Hacker News: uncharted9

New comment by uncharted9 in "Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue"

uncharted9 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:01:41 +0000

I have been using VoiceFlow. It works incredibly well and uses Groq to transcribe using the Whisper V3 Turbo model. You can also use it in an offline scenario with an on-device model, but I am mostly connected to the internet whenever I am transcribing.

New comment by uncharted9 in "GLM-5: Targeting complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks"

uncharted9 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:04:33 +0000

I tried this prompt with all the major AI models that I know and have installed, and only GLM from Z.ai and Gemini 3 Flash could answer it. Even in that case, Gemini 3 Flash gave a bit more nuanced answer, but every other model like Claude Opus 4.5, Chat GPT, Grok - everything failed.

New comment by uncharted9 in "The EdTech Chicken and Egg Problem"

uncharted9 — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:49:37 +0000

I really think Mathacademy has kinda cracked the pedagogy problem in the math space. I've been following Justin Skycak on X and love how they approach the perennial problem of learning outcomes in edtech . Check this out: https://www.justinmath.com/books/#the-math-academy-way

New comment by uncharted9 in "Stamina Is a Quiet Advantage"

uncharted9 — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:36:39 +0000

An activity or thing that holds deep meaning to you personally will be the stimulant to one's stamina. Love for your child will allow you to take care of him/her despite being insanely sleep deprived. I think the concept is much more broader than just work.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Microsoft unveils Majorana 1 quantum processor"

uncharted9 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:02:44 +0000

Can we please have a discussion based solely on the content of the article? I know we all hate Microsoft's business practices, but let's try to limit our tendency to turn the discussion into a typical Reddit-esque thread.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Pi-hole v6"

uncharted9 — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 04:28:02 +0000

I'm aware of adding domains one by one, but I want to add some lists like Hagezi Threat Intelligence Feed which is not available in the blocklists, and these blocklists have >500k domain list.

I'm currently using Blocky as my DNS resolver. It works fine and is super fast because of the fine control over caching, but I'm disappointed with its memory footprint. 400MB for a total blocklist of 1.3M domains

New comment by uncharted9 in "Pi-hole v6"

uncharted9 — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:56:54 +0000

my biggest gripe with NextDNS is not having an ability to add custom blocklists. I'd gladly pay for it even if there was a paid tier with this feature.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Sniffnet – monitor your Internet traffic"

uncharted9 — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 19:59:58 +0000

I've used NextDNS. Pretty handy. Just change DNS settings on devices with your NextDNS profile specific resolver address and you can see the logs of all websites accessed from each device.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: How do you backup your Android?"

uncharted9 — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:54:42 +0000

Syncthing-Fork running on phone in background and syncing one-way to my PC all the time on home network

New comment by uncharted9 in "School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study"

uncharted9 — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 19:22:38 +0000

Parental controls on Android are a bit more complicated and require another Google account. I'll take the latter route. I'll just install something like Firefox Focus, which clears browsing data on exit. It will help for one-off searches or an app that launches the browser for some process. I'm not sure if disabling the Play Store is a good idea. It might cause problems with updates. Right?

New comment by uncharted9 in "School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study"

uncharted9 — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:56:51 +0000

I keep coming back to the sites on my phone's browser. I have tried using various firewall applications to block network traffic. But it's hilariously easy to get around them.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

uncharted9 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:13:17 +0000

Checkout this : https://controld.com/free-dns

I'm using Hagezi DNS Pro configuration.

DNS level ad blocking may help controlling a lot of system baked ads and trackers. Spend 30mins or something turning everything off from settings.

This has helped me on almost every kind of phone I've ever bought - I've mostly bought Chinese ones.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: Things to do on my phone"

uncharted9 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:10:05 +0000

For me. It is for quickly jotting some idea or quick list. Never actually writing something meaningful on phone.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

uncharted9 — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 10:30:46 +0000

That's ultra cheap. $94 phone in my country. I won't be expecting a lot at that point.

New comment by uncharted9 in "What features would you like to see added my virtual web OS?"

uncharted9 — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:17:39 +0000

- A virtual piano, or drum set. This would be fun. Even better if one can record the pattern and beats and replay them.

- A DVD logo bouncing effect across the screen (like in the Office). Fun little gimmick.

- Windows XP type Pinball game.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: Things to do on my phone"

uncharted9 — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:03:50 +0000

I'm trying to cut down on my phone (Android) usage, and so far I've found these steps to be really helpful

- A minimal launcher like OLauncher

- Obsidian for note taking.

- Syncthing-Fork to sync my notes and phone gallery with my computer.

- Local Send for file transfer between any device and OS.

- Readera for reading ebooks.

- Rethink DNS to firewall and selectively block internet for applications or domains.

  - This helps a lot, e.g. cutting off Telegram and WhatsApp's internet when I've gone for a walk and just want to listen to music, but don't want to be bombarded by texts or calls. People say you can mute or turn off notifications, but I still subconsciously open these apps and get distracted.

- Grayscale or reading mode to make the screen black and white. Makes the phone more conducive to reading.

- Newpipe for the occasional one-off YouTube video.

- Harmonic for hacker news. I've found many interesting articles and stories here.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

uncharted9 — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 09:46:49 +0000

Which model is it?

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: Are Google products broken on Firefox for you?"

uncharted9 — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:50:01 +0000

This stopped for me ever since I disabled uBlock Origin after buying YouTube Premium. So maybe they are intentionally or unintentionally sabotaging video playback with adblockers.

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?"

uncharted9 — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:43:36 +0000

This looks really interesting. I am not in North American region and hence this would be slow from my region. But nonetheless interesting project. Have you documented the entire setup journey on a blog or video?

New comment by uncharted9 in "Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?"

uncharted9 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:13:48 +0000

I often use it for self controlling my Hacker News and Reddit addiction.