paperify
Productivity
document conversion
SHOW HN2023
96points
15comments
#677of 3,109 in 2023
Top 22%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Funny, clever idea for procrastination
From 2 comments
To those have made the noble decision to sacrifice years of potential earnings to advance the frontiers of knowledge, yet are lazy enough to spend that time reading a novel, we…
globalise83 on HNLove the idea. Plenty of personal open source projects I've wanted to attempt writing a more scientific explanation of.
thomasfromcdnjs on HN
Objections
Pointless utility; only a joke
From 2 comments
It is useless. That's why it's interesting.
xcv123 on HNCan someone enlighten me what's the actual use for this project? I can only imagine a student that wants to read some mundane stuff but their parents are watching so they pretend…
benterix on HN
Requests
Browser extension to turn web pages into papers
From 1 comment
See this part of the readme: "Special shout out to the friends who suggested, as a follow-up project, making a browser extension to transform the current web page into a…
minorannoyance2 on HN
Questions
What is the actual use case?
From 2 comments
Hm, I can't say I've ever wanted to convert to paper formatting; it's almost always wanting to convert from paper formatting, so that I can better read papers on my e-reader or…
Philpax on HNCan someone enlighten me what's the actual use for this project? I can only imagine a student that wants to read some mundane stuff but their parents are watching so they pretend…
benterix on HN