Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by melvinram » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:45 PM UTC

Teleportation device. Sign me up today!

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

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Post by Femur » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:46 PM UTC

tsally wrote: post #7

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. :)

A cheap and noninvasive device that can monitor and record a bunch of metrics would be great!

I would love to be able to graph my cholesterol, BP, heart rate, etc. over time. It is a shame i can monitor my car more easily than I can my body.

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

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Post by davi » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:47 PM UTC

"18. The WebOS. It probably won't be a literal translation of a client OS shifted to servers. But as applications migrate to servers, it seems possible there will be something that plays a central role like an OS does."

http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html

I'll know it when I see it, and when I see it, I'll happily pay for it.

It has something to do with CMS + federated, micro social networks. One should be able to easily migrate + back up one's "OS" to another provider, or even run the OS in parallel between two providers.

I know this is vague, but I feel the absence of something like it.

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

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Post by ivankirigin » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 8:50 PM UTC

I want a desktop computer with a docked netbook. The files, programs, and program configuration on the netbook should auto-sinc with the desktop. Large files should be easy to stream from the desktop to the netbook. The netbook needs to have an embedded, fast cell network data connection.

I might be able to build this myself with a MacPro, a router, a COTS netbook, hackintosh, dropbox, etc.

I'd probably have at least 2 30 inch displays for the desktop, making the total cost in parts ~$8K. Companies would be wise to pay $10K for this kind of setup.