https://github.com/sgrodriguez/ddt a decision tree lib in golang for building custom rules decision tree. It allows adding a pre-processing stage to the input before comparing it with the following possible branches of the tree. One of the default preprocessing stages in ddt is calling a method of a struct (CallStructMethod) and getting the attribute of a struct (GetStructAttribute) using reflection, so you can have a struct user with some methods and attributes and build a tree asking question about the user.
Create the tree programmatically or by json.
Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
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#372Build a working instrumented prototype shed or cabin with a skytherm roof http://www.solarmirror.com/fom/fom-serve/cache/30.html as a possible way to address global warming or use in tiny houses, homeless shelters etc
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#373For me it’s the Zettelkasten/smart notes app I’m working on. I’ve been a frustrated with how I take notes from books, videos, blog posts, etc. I want to build a zero-inbox style workflow around organising my notes consistently so that I can start to blog with a wealth of research and ideas at my fingertips. So I’ve started building Flowtelic. Early (no signup/in browser storage) version is live at https://app.flowtel…
Oh man, I really want this. Are you collecting email addresses anywhere for when you’re ready for users?
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#374Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah yes, the Dutch and Belgian tomatoes: they're atrocious. I'm from Eastern Europe, and our local variety of tomatoes is way tastier. Or any other variety for that matter.
I agree about the taste, but I don't think it's caused by variety taste difference. Problem is that when tomatoes are imported from further away, they are picked and transported (more) unripe and later exposed to ethylene gas to ripen closer to consumer. Being grown using hydroponics or bags of mineral wool certainly doesn't help with the taste either.
I can agree that many people who eat salads, will not care about the difference in taste between hydroponics and well composted soil. Especially when it comes to the cost difference. But that doesn't mean there isn't a difference, because there is. Any home gardener can tell you that the exact same lettuce variety grown in well composted soil, over produced commercial soil void of natural nutrients (and biological ecosystem in the soil) and hydroponics, are all difference in taste. I think Butter Lettuce varieties are the most intense and shocking in difference (my experience).
Economically speaking, for wide scale production, most people don't care about the flavor of their lettuce or spinach. Which I understand and don't have a qualm with. I just have a problem with people who have never held a shovel in their lives try to act they know everything about farming and make wide sweeping judgements (what's that fallacy about lack of knowledge and thinking you know it all?). When you grow it yourself in a good environment, you enjoy eating leafy greens alone because you can taste actual flavor.
What a lot of people outside of agriculture don't know is the movement to recreating the top soil back to a healthy state. Commercial farmland soil is borderline clay and sand, especially compared to well maintained soil. Chemical fertilizers only go so far. A wide variety of decomposing organic matter is needed in soil to help maintain it. Along with letting a field sit for a few years with a cover crop (or variety of cover crops to speed up the process) is needed. Adding in grazing livestock is even better.
Mostly, I know you all think farming and agricultural science are stupid, numbskull pursuits because you're all techies. The obvious and only way to save agriculture is to use silicon chips, plastic and metal to fix it all. But "dirt" agriculture is extremely in-depth and complex. Especially the last 2 decades worth of research has been insane due to the realization that our "tried and true" commercial farming operations are more unsustainable than our dependency on fossil fuels. I don't see an inherent problem with vertical farming. I have a problem with the hubris that over commercialization is the only method of fixing these problems, even though that's the reason we have the problems to begin with.
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#375Vertical indoor farm to reach the highest throughout possible per cubic meter are, using only non-GMO plants by discovering the right phenomics- https://hexafarms.com Vertical indoor farms are getting a lot of attention in the recent times, but the issue is the lack of plant expertise. Even if you were to go through all the literature, you would never find a holistic study that takes into account all the optimal fact…
> using only non-GMO plants What's the point in such restriction? AFAIK, GMO was never proven harmful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_crops#Con...
OP here; not kidding, but once you get down to talking to your actual customers, one has only so much energy to convince people that GMO is not necessarily bad. May be I'm harming myself by being so honest here- but the general consumer is so pleased to know that our produce is so good and is not 'the plastic GMO thing'. This, so far, has been what I've found in over 10 restaurant/gourmet/general consumer interviews.
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#376https://www.climbcation.com it's essentially a crowd sourced rock climbing destination filter for world class destinations. Most similar tools will have ALL climbing areas meaning you have to filter through a bunch of noise to find the real diamonds. I originally built it to solve my own problem of "I don't really know where I should go on vacation" so I don't mind if it isn't successful because I actually use it mys…
How many users do you have? Were you able to grow an active community? (Forum or other).
The website feels lonely without seeing what other users are doing I feel.
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#377I usually do short projects (usually 4 months or less) so that I plenty of time to explore the subject while still short enough to avoid procrastinating.
Once I complete a project, I usually open-source it and write a blog post so I can have something to show it to somebody like a prospective employer. The most recent project I completed is a ray tracer made completely from scratch ->
https://alessandrocuzzocrea.com/how-i-made-a-ray-tracer/
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#378Earlier quoted context omitted.
Such as? I honestly want to know, because I've never experienced any sounds from others that were particularly annoying.
Someone trying to force out the contents of their bowels out? The sound of said contents making contact with the water in the bowl? Etc.
Fair enough, I can't really get upset about that. Everybody poops, man.
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#380https://www.climbcation.com it's essentially a crowd sourced rock climbing destination filter for world class destinations. Most similar tools will have ALL climbing areas meaning you have to filter through a bunch of noise to find the real diamonds. I originally built it to solve my own problem of "I don't really know where I should go on vacation" so I don't mind if it isn't successful because I actually use it mys…
How many users do you have? Were you able to grow an active community? (Forum or other). The website feels lonely without seeing what other users are doing I feel.
according to google analytics my 28 day active users is 134. I haven't really tried to grow an active community yet to be honest. I feel like I need to fill out some more destinations(I'm missing a lot of south america and africa) before I pursue that.
Beyond that, there isn't really a strong need for anything social given what the core product does. On the other hand, you're right, the site feels very empty because of that... maybe I just miss websites from the 2000's haha.
I bought a couple 80meter ropes and I plan on doing some giveaway promotions to hopefully drive some traffic once the pandemic has subsided though. I'll have to think about a social aspect to the site I suppose.