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mind_heist··on I analyzed 571M Amazon reviews to find the most profanity-filled customer rants
how did you scrape all the reviews?
mind_heist··on Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)
Instagram is not predominantly used on Safari, so Safari doesn't sound like the best place to implement something like this.
mind_heist··on Can I run AI locally?
nice, this is an interesting idea. Can you elaborate on the licensing issue ? how do you get blocked for using the models commercially ?
mind_heist··on Show HN: Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube like it’s cable TV
There is something absolutely oddly satisfying about using this app. Though there are a handful of channel -- this feels far more "bounded" that using Youtube as is. I spend so much more time on YT over other streaming services and platforms (and have YT premium too). I feel YT natively does a very terrible job of presenting "recommendations" to me. I can't put my finger on what it is, but your cable TV style wrapper feels very home :) Couple of questions

- How did you achieve the grainy cable TV style texture on your videos ?

- Are the videos curated ? Sometimes I waste a lot of time looking for quality content, or sometimes its good quality but you just don't vibe with the presenter or their style - so you continue to click around.

mind_heist··on An LLM is a lossy encyclopedia
do you have examples of these ?
mind_heist··on We built an air-gapped Jira alternative for regulated industries
This is totally a tangential point. Why do they call it "air gapped" instead of "air tight" ? Are these supposed to mean different things ?
mind_heist··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
wow ! this is an amazing idea. Can you elaborate a bit more ? how does this work?
mind_heist··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
Looks like the site is down.
mind_heist··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
Just looked through the list. Some of them are sort of interesting, but they seem to be on the extreme - either its a large open source projects like PyTorch etc., or .. its a hobby android app.
mind_heist··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
Same for me too! I have been looking for a project to contribute to, but I haven't been able to find something thats interesting.

May be coming up with a list for people like us in itself could be something.

mind_heist··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
Do you have a public repo :) are you open to contributors ?
mind_heist··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
also, if you are looking for help - I would love to chip in.This is something that has personally interested me too :)
mind_heist··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)
This looks supercool- Do you mind if I ask what your tech stack is ?
mind_heist··on SF MUNI approves $212M technology from Hitachi to replace floppy disks by 2028
how does the transit card work if the phone is turned off?
mind_heist··on Move Fast and Abandon Things
completely correct, but I dont think thats where OP is coming from or what the article intends to suggest either. Its recommending that you try multiple things, get a feel for whats technically feasible & if it looks interesting to the customer and push that forward. Its very well applicable to indie devs & also applicable to large companies to some extent. This philosophy is great to identify the feature/product you want to spend meaningful time on.

In fact, one could wager that the situation you described is directly a consequence of not adhering to what OP is suggesting.

mind_heist··on Steve Forbes Excoriates Jerome Powell: 'Clueless About Inflation '
This video is full of economic jargons. Can someone break this down for me ?
mind_heist··on Ask HN: Should I be panicking about jobs in Europe?
and looks like coal seems to be the first choice for now ? imported from australia and south africa ?

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/europe-imports-m...

https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2349110-australia-leads-n...

mind_heist··on Ask HN: Should I be panicking about jobs in Europe?
I m not sure if this is fully accurate though, especially about Japan and South Korea part. Both of them have demonstrated solid economic prowess in the last few decades & if you ignore a few decades of colonial interlude and look back further - they still have had sound economies in previous centuries. I think Singapore , Taiwan and even may be UAE are missing from this list ( depending on how much further back in history you are looking at).
mind_heist··on Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town
I think "mid-century modern" captures the design aesthetics.
mind_heist··on Nihon Noir
Love this photographer, thought I would add a couple of more links:

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/masashi_wakui/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/masa_photo_jp

mind_heist··on Tracing doping use by amateur athletes from wastewater
Hmm, How effective is this? I recently watched ICARUS and I have been reading a lot about doping and how athletes circumvent the tests done by WADA labs ( World Anti Doping Agency). I have a couple of questions regarding this and in no particular order of importance

(1) Should a state decide to implement something like this, isn't this some sort of privacy violation by the state? People could have been prescribed these Anabolics by a physician too, don't they also come under the scanner?

