What is the idea? Why do you think it would be great and valuable? Why don't you work on it yourself? And who do you think would be best suited to making it happen?
They were taking investments before they launched and promised returns.
The creators wanted to launch it in the U.S. where it is illegal, and wanted to remain anonymous.
I'm all for innovation and trying to make things safer (I think they also said they would do background checks), but I was skeptical and thought it was more likely a scam than not.
Aside from the legal hurdles, Uber seems predicated on minimally vetting providers, mostly accomplished via local licensing verification rather than anything done by Uber itself, and no vetting whatsoever of the customers.
While I suppose you can argue that leaves things no worse off than the current sex work landscape, it seems like any company jumping into this isn't going to look good in the public and regulatory eye if their attitude is to just keep letting customers get diseases and providers get stalked and murdered. This is why brothels work. They can actually provide security. A phone app can't.
a hotpot chain in the US. I don't do it bc I'm too poor. Americans don't get enough veggies, they love meat, and they love big quantities of food for cheap. The hotpot place next to me has a line out the door for 2 hours and can't keep up. I wish there were more of them around. Plus, all you need is raw, uncooked veg/meat and electrical outlets for pots. Little startup cost besides building.
Secondly, an Indian version of chipotle. there is one in Montreal that is great and would prob thrive in US.
Third, Super Giant games needs to make sequels to Hades for different religions and areas. An Aztec or Egyptian spinoff game would be dope.
> Plus, all you need is raw, uncooked veg/meat and electrical outlets for pots. Little startup cost besides building.
I strongly suspect licensing/permits are substantially more involved for a restaurant that exposes customers to uncooked meat and boiling hot oil and broth.
I currently live in Taiwan where there are hotpot restaurants everywhere.
This has always been my thought for why it would be harder to do in the US (how do you handle the liability of having boiling pots within a toddler's reach). Same with "self cook BBQ" restaurants that put a hot thing of coals in the center of your table.
Strangely I can't find a corporate website, but I think Happy Lamb hot pot is a global company. They have one near me just outside of Portland, Oregon and they're fantastic.
It's also common in asian grocery stores as a hotpot base http://www.littlesheep.com/ is their American site. They don't seem to have a centralized site the way some franchises do, though
I frequent the Texas location but didn't realize it was one of the only US locations until now. It's not exactly Chipotle style (which I actually call Subway style) but very QSR/fast casual style. It's pretty good stuff and has a large following for people that I would guess are of Indian decent (I'm white), I feel like that says a lot because they're pickier than I am.
- A non-profit that provides a social network without ads/tracking. Similar to what facebook was like (profile+direct messaging+photos+groups/forums) before they expanded into all markets. Charge a fee of $1-2 a year to keep spam away and maintain the cost of servers. The hardest part of this is getting a critical mass of users.
The EU seems to try something like this, which I guess is the scale you need to get traction without being Meta or ByteDance. Though there’s only about a dozen users right now
Whatsapp was succeeding and profitable (though peanuts in profit compared to now) with charging a dollar. Thats why if a non-profit was managing it, its goal wouldn’t be to maximize profit but to provide quality service to its users.
When I think of a social network, I think more Facebook and less Twitter. I want something similar to Facebook where I can view friends photos, see their profile/wall and join various forums/groups. Twitter/Mastodon is more a public square where everybody is talking thinking everybody else is listening to them.
I launched something called a social utility. It's a facebook clone but I gave the profile pages value I thought folks might pay for. I call it a calling page and it's a cross between a domain name, phone number, website and linktree page. It's hosted on a 3 digit .io numeric domain I call a domain code and users register an io#. Similar to an area code and a phone #.
xxx.io/your_value
It's currently invite only. I'm looking for some feedback.
A radio app in which you can make a schedule on what stream you listen at what time, so you can listen to programs you like off multiple radiostations without the switching interaction
Many radio stations issue their programs as individual podcasts these days, so I find I can use a podcast manager to get much of what you seem to be asking for.
Mentioned this "would want/use" idea a few days ago, but a art blog static site generator.
Despite searching high and low around the gazilions of "flat file CMSs" and "Static Site Generators", I have not found a single one that remotely caters to artists/illustrators who might want to simply post their art on an open-source, local, and truly free site with a RSS feed. No title, optional date label, nothing else around. "Image-centric" rather than text-centric if you will.
I don't have the programming chops (I'm a designer) or the time to make it, but feel like it'd be a fairly simple month project with potentially big returns.
What’s an example of a website of the kind which you would like to build with such a tool? And I am assuming the thing you would be adding on a regular basis would be image files with perhaps the title and a bit of text as a description?
Sure! My art log here (SFW) http://log.kradeelav.com/ is what I was imagining; the "base" of the post being an image file, and a date/time stamp. Title, tags, and a one or two line description are all optional.
