A mobile app for this would be awesome, even if a browser control
Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users
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#82Love 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…
Agreed! I ended up talking with someone halfway around the world for an hour.
We discussed what we did, some interesting differences... and it also turned out that everyone everywhere has at least a few gripes about their project management system (whatever it is).
We're all more alike than we are different. :) Thanks to author for making this!
PS: If HNers are uncomfortable talking to strangers via voice, maybe write out a script with some discussion prompts. It's a learnable skill, and something you can absolutely get better at! (Said as someone who started with crippling fear of talking to strangers, into my 20s)
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#83I just shared a nice chat with a gentleman from Detroit working on some interesting LLM stuff. If you see this, great to meet you!
hey was me! Nice to meet you too.
Hey, cool! Would love to stay connected. Feel free to hit me up on LinkedIn (but no worries if not!): https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamcginnis/
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#84This is really neat! I thought I'd try it out before bed (in Japan) and I was talking to someone from Dallas (hi, if you see this!), but it disconnected us. :(
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#85Is it surprising or unsurprising to see such amount of social anxiety in the comments?
For me it's surprising. Based on the regular discussions I read on here, I assume that most are accomplished and confident.
You'd probably call me accomplished and maybe even confident (I learned to muster enough confidence to give a public talk) but I still have phone phobia.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Sooo you could check back?
I guess your texts being public is a matter that affects the nature of conversation. But I'm sure we could hack this together with a "post your phone numbers" post
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#87Very 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.
Instead of thinking about the speed bump, you could also just climb over the speed bump. it's not a mountain as it might seem :)
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#88Can't hear any voice
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#89In 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?
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