Thursday, November 23, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Snaps. Why? Please Stop

Snaps. Why? Please Stop
18 by throw555chip | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Digging for Our Origins in the Bone Beds of an African Park

Digging for Our Origins in the Bone Beds of an African Park
4 by Brajeshwar | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: UI Library Creator

Show HN: UI Library Creator
10 by kemyd | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN! The "Generative" trend is booming, and UI Library Creator is our original approach to it. In the last three years, we have added 60+ professional UI libraries to Shuffle's catalog (Shuffle = visual editor for web developers). Still, we know we need more than this to satisfy our growing user base! That's why we created the UI Library Creator. In this tool, you can combine elements and styles to create unique UI libraries that work seamlessly with the Shuffle Editor and all its capabilities (drag-and-drop, customizations, live preview, and more). We provide you with UX solutions (components) written in Tailwind CSS and presets so you can quickly combine them to create what you need. You don't need to talk to a "black box" AI with a chat interface. Possible combinations are in gazillions. We aim for original creations, but you have complete control over the final effect. How to use the UI Library Creator: * Visit: https://ift.tt/s57E4Ze * We recommend starting by selecting Assets and Copywriting for your target audience. * When these two options are locked, use the "Shuffle Styles" button to bootstrap your project with the first style. * If you like something, lock the category and then repeat shuffling. You can also change options manually, but with "Shuffle Styles," you can quickly see many creations. If you enjoy the final result, click "Publish now" and send your UI Library to Shuffle. Once processed, it will be available for use in your Dashboard. Let us know what you think! Video (2min) with product tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZFlWEDr7XM

Monday, November 20, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What's the state of the art for drawing math diagrams online?

Ask HN: What's the state of the art for drawing math diagrams online?
17 by ajkjk | 10 comments on Hacker News.
I'm interested in having high-quality math diagrams on a personal website. I want the quality to be comparable to TikZ, but the workflows are cumbersome and it doesn't integrate with MathJax/KateX. Ideally I would be able to produce the diagrams in JS with KaTeX handling rendering the labels, but this doesn't seem to exist (I'm a software engineer so I'm wondering if I should try to make it...). Nice features also include having the diagram being controllable by JS or animatable, but that's not a requirement. What are other people using? Things I've considered: TikZ options: * TikZ exported to SVG * Writing the TikZ in something else, e.g. I found this library PyTikZ which is old but I could update things to it, that way at least I don't have to wrangle TikZ's horrible syntax much myself. I could theoretically write a JS version of this. * Maybe the same thing, JS -> TikZ, but also run TikZ in WebAssembly so that the whole thing lives in the browser. * Writing TikZ but ... having ChatGPT do it so I don't have to learn to antiquated syntax. Non-TikZ options: * InkScape * JSXGraph, but it isn't very pretty * ??? Thanks for your help!

New top story on Hacker News: Carnegie Mellon's intro functional programming lectures are now online for free

Carnegie Mellon's intro functional programming lectures are now online for free
72 by brandonspark | 10 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Animals Whose Blood Isn't Red

Animals Whose Blood Isn't Red
15 by warrenm | 2 comments on Hacker News.


Monday, November 6, 2023

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you start a research based company?

Ask HN: How do you start a research based company?
25 by mnky9800n | 14 comments on Hacker News.
Looking around hacker news it seems like everyone everywhere has their new AI company whose main goal is to develop some kind of new algorithm and then find customers later. Where do people get funding for such initiatives? I believe I'm a bit naive but it also seems like this could be a better way of doing research for the time being than continuing on in academia. But how do you get money to start a company whose goal is "make AI and worry about customers later"?