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Show HN: Don't let your billion-dollar ideas die
Most great ideas are either forgotten or die in our notes app. So made this simple website in a day.
1. Save your ideas
2. Set an expiry
3. After expiry, the ideas goes public. So if you don't work on them, someone else probably will
- hdjY28 2y ago> A battery powered and an LLM-powered sexdoll that talks like a real person and performs inference on-device without making requests to the server for privacy preservation I’d invest in this
- kylecazar 2y ago"start podcast that is only ads" Brilliant
- xnx 2y agoThis would be super useful as a training set for automatically identifying ads in podcasts that contain non-ad content.
- staticautomatic 2y agoIf you produced the podcast this would be trivial since you’d know the time stamps for the ad holes.
- dogboat 2y agoQVC!
- para_parolu 2y agoIn spite of all AI hype it should give task to Davin to build it
- henning 2y agoAnyone else working on a mat with conclusions that you can jump to? Mine is going to integrate with AI. Somehow.
- Kon-Peki 2y agoI made a prototype, but then I got hit by a truck. So maybe once the settlement comes in.
- giantg2 2y agoMine are dead. They're all dead. My ideas are useless.
- joshuaturner 2y ago> Put hawk tuah in fortnite some ideas deserve to die
- aio2 2y agoits a w idea
- spacebanana7 2y agoIt’s hard to see that idea making less than a million dollars if implemented to be fair.
- stavros 2y agoIt can be an entire franchise, hawk tuah children's books, baby clothes, etc.
- jsheard 2y ago> Nuclear Landmines You underestimate how stupid Cold War weapon projects got, they were putting nukes in anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_demolition_munition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_demolition_munition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peacock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Peacock
- ethbr1 2y agoI mean, if you need to apply 10+ tons of TNT-equivalent to a target, it's a heck of a lot easier to carry. (Also literally, SADM)
- djbusby 2y agoSADM = Special Atomic Demolition Munition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Atomic_Demolition_Munition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Atomic_Demolition_Mu...
- jamesfinlayson 2y agoBat bombs (bombs full of bats with time-delayed releases of napalm) were developed in World War II.
- philipkglass 2y agoDocumented in Harvard professor Louis Fieser's autobiographical The Scientific Method: A Personal Account of Unusual Projects in War and in Peace https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/the_scientific_method.pdf https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/the_scienti... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Fieser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Fieser
- internet_points 2y ago> The carrying power of a 10-11 gram > bat is indeed amazing, some 15-18 grams; the incendiary bomb was in this > range (17.5 grams). Bats can carry such loads for miles. And bats with > dummy bombs released in housed areas dragged the loads into sites highly > favorable for fire-starting. W e released bats successfully at various altitudes > both from the B-2 S and from an open Attack Bomber, in which flying was > great fun. omg > Then, > suddenly, X-ray was cancelled. I never learned the reason, but can make a > guess. The bats would be vectors for bombs, but they would be vectors also > for germs. Our side might be accused of initiating biological warfare. oh yeah because being accused of doing something horrible while doing something horrible would be horrible.
- gjsman-1000 2y ago> “A communist cosmetic surgery that takes good looking parts of faces and gives them to those in need.” Great idea, Hollywood first!
- internet_points 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
- jedberg 2y agoPeople are messing with it, but I really like the idea. I put my real idea there. It's one I really like but I just don't have the time or expertise to execute it. I really hope someone "steals" it.
- curiousmindset 2y agothanks and glad you liked it :) that's actually one of the main "idea" behind the website
- neongreen 2y agoI started a `#shitty-server-suggestions` channel in one of the Discords I'm in and it's my favorite type of channel. Now we have the same thing online! I'm genuinely happy
- randomcatuser 2y agothis app is amazing
- curiousmindset 2y agothanks!
- ilaksh 2y agoCan you add markdown support? I already submitted one with markdown (username 'runvnc') .. also maybe deal with longer entries like only show the first 250 characters in the box and the rest in a tooltip/hover or when you click up to 1000 characters or something. And then when you click you see the full idea and their contact info.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- curiousmindset 2y agosure, will add it today. thanks for the tooltip idea ! I added the basic "Read more" truncation but it was looking ugly so removed it. Tooltip sounds better
- frankus 2y agoAn earlier effort along similar lines can be seen at https://www.halfbakery.com https://www.halfbakery.com
- randomcatuser 2y agoyeah can you make this better? 1) show first 100 words of the idea (click into it) 2) votes! so we can see which ones are the best 3) ...thanks :))
- curiousmindset 2y agoglad you liked it ! and thanks for the suggestions, just added the voting feature, will add character limits as well
- MeetingsBrowser 2y agoTried signing in with Twitter but when I clock "Authorize App" I get: > Something went wrong. Please make sure the data you entered is correct.
- curiousmindset 2y agohey, sorry for the trouble, will fix it today thanks for letting me know !
- ilaksh 2y agoAlso can you ban people who post actual trash like binary files.
- curiousmindset 2y agosure! also just added a voting feature, will add content moderation as well.
