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bsldld
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Why not use a community that is already active and supports the feature: https://discord.gg/MzhGqQC
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Last year I too wrote a document that describes a way to provide loan free education: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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My project does not have "physical" dimension, but it is a high impact social project. In case you want to join then the details of the project idea is documented here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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> Your idea, if implemented well, may end up being a net positive for society Thank you! > but I can't help imagining a future where every child, from the moment they are born, has a biometric ID connecting them to a consortium o
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I am not there yet, but I am trying to make education loan-free and based on equity. The details of the project are written here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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Then start with Khan Academy to go beyond barely passing 12th grade. Then move to AP courses on edX and coursera. From there the field is open for you to explore high-end courses.
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I have been looking for like-minded engineers to work on an open source non-profit idea I have. It is documented here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org If interested, then please ping me. My email is in my profile.
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Why are you comparing yourself to your friend? If you want to be happy, don't compare because there will always be people who are better off than you. Congratulate him and make him a mentor :) PS: Also, it is his "net worth".
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I think https://elpha.com would be a place to look for help.
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> At what stage is this project currently? The project is at an ideation stage. Did some research on the topic to write down the details of the project idea. Also, I have been talking to people to get feedback; and also have investigated
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My project is just on paper, but would like to get some feedback on the idea: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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I am looking for someone who want to make education accessible to everyone and promote life-long learning/upskilling without putting learners in debt.
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> (private and visible only to people with the URL you share) This is going to be fun! What happens if I am watching a video with my family using this URL. And someone across the world is also watching the same video with his/her fa
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I don't think it is that way for multiple reasons. One of them is that this tragedy is at global scale, and most poor countries don't even have access to enough vaccines even now. You can search for government comments from countr
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5y ago
Mine is https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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Ask HN: What is the solution to the Covid orphan crisis?
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> sounds like a loan with extra steps. Loan is a debt based funding, where as I am proposing equity based funding.
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This is open source and self-sustainable non-profit project idea: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org Would love to connect with other developers to work on this.
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Mine is just on the paper, but a feedback is most welcome: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org Looking for co-developers for the project. It will be non-profit and open source.
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Here is one I am promoting: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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I was part of a discussion few years ago where few people of a nearby university were very eager to implement modular learning, micro-credentials etc. They were discussing this in all earnest. Soon they realised that the logistics are just
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There is a discord server at https://discord.gg/MzhGqQC where you can post your requirement in the #looking_for_cofounder channel. See if someone responds there.
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What I learned from personal endeavour about selling is this: "People are not able to sell because they sell!" Sounds odd, but keeping this in mind makes "selling" easy. I learnt this accidently. I personally don't
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What are your skill-sets? If you provide some info on your professional background then someone will certainly be able to help.
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> But this makes no sense. Sorry, may be I am bad a explaining. > Universities already have accounting software. This is not an accounting software. Though others can build an accounting software on top of the proposed platform. But t
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I am using blockchain as a distributed, decentralised, tamper-proof database that no single entity controls. It is used just as a ledger to maintain monetary and non-moneraty transactions between various stakeholders in education: the gover
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This is like asking, "What if there is no more database technology tomorrow morning, will your project survive?" I am using blockchain just as a distributed, federated and tamperproof database. Nothing else. You could ask "Wh
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> Why do you need a blockchain? Because of the following reasons: * it has to be distributed and federated * no one entity should control the data * it has to be tamper-proof > You even mention in the writeup that this behavior exists
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I am working on a project[0] to enable loan-free education and help increase income of teaching and non-teaching staff of education institutions. The project is based on blockchain(though it is federated) technology. In fact multiple blockc
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I am working on an open source non-profit project to facilitate loan-free education that will also help education institutions and its staff increase their income. More details of the project idea is at: https://loan-free-ed.neoc
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