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theseidel··on FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home
Did Scott Rudin already option it? "Gold Rush"
theseidel··on Show HN: F0rtune500 – No one can prove you *didn't* work at these companies
Thank you!
theseidel··on Show HN: F0rtune500 – No one can prove you *didn't* work at these companies
A couple of years go I saw someone make a joke on Twitter that no one can prove you weren't a big-wig at The Sports Authority. I've wanted to make this app ever since. A resume builder full of companies that can no longer verify or discredit your employment there. Hope y'all like it.
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Growing up, being less than grateful, and smells that make me feel like a kid. You can hear me read it with music in the background.
theseidel··on Show HN: Margo – Find the font your brain reads fastest
Made a few updates -- lengthened passages, normalized font sizing/spacing, etc.

Can your wife please try again? -- https://margo.fyi

Also added a step at the front to make it clear (in case it wasn't before) that users should be reading at a normal, relaxed pace. The goal is to test the fonts, not your reading speed.

For improving your speed-reading, that'd be the forked version another commenter suggested. For Margo, you want to read at a comfortable pace

theseidel··on Show HN: Margo – Find the font your brain reads fastest
Slow down there, Jeff Gordon :)

Nah, you're absolutely right. The current passages are 250-300 words.

We'll get them to 400-420 so aliens like your wife can also find their font

theseidel··on Show HN: Margo – Find the font your brain reads fastest
Cool idea! You mean they’d try to beat their WPM best?

What’d be the interaction pattern you’re imagining? First they find their fastest font, then the flow continues to let them use that font to try to get better? Other times they can bypass the font test.

Do you have any reading content suggestions?

I’m imagining they could choose the topic and we’d have a bunch of prebaked stories or information about each.

I guess we can also let them input their first name, or just initials — we validate from a list of common-ish names (so they don’t put something too whacky) — and then the stories or information could include their names. Makes it even more fun and engaging to read. Especially if we the prebaked reading material is positive and empowering. Sesame Street style.

Really like the suggestion. Thanks!

theseidel··on Show HN: Margo – Find the font your brain reads fastest
Thank you. Really appreciate it. It was super fun to make/build
theseidel··on Show HN: Margo – Find the font your brain reads fastest
Will definitely work on that feature. Thanks for checking it out
theseidel··on Earned Attention Rule • Tension and Release
Quitting smoking is the hardest thing I've ever done. Why? The cigarette creates the tension. The next one releases it. The trap is elegant.

Storytelling works the same way. So does songwriting. So does film. You create tension. You release it. You create it again. The whole game is knowing when.

theseidel··on Blame-Driven Development – A satire about how software gets built
True, though in practice “value” is usually whatever Spencer and Tina decide after they reconcile 2023’s underspend, 2024’s overspend, and next quarter’s political goals.

Keep truckin’, Ted. That feature’s gonna win us the contract. Probably.

theseidel··on Blame-Driven Development – A satire about how software gets built
Q1 2026. We’re fighting w leadership on budget approval for the laugh track and a mid-episode freeze-frame.
theseidel··on Blame-Driven Development – A satire about how software gets built
Software rarely runs on code alone. It runs on fear, incentives, and the subtle art of not getting blamed.

This is a satirical magazine built from that truth — and I’d love feedback on whether it lands, what’s missing, or what stories you’d want to see next.

theseidel··on USGov uses realtime Google, OpenAI search trends to find public health outbreaks
Is it too big-brother-ish?
theseidel··on USGov uses realtime Google, OpenAI search trends to find public health outbreaks
PHACTS is an innovative government software system that harnesses the power of real-time search trend data from OpenAI, Bing, and Google to identify public health problems on hyper-local, local, regional, countrywide, and worldwide scales.

[SPOOF but would be cool]

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The UX/UI debate and how we should be doing UX research