- zer8k 2y ago1. Rewrite Rust in Git 2. Airbnb for public benches 3. Podcast that is only ads These are the ideas I want to see
- CapeTheory 2y agoCal Newport beat you to #3
- bambax 2y agoThis is excellent. Some features to add (maybe): - voting - tagging / filtering / sorting - commenting? some way to let people meet around an idea? Is there some sort of moderation currently?
- curiousmindset 2y agohey thanks ! just added voting feature, will add the rest as well currently there is no moderation, i just made this as a fun project and didn't expect it to go this wild lol. will add it now
- egypturnash 2y agoThis is like highdeas without the charm.
- azhenley 2y agoSimilar premise to my blog post: Take my app ideas (https://austinhenley.com/blog/takemyappideas.html https://austinhenley.com/blog/takemyappideas.html)
- acosmism 2y agosince you put this out in the world... i might try one
- schneehertz 2y agoInteresting and useless, it's really great!
- ryukoposting 2y ago> A bidding market and app where beggars can bid for the most prime corners and intersections. > A non-cancerous company review board (f glassdoor) > Augmented-reality underwear Good to know the internet is functioning as usual.
- bigfatkitten 2y ago> A non-cancerous company review board (f glassdoor) We used to have one of those. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Company https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Company
- haliskerbas 2y agoHalf of these are a16z's next 10x idea. /s
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- K0balt 2y agoFor the bidding market, they will have to displace the existing cartels first. No kidding, these are often controlled by a superhobo, (in my hometown he now owns a house and a nice Tahoe) who “owns” all of the good corners in town. Idk what his take is, but by providing “protection” to corner operators, he seems to do quite well. Still, Uber Hobo is still a great idea, you could overwhelm those small operators with flash mobs of hobos during the rollout phase and also accept in app payments so that UH could be assured its 35 percent. Also, as a value add, a BLE beacon that shows you already gave today and to not excessively harass you.
- hi_hi 2y agoThis is the HN equivalent of Boaty McBoatface. I love it.
- curiousmindset 2y agolol
- hiccuphippo 2y agoPro-tip: add an embarrassing story of yourself to force you to work on the idea before it expires (you can prevent an idea from expiring, right?)
- FireSquid2006 2y ago> uber for blowjobs
- joshdavham 2y agoIf prostitution were ever legalized and regulated (which is not entirely implausible), this could be a viable idea. I woudn't work on it though.
- worthless-trash 2y agoIts more than plausible, It is legal and regulated in Australia.. Check out https://www.armstronglegal.com.au/commercial-law/qld/employment-law/sex-work-offences/#:~:text=Sex%20work%20is%20legal,Queensland%20Work%20Health%20and%20Safety https://www.armstronglegal.com.au/commercial-law/qld/employm....
- CapeTheory 2y ago> I woudn't work on it though. That's fair enough, but would you at least contribute to the development?
- joshdavham 2y agoNo.
- sgjohnson 2y ago> 3. After expiry, the ideas goes public. So if you don't work on them, someone else probably will Heh, “someone else probably will” is such a strange way to say “no-one ever will” :D
- conductr 2y agoRight, trying to throw off all the competition you’re sure to see with your new “Ad service that shaves company logos into stray cats” service
- dgunay 2y ago> Breakfast tapas I wish you could comment on some of these or vote them "already implemented," because whoever wrote that needs to try Turkish breakfast.
- djbusby 2y agoOr Dunkin
- motohagiography 2y agomaybe framing them as ideas at all is self defeating. What's your $0.02 insight?
- curiousmindset 2y agowhat would you recommend ?
- motohagiography 2y agoinsights, literally. :)
- Uptrenda 2y agoYou could easily turn these ideas into a poster. Get the funniest ideas and sell them as merch.
- luxuryballs 2y ago0. an app where public ideas don’t require a login so I could have posted idea #1 1. an app where you can point to a body and it will show on the TV so the person behind you knows where to massage
- pockmarked19 2y agoA note from Jobs on why just having an idea doesn't work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZ0zoDYOmM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZ0zoDYOmM Doesn't mean ideas aren't valuable, but the process is just as, if not more, important. The full interview has more.
- curiousmindset 2y agogreat idea without execution <<< idea with great execution < great idea with great execution
- conductr 2y agoOften great execution = basic execution + luck
- j45 2y agoNeat idea - there's so many ideas for anyone to be able to get to that this is a great way to share with people who want to try to build a product instead of a project. One thing to learn about is the timing of ideas and when the market is ready for it. Also important is learning to build the small ideas that become big ideas.
- curiousmindset 2y agoThank you and that was indeed the idea behind this ! Also agree that sometimes solving a small, specific problem is what grows into something bigger.
- j45 2y agoAgree - many big solutions are often a lot of smaller bottlenecks and problems being solved together.
- hdjY28 2y ago> gay porn I think someone already came up with this > uber for blowjob Limited only to certain geos where prostitution is legal; already exists in certain countries in some shape or form
- ryukoposting 2y ago> uber for blowjob Pretty sure that's just Snapchat.
