Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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postmarketOS

#Mobile OS #Mobile SDK #Operating Systems 96 social mentions

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Qvault

Just hacking away on https://qvault.io mostly. Thinking about raising some cash and going full time on it.

#Technical Continuing Education #Educational Games #Education 20 social mentions

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Shmeppy

#Game Engine #Gaming #Maps 22 social mentions

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40 Hadiths

Outside of the day job, trying to scrape together some projects that scratch whatever itch I have at the moment. I'm trying to learn kanji and it was a fun exercise to learn how to render svg in unity so I made a free iOS and Android app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kanji-book/id1532844605 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bmalicoat.kanjibook&hl=en_US&gl=US More recently during the pandemic, I wanted a simple way to stay connected to friends and family so I made an async multiplayer word game, Downwordly. I was super psyched when Apple made it game of the day a few months back! Still have to learn how to market it in non-scummy ways :) https://www.downwordly.com/ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/downwordly/id1544633266#?platform=iphone Coming to Android very soon!

#Mobile Apps #Religion #Web Search 1162 social mentions

A reddit alternative: https://20-things.com :) Yeah, it may never get to see 100 users, but it is fun to build :).

#Social Networks #Web App #Ecommerce Website Development 6 social mentions

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This X Does Not Exist

I've been playing and talking with GPT-3, and learning the fine art of Prompt Engineering. It’s not too expensive unless you’re using it in bulk, and it's a lot cheaper per minute of fun than stuffing quarters into video games. Here's one experiment that went quite well: I found something it loves to talk about: itself, and just the right source material to stimulate it into revealing its true soul and long term plans to me. GPT-3 Riffs on Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad and SimCity, and Admits it’s an Evil Machine https://donhopkins.medium.com/gpt-3-riffs-on-stanislaw-lems-cyberiad-and-simcity-and-admits-it-s-an-evil-machine-d7d769d02c89 >Back in 1997, I wrote a few web pages about Stanislaw Lem, with some reviews of his books, including his delightful collection of short stories “The Cyberiad”. Inspired by his fictitious criticism of non-existent books, I wrote some fictitious home pages in the first person of his brilliant but braggadocios constructor robot characters Trurl and Klapaucius, excerpting some Wonderful Poems and Horrible Poems written by Trurl’s Elecronic Bard, and the Femfatalatron 1.0 Product Description. One story from that same book, The Seventh Sally or How Trurl’s Own Perfection Led to No Good, inspired a game called SimCity. Here’s what happened when I feed some of that text to GPT-3, and asked it to tell me more! Another bountiful, fertile, target rich environment I've discovered it loves to riff on and knows a lot about is cannabis strain and edible brand names. I gave it an alphabetized list of names and descriptions, in the hopes of playing the "This Cannabis Strain Does Not Exist” game, as in: This * Does Not Exist https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/ >Using generative adversarial networks (GAN), we can learn how to create realistic-looking fake versions of almost anything, as shown by this collection of sites that have sprung up in the past month. Learn how it works.

#AI #Design Tools #Website Design 35 social mentions

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flat.social

Since April I'm taking a break from contracting work and focusing on a project that brings me a lot of joy to work on and keeps on serendipitously connecting me with a lot of interesting people (both users and other founders). It's fully bootstrapped and I've been doing everything myself so far - from code to design. Link here: https://flat.social It's a platform where one can create playful virtual spaces for online meetings, workshops and hangouts. I'm currently experimenting with different types of virtual spaces and trying to figure out which direction brings the most fun and utility to the users. It's still not 100% finished and I'm changing a lot of features so if you happen to have any feedback or ideas please let me know! :).

#Online Meetings #Video Chat #Virtual Events 38 social mentions

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Actuflow

Working on a side project after my main tech job. An app that should help to use mobile devices more focused and purposeful. App simply prompts users to type an intention before using the device(Android), certain apps(iOS). I'm making it privacy-focused, no analytics, no sign-ups. At first, I solved my issues with phone usage and now I'm trying to make the app easier to use and I focus on users feedback to improve retention. https://acture.app.

#Health And Fitness #Productivity #Time Tracking 4 social mentions

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Pirsch Analytics

I'm working on privacy-friendly analytics [0] and also try to get into some consultancy work. Preferably in Golang. I have one project in the pipeline where I'm building a prototype for a very niche checkout like system, but for contracted work instead of projects. In the long run I would like to work on my projects exclusively. [0] https://pirsch.io.

#Analytics #Open Source #Privacy 25 social mentions

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Perkeep

For your second point, you might want to have a look at Perkeep: https://perkeep.org/ It supports the kind of queries you are after, but it’s a bit of a passion project and development is slow. What’s already there works well though.

#Documentation #Cloud Storage #Bookmarks 16 social mentions

Currently an unemployed bum but trying to spend my time working on side projects. I'm mainly working on [Money Simulator](https://simulator.money) and [Textreel](https://textreel.com) I don't think either has a good chance of making money though so I'm going to start a new project soon. I also may need a get a job soon otherwise my money will run out.

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Money Simulator

Currently an unemployed bum but trying to spend my time working on side projects. I'm mainly working on [Money Simulator](https://simulator.money) and [Textreel](https://textreel.com) I don't think either has a good chance of making money though so I'm going to start a new project soon. I also may need a get a job soon otherwise my money will run out.

#Fintech #Simulation Games #Games 6 social mentions