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Ask HN: Why can't we stop hurricanes?

Posted by aashaykumar92 on Friday September 08, 2017 @12:47AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I googled this and see theories as to how to stop hurricanes -- decrease water temperature under eye of storm, send supersonic jets in to revolve and cause hot air to rise, lasers, etc. -- anyone have a simple reason why these haven't been tried or are absolutely crazy?A follow up: so how can we stop hurricanes?

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Re:Launch HN: Boxouse (YC W17) – Shipping-container homes on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @05:15PM (#13926299)
Did you also consider 3D printing small homes? Seems like it has potential in the long run. https://qz.com/924909/apis-cor-can-3d-print-and-entire-house...
Re:Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? on Monday February 20, 2017 @08:29AM (#13686998)
Now, if you're asking if it's aesthetically pleasing, that's a different story. But we were talking about design, right?

Hmm I think design also includes aesthetics - at least somewhat. Think about UI/UX. Both are design concepts. You're essentially describing the Casio as providing a great UX but not a great UI. I'd still argue UX is more important, but I wouldn't fully ignore UI when talking about design.

Re:Welcome, ACLU on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:54AM (#13532392)
"This is awesome, good luck!" or something similarly supportive should be the bulk of comments in here. Cynicism for something like this, especially given the time we're in, is not helpful.
Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success on Thursday January 19, 2017 @12:49PM (#13437712)
Depends on how you define success. Imo, Uber will become financially successful when autonomous cars and trucks work well and are regulated.
Re:Pixel by Google on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @01:29PM (#12637361)
The ahem at 0:47 is great ;)
Re:Dropbox closing Carousel and Mailbox on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:50PM (#10691124)
Sad, Drew had said it's not going anywhere when the acquisition was announced.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5381572

Re:The Case of Richard Glossip on Monday September 28, 2015 @08:19PM (#10294043)
A solution is to build a platform that crowdsources such cases to raise awareness AND a call for action. The community would need to be unbelievable but it's not at all impossible. Once there are 100,000 signatures on any petition under 30 days, the White House guarantees a response. There are many great communities with more than 100,000 active users. Why not?
Re:I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA on Friday March 20, 2015 @01:49PM (#9239324)
I don't want to work for a company, I'd much rather start my own. And there are definitely some problems I'd like to solve, but I'm still figuring out which ones will actually add value and how to go about solving them. Any advice? If I just applied with a bunch of ideas and the YC team liked one, would it be considered? I'd imagine there needs to be at least some progress but still thought I'd ask.

My relevant background is that I built a social calendaring app with my college roommate and it was eventually acquired by our university. In my eyes, it was a failure that I learned a lot from.

Re:Before the Startup on Saturday October 04, 2014 @12:32AM (#8408777)
It was a social calendaring app exclusive to UofM students. We uploaded the course database so students could pick the classes they were enrolled in and sync it to a calendar (students could also sync their other calendars) and share it with their friends. It was an easier way for UofM students to see what their friends/classmates were upto throughout the day.
Re:Before the Startup on Thursday October 02, 2014 @01:23AM (#8399523)
I'm a college kid, started a startup with my roommate and sold it to our university. We did everything wrong, but learned so much that I could write a thesis on it. If I had to do it again and change ONE thing, though, it would be one of PG's central points in this post: get to know your users. We knew who they were at a big picture (UofM students) but did not do a good job honing on on specific 'personality types' that would enjoy our app nor did we keep in touch with our loyal users as much as we should have. Will definitely do that when a next time comes around. The crazier, and daunting, part of reading this post is realizing that despite how much I learned from my first startup, there will be so much to learn from when I find the next fun thing or problem to work at. Can't wait.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2014) on Friday August 01, 2014 @11:02AM (#8120245)
Student at Univ. of Michigan. Just sold my mobile/web app to the University. Looking for work during the school year, willing to do some front-end dev, PM, and/or BizDev/Sales. Can put in at least 20hr/week.

Location: Ann Arbor

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Can't until I'm done w/school in May.

Technologies: HTML/CSS/JS, C++, learning Ruby

Resume: www.linkedin.com/in/aashaykumar/

Email: [email protected]

Re:EA Launches a $30 Per Year Netflix for Games on Xbox One on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @02:45PM (#8104120)
Almost every parent comment so far contains "What's the catch?" or something similar. Speaks volumes of EA's lack of transparency with their customers. They make great games, but seem to have some sleaziness when it comes to the pricing/terms of their products.
Re:Indian E-Commerce Firm Flipkart Raises Eye-Popping $1B on Tuesday July 29, 2014 @12:05PM (#8102978)
I think their base model is validated, it just may need more. According to the TC article [1], "In a statement, Flipkart said the 'funds will be used to make long-term strategic investments in India, especially in mobile technology.'" So they are predicting some of these acquisitions to help grow that model before going public.

[1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/29/indian-e-commerce-giant-fli...

Re:Show HN: An app that alerts you when your favourite product has a p... on Monday July 28, 2014 @09:35AM (#8096591)
I built a similar tool: http://skanout.com/

It's less of a price alert but rather notifying you if we can get you the price you want or not.

Re:Product Hunt Is in Current Y Combinator Batch on Thursday July 17, 2014 @10:58AM (#8047883)
Awesome! I never really thought Show HN would stop ProductHunt from growing. They're similar, but have key differences.

It's also cool that they let you know when your product is on PH and validate posts. Only thing I wish is that they had a little better/more responsive customer service but I guess they are still in their initial stages. One of their moderators posted my product but used a very unfitting title. I tweeted and wrote to them but didn't receive a response until the next day and, if you're familiar with PH, that is simply too late because my product was already buried in the previous days posts...and then I was told they couldn't do anything more to help me. Hope this serves as feedback for the future!

Re:YC Portfolio Stats on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @03:17PM (#8043932)
The most impressive 'stat' about these stats is how little most of the startups were when they were accepted into YC. And the average goes on to raise ~$40M(taken from a existing comment on this thread). Take Airbnb as an example...probably no VC, and hardly any angels, would have ever invested in them at the stage YC did.
Re:YC Portfolio Stats on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @02:57PM (#8043838)
I'm not saying he doesn't have a user name but a user name is not required to read HN and click on the links.
Re:Amazon Cognito on Friday July 11, 2014 @11:03AM (#8020447)
Damn, these guys are on a streak! 2 great products released in 2 days. This one seems a little more innovative than Zocalo though.

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