Hackathons should be a place for outlandish ideas that otherwise wouldn't get exposure. As it is, most hackathons are quick PoC so the C-levels have some projects to choose from.
The transformation of basically all hackathons from "do something fun or interesting" to "product prototype competition for prizes" is sad. Interestingly, the term "hackday" seems less taken over by that madness.
I couldn't agree more. The hackathons I've won something in were the ones I enjoyed less due to the huge amount of marketing vs actual technology involved in the projects.
Flops aren't necessarily bad ideas. Some startups fail due to a lack of funding, bad execution, bad leadership, bad teams, burnouts, legal mishaps, patent trolls, fatal bugs, etc.
And stupid bad timings. Like when you do doctor appointments and drug home delivery and every thing in between on mobile app in 2008 in India. Lesson learnt, never bet on technology or platform whose working future or adoption you can not control.
Mine were: 1) start with a market you have access to, not with an idea, and listen to what the market asks for; 2) hardware is 5x-10x more expensive than you expect
This was hilarious. I’d be cool to have flopstarter come up with 20 projects every day. I’d go to the website every morning just for laughs. Well done.
TrustMessenger, “a chat app that sends every message to your significant other”, sounds funny, but there is actually a market out there for accountability software. In one example, your browser history is sent to a third party (or sponsor) for review.
Truth is stranger than fiction; With regards to [1] I'm pretty sure drinking "raw" rainwater is now a thing and multiple real companies exist in this space, much to the chagrin of the FDA.
These are funny but only bad ideas. http://kickfailure.com has some bad ideas with spectacularly bad execution as well. And they're real. Truth is stranger than fiction.
lol, yeah they do but this is the lowest grade of meat and typically graded for non human consumption.. best beef is fit / healthy and knocked quickly.
You can quite easily. Meat from a natural-death cow will be tougher - age and movement makes muscles fibres stronger. Also a dairy cow will be much leaner than beef cattle, a consequence of much energy going to milk production instead of fat storage. The flavour is also stronger and more gamey.
Another consideration is the breed - different cattle breads are used for meat and dairy. Most beef cattle are cross-breads between dairy and beef stock. Dairy breeds are less muscular and consequently have lower meat yields.
There's nothing dangerous about it, just unpalatable to most. In the regular market most goes to pet food.
>I’m confused on the actual risk for meat eaters and if they could really tell the difference.
It's not about "risk," it's about quality.
This kind of beef is usually marked "utility grade," which is one step above dog food. It gets sent to those prisons that still serve meat, or to ultra-low-end restaurants like the one under the L tracks in Chicago that offers a full steak meal with garlic bread, a side, and a salad for eight bucks.
I'm not being critical. It's an awesome option for the working poor.* I've probably eaten the steak special at that place a dozen times. But you've got to know what you're getting into ahead of time.
*In days of yore, there were thousands of cheap, quick steak joints in Chicago. Office and factory workers who didn't bring their own lunches would always hit a low-end steakhouse. They were like the McDonald's of the 1890-1940's.
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[ 1.7 ms ] story [ 131 ms ] threadhere's a childish version of one: https://www.amazon.com/Now-Watch-Present-Moment-WristBand/dp...
Now I have a worn out self-winding watch which loses 5 minutes/hour that I wear when I don't want to know what time it is.
http://www.halfbakery.com/
https://www.amazon.com/What-World-Needs-Now-Daydreamers/dp/B...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0393313697/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=...
Probably reason enough to disable one-click ordering.
https://www.amazon.com/What-World-Needs-Now-Daydreamers/dp/0...
What if we made Kickstarter, but only slightly worse? We could call it Flopstarter!
Half-bakery is impossible to navigate and one-word descriptions are worthless.
[1] http://flopstarter.com/cloudfallenwater/
I would definitely buy a potato skin jacket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjuCwnoNWQw
This is a thing. It's actually a huge industry and growing with all the problems we're having with bees these days.
Billions of bees from Utah (The Beehive State) are rented out to farmers in California each year.
There are some farms that actually do this. They milk the cows and when they die they are eaten.
Another consideration is the breed - different cattle breads are used for meat and dairy. Most beef cattle are cross-breads between dairy and beef stock. Dairy breeds are less muscular and consequently have lower meat yields.
There's nothing dangerous about it, just unpalatable to most. In the regular market most goes to pet food.
It's not about "risk," it's about quality.
This kind of beef is usually marked "utility grade," which is one step above dog food. It gets sent to those prisons that still serve meat, or to ultra-low-end restaurants like the one under the L tracks in Chicago that offers a full steak meal with garlic bread, a side, and a salad for eight bucks.
I'm not being critical. It's an awesome option for the working poor.* I've probably eaten the steak special at that place a dozen times. But you've got to know what you're getting into ahead of time.
*In days of yore, there were thousands of cheap, quick steak joints in Chicago. Office and factory workers who didn't bring their own lunches would always hit a low-end steakhouse. They were like the McDonald's of the 1890-1940's.