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I am building open-source challenge platform where developers can find open-source projects according to their skill level, favorite language, and framework, domain.

Collecting data from challenges completed we will also build a profile with rating, areas of expertise.

Please provide your suggestions.

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A cross-platform dual-pane file manager [1]. It made the front page and top 10 on Product Hunt last month. I'm busy implementing feature requests and figuring out a way to grow it sustainably. [1]: https://fman.io

Feature requests (windows): a right-click context menu, remove confirmation dialog box on drag and drop.

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Problem: in aggregate, k12 teachers spend enormous amounts of time creating (redundant) curriculum content which in turn limits how effectively they can personalize this curriculum for each student. Project: starting with assessment - intending to move into lesson planning and performance - our project allows teachers to curate assessment elements from a collaborative library (on the subject area/school level initial…

Interested in this due to my wife working in the space. Signup link?

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Project: R.I.P.Link - a tool for finding dead links on the web[0]. The inspiration for this project came from Wikipedia and the Internet Archive partnering to fix broken links on Wikipedia[1]. After briefly searching around I couldn't find any great tools for this, and I decided it would be an interesting side-project. I was also looking for a good medium-size project to improve my Go skills and understanding of conc…

aim it at SEOs if you want to make money, broken link building is a pretty big strategy in the SEO world

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds very interesting. Tea?

That sounds very interesting. Well it's ambitious, so it has that going for it... Tea? I'm not sure I get the reference. Yes?

I think he means you can sit around and talk about it for a long time, but will not get anything actually done.

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I've recently been working on a simple-to-use birthday reminder service (simple as in: no need to open any accounts, no need to ever login anywhere, no passwords etc.):

https://ReminderExpress.com

Just finished working on v1 of this a few minutes ago, by sheer coincidence; it should now be fully functional.

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It's that time of the year when I dust off my math project of six or seven years running and have another go at it. It's a research problem in Riemannian geometry I've been tinkering with since my thesis. This time I've managed to see some interesting things I hadn't spotted before, but the general pattern they conform to doesn't permit me to prove anything attention-grabbing. For the first time I wonder if I've taken the project as far as it can go. It might be time to do a (nice, cleaned up) core dump to the arXiv and move on.

I've gotten an offer to do contract work in web development for the company my wife works for, so I'm considering language and/or framework options. I've only done backend stuff so far, so it might be a nice change of pace, given that I properly communicate to everyone involved what to and not to expect. Plus the extra money would be nice with the baby on the way.

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Scuba diving computers have become a necessary part of diving. Current models have indecipherable interfaces that hang from dongles or are worn as bulky wristwatches. I have developed a scuba diving computer HUD with a simple graphical interface placed in the diver's mask and is easy to learn and use.

Also, scuba divers must maintain neutral buoyancy during the dive. The current method is manual, making it a difficult skill to master, and creating a dangerous risk for new divers. I have developed a physics-based automatic buoyancy compensator for scuba divers which is a technological advance that replaces the current manual systems.

With these two innovations, you would not need a certification course to dive safely.

Finally, wetsuits are made with neoprene, an air-bubble infused rubber. These highly buoyant suits force the diver to wear extra weight during the dive. They also compress at depth so the diver must compensate for the changes in buoyancy with the buoyancy compensator device. I have developed a wetsuit material using silicone and an additive that is a better insulator than neoprene and neutrally buoyant.

Eventually, I would like to put all three of these together into a complete recreational diving system.

www.nautosys.com

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https://usmnt360.com I'm a big fan of USMNT and just wanted to building something for it. There's also an Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.usmnt360.a...

SSL appears to be a problem. (Heroku domain; unable to load insecure content for the schedule; etc.)

http://www.usmnt360.com works.

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