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Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

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Post by amadeuspagel »

chrisshroba wrote: post #36
openknot wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even if you click, the text changes to say: "looking for a match ... keep this tab open and your headphones on for a while ..." There's no indicator for how long the queue is, so a match could happen at any time. The serif font, lack of sentence capitalization, and repeating stock photos of the espresso cup also create an emotional atmosphere reminiscent of the SCP Foundation and nosleep fictional horror stories invo…

Presumably there should never be a queue of more than one, right? Unless they have very limited server capacity...

That's right.

Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

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Post by proactivesvcs »

adventured wrote: post #28
paxys wrote: post #8

This is my nightmare

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.

On the plus side, you didn't get any Covidiots or transphobes, so you got the wholesome end of the HN user base.

Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

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bryanrasmussen wrote: post #40

I'm pretty sure I've shared this anecdote before - when I was working at Thomson Reuters at one point HR was doing some sort of reach out to accountants that used our services and doing like socializing stuff with them and at one of these social get togethers where HR was doing their best to get the accountants to be sociable one of them stood up and said "You do realize we didn't become accountants because we like p…

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Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

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Post by amadeuspagel »

em-bee wrote: post #34
amadeuspagel wrote: post #7

I've just changed the DNS settings to a deno deploy instance, rather then my own server. (I initially used my own server, because in deno deploy it's split accross regions, so you have to find a match in your region.) If that doesn't work it might be that the DNS change didn't propagate yet to you, please use https://coffeehouse.deno.dev/hn .

while that does make sense, i am in a pretty isolated region and i'd like to pick a specific different region. also, while i am at it, i'd prefer a small group rather than one on one.

> while that does make sense, i am in a pretty isolated region and i'd like to pick a specific different region.

Really, people shouldn't have to be aware of regions at all, which is why I initially wanted to use just one server, rather then deno deploy. (I still plan to realize that with deno deploy, it's just harder.)

> also, while i am at it, i'd prefer a small group rather than one on one.

Thought about that, but one-on-one seems simpler in many ways. There's never the question of who starts speaking. If one person stops, the other starts. It's also easier for two people to find a common interest then for more.

Re: Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users

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Post by sugaroverflow »

gregd wrote: post #25
paxys wrote: post #8

This is my nightmare

My curiosity got the better of me. Now I must chuck my Mac into an active volcano just to be safe.

hahahaha. Mine too! I'm really glad it doesn't just throw you into a conversation. That "click anywhere to start" is critical.
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