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I want to work on a project that allows for easily sharing paywalled links for the price of $1. It seems Stripe will take 30 cents (plus transaction fees) on every dollar processed…

Do you care about what platform the solution is on? I.e Linux/Windows desktop application, Chrome extension, mobile app, website in a separate tab, etc.?

Out of curiosity, what do you then do with the transcriptions? You said you typically talk out loud while working, but do you continue working like normal after the transcription i…

Do you think most people looking for a solution like this are aware of Google Meet's feature?

For sure, but when you say "works well" what would that look like to you? There might be some sacrifices on the video-chat side (this app wouldn't compete with Zoom, for example, o…

I have a lot of friends abroad I met while traveling, but lost fluency in those languages over the years. I built a piece of tech that is a barebones video chat app that can transl…

I get a lot of letters in the mail, texts, and phone calls from real estate investors trying to buy one of my rental properties. I know they found my info by checking county assess…

Thanks for sharing. Why do you think Doximity succeeded versus physicians just networking on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is clearly the largest amalgamation of different professionals on a single platform. Oftentimes, however, it falls short when you want to either connect with or learn abou…

Let's start by acknowledging that most SaaS products fail and there is no secret to success. Irrespectively, if you were to start a new SaaS product in any industry, what's the mos…

It's not so much it isn't your job, but wouldn't you want to help someone in desperate need for a job, especially if you would benefit (in some form of incentive) from it too?

I get a lot of emails and LinkedIn messages from recruiters, startup founders, headhunters, etc. trying to sell me on working for XYZ companies. I tend to ignore most of them. The …

Yes, I agree that a strict terms of service definitely helps. If you had an automated solution that would save you the time and win most of the disputes, would you be interested in…

While reading this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/11mjiar/friendly_fraud_chargeback_abuse/ one of the commenters gave a very detailed, structured str…

If you're a small business owner or run a SaaS product with a small team, how do you handle customers doing chargebacks? It's expensive to dispute each charge, some processors are …

Doesn't success in the stock market or scaling a startup require access to capital or debt as well? Sure you can bootstrap the latter, or play the long game by gradually investing …

I agree with you regarding investors with deep pockets buying up so much of the already low supply of SFHs across the country. And I also imagine HN wouldn't take much issue with s…

Accounting for the 50% increase, it sounds like you walked away with a profit then. If you invested a small fraction of your monthly cash flow into a good property manager, it soun…

Would you be more interested in RE then if you were exposed primarily to properties in your geographic market with a strategy that is specific to the macro-economy at that time / e…

Did you try using a property manager? For me, it's mostly been hands-off relying on my PMs to manage all my rentals. Every now and then I will have to step in regarding an issue wi…

I also got that impression, but was curious to know why. PE firms like Blackstone or large corps exclusively buying up 1000s of SFHs I understand. But why would HN take issue with …

For those looking to get into real estate, what's holding you back from making your first/next real estate investment? I don't expect Hacker News to have a high density of real est…

I've studied Japanese in my free time since high school, on-and-off, starting with Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji". I'm curious to know what has been the biggest challenges others…

How much does it currently cost you (per session) to book someone on iTalki? And which would you prefer: a cheaper, on-demand version of iTalki (you get matched with someone alread…

Where did you find these German native speakers to practice with? And you said "such an app already exists", but not for German and Japanese. Do you know the name? I have a lot of …