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Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by nathanrjones » Mon, Apr 28, 2014, 4:24 AM UTC

karangoeluw wrote: post #5

Ok I'll go first. It's an "Imgur for audio files". Now there's times when you record an audio and want to share it. What do you do? Uhh,, umm.... Yup. exactly. There's no reliable, easy-to-use app to share audio files (not music). So, this is a web/mobile app for easily uploading and sharing audio files, and playing them. I don't have a full plan laid out, but I'll work on it for sure. (If you'd like to be notified w…

Alternatively, if you don't feel like waiting you could use Audiour, the original "Imgur of Audio."

http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/1hr1tm/the_imgur_of_a...

It was just relaunched as Clyp: http://clyp.it

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by tomasz207 » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 6:35 PM UTC

whichdan wrote: post #210

avalaunch wrote: post #174

A major pain point in my life is house maintenance and repair. I really miss having a (good) landlord. That's what I want - a single point of contact to manage the upkeep of and fix any issues related to my home. There's so much friction in the process of finding the various contractors needed to keep a home in good order. First you have to search on craigslist, angieslist, or google for contractors that service your…

I really like this idea. It would be great for renters, too, if the services could be opted for a-la carte at a slightly higher rate. For instance, in Boston, I needed someone to help bring over an in-window air conditioner from a friend's apartment and install it properly in a window. I had to spend the better part of an hour vetting different Yelp-style contractor sites, several actual contractors, and calling a fe…

TaskRabbit

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by jhardcastle » Thu, May 01, 2014, 12:52 AM UTC

raldi wrote: post #462

raldi wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought reddit fixed its search function sometime in, like, 2010. What have you searched for recently that didn't give the results you were looking for?

(sound of crickets)

You are right. I was unjustly unfair, and my information is outdated. As a longtime user of the site, I suppose old biases die hard. Thanks for all you've done to improve things over there.