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Ask HN: What are the things that you have automated in your personal life?

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Post by sdwisely »

johnchristopher wrote: post #148
foolano wrote: post #110

I bought an e-reader called reMarkable [0] that I use every day to read technical stuff on it. At some point, I got tired of the process to sync files: download the document from the browser, open the reMarkable app and drag the file into it. I automated this workflow, and now I can just "print" directly to the device [1] the article/document I'm reading. [0] https://remarkable.com/ [1] https://github.com/juruen/rmap…

I have a kobo and my intentions was to throw getpocket articles at it but I have hundreds of articles and the kobo barely manages it (and it's too slow, when it doesn't crash and needs a hard reset). Is the remarkable better in that regard ?

tried calibre (foss ebook management software with kobo support) and the pocket plugin? I believe it converts them to epub rather than using the built in Kobo pocket app.

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Post by patrickk »

sergz wrote: post #669
patrickk wrote: post #475

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I'm also interested in the code, if OP is willing to share.

Hey! Here it is http://school-text.github.io/ . I'm not ready to share the code, perhaps we could just discuss the topic firstly, though.

Thanks! Your comment caught my eye because I also struggle with some letters that I get in German. I'll definitely test out your software, I didn't anticipate that you had it already packaged nicely - I was anticipating some github repo, hence asking for the code.

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Post by sg7 »

Arete31415 wrote: post #695
avshyz wrote: post #603

I'm 25, and single. I'm very social, and I work out regularly. But I find it hard to approach women in the street, and I've always detested loud pubs (My hearing is slightly impaired, which makes it hard for me to communicate in such a place). So I've decided to sign in to OKCupid. I've always heard the dating scene in this site is toxic, but I've had no idea. I've too many toxic and horrible things written plainly i…

Good for you! FYI for all dating folks out there: women do not want you to approach them in the street. Like, let's say, 99.5% of the time.

What else are you supposed to do then? Hope you miracously match with them somewhere online?

If you like a woman, shouldn’t you approach her and start conversation?

I understand women get constantly harassed, I have sisters and I know this very well.

But I’m sure most women would be ok with a guy approaching them to strike conversation, as log as they are respectful and not breaking any boundaries set by the other party.

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Post by sg7 »

wvenable wrote: post #709
chobytes wrote: post #697

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This. I'm legitimately scared when random guys approach me, as I've had guys grope me, try to corner me, etc in past. Sadly, I feel like these are common experiences for women.

Yeah this reminds me of the Louis C.K. bit: "How do women still go out with guys, when you consider the fact that there is no greater threat to women than men? We’re the number one threat! To women! Globally and historically, we’re the number one cause of injury and mayhem to women. We’re the worst thing that ever happens to them!" "If you’re a guy, imagine you could only date a half-bear-half-lion. ‘Oh, I hope this…

That’s really strange coming from Louis CK himself.. wtf man.

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Post by sborra »

marcol1n0 wrote: post #544

My mum did run a B&B, in Italy, on the sea. Me and my sister do live in different cities. She was quite old, but did not want any help from strangers. She did refuse to use a computer keyboard, since she hated informatization, and her sight was short. So I did automate a system for her to scan the guests documents, detect the data required by local police for registration via OCR, fill up the form to send those data,…

That is fantastic. What technologies did you use?

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Post by stuntkite »

wvenable wrote: post #709
chobytes wrote: post #697

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. I'm legitimately scared when random guys approach me, as I've had guys grope me, try to corner me, etc in past. Sadly, I feel like these are common experiences for women.

Yeah this reminds me of the Louis C.K. bit: "How do women still go out with guys, when you consider the fact that there is no greater threat to women than men? We’re the number one threat! To women! Globally and historically, we’re the number one cause of injury and mayhem to women. We’re the worst thing that ever happens to them!" "If you’re a guy, imagine you could only date a half-bear-half-lion. ‘Oh, I hope this…

It's weird that he did so much self aware material about male sexual misconduct. That self awareness kind of makes the Louis J.O. thing a lot more sinister.

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Post by jklein11 »

alienjr wrote: post #718

Savings and index fund investing. I have an automatic bank transfer to my broker account every month and then I'm using Interactive Brokers API in a script that buys global equities index ETF.

Do you always put in market orders?

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Post by Jolter »

martin-adams wrote: post #520
13of40 wrote: post #222

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You should make it so you can reply by bouncing your leg up and down. (Then go have an Edward Thorp weekend in Vegas of course.)

Or tap the phone while it’s in the pocket

I doubt that software could tell the difference between (a long tap) and (a short tap followed by a pause).
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