Building https://tuiqo.com to try and solve a document versioning problem. We realized that even though we created a new way to do document version control and avoid "v1.doc, v2.doc, final_final.doc" problem; people won't switch to it because of lack of options such as formatting tools or any other pure editor features. We are thinking of possible pivots we could try out and we obviously don't have a product-market fit.
Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
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Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#482Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a similar website with similar concept (for Filipino products). However, I would strongly suggest you find a way to make it a sustainable business for you as well. It sounds nice that you do not take a profit from it but the reality is that your life will change and one day you won't have time for a project that makes no money/operates at loss. Those women will start to rely more and more on the income from yo…
Yeah; I need to really put some processes in to make it more sustainable. We're quite strict with who can come on board as we're really only looking for non-profits or co-operatives.
That's awesome it's in the plan. The initiative is great! All the best from Cambio Market.
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#483Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, but over the long run, no betting system can guarantee a positive return. If you run enough simulations, you will inevitably lose. The Wizard of Odds[1] did a great piece on this and it's definitely worth a read. Also, if you believe to have a betting system that does work, VegasClick[2] runs a $30k wager against your $3k if your system can survive at least 11 of 20 200,000 round games. It's easy money. [1]: http…
I think the other posters mean sports betting and other betting markets when they say "betting" not just casino games where, as you rightly say, there's no way of making money. In sports betting markets it is theoretically possible to make money, but very hard.
Yeah I was thinking of sports betting, however I guess even in casinos you can do card counting or apply the laws of physics to roulette wheels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Doyne_Farmer#Beating_roulet... (although the roulette example could be classed as cheating ;)
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#484Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have changed the wording to be more accurate, thanks!
Not sure if that would be useful but you could use similar approach to recently posted https://send.firefox.com/ that encrypts content before sending it to server using key that is in # param and is never send to server by browser.
Unfortunately, that would make it hard to provide various features server-side, such as code highlighting, and would require JS on the client (and also break raw file downloads, etc). It would also make the editor plugins much more complicated (right now they just POST to an endpoint).
We think that not listing pastes, having them expire soon by default, etc is a good compromise, as we don't claim perfect privacy, just that pastes are always sort of "unlisted".
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#485http://atmosphir.com/
Atmosphir is a 3D platformer where users create levels and play levels created by others, with diverse assets and tools.
We made a community game server that aims to restore playability to the game, since most of it required online to properly function. (user profiles, equipment and sharing levels).
It is even endorsed by the devs, who kindly redirected the original domain name to our website.
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#486Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure, straight from their email: - Lack of content which is original to your site and beneficial to your visitors - Pages that are mainly empty when advertisement content is removed Now does any of that really matter, if the service is moving books? No. But there's no appeal process, and no one to discuss this with. So I'm not glad it happened, but I'm glad it happened early. I've always been hesitant about affiliate…
Honestly there could be a better way by reaching out to other companies that work with you and form some sort of partnership agreement. Then you could give amazon "the finger" simultaneously...if you so desire.
There are other book vendors who've reached out to offer their affiliate programs, but I'm not sure any of them are worth it.
From the short time I was on Amazon, the lion's share of my affiliate revenue came from items other than books that were purchased using cookies that my app had set.
Without those non-book items, I would've made very, very little money (e.g., ~$5 instead of ~$300).
Books don't cost very much, but Persian rugs do! And there aren't many other booksellers out there who also sell Persian rugs...
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#487I just saw this thread, and honestly it is probably too late to get noticed by many, but I'm attempting to 'unsuck the web' with my project[0] by pinning "sticky" website elements where they belong - i.e. the website header shouldn't steal your screen real estate and scroll down the page with you. My project/uBO filter list removes the "annoying" elements noted above as well as other "features" of websites (e.g. soci…
Could you add/did you add killing the annoying "call to action" pop-up dialog? You know, you visit an article and BAM! A fullscreen modal asking to sign-up for their book newsletter? That would be awesome.
Yes, I add these to the list when I come across them.
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#488I've been working on `moncat`, a tool that concatenates e-mails.
It's very 'Unix-y' in the sense that it's supposed to do this and only this.
I created it because I wanted to have a way to make notes without being dependent on apps. With moncat, I can use any e-mail client to incrementally create larger text files.
Currently, I'm using it to write a journal in Markdown that is automatically converted to HTML. How that works: I e-mail journal entries to myself, put them in a mailbox folder, and periodically compile the journal using a cronjob.
moncat accepts some basic commands that you can put in the subject line of the e-mail. For example, you can reorder items to be concatenated. It also handles attachments and nested folders.
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Yeah.. so there is no documentation and the code is pretty shit, since I'm the only one using it. The upside is that the code is also pretty small (around 350 LOC Python in total).
So, just in case anyone is looking for a tool like this... here you go! ;)
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#489I just saw this thread, and honestly it is probably too late to get noticed by many, but I'm attempting to 'unsuck the web' with my project[0] by pinning "sticky" website elements where they belong - i.e. the website header shouldn't steal your screen real estate and scroll down the page with you. My project/uBO filter list removes the "annoying" elements noted above as well as other "features" of websites (e.g. soci…
This is great. I wonder though, how much could you achieve just by creating 1 blanket rule: change every instance on a page of "position: fixed" to "position: absolute" - layout and nav should be more or less the same, across the board, but nothing will follow you down the page! Kryptonite would be sticky footers , but if you're on a site that uses those you should just close the tab anyway. :)
Unfortunately, cosmetic filters that don't target a specific domain have performance implications[1] so I try to make every filter specific to a domain.
That being said I do have a few generic cosmetic filters as part of the list (you can see them near the top of the list) that don't target any specific domain but I don't use the "position: absolute" rule on any of them.
Re: Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
#490"HID Wiimote" [0] a Windows device driver for the Nintendo Wii Remote & Wii U Pro Controller. Started as my Bachelor's thesis and am still working on it every now and then.
[0] https://www.julianloehr.de/educational-work/hid-wiimote/