Pay for full time, beat-walking emergency medical technicians in shitty neighborhoods. This would prevent a lot of unneeded hospital visits and offer basic health services. A lot cheaper than 911 calls. I imagine having people on the ground would prevent a lot of problems.
I was shocked when I came from NY to SF. The streets are incredibly dirty and some of the homeless are in really bad shape. Someone posted this link on Twitter (I saw it here on HN a bit later), and I got some insight as to why this is the case.
This is hilarious because I was just about to go the the art supply store and buy materials to make blinds for my windows. I am constraining my materials to paper and string.
I was considering doing something like this in the terminal, possibly using an adaptation of gtypist. However, I the more I thought about it, I realized that I would be better off writing a module for my everyday text editor, since I would have access to completion, copy/paste, indention, macros, etc.
I don't want to 'talk down' all the work you did with this. I'm really glad you made it and I am going to use it, for sure.
The book `Programming iOS5` by Neuburg is probably amazing. I read a good amount of his last book `Programming iOS4` and it was, by far, the most comprehensive book I found on the subject. I hope it is fair that I am recommending a book I have not read yet, based on his last book with the same subject :).
I'm reading a negative tone to your comment (ie "to hell with them", "throw money at them", "sexist garbage").
Do you think it's possible that rather than having negative, sexist motives for offering scholarships, they are simply going out of their way to be _supportive_ to minorities in the field?
This is a really good idea to create much needed employment opportunities. I know they won't the best jobs available but it's something people needing a job would be happy to have. I am sure there are plenty of people that lost their jobs in the last 4 years and would jump at the chance to work for this company.
Best luck Cherry. I won't be using this service, since I don't wash my car until it rains.
Find a specific genre of publishers to target as your primary users. Talk with them and solve their problems. You will make your service more compelling to those users by solving their biggest problems and building the ideal product for them.
It seems that comment contribution dissipates after a thread leaves the front page. There are valuable comments hidden from weeks and years ago only in that they are out of sight to us. The only way to check if someone has replied to a thread you are interested in, is to check that thread for updates ( or actively search for a topic ).
I propose thread subscription. If I want to watch a thread for new comments it would be convenient to get a digit on my nav bar regarding how many threads I am watching that have new comments.
I believe this would keep threads more active. Perhaps it would encourage quality posts, rather than quantity ( people might submit often in attempts to get on the front page ( even if for an hour ) ).
For instance, this is a great topic and I would like to subscribe to this thread-
Ideally, they would be a hub for innovative researchers on a shoestring-budget that could end up working together on even more ambitious projects. Or a good leader might be able to recruit from the applicant pool to break up a larger project into small groups that could focus on specific parts of the research.
There have been some great results in the news recently regarding CAR T cells in the treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. I think this one might be a winner.
From what I understand about this treatment, blood is removed from the patient and 'infected' with a harmless HIV virus that has been modified to attach a molecule to T cells. This molecule binds to a receptor (CD19) on the cancer cell, thereby creating T cells that attack the cancer cells. The treated blood is injected back to the patient and the patients body creates more of these cells on it's own- effectively creating an immune response to the cancer cells.
Do you think a subset of HN readers could somehow facilitate a project that could help the labs researching ( or planning on researching ) methods for expanding this method of treating cancer? I would like to ( and inspire people here to ):
1) find the available labs that can best perform the _steps_ required for this treatment _process_. Basically, get a list of labs.
2) help expedite iterative methods for techniques that:
a) speed the development time of the specific _step(s)_, and/or
b) broaden the efficacy of the overall treatment _process_ ( ie. treat other cancers ).
Basically, list the _steps_ in the _process_ and see if there is a way to make them faster, better.
3) create tools that allow the people and labs working on this _process_ to communicate as efficiently as possible. Basically, learn how the different labs work and write tools that streamline their collaborative workflow.
I have a feeling there are many smart people on this site with free time ( ie. visiting this site often ), technical resources, and organizing skills that could make this happen- fast. Shoot me an email with questions/comments/complaints if you don't want to comment on this thread; I want to help.
Nice work! I am interested in collective intelligence. This is a cool starting point for quickly sharing an idea.
It seems like the reverse of a Question/Answer site; it is almost a Answer/Question site, where someone posts a solution ( or a solution to a question they were asking themselves ) and others ask them about more about what they found- great!
Concerning functionality:
1)How about being able to up-vote comments? Some insights and comments are more valuable to your core community; and it would be convenient for them to be able to see that reflected, as well as allowing them to encourage it.
2)How about being able to merge similar or duplicate posts; so instead of duplicated posts in a subject you would see all the duplicated posts under the most popular/valuable post, as chosen by the users' up-votes.
It is a general-knowledge based site right now. I wonder if you could port it to existing, active sites so that you could get feedback from the wild. Have you considered enabling it as a web service?
It might be cool if there was an API such that I could link the # of "aha"'s that users had attached to my website- similar to the Face Book 'like' and Google '+1' button. Though this would be more valuable, since I don't really want to see all the people that liked a page who I am 'friends' with; rather, I really want to read valuable insight ( hopefully :) ) from strangers!
giberson said: """-When walking leaving my office and entering the hallway, how close should a person be entering the hallway from the opposite direction be before I wave or say hello. If I wait to long, they think I ignore them. If I do it to early, then theres a great length of time that we are both still walking down the hall and having used my throw-away "Hey" I have nothing left to offer them. It's awkward."""
1) I would recommend playing music. Playing music of any kind can allow you to become a better listener and help with timing your response or initial request/comment/gesture.