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Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/spain-portugal-power-outage-electricity-b0c5fbca49b8422248c4f933e20303b3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830549

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PDP's top Xbox and PS5 controllers are pricey, but the high level of customization and overall design make them worth the money.

Article URL: https://erringtowardsanswers.substack.com/p/intrinsic-motivation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830544

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830508

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Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-28/delta-routes-new-airbus-plane-to-tokyo-to-sidestep-trump-tariffs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830498

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I'm obsessed with understanding the books I read more deeply, so I studied reading comprehension books to learn the best methods.

As a result, I built a free tool to challenge myself, but I'm wondering whether I'm strange for wanting this, or if others would actually find it useful? It's www.synto-app.com if anyone wants to look.

If it is useful, what do you think of the questions?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830497

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Article URL: https://pixel-war.xyz/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830484

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I recently open-sourced my AI code interpreter / Agent platform. Feel free to check it out!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830474

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I built a small idle game called Carrot Clicker — you click, grow carrots, and build your farm… or just let it run while you chill.

I “vibe coded” most of it using Cursor, and generated the visuals with Stability AI.

It’s super simple, but I had a lot of fun making it. Would love your feedback — especially on gameplay ideas, balancing, or just general vibes!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830472

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Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-28/new-york-city-transit-system-chips-away-at-subway-fare-evasion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830467

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Article URL: https://www.synto-app.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830462

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Article URL: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/if-ballmer-was-ceo-id-be-fired-for-this-tweet-microsoft-pm-mocks-windows-11-with-katy-perry-meme-praises-macos

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830433

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Article URL: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/lets_celebrate_may_the_4th_with_classic_star_wars_games_joining_the_gog_preservation_program_00187

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830431

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Article URL: https://v8.dev/blog/explicit-compile-hints

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830409

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Article URL: https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/04/28/if-nsf-snoozes-then-taccs-horizon-supercomputer-loses/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830402

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Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdNXyDOZOZQ

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830380

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Article URL: https://sabordocampo.com/uso-de-drones-na-producao-do-morango/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830351

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Hey HN,

My wife and I are heading to Thailand soon, and while we're learning some basics, I was thinking about those quick, everyday interactions where a language barrier can be awkward – asking for directions, ordering street food, chatting with a vendor, etc.

I didn't want the friction of firing up a dedicated translation app each time or dealing with account signups for something temporary.

So, I decided to build Kodo Chat as a little side project to scratch my own itch. The idea is a super simple, temporary chat room focused purely on real-time translation between two people.

How it works:

One person ("host") visits the site, selects their language, and gets a QR code and a shareable link. The other person ("guest") scans the code or opens the link on their phone, selects their language, and they're connected in a temporary room.

Messages sent by either person are translated (currently using OpenAI - gpt-4.1 by default, but configurable) and displayed along with the original text on the other person's device.

Rooms and user links expire automatically (via Redis TTLs), so there's no persistent data or accounts needed.

It's built with Expo (React Native Web) for the frontend, Node.js/Express/Socket.IO on the backend, and Redis for session/room management. The UI is pretty basic right now (using React Native Paper), and the translations are only as good as the underlying AI model, but it seems to handle simple conversational stuff reasonably well in testing.

It solved my immediate need, and I thought others might find it useful, so I've open-sourced it.

Live Demo: https://kodo-frontend.onrender.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/jonathanleane/kodo

Would love to hear any feedback, suggestions, or criticisms you might have! Especially curious if anyone else has faced similar communication hurdles while traveling and what solutions they've found.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830323

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Article URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0265407518761225

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830314

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Article URL: https://twitter.com/yuruyurau/status/1226846058728177665

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43830309

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