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Post by wishinghand »

agentultra wrote: post #290

A couple... 1. Record one album a month. An album must consist of no less than four songs. At least one song must be an original. I can only record on a 4-track cassette recorder. Problem: I'm getting older and find myself nostalgic for the days when I was running my record label and playing in bands. A small, manageable project with no expectations or demands to scratch that itch and get me away from computers for a…

I was with you on your #1 until I saw 4 tracks- I'm not sure I could even get myself down to that few. I know the Beatles did it, but they were far greater musicians than I. I haven't listened to a cassette tape since 1999- how's the quality?

I think I could maybe do 4 tracks if it recorded to an SD card. Do you find the length of a tape adds to limitations in a way that keeps you brief?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by jpangs88 »

adamqureshi wrote: post #532

I am working on this: https://onlyusedtesla.com/ A marketplace to buy / sell a used tesla. My opinion is that Tesla is doing EVERYTHING differently. It would be highly likely that the Tesla on-board vehicle super-computer (currently made by Nvidia - leader in AV tech) could easily handle selling the used vehicle per the owner's request automatically online. All Tesla vehicles are connected to the web via LTE 24/7. I…

Are you making it so tesla cars literally​ sell themselves?

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Post by mahyarm »

RealityVoid wrote: post #499
a1exyz wrote: post #397

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe buoyant wetsuits are a safety feature - if you run into issues, you can release your weight and float to the surface.

But the buoyancy variation with depth is pretty dangerous, I think. I do not know if that variation is truly the fault of the suit or the fleshy diver.

Neoprene compresses at pressure, which means it's less buoyant at lower depths.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by stevejohnson »

Summertunes, a usable web interface for playing a beets music library: https://github.com/irskep/summertunes

This year I switched from streaming to MP3s for at-home listening, and I got fed up messing with 3.5mm audio cables, bluetooth, and switching between devices in general. So now I just run Summertunes and Spotify on an old Mac laptop hooked up to the speakers, and I'm happy as a monkey in a monkey tree.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by thegandhi »

I am working on an app to organize the passport information. Like visas associated with it, expiration, date of leaving/entering a country. Idea is to make it easy to get certain information of your passport when you need it without having the passport handy. For now targeted towards immigrants in USA. Using xamarin to build the app. Plan is to finish development by April end.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by adamqureshi »

jpangs88 wrote: post #542
adamqureshi wrote: post #532

I am working on this: https://onlyusedtesla.com/ A marketplace to buy / sell a used tesla. My opinion is that Tesla is doing EVERYTHING differently. It would be highly likely that the Tesla on-board vehicle super-computer (currently made by Nvidia - leader in AV tech) could easily handle selling the used vehicle per the owner's request automatically online. All Tesla vehicles are connected to the web via LTE 24/7. I…

Are you making it so tesla cars literally​ sell themselves?

Tesla owner needs to cash out and sell his tesla. Opens my app and gets an offer OR uploads to get offers from buyers. I am not sure. What do you think?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by loxias »

ncantelmo wrote: post #29

Problem: The process of getting thoughts from your head into an organized, written draft form isn't as fast or accessible as it could be. Project: I'm building a conversational UI / bot ( https://writing.ai ) that helps people write faster. The basic idea is that it asks you a series of questions about a topic, asks follow-up questions for more detail as needed, and when it's done outputs a completed draft. You're st…

What a cool idea! Writing is my least favorite part of development, just sent an email (loxias AT mit DOT edu), can't wait to try it out.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by albemuth »

thegandhi wrote: post #545

I am working on an app to organize the passport information. Like visas associated with it, expiration, date of leaving/entering a country. Idea is to make it easy to get certain information of your passport when you need it without having the passport handy. For now targeted towards immigrants in USA. Using xamarin to build the app. Plan is to finish development by April end.

Please be careful.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by komon »

SnacksOnAPlane wrote: post #109

Problem: I don't know when the optimal times to go to Krispy Kreme for hot donuts are. Solution: http://hotdonuts.info/ And yes, this is the most important problem in the world.

I used to work at a PNW Krispy Kreme and the hotlight hours there are wildly off. For the store I worked at hotlight is 5-8AM and 4:00-6:00PM.

In my experience, most Krispy Kremes (at least the ones franchised by Kremeworks, which owns the stores from Vancouver, BC to Beaverton, OR and then one in Maui) have pretty set hotlight times with a variance of a few minutes due to human error.

There are also sometimes "bonus" hotlight hours where they make donuts in between normal hours due to demand.

If you're going by the Krispy Kreme API, it's totally dependent on when people actually turn the physical hotlight on, and people tend to forget to turn it on or off, especially during the "bonus" times.

Also, they only turn the hotlight on for the Original Glazed donuts, but that totally leaves out the hot cake donuts and fritters.

There's not a lot of advice in this post, just some insider info. It's definitely a cool project though, but you might be better off just asking your local store when hotlight times are.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by thegandhi »

albemuth wrote: post #548
thegandhi wrote: post #545

I am working on an app to organize the passport information. Like visas associated with it, expiration, date of leaving/entering a country. Idea is to make it easy to get certain information of your passport when you need it without having the passport handy. For now targeted towards immigrants in USA. Using xamarin to build the app. Plan is to finish development by April end.

Please be careful.

With xamarin or visas? ;)
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