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Post by joeshaw »

eranation wrote: post #102

YourMechanic for groceries. I want to pay a flat recurring fee and have my fridge be filled with basic food products (e.g. like a hotel's minibar) you chose from 3-5 preset packages out of 3 pricing levels, setup how many people are in the house and you are done the service will calibrate (with your help) the content of the packages, e.g. if you see you eat more bread than you drink milk and end up with too much milk…

You might be able to tackle this at a much smaller scale with things like CSAs (community-supported agriculture). In a CSA, you are essentially buying a farm share and getting some amount of veggies or meat per week/month/etc.

One issue with a CSA is that I'll get odd amounts of things: not enough potatoes to get a dish for instance or an overwhelming amount of parsley, etc. It would be good if there were a feedback mechanism so that (a) I would get the food that I wanted, and in the amounts that are good for me or my family, and (b) so that the farmers knew what kinds of crops to focus on and deliver to their members.

In my experience the people who run CSAs are passionate about their farming and not on technology. If someone could provide a service like this, it might be helpful to them.

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Post by georgespencer »

saraid216 wrote: post #173
georgespencer wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The difficulty with faxing something is that it's even more out of date than printing something. I don't have a printer, but at least I know a store where I can buy one. I've got no idea where the fuck I'd go to buy a fax machine.

There is such a thing as an e-fax (you send an email and it magically turns into a fax on the other side). I have only seen it from one side and do not have any details, though. When I was doing Lots Of Paperwork for something, I'd often print out reams at the office and fax reams back. I consider myself rather fortunate that no one ever complained; being friends with the receptionist (who sits next to the fax and wa…

I've used e-faxes before, but isn't it predicated by the other side (the tax office, or whoever) having either a fax machine or the inclination to accept an e-fax?

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Post by arafalov »

arafalov wrote: post #160

I have a whole (Google) Drive of ideas, each with a hook, strategy, and business plan. Some of them, I have seen startups to independently try. I will post a bunch as individual sub-comments, see if anybody wants to make a startup of them. If somebody does, I will be happy to share most of the rest of details, in exchange for free accounts, recognition, etc. Ok, I posted about 10% of what I have (most here, one was s…

Shops within reach

Find my a shop (e.g. hardware) by travel distance including public transport, rather than a physical distance. If I am close to a metro/subway, it is often easier to go extra 3 stops on that than walk 300 feet/metres/meters/whatever to do big shopping. And could bring up completely unexpected useful matches.

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Post by mortalkastor »

jvanderwal wrote: post #200
joering2 wrote: post #185

OK, here is the list of my ideas. "working" on it for years, never had balls to start implementing, BUT I am computer programmer if you want to work on any of those together, let me know. Otherwise take it, "steal it", and make it big. And mention you heard it from joe :) - watches exchange club. you are doing as a middle man between watch lover. X amount to signup + monthly fee gives your user base access to each ot…

UniKey is doing the "iPhone door opener" idea. Very cool tech - can't wait until it's available. http://www.unikeytech.com/

I read that as UnlikelyTech.com

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Post by dgunn »

covercash wrote: post #99

TI-8x calculator resale program - graduating and have no need for that calculator anymore? We buy it and the resell it to incoming students at half the price TI charges! Emergency mode for smartphones - when you dial 911, the phone goes into a locked down, power saving mode that records audio (maybe video too), transmits your location and attempts to connect you with emergency services. Recorded audio is also transmi…

I like the TI resale program. I know it would have been very easy to get my TI89 off me after college for a steal. The difficulty comes from the fact that anyone who doesn't need that calculator anymore is almost certainly no longer around people who do. I didn't have the foresight to pre-sell it to a freshman prior to graduating. Good money says almost no one does. Great idea!

[edit] This could also spin into a rental program.

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Post by thecosas »

mtoddh wrote: post #79

A service that syncs your resume with companies' Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). The problem: you're applying for jobs at three different companies. Each company uses their own Applicant Tracking System (eg. Taleo, Kenexa, PeopleAdmin). That means you get to fill out your resume three different times, which is tedious and error prone. It would be nice to have a service where you input your resume once and then it j…

Not to mention only answer the "personality" questions a single time... haven't had to deal with those in some time, but I know many companies use them.

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Post by gadders »

joering2 wrote: post #185

OK, here is the list of my ideas. "working" on it for years, never had balls to start implementing, BUT I am computer programmer if you want to work on any of those together, let me know. Otherwise take it, "steal it", and make it big. And mention you heard it from joe :) - watches exchange club. you are doing as a middle man between watch lover. X amount to signup + monthly fee gives your user base access to each ot…

I like this one:

- drawing together app. similar to draw something, but lets parents and children to use separate devices to draw together, or color cartoons, etc.

I could see me playing that with my daughter.

As a general point, currently educational/fun apps for children in Google Play all seem to be aimed at pre-schoolers. I'd like some games/apps for those aged 5-11. Doesn't necessarily have to be educational. EG:

Girl/boy takes headshot photo of themselves, and is then able to choose a virtual outfit for themself - Princess, Pirate etc etc, and then email the pic to friends.

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

beobab wrote: post #130
mtoddh wrote: post #101

It would be nice to have a dumb computer for your kitchen that is basically just for displaying recipes from the internet (eg allrecipes.com). It would be thin like an ipad and I could hang it on the wall/fridge/cupboard/above the counter while I am preparing food. It would be easy to clean and sturdy and would keep working even I spilled sauce on it, dropped it on the counter, etc.

There was an article on HN recently [ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4533215 ] about a $79 tablet from China which would do as the hardware...

This was my thought as well, I imagine we'll start to see devices like that but optimized for a specific task: a $100 tablet that is preloaded with 20,000 recipes along with pictures and videos and comes with a magnetic bracket for attaching to the fridge.
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