superstarryeyes

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by superstarryeyes 9mo ago
sometimes the simplest solution is the best! i love the unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.
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by superstarryeyes 9mo ago
that's a valid concern. first of all, i'm not trying to reinvent the wheel here. for xml parsing, i'm using libexpat, one of the most widely used c xml parsers. for networking, i'm using libcurl, the industry standard. i
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by superstarryeyes 9mo ago
i know the difference. i use gpl3 in my other project lue for example. i meant objectively better for the open source community. the spread of new ideas benefits from the mit license because the ideas in the code can travel farther. the rea
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by superstarryeyes 9mo ago
nice! yeah, i agree. calm tech is a nice way to put it. the current big platforms are highly tuned to keep people engaged and enraged to the max, rss is kind antithesis of that. that's probably why big companies try to bury and hide it
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by superstarryeyes 9mo ago
why not? isn't mit just objectively a better license for open source? i just hope rss would make a comeback to make the internet a little saner again, and if someone wants to use hys source code as a base for their own rss reader, whet
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Show HN: I built a fast RSS reader in Zig(github.com)
90 points by superstarryeyes 9mo ago|32 comments
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Show HN: Bit – CLI/TUI Logo Designer and ANSI Font Library(github.com)
2 points by superstarryeyes 11mo ago|0 comments
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
Great to hear that! Speech rate control is definitely on the roadmap.
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
nice to hear! yes, there are some dependencies outside python which is not optimal, but at least the default install seem work, which is nice. i hadn't heard of textual python terminal before but i'm looking at the documentation r
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
hey! i haven't released them yet. i'm still wondering what would be a proper method of distributing them. i would rather not have the main repo be filled with a bunch models that are not as universally compatible or as good qualit
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
hey, appreciate the comment! yes, this definitely slipped by me. python 3.8 is too low for this project. i'll be fixing it asap and changing to 3.10.
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
fantastic! good to know.
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
thank you! yes footnotes, page numbers, weird characters and other extra bits that interrupt the tts is one of my biggest gripes about ebook readers with audio. this was my biggest motivation to build this. those elements are basically remo
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
that's a really cool idea! i wonder if it would break the ui though? i should try that. me, mainly i just look for the most beautiful monospace font i can find that has a nostalgic feel. recently my favourite has been "modeseven&q
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
thanks for your insight! i started to build this project mainly for the tts features but you can certainly just read text on it. it saves the state of having the narration on or off, so if you ever open the book again you don't hear an
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
this I'm unable to answer because I don't have the means to try, but i'd love to know if it's doable. edge tts is surely light enough to run since all the processing happens in the cloud. the basic setup is just python a
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by superstarryeyes 1y ago
hei! no worries, take your time. just a first-time builder here who finally decided to release something after years of scripting privately for myself. thought this project might be use to someone else too. and yes, i'm from finland!
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Show HN: Lue – Terminal eBook Reader with Text-to-Speech(github.com)
99 points by superstarryeyes 1y ago|23 comments