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Re: Show HN: Feed of current articles for science lovers shortened to bullet points

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Post by kemyd »

asdfzalsd wrote: post #14

I really like the design. I do a lot of backend dev so I gotta ask, what goes into designing a aesthetically pleasing site like that?

I created Bullets.tech using my tool https://bootstrapshuffle.com

It's of course based on Bootstrap. I like to use an online builder to experiment with fonts/colors. I found fonts here: https://fontpair.co/

Probably, I changed only the primary color from the default Bootstrap palette. I used one from this palette: https://flatuicolors.com/palette/ca

I'm mostly backend developer like you. I experiment a lot to find something looking good!

Re: Show HN: Feed of current articles for science lovers shortened to bullet points

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Post by stringlytyped »

kemyd wrote: post #6

Hi everyone! I'm Dawid, the Founder and CEO of Bootstrap Shuffle during the day and a reader interested in science at any other time. According to the study[1], emotional people (I am one of them) overestimate the knowledge they acquire by reading just the titles of articles shared on Facebook. [1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168018816189 Bullets.tech is a response to it. This is a place where we pub…

A browser extension that shows the Bullets.tech summary when you browse to an article that has been summarized would be very useful.

Re: Show HN: Feed of current articles for science lovers shortened to bullet points

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Post by jedimastert »

kemyd wrote: post #6

Hi everyone! I'm Dawid, the Founder and CEO of Bootstrap Shuffle during the day and a reader interested in science at any other time. According to the study[1], emotional people (I am one of them) overestimate the knowledge they acquire by reading just the titles of articles shared on Facebook. [1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168018816189 Bullets.tech is a response to it. This is a place where we pub…

So these are all hand-summarized? Are there any guidelines or standards for summarization (what kind of information would be most useful, what wouldn't normally be included, how are articles found?), and if so, would you consider putting them on an "about us" page?

Also, who are the summarizers? Hand picked? Volunteers?

I'm not assuming any kind of ill-will or mal-intent, but how do I know that the bullet points will be any more useful that the title in terms of bias, other than goodwill?

I really really like the idea, and even the execution, so these are definitely just kind of nit-picks.

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Post by ar-jan »

kemyd wrote: post #6

Hi everyone! I'm Dawid, the Founder and CEO of Bootstrap Shuffle during the day and a reader interested in science at any other time. According to the study[1], emotional people (I am one of them) overestimate the knowledge they acquire by reading just the titles of articles shared on Facebook. [1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168018816189 Bullets.tech is a response to it. This is a place where we pub…

Suggestion: also add a link to the original research article (not just the newspaper article or press release etc. that's being summarized). This would be very helpful.

Re: Show HN: Feed of current articles for science lovers shortened to bullet points

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Post by type0 »

kemyd wrote: post #21
asdfzalsd wrote: post #14

I really like the design. I do a lot of backend dev so I gotta ask, what goes into designing a aesthetically pleasing site like that?

I created Bullets.tech using my tool https://bootstrapshuffle.com It's of course based on Bootstrap. I like to use an online builder to experiment with fonts/colors. I found fonts here: https://fontpair.co/ Probably, I changed only the primary color from the default Bootstrap palette. I used one from this palette: https://flatuicolors.com/palette/ca I'm mostly backend developer like you. I experiment a lot to find so…

As aitchnyu allready noticed you might need to think about what fonts you use and where. Josephin Sans could work fine for aside headers but you shouldn't use it all throughout the site if you care about readability.

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Post by edibleEnergy »

kemyd wrote: post #6

Hi everyone! I'm Dawid, the Founder and CEO of Bootstrap Shuffle during the day and a reader interested in science at any other time. According to the study[1], emotional people (I am one of them) overestimate the knowledge they acquire by reading just the titles of articles shared on Facebook. [1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168018816189 Bullets.tech is a response to it. This is a place where we pub…

Heya, I really like it :) Like the top comment currently though I have a hard time with the font. Everything else seems great!

Re: Show HN: Feed of current articles for science lovers shortened to bullet points

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Post by vitaminCPP »

janekm wrote: post #18
kemyd wrote: post #6

Hi everyone! I'm Dawid, the Founder and CEO of Bootstrap Shuffle during the day and a reader interested in science at any other time. According to the study[1], emotional people (I am one of them) overestimate the knowledge they acquire by reading just the titles of articles shared on Facebook. [1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168018816189 Bullets.tech is a response to it. This is a place where we pub…

I like the idea, and am certainly going to keep it on my reading list. I would really appreciate some indication of the strength of the evidence in a paper though... Some combination of the quality of the methodology, statistical relevance (including sample size and size of effect), whether it falls in line with existing evidence...

Great idea! I want this feature in all news paper.

Re: Show HN: Feed of current articles for science lovers shortened to bullet points

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Post by kemyd »

aitchnyu wrote: post #23

Disabling the Josephin Sans font makes it much more readable in Firefox on my FHD Dell laptop. The letters are too short and thick. I really wish designers use conservative values of font family, weight and size.

Top priority for me! Thank you for poiting this out
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