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Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Post by matiasb »

chc4 wrote: post #99
matiasb wrote: post #82

An experimental, proof-of-concept, distributed forum built on top of Ethereum[1]. This means all the posts are cryptographically signed and stored in the blockchain. [1] https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde/etherforum

That's awesome! I tried signing up, but it's lagging out my browser a little bit and it doesn't look like any forums are up yet. I'll definitely keep an eye on this though. Did you post it to /r/ethereum yet? Cuz you totally should.

Thank you, I removed the version that was online because I'm planning to setup automatic deployment for it.

I think I've posted it here [0], I will hopefully finish a better release soon, and I'll share it again.

Thank you!

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/3ynznd/poll_what_...

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Post by matiasb »

chc4 wrote: post #99
matiasb wrote: post #82

An experimental, proof-of-concept, distributed forum built on top of Ethereum[1]. This means all the posts are cryptographically signed and stored in the blockchain. [1] https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde/etherforum

That's awesome! I tried signing up, but it's lagging out my browser a little bit and it doesn't look like any forums are up yet. I'll definitely keep an eye on this though. Did you post it to /r/ethereum yet? Cuz you totally should.

BTW, I'm planning an Ethereum meetup in Asuncion, Paraguay this week (in the middle of South America), just in case there's some hacker around the continent/country :)

Contact me for details!

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Post by justinclift »

MichaelAO wrote: post #47

Atmospheric cube satellite kits for STEM programs: http://www.trimtab.space/ We 3D print a cube satellite, send them to the school, they fill it with their experiments (conditions are extreme at 100,000 ft.) and we send it up on a high altitude balloon. We've got a 3U launch planned a few weeks from now.

100,000ft isn't even close to Low Earth Orbit.

Isn't calling that a "satellite" mis-representation? :(

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Post by miguelrochefort »

pedalpete wrote: post #111
miguelrochefort wrote: post #98

I'm rethinking the computer. The hardware, the software, the UI paradigms, everything. Xerox PARC 2.0. - We must stop writing UI by hand - We must adopt a new language that's less ambiguous - We must prefer graphs to trees - We must not build service-specific apps and websites - We must stop thinking of computer hardware as a personal device, and make switching from a device to another completely seamless - Local sto…

Big and bold challenges. Does the "no difference between creating and using software" not cover much/most of your considerations? I'm curious where you've taken to the idea of things like graphs over trees, should a new system be so opinionated? or is there a way to develop something flexible enough that when the next thing after graphs comes along, your system will be able to adapt.

I have lost all motivation for lesser challenges. I can't be excited about a very specific project with a doman-specific purpose.

One could probably summarize my mission as to bridge the gap between consuming and creating software. Sometimes, I tell people that I'm creating a new language (which I am).

A tree is just a unidirectional graph. Most file systems use the tree structure which is crippling. I'd like to know what's better and more flexible than a graph.

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Post by someotheridiot »

https://rebrickable.com - A LEGO database that shows you which sets you can build from your existing collection, also includes thousands of fan-submitted designs.

I started in a few years ago, but over the Christmas break I put a lot of time into it and it's growth has spiked quite well as a result. I need to upgrade my servers now :/

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Post by joshmn »

gwintrob wrote: post #78
joshmn wrote: post #42

Helping America's inmates reach the outside world. I used to be one.

Interesting! Have you seen https://pigeon.ly/ ?

I have, but briefly. This is solving a different problem.

I was told today in discussing it with a peer that it's a "marketers dream."

But I am not a marketer. Yes, this is me welcoming intros. :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Post by simoncion »

danielvf wrote: post #93
simoncion wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Urrgh. I should have put up a "Be dreadfully careful with your replies, lest they maybe contain spoilers." warning. Mea culpa. :P

Zero spoilers in my replies, I think. The order book has nothing to do with winning the levels, just for fun.

For these sorts of things, I'm unreasonably sensitive to spoilers. The assertion that the current levels don't require that much infrastructure is on the spoilery side of the edge of spoiler territory for me.

Like I said, there was no way you could have known, as I didn't mention my opinions on spoilers. So, no worries. :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you currently building?

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Post by zbjornson »

Finished a lot of stuff:

- First blog post, benchmarking AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage and Azure storage, http://blog.zachbjornson.com/2015/12/29/cloud-storage-perfor...

- MongoDB driver for Mathematica, https://github.com/zbjornson/MongoDBLink

- Started packaging bioinformatics tools for Mathematica (a la Bioconductor), https://github.com/zbjornson/BioTools

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