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If the thought of voice chats with randomly selected strangers didn't terrify me slightly, I think this would be an awesome idea. For the more out-going among u
by vegancap 3y ago
If the thought of voice chats with randomly selected strangers didn't terrify me slightly, I think this would be an awesome idea. For the more out-going among us, can imagine some cool conversations and ideas coming out of this
- larodi 3y ago... really dare not use this service, might stumble upon some guy who just burned 5-10mil of VC money, which would feel very awkward.
- vegancap 3y agoI honestly have no idea what I'd talk to someone who burnt more money than I'd ever have in my life about
- otachack 3y agoThe weather?
- jazzyjackson 3y agocould ask about their ketamine hookup
- hkt 3y agoI'd ask if they now feel it would've been better spent on public services
- LoganDark 3y agoPublic services will eat millions and barely do anything with the money except line people's pockets. For some reason it's just more expensive when the government does it.
- fshr 3y agomaybe "barely doing anything" is better than doing nothing, though?
- LoganDark 3y agoBelow a certain threshold, throwing money at public services is just going to get it diluted. This may not necessarily be a bad thing on its own, but when even the smallest public project seems to cost way more, you're never going to know if your $10M investment helped, or if it just went into someone's paycheck.
- CapstanRoller 3y agoAre private projects better? I've never heard of a private alternative to SNAP or Medicare or Section 8, nor any interest in creating such programs.
- hkt 3y agoTrue - the UK's NHS was a product of people realising there would never be universal health care if it was left to the market.
- hkt 3y agoOpex is a valid form of public spending. Paying people properly ensures they remain as public servants.
- dessimus 3y agoThe VC is never going to spend the money on services for the public good. They will always gamble 1x money on a handful of startups, hoping that 1 hits and returns 10x, rinse and repeat. So one can choose to take the money for a chance at success, or not, but public services was never the opportunity cost.
- echelon 3y agoWhy would that feel awkward? What about if they're converting it into success?
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoFailure is fine
- delusional 3y agoSlightly? I opened the page before completely processing the title and panicked like a boy forgetting to close his porn before bringing his laptop to school. Don't just invade my personal space like that.
- drakonka 3y agoHahahah same exact experience here. Clicked the tab and it was like touching a stove as my brain caught up with the title - noped out immediately. Now reading through comments while trying to work up the guts to try it. Edit: I did it. I spoke with three people and it was really cool actually; thanks for sharing this.
- punkspider 3y agoI'm in the same boat. I'm also very interested in talking to random HN users, but my hesitation comes from the fact that if I start a chat I'll really commit because I want to make it meaningful. I guess now I'm doing a cost-benefit analysis whether I should try this out while it's gaining popularity, or I should continue what I was working on.
- digitcatphd 3y agoOmegle for ultra-introverts
- ethbr1 3y agoI'll just put it out there that if you start talking with a random stranger, "... okay, I've got to go now. It's been nice talking with you!" is a perfectly acceptable kernel panic. :)
- mocha_nate 3y agolol
- petecooper 3y ago>a perfectly acceptable kernel panic I love this and I can't wait to use it.
- jononomo 3y agoAre you afraid they might hurt your feelings? Or show you up in some way? Or sexually harass you?
- rudasn 3y agoOr have to deal with this attitude
- newZWhoDis 3y agoAs someone who grew up with OG Xbox live, I find this comment pretty funny. HN crowd’s got nothing on early COD
- runlaszlorun 3y agoI went to the site, and backed out too. But after reading all these comments took it as a challenge. :) I’ll admit that I’m prob more extroverted than the norm on here but it was great. I meant to just jump on, say hi, and jump off. But ended up chatting for a while. It was great!