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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

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Post by tixocloud »

numbsafari wrote: post #47
wsvincent wrote: post #43

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Yes these are proprietary ratings. This is typically the first question we get: how credible/accurate are these scores. Since this is HN I can dive into this a bit more than with a typical parent: -There are fundamentally two data sets in play here, a national one, NCES, that provides basic school information: name, # of students, demographics, etc. And a State data set. - Each state administers their own state asses…

Any thoughts on providing special scores for: - Special needs students. This could be a really active community for you. - Arts/Music/Theater programs and participation rates. - Innovative educational programs. One of the HS I attended had an on-campus fish hatchery that was almost entirely student run, it also had a professional choral program--as in, students in the "varsity chorus" got paid professional rates for…

Yeah, those scores/features are huge. There are lots of great detail around schools that many people just don't know about.

If you can showcase that, your website could be a really powerful resource!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

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Post by tixocloud »

wsvincent wrote: post #43
tixocloud wrote: post #39

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I think it's a good idea. One thing I worked on in the past was being able to link school scores for my residential real estate startup. However, there's always been the question of "How credible are these scores" - are you guys doing the rating yourselves?

Yes these are proprietary ratings. This is typically the first question we get: how credible/accurate are these scores. Since this is HN I can dive into this a bit more than with a typical parent: -There are fundamentally two data sets in play here, a national one, NCES, that provides basic school information: name, # of students, demographics, etc. And a State data set. - Each state administers their own state asses…

Awesome. It'd be a huge value if you can really help parents understand the scores and how to interpret them instead of giving a flat result with no explanation.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

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Post by cryptoz »

Sunshine! https://thesunshine.co

Weather forecasts generated using sensors in smartphones.

We use both crowdsourced reports of the current weather conditions and barometric pressure data from iPhones to create more accurate and local weather forecasts.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

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Post by vdnkh »

AlphonseJr wrote: post #48

Toolwatch ! https://toolwatch.io It helps watch freaks measure the accuracy of their timepieces. Accuracy has always been the holy grail of watchmaking. Throughout the ages, watchmakers have been competing for building the most accurate and precise watch movement but the consumers do not have the tools to appreciate that effort. With Toolwatch you can measure your watches for free and see how they compete versus othe…

Can you please show a demo/screenshots without me having to sign up? I'm interested but I have no idea how it works (do I need a microphone? iphone? etc), and I won't sign up until I know I can actually use it.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

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Post by hellbanner »

detaro wrote: post #45
hellbanner wrote: post #3

Twitch Plays Minesweeper... because Twitch plays Minesweeper :) Please do this every month on HN! Also, an updated version of a turn-based game engine, now with ES6 classes.

You might enjoy this: http://mienfield.com/ (Not mine, saw it on HN a while back)

Yep, that's cool! AFAIK that's on a huge or infinite field. The Twitch Plays one is built around small minefields and its voting based.

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Post by brianwawok »

numbsafari wrote: post #34
brianwawok wrote: post #22

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I mean a static website can't put up cloudflare? It would rather redirect to a picture of balls?

The fact that people get so annoyed by it in such an entitled manner is what makes it most amusing. And it is most amusing.

I mean it isn't hard to be immature. You can go to 4chan and see people being immature all the time. Not that impressive honestly.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

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Post by cezary »

Rddt.tv - http://rddt.tv

Reddit.tv was an app to watch videos posted to reddit but shut down back in January. Haven't been able to find a replacement that I liked, so I built my own. Made the videos full-screen by default and added extra stuff like support for Soundcloud embeds (so you could listen to music subreddits), a directory of video-posting subreddits, multireddits, keyboard shortcuts.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL

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Post by hellbanner »

zinxq wrote: post #10

ClickRouter - because it allows me to use all my affiliate accounts (CJ, Skimlinks, Viglinks, shareasale, etc) at once. This has nearly doubled my affiliate revenue. At first it was an internal tool I ran for a long time, but been working to make it a service. http://clickrouter.com

Can you explain how this works a little more than the main page & FAQ? I'm not familiar with the companies in the FAQ.
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