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Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by thegeomaster » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:02 PM UTC

daniel-levin wrote: post #300

thegeomaster wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh, didn't work for me. I entered the number of my mobile phone and my landline, and neither rang. I guess it's just an issue pertaining to Serbia (or maybe I'm doing something wrong?). No service works here unless they specifically mention they do. It's a frustrating thing :)

Worked for me, and I live in South Africa. Maybe you left out the country code or got the format wrong?

I tried again. "Unfortunately it looks like you've reached the free trial call limit." Bummer.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by bigfoot13442 » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:06 PM UTC

I am rebuilding a 1981 Suzuki GS750E. I find it really helps to get away from my desk once in a while.

I have never done any mechanical work before and I am having fun and learning a lot. I highly recommend it as an alternative to starting yet another project.

When I don't feel like working on that or am waiting for parts, I am building an original arcade game. Its in the really early stages but I hope to house it in a traditional coin operated arcade cabinet painted with original artwork from a local artist and put it in a local coffeeshop or something.

I don't have a site to point anyone to for either of these projects.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by adamonduty » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:09 PM UTC

thegeomaster wrote: post #288

adamonduty wrote: post #163

I'm working on PhoneCard, a service to make cheap international phone calls without requiring a data connection. You enter the phone number in the webapp and it calls you. Next time you're using poor hotel wifi or you're frustrated with skype (e.g. multiple disconnects per hour), try PhoneCard for a high-quality call. PhoneCard can call most places in the world, and in some countries you can also purchase incoming nu…

Eh, didn't work for me. I entered the number of my mobile phone and my landline, and neither rang. I guess it's just an issue pertaining to Serbia (or maybe I'm doing something wrong?). No service works here unless they specifically mention they do. It's a frustrating thing :)

I just saw your call in the logs! It will work in Serbia, but I need to do some additional work on the backend to enable certain countries that are typically high cost to call. I had already done this, but apparently it wasn't complete.

For now, I've reset your trial call limit and it should work for you.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by janesconference » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:26 PM UTC

wturner wrote: post #283

janesconference wrote: post #20

Working on a Digital Audio Workstation in HTML5 / Web Audio API, front and back end: http://hya.io

This is one of the projects I most admire in the space. It's the ideal I set my programming learning around when I started teaching myself this stuff. Upvoted

Thanks wturner! If you ever want to develop a plugin for hya, feel free to contact me for any info or support you need.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by antrix » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:34 PM UTC

arafalov wrote: post #90

I am working on popularizing Apache Solr search engine: http://www.solr-start.com/ . It's a couple of books, a website, a mailing list and a bunch of connected Open Source projects, all having the focus on making it easier for people to learn Solr. The fun part is that doing this for/by myself, I can scratch any itch I want, as long as it's around the core theme. The extra interesting - and challenging - part is to e…

This looks like a great idea! Some feedback: for a site named 'solr start', I was hoping the first thing I see would be something named 'start here' which explains what solr is, what to use it for, how to get started, etc. Instead, the 1st thing is something arcane called 'UpdateRequestProcessors'!

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by thegeomaster » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:37 PM UTC

adamonduty wrote: post #303

thegeomaster wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh, didn't work for me. I entered the number of my mobile phone and my landline, and neither rang. I guess it's just an issue pertaining to Serbia (or maybe I'm doing something wrong?). No service works here unless they specifically mention they do. It's a frustrating thing :)

I just saw your call in the logs! It will work in Serbia, but I need to do some additional work on the backend to enable certain countries that are typically high cost to call. I had already done this, but apparently it wasn't complete. For now, I've reset your trial call limit and it should work for you.

Whoa, it works! I was surprised to actually see a service with such a wide coverage. I've made an account and verified it, and all seems to work smoothly. The only thing is that I can't find any info on how much the messages or calls cost. Maybe I'm missing something obvious.

I'll also be sure to recommend you to people I know are having this specific difficulty of poor call quality with Skype or Viber. That's a great service you've got there, and keep up the good work :)

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by supercoder » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:38 PM UTC

miguelrochefort wrote: post #142

I'm designing the future of communication. A few related topics: - Semantic Web - Internet of Things - UI/UX - Knowledge Representation - Big Data - Smart Contracts Evoluton of communication: - Facial emotions - Sign language - Verbal communication - Writing - Printing - Photography - Telephone - Radio - Television - Computers - Internet - Smartphones - ... <- What I'm working on

you seem like the kind of guy who'd be asking for someone to simply build the future of communication for you , for only 50% of equity.

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by jackiekong » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:38 PM UTC

I am working on Flashback - a lockscreen replacement for Android. It randomly displays photo from your Facebook and Dropbox account in your lockscreen. There is a bit of #tbt and nostalgic feel to it.

I take a lot of photos and probably have thousands of photos in the cloud but I only look at them when I have time (rarely!). I thought of getting a photo frame but have been disappointed with the limitations (ex. switching sd cards, limited space). I set out to create a better photo frame app that connects to the cloud so you don't have to worry about swapping photos. Eventually I pivoted to do a lock screen because it made more sense for the phone form factor. Last week, I add live world cup scores on the lock screen. Its pretty neat. Eventually, I would like to add more relevant information to the lock screen and more photo filtering capabilities.

Its still a very much beta product (just released last week). Try it out at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flashback....

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by ilaksh » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:40 PM UTC

n3on_net wrote: post #255

I'm working on a platform that allows everyone create HTML5 and mobile games directly in the browser without any programming knowledge. Still in a very early stage. First MVP will come in a month. screenshot: http://goo.gl/rLVcM6 some devlog videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/symplatonix

So basically it installs a whole bunch of stuff in one container automatically and then does a commit to save the image?

Re: Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

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Post by PerfectElement » Sat, Jun 28, 2014, 11:55 PM UTC

I'm working on an online intake forms web app (http://intakeq.com). I built it initially for my wife, who's a nutritionist, but there are a few other people using it now.