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Post by mikewarot »

panphora wrote: post #166

I’m beyond frustrated with modern web development. It feels hyper-inefficient when it could be streamlined. We currently use tools built by the biggest companies on earth (whose main preoccupation is solving scalability problems) to build the most basic applications. We’ve got infinitely nested component with jumbles of state being passed around, new build tools and framework versions being released every week, and w…

I've never used them, but this sounds like the modern equivalent of a 3270 terminal for the web. Better UI, but fields the end user can edit, that then get passed up to the server through all the layers. Am I right?

I just predicted someone would do this in a different thread here on HN ;-)

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Post by jarbus »

Everhusk wrote: post #311

If anyone is interested in trying to help solve "the social dilemma" (www.thesocialdilemma.com), collaborators is the right type of people we're looking to work with. The project has just been announced and you can learn more here: https://social.network We won't compete against facebook and other big tech compensation because we aren't planning to exploit peoples data, democratic systems, etc. for money. But if you…

If this is a social network, you should probably include a screenshot of the interface, features, and what a post looks like, so people know what to expect

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by ryanmentor »

max10541 wrote: post #171

I'm quitting my full-time job this month (already gave my notice) to start a startup with my brother. We're trying to make cheap-but-performant prosthetic hands using 3D printers and Arduino, focusing on the north-west of Syria. To shed some light, it's estimated that around *50 THOUSAND* people suffer from minor or major imputations due to the ongoing war, and most of them need some form of prosthetics. Some estimat…

I applaud you, but it sounds like this isn't really a 'startup'.

Who will pay for this? I imagine the recipients aren't rich.

Looking forward to seeing your announcement of a fund to deliver these charitably at zero cost to patients. :)

Good luck!

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Post by tjchear »

leetrout wrote: post #349
tjchear wrote: post #191

Serverless Authz. Think of an authz (not authn) solution that can be plugged into next.js's serverless API (REST and GraphQL) easily through a javascript library or middleware. At the early stages, still working out the feature set and roadmap, but looking to build a simple MVP that provides immediate value to SaaS builders. Looking for like-minded engineers with domain knowledge in other areas (not necessarily techn…

Have you seen https://authzed.com/ ? I know it's not what you are saying but seems relevant if you haven't already seen it. I think there is a ton of room for new players in the authn and authz markets. I like how narrow you are focused.

I haven't seen it. Thanks for sharing it with me!

Looks like they're going for a graph based system, which subsumes all kinds of authz modeling. That's pretty awesome.

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Post by minhmeoke »

neltnerb wrote: post #239

I want to put together a DIY water cistern out of a 55 gallon barrel by connecting an inlet straight to the tap water through a fine filter. According to the CDC it's fine to store water that way for like 3 months at least, so we can use a siphon to drain the barrel periodically to refill it with fresh water after sanitizing the barrel. What I'd be looking for in a collaborator is people who are able to spread the wo…

The easiest solution is to buy an off-the-shelf water filtration system such as Survivor Filter Pro:

- https://www.survivorfilter.com/products/pro-series-virus-met...

Products like this are tested against water quality standards and can probably can achieve a better performance/price ratio than what you can build yourself unless you're planning to put significant time and effort into this project.

There are universities working on this problem as well who might already have some projects in progress such as: https://news.mit.edu/2020/passive-solar-powered-water-desali...

If you're planning to build your own system for your own amusement or education, then you should first decide how pure do you want the output fresh water to be, and what is your resource (time and money) as well as energy budget?

1. Reverse osmosis seems like the most pragmatic solution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis#Fresh_water_ap...

You can buy inexpensive membranes, water pumps, and solar panels from places like AliExpress but might need to perform modifications to generate the required pressure:

- Reverse Osmosis Membrane: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32669709750.html - Solar-powered fountain: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001095938363.html

2. Solar still: use mirrors to focus sunlight and evaporate water. Easy to build but only practical in climates that receive lots of sunlight, only works during daytime.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_still

3. Electrolysis: probably not practical for filtering lots of water on a large scale because it's slow and energy-intensive, but can result in the purest water. Buy a solar panel, put positive anodes and negative cathode into the water to break it down into hydrogen and oxygen, and then wait for a long time.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_splitting

If you're planning to drink the water for extended periods of time, it might also be a good idea to remineralize the water:

- https://thewatergeeks.com/how-to-remineralize-ro-water/

Also be aware that if you store the water in a plastic barrel, certain phthalates might leach out which could be carcinogenic or interfere with your hormone system. It might be a better idea to use a stainless steel or glass container.

