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Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by cweiss » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 3:59 AM UTC

A photo app designed specifically for concerts - The main feature is that the display goes dark while filming/snapping shots. As someone who goes to a lot of shows, I hate the myriad of tiny squares I see between myself and the stage and I've noticed a fairly small percentage of folks actually check focus/etc., they just stick their phones in the air and shoot away.

Bonus points for good social media integration - Read my location/4sq to know what show I'm at - Easy posting to 4sq/FB/Twitter/Compuserve.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by frankpinto » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 4:06 AM UTC

alejoriveralara wrote: post #437

frankpinto wrote: post #414

A site where you sign up for coffee / tea / lunch with a stranger in your workplaces area. Context: - I'm currently in Guatemala City and nobody talks here. A lot of people go to their office, bring their lunch, go home. You hang out with your high school / college buddies some evenings / weekends. I should know who works in the building next to mine. - Haven't read the book but the concept of "Never Eat Alone" has b…

Si!

Alejo! Forgot to tag you even though I was going to ask you to do the design haha

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by cshimmin » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 4:18 AM UTC

yzhou wrote: post #176

Here's what I want: A cheap text ssh terminal with wifi,or cellular, nice keyboard hardware, with extremely long battery life (or solar powered), which i can just throw it in my car and forget it. Whenever I am away of my computer I can always log in to my cloud server and write codes or do some quick fixes.

I have been wondering if Chromebooks could be useful for this purpose...

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by kidlogic » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 4:28 AM UTC

Yelp for Manufacturing - help hardware startups determine which manufacturer fits their needs and remove the question of whether or not they're working with someone qualified

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by karangoeluw » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 5:01 AM UTC

Jemaclus wrote: post #440

Google Glass app that streams subtitles from Netflix, Hulu, or even cable TV. I rely heavily on subtitles to watch TV (I'm very hard-of-hearing), but I've found that my [hearing] friends don't like subtitles very much. It would make my life 10 million times easier if I could watch TV with subtitles or closed captioning without having to subject my friends to that as well. I don't know jack shit about Google Glass, bu…

I remember an app demo in my last hackathon: when reading the Bible in hebrew, English translation appeared on Glass.

Your idea isn't hard to work on, but I don't have a glass to do it.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by karangoeluw » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 5:05 AM UTC

11thEarlOfMar wrote: post #240

I frequently wonder if there is a place on the planet I'd be happier in. The idea is a site that allows me to select a wide variety of attributes and then search for places in the world that match those attributes. For attributes that I only care about only generally, I'd be able to select from a broad category. For those that I care a lot about, I'd be able to drill in to highly granular selections. For example, I m…

> One requires you to enter the locations you think you'd like and then helps you decide.

That's because after accounting for the number of places and the parameters, doing this efficiently is almost impossible (kinda like NP).

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by karangoeluw » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 5:06 AM UTC

PopcornTimer wrote: post #413

Mixergy specifically for bootstrapped solopreneurs/micropreneurs except NO video interview or a lot of the unnecessary info. I want something I can read (comprehensive guides) with specific background info on insider knowledge per industry or cool things they did that made the company a success. Mixergy interviews are often too long, too much noise to sift through, and not enough core information. Examples of things…

I'd like to do this. If anyone has the connections and would like to help out, email me karan@goel.im

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by karangoeluw » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 5:11 AM UTC

gbrits wrote: post #316

Related to @mden's Idea: Tree of knowledge. Chrono: chronological inventions and academic breakthroughs of mankind as a dependency graph. This is a lingering idea that has been coming back to me a couple times a year over the last decade or so. What if there's a kind of semantic wikipedia that is built upon a dependency graph of inventions and academic breakthroughs. What led to the invention of the internet, to nano…

I love it. How would one go about doing it though? Scrape Wikipedia? Manual data entry?

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by karangoeluw » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 5:16 AM UTC

nathanathan wrote: post #38

[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: Git-story, a website that generates summary narratives from git commit histories and other github data. Here's a brain-dump with some ideas for the specifics: Use foreshadowing: "It all started with one person, X, spending months to gradually build what would one day become Y, a pro…

Relevant xkcd http://xkcd.com/1296/

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by avalaunch » Mon, Apr 21, 2014, 5:33 AM UTC

busterarm wrote: post #255

avalaunch wrote: post #174

A major pain point in my life is house maintenance and repair. I really miss having a (good) landlord. That's what I want - a single point of contact to manage the upkeep of and fix any issues related to my home. There's so much friction in the process of finding the various contractors needed to keep a home in good order. First you have to search on craigslist, angieslist, or google for contractors that service your…

Property management companies take care of this for rental units. Why not just find a good one that operates in your area and pitch the idea to them? Normally they operate for a percentage of rents but I'm sure you could find one who would do it for flat rate. Your problem with the insurance company thing is you might have to give them Power of Attorney (which you really don't want to do) to make insurance claims on…

For some reason I cannot edit my comment so I'll reply again.

I've been researching property management companies in Cincinnati (where I live) and I've come to a few conclusions:

1. There are no good property management companies in Cincinnati. At least, there are no highly reviewed property management companies - only those with negative reviews or no reviews at all.

2. Owners looking to rent their homes might be a great demographic for this idea. While most of the property management companies state that they do regular maintenance checkups, they really aren't incentivized to do so and from the reviews I read they typically don't. They're really only incentivized to keep the renter renting so that they continue to get their cut. As it stands, owners and tenants are often at odds when it comes to "needed" repairs because the property management companies charge the owners $50/hour plus parts for any repairs beyond the most routine of maintenance. Basically the property management companies have stuck themselves between a rock and a hard place where it's almost impossible to make both the owner and tenant happy. If, however, the owners were paying a larger monthly fee that covered all repairs, they'd no longer be at odds with the tenant. Of course, the problem of "tenant abuse" would then fall on us. Hopefully by being proactive with regular maintenance the abuse could be mitigated somewhat.

I'm going to call a few property management companies tomorrow to get a better idea of what exactly is and isn't covered under their plans.