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Idea: StackOverflow for comebacks I've always had a hard time coming up with a good comeback in conversations. It would be great to have a site where I could post a situation and have the community suggest and upvote/downvote insults and comebacks. Maybe introduce a real-time element so I could use it in an actual conversation.
[X-post from the previous Idea Sunday thread that didn't make it to the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7616132 ] Idea: a new way to purchase and set up a fish tank. Currently, you have two options: a) Buy everything separately - tank, filter, heater, plants, fish. You have to find out whether your fish and plants are compatible and your tank is big enough for what you want etc. You have to figure ou…
A consumer machine that can be configured to takes as inputs:
1. A set of different electrical part. (Perhaps self-contained in a large box like printer ink is)
2. A circuit board schematic file
The machine cuts the board and solders the parts in.
And there you have it! Your own computer factory! (For limited definitions of "computer")
If this idea ever piques anyone's interest, I'd love to lend a hand with it.
Idea: StackOverflow for comebacks I've always had a hard time coming up with a good comeback in conversations. It would be great to have a site where I could post a situation and have the community suggest and upvote/downvote insults and comebacks. Maybe introduce a real-time element so I could use it in an actual conversation.
Twitter?
Idea: Git-story, a website that generates summary narratives from git commit histories and other github data.
Here's a brain-dump with some ideas for the specifics:
Use foreshadowing: "It all started with one person, X, spending months to gradually build what would one day become Y, a project forked by hundreds and starred by thousands."
When someone makes their first contribution to a project give them a brief introduction, like a shorter version of http://osrc.dfm.io/
Use sentiment analysis on commit messages to say things like "Frustrations mount as...", "the developers rejoice after..."
When people work on multiple concurrent branches use use phrases like: Meanwhile, X and Y toil away on the new Z feature.
Use the time between commits to chunk them into single sentences/paragraphs. Also, add comments if the project goes dormant, or if there is a spike in development.
Use keywords in commit messages like merge, revert, resolve to generate events in the story.
When bugs are resolved look for linked issues and use the age of the bug and number of comments to say thinks like "X finally fixed the controversial Y bug"
Idea: StackOverflow for comebacks I've always had a hard time coming up with a good comeback in conversations. It would be great to have a site where I could post a situation and have the community suggest and upvote/downvote insults and comebacks. Maybe introduce a real-time element so I could use it in an actual conversation.
Twitter?
EDDIT: Re gamifying, karma does it.