No problem! There's a static site generator called Publii that I tried once that was a simple "download linux(/win/mac) package, used a GUI to import posts from wordpress, and used the same GUI to post/deploy with two clicks."
Very doable with 10 minutes of training (or far less if you know your way around things). (The app didn't work ultimately for me for text-focused reasons but it was the closest thing yet.)
Couldn't see why a very simple GUI wouldn't be the game changer.
Thank you for elaborating!
I still have a question though if you don't mind? Wouldn't a Wordpress or Ghost or anything similar be that GUI? I understand that neither Wordpress or Ghost is SSG but I simply don't see why a photographer, let's say, would care about the underlying technology as long as their art is published online on a nice-looking web page?
I am not trying to downplay your idea. Just really curious if I am not missing an interesting, niche project idea here.
Thank you
I'm not the OP, but WordPress is quite complex to maintain. Technical tasks like upgrades, backups, security, server maintenance and testing are all your responsibility unless you pay someone good money to do it.
It also takes a lot of effort to get great loading performance with it. A “free, simple visual SSG” without these problems would be much more attractive to artists or designers.
The other reply nailed it, but since you're curious:
- It's my understanding that SSG's are much harder to hack/deface since there's much less (or nothing) to hack "into"; no databases, MYSQL, etc. Security's always a plus. Faster loading, too, is always a plus.
- It's abstract language, but wordpress "feels" bloated to just use in having way too many extensions, options, security holes, code, etc, when very often, artists only want their blog to look something like this: http://log.kradeelav.com/ - aka five features/options, max. Header, post image, post timestamp, title, tags, boom.
- Artists/designers have a spectrum of tech knowledge in that while sure, the vast majority have very little experience, there's quite a few "tinkerers" (I'd put myself there) that have no desire for a tech career but have enough experience to build a site (but not a blog), and want it to look clean/minimal with little fuss. Looking cleaner/better than your average corporate bootstrap blog is a huge plus aesthetically. ;)
- Artists tend to lean on the side of wanting to "own" their data and images as well caring about a free internet. Cutting out the bloat and keeping the values of RSS feeds, local hosting (much harder to censor too), and open-source code is a net win for individuals and society. Doesn't take a techie to understand the advantages there.
Happy to answer more privately if you do get curious enough to do something like this - email's in my profile. :)
I would like to see a project which addresses food shortages/availability --- why can't I have a pair of windows replaced w/ a pair of an aquarium and terrarium?
Grow shrimp in the aquarium, lettuce, cherry tomatoes and so forth in the terrarium
Each is monitored by a small computer w/ sensors which adjusts for nutrients, water, light, &c. --- at need, a vendor comes along, unlocks the outside access (which can only be unlocked if the matching inside lock is secure) and tops off/adjusts things.
If I'm having a dinner, have an option to drop off tilapia or a lobster in the aquarium.
I lack the green thumb, knowledge of electronics, and biological credentials --- it could be a nice gig for some person who is talented at growing things and has the computer programming/electronic sensor skills
Aquariums really can't be automated like that. They need constant manual care and you need to empty the water out every few weeks and scrape the algae off the sides.
Could it be that that just makes it a better business opportunity --- how many such tanks could one person clean in a day? What sort of franchise radius/density would make this workable?
> have an option to drop off tilapia or a lobster in the aquarium
I complain about having to mince my own garlic when I get a Blue Apron meal and you're willing to filet live fish? I don't see this working any where in the US, maybe somewhere else
Software to record audio (for hours) with proper timestamps and possibly event registration. Currently using audacity with timestamps via a plugin, it works but is rather cumbersome
What’s the use case? What are the timestamps for? Which it what determines where a timestamp is set? Do you need transcription as well? How is the recording being used afterwards?
Thanks for nice questions! I am currently working with multiple time series and when an anomaly happens in the time series, I have to check an audio recording to see what happened. The problem has been that all audio players and recorders that I have found starts at 0 and don't show recording time at the x axis, so I have to manually calculate the exact time in the audio recording, then listen around that time and register what happened and calculate the exact time for these events
It is a quite basic problem, but I haven't been able to find a good solution yet: an audio recorder/player that shows the exact time instead of relative time. I'll be very happy for suggestions, and if not, then it's an app I would wish someone would build:)
Not sure how you're capturing the audio but have you looked into timecode/sync? It's used in film to synchronize everything. Also I’m a bit rusty in this realm but probably running through some post production software could help
I would love to see a self-hostable, decentralized, cryptocurrency-free Bluetooth network like Tile or Sidewalk, with 2 way communication. Being open would prevent the Tile/Airtag fragmentation, and allow the tech to be integrated in just about everything for insane levels of coverage.
