15:[[36818225,{"by":"Joel_Mckay","descendants":131,"id":36818225,"kids":[36820816,36818564,36818703,36825036,36818781,36820888,36818498,36819408,36818586,36822639,36818854,36818541,36829463,36818826,36819031,36818860,36819515,36818889,36818592,36820274,36819775,36827429,36819108,36818729,36818731,36837068,36823780,36818828,36818940,36818636,36818785,36818618,36818825,36818630,36819341,36818915,36821332,36818797,36818844,36820068,36818687,36821931,36818876,36819547,36819323,36818835,36827569,36818945,36873154,36818767,36818766,36818493,36825476,36827246,36821826,36818749,36818655,36859770,36819593,36821638,36827076,36818698,36818909,36818627,36818882,36818917,36818898,36822432,36822098,36824829,36818802,36818720,36821089,36818623,36818990,36818667,36818812,36818768,36859561,36818742,36818553,36818736,36819826,36818788,36818694,36818745,36820138,36818947,36825865,36818827,36819040,36818663,36818647,36818762,36819077,36818770],"score":36,"text":"I am interested in any and all titles, as long as they held some significance. A specific moment/feature/oddity would also help, but please include spoiler warnings as needed for other readers.

Thanks for participating =)","time":1689967027,"title":"Ask HN: What is the most memorable game you played?","type":"story"}],[36726414,{"by":"NoZebra120vClip","descendants":18,"id":36726414,"kids":[36727558,36726987,36727354,36727465,36727495,36727000,36729676,36797596,36727412,36727415],"score":23,"text":"$16","time":1689352960,"title":"Websites with fake MFA: security theater?","type":"story"}],[24549588,{"by":"NosmanWert","descendants":49,"id":24549588,"kids":[24549987,24550373,24550199,24549789,24549741,24549935,24550084,24549801,24550045,24550127,24549853,24550469,24551780,24551729,24550010,24550012,24559534,24549939,24551593,24549864,24550874,24549998,24550829,24549591,24549961,24550413],"score":57,"text":"It does not make business sense for Apple or Google to allow them for obvious reasons. They get money from in app purchases. If every app was a PWA they would lose a lot of revenue.

Even for businesses that are ad supported they are better of with native apps. You can block ads on a PWA very easily because it's a web app. With a mobile app good luck switching the ads off.

Now, I get the technical advantages of a PWA but it seems to me that it has failed to take off because of the business reasons above.

Is my assessment correct?","time":1600732063,"title":"Ask HN: Is it me or PWAs are pretty much dead?","type":"story"}],[23490115,{"by":"tech4all","descendants":217,"id":23490115,"kids":[23490394,23492241,23490184,23490533,23492549,23490276,23490550,23490212,23492532,23491377,23491515,23492062,23490179,23490345,23491739,23490244,23490301,23490319,23490268,23490287,23492696,23491303,23495680,23490260,23491164,23491602,23492177,23492931,23490391,23494053,23490931,23491845,23490279,23496423,23490314,23494693,23491002,23495447,23493536,23492948,23491380,23492866,23490461,23491537,23491978,23494519,23493689,23494636,23496827,23504162,23496018,23491806,23490281,23495861,23493138,23493082,23495700,23494310,23491622,23490209,23495046,23493522,23490356,23490289,23490851,23492580,23492596,23492304,23491788,23494786,23490416,23493225,23491397,23493989,23490511,23491663,23490327,23514077,23493094,23490721,23496344,23492235,23502974,23493962,23499014,23492839,23490404,23514073,23492658,23490857,23490709,23490689,23492025,23491460,23490763,23493212,23491450,23491513,23491448,23490219,23490567],"score":855,"text":"My wife will be undergoing significant oral surgery in a few weeks and there is a SMALL chance she may lose the ability to speak. I'd like to prepare, just in case, to have technology to reproduce her voice from keyboard or other input.

My ideal would be an open source "deepfake toolkit" that allows me to provide pre-recorded samples of her speech and then TTS in her voice. Unfortunately most articles and tools I'm finding are anti-deepfake. Any recommendations?

