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#81

- A legitimate successor to the original FJ40 Toyota Landcruiser, possibly electric - A version of this watch (maybe even a smart watch) that didn't cost $25,000: https://ressencewatches.com/watches/type-3

That's a pretty neat watch. Almost looks like a digital display rather than a mechanical device.

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post #72

MoneyGuidePro for individuals, instead of just financial advisors.

That's a pretty neat idea to use simulation as part of financial planning. I know I've seen general projections of retirement money, but using the simulation as an interactive tool to help tailor the plan makes it seem much more personalized and useful (though who knows if that is actually the case).

I'm not sure how successful this could be targeted at individuals without being integrated with some other financial product like a retirement account provider, though. It would certainly be nice to have something like Mint for retirement to consolidate and track overall allocations over many accounts from different providers.

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#84

Sports (and events) Netflix/live streaming. That would kill cable for sure. A curated "channel-like" experience for Netflix/YouTube shows. There's a LOT of good content out there, but it's hard to filter. And the "channel" experience of surfing and switching between programs has been kind of lost. A different kind of smartphone, with actual buttons. Or maybe even what one manufacturer (Samsung?) tried to do, splittin…

On android you can select the home button to answer calls. And the power button to hangup. Assuming you have these it works nicely for tactile answer and end.

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post #10

a news aggregator that works. one where each person using it fills it with all sorts of metadata regarding why they liked/disliked a post/comment/embed etc, and then lets me use all the tagged metadata around content to sort it, possibly with some AI to help me. slashdot seemed like it was on the right track, then the simplicity of the like/upvote threw complex out the window. buzzfeed came back with wtf/lol, but its…

Prismatic was pretty good, but they had to stop due to lack of interest (and money).

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#86

A single IM platform through which everyone can talk to everyone regardless of their IM service, and I mean I wanna be able to send a message to someone's iMessage from my Battle.net account, and then receive someone's Facebook message on my Slack or something. Obviously IDK how this would be possible, but IM is now broken beyond repair by companies that tried to "fix" it. The list of IM apps on my iPhone keeps growi…

I am quite surprised you do not have WhatsApp.

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#87

A single IM platform through which everyone can talk to everyone regardless of their IM service, and I mean I wanna be able to send a message to someone's iMessage from my Battle.net account, and then receive someone's Facebook message on my Slack or something. Obviously IDK how this would be possible, but IM is now broken beyond repair by companies that tried to "fix" it. The list of IM apps on my iPhone keeps growi…

This. It's baffling; we've "solved" email – anyone can have an account with any provider and is able to mail anyone else – why haven't been able to do the same with instant messaging already?

Email protocol was by fiat. We don't have that luxury anymore We have the free market. Hooray!

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#88

A single IM platform through which everyone can talk to everyone regardless of their IM service, and I mean I wanna be able to send a message to someone's iMessage from my Battle.net account, and then receive someone's Facebook message on my Slack or something. Obviously IDK how this would be possible, but IM is now broken beyond repair by companies that tried to "fix" it. The list of IM apps on my iPhone keeps growi…

This. It's baffling; we've "solved" email – anyone can have an account with any provider and is able to mail anyone else – why haven't been able to do the same with instant messaging already?

Because of the spam threat. Controlling identity (for example by knowing for sure the sender's phone number) allows for a huge mitigation of spam.

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#89

A single IM platform through which everyone can talk to everyone regardless of their IM service, and I mean I wanna be able to send a message to someone's iMessage from my Battle.net account, and then receive someone's Facebook message on my Slack or something. Obviously IDK how this would be possible, but IM is now broken beyond repair by companies that tried to "fix" it. The list of IM apps on my iPhone keeps growi…

http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/

Re: Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build?

#90
A decent portable computer.

Obscenely large, replaceable battery.

small screen (1080p or 720p at 10~13in) that i can actually slide up when open so i don't have to look down and kill my neck/back.

decent mechanical keyboard at least 90% size (like the eeepc1000)

it can be low on CPU but should have the most connectivity it can. It can weight a little more than a 15" gaming laptop weights today.

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