I’ve been threatening to make this for years haha! Glad you a actually did bravo!
Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
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#222How about support for RTL languages/books? There are a number of typing practice sites that allow you to use custom texts, but I haven't seen any that work well with RTL. A dream feature would be to be able to upload RTL epub files and type away!
This is the most beautiful and pleasant typing practice experience I've ever had.
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#223Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you goal is to get prescribed stimulants (amphetamines, ritalin, or modafinil), it's pretty trivial to get diagnosed and prescribed. Psychs hand that stuff out like candy
I went to my general practitioner (in the US) and got a Ritalin prescription just by saying “I have a hard time concentrating at work”. That’s it. No referral to a specialist or anything. It is a wonder drug for me. I used to spend a majority of my time farting around on the internet at work, then working long hours and scrambling to get my work done before the deadline. Now I am able to be productive more consistent…
Are you a “different” person while on Ritalin? My wife’s a teacher and these days a lot of kids are on Ritalin. She says the kids that “need” it are more manageable when taking it, but it does change their personality. They are less... “lively”.
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#224I'm making a lovecraftian typing game right now (see my progress here... https://twitter.com/LeapJosh ) and this was a planned feature, now I wonder if I should nix it so as not to be derivative, since you beat me to it!
Maybe I'll mix it up somehow.
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#225Brilliant! I love it.
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#226Thank you for this! I just started using an ergonomic keyboard and this site is perfect for practicing my keystrokes.
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#227Congrats, it's really great! I have a few thoughts/suggestions, but first: Does anyone know of a competitive/practice typing site (as TypeLit, or TypeRacer) where you help digitize books (or any sort of document)? I'm very motivated by TypeRacer's competitions (it's silly, I know), but I would be even more inclined to play if I knew that there was a "greater" purpose...! I haven't looked into Project Gutenberg's proo…
Hello! The WPM/ACC thing will be updated really soon. As for a leaderboard/social element, it might be worth looking into once I eventually add accounts. Thanks for your suggestions!
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#228One thing I really miss is the ability to backspace an entire word. I expect Ctrl+backspace to delete the previous word. This works in all places that I usually type so I find it quite difficult to not have this.
Agreed. I also suspect it's better to retype the whole word after a mistake - better to learn typing the word correctly rather than correcting the mistyped word. Absolute speed probably suffer in the short term though.
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#229Earlier quoted context omitted.
I went to my general practitioner (in the US) and got a Ritalin prescription just by saying “I have a hard time concentrating at work”. That’s it. No referral to a specialist or anything. It is a wonder drug for me. I used to spend a majority of my time farting around on the internet at work, then working long hours and scrambling to get my work done before the deadline. Now I am able to be productive more consistent…
Are you a “different” person while on Ritalin? My wife’s a teacher and these days a lot of kids are on Ritalin. She says the kids that “need” it are more manageable when taking it, but it does change their personality. They are less... “lively”.
That's an interesting question. I don't think so? If I was, would I notice? Nobody has ever mentioned it to me.
I only take it at work so I am pretty much just sitting in front of a computer when I'm on it.
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#230Very cool, and the UI looks and feels great!