Hacker News: ix101

New comment by ix101 in "The smelly baby problem"

ix101 — Sat, 02 May 2026 09:21:44 +0000

It's easier because your child is like an extension of yourself. I think changing your own kid's diaper is a walk in the park unless there's a big mess!

New comment by ix101 in "Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable"

ix101 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:25:35 +0000

Hi, thanks for this! Not sure if you're aware that clicking Australia goes to American Samoa, similar issue with some others that I encountered (Bahamas -> Burkina faso).

New comment by ix101 in "The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein"

ix101 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:24:36 +0000

The fact he got locked up?

New comment by ix101 in "Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to practice speaking languages"

ix101 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:40:06 +0000

Issen https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44387828

New comment by ix101 in "An opinionated critique of Duolingo"

ix101 — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:23:41 +0000

https://www.languagereactor.com is something similar to Yabla I think... But you can use it indefinitely and subscribe if you need the premium features.

New comment by ix101 in "Spaced repetition systems have gotten better"

ix101 — Mon, 19 May 2025 22:25:57 +0000

I would argue that it's harder for me to decide how easily I recalled a word and decide between a few loosely defined levels as to which one I should choose than to apply a simple algorithm.

If the window loses focus it would be able to pause automatically. If you are distracted another way, no big deal you will see that word again soon and unlikely to keep getting distracted on the same word. The benefits would outweigh the odd misfire.

New comment by ix101 in "Spaced repetition systems have gotten way better"

ix101 — Sun, 18 May 2025 14:42:27 +0000

It's surprising how much easier to translate a foreign when it's given in a sentence. Also helps when there are multiple translations for a word depending on context.

New comment by ix101 in "Spaced repetition systems have gotten way better"

ix101 — Sun, 18 May 2025 14:34:13 +0000

This looks like a fun app!

New comment by ix101 in "Spaced repetition systems have gotten way better"

ix101 — Sun, 18 May 2025 14:20:03 +0000

One way it could grade you automatically is by the speed of flipping the card (or entering the correct answer). If it took less than a second to confirm then evidently it was easy.

New comment by ix101 in "Launch HN: Miyagi (YC W25) turns YouTube videos into online, interactive courses"

ix101 — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:38:08 +0000

Amazing approach! Is learning a second language too different from the types of courses Miyagi was designed for, or do you see a potential for that category?

New comment by ix101 in "LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo"

ix101 — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:47:44 +0000

But learning how to ask the chemist for proctosydol in French may pay off dividends

New comment by ix101 in "An end to all this prostate trouble?"

ix101 — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:40:13 +0000

I think OP was alluding to the fact that risks of complications with pregnancy increases with age.

New comment by ix101 in "Show HN: I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch"

ix101 — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:30:40 +0000

Using speech to text you could say the answer and it could validate your answer. If AI engine is powerful enough it could have you say the foreign word and rate your pronunciation.

As for spaced repetition I developed an alternative which just has a column for number of times correct answer was given and order by descending order on that field. This gives you new words first followed by words you've barely gotten correct etc

New comment by ix101 in "Show HN: I send myself automated emails to practice Dutch"

ix101 — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:25:55 +0000

You could use the data you've collected in the DB to generate a quiz that tests your knowledge of the words. If you track how many times you entered the correct answer and sort by descending order on that field you will be presented with the least known words first. Easy alternative to spaced repetition.

New comment by ix101 in "Merry Christmas Everyone"

ix101 — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 13:04:08 +0000

That second sentence was absolutely not what the first sentence led me to believe what was coming!

New comment by ix101 in "Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims compared to human drivers"

ix101 — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:43:43 +0000

Highways seem like they're safer than other roads but if we had fully autonomous highways I imagine speed limits could be effectively removed drastically reducing travel time.

New comment by ix101 in "Mysterious tablet with unknown language unearthed in Georgia"

ix101 — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 06:13:48 +0000

I'm curious how people pronounce this when they've never heard it. Do people assume the 'e' is silent as in "eye". For anyone curious it's basically "Turkey-yeah" & the "yeah" is short.

New comment by ix101 in "Sanding UI"

ix101 — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 01:56:54 +0000

One I've experienced on GitHub and Jira is dragging to select text on a dialog, if you release outside the dialog the mouse up event dismisses the pop up which is probably a side effect of being able to click outside the dialog to dismiss it.

New comment by ix101 in "You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contact lenses"

ix101 — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 07:31:55 +0000

Next day at work.. "hey Joe why are you squinting the whole time?" "Ah that... Well, thing is my glasses are so smudged, but I don't wanna forget how they got that way ;)" "Ah! Say no more."

New comment by ix101 in "Becoming an Amateur Polyglot"

ix101 — Sun, 12 May 2024 22:03:11 +0000

Are there any apps specifically targetted at polyglots? It's a niche so I doubt it. I guess you can tell the app that you're native french speaker learning German if you are more proficient in French and picking up German. This way you are training two languages simultaneously.