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A comment on Ask HN: What is the problem you try to solve?.

Re:Ask HN: What is the problem you try to solve? by cperciva on Thursday December 19, 2013 @11:43AM (#6935744)
My startup: I want to make sure I don't lose my data if my hard drive dies. I also want to make sure the NSA doesn't get my data.

Tarsnap: http://www.tarsnap.com/

My side project: I want to run the world's best free OS on the world's best cloud computing environment.

FreeBSD/EC2: http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-on-ec2/

My hobby: I want to have fun while bringing classical music to my community.

West Coast Symphony Orchestra: http://www.westcoastsymphony.ca/

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Re:Ask HN: What is the problem you try to solve? by acemtp on Thursday December 19, 2013 @11:46AM (#6935770)
You don't really describe a problem but describe what you are doing?

The problem could be "people lose their data, NSA can access my data"

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Re:Ask HN: What is the problem you try to solve? by cperciva on Thursday December 19, 2013 @07:21PM (#6938996)
I consider an unmet desire to be a problem.
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