unambiguous but still human-friendly.
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#148Can I self host this?
I second this question. I would love to selfhost this too. I hope the creator considers opensourcing their work.
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#149Nice - I'll give it props for: > 1 metre + 8 chain = 161.9344 m > 1 tonne + 1 short ton = 1.90718474 t > 1 tonne + 1 long ton = 2.0160469 t and give it a pass for not supporting pre 1963 UK | US historic weights and measures .. that's getting into a pretty specific use case where Standards nerds like to have a clear display of what conversion factors are in play and what provenance those factors have. Time Zone suppo…
Didn't tell me how much 8 gills[1] would be in liters (about 1)
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#150See also Frink: https://frinklang.org/
> Frink is a practical calculating tool and programming language designed to make physical calculations simple, to help ensure that answers come out right, and to make a tool that's really useful in the real world. It tracks units of measure (feet, meters, kilograms, watts, etc.) through all calculations, allowing you to mix units of measure transparently, and helps you easily verify that your answers make sense. It also contains a large data file of physical quantities...