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Ask HN: How do you manage the risk of losing access to your email address?

Hello HN! After a recent story about how someone lost access to their email address after using it for 10 years, I began thinking how I could prevent this kind of nightmare in my life. Some alternatives often suggested:A. Pay for your email. Use Fastmail. But how do you guarantee that Fastmail won't screw you over someday? Get a lawyer! But how would the law work across countries? Not everybody lives in the US!B. Buy a domain name and host your own email address. But you don't own doma

Show HN: DontPostYet – Maximize Your Social Media Reach

I built this tool to help creators, marketers, and other Indie Hackers make smarter decisions about when to post on social media.With real-time activity tracking, optimal posting times, and heatmaps for visual insights, DontPostYet gives you the data you need to share your content at the perfect time and maximize engagement. It’s all about taking the guesswork out of posting and growing your audience more effectively.Right now, DontPostYet only supports Reddit, but I’m already working on expandi

Roast My Idea

Hello everyone, please be honest about the this idea. Im building a multilanguage social platform with a Speech to Speech model. Why? There are over 7000 languages, 40% of the world population only speaks their native langugage and 75% don't speak english. This will solve the communication barrier and expand the reach of content. Looking for angels btw.

macOS and Docker volumes – chmod and performance?

I’ve been working on Linux for several years and now planning to switch to Mac. I’m already familiar with ARM images and x86 emulation nuances, so I understand that everything should generally work. However, I’m looking for insights into specific edge cases, especially when comparing to Windows, since Linux is straightforward in these areas.Questions:1. Performance on file systems: On Windows, with WSL2, there are significant performance issues at the boundary of the host filesystem and WSL.If t

Tell HN: Why the Battery Transition Will Be Faster Than the Shift to Renewables

Tell HN: Why the Battery Transition Will Be Faster Than the Shift to RenewablesThe battery revolution is poised to outpace the renewable energy transition, fundamentally altering industries, energy systems, and transportation. While renewable adoption has faced hurdles like infrastructure requirements and regulatory delays, the battery transition is driven by diverse applications, faster cost declines, and consumer-led demand. Here’s why it’s happening so quickly.1. Broad, Multi-Sector DemandBat

Music fans react to Spotify Wrapped 2024 release: 'most boring visuals'

Spotify has released the data-driven Spotify Wrapped music recap, giving listeners a glimpse into who their most played ...

Experts react to bitcoin's $100,000 milestone

Bitcoin hit a record high above $100,000 on Thursday as the election of Republican Donald Trump as U.S. president fuels ...

Lawmakers react to UnitedHealthcare CEO's shocking death

After the untimely death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, business and government leaders around the U.S. are reacting ...

Spotify users react to 2024 Wrapped on X: 'underwhelming and reeks of ai,' one Tweet said

Here’s why your Spotify 2024 Wrapped looks a little different than last year’s and a quick roundup of what Spotify users are ...

Jest Murder Mystery Company Offers Unique Entertainment Idea For Christmas Parties

Company holiday party guests laugh as team member delivers punchline Jest Murder Mystery Company Parties MO, UNITED STATES, Novembe ...

Show HN: Network Tree- a Network Management App

Tired of losing track of important connections? Meet Network Tree, the ultimate networking productivity app designed to help you grow and nurture your relationships effortlessly. Whether you're a student kickstarting your career or a professional juggling countless contacts, Network Tree makes it easy to stay organized, remember to follow up, and craft personalized messages with the help of AI.Why try Network Tree? Smart Algorithms: Automatically organize your contacts into meaningful grou

Show HN: Endgame – Count down your life's remaining moments

Hi HN,I'm Tim, and I'm currently on sabbatical after taking a generous offer at Automattic. During this break, I'm finally bringing to life the side projects that have been sitting on my hard drive over the years, collecting dust.Endgame flips the script on traditional health-tracking apps. Instead of counting up daily achievements like steps, it answers a more intriguing question: How many do you have left? Born from my pre-pandemic frustration with conventional health metrics, i

Show HN: Glyph3D – A 3D text visualizer for macOS and iOS / iPadOS

Hello internet folks!I'm happy to share the first TestFlight release of Glyph3D, a 3D text visualizer for macOS and iOS. It's free, supports pretty much any utf8 data, and is a pretty interesting way to navigate your repositories or data directories without the limitations of standard text windows!Download and bookmark for macOS and iOS: https://github.com/tikimcfee/LookAtThat/- You should be able to download public repos from GitHub and render them.- Play with

I looked at 1000s of RAG queries to figure out the problem with semantic search

The vast majority of AI systems in production rely on basic semantic search to provide context. A single retrieval call into a vector database powers most Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems today. If you’ve tried using models like these, you know exactly how limited they are in truly understanding your data.I looked into thousands of datapoints of actual user queries to clearly classify and determine exactly where and when semantic search starts to break down and provide missing or hallucina

Ask HN: Failure in Education/EdTech leadership – anyone else?

How do leaders become leaders? The word “leader” used to mean so much. Think about how important you felt being a line leader in primary school or a team captain in PE. Being a leader was earned—it meant you had exemplary behavior and could guide others effectively.But is that what leadership means anymore? In my experience, leaders today are often disappointing. My post-grad work life has been disheartening, with supposed “leaders” letting me down repeatedly.It started during college when I wor

Fans React to Unexpected Travis Kelce Detail in Taylor Swift's New Book

Pop star Taylor Swift released her "Eras Tour" book on Black Friday, sparking a wave of excitement among Swifties. Amid the ...

NBA Fans React to Ja Morant Injury News Before Grizzlies vs Pelicans

For eight games, Memphis Grizzlies fans patiently waited for Ja Morant to return from his hip injury. He finally returned on ...

Lawmakers, former officials react to Trump’s FBI director pick Kash Patel

President-elect Trump’s decision to nominate Kash Patel to serve as FBI director has sparked mixed reactions from lawmakers ...

Fans React to Bears Shockingly Firing Matt Eberflus

In a shocking decision, the Chicago Bears have fired head coach Matt Eberflus and Chicago fans have some... strong reactions.

Cyclones react to 10 wins

The daily Crossword was played 13,976 times last week. Can you solve it faster than others?The daily Crossword was played ...