I want to be hired, but I’m starting a homestead. Bought old farm, cleaning it up, and looking to build an off grid house and buy cattle in the next 6-12 months
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#142Don’t think this is novel, but I’ve mentioned on an HN thread before that my friend and I were building (and have now built) a tiny house. We’d been complaining for years that housing was too expensive and so after doing a house flip and stops and starts on trying to build a spec house we decided to try a tiny house to see if we could build something move-in ready that looks (somewhat) nice and also is inexpensive.
Just started marketing it for sale a couple of weeks back. And we figure if we can’t sell it then we’ll rent it so that either way someone gets a roof over their heads for a price that’s just not really available in most locations these days.
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#143A couple of things. All unfinished (of course). First idea, a website that combines Reddit (or HN) and Discord. The goal is to create ephemeral, real-time communities (like this thread). I find discord too exclusionary to bring strangers together. And reddit is not dynamic enough to encourage relationship formation. With this site, you post a thread, people start chatting, there's a simple interface for groups of peo…
I think the first idea is cool. I especially want something truly ephemeral. I don't want all of my messages existing forever. That's my main gripe with both Reddit and Discord right now. One note about Discord though: why do you find it exclusionary? We use Discord for our customer ops, and we bring on a lot of not very tech savy people. It's really easy: they click a link and it opens in their browser. Not sure how…
Totally agree that on boarding is easy. Text chat is very easy to jump into but is very noisy in large communities. I think its the VOIP category that struggles most. I've been in large discords where one or two channels had a total of 4 people between them. Its just hard to insert yourself into someone else's conversation. I'm trying to fix that aspect of it.
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#144Love the thread! Been building a bio and neuro feedback controlled "Temple Run" like game that runs entirely in the browser (Web Bluetooth to hook into a Muse EEG and a heart rate monitor, 4 channels running FFTs, WebGL, etc). I really wanted a fun way to get me to use EEG training for focus and managing anxiety/stress. So... here we are. Pretty close to Show HN ready. Thinking I might post one if anyone thinks it so…
Would be awesome! For fun, I built something similar where you could control fire in an open world. Basically learning to control powers.
Would love a show HN!
We also tried a Kickstarter for some more personal help stuff.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/synaptitude/thinksuite-...
Question — how (if anything) do you correct for head movement? That’s the big challenge I’ve seen with accuracy, we had some algorithm developed on it (happy to share, if interested).
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#145Im working on this. https://teslatracker.com/ Testing charging $50/year. Its like HN but for a niche topic. Work in progress trying to find product market fit and paying customers. Grinding it to the bone.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you use hackthebox or similar websites to help you gain relevant skills?
I saw your post and started registering for hackthebox (this was the first I'd heard of if) until it told me I had to disable ad blocking to proceed. No thanks.
I don't remember this happening, but it's been a while since I visited the site.
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had a similar feeling for a long time. Today I realized that the whole Web3 movement makes much more sense than I previously thought. All the NFT and cryptocurrency stuff is just the tip of an iceberg that might result in a truly decentralized web, following up the current cloud-based centralization. So I decided to start learning more about what has been going on the past few years in that space and to start getti…
Any reading recommendations re: web3? I still don't really understand what it is but I've been meaning to do a deep dive.
Best way to grok crypto is to try it.
Buy $500 worth of ether. Download metamask. Login to opensea. Buy a cheap NFT.
Look at it as an education budget.
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#148A couple of things. All unfinished (of course). First idea, a website that combines Reddit (or HN) and Discord. The goal is to create ephemeral, real-time communities (like this thread). I find discord too exclusionary to bring strangers together. And reddit is not dynamic enough to encourage relationship formation. With this site, you post a thread, people start chatting, there's a simple interface for groups of peo…
I think one of the main reasons why Reddit took off is that they didn't really care about building info on people... All they wanted was an email, user name, and password. Discrd is behind a wall that requires a log-in and understanding of how it works. Discords often are dead by the time I decide to check them out because they are often too much work to maintain. IRC vanished after many years to favor texting, but I…
Originally they didn't even want an email. Just username and password. Not sure if its still that way.
Good luck with your company!
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#149I finished my PhD earlier this year and am taking a break until I start a research job next year.
Right now I'm reading and enjoying the freedom to dive however deep into learning and thinking about research topics I feel are fundamental without pressure to publish hanging over my head.
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#150Started programming 4 years ago because wife gave me idea for brilliant, never been done before video game. Detoured down web stack just to get a job. Have since become a programmer for a University and had 2 kids. Maybe I'll start back up on the game in 10 years or so. Am > 40 years old and feels like life is just getting started for me.