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TinyNES Review – A Super Niche NES Console

Article URL: https://blog.lon.tv/2023/02/05/tinynes-review-a-super-niche-nes-console/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49147760 Points: 22 # Comments: 1
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Sharing an X11 Server Across Hosts with FamilyWild

Article URL: https://dobrowolski.dev/article/sharing-an-x-server-across-hosts-with-familywild/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49147978 Points: 27 # Comments: 8
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Show HN: Make your Framework 12 sound like a creaky door

I was poking through the iio devices on my Framework the other day and turns out Framework 12s have a pretty accurate hinge angle sensor! So I made a version of LidAngleSensor ( https://github.com/samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor ) but for the Framework 12 on Linux, so you can make your hinge sound rusty Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49148048 Points: 37 # Comments: 3
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Show HN: Mu – Tools for Agents

Article URL: https://github.com/micro/mu Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49148899 Points: 7 # Comments: 1
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The Computational Theory of Mind (2015)

Article URL: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computational-mind/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49149125 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
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AI poster wins Ohio State Fair contest

Article URL: https://www.ohiostatefair.com/p/get-involved/arts/poster-contest Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49149188 Points: 62 # Comments: 29
pov: you come to r/SaaS to advertise your first project, but then you read the rules...
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pov: you come to r/SaaS to advertise your first project, but then you read the rules...

I hope this post doesn't get deleted (or worse my account getting banned from the sub) by mentioning the forbidden topic: Advertising. But honestly it's really tough, I think it is probably the hardest part about creating a product as a solo developer. You usually don't have much of a budget to work with, and you post random stuff online hoping the algorithm of whatever website you posted in bugs out and someone sees your thing. And if you somehow didn't figure this out yet, that is me in th...
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The feature I was most excited about made my product worse

I originally thought that adding another feature would make the product more valuable. What actually happened was that it became harder to explain, gave new users one more thing to learn and pulled attention away from the core problem we were trying to solve. Removing that feature made our onboarding conversations much smoother. It completely changed how I think about prioritization. These days, I spend more time asking whether a feature makes the product simpler before asking whether it is wo...
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Open source vs "source available" to protect my shot at actually funding this thing

I'm working on a project I'd like to eventually turn into my main income, maybe even replace my job someday if it goes well. Right now I'm stuck going back and forth on licensing and could use some outside perspective. Here's what I want for regular users. Free to download, run locally, use for their own hobby projects. Totally fine if they sell stuff they make with it. I want a plugin system so people can extend it and build on top of what I made. Basically I want it to feel as open and frien...
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1030 users. Low conversion rate.

I launched my SaaS SeoLoupe around 5 weeks ago, so far I am at 1030 users and 12 of them are paying (don't get me wrong, I am still super happy). My SaaS is a tool that allows you to find and fix SEO issues holding your website back. Essentially the main purpose is to help your website rank higher on Google search and LLMs. So far the hardest part is converting users into paying, rather then getting users. I would genuinely appreciate some feedback, and what can be improved. Since I thin...
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One genuine question

How do saas founders are marketing their product ? all i can see is people making X account and posting tweets and sharing value and that's it
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The most underrated B2B outbound channel right now isn't LinkedIn. It's Instagram DMs.

i know how this sounds. hear me out. i run outbound for clients. one of them was stuck at $3K MRR doing linkedin only. same playbook everyone runs, connection requests, personalized messages, follow-ups, tracking replies. hours every day. i tested instagram DMs as an experiment. described their ICP, used an autonomous agent to find matching accounts based on bio and content, sent personalized DMs referencing their actual posts, and followed up automatically. the results in 30 days made bot...
SaaS New founders and the "shiny object syndrome"
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SaaS New founders and the "shiny object syndrome"

I'm a software engineer, and I enjoy building new things, I spent years of life jumping from a saas idea to another, even before this AI era, and I never succeeded getting one single user, until I understood the shiny object syndrome habit You know the pattern : Week 1, you're obsessed, coding at midnight, you've already bought the domain name.. Week 3, you see a tweet/reddit post about another niche, your brain goes "wait, THAT'S better, that's THE real opportunity," and all of a s...
First subscription got me emotional
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First subscription got me emotional

Guys I can’t believe it I got my first paying customer today. I broke down in tears I have never been this happy in my life. To whoever in this world bought it you made my day and made me continue building my projects.
It just wont stop pandering and lying to me.
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It just wont stop pandering and lying to me.

https://preview.redd.it/spblbl8060hh1.png?width=831&format=png&auto=webp&s=3071ba9be2b4eba7320f3c6d0d2e8523496dea4d This feels like a massive problem. Why is it so shit to use?
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AI-generated software needs a completion signal separate from model confidence

I am building **Flows**, an execution and verification layer for software-building agents. The core rule: an agent should not convert “I think I finished” into “verified complete” without supporting proof. A Flows project can contain implementation steps, checks, repair instructions, review, and release conditions. https://flows.oortstack.com An independent agent used one plan to build a real multi-module application with 59/59 automated checks passing. The target metric is: **unsupp...
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The EU AI Act makes failure to disclose AI-generated content (especially if it's hallucinated) illegal and costly.

Today, August 2, Article 50 of the EU AI Act takes effect. Here’s the part that’s applicable to those creating AI-generated content that’s read by anyone in the EU: “Deployers of an AI system that generates or manipulates text which is published with the purpose of informing the public on matters of public interest shall disclose that the text has been artificially generated or manipulated . This obligation shall not apply where the use is authorised by law to detect, prevent, investiga...
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Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170

When Microsoft announced its latest round of Xbox price bumps in June, it only gave US pricing. Now we know the pricing increases for the EU and UK, and they're dramatic. Depending on the model, Xbox prices are increasing by up to €200 or £170. The 1TB Xbox Series X with a disc drive is […]
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Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI

Fender CEO Edward "Bud" Cole gave an interview to T3 in May celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster with comments on AI and music that initially flew under the radar. But it has started making the rounds recently, pouring more fuel on an already raging fire of bad PR following the company pissing off […]