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Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by the-dude » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

edoceo wrote: post #6

rustybelt wrote: post #3

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28748374

This isn't really obsessively following. It's just 78 minutes of background noise that may have something good. So, listen while doing something else.

Only drives his point further.

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by gumby » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 6:42 PM UTC

Are there transcripts?

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by robertgaal » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 7:18 PM UTC

1cvmask wrote: post #10

robertgaal wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, founder of Quest here. Yeah I guess it is! We're building an audio Q&A app where experts answer questions in short audio clips. We're starting with career advice and are already hosting 100+ speakers so far.

Good luck building! How do you go about meeting them? Or how do they reach you?

Thanks! We just get in touch over email and make it super simple to answer remotely.

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by robertgaal » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 7:22 PM UTC

personjerry wrote: post #8

This seems like a podcast but with more steps.

You're not wrong

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by abhinavsharma » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 7:30 PM UTC

robertgaal wrote: post #14

personjerry wrote: post #8

This seems like a podcast but with more steps.

You're not wrong

lol, would love a 1-click button but love the information density and specificity relative to a podcast.

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by sitkack » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 8:21 PM UTC

robertgaal wrote: post #14

personjerry wrote: post #8

This seems like a podcast but with more steps.

You're not wrong

The button has the pause icon, but it doesn't pause it stops and when play is hit again, it starts from the beginning. There is no pause behavior.

It would be nice if I knew how far along the individual clip one is. The background for the currently playing segment should be highlighted.

Since this is a multiparty QA, it would be nice to be able to listen to just one person's answers.

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by roberthahn » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 9:05 PM UTC

robertgaal wrote: post #4

1cvmask wrote: post #2

Is this soundbites for the aspirational crowd? The twitter of voice perhaps.

Hi, founder of Quest here. Yeah I guess it is! We're building an audio Q&A app where experts answer questions in short audio clips. We're starting with career advice and are already hosting 100+ speakers so far.

Do you have any plans to make this content accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing?

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by carom » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 9:34 PM UTC

personjerry wrote: post #8

This seems like a podcast but with more steps.

A podcast of a duration I want to listen to.

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by pedalpete » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 11:01 PM UTC

Two things I'd like to see 1) show me the progress of the clip I'm listening to. You've got the length of the clip, but I have to listen to the whole thing, I can't skip through it. I can barely get through the first clip which is only 1:30 2) let me play at a faster rate. I'd easily listen to this at 1.25x or 1.5x

Re: Advice from YC founders and partners

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Post by contingencies » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 11:11 PM UTC

gumby wrote: post #12

Are there transcripts?

If you like snippets in text consider the unix fortune tradition, I maintain https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup which produces bitesized memes in glorious ANSI color. Some startuppy, mostly software architecture/design focus, some more broad anthropology/history. Aim is a high signal to noise ratio and consistently inspirational/curveball thinking. Looking for more OS package maintainers.