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Ask HN: What software will you build if your financial needs were full covered?

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Ask HN: What software will you build if your financial needs were full covered?

#1
While many of us have reasonably fulfilling professional lives, there is still the need to make mortgage payments and other financial needs that will keep us grinding away at a day job for years to come. And thus we find ourselves working on problems or industry sectors that we don't particularly care for.

So I wanted to try this thought experiment: Imagine that you are immediately freed of all financial obligations for the rest of your life (housing, taking care of family, saving for retirement etc).

What kind of software would you be bringing into existence then?

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#9
I've gotten bored with software so, I'll take your question and extend it to my interests. Found a motor with pretty good torque(~2 ft/lbs):

https://www.servocity.com/html/124_rpm_econ_gearmotor__63835...

Want to turn it into a servo and eventually a robotic arm which could extend out 3 ft and lift about 1-1.5 lbs. for about $200.

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#10
I'd create an alternative mobile OS from the ground up. I've become disillusioned with iOS and Android both. Neithor of them nor any of the alternatives make full use of the hardware. Phones are capable of doing so much, yet in practice they fail when you ask them to do much of anything.

Or, maybe I'd just build myself an electric motorcycle. There's a lot of interesting work in Battery management these days and a motorcycle is a good platform for experimentation.

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