Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by matte_black » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:03 AM UTC

Assuming everyone knows each other and is ready to work, I would introduce myself and my idea: A dating social network that uses genetics data as one of the criteria for matching people.

I will select the top managers in the group, assign each a responsibility, and then have them go into the crowd and build out their team to help accomplish that. I would have the best pitchmen go out and try to raise money from investors.

Everyone goes to work while I sit back in my chair and tent my fingers.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by doctorless » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:03 AM UTC

seiferteric wrote: post #18

doctorless wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same could be said for conservative candidates. You’re making the assumption the userbase of HN is politically homogenous, when it is not.

He's doing no such thing. The question was what YOU would do with 100 people, and he answered straightforwardly.

Making the assumption in the sense that this opinion would be viewed universally favorably on HN and not a flamepost provocation.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by toomuchtodo » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:04 AM UTC

doctorless wrote: post #22

seiferteric wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's doing no such thing. The question was what YOU would do with 100 people, and he answered straightforwardly.

Making the assumption in the sense that this opinion would be viewed universally favorably on HN and not a flamepost provocation.

I wasn’t aware that my suggestion had to agree with the hive mind to be posted.

I don’t post to provoke, ever; life is too short, and moderator time is a scarce resource.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by rustler » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:04 AM UTC

A portable personal Internet server that runs as a turnkey no-user-maintenance image on AWS, Digital Ocean, and OpenStack. It hosts your email, federated social networking and chat, file sharing and ad-blocking web proxy. The user experience is pure Internet with no ads, surveillance or vendor lock-in, all for $6/mo (hosting + DNS).

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by peterwwillis » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:05 AM UTC

Oh, that's easy.

Develop a non profit program to bring tech skills to disadvantaged communities so they can get basic remote work jobs and put food on the table. Key word: 'bring'.

It wouldn't make any money at all, but it might change some lives.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by oceanghost » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:05 AM UTC

Build educational tools. Bring the cost of learning as low as possible.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by newman8r » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:08 AM UTC

matte_black wrote: post #21

Assuming everyone knows each other and is ready to work, I would introduce myself and my idea: A dating social network that uses genetics data as one of the criteria for matching people. I will select the top managers in the group, assign each a responsibility, and then have them go into the crowd and build out their team to help accomplish that. I would have the best pitchmen go out and try to raise money from inves…

Are you actually working on that? Sounds cool.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by raverbashing » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:09 AM UTC

I would have them prototype a new computer language + ide for it

This language would have usability in mind as well as throwing out established assumptions. For example, that source code should be ascii text. Or that anyone should decide between tabs/spaces.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by adamnemecek » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:13 AM UTC

raverbashing wrote: post #28

I would have them prototype a new computer language + ide for it This language would have usability in mind as well as throwing out established assumptions. For example, that source code should be ascii text. Or that anyone should decide between tabs/spaces.

Not enough people. Languages are hard as well as bad for making money. 100 days is too few.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

#30

Post by gameswithgo » Sat, Jul 07, 2018, 1:15 AM UTC

tw2002 mmo