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Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by toomuchtodo »

rustler wrote: post #19
toomuchtodo wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s pretty clear conservative policies are a train wreck and are slowly eating the country alive (tax cuts for businesses solely for shareholder gain, erosion of social services, infrastructure neglect, an illogical trade war with everyone, etc). Forget social agenda, I’m just asking for some sane fiscal policy at this point. Stop wasting scarce resources. Stop corruption. Stop passing the buck to my kids to clean u…

Many argue the leftist policies of San Francisco's government have been a train wreck too.

I don’t live in SF, so I can’t speak to their public policy effectiveness (or their public policy in general, to be honest). Would you have citations you could link to where I could familiarize myself with its failings and how it relates to “leftist”/progressive policies? I’d rather not get too much into it here for fear of attracting a thread detachment.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by ttul »

rustler wrote: post #24

A portable personal Internet server that runs as a turnkey no-user-maintenance image on AWS, Digital Ocean, and OpenStack. It hosts your email, federated social networking and chat, file sharing and ad-blocking web proxy. The user experience is pure Internet with no ads, surveillance or vendor lock-in, all for $6/mo (hosting + DNS).

Oh yes please. Seconded.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by rustler »

anoncoward111 wrote: post #16

Instead of worrying about the practicality of this, I'll answer your question directly. I would aim to create as many blueprints as possible for tools that can help more people live and work remotely and sustainably. There is no greater threat to human health, human happiness, and human productivity, than there is in meaningless desk work and commuting.

I would focus on patterns for remote collaboration (structured and searchable chat, VR hangouts) combined with old-fashioned face time (monthly or quarterly in-person activities).

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by milkytron »

adamnemecek wrote: post #29
raverbashing wrote: post #28

I would have them prototype a new computer language + ide for it This language would have usability in mind as well as throwing out established assumptions. For example, that source code should be ascii text. Or that anyone should decide between tabs/spaces.

Not enough people. Languages are hard as well as bad for making money. 100 days is too few.

There's the possibility that money isn't his top priority.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by twunde »

trcollinson wrote: post #2

As a theoretical experiment it’s interesting. But it would never ever work. You’d literally spend a year or more trying to prepare for that 100 days and I’m still not convinced you’d get anything out of it. Now, if you were going to give me 6 people that would be a different story. With 6 people I have a number of startup ideas that I would love to work on and I think I could get a working mvp out of in 100 days. As…

If you're actually interested there are a few companies taking this on such as Athenahealth and DrChrono, both EHRs for small to mid-sized companies. Or if you want to focus on healthcare billing, you should check out Cedar, which focuses on large systems.

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by rustler »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #31
rustler wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many argue the leftist policies of San Francisco's government have been a train wreck too.

I don’t live in SF, so I can’t speak to their public policy effectiveness (or their public policy in general, to be honest). Would you have citations you could link to where I could familiarize myself with its failings and how it relates to “leftist”/progressive policies? I’d rather not get too much into it here for fear of attracting a thread detachment.

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/san-francisco-...

> high taxes, inane regulations, petty nanny-state authoritarianism, tolerance for rising lawlessness and disorder on its streets in the name of "compassion"

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by frozenport »

raverbashing wrote: post #28

I would have them prototype a new computer language + ide for it This language would have usability in mind as well as throwing out established assumptions. For example, that source code should be ascii text. Or that anyone should decide between tabs/spaces.

Assuming that syntax is the hardest part of programming?

Re: Ask HN: If you had 100 talented people for 100 days, what would you work on?

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Post by DanielBMarkham »

I'd let them go. Keep the best 5. Or have a contest where you narrow the field down to 5.

100 people fresh for 100 days is a disaster. If you're lucky they'd all ignore one another, group into small teams, and find their own way to do cool stuff.

3-people teams can grow into 100-people teams that do some awesome things. 100-people teams dropped in from the sky are trouble. I've seen it done. It's rarely productive.

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