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Ask HN: Dog Rescue Apps

This might sound a bit odd as I am looking for dedicated dog rescue apps. An app where dog lovers, vets, owners come together to share their dog problems (which I have seen being done in Facebook pages). If there are any such apps please share links or if any dog lover out there thinks this idea can be worked upon as a side project under lockdown, please do comment. Thank you!

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I realised, that I was looking for a text book for electronics, because online courses had confused me as I had been doing it without a reference text. The Art of electronics, (PDF, IIIrd edition) appears to be the one I had been looking for. I shall definitely be checking seedstudio as well.

Re:Facebook is redesigning its core app on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @11:12PM (#19794220)
Facebook needs a good thought on the user, friends of Zuckerberg, before doing anything fruitful to their core app. More than minor cosmetic changes, what is required is the experience of staying in touch with 'friends' not advertisers throwing a net of posts for potential catches, likers! For that, people & their faces should be more visible on the screens rather than that big repost of the day, that is going viral.
Re:Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career? on Friday December 28, 2018 @12:24PM (#18778063)
Wish I had an answer to your question. But, you can try living alone in a jungle & do the necessary things for basic survival, cultivate, hunt, cook, tailor, etc. Those activities can help you get a new interest in regular things & after a period of such stay, mundane things would appear interesting to live for.
Not long ago I closed my Linkedin account because where I live, far eastern India, recruiters hardly use linkedin for anything & the rest did not find me employable either. I had been using Facebook in the hope of staying in touch with friends but of late I feel that my friends posting their lives not to connect, but to gather likes & comments. I shall close it too! Instagram, I use to follow interesting people, but is connected to my Facebook. I don't need that addiction too & hope to close all cyber social nuisance in near future!
Re:Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved? on Saturday November 17, 2018 @08:17PM (#18478335)
Building healthy responses to mental ailment among some people who previously had no idea how such ailments manifest or affect people. The effort is still on!
Re:Ask HN: The sustainability of home delivery? on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @06:14AM (#18449051)
Sustainability in home delivery? Where delivery guys do not charge you, everyone delivers everyones packages, the order is usually picked up from the deliverer's closest store, full guarantee on delivered goods, your social media friends deliver to you & you deliver to your friends. We are currently working on such an idea as a side project at www.justsendmesome.wordpress.com. If that interests you, kindly reply!
Re:Ask HN: Would you like to join a Instagram alternative? on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @04:33AM (#17301318)
Photographs are objects of past. Yes, if the alternative allows me to do what best describes as the recording of the present age & share to all users.
Something similar happens to me everytime I get into a job & later, in a couple months time, I have to quit. I have found that the remote way of work suits me, but have not been succesful in gaining financial independence from such jobs. My problem, I guess is stress & some type of bleakness/hopelessness that develops from continuing at the job that I engage myself in. I have absolutely no issues with co workers or with the companies, but with time, I start losing all kind of hope from the job & in my future. I dont know if this only happens with me or anyone else but somewhere I feel that I am not built for 'jobs' like everyone does!
A web based fire alert system can help. The system becomes responsive by broadcasting a Help message to the million friends if one of them raises an alarm.
Re:How to Build an MVP App Without Writing Code on Monday September 18, 2017 @01:16PM (#15277678)
It sounds outdated, but I miss Flash which was so good to create stupid stuff such as UIs & applications! These resources are limited to the one & only problem they are designed for!
Re:What's the difference between apps we cherish vs. regret? on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:27PM (#15169236)
What makes an app cherishable? Likes, money & payments for free, comments, imaginary services for non existing problems? I doubt there will be any app that would be cherishable in the long run until it helps fill my tummy, makes clean air out of smoke, or makes potable water out of dirt!
Re:Internxt โ€“ Silicon Valley's New Internet Is Here on Monday September 04, 2017 @11:44AM (#15168959)
I had a cloud of doubt a couple of years ago that secret agencies were already using unknown resources of non technical computer users to get their things running faster or stored better. It has arrived, but late as a service for people in general!
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone find LinkedIn useful? on Saturday August 19, 2017 @10:44PM (#15056763)
I got two small gigs & had about 150 connections, all or most of them people whom I personally knew. But none, I felt did anything useful professionally, apart aniversary wishing at office jobs. Linkedin might be useful someday in the future as 'remote' is picking up, but I do not like spending time there & hence closed my linkedin account & chose a lighter online CV which do not spam me with unwanted group postings. And I also feel that post linkedin I am taking less advise of experts, which in some way is boosting my morale!
Interesting! I would try to hoist a digital flag of some kind so that people can find me using the internet! (Like those used by people in disasters).

Is it possible to replace an OS with hardware programs?

Call it an idea or an improbabilistic thought, but, can we do away with a huge OS & instead get hardware with embedded software, which works as an OS when all the hardware is assembled together? Of course, if we need to install any application into that OS later, the application would install requisite files & frameworks without hampering the working of the assembled system (assembled...

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HELP! MY INTERNET BECAME CABLE TV! Somethin else will take its place!
Very soon! Though not a researched opinion, but still a calculated guess! AI would play a role as most people would not be rich enough to go for fossil cars in the near future. Second, battery packs manufacturers would soon be replacing car engines with electric components. Third, crude oil politics would fade soon, though the price of crude had never been a hindrance in the acceptance of the electric tech, but it did play a role. Fourth, a wild guess, people would feel the need to travel less as tech would help them to do work from home.
Naturally, my choice would be something I do not know or wish to learn more. But at the same time there can not be an entry into some course module if you do not have the requisite basic degrees in the field you want to study. Eg, I want to study Astrophysics/ Aviation by my qualifying degrees are no where near the field I wish to study. Whatever is hot, especially in disciplines such as computer science or IT can be learnt through self study. But when the choice is something beyond available technology can offer? Good question! Made me reconsider my aspirations & dreams versus my capabilities & priorities.
Not all arts makes it to a world class museum or an international record release. The rest are bad arts with lesser acceptance but with more producers of such art! Hah!

Request to guide an arts inclined Post Grad Creative

Hi!I know HN is not the right place to make such a request but I am doing it here as I have not landed on the right place through search engine links. I am a Journalism & Comm. PG with an inclination for creative arts seeking guidance for a PHD or a specialisation in Multimedia Arts. I am a self taught Designer, Sound enthuaiast & have recently started learning Python on an Ubuntu...

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