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

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Post by runlaszlorun »

Love 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 be much and doesn’t need to be paragraphs of marketing babble. Actually, please def no to marketing babble… lol. But I think we’re conditioned to get a little explanation before jumping in.

Not a critique at all! I love this. And its just my 2 cents.

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

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Post by stephenitis »

tempodox wrote: post #11
stephenitis wrote: post #9

start button recaptcha not working on iphone chrome. I feel like there should be a more interactive visual space rather tha n just an expresso. What if I'm on tea?

espresso

Thanks

Went from a autocorrection of expression and lazily went back to edit into expresso.

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Post by stephenitis »

BirAdam wrote: post #57
tempodox wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

espresso

Both versions find their origins in Latin: exprimere. Both have the same meaning. More importantly, the purpose of language is communicate. If the sender and recipient achieve mutual understanding then language has been used effectively. Spelling and grammar are meant to be descriptive and not prescriptive.

I started to think about this. I feel like I lean toward pronouncing this as expresso more often.

I think it's a slightly southern expression in language that I hear when people say Axe

Ask Axe Ess Ex

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Post by aizyuval »

punkspider wrote: post #37
donkeysquid wrote: post #14

Very cool - I chatted with someone in NYC, another in Switzerland, and a third in Mumbai, and a few others I didn't ask where they were - there are fascinating people everywhere!

How'd you guys end the conversations & after how much time? I find it difficult to break off conversations because if I meet a new human being I'm interested in I'll want to meaningfully connect and perhaps form a light friendship.

I talked with someone over an hour. It was great!

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Post by chrisandchris »

pulkitsh1234 wrote: post #63

I 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.

Some people would be happy if they're paid just to talk to somebody _few hours_ during worktime about non work-related stuff.

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

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Post by runlaszlorun »

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

I went to the site, and backed out too. But after reading all these comments took it as a challenge. :)

I’ll admit that I’m prob more extroverted than the norm on here but it was great. I meant to just jump on, say hi, and jump off. But ended up chatting for a while. It was great!

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