At work I am working on a video game; at home I am working on a snail simulation.
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#682I'm currently working on a project for real-time server monitoring using websockets in python. Might have been a mistake to use Python for this sort of thing but regardless...
https://github.com/gmemstr/platypus/tree/tornado take a look if you want
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#683At my day job, I'm working on a project moving retirement and pension data out of a 30+ year old mainframe system into a replacement system that is still being built in .NET/Angular.
As a side project, I'm working on building a class to teach people ETL using whatever data integration tool we choose (currently Talend, but want to keep it agnostic). It's meant to be tailored to complete newbies as well as people coming from other backgrounds (software, BI, etc.) as part of a bootcamp.
Note that I'm a full stack dev. who got pulled into the data world as I've done so much of it, and am currently interested in bridging the gap.
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#684Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a really interesting project. I just signed up to get notified of launch (andrew @ indentlabs.com) but if you want to shoot me an email with what you're working on and where you're at, perhaps I could help out or give you some feedback on the idea/implementation. Either way, always good to have more eyes occasionally. :)
Thanks, sent you an email!
Echoing same sentiments as drusepth - would love to provide feedback and test things out if helpful (michael (at) michaeldempsey(dot)me
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#685Earlier quoted context omitted.
uh wait... what Apple Mac Pro announcements?
Discussion on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14031619 Daring Fireball "The Mac Pro Lives": http://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives
So, a slight bump to the existing machines and a promise for a fully revamped one next year.
I have the most recentish Mac Pro. It's a fantastic machine, I wish it had sold better, but perhaps the proliferation of iDevices and laptops more or less killed it except for special niches :/
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#686I have a project idea that might be useful for someone to learn about audio processing (and maybe neural networks?). I like to listen to audio and watch video of podcasts (and lectures and other human speech) at faster speeds. Sometime, especially if I'm trying to "skim" to see if the media is worth listening to carefully, I'd like to listen at 3x or faster. Very often, the limiting factor is the intelligibility of t…
Is the goal for this to happen in real time?
That'd be nice but not really necessary. Biggest use case would be podcasts and lectures, which are usually downloaded in advance so there's plenty of time for off-line processing.
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#687Idea :
Saving all the git and stackoverflow searches made during the day.
Thought : We hit Git or stackoverflow mainly to check up on something that we don't know about. Saving all these searches is something to begin with . Making sense of all the data by the end of a month is something which I have work on next. Else it will all turn in to dumps of "never seen again" data. Basically, having an overview of all new topics searched and digging in deeper in to interesting topics is the idea.
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#688Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?
#689Problem: The process of getting thoughts from your head into an organized, written draft form isn't as fast or accessible as it could be. Project: I'm building a conversational UI / bot ( https://writing.ai ) that helps people write faster. The basic idea is that it asks you a series of questions about a topic, asks follow-up questions for more detail as needed, and when it's done outputs a completed draft. You're st…
Sounds very promising, I can think of some professional applications in software development. Signed up.
Thanks, and happy to hear about any applications you have in mind! Feel free to email nate@writing.ai if you'd like to discuss.
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#690Problem: the 2016 MacBook Pros exclusively came with USB-C/Thunderbolt ports. It's a big hassle to find out which cables and chargers are decent and don't fry your laptop. Plus the ecosystem isn't really mature yet so some devices work straight away, and some don't. Project: we've blocked a couple of hours every week to work on our site http://usb-c.today/ All it really is, is a simple Wordpress site, listing what pr…
1st impression after opening your website: you need to show more/bigger pictures on the front page. Add an image to every post, so visitor can see a picture before clicking the post title.