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Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by Theodores »

monk_e_boy wrote: post #51

Web filter. I love F1 and there is a race today, so I can't look at 99% of the internet as they will show the result. I will watch the race later when the kids have gone to bed. This problem is so big that i have to avoid facebook becaue they also show trending news. So a filter that filters F1 or any selectable sports news. Then when i turn it off after watching the race the filter shows me a list of what news it fo…

Can you do this with a simple squid reverse proxy into which you simply add in the names of the 22 drivers, then set a cron job so that the reverse proxy only runs with the f1 deny list on race weekends? Sure the results won't affect the radio/tv but it just might work for f1.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by yarri »

karangoeluw wrote: post #5

Ok I'll go first. It's an "Imgur for audio files". Now there's times when you record an audio and want to share it. What do you do? Uhh,, umm.... Yup. exactly. There's no reliable, easy-to-use app to share audio files (not music). So, this is a web/mobile app for easily uploading and sharing audio files, and playing them. I don't have a full plan laid out, but I'll work on it for sure. (If you'd like to be notified w…

My 12-yr-old had a similar idea of "snap chat audio" which he and a buddy published as an app [0]. Seems a bit different than what you're looking for, which is more like Soundcloud?

[0] http://snapradioapp.com

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by refrigerator »

ohwp wrote: post #53
refrigerator wrote: post #24

[X-post from the previous Idea Sunday thread that didn't make it to the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7616132 ] Idea: a new way to purchase and set up a fish tank. Currently, you have two options: a) Buy everything separately - tank, filter, heater, plants, fish. You have to find out whether your fish and plants are compatible and your tank is big enough for what you want etc. You have to figure ou…

Sounds a little like Elos: http://www.elos.eu/productlines/aquariums/index.html

Just checked Elos out - it seems to be just a normal 'order fish supplies online' kind of thing?

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by siruva07 »

heartbreak wrote: post #57
siruva07 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More along the lines of an application that would do inventory management: http://www.businessbee.com/resources/technology/essential-el... I've been googling but can't find anything

Asset tracking software is probably more along the lines of what you're looking for.

Have any suggestions?

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by dwiel »

4ngle wrote: post #27
wxm wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In what way would it be different from SoundCloud? No fancy commenting? Anonymous uploads?

The big thing about imgur is the community. Consider the front page of imgur. I think that's the cool thing about the idea. You usually go to Soundcloud because you're linked there, it's not something that easily builds its own culture.

Soundcloud has a nice culture. I go there both to discover music and to listen to music I've liked. It's different than imgur but I think that partly is just due to the fact that it takes anywhere from 3 minutes to an hour to experience each 'piece' compared to an image which you can digest in a few seconds and flip through a bunch when you need to burn a minute or two.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by covercash »

monk_e_boy wrote: post #51

Web filter. I love F1 and there is a race today, so I can't look at 99% of the internet as they will show the result. I will watch the race later when the kids have gone to bed. This problem is so big that i have to avoid facebook becaue they also show trending news. So a filter that filters F1 or any selectable sports news. Then when i turn it off after watching the race the filter shows me a list of what news it fo…

I don't have HBO, so filtering all Game of Thrones references every Sunday and Monday would be fantastic.

Not sure I'd pay for that service since it's probably easier to just pay for HBO and watch it "live" like everyone else.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by ma2rten »

personlurking wrote: post #19

Just going to throw this one out there. I live in Lisbon, it's tourist-central (I'm from SF and I've never seen so many tourists). Since I see a ton of lost people every single day there should be a way to digitally leave comments on things and places and a free one-stop shop to find such info (like Wikitravel). This info, although having a central repository, should be pushed out to an app that connects to one's pho…

I've used the tripadvisour app for this purpose. It can give you a list of attractions nearby.

That said there is definitely something that can be done in that space.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by jnelson »

personlurking wrote: post #19

Just going to throw this one out there. I live in Lisbon, it's tourist-central (I'm from SF and I've never seen so many tourists). Since I see a ton of lost people every single day there should be a way to digitally leave comments on things and places and a free one-stop shop to find such info (like Wikitravel). This info, although having a central repository, should be pushed out to an app that connects to one's pho…

My friend created an app for digitally leaving comments, wasn't created with tourism in mind but it meets at least some of your criteria: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/footmarkz/id715107924?mt=8

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by karangoeluw »

dwiel wrote: post #65
4ngle wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The big thing about imgur is the community. Consider the front page of imgur. I think that's the cool thing about the idea. You usually go to Soundcloud because you're linked there, it's not something that easily builds its own culture.

Soundcloud has a nice culture. I go there both to discover music and to listen to music I've liked. It's different than imgur but I think that partly is just due to the fact that it takes anywhere from 3 minutes to an hour to experience each 'piece' compared to an image which you can digest in a few seconds and flip through a bunch when you need to burn a minute or two.

You bring up an interesting point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7614790

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by personlurking »

jhardcastle wrote: post #28
personlurking wrote: post #19

Just going to throw this one out there. I live in Lisbon, it's tourist-central (I'm from SF and I've never seen so many tourists). Since I see a ton of lost people every single day there should be a way to digitally leave comments on things and places and a free one-stop shop to find such info (like Wikitravel). This info, although having a central repository, should be pushed out to an app that connects to one's pho…

Reddit for real places rather than links? Upvotes and downvotes, comments (with upvotes and downvotes). A search function (that actually works) laid over Google Maps rather than textual links? Interesting.

Yeah, that could very well work. It would need an app, though, and some Google Now-type tech.

There's a guy out of Brazil who has a site called Viagens Maneiras (aka Trip to Brazil) and he goes to different locations in Brazil with his dog and takes pictures and offers info on each place. At the bottom of each location page, he has tips listed. These tips are usually comments by his site visitors (on what to do, what not to miss, etc). Anyways, I'm imagining part of his site but with improved functionality and a redesign.

[1] http://www.triptobrazil.com/

I hadn't visited the site in a long time and it seems to have a few navigational issues (like two-finger scrolling on my track pad required my mouse to be on the text/picture area rather than anywhere on the page).

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