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Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Problem?

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Not sure about startup but -- I'm unable to retain minutia in my brain for long (weeks, months, years) periods but the industry I work in requires it. Examples include: How many queues does X have? How many are write-only queues? How many can be reconfigured to become wider queues? What are the protocols supported by Y? Which version of the protocols are supported? I would like a tool, - accessible at my fingertips (…

You could try my app, it’s free.

https://paperbirch.app/notes/notes.html

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Problem?

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How much of our lives is spent filling out forms? They usually ask for the same data (much of it unchanging) for a lifetime.

So: this: Each of us may acquire a single-purpose, secure personal-storage device we can easily backup (but with a different key). A query from some org will ask for a list of particulars. If a particular is already on the device, it may be routinely added to the output queue, else it asks us if we wish it to be queued. We can choose to add a missing particular, or edit an existing one. Click, click, gone, done. A particular which requires an official confirmation (e.g. birth certificate) will include a DOI. Org must swap-certify with issueing agency. (It's not my account number.)

Etc. etc. If it does not recognize our voice input on insertion (or detects a rubber hose), it warns the carrier, signals Skynet, then bursts into flames.

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Problem?

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How much of our lives is spent filling out forms? They usually ask for the same data (much of it unchanging) for a lifetime . So: this: Each of us may acquire a single-purpose, secure personal-storage device we can easily backup (but with a different key). A query from some org will ask for a list of particulars. If a particular is already on the device, it may be routinely added to the output queue, else it asks us…

The open source password manager I use, Bitwarden, is great for this. I can create an “identity” with tons of information and it will auto-fill any form. It works with credit cards as well.

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Problem?

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Not sure about startup but -- I'm unable to retain minutia in my brain for long (weeks, months, years) periods but the industry I work in requires it. Examples include: How many queues does X have? How many are write-only queues? How many can be reconfigured to become wider queues? What are the protocols supported by Y? Which version of the protocols are supported? I would like a tool, - accessible at my fingertips (…

We're in a golden age of note taking so I'd check out some of the stuff in the "second brain" space. Obsidian, in particular, is like an IDE for notes that you can customize (e.g. note templates, YAML front matter, plugins that will parse the frontmatter and generate tables dynamically, etc)

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Problem?

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Shazam but for every track on soundcloud above 500 listens. There are way too many good songs on there that will never hit more mainstream platforms and be recognized by Shazam.

There's the crowdsourced method and they want/wanted help monetizing it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14658710

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Problem?

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Recipes w/ calories, pricing to my favorite grocery stores (Trader Joes, Sprouts, Whole foods), and food prep instructions (sunday night prep) I can tell you if you're looking to make this a startup idea, its a shitty one. Bad Market, Hard problem. With that said, I'd pay >$100 a year for it.

I'm at a startup that does mostly this. As you said, bad market.

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Problem?

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Recipes w/ calories, pricing to my favorite grocery stores (Trader Joes, Sprouts, Whole foods), and food prep instructions (sunday night prep) I can tell you if you're looking to make this a startup idea, its a shitty one. Bad Market, Hard problem. With that said, I'd pay >$100 a year for it.

And ideally, what isle it's in for an optimized shopping path. No, I don't want someone to pull it from the shelf and deliver, I just want to find it fast.

Re: Ask HN: What Is Your Problem?

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Recipes w/ calories, pricing to my favorite grocery stores (Trader Joes, Sprouts, Whole foods), and food prep instructions (sunday night prep) I can tell you if you're looking to make this a startup idea, its a shitty one. Bad Market, Hard problem. With that said, I'd pay >$100 a year for it.

I did something like this before. It's a pretty good, loyal market. The trick was selling ingredients that you can't easily get in supermarkets (e.g. stevia), and doing recipes to a certain niche (e.g. Asian low carb).

It might be harder in the US because of how much more competitive the grocery market is.

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