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

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Post by comatose_kid »

jaxn wrote: post #80
tokenadult wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The current hybrid technology produces the most fuel-efficiency gains in stop and start driving. In other words, it works much better for taxi fleets than for family road trips.

Well, most of our driving is stop and go, in-town driving. However, it doesn't make much sense to buy a family car if it doesn't work for road trips as well. Especially since it is cost prohibitive to fly for a family of 6 when we can drive for 8-12 hours for a fraction of the cost.

Actually, it can make sense to buy a family car that doesn't work for road trips. Save money (fuel + price) by buying a smaller car, and rent a van for the few times a year that you need it.

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

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Post by comatose_kid »

davidw wrote: post #30
abstractbill wrote: post #22

I would pay for a good enough telepresence application for keeping in touch with my family and friends (they're in the UK, I'm in San Francisco). Skype is better than nothing, but still not good enough.

Yeah, that's tough. It's even worse when you have a small baby and the grandparents are far away:-/ Here's an idea for someone: Virtual Grandpa - some sort of telepresence thing that's been made a bit robust so that a kid can drag it around and drop it without problems. Maybe like a robust cell phone with a decent size screen and camera? I actually wouldn't mind working on that too, but feel free to run with it. The…

Great idea. A Chumby with a built-in video camera + gtalk/video support might fit the bill.

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Post by madh »

Rob15283 wrote: post #91

A proven cure for tinnitus. I'd clean out my bank account and cash in all my 401Ks, if need be, to pay for the treatment. For those who don't know what tinnitus is, just imagine having a high-pitched ringing sound in your head that never, ever, ever stops. Ever.

Definitely. My mother suffers from this and I can't even imagine what it must really be like. A solution would be absolutely wonderful.

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

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Post by ieatpaste »

JoelPM wrote: post #47

The ability to start up an Extra-Large EC2 instance running OSX and connect to it using NoMachine. Combine it with a simple client that runs locally and rsyncs pictures/music/etc from a local HD with an EBS mounted to the EC2 instance. (I want a MacPro so I can do photo processing and programming in the evenings, but I don't want to spend $3.5k for a machine that will sit idle 20hrs/day.) (For this to be workable I'd…

To generalize, a service that SVN's powerful computers for a hourly fee, targetting general public on netbooks for video editing, graphic processing, gaming.

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

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Post by madh »

cjbos wrote: post #25

Something that allows me to search across all my old browser history (Content of the pages not the titles). So I can find all those blog posts and articles I forgot to bookmark for later reading at the time. (I guess I could start using stumbleupon or something but I want to be able to search in those pages as well.)

Would be cool for the browser to recognize that a certain tab has been open for hours or even days. For me, the tabs that are open for a long, long time (and aren't a web app) are usually articles I intend to read.

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

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Post by MichaelApproved »

blender wrote: post #19

Single serving cat food tins. i.e. Half the size of regular tins. You might think I'm joking, but I'm not - I looked for this earlier today online. Cheers

I had the same issue with my cats but they sell lids that seal the can well enough for a day or so of storage. Just put it in the fridge and you're good.
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