Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#1

Post by ilolu » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 7:39 PM UTC

Hello HN,

Is there any idea that you have that is great, but feel that it is impossible at the present.Or may be an idea that you think that the incumbent or competition is super strong.

I am just looking an idea to hack on weekends after being bored of creating similar apps through out my IT career.

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#2

Post by godelmachine » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 7:57 PM UTC

Making a browser do all the work of an OS or vice versa

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#3

Post by davidajackson » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:01 PM UTC

Not impossible but hard: create an application that lets you talk and auto-generate code/pages for an app. There are lots of companies working on this but you might be able to find a good niche.

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#4

Post by gjsman-1000 » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:07 PM UTC

Creating a desktop OS that feels free to break past UNIX standards and start from a clean slate

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#5

Post by marcelluspye » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:07 PM UTC

godelmachine wrote: post #2

Making a browser do all the work of an OS or vice versa

I think somewhere in between these two options is emacs.

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#6

Post by epberry » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:08 PM UTC

I’ve long been interested in the “cocktail party problem” which involves disambiguating audio in a conversation with multiple people. I think this tech is foundational for better video calls and smart speaker devices for homes. The best research I’ve seen on this is from Mitsubishi but as far as I know this is well into the territory of an impossible problem today.

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#7

Post by benologist » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:09 PM UTC

Open source Pokemon, where new creatures can be contributed by anyone and anyone can add stories and adventures or fork the whole thing and do whatever they want.

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#8

Post by d_silin » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:12 PM UTC

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #4

Creating a desktop OS that feels free to break past UNIX standards and start from a clean slate

Plan 9?

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#9

Post by rohan1024 » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:12 PM UTC

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #4

Creating a desktop OS that feels free to break past UNIX standards and start from a clean slate

Fuchsia?

Re: Ask HN: Impossible Ideas?

#10

Post by max_ » Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:13 PM UTC

You can impliment my catastrophy bonds idea[0]

[0]: https://asindu.drileba.capital/2020/02/fighting-of-disease-p...