(2) Also, I don't clearly understand the sampling here, tons of gallons get pumped into the wastewater system. How much quantity of samples would be collected for testing purposes? and what is the frequency of these samples being collected?

(3) Please totally excuse my ignorance here, the major banned substances for which athletes have been banned are "Methylhexaneamine", "Methenolone","Oxandrolone", and a lot of "Stanozolol" and "Turinabol" ( I m getting all this from this wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_at_the_Olympic_Games#Di...). The table in the paper doesn't seem to mention any of these substances. Are they mentioned under a different name?

(4) Also, in the light of new information (ie) state-sponsored doping, Lance Armstrong escaping some 500 Lab tests & going completing uncaught by WADA and so many other labs around the world, as a spectator I already know that a ton of Olympic athletes are doping. Isn't the actual problem trying to prove that "individual" athletes are doping? A collective evidence is probably not as useful anymore since all watchdogs, sports committees and spectators are more skeptical from the get go.

mind_heist··on Ted Chiang's Soulful Science Fiction
I just got his book yesterday after realizing that the movie "Arrival" was based on one of his short stories. Really looking forward to reading it !
mind_heist··on Amsterdam Airport Launches API Platform
Hey, Can I ask - What are some of the airport/flight app you currently have on your phone ?
mind_heist··on Launch HN: Penny (YC W17) – a personal finance coach
Hello - I am a pretty decent user of financial apps , I use - Mint extensively , - Personal Capital to a fairly decent amount. - Also use an App called "Clarity Money" that was launched recently. - Experian & CreditSesame for credit scores.

Could you explain the finance "coach" aspect of your app ? I have been in several situations where I wish one of these apps had told me a particular financial pro-tip & I have always felt let down. How would your app exactly be a coach ?

mind_heist··on Show HN: Corbie – Random daily lessons on general knowledge delivered via email
This is a really neat idea ! So , how do you plan to built the knowledge base ? Are you manually curating them ?

And are you using something like mail chimp to send out the emails ?

mind_heist··on LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber and Lyft
This correlation is not always true, an in emerging markets, this correlation is almost always wrong. Access to Smart phones unfortunately doesn't always mean the availability of banking infrastructure OR the presence of a cashless economy . For example -

- Android phones are dominant in this market, since local manufacturers are able to sell cheap phones without incurring any software development cost.

- Telecommunication sector is heavily privatized in these markets & generally have multiple players offering low cost "pre-paid" services. Recharge stations and mobile stores are pretty ubiquitous - small mom & pop shops double up as resellers of these services , providing last mile coverage.

- On the contrary, Banking infrastructure is so heavily state run. And they don't have the same level of 'ease of access'. So, a lot of people working in the "unorganized sector"(Note: This is an official terminology that governments recognize and use) don't have formal accounts in financial institutions.

- Even if they did, a good number of banks run decade old tools and softwares. Making it all the more difficult to do mobile & online banking .

- And also, most of these economies are not cashless. Culturally and for other reasons,there is more trust on "Paper Cash".

- Finally , just because a person owns a cheap smart phone & ,one cannot assume banking literacy.

mind_heist··on Backpack connects you with travelers so you can buy items in other countries
I believe this is a YC backed startup and there was some press around the time of the initial Demo Day. Looks like they have a brand new website , and seems to have pivoted to just one geographical market. A lot of HN crowd said this would totally work in Europe as well. Has anyone used this service so far ?
mind_heist··on Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?
Ah ! This is really cool :) Do you mind if I ask what this is built on ?
mind_heist··on Music for Programming
I have bumped into his name so many times , but never once though it was a made up name ! Is he a game dev himself ? Can I ask for the list of games he made , would love to check them out .
mind_heist··on Music for Programming
Do you have to sign up for Apple Music to listen to these radios ?
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