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Re: Ask HN: Startup ideas that you'll never do?

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Post by red-iron-pine »

traverseda wrote: post #2

Packet switched pneumatic tubes. Back when pneumatic tubes were a big thing we didn't have a lot of the technology we have now. I think a lot of the inefficiency in pneumatic tube networks could be made up for by modern computing and robotics. Obviously a lot of challenged but if you could get the downtown core of a high density city on board as a trial project you could be delivering everything from packages to fast…

if nothing else it could probably make a neat RFC

Re: Ask HN: Startup ideas that you'll never do?

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Post by phanimahesh »

schwartzworld wrote: post #24
warrenm wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not (other than the space constraints)? I don't know if it's a good idea, but it's an idea

It would more humane to grow whale blubber in a lab. Even if you don't care about the suffering of whales who are absolutely miserable in confinement, there's no way to make farming such large animals economical. It's why you can't farm bluefin tuna, it just takes too much food and space compared to what you get.

Not to mention the relatively high levels of intelligence in many whales.

Re: Ask HN: Startup ideas that you'll never do?

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Post by warrenm »

samsquire wrote: post #60
warrenm wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

there are definitely tools (monitoring, observability, etc) out that that do that (or most of that) currently :)

I've used grafana, but what I want are visualizations that represents trains or cars or particles and queuing theory.

probably easiest (if you were going to do it) to build an add-on for one (or more) of the existing platforms :)

Re: Ask HN: Startup ideas that you'll never do?

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Post by aramndrt »

Developing software for small, independent cinemas is a notable idea. While I can't speak for the global situation, based on my experience in Europe, many cinemas suffer from outdated and subpar booking software. Creating an aesthetically pleasing platform akin to Shopify for webshops could prove to be a lucrative endeavour. My research into existing solutions revealed a dearth of options, and the few available ones look crap.

Re: Ask HN: Startup ideas that you'll never do?

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Post by warrenm »

aramndrt wrote: post #66

Developing software for small, independent cinemas is a notable idea. While I can't speak for the global situation, based on my experience in Europe, many cinemas suffer from outdated and subpar booking software. Creating an aesthetically pleasing platform akin to Shopify for webshops could prove to be a lucrative endeavour. My research into existing solutions revealed a dearth of options, and the few available ones…

20+ years ago, that was the final project assignment in the VB6 class I took in college

...Though we manually had to manage the seating arrangement - each of us (to a better or worser extent (mine looked not-so-great, but was one of the few that worked)) had to build a theater booking tool backended by Access

Re: Ask HN: Startup ideas that you'll never do?

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Post by jdwyah »

philomath_mn wrote: post #47
jdwyah wrote: post #4

Serial cereals. It's a breakfast cereal, but each month the box comes with the next installment of the next Dickens.

Uhh, that is a fantastic idea. Where do I sign up?

It's so good right???

Then we can branch out to different cereal types for different genres... Count Chocula -> Serial Mysteries.

I wish I didn't already have a startup. This one has been a dream for me since somebody spitballed it in 1999.

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