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Ask HN: Let's list hair on fire problems
Don't worry about them being good startup ideas.
- adamzerner 13y agoNot having a quick, cheap and healthy fast food place to go to.
- adamzerner 13y agoNot being able to fall asleep at night.
- koberstein 13y agoZzzQuil
- josephpmay 13y agoZzzQuil is just rebranded Benadryl. I believe it stops being effective after a few days of use.
- adamzerner 13y agoDying.
- koberstein 13y agoFear of death is the actual problem.
- adamzerner 13y agoNo, dying itself is definitely bad.
- mike47 13y agoDon't knock it 'til you've tried it ;-)
- adamzerner 13y agoHaving to buy a car when you really just need to get to work and go shopping every once in a while.
- collyw 13y agoActually I think that is part of a general problem, of infrequent large purchases. Most people buy these things maybe once every ten years, so it is very unusual to have people who actually know what they are looking for when they are buying (a salesman's dream I guess). I read an interesting article about washing machines, written by a repair man. Apparently there are not many manufacturers, but the cheap ones have loads of different brands. And loads of models, which don't actually differ very much, except for the software on them. So they can have a range of different price points, as it has x many different programs so must cost $100 more. Better to go for a basic one from one of the better quality brands than an expensive one with 100 different programs that you probably won't use anyway.
- adamzerner 13y agoNot having any useful startup related classes to take in college. (Business classes teach how to run big businesses. CS classes are often many levels of abstraction too low. And there aren't any classes that teach design)
- josephpmay 13y agoYou might be interested in https://iovine-young.usc.edu/ https://iovine-young.usc.edu/ which is trying to solve these exact problems
- adamzerner 13y agoTrouble meeting cool new people. Most of it just happens by chance encounters.
- collyw 13y agoDo some cool stuff, and you will be more likely to meet cool people.
- adamzerner 13y agoCheap and convenient interstate travel. Megabus sucks.
- adamzerner 13y agoHaving to go to the doctor for something little, rather than a quicker and cheaper alternative.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoHaving to go to the Hospital / ER / A&E for something little, rather than going to the Doctors.
- flint 13y agoI need a "do you think I should see a doctor about this?" Server.
- adamzerner 13y agoHaving to go grocery shopping when you only need a few things.
- adamzerner 13y agoNot knowing what the culture is really like at the companies your considering working for.
- codezero 13y agowhat ever you see in public, multiplied by terrible.
- adamzerner 13y agoNot knowing what different careers are really like until you try them.
- adamzerner 13y agoRemembering all your passwords.
- gburt 13y agoThis is solved with a variety of methods. I prefer KeePassX stored in Dropbox and available on my phone.
- adamzerner 13y agoNot being able to easily compare the performance of different mutual funds.
- koberstein 13y agoPast performance means nothing to the future.
- adamzerner 13y agoSurly there is some correlation. Is there data on this?
- adamzerner 13y ago"Having" to go through K-12.
- adamzerner 13y agoA lack of stimulating discussion. Most people treat discussions/arguments like wars, and don't know how to apply the principles of reductionism.
- adamzerner 13y agoHaving to clean.
- adamzerner 13y agoFinding something good on TV.
- angersock 13y agoDicks to chicks ratio at tech conferences is abysmal.
- markovbling 13y agoGrocery store has ALL the ingredients i need except 1 or 2 ESSENTIAL components. I'm sure everyone's had the experience of filling their shopping trolley up with all the ingredients to make say wraps except the store is sold out of actual wraps. Like you have all the salads and fillings etc but no actual wraps. Now I have to find another store nearby that has my missing ingredients. DURRRR RAGE! There's a start up idea in there somewhere. like what if I could check off my grocery list and any items not checked off, i automatically get a list of the nearest places relative to my current location where i can get that item. :)
- bjourne 13y agoCreate a fully automated and objective system to gauge the ability of developers. Then people and companies wouldn't have to waste time performing interviews.
- oftenwrong 13y agohttps://codility.com/ https://codility.com/ is that. I have never used it, so I cannot comment on effectiveness. It is pitched as a pre-filter, not a total replacement for the interviewing process.
- petervandijck 13y agointernational tax advice. cash flow for young companies. hiring.
- NicheDiver 13y agoDigital asset management after death. Something all encompassing that is easy to comprehend by non-technical people. (i.e. The people you leave behind.) Instead of leaving a list of accounts, user names, passwords and instructions for each, I want to be able to say, "When I die, XYZ co will take care of all of this" and feel confident that it will be as stress free as possible for my family.
- TheLoneWolfling 13y agoPerhaps with the account data encrypted with a two-part key, one part on the will, one part in the hands of said company.
- helen842000 13y agoCuring physical pain - especially long term (neck, back, shoulder) Debt Earning more money
- read 13y agoI make bad decisions to do things that are not as important as other things. It's as if I'm perpetually missing something at the point in time where I could make a better decision. I'd love to hear how to change that.
- crpatino 13y agoKnowledge management in big institutions. -> Being aware there's a missing piece of the puzzle. -> Being aware of who has pieces of this puzzle. -> Being able to tell this piece belongs with a different puzzle. -> For each puzzle. how many (and which) pieces no longer fit in the whole picture (because puzzles evolve over time). -> For each piece, find out the name of the guy who has it. -> Bob's turned his 2 week notice... which puzzles are likely to suffer one year from now because of the pieces (or meta pieces) he's taking with him.