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Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by _myles »

The past several years I've been trying to find some tangible philosophical ground to stand on. This (desperate) search is and has been the produce of mental illness I've dealt with since my adolescence (I'm 32 now).

Quite a long story short, I managed to get the mental illness under control; something I thought I'd be living with the rest of my life.

My research has included mostly standing/walking meditation, and reading a lot on philosophy, religion, psychology, and such.

This is a personal project I've only just sort of revealed, after some persuasion by my peers. I didn't really have much intention on putting out in the public but it has turned out to be something significant. There is a lot to say about it.

EDIT: If you're curious, here is what I came up with after I started recording my research. DISCLAIMER: there is some personal stuff I talk about.

https://github.com/myles-moylan/head_project

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by pragmaticpirate »

I am working on a solution for people to defeat procrastination. Here's how it works, you select a time slot for work, and we assign you an accountability assistant who will get on a call with you and keep in touch as often as necessary to keep you from procrastinating by holding you accountable for the task at hand.

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by stewfortier »

As somebody with broad interests, I've long been fascinated by what it means to be a "generalist" and understanding when a wide, varied skillset is an advantage over a hyper-narrow one.

I've been reading about this for years and recently started sending out short summaries of what I've learned (typically geared at how the lessons can by applied practically).

Last week I shared how Nobel laureates are 22 times more likely to have a side hobby as a performer than their peers.

Ultimately, I am trying to land on a succinct answer to "how do you channel broad interests and talents into an impactful career?"

(this is my email: https://stewfortier.com/subscribe)

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by aberry273 »

Automation of work. I believe as the number of daily applications we use increases and the number of available APIs increase, the need for automation across these applications increases.

https://bustl-app.com - A SaaS product that acts as a personal assistant that will integrate with a range of different apps.

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by abrichr »

eivarv wrote: post #3

Persisting your OS state as a "context" - saving and loading your open applications, their windows, tabs, open files/documents and so on. Started because of frequent multitasking heavy work with limited resources. Open Beta (macOS) as soon as I finish license verification and delta updates. https://cleave.app

This looks great! I've often wished that something like this existed. How long have you been working on it?

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by TheFiend7 »

m00dy wrote: post #19

Im working on https://carboncredit.io It is a next generation carbon offset marketplace.

I fail to understand what your product offering is by looking at your site. Could explain what exactly is trying to be achieved by this product and why I would even want a carbon credit cert?

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by buzzert »

brenden2 wrote: post #13

Working on a new company, one which (I hope) will turn the restaurant industry on its head. I want to make in-restaurant ordering, payment, and service pure joy. I'm mostly heads down coding every day, building an MVP. Also trying to find some investor interest where possible, however fundraising has never been something I'm good at.

This seems like something everybody wants but I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet. What are some of the (assumingly non-technical) challenges in such an enterprise?

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by motohagiography »

A few things, separately:

- how to do digital identity in health and public services for ~15m people

- replacing enterprise/waterfall security risk assessment with collaboration and iteration.

- applying product management methods in the public sector

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by m00dy »

TheFiend7 wrote: post #26
m00dy wrote: post #19

Im working on https://carboncredit.io It is a next generation carbon offset marketplace.

I fail to understand what your product offering is by looking at your site. Could explain what exactly is trying to be achieved by this product and why I would even want a carbon credit cert?

You would want a carbon credit certificate to save this planet basically.

Re: Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?

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Post by withinboredom »

brenden2 wrote: post #13

Working on a new company, one which (I hope) will turn the restaurant industry on its head. I want to make in-restaurant ordering, payment, and service pure joy. I'm mostly heads down coding every day, building an MVP. Also trying to find some investor interest where possible, however fundraising has never been something I'm good at.

This reminds me of an experience I had in the UK that was not pure joy. I paid using their website, and as soon as I saw the payment confirmation appear, closed the web browser. Well, whatever tech they were using must have sent the internal “they paid” message on a hit from the confirmation page. So, the money came out of my account but their systems didn’t track it. It took quite a few weeks of back and forth to get my double payment back.
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