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My side project : Bilinual books, interlinear books for language learners: https://www.bilinual.com
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bilinualcom··on A new type of Chess/Sudoku puzzle
To solve a puzzle, simply arrange the chess pieces so that the number of threatening pieces matches the large numbers provided.
bilinualcom··on Ask HN: As a developer what are your aha moments?
When I actually understood the idea behind functional programming, specially being able to think in the form of recursive functions than loops.
bilinualcom··on GITenberg is an open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain
Thanks, we are working to improve the quality of both our dictionaries and ML engine. Very hard to answer they the translation picked these and I have to look into each of these individually to answer your questions. The translations are not perfect but it is alive project and I am trying to improve it every hour that I find.

"I can't imagine how that would happen." : Just as a hint, click on "translations" here:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/with_friends_like_these_who_n...

bilinualcom··on GITenberg is an open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain
Hi, Thanks for checking the website.

1- 404 issue: I implemented the PDF generation recently and I noticed that WeasyPrint has issue with html files that have too many tags (our books have around 2*number_of_words tags in them). This is not a big issue and it will be fixed soon in the next iteration.

2- Using Google API: Google APIs and other translation tools are great for translating sentences. However, the problem with use of parallel texts for language learning is our brain laziness. After few pages, our brain looses its patient to solve the translation problems (critical thinking!?) and actually learn words and structure of sentences. The focus immediately goes toward translated sentences in your native language rather than the original text.

Personally, I learn a word for a life when I slow down and think about similar words, its root, and at the end looking it up in a dictionary. The process is valuable.

3- Team of volunteers: It is easier said than done. The functionality is present but I prefer to improve the suggestion engine as much as possible before I involve volunteers. Are you interested to join?

bilinualcom··on GITenberg is an open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain
Thanks for clarification.
bilinualcom··on GITenberg is an open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain
Thanks, it would be great. I am curious to know why do they have CC license and not public domain?
bilinualcom··on GITenberg is an open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain
Well, for my side project, https://www.bilinual.com I needed version controlling for changes that are made on a book (fixed typos, ...) and I found GITenberg project. There are several interesting tools developed during the project accessible here: https://github.com/gitenberg-dev
bilinualcom··on GITenberg is an open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain
OP here, I doubt that the website is "a SUBSET of Project Gutenberg". This is not mentioned anywhere in the website. As mentioned in PG website, while you can use the book freely, "The name 'Project Gutenberg' is a registered trademark.". I guess this is the reason they didn't mention PG.
bilinualcom··on GITenberg is an open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain
OP here, it seems standardebooks doesn't provide the books in PDF format. My side project, https://www.bilinual.com rebuild the ebooks in PDF format with translation hints, if you don't mind about learning a new language while reading your favourite books ;)
bilinualcom··on GITenberg is an open source community for publishing ebooks in the public domain
OP here, I found this website when I was looking for a way to get the updated version (with correction) of a PG (Project Gutenberg) book and all changes/diffs from the point that I scrape the book from PG website for my language learning side project: https://www.bilinual.com

The bilinual Project also rebuild ebooks (modern HTML, PDF and open ePUB format) with better quality and readability( while it is not its prime goal). Take a look at one example here:

https://www.bilinual.com/book/18043sven/sv/en#line=68&lpp=23 https://www.bilinual.com/download/18043sven-sv-en.pdf https://www.bilinual.com/download/18043sven-sv-en.epub

bilinualcom··on Ask HN: Backend developers of HN, where and how often do you still use SQL?
Every day. Seriously consider using SQL to store your data.

Are you in doubt between a plain file and sqlserver and you think it doesn't worth the hassle of installing a full blown sql server, making backups regularly, etc.? use sqlite.

bilinualcom··on The Google Lorem Ipsum Phone
I don't like this phone since lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, sed do eiusmod videus chatum incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Seriously, does it even support rutrum tellus pellentesque eu tortor lowlightena capturum nulla? Apple Iphone eget blurtutate bokehus at tellus at urna condimentum mattis pellentesque?

bilinualcom··on Alexagate: Ultrasonic Jamming for Amazon Echo
Cool, I just noticed that Buzzoff is as bulky as Alexagate. Is there a reason for this?

With my naive understanding, I was expecting a more generic device that can be placed close to any microphone (laptop, phone, smart speaker, etc) something like this IKEA usb lamps : https://www.ebay.com/c/1278841657

bilinualcom··on Ask HN: Have I improved my side project's UI/UX
Thanks for contributing to opensource.

The top menu is not working! Is it intentional?

bilinualcom··on Linear Digressions' Farewell Episode
After over 5 years of podcasting, linear digressions, a podcast about machine learning and data science is coming to an end.
bilinualcom··on Alexagate: Ultrasonic Jamming for Amazon Echo
Interesting. I like the idea as a generic tools that can be used with different devices (laptops, cellphones, etc).

$99 extension for jamming $50 Echo Dot is a bit too much.

Counter Attack: Since Alexagate doesn’t interfere with the Echo's speakers, Alexa can play a music that has clapping in it :P

bilinualcom··on Monospace Font Selector
Interesting. Thank you. Is it too difficult to add the style for electron based editors (I mean Atom, vscode, ...) that are more common?
bilinualcom··on Diff.blog() – Discover and follow developer blogs
I like the idea. Is it possible to search for one specific tag (e.g. #python)? Have you implemented the CMS yourself? BTW, I got "Server Error (500)" after github authentication.
bilinualcom··on Ask HN: How did you choose an idea to work on?
Let me start with the most obvious one. Start working on a project that you actually need and are going to use, preferably in long term. That is how I started Bilinual Project around 2 years ago: http://www.bilinual.com
bilinualcom··on Show HN: 3D Book Image CSS Generator
Interesting, thank you so much. I am going to use it for the bilinual book library: http://www.bilinual.com