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Re: I'll Accept Anything – Accepting every pull request submitted

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this might be a joke, but this is a serious problem i have as well. i want to create something, but i don't know what to do.. there is nothing i need that is not already done, or at least thats why i think.

>there is nothing i need that is not already done

So, you don't have anything to do. Relax and enjoy a coctail.

Re: I'll Accept Anything – Accepting every pull request submitted

#73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This gives me an idea! An....unrelated...idea...BRB

The fact that this parent comment is clearly up-voted and this comment is "greyed out" is emblematic of what I personally think is wrong with HN commenting. The above comment is not helpful, productive, and is unnecessarily negative in tone. The below comment is unhelpful, unproductive, and playful and (if anything) positive in tone. We can't have playful comments but we can have useless negative comments?

I stopped posting after one of my playful comments was down voted. That is a real affect of down votes.

Re: I'll Accept Anything – Accepting every pull request submitted

#77
Some time ago I was playing with the following idea: Let's take 2 randomly chosen research papers and merge them together to get something new. I have never realized it and consider it much likely to fail then give anything useful. This project seem a little similar to me.

Re: I'll Accept Anything – Accepting every pull request submitted

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post #3

this might be a joke, but this is a serious problem i have as well. i want to create something, but i don't know what to do.. there is nothing i need that is not already done, or at least thats why i think.

Have you considered making something for the sake of it? I am starting to see apps/services as pieces of furniture. Many people enjoy making them by themselves rather than going to Ikea. Why couldn't you do the same with an app/service? Build your own thing even if it is already built by someone else. You will have a lot of fun and who knows what the outcome might end up being...
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