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Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

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Re: Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

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Post by perf1 »

I started developing a chrome extension that basically allows to watch videos together (synchronizes video playback) and also has an extra twist.

But Google shutting down reviews (temporarily) and all the other drama I read in the pusbullet thread on HN yesterday is a concern for me.

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Post by mylons »

I’ve been smoking meats @ http://www.instagram.com/tahoebbq and after messaging myself on slack to keep track of my kettlebell sets made https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simple-and-sinister/id15132753... to simply track my sets for now. Thinking of adding some graphs to track progress and a timer this weekend.

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Post by zciwor »

I've been drinking more coffee than usual, but still haven't perfected my French press. The internet told me it was because of non-uniform grind size as a result of my cheap grinder. So, I knocked together something that can track coffee particle size distribution using my phone camera.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grind.front.en...

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Post by prithsr »

(Though this surely exists) I'm working on a website that would allow people to remember their pill-routine in a more interactive way. i.e., many of my friends who are on xyz medication (from multivitamins to birth control) and tend to take them on a specific schedule, tend to start ignoring their phone's native reminders app because it gets very annoying, and some still forget. On my platform (hopefully) people will be able to access their own private dashboard where they'll be able enter info, view all, and somehow let me remind them automatically if they so choose (without me actually having access to their dashboard).

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Post by ingenieroariel »

My quarantine side project is improving electricity in my neighborhood. Advising others on surge protectors vs elevators.

Rallying others to unplug an entire new development that is leeching from our community transformer / meter. And then trying to build bridges so they start chiming in with $ if they want to connect again.

Now that everyone is at their households all the time it is easier to have people pay attention to chronic problems and fix them for good.

The other project is getting old computers of mine fixed up and giving them to households around with more than one child. Here in Colombia a lot of schools started doing remote but only 50% of kids have equipment to connect from.

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