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Post by ggrrttyy »

foxhop wrote: post #839

I'm continuing work on my backyard food forest, great exercise, food for my family, beautiful to look at and be in, and safe for physical distancing. I'm also working on "MakePostSell" a shop platform for selling digital downloads. My wife who is a certified teacher is my first "customer" dog fooding the service: you may check it out her shop here: https://shop.printablepromots.com

What do you have in your food forest so far? When my dad lived with us he always kept a veggie garden, I'm thinking of trying to bring something like that back.

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Post by jameszol »

I'm helping a friend sell their farm's ancient grain production online since they have a mill on their farm. They grow and sell spelt, emmer, einkorn, and other types of grain. Our family farm is considering planting and producing those grains, too.

Also building an outsourced, full-time, subscription-based digital marketer staffing / agency hybrid at GruntWorkers.com.

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Post by RagnarAzru »

I am working on a reminder app to help with power users.

What features would you like to see in a iOS and Apple Watch reminder app.

Currently contemplated use-cases:

  * Set schedule created with on-click (multiple reminders)
  * soft confirm before next time
  * escalating reminders if you don’t confirm
If you have any use-cases, suggestions or questions email me at: ragnar.azru@gmail.com

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Post by akaashmaharaj »

I am working on a project in medical diplomacy: Israeli and Palestinian doctors working to provide care for patients across the region, irrespective of their faith, ethnicity, or ability to pay.

The project is part of my work with the Mosaic Institute ( https://mosaicinstitute.ca/ ), in partnership with the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group ( https://bit.ly/3dljQ3H ).

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Post by Infinitesimus »

Built a small android app to check global entry interview slots https://github.com/dkotin02/global-entry-monitor.

Backstory: When scheduling my interview, I realized that the scheduler API didn't require auth while snooping around the console. Figured that most people looking for interview times would be tired of logging in several times a day just to find openings so I built this app a few weeks ago. Long term goal is to have it notify you when a slot + location you're interested in opens up but it's open source so anyone can have at it!

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Post by IgorPartola »

sramsay wrote: post #879

Well, I am a connoisseur of command-line weather apps. In fact, I've written three: 1. wu -- written in Go some years ago, and actually pretty successful (as these things go). Picked up by a couple of distros, etc. It used the Weather Underground API, which was truly fantastic. But alas, they closed off free access to the API, and I had to shut down the project. 2. dsw -- wrote this one in C++. Uses the Dark Sky Weat…

Ironic that you are working on an app mostly useful for going outside while stuck indoors?

Also I actually never thought of this UI for a weather app. Dark Sky has been kinda my go to. Some name suggestions: nowa (noaa weather app), nwa (noaa weather app), wir (will it rain?), wli or rli (weather/rain line interface), OutdoorTemperatureAndHumidityDisplayManagerFactoryInterface (is you write it in Java).

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Post by IgorPartola »

rickspencer3 wrote: post #869

I ordered an infrared temperature sensor. My idea is to build a prototype of a low cost device that a merchant can use to show to customers that their staff is healthy, or at least does not have a fever. The idea is that when a staff member handles something, they quickly get their temperature taken, which prints out a sticker with their id, the time, and the temperature, and then they affix that to whatever they wer…

I like the ingenuity but this has a host of problems:

1. You can’t actually get an accurate read. Unless you are shining the IR beam into their rectum, surface temp means nothing. If you’ve ever had cold hands while the rest of you is warm you will know that you can’t read surface temps. This is why medical professionals only trust two temperatures: oral and rectal.

2. Even if you managed to do this, fever is a pretty late symptom. People are contagious far sooner than fever sets in when it comes to COVID-19.

3. This dehumanizes service workers. I would see this as a huge negative and would never patronize a business that required its workers to use a device like that.

Again, I admire the ingenuity, but I think this is a dead end project at best and will lead to lowering quality of life and service at worst.

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Post by IgorPartola »

I am working on bringing my Honda Rebel 250 back to tip top shape. I have been riding a bigger bike for just about a year but want to get the Rebel working properly so I can sell it to the next new rider to get them into one of TK favorite hobbies.

Never underestimate the power of working with your hands. It has a wonderful effect on the mind. And when you are able to, get your motorcycle license. It’s the original social distancing machine, gets you into fresh air and the Rebel gets 65-70 mpg which will be great in the apocalypse.

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