Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

#1

Post by ryanwaggoner » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:02 PM UTC

Ok, this may go nowhere, but I was inspired by this recent submission on what programming books HN wishes existed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=551339

So in the same spirit, what product or service have you found yourself wishing existed? It could be an info product, tangible product, service, subscription, etc. It could be related to the web, programming, startups, or just life in general. The only rule should be that you would actually take out your credit card right now and pay for it if someone offered it.

Please don't upvote people's comments unless you would also pay for it.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

#2

Post by davidw » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:15 PM UTC

Decent Mexican food in Europe:-) (BTW, "if it were available")

Edit: if I ever 'made it big', and decided to stay in Italy, I'd invest a portion of my money in a good Mexican restaurant here. It would probably lose money, but what the hell.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

#3

Post by ErrantX » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:15 PM UTC

Chatterous.com

Rather than rehash why I would.. I explained it not long back here: http://www.errant.me.uk/blog/2009/03/dont-ignore-the-donator...

How much? At the moment Chatterous is probably worth... $50 a month to me - and probably more to the company I work at.

EDIT: I realise that verges on linkspam but otherwise I would end up writing an essay on why chatterous should offer "pay for" - and I already did that :P

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

#4

Post by jaxn » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:18 PM UTC

A fuel efficient car / minivan with room for a family of 6 to take a road trip. There are no hybrid minivans :(

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

#5

Post by bilbo0s » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:20 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #2

Decent Mexican food in Europe:-) (BTW, "if it were available") Edit: if I ever 'made it big', and decided to stay in Italy, I'd invest a portion of my money in a good Mexican restaurant here. It would probably lose money, but what the hell.

I'd add, a halfway decent pizza in Havana.

When Cuba opens up, the first decent pizza place to go down there is going to make a killing!

Seriously, there the pizza is terrible, doesn't matter if you are in Havana, Santiago, or Gerona.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

#6

Post by khafra » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:24 PM UTC

A combination proxy/script/something that'd pop up an interstitial task tracker/to-do list overview when I go to any of a list of "time-sink" sites. I can click "snooze" and go to the time sink, with the task tracker popping back up after 5,10,30 minutes, turn it off for a day or two, or click through to the detail/edit view for any task and get to work.

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#7

Post by tsally » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:38 PM UTC

A device that could accurately measure caffeine intake, levels present in the body, and the strength of your bodies resistance. I know if I have another cup of coffee at 4PM, the quality of my code will be much better. What I never know is if it will wear off in time for me to get a normal nights sleep. :)

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#8

Post by Femur » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:42 PM UTC

I desperately wish i could find top level tropical and non-tropical fruit of many varieties here in Houston. I love fresh fruit but mangos from Mexico are not that great and the lack of variety gets old.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

#9

Post by tokenadult » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:44 PM UTC

An intelligent agent that would hunt up best comment threads from lots of news aggregator and other discussion sites.

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#10

Post by ahoyhere » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:44 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #2

Decent Mexican food in Europe:-) (BTW, "if it were available") Edit: if I ever 'made it big', and decided to stay in Italy, I'd invest a portion of my money in a good Mexican restaurant here. It would probably lose money, but what the hell.

Oh my god, hear hear.

Went to a "Mexican" place in Vienna (I'm an American expat) a few months back and it was horrible, terrible, frightening.

Somebody ordered the spare ribs (!) and they crackled as you pulled them apart.