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symplee commented on Graph Toy, an interactive graph visualizer using mathematical functions   memorystomp.com/graphtoy/... · Posted by u/netule
symplee · 5 years ago
This is awesome!

Anyone discover any cool graphs to share?

For example, the simplest one producing something interesting I've found so far is:

  t%x
Which creates a growing jagged triangular graph when you press "play" for the "t" constant.

Naturally, this can be built upon to make weirder and weirder graphs, ex:

  sin(t%x)

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symplee commented on 1MW Molten-Salt Test Reactor by Copenhagen Atomic for €88k [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=A9zfY... · Posted by u/jbverschoor
tln · 5 years ago
I didn't see €88k in the video... but I did find it on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/Molten-Salt-Loop-40-Liter/dp/B077782Y...

$88,000 + $4.49 shipping.

symplee · 5 years ago
Gotta love the "Customers also viewed these products" section on that page, for example:

"Salt Block Grilling: 70 Recipes for Outdoor Cooking with Himalayan Salt Blocks"

symplee commented on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?    · Posted by u/gajus
kamphey · 5 years ago
I make 100% of my income from Bettersheets.co and I'm one-person running it.

The majority of sales comes from the AppSumo deal I'm running now.

symplee · 5 years ago
Looks cool, thanks for sharing.

Just a quick feedback note, under the "free tutorials" section, I scrolled passed the images thinking they were just gifs. Then got to the bottom of the page thinking, "Hmm, It really would have been helpful if he included an example video..." Then scrolled back to the top and through all the content again to see if I missed something. I tried hovering over the "gif" and then realized it was a link to YouTube.

Long story short, I think it would help the reader to have a "play button" or small icon overlayed on the image to indicate that it's a playable video, or (better?) embed the YouTube video directly in that space so the user doesn't have to leave the page.

Hope this helps, but open to feedback if I'm just an outlier. You can try the change in an A/B test, and see if the conversion rate goes up for people who visit the site AND watch an example video.

symplee commented on Google's penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary   onlineslangdictionary.com... · Posted by u/martin-t
Gibbon1 · 5 years ago
I of late think there is a market for an anti SEO search engine. Basically hides anything with ads and google analytics.
symplee · 5 years ago
There's https://millionshort.com/

> The search engine, which brands itself as “more of a discovery engine,” allows users to filter the top million websites on the internet out of their search, resulting in a unique set of results and placing an emphasis on content discovery. This approach to search is also designed to combat the impact that aggressive black and grey hat SEO practices have on mainstream search results.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Short

symplee commented on Book of Lost Books Discovered in Danish Archive (2019)   smithsonianmag.com/smart-... · Posted by u/portobello
symplee · 5 years ago
Extraordinary find! (While also heartbreaking to read that so many literary works have been lost.)

For another list of lost books, check out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_literary_work

symplee commented on Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry veteran says   cbc.ca/documentaries/the-... · Posted by u/vivekd
sthnblllII · 5 years ago
This was a popular conspiracy theory in the 90's. Another one for the "yup that conspiracy actually happened" book. Ive been called a monster many times for trying to explain this, usually by liberal women. They just hear a bunch of numbers and then their heads explode once they realize I was saying to just put the bottle in the normal trash instead of the special one for virtue signaling.
symplee · 5 years ago
This may be a dumb question, but is there really a "yup that conspiracy actually happened" book? Not literally a book with that title, but is there some resource that has a list of these?

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symplee commented on D-Wave announces general availability of first quantum computer for business   dwavesys.com/press-releas... · Posted by u/lelf
symplee · 5 years ago
Anyone catch the price? Or is this one of those "contact sales" products...

u/symplee

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