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Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

1901 points l2silver | 2 comments | 27 Apr 23 15:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.802s | source

Maybe you've created your own AR program for wearables that shows the definition of a word when you highlight it IRL, or you've built a personal calendar app for your family to display on a monitor in the kitchen. Whatever it is, I'd love to hear it.
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drcode ◴[28 Apr 23 17:43 UTC] No.35744621[source]▶
I just moved to the bay area. I made an app that scrapes all bay area events from meetup, eventbrite, and a couple of other sites- This way you end up with around 100 events a day, way too much to read through.

So next I take each event, send it to chatgpt3.5 and ask it to rate this event on around 20 parameters. Next, I take the latitude/longitude of each event and measure driving distance from my house. Then I have a master formula based on my personal interests and driving preferences and an app shows me the 10 events every day most likely to be interesting to me for any day.

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runeb ◴[28 Apr 23 19:34 UTC] No.35746065[source]▶
This is such a great idea. A tip if you are not already aware (and interested in music) is to check out “The List”, a Bay Area concert guide which has been maintained since the 90s: http://www.foopee.com/punk/the-list/
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drcode ◴[29 Apr 23 02:33 UTC] No.35749493[source]▶
Thanks, I didn't know about this yet and this is A++++

EDIT: Got me some Death Grip tickets!

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1. vermilingua ◴[30 Apr 23 06:33 UTC] No.35760151[source]▶
Jealous, have been hoping to see them for years but missed out on the last show they played in my country. Here’s hoping they add it to their tour.
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2. drcode ◴[30 Apr 23 19:07 UTC] No.35765617[source]▶
Yeah, I rarely go to shows anymore just because I've been to so many in my life that it's not that thrilling anymore.

But I think Death Grips is worth a show, given their reputation for live shows.

I'm already dreading standing in GA after they start two hours late, holding my pee to maintain my good spot LOL