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Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by imglorp »

greesil wrote: post #23
monkeybutton wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Also right wing extremism fueled and amplified by the internet. It's sort of technical problem, right?

In the short term you can just not log onto the outrage-o-verse. Long term solutions to the current state of affairs elude me.

The problem is the outrage economy affects everyone, not just participants.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by toastal »

Kaze404 wrote: post #10
pacifika wrote: post #7

Music (or bandcamp) discovery based on local music libraries

Not exactly what you're looking for, but Last FM gives you decent recommendations based on your listening habits, and all you need is a player that supports sending data to it.

I think this is one of the goals for the ListenBrainz project if you want to use a more open platform.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by jagger27 »

Some easy ones right off the bat: online extremism, public transit, housing, access to healthcare, chronic disease treatment.

Online dating is pretty rough. I need a company to get extremely serious about desktop Linux and charge me $100/yr for something that actually works. Yes. It’s okay to charge for copyleft software.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by errcorrectcode »

parasight wrote: post #13
billconan wrote: post #2

lack of code documentation

Self-documenting code

Not all code can be self-documenting, especially optimized algorithms and complex operations. Comments serve to add requisite context and clarification that code alone cannot provide. Simply regurgitating the obvious in comments is a waste.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by greesil »

imglorp wrote: post #31
greesil wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the short term you can just not log onto the outrage-o-verse. Long term solutions to the current state of affairs elude me.

The problem is the outrage economy affects everyone, not just participants.

Yep! That's why it's a short term solution.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by wara23arish »

monster_group wrote: post #8

Lack of reliable service from plumbers, HVAC, appliance repair people. There are many people available but the quality and consistency of service is highly variable and chances of getting ripped off are high if you don't do your due diligence. I wish there was more standardization in these services where I don't have to worry about getting ripped off and can expect a decent quality of service without spending too muc…

Larry David’s new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm has an episode where he highlights exactly this problem and comes up with a way to fix it. He calls it House Husband where someone who knows a little about everything can come and check to see if the repair being offered is legit.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by gopher157 »

Problem of unjust societies. My kid will be a multimillionaire in his twenties without a single day of work while his equally capable peers will enface a life of limited opportunity because the best they can do is to work their ass off to pay rent. It is structural and it needs to change.

A truly liberal idea could be to reset the "score" when the game is over. Try to be the best you can and earn as much as you can - when you die, most of your wealth flows back into a large pond to the benefit of all.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by imglorp »

f0e4c2f7 wrote: post #9

Figuring out how America can go fast[0] again. Solving would be great but I would also settle for a theory of mind as to why we haven't been able to for the last 50 years or so. [0] https://patrickcollison.com/fast

Education, basic research, and infrastructure were the fuels that propelled our success until the 70s.

We had these things up until Nixon and Reagan realized they could attack those institutions for short term gain, redirecting the funds to the 1% and calling it trickle down.

Now we're paying for it.

Re: Ask HN: What problem do you wish someone would solve?

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Post by monkeybutton »

greesil wrote: post #23
monkeybutton wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Also right wing extremism fueled and amplified by the internet. It's sort of technical problem, right?

In the short term you can just not log onto the outrage-o-verse. Long term solutions to the current state of affairs elude me.

Well the outrage-o-verse is leaking into reality with wingnuts occupying the capital of my country, waving confederate and trump 2024 flags to boot.
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