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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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I've thought about Kickstarting a bit. I guess my hesitation is that I'm terrified of pulling the trigger to get something injection molded. I don't trust my 3D modeling abilities enough to know that when I get something injection molded it will work. And injection molding is a lot money, so if I mess it up, I might not have enough money for a redo. That scares me, a lot. I'm not sure, I guess I'm scared of actually…

Have you considered asking for help? I'm willing to bet that there might be other hardware startups in your area, on HN or in your university that would be willing to give you a hand.

I actually went to the local university - they said that you can't use university resources for personal gain (I was trying to print a case on their 3D printer). I'm sure there would be some people in the engineering department willing to give me some pointers, there's also a local prototyping company (I've emailed them a few times). Nothing too serious though - I guess I don't really have much of a plan yet, and didn't want to rush into getting roped into sticky situations.

Thanks for asking the questions - I just reached out to a friend who said he'd help me before, maybe this thing will start rolling :).

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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I'm writing a book about the many ways well-intentioned scientists can (and usually do) screw up statistics: http://www.refsmmat.com/statistics/ I started when I was an undergraduate physics major. My entire statistics education consisted of thirty minutes being told not to use R^2. I started reading about statistical abuses and realized that I would probably have committed most of them had I published research -- my…

Looks interesting.

I don't see a prominent link to a full pdf version of the draft of the website.

Any reason why not?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Seat 14A (www.seat14a.com) a). Most men hate shopping. b). Sizes are never consistent and a number cannot define a unique bodily shape. Our solution: We simply send an email with a few complete looks every few weeks, if you like a look - order it and we make it made to measure for you. We ship globally for free. Each look is about $150-$175 (so won't break your bank account). Each look is based off of heavy research…

This is a really great idea. Just some feedback: The product photos, on my screen, look pretty low quality. I imagine this is because they are being scaled to the size of the browser. It also makes it a little hard to use as the photo takes the entire screen and requires scrolling for the information and site navigation.

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SilverAir - An athletic shirt that doesn't smell and designed to be worn at the gym and for everyday wear. demo@ http://www.yathletics.com It's cool because: It's made using pure silver which kills the odor-causing bacteria in your sweat, so you can -wear this shirt for your entire day and feel fresh, -reuse the shirt more often (i do). The fabric is completely new and something I made with my manufacturers from scra…

I know several people who have bad skin allergies to silver (from necklaces, earrings, etc). Is this a problem with your material?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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(neat Ask HN!)

Maybe the software guys here will find this cool :).

I'm working on an open source build tool (similar to Ant, etc). Github code: https://github.com/chrisvana/repobuild

It's cool because:

* It makes it really easy to integrate new open source code. Want to compile against boost? Add one line. Want an ML library? Add another.

* Everything gets automatically pulled in.

* It makes it really easy to share your open source code with others.

* Works with a bunch of languages.

* Proven model from companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

My main project is using large scale computing (data from millions of CPU hours) to change how drug discovery is done. Drugs are very expensive because 98% of them fail. This hopefully changes that, and makes it profitable for companies to go after much smaller diseases that do not currently get attention. Papers forthcoming.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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snapcard - Allows people to spend their bitcoins on any website at anytime, regardless of whether the merchant has it integrated. Like Amazon 1 click, except it works on every website and requires no merchant integration. Video Demo - https://vimeo.com/76122291 It's cool because - Spend bitcoins anywhere you want - No merchant integration - 1 click checkout so you don't flood a million websites with your personal dat…

Very cool!

Thanks so much :) I appreciate it!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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SMS Neighbors (http://smsneighbors.com/)

Cool, because I am trying to bring social networks to people using "dumb phones". By sending text to one number all your neighbors will receive it. Perfect for reporting suspicious person or lost dog, or announcing garage sale or neighborhood event.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Unfortunately, it does not work on Mavericks. The screens are totally messed up, past 3rd steps, you cannot read anything in the forms.

I'm aware of this, unfortunately. This is a bug in Qt's Webkit. The font rendering on Mac OS changed in Mavericks, and it apparently does not work well with versions of Webkit prior to Mavericks release. I have to wait until this issue gets resolved. Here's the issue, if you want to take a look: https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-34332

It looks great so far. Will patiently wait for a fix!
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