Good article. I, too, am fascinated by calculators and how they work, especially the HP scientific RPN calculators. So much so, that I ended up developing this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limpidfox..... - Source: Hacker News / about 6 hours ago

Thanks! Word of mouth, mainly. Posted it on Reddit back then, things like that. It grew organically from that. Also, although it’s far from being on top results on SERP (search engine result pages), some people do find it that way. Also: because it is so lightweight, it was included in the Moya app ( - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

Hi, I made a non-local version that supports translation to other languages. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.evergreenl.... - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.lifelight.... Apple App Store:. - Source: Hacker News / 2 days ago

Also available on Google Play Store [1], and it successfully derailed my sleep plans last night. Really breaks your expectations of "I move the character around" within minutes. It reminds me a bit of the card game Fluxx, where every card you play changes the rules. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hempuli.baba. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

When you use the dictionary in English, as I tell to anyone learning English, the best dictionary is not a traditional dictionary, but is wiktionary.org, which itself includes the same definitions as the ones you've linked, but additionally contains "usage notes" that point out how rare and niche the archaic use of "America" to refer to a geographical continent is. It only comes up when you are talking about... Source: about 1 year ago

For single words just use a dictionary. wiktionary.org works most of the time and usually is very informative. Source: about 1 year ago

Wiktionary.org is very good if you can read Finnish well enough. I don't expect English wiktionary to have a lot of content. Source: about 1 year ago

Two good resources to check for accurate pronunciation are wiktionary.org and forvo.com for a variety of voice recordings for words. Source: about 1 year ago

For words, it helps a lot to look them up on wiktionary.org or dictionary.com and read the IPA. For example, "complicated" is a word which stresses the 1st syllable, but you've put the stress on the 3rd. Generally, the stress stays on the same part of the word as the root word (COM-pli-cate), and adding -ed or -ing doesn't change it. e.g. MO-ti-vate, MO-tivating, MO-tivated. Source: about 1 year ago