Viewing profile — bsldld
bsldld
HN member- Joined
- Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 12:46 PM UTC
- HN karma
- 151
- Public activity
- 182 items
- HN profile
- View on Hacker News ↗
About bsldld
Recent public activity
-
comment
Comment #34936685
Education without loan. One approach is documented here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
-
comment
Comment #34308119
Disconnect between education and employment. I have written about it here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
-
comment
Comment #34172206
I don't have any project up and running, but I had tried in the past(and still looking) to get like minded people to work on an open source project to make education equity-based r…
-
comment
Comment #33804489
This project idea falls under the category of "moonshot project". And it is an open source and not for profit idea. I don't think anyone will invest in the usual sense.
-
comment
Comment #33777334
> ...Apple and Google have “moved” on. Apple moved to Swift, but what has Google moved to?
-
comment
Comment #33777156
A universal platform to facilitate loan-free education. This will not only make education accessible but also help social mobility. More info is available here: https://loan-free-e…
-
comment
Comment #33733158
I am interested, but initially could I participate just as an observer?
-
comment
Comment #33532027
> 1 is an awesome idea and I'd love to hear more. Basic idea is to use a federated blockchain platform to form a graph of students, teachers, employers and relevant government agen…
-
comment
Comment #33531384
I have two ideas. But, as I said in my post, I am open to ideas from others. Here are my two ideas: 0. Making education funding sustainable without putting student into debt. Busin…
- comment
-
comment
Comment #33531206
You also need to account for exchange rate and processing fees. Some recipients may not receive 1 dollar. Edit0: Also, I just realised, many poor people do not have means to exchan…
-
comment
Comment #33531139
> What exactly are you pitching? Some people have ideas to fix something within the society that they think can be better. Engineers also have some such ideas. I would like to get …
-
comment
Comment #33528527
This! And it is not just for Maths. Every subject taught has this problem. Another problem similar to this issue is very well articulated by Salman Khan of Khan Academy here: https…
-
story
Ask HN: Anyone interested in working on projects related to social causes?
I am a software engineer and want to form a group of like-minded software engineers to work on something that will make a difference on a massive scale (not immediately, but over a…
-
comment
Comment #33492189
Education funding should be based on equity, and not on debt. And it should be funded by the society as a whole and not by some private for-profit entities. It is outrageous that w…
-
comment
Comment #33176066
Possibility of Microsoft buying Facebook is not unthinkable. Microsoft is already an investor in Facebook. Both HoloLens and Oculus are already moving in the same direction with en…
-
story
Ask HN: Looking for co-developers for 2 open source ideas in EdTech
Hey Everyone! I have two open source project ideas in the domain of education technology. We can bounce ideas across and flesh out the details further once we meet. I will describe…
-
comment
Comment #32366859
I am working on https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org It is at present just at conceptual level, but I am talking to the stakeholders. Why is this cool? Well, if this works, then not …
-
comment
Comment #31656165
Here is one: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org It is an idea to provide loan-free education.
-
comment
Comment #29847573
> Blockchains are designed to be a network of peers, but not designed such that it’s really possible for your mobile device... If I am not mistaken Hyperledger Iroha[0] has(had?) t…
-
comment
Comment #29839144
> I think Discord would be better. There is a link to the corresponding Discord server too in the menubar. Here is the invite: https://discord.gg/RAdT4cJUHC > I joined your subRedd…
-
story
Tell HN: Code_connect: A subreddit to hangout, discuss projects and team-up
In response to a recent question[0] on HN regarding ways to connect with other developers, I created a subreddit[1] to hangout, discuss side-projects and to team-up on new project.…
-
comment
Comment #29835227
Thank you for the link! :) Sorry for not including it in my post.
-
story
Code_connect: A subreddit to hangout, discuss projects and team-up
In response to a recent question on HN regarding ways to connect with other developers, I created a subreddit to hangout, discuss side-projects and team-up for new project. Please …
-
comment
Comment #29389803
> You may not have a single entity controlling it but you still have a group of entities who already trust each other and have agreed to create a shared database. That is the reaso…