Not something that's useful without hardware availability and wide adoption, plus there may be legal issues with the GDPR.
I would also like to see a non-vaporware GearEye that works with normal UHF tags.
"Stuff" is one of the biggest detriments to my own well being, and many others. Any technology that manages stuff well is great.
Being able to search storage boxes the way you search a computer would allow much denser packing and much less time looking for things, and make cleaning easier.
I'd love it if there was an ISO like group dedicated to micro-standards, that worked with tiny companies. All these random electronic modules on eBay could share a common size and pin layout. Stacking boxes could all be stackable between companies. They would actively look for anything that has more than one part, make a standard, and promote it, or document the existing de facto standard.
Or less sarcastically, a dating site that actually works, where it doesn't revert to the whole game theory optimum strategy leading to the worst result overall.
Sadly this is more an evolutionary biology problem than technical or social.
Women are more valuable than men according to men (and women know this both consciously and biologically), hence it doenst matter what algorithm you use to match, 80 of of women prefer the top 20% of men
So how important are a woman's looks to you? If it was a site that suggested dates to you based purely on things like shared values, interests, etc., would you still want to use it?
Give me NetFlix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Z Prime, Sony Liv, Discovery+ and all the rest in a consistent single UI, with a sensible, robust media player interface like VLC
May be technically impossible given the propreitary nature of these services.
I'd settle for Apple TV with a full featured remote. Would be great if I could have a number pad and assign "channels" as shortcuts to different services, deeper links to specific shows, and channel up/down helped me navigate them. The previous channel button is my most missed feature.
What are “lots of people”? 10? 250? And the chat is the meeting? Or is the tool and chat just there to schedule a meeting, which is the to take place elsewhere (in real life, on Zoom, or whatever)? Does the group of people change each time? Does it have to work on mobile?
A pdf reader with highlighter/notes functionality that can sync the pdfs AND their hightlights/notes across multiple devices on different platforms.
I was very surprised to find such a thing doesn't exist (to my knowledge). I've tried sending pdfs to my Kindle account and it silently fails (the pdfs never show on my device). I tried using a pdf reader+Dropbox combo, but the pdf reader kept having trouble saving to Dropbox and creating "MyPdf (2).pdf" copies. I would end up with 20-30 copies, making it impossible to tell which one had the notes I was looking for.
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[ 2.1 ms ] story [ 179 ms ] threadSex worker positive apps seem to have a challenge maintaining traction for various reasons (edit: even in jurisdictions where it’s legal).
The creators wanted to launch it in the U.S. where it is illegal, and wanted to remain anonymous.
I'm all for innovation and trying to make things safer (I think they also said they would do background checks), but I was skeptical and thought it was more likely a scam than not.
While I suppose you can argue that leaves things no worse off than the current sex work landscape, it seems like any company jumping into this isn't going to look good in the public and regulatory eye if their attitude is to just keep letting customers get diseases and providers get stalked and murdered. This is why brothels work. They can actually provide security. A phone app can't.
Secondly, an Indian version of chipotle. there is one in Montreal that is great and would prob thrive in US.
Third, Super Giant games needs to make sequels to Hades for different religions and areas. An Aztec or Egyptian spinoff game would be dope.
Naantastic / Halal Guys
I strongly suspect licensing/permits are substantially more involved for a restaurant that exposes customers to uncooked meat and boiling hot oil and broth.
This has always been my thought for why it would be harder to do in the US (how do you handle the liability of having boiling pots within a toddler's reach). Same with "self cook BBQ" restaurants that put a hot thing of coals in the center of your table.
I don't know if it would thrive but if it was within half an hour of my house I would live there.
UK Website: https://happylambuk.com/ Australian: https://happylamb.com.au/ Beaverton Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/pYJDrL3ZmP2oHNiU9
Same Logos, but no centralized site. Maybe because it's a chinese company and my search isn't finding their Chinese website.
It's also common in asian grocery stores as a hotpot base http://www.littlesheep.com/ is their American site. They don't seem to have a centralized site the way some franchises do, though
What does this mean, exactly? Like, I know what Chipotle is. And I know what Indian food is, hah.
Nope in plenty of jurisdictions every single pot needs to be ventilated. Massive startup cost.
https://biryanis.com/aboutUs
I frequent the Texas location but didn't realize it was one of the only US locations until now. It's not exactly Chipotle style (which I actually call Subway style) but very QSR/fast casual style. It's pretty good stuff and has a large following for people that I would guess are of Indian decent (I'm white), I feel like that says a lot because they're pickier than I am.
or directly at https://social.network.europa.eu/about
Note that they only provide accounts on their instance for EU institutions, bodies and agencies.
Whatsapp tried this. People are generally unwilling to pay any amount of money for a service if a free (ad-backed) version exists.
