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During that time, hundreds of people are losing their life.
What can hackers do?
I've seen a few projects like http://www.israelvgaza.com and https://github.com/kaepora/gazaDeaths - have you seen others? What else could we build?
Please focus on the technical / product side of things. This is not the place to express your opinion on the conflict itself.
But as for your request, here are some suggestions:
* a site that tracks the number of times either side warns the other in advance of attacks
* an app that helps calculate the number of weapons that can safely be hidden in a mosque, given the area and number of floors
* something like Uber for ambulances, so the Palestinian forces can streamline their use of ambulances to transport soldiers and weaponry
Have I missed anything?
Telling people that "this is not the place to express your opinion" is profoundly rude, especially given that this isn't your site, you're asking that same set of people for help, and posting links to sites that, while technically correct, drop a lot of useful context. But as for your request, here are some suggestions: * a site that tracks the number of times either side warns the other in advance of attacks * an ap…
I like the idea of a Uber for Ambulances, although not for the use case you suggest obviously.
No politics.
But "no politics" should not be an excuse to close our eyes in front of real world problems. Hackers can help without having to take side.
For example, if somebody posts a photo and describes as something that shocking that recently happened, the social network could add a tag "original photo taken year in location, context."
This would also be helpful in election years.
No politics.
I don't trust the HN community to abstain itself from going at each other's throats.
I wish Facebook, Twitter, etc had some kind of "accuracy checker" built in. For example, if somebody posts a photo and describes as something that shocking that recently happened, the social network could add a tag "original photo taken year in location , context ." This would also be helpful in election years.
Telling people that "this is not the place to express your opinion" is profoundly rude, especially given that this isn't your site, you're asking that same set of people for help, and posting links to sites that, while technically correct, drop a lot of useful context. But as for your request, here are some suggestions: * a site that tracks the number of times either side warns the other in advance of attacks * an ap…
No politics.
Yes please, just code. But "no politics" should not be an excuse to close our eyes in front of real world problems. Hackers can help without having to take side.