Ask HN: What are you working on? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by mgkimsal » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:06 PM UTC

dublinben wrote: post #194

SnacksOnAPlane wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dammit, I didn't even know that they could start with 0. Thanks!

New England, New Jersey and parts of New York start with a 0. http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/zipcodes/images/usa-zip-code-...

In high school - BASIC class - we had to build a program to let a user input an address.

I took the input for the ZIP code as a string, and the teacher 'corrected' me because ZIP codes were numbers, not letters. I said "if I starts with 0, that would be lost".

"ZIP codes don't start with 0," she replied.

"Umm... yeah they do." I pull out a copy of my New Zork Times from Infocom, located in MA, and their ZIP started with 0.

It was only years later I learned the ZIP code system didn't even start until the 60s, and she'd likely grown up without it even being a thing, so I (retroactively) cut her some slack. Really didn't think anyone in the US could not know that in 2017 but... I still run in to people who don't. And... it's probably less important today (what with email and ebills and whatnot), so I'll cut everyone else some slack too... :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by japaw » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:06 PM UTC

I am working on a website where GitHub users can see how they rank compared to other users.

The site analyses GitHub profiles and commit history to make a more extensive summery then GitHub does. I made it mostly to learn more about ranking algorithms and automatic text generation.

If you have GitHub profile you can look your self up here: https://www.findsosial.com/search

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by kris-s » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:06 PM UTC

I'm working on a large collection of short stories called the Daily Story Project (guess how frequently I write the stories).

It's intended to be listened to as a podcast but I also publish the recordings as YouTube videos.

Not really "on topic" for HN but I did write a script to do the video to mp3 conversion!

If you're looking for a representative sample of my writing style I would say Ghost Squad is a good one: https://youtu.be/zzMOK86J7IE (113).

Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-story/id1212062965... Youtube: youtube.com/krisshamloo

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by conorgil145 » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:07 PM UTC

smnscu wrote: post #433

Working on my second encrypted email project. The first one got some traction but ran out of money. https://oakmail.io/

I worked for an encrypted email company for ~4 years and I'm pretty familiar with the space.

How do you solve the user experience problem associated with PGP in terms of sharing keys? You cannot send an encrypted email to someone you have never communicated with before, right?

Do you have a blog or anything to follow?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by joshuakcockrell » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:08 PM UTC

A color palette generator that searches palettes from dribbble.com

http://paletteship.com/

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by loxias » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:08 PM UTC

westoncb wrote: post #272

Project: I'm building an 'abstract visual debugger,' which aims at clarifying the behavior of algorithms under execution by letting you watch the data they're manipulating. Screen: http://symbolflux.com/images/avdscreen.png Quite outdated video: https://youtu.be/sdEo4v2yivM It works by monitoring data structures (and soon general objects!) in your code, and sending operation data (e.g. element added/removed) to the s…

This is a fantastic idea!! Do you have a github link or a project page I can bookmark and periodically check on? How hard would it be to adapt to C and/or C++?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by idlewords » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:10 PM UTC

Trying to organize labor in the tech industry.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by grassfedcode » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:12 PM UTC

a browser-based frontend to gdb

https://github.com/cs01/gdbgui

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by mahyarm » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:12 PM UTC

jressey wrote: post #481

joshuaheard wrote: post #308

Scuba diving computers have become a necessary part of diving. Current models have indecipherable interfaces that hang from dongles or are worn as bulky wristwatches. I have developed a scuba diving computer HUD with a simple graphical interface placed in the diver's mask and is easy to learn and use. Also, scuba divers must maintain neutral buoyancy during the dive. The current method is manual, making it a difficul…

This is cool stuff and I wan that HUD, but I take pause with the following statement: > With these two innovations, you would not need a certification course to dive safely. There is a lot more to diver certification than learning how to control buoyancy and how to read your computer. You need to be comfortable breathing through your mouth, you have to know how to share air, you need to know how to configure and conn…

I agree, just holding your breath is a huge no-no in diving. So is learning to deal with emergency situations. Diving certification will still be needed in some form, even if it is reduced.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by chewxy » Tue, Apr 04, 2017, 9:13 PM UTC

I'm porting over some CUDA-related code for Gorgonia (https://github.com/chewxy/gorgonia), which is like Theano/TensorFlow for Go. I can't seem to figure out why I'm not as productive as I used to be

I'm also working on finishing up the design and implementation of some logical form related stuff