- https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/11/17614540/pl...

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Post by crawfordcomeaux »

crawfordcomeaux wrote: post #116

I'm trying to reclaim the word Santa from the toxic concept Santa has become (judging kids as naughty/nice is a perspective that's subjective and denies the very real need for acceptance, name calling is also a recognized form of abuse). I'm hoping to build a simple first version of www.santaisdeadlonglivesanta.net with a bit of text and a few pictures. It's meant to be the launch of the SANTANET, the network of peop…

Now Everywhere Together

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by minhmeoke »

sha016 wrote: post #329

I have a few website ideas floating around - a news aggregator built for accessibility and (some day) internationalization. I think the toughest problem for this app is parsing all news sites' HTML correctly and would benefit from a group of people working on it. Another idea is to open source the translations so it can serve content from many different countries. Could use some feedback. https://inshapemind.com Anot…

Rather than parsing HTML, it might be easier to look for news organizations that publish an RSS feed and transform that into something that is more accessible and internationalized.

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Post by LoveMe2Times »

A lot of these projects are very serious, make the world a better place kind of thing, which is awesome, so I apologize if my project is more of just a fun thing. With Flash now being EOL, a lot of Flash games are disappearing from the net. While there are existing projects to create an open source Flash player which is good for legacy compatibility, nobody will build new Flash games. So my vision is to create a modern browser based platform that offers a vaguely similar but overall superior experience.

I'm using JavaScript to leverage modern browsers and Node.js to create a platform that makes the creation of online, multiplayer games easy. It is comprised of a few different interesting sub-projects like an async streaming library and my own rendering/templating library (which I know will annoy some people for not using an existing framework).

Right now it's only a few thousand lines of JavaScript but it's complicated due to a large number of moving pieces. Also, I'm using things that require the very latest browsers and Node versions to make life easier, like top level await. Getting Node and the browsers to use the same modules is a PITA to set up initially but then reduces effort moving forward. My outlook is we can circle back and address compatibility issues after making a full POC.

There are lots of interesting problems in this space, dealing with concurrency, async, race conditions, consistency, serializing/deserializing cycle detection, and also interesting browser side stuff with the rendering framework.

The future vision is to make Electron/Cordava (or similar) apps and replicate some of the old flash game sites like Kongregate. We will open source the underlying tech, make some of our own games, and then get others to make games and publish on our site.

Anybody who is good with modern async JavaScript can help, and knowledge of XML, HTML, CSS, SVG, Node, WebASM, Electron/Cordova (or similar) is all helpful. I'm open to converting to TypeScript if somebody knows it well, but it's not a priority.

In my estimate, there's a hundred hours of work required to have a solid POC.

If any of this sounds interesting, email is in my profile.

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Post by minhmeoke »

imagineerschool wrote: post #168

Developer DAO is spinning up some large-scale public goods projects and we need good thinking and devs from across the world to help us grow up right. Would you like to see a global tech workers union or guild? Or a maintainers fund to support all the FLOSS projects the world depends on? It's super early days, the possibility space is wide open! Come join the conversation :)

> A maintainers fund to support all the FLOSS projects the world depends on?

It might be a better idea to partner with an existing organization such as the Software in the Public Interest non-profit. https://www.spi-inc.org/

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Post by max10541 »

ryanmentor wrote: post #373
max10541 wrote: post #171

I'm quitting my full-time job this month (already gave my notice) to start a startup with my brother. We're trying to make cheap-but-performant prosthetic hands using 3D printers and Arduino, focusing on the north-west of Syria. To shed some light, it's estimated that around *50 THOUSAND* people suffer from minor or major imputations due to the ongoing war, and most of them need some form of prosthetics. Some estimat…

I applaud you, but it sounds like this isn't really a 'startup'. Who will pay for this? I imagine the recipients aren't rich. Looking forward to seeing your announcement of a fund to deliver these charitably at zero cost to patients. :) Good luck!

Exactly, the recipients are really in a bad financial situation and many of them live in tents even in the freezing weather. So we've looked into alternative ways to do this, and we're now focusing on NGOs partnerships (NGOs pay, and the recipient gets it for free; we already have one experimental partnership) and crowdfunding (planing on announcing a campaign sometime this month!).
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