# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# next = https://watcher.sour.is?uri=https://feeds.twtxt.net/hacker-news-front-page/twtxt.txt&offset=27663
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Ask HN: How to choose the desktop platform and tech for desktop app development?**
I am looking to create desktop app for one of my projects(The project is a video-creator app for musicians- https://vinlo.co ). The reason being I feel somethings are just not for the web. It takes a lot of time to perform FFMPEG operations on web. I want users to have a seamless experience and web is limiting in that sense.
I am well-versed in web tech, C++, Python. I have done my research and here's what I arrived at. I would love it if HN ... ⌘ Read more
3D + 2D: Testing out my cross-platform graphics engine
I used to work at Adobe on the infrastructure powering big applications like Photoshop and Acrobat. One of our worst headaches was making these really powerful codebases work on desktop, web, mobile, and the cloud without having to completely rewrite them. For example, to get Lightroom and Photoshop working on the web we took a winding path through JavaScript, Google’s PNaCl, asm.js, and finally WebAssembly, all while having to rethink our GPU architecture around thes ... ⌘ Read more
Ask HN: Is a masters in ML worth it?**
With all the new developments and AI startups, I have been considering going back to get a masters in ML/AI concentration. I have about 5 YOE in non ML software engineering but want to work for these cutting edge tech companies. Will a masters in ML give me an advantage when applying or is it not worth it?
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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39906536
Points: 9
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Show HN: DN$ – an innovative, ad-supported DNS resolver
Tired of companies snooping through your DNS traffic? Don't you wish you could get advertisements with your DNS records?
Today we're introducing the innovative, privacy-focused, ad-supported DNS resolver - DN$! Traditional DNS resolvers provided by your internet service provider, cloudflare, or google could be tracking your internet activity and selling it to third-party data vendors. We at DN$ want to fix that and cut out these nefarious actors (until we've amassed a critica ... ⌘ Read more
Ask HN: What is the current (Apr. 2024) gold standard of running an LLM locally?**
There are many options and opinions about, what is currently the recommended approach for running an LLM locally (e.g., on my 3090 24Gb)? Are options ‘idiot proof’ yet?
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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39893142
Points: 15
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Show HN: Libmui is a macOS Classic widget lib for Linux
Not sure if I would post this for the last day of #marchintosh OR wait for tomorrow the 1st of April. Both apply equally.
Anyway, here's a pet project of mine, I made it as a glued on for another pet project of mine, but it developed a life of it's own now and can soar skyward toward success, fame, and glory.
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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39887313
Points: 5
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Ask HN: Is anybody getting value from AI Agents? How so?**
I saw a lot of initial buzz about the promise of agent based workflows and it seemed to be the obvious way to get LLMs to the edge of decision making and leverage many specialized models. It seems the chatter has died down but there are growing projects out there in the space. Before I invest the time to explore and work with tools I’d love some feedback from the community and if and how they are being used.
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Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39886178)*
Show HN: Truncate, a word-based strategy game
Truncate is a chess flavoured word game that blends spatial reasoning and wordplay. In puzzle mode, you beat back your NPC opponent's words and take over their territory.
Truncate started as a pen and paper game between a friend and I, evolved into a handmade board game, and finally arrived at an online puzzle game. Like any good word game, there is of course a daily mode, shareable with the tried and true grid of emojis
We've been playtesting it with friends and family for a few months, which has ... ⌘ Read more