- Uptrenda 2y ago>Batteries that can store the internet in them for when your connection goes down. This idea is kind of great though. Remember that mcmaster car website? One reason it was so fast is it would silently download the next pages before you visited them. Creating the impression of instant loading. Could we do something similar where a program constantly downloaded websites you were most likely to visit in the background? Eventually having both a mass archive of useful content over time and creating the impression that the web were instant? With how cheap storage space now is and how fast connections are maybe the bottleneck now is efficiency of user input.
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- airstrike 2y agoI love how this has both "An antacid pill that you take once every six weeks." and "An antacid that you only take once a week." It would be nice to be able to "like" the best ideas. Maybe show "hot" ideas in one column and a random sample on another column? This way readers get what's most relevant while preserving discoverability.
- left-struck 2y ago> It would be nice to be able to "like" the best ideas. That’s basically r/ideas
- airstrike 2y agoNot at all. Upvotes/likes would essentially be the only common feature between the two.
- grensley 2y ago> Batteries that can store the internet in them for when your connection goes down. This is now my favorite way to explain caching.
- brettgriffin 2y agothe dating app idea seems pretty fire. hit me up if you want to work on it
- RonaldDump 2y ago[flagged]
- brettgriffin 2y agothen go work on one of the antacid ideas
- grensley 2y agoThis site is basically the Target to 4chan's Walmart.
- spaceflunky 2y agolol just a lot less (overt) slurs and slightly more intelligible formatting
- alexander2002 2y agoMost ideas are about sex HN should release a new update for rfs to include sexo /s
- igetspam 2y ago> An AI-enabled juicer that squeezes single-serve bags of pre-juiced juices This is why juicero failed! No AI!
- ilaksh 2y agoPeople are flooding this with deliberately horrible ideas for some reason. I assume the reason is that people are trash. Not really what I expected from HN.
- ThatCreeper 2y agoThe frontend here only shows the 20 most recently published ideas which is arguably tragic as the other ones are still quite fun to read: > Instead of just fries, let customers split their side order between different options (half fries, half onion rings) for the same price > lawn sprinklers, but targeted with Ring > Venmo for dogs > website where you can pay people you know to shut up I made an scrollable view here if anyone wants that https://thatcreeper.github.io/IdeaWarehouse/ https://thatcreeper.github.io/IdeaWarehouse/
- romanobro56 2y agoThank you for the reminder of how awesome the internet is lollll
- curiousmindset 2y agoThanks everyone for all the suggestions and ideas so far. Just added a voting system based on your feedback. Will soon add: - Content moderation - Truncating large ideas on the UI - Support for markdown
- lbj 2y ago> "Release a gorilla wearing a human costume at the gorilla costume contest" Absolutely brilliant, 2 billion $ idea at least :)
- pwillia7 2y agoI LOVE IT!!!!!
- curiousmindset 2y agoThanks a lot !!
- thrance 2y agoIdeas are a dime a dozen, execution is key.
- Clubber 2y agoThis, and not only the development of the product, but marketing, distribution, payments, accounting, legal, etc. I can't count the number of times someone came to me with an idea, suggesting I would do all the work, and we would split it 50/50. "What are you going to do?" "I had the idea." No thanks. The funniest is when they want me to sign some sort of NDA. Nah.
- curiousmindset 2y agoI 100% agree and believe the same. Execution is 99%, and the idea is just 1%. But you still need that 1% to start in the first place. The site is just there to help you achieve that 1%. In the end, the execution is on to you :)
- mouse_ 2y agoI really love this so much, and can see myself coming back to this page for years. would love to see a replies feature, and top/trending/controversial ideas section etc. THANK YOU SO MUCH OP! GREAT IDEA!!
- curiousmindset 2y agoheyy, thanks, it means a lot ! will add each and every feature you requested by this week.
- ramonverse 2y agoHi are the ideas supposed to be anonymous? because you are leaking everyone's names, just by opening network tab.
- curiousmindset 2y agoHey, i didn't decide on this yet. Initially i added the author names on the card so people can see who the idea came from and authors possibly get a little bit of credit. But then i thought maybe some people are too shy to give their name away so it's best to remove them. I was still in dilemma, so removed it from the UI but not from the api reponses ( will do it now ) In future, i'll just add an option in the profile, so you can choose to show your name if you want to
- lolinder 2y agoFor future reference you definitely want to remove PII from the API as soon as it's not needed on the frontend—people, even engineers, naturally expect to be able to visually confirm what information is and isn't public, and you don't want to be that site that exposed data through a side channel.
- laurent_du 2y agoPretty sure it's not the real pg who suggested "Venmo for dogs".
- DannyBee 2y agoSo the game is to add something controversial but not stupid enough to be obvious satire right? I went with "a captcha where you match surveillance footage to mugshots to help solve crime"
- hotpockets 2y agoneed comments. but try to make it cultural that comments should be optimistic/helpful.
- curiousmindset 2y agoUpdate - Added these features - Voting, Infinite Scroll & Sorting ( Trending, Top Voted & Most Recent ) Right now working on Comments, will probably ship it by tomorrow
- NoZZz 2y agoFart 2025
- curiousmindset 2y agocomments are live !
- brandoniscool 2y agoGREAT example of a Minimum Viable Product. Can't wait to see how this evolves. The devs definitely know what they're doing.