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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? on Thursday October 24, 2019 @08:53AM (#21344149)
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Re:Racing at 127mph under a tunnel in LA [video] on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:09AM (#20001041)
If the first traffic light was green, the difference is actually insignificant :/
We were at this situation a few months ago.

We are a great team, backed by great investors, but could not find a good idea (after we pivoted from the last one).

It took us 2 long months. But we finally made it (hopefully).

My conclusion is pretty simple - take a "fast moving water" area, and build a product with proved market fit around this area. If you can't recognize this "fast moving water" area, use VCs and investors to understand what they are excited to invest in, what sound sexy for them.

Re:Colony: A platform for open organizations on Thursday October 05, 2017 @06:47AM (#15408106)
Is it a DAO? If not, what are the differences from all other projects that are implementing DAO?
Re:Ask HN: What are the 5 websites you visit almost daily? on Thursday July 27, 2017 @06:44PM (#14870364)
No one visits PornHub? Come on, guys...
Re:Ask HN: Do you think chatbots will be like websites? on Saturday July 15, 2017 @11:45PM (#14780363)
The experience is poor now because of the technology. AGI seems far fetched right now, so the revolution will happen only in the far future, as you say. Maybe there is no business need in these chatbots (that I described) in the first place?

Ask HN: Do you think chatbots will be like websites?

Hi guys, I was wondering if chatbots are going to rise and gain revenues for companies just like websites and mobile apps did for them in the past.Right now chatbots are efficient as websites were back in the days of Web 1.0. In most cases, they don't really help the user get things any better.I'm talking about companies which chatbots is not their main business. Do you believe that once AI /...

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Re:Ask HN: Any official flights API? on Sunday December 11, 2016 @10:56AM (#13151555)
Very nice, thanks!!
Re:Ask HN: Any official flights API? on Sunday December 11, 2016 @10:51AM (#13151527)
I haven't crossed any free, open sourced flights API. The only relevant (not free though) I found was Skyscanner's API.