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

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Post by jazzyjackson »

vegancap wrote: post #30
larodi wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

... really dare not use this service, might stumble upon some guy who just burned 5-10mil of VC money, which would feel very awkward.

I honestly have no idea what I'd talk to someone who burnt more money than I'd ever have in my life about

could ask about their ketamine hookup

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

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Post by echelon »

larodi wrote: post #19
vegancap wrote: post #2

If the thought of voice chats with randomly selected strangers didn't terrify me slightly, I think this would be an awesome idea. For the more out-going among us, can imagine some cool conversations and ideas coming out of this

... really dare not use this service, might stumble upon some guy who just burned 5-10mil of VC money, which would feel very awkward.

Why would that feel awkward?

What about if they're converting it into success?

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

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Post by echelon »

stephenitis wrote: post #10

In 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?

Well tuned zero shot models can use 5 seconds of audio, but the results aren't perfect. You won't capture prosody information, for example.

The human voice isn't as unique as you might think, though. You can encode a lot of information about a voice in about 100Kb.

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

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

vegancap wrote: post #33
8organicbits wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just see a "start" button when I open the page. What made you panic?

Yeah that's what I got

It'd be cool if it randomly threw 10% of the users directly into the chat.

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

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Post by jazzyjackson »

andrepd wrote: post #21
welder wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

Yes to chat, no to discord.

I was just replying to comments on a thread i didn't realize was a day old and it occurred to me, no one's here, they're all on the front page

HN is already a chat room, kind of swarming from one topic to the next, but there's a few hundred people just sitting around talking, roughly guided by a stream of crowdsourced bookmarks

don't really know what the benefit of dropping the topics and just having a free for all chat would be

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

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Post by hkt »

vegancap wrote: post #30
larodi wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

... really dare not use this service, might stumble upon some guy who just burned 5-10mil of VC money, which would feel very awkward.

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

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

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Post by jazzyjackson »

mellosouls wrote: post #25
sourcegrift wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol, I quickly spun one up, will need HN profile verification with a minimum of 80 points. Come over. Will delete this if less than 20 people after a week. https://discord.gg/nTW9FST2Zn

a minimum of 100 points Dude you've got 88 points and 6 months

well how about you start a rival chat with more exclusivity then xD

call it the 13k club, i'll meet you there in a few years

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

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Post by fargoth »

herpdyderp wrote: post #39
skottenborg wrote: post #8

Interesting. I think text chats would be a nice addition as they allow asynchronous conversations which would be beneficial.

Isn't that... what we have here at Hacker News already?

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...

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

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Post by poisonborz »

herpdyderp wrote: post #39
skottenborg wrote: post #8

Interesting. I think text chats would be a nice addition as they allow asynchronous conversations which would be beneficial.

Isn't that... what we have here at Hacker News already?

Um no? Not one on one, not instantaneous, nobody expects an answer to any reply.
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