Fallback would be recording her speaking "phonetic pangrams" and then using her pre-recorded phonemes to recreate speech that sounds like her. I feel like the deepfake toolkit is the way to go. Appreciate any recommendations... There must be open source tools for this??","time":1591890759,"title":"Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?","type":"story"}],[22027315,{"by":"rajesh-s","descendants":200,"id":22027315,"kids":[22029775,22031147,22027715,22028912,22028372,22028466,22028048,22029275,22031372,22029075,22029396,22027720,22029794,22030959,22028662,22027678,22029564,22028109,22031031,22028325,22028373,22028589,22027644,22028068,22029932,22029141,22028120,22027782,22028327,22028607,22031205,22028037,22027812,22028339,22027981,22030926,22027769,22031193,22028228,22030310,22029368,22031788,22028051,22030499,22028707,22029182,22049114,22028201,22028910,22030432,22027654,22029050,22027948,22028728,22027637,22029314,22030554,22028791,22028823,22027651,22030575,22028967,22030000,22090465,22027790,22030950,22031422,22029917,22034446,22028790,22028644,22048757,22028451,22027925,22028932,22029023,22028711,22030413,22031143,22096519,22033449,22028934,22028908,22028814,22028746,22029363,22028806],"score":444,"text":"Invest like the best and For Your Innovation are two great podcasts that I came across last year.","time":1578848133,"title":"Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?","type":"story"}],[18600220,{"by":"throwaway8m","descendants":508,"id":18600220,"kids":[18607473,18608096,18607370,18607892,18607197,18607267,18607411,18608001,18610922,18611277,18607789,18608192,18607909,18610370,18611052,18607003,18608267,18610005,18608229,18607711,18607014,18607538,18607521,18607698,18607362,18607123,18608485,18607258,18611271,18611677,18607131,18607561,18607118,18610561,18607128,18607076,18608168,18607556,18609291,18611270,18607629,18611723,18607748,18610710,18607433,18611348,18607404,18610158,18607058,18607100,18607022,18607931,18607184,18607079,18608588,18607758,18607735,18607179,18609366,18610812,18607048,18608048,18607253,18609735,18608287,18609633,18608304,18607053,18607077,18608003,18607338,18611122,18635387,18607536,18608245,18608047,18608883,18609962,18607281,18608489,18609037,18609463,18622961,18608098,18611123,18607952,18608691,18630069,18613844,18607275,18608393,18607075,18610837,18609132,18607895,18609264,18607751,18609499,18611433,18611911,18607966,18607020,18613493,18608708,18612150,18607142,18607381,18610358,18608679,18610623,18611090,18607861,18611398,18607914,18617331,18638600,18607478,18608279,18607715,18607021,18607475,18607518,18608663,18607083,18607888,18607420,18624039,18611703,18608629,18607152,18612556,18610212,18611204,18607492,18607235,18610437,18608468,18608597,18607213,18609293,18607466,18609414,18607408,18617455,18608568,18609426,18613103,18608964,18609038,18607977,18612474,18616308,18607840,18611736,18608931,18608309,18607416,18609461,18610486,18615072,18607915,18608778,18607117,18629013,18613808,18607078,18608132,18616143,18607198,18610433,18621863,18618443,18610427,18607173,18609680,18611082,18607424,18656100,18607516,18607454,18619547,18607209,18607540,18608012,18611524,18610716,18607196,18610519,18609785,18608409,18607479,18608619,18607431,18607037,18607689,18608277,18607983,18607537,18628968,18609648,18609020,18608256,18608062,18608499,18608282,18610805,18611660,18607122,18611493,18607191,18607449,18607683,18610070,18607717,18608846,18616113,18614708,18609605,18610528,18607329,18609309,18609356,18630345,18607750,18607010,18608002,18628160,18610074,18610259,18610794,18608270,18610832,18610762,18607675,18607606,18608601,18607332,18609361,18607946,18609216,18629578,18617020,18613824,18611437,18609643,18608786,18608276,18611311,18610556,18608019,18607163,18606989,18607374,18609985,18608094,18608798,18607487,18608331,18610182,18607488,18612984,18607395,18630060,18607803,18607012,18607399,18610895,18609506,18626179,18626757,18607068,18607050,18607535,18607154,18607304,18607828,18608572,18607653,18610512,18607346],"score":687,"text":"Going anonymous for this. I am just an average project manager who happened to be at the right tech company at the right time. They had a big exit and suddenly my stocks are worth $8M (the money came in my account last week).

I am just an average guy. I am 43 and middle level tech manager.I know coding (but nothing superb). I know business (but nothing much). I am not particularly very hardworking or particularly super intelligent. Not dumb or lazy - just average.

The point is I can probably find another similar job but probably nothing much higher.

I have two kids and a nice wife. I have a nice, small house and two small cars. Everything paid for. I have no debts or “vices”. I do not like smoking, drinking or going out. I do not think I have any real hobbies.

Just a simple guy with simple life and then this happens. What should I do? Should I donate it? Should I hire a personal wealth manager? Should I retire?

I am freaking out. Please provide some guidance.","time":1543937269,"title":"Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit?","type":"story"}],[429457,{"by":"amichail","descendants":17,"id":429457,"kids":[429542,429735,429820,429543,429552,429677,429765],"score":6,"text":"If so, what are they?","time":1231704041,"title":"Does Windows 7 have any must have features that Windows XP does not?","type":"story","url":""}]]

user:	jameswestgate
created:	January 11, 2009
karma:	17