Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build?
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#522A fully open source business workflow engine, pre-built with a great UI for the users to execute the workflow. Mobile friendly is a definite plus. Almost all government software are essentially workflow engines. This would instantaneously solve loads of problems.
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#523Editor's code completion based on deep learning.
I found GrepPage pretty interesting: https://www.greppage.com/
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#524OKC for child care. Families are different . Right now there is no way, outside of super-expensive agencies, to find a good nanny/family match. Currently, THE website to find childcare is care.com . But when hiring families sign on, usually they auto-generate a profile using check boxes such as "We like arts and crafts!" or "Playing outdoors". So there is absolutely nothing to distinguish one family from another. (Hi…
But you say: >If that information could be gathered, and you could get a list of the best matches for your family (or vice versa), then the huge Russian Roulette risk of getting a new nanny/babysitter or finding a new job could be ameliorated.
Clearly relying on the user to provide that info will result in it being fashioned to be marketable. So how would you ensure correct data?
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#525I wish someone would build an interactive teaching AI, (perhaps in a mathematical context at first). For example, the user might start with a goal such as, "I'd like to understand singular value decomposition." The AI would interactively assess the user's level of background and begin instruction at the appropriate level, leading to the desired goal.
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#526An app that trains you to recognize logical fallacies and cognitive biases with suggestions on how to improve your thought process per case.
rationality.org
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#528This is more of a re-engineering of modern society. I want a drone that carries babies and small children and follows you around. It can follow your car or follow you into large stores like Target and Walmart. That way I can go about my day with my kids effortlessly hovering around at all times.
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#529A service that provides a URL for a song. Right now if I write a tweet or a blog post that links to a song there is at least a 10% chance (even if to is an official post by the artist) that a few weeks from now the URL will be bad. Some official service that the label can update when it decides to change it's "official streaming partner" would be great. Perhaps it can be done without the cooperating of the artists/la…
A permalink to music should contain some metadata and a fingerprint of the track in the URL. Possibly DHT?
Background: I used to run an online music store.
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#530Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am working on #2. There has to be some sort of incentive for the mentors for this to be sustainable. As a mentee what can you provide to the mentor? What do you think will make this relationship be sustainable?
I feel like the best mentor/mentee relationships aren't based on incentives, but a friendship/concern for one another. A small handful of senior ex-colleagues who I've worked with genuinely look out for me and my career interests. It takes time from their day and often unrewarded intros to their network. Aside from goodwill (and maybe a referral bonus if it leads to a job), there isn't much incentive for them. If we…
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