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Post by firedating »

myroon5 wrote: post #145
firedating wrote: post #18

I develop https://firedating.me - my hobby project and a place for FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early) enthusiasts to find friends and a partner. My goal is to help FIRE people build meaningful connections and decrease the amount of loneliness in the community. I don't make any money, instead I've spent around $130 and 400 hours so far. It is actually a lot of fun to learn web development and encounter vario…

Any chance of open sourcing the code for others to contribute as well?

To be honest, I am not sure whether engineering is a bottle neck as of now. Site's functionality has actually pretty much converged and it already works. Full blown open sourcing seems like a large endeavor and I just spend 1.5 hours a day. I tried finding collaborators, but unfortunately people just get busy with time and don't contribute. If you are interested to collaborate (Django/Python) or have specific ideas/advice on open sourcing, I would appreciate to discuss more (https://firedating.me/feedback).

My previous experience was that it was taking more of my time to collaborate than to do stuff on my own. I agree that this might change and that's why I am open to explore :)

Re: Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

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Post by stuntkite »

davehcker wrote: post #142

Vertical indoor farm to reach the highest throughout possible per cubic meter are, using only non-GMO plants by discovering the right phenomics- https://hexafarms.com Vertical indoor farms are getting a lot of attention in the recent times, but the issue is the lack of plant expertise. Even if you were to go through all the literature, you would never find a holistic study that takes into account all the optimal fact…

I like this project and I like you. Thank you for sharing! I'll be sure to keep and eye on it and possibly contribute.

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Post by kdbg »

https://dayzerosec.com - We do a weekly security podcast on exploit development and related topics/research.

Its a pretty niche target audience so its unlikely to make money or be any sort of object success. But its self-fulfilling; it has been great for keeping me on top of new research and trends that impact my job.

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Post by consumer451 »

fsflover wrote: post #413
davehcker wrote: post #375

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OP here; not kidding, but once you get down to talking to your actual customers, one has only so much energy to convince people that GMO is not necessarily bad. May be I'm harming myself by being so honest here- but the general consumer is so pleased to know that our produce is so good and is not 'the plastic GMO thing'. This, so far, has been what I've found in over 10 restaurant/gourmet/general consumer interviews.

You are probably right. But directly advertising your product as "GMO-free" helps spread fake-news that GMO may be harmful. Please don't do it.

> fake-news that GMO may be harmful.

I would argue that saying all GMO products are equal and the entire concept is safe is also not correct. To me, "GMOs are totally safe" sounds a lot like saying "chemicals are totally safe."

There are multiple techniques, many possible product categories, with many possible safety outcomes. The safety relies on regulation by U.S. agencies which are mostly compromised by regulatory capture in a market with trillion dollar IP potential.

It is not insane anti-science to question the deployment of GMO products into the food chain and ecosystem.

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Post by yhoneycomb »

seanwilson wrote: post #246
yhoneycomb wrote: post #242

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Wow your game's website was blocked by my hospital Looks like you've made it to the BIG LEAGUES I'll check it out when I get home lol

Haha, guessing the whole of itch.io and other well known gaming sites are blocked? It's the first time I've used itch.io. It's cool for quickly throwing up a web game page.

Oh true yea I guess it's all of itch.io! What a shame

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Post by fsflover »

consumer451 wrote: post #424
fsflover wrote: post #413

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are probably right. But directly advertising your product as "GMO-free" helps spread fake-news that GMO may be harmful. Please don't do it.

> fake-news that GMO may be harmful. I would argue that saying all GMO products are equal and the entire concept is safe is also not correct. To me, "GMOs are totally safe" sounds a lot like saying "chemicals are totally safe." There are multiple techniques, many possible product categories, with many possible safety outcomes. The safety relies on regulation by U.S. agencies which are mostly compromised by regulatory…

See my link above with scientific references. In the same way you can add poison (or herbicides) in non-GMO crops. It does not prove anything.

See also: https://xkcd.com/641/.

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Post by marcosdumay »

xchaotic wrote: post #196
davehcker wrote: post #142

Vertical indoor farm to reach the highest throughout possible per cubic meter are, using only non-GMO plants by discovering the right phenomics- https://hexafarms.com Vertical indoor farms are getting a lot of attention in the recent times, but the issue is the lack of plant expertise. Even if you were to go through all the literature, you would never find a holistic study that takes into account all the optimal fact…

"By the year 2025, 63% of the world’s population will be living in cities" I wonder if Covid will revise those trends. Where I live (rural), there's plenty of unused land that needs a lot let contortions to farm (cheaper) but is indeed further away from the mouths to be fed in cities. How is the math behind urban farms vs simply shipping food into the city?

> I wonder if Covid will revise those trends.

I imagine COVID may possibly have an impact on our megacities trend (even though it had many dying signals already), but I don't believe it may push people into rural areas. Rural life isn't for everybody.

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Post by rapnie »

irjustin wrote: post #299
zcbenz wrote: post #230

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In the "Examples" section of README, you can find links to examples with screenshots.

Apologies if I sound overly harsh, but you've got to listen to the feedback. 2 people complained about the same thing, and you gave feedback that was "it's over here, but not where you think it is" that's a UX problem in a README. I went to look at the README me, clicked Sample App (with Screen Shots) and there's no screen shots. I gave up. Make the screen shot, at least one, front and center on the main README. 2 we…

> you've got to listen to the feedback.

Feedback is always nice and wonderful if people freely provide it, but I don't see - especially in light of this Ask HN topic - why one 'has to' listen to it? Or to 'complaints' for that matter, on someone's pet OSS project. Sure, it might be prudent to listen, but it is totally up to the maintainer to do so or not.

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Post by dr_kiszonka »

davehcker wrote: post #142

Vertical indoor farm to reach the highest throughout possible per cubic meter are, using only non-GMO plants by discovering the right phenomics- https://hexafarms.com Vertical indoor farms are getting a lot of attention in the recent times, but the issue is the lack of plant expertise. Even if you were to go through all the literature, you would never find a holistic study that takes into account all the optimal fact…

What a great project! I was wondering if the details of your home set-up are available anywhere online?

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Post by TeMPOraL »

FriedrichN wrote: post #378
TeMPOraL wrote: post #313

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Someone trying to force out the contents of their bowels out? The sound of said contents making contact with the water in the bowl? Etc.

Fair enough, I can't really get upset about that. Everybody poops, man.

Everybody farts, too.
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