Products I Wish Existed

Post by asdff » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 8:38 PM UTC

Patrick_Devine wrote: post #74

nrjames wrote: post #68

Purple Air hits on a bit of the neighborhood pollution sensor idea: https://www2.purpleair.com/ I've used their API to look at California wildfire data.

Purple Air has been extremely popular in our community due to the wild fires here in California. There are quite a few sensors around town, and it gives you a good idea about how to prepare the kids for school and whether we should be riding bicycles.

Post by asdff » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 8:41 PM UTC

arkanciscan wrote: post #120

I fail to see how TikTok is a "good reminder for the generational turnover of social products". Has an entire generation passed since Vine or Snapchat? If anything it's proof that securing an early lead in a new form of media (short form video in the aforementioned cases) doesn't guarantee success even for a generation. My takeaway is that young people are increasingly mercurial and disloyal. Chasing their attention…

Post by carapace » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 8:43 PM UTC

reasonattlm wrote: post #113

I can't say as I like his take on the longevity industry. It is the take that will produce few meaningful advances, the "looking under the lamp because that's where the light is" way of approaching life. Just more marginally better drugs that do a little bit more than those of 10 years ago. Sadly investors probably care very little from a financial position as to whether a drug works or not, as their exit usually hap…

Post by chillacy » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 8:45 PM UTC

triceratops wrote: post #181

coldtea wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> > get things shipped to work, use Amazon lockers, > These seem like reasonable solutions. Why not just do them? Because that's bending broken backwards to accept a broken neighbourhood and society. Where this stops? "Drive-by's are a thing, accept it and just were a bulletproof vest, it's a sensible solution"?

Needing to safeguard your possessions lest they get stolen is a sign of a broken society? By that yardstick, every human society past and present is broken. Leaving aside small sleepy towns, everyone locks up their house, car, bicycles, and other possessions, even the people complaining about stolen packages. That's not considered an unreasonable burden, but the minute unattended packages get taken off porches everyo…

Post by asdff » Mon, Jan 06, 2020, 8:45 PM UTC

Daneel_ wrote: post #33

joncrane wrote: post #21

While only a footnote, I like the nod to nuclear energy. I remember in the 1950s, there was a Popular Mechanics cover touting nuclear as a coming technology to power homes and even cars. Imagine the next Tesla-like company offering to install a small nuclear reactor in houses. Like solar, you can sell electricity back to the grid, charge your electric car with it, literally use it to heat your water.... Also might be…

Yes, absolutely. Today’s modern reactors are night and day compared to Chernobyl/Fukushima era reactors - they’re not even comparable. They’re fail-safe rather than fail-deadly, and are much more compact and efficient, with better controls and containment. The size of the reaction chamber is basically that of a household washing machine. I’d gladly live next door to a modern plant.