In that case, yeah. It would be nice to see an alternative to Facebook that respected privacy.
xxx.io/your_value
It's currently invite only. I'm looking for some feedback.
Despite searching high and low around the gazilions of "flat file CMSs" and "Static Site Generators", I have not found a single one that remotely caters to artists/illustrators who might want to simply post their art on an open-source, local, and truly free site with a RSS feed. No title, optional date label, nothing else around. "Image-centric" rather than text-centric if you will.
I don't have the programming chops (I'm a designer) or the time to make it, but feel like it'd be a fairly simple month project with potentially big returns.
Very doable with 10 minutes of training (or far less if you know your way around things). (The app didn't work ultimately for me for text-focused reasons but it was the closest thing yet.)
Couldn't see why a very simple GUI wouldn't be the game changer.
It also takes a lot of effort to get great loading performance with it. A “free, simple visual SSG” without these problems would be much more attractive to artists or designers.
- It's my understanding that SSG's are much harder to hack/deface since there's much less (or nothing) to hack "into"; no databases, MYSQL, etc. Security's always a plus. Faster loading, too, is always a plus.
- It's abstract language, but wordpress "feels" bloated to just use in having way too many extensions, options, security holes, code, etc, when very often, artists only want their blog to look something like this: http://log.kradeelav.com/ - aka five features/options, max. Header, post image, post timestamp, title, tags, boom.
- Artists/designers have a spectrum of tech knowledge in that while sure, the vast majority have very little experience, there's quite a few "tinkerers" (I'd put myself there) that have no desire for a tech career but have enough experience to build a site (but not a blog), and want it to look clean/minimal with little fuss. Looking cleaner/better than your average corporate bootstrap blog is a huge plus aesthetically. ;)
- Artists tend to lean on the side of wanting to "own" their data and images as well caring about a free internet. Cutting out the bloat and keeping the values of RSS feeds, local hosting (much harder to censor too), and open-source code is a net win for individuals and society. Doesn't take a techie to understand the advantages there.
Happy to answer more privately if you do get curious enough to do something like this - email's in my profile. :)
You can use a portfolio theme in Publii for this purpose, it doesn't have to be text-centric.
Grow shrimp in the aquarium, lettuce, cherry tomatoes and so forth in the terrarium
Each is monitored by a small computer w/ sensors which adjusts for nutrients, water, light, &c. --- at need, a vendor comes along, unlocks the outside access (which can only be unlocked if the matching inside lock is secure) and tops off/adjusts things.
If I'm having a dinner, have an option to drop off tilapia or a lobster in the aquarium.
I lack the green thumb, knowledge of electronics, and biological credentials --- it could be a nice gig for some person who is talented at growing things and has the computer programming/electronic sensor skills
I complain about having to mince my own garlic when I get a Blue Apron meal and you're willing to filet live fish? I don't see this working any where in the US, maybe somewhere else
It is a quite basic problem, but I haven't been able to find a good solution yet: an audio recorder/player that shows the exact time instead of relative time. I'll be very happy for suggestions, and if not, then it's an app I would wish someone would build:)
Not something that's useful without hardware availability and wide adoption, plus there may be legal issues with the GDPR.
I would also like to see a non-vaporware GearEye that works with normal UHF tags.
"Stuff" is one of the biggest detriments to my own well being, and many others. Any technology that manages stuff well is great.
Being able to search storage boxes the way you search a computer would allow much denser packing and much less time looking for things, and make cleaning easier.
I'd love it if there was an ISO like group dedicated to micro-standards, that worked with tiny companies. All these random electronic modules on eBay could share a common size and pin layout. Stacking boxes could all be stackable between companies. They would actively look for anything that has more than one part, make a standard, and promote it, or document the existing de facto standard.
Or less sarcastically, a dating site that actually works, where it doesn't revert to the whole game theory optimum strategy leading to the worst result overall.
Women are more valuable than men according to men (and women know this both consciously and biologically), hence it doenst matter what algorithm you use to match, 80 of of women prefer the top 20% of men
Give me NetFlix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Z Prime, Sony Liv, Discovery+ and all the rest in a consistent single UI, with a sensible, robust media player interface like VLC
May be technically impossible given the propreitary nature of these services.
Something like doodle, but it also has a chat box.
It also has to have a competent web interface that I can share a link with anyone, and they don’t need to create an account for some functionality.
I was very surprised to find such a thing doesn't exist (to my knowledge). I've tried sending pdfs to my Kindle account and it silently fails (the pdfs never show on my device). I tried using a pdf reader+Dropbox combo, but the pdf reader kept having trouble saving to Dropbox and creating "MyPdf (2).pdf" copies. I would end up with 20-30 copies, making it impossible to tell which one had the notes I was looking for.