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Why would that feel awkward? What about if they're converting it into success?
Failure is fine
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#152reminds me of Dialup, which I used a ton during the pandemic: https://dialup.com/
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#153How does it know we are HN users?
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Isn't that... what we have here at Hacker News already?
I agree partially but I think a lot of people - myself included - don’t necessarily check back to their own comments. And there’s no notification- which I’m sure is a feature more than a bug. But I do think a chat would be a nice addition.
There is https://hnreplies.com/
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#155This worked great, it would be cool if HN added a button for it in the header!
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Honestly I wouldn't mind a good ol' fashioned global group chat. I know there are moderation issues there, but I miss IRC and want more of that feeling elsewhere. I should just go reinstall my IRC setup...
Actually, that's a good point - why is there no HN IRC?
There is a #hackernews on Libera.chat, and I believe I've seen a #ycombinator (or something similar) somewhere. No idea how official they are. But every HN-based community I've seen was a ghost town outside HN itself.
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Anyone could record you for this purpose at any time.
and do what with this exactly? technically the author could record all audio here, and use it for model training or snoop into the conversation
Impersonate your voice.
Think of the old scam where someone texts you and says they're your granddaughter and they're stuck somewhere and need an urgent money transfer. In the old days the advice would be: call your granddaughter and have get confirm the story. But now with AI tech your granddaughter could call you up and deliver the scam in her own voice.
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#158In 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?
So you also don’t go to the shopping centre because they could have a mic recording you?
as it pertains to this discussion,
No i don't think people are reliably snooping my voices in a shopping centre. But I do go to shopping centers.
I'd rather not sit down with a stranger without knowing them and in a format where I can be recorded. so Omegle would've been out.
That said if this site had less anonymity and maybe a registration I would be more comfortable with it.
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I honestly have no idea what I'd talk to someone who burnt more money than I'd ever have in my life about
I'd ask if they now feel it would've been better spent on public services
The VC is never going to spend the money on services for the public good. They will always gamble 1x money on a handful of startups, hoping that 1 hits and returns 10x, rinse and repeat. So one can choose to take the money for a chance at success, or not, but public services was never the opportunity cost.
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For me, commenting on HN is a low-risk activity: - Nobody knows who I am - If I'm attacked, I can usually write it off as random Internet people being jerks or having bad days. - I don't accidentally say stupid stuff because the clock is running out for a timely response. - If I say something rash or nasty, I can often delete it before many people read it.
> I don't accidentally say stupid stuff because the clock is running out for a timely response. For me this is the biggest reason.
Worrying about reputation rather than character then? Do you give other people such considerations when they're speaking but not yourself, or do you judge other people (like you judge yourself) if you don't get everything 100% clear to someone even when there's inadequate time to do so?
Perhaps needing to learn to forgive yourself for "looking stupid," when there's a reasonable reason that you realize if having enough time you could correct or clarify it; part of the extreme difficulty and hard work to grow when being a conscious individual who feels things strongly-cares a lot.