Friday, 26 April 2019

New top story on Hacker News: US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device

US10144532B2 – Craft using an inertial mass reduction device
3 by Jerry2 | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: UBiome Offices Searched by FBI

UBiome Offices Searched by FBI
6 by jbergstroem | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Core Memory Shield for Arduino

Core Memory Shield for Arduino
5 by mhb | 0 comments on Hacker News.


Show HN: An ASCII Color Encoded Hex Dump Program http://bit.ly/2PyuAjw

Show HN: An ASCII Color Encoded Hex Dump Program http://bit.ly/2GFiZLP April 26, 2019 at 11:48PM

Show HN: Office Hours – Hold office hours by phone anytime, anywhere http://bit.ly/2L6Wwwn

Show HN: Office Hours – Hold office hours by phone anytime, anywhere Hello HN! My name is Rohan Pavuluri, and I’m launching an iPhone app called Office Hours ( https://apple.co/2IK0usY... ). The app lets you hold “office hours” by phone anytime, anywhere. You can think of it as the green Facebook messenger symbol but for calls. In real time, easily let your network know that you’re free to accept calls. And easily find out who in your network is free to accept a call from you. I built Office Hours as a side project on the weekends with a friend to address the personal pain I feel scheduling phone calls. I run a nonprofit, and I love having conversations with everyone who reaches out to learn more about our work. But these conversations are generally painful to schedule for two reasons: 1. The back-and-forth email exchange to find a time slot is exhausting. 2. I don’t want to commit to time slots on my calendar because something that takes priority -- aka anything directly work-related -- may come up. Calendly doesn’t solve this. Given that I have deadtime during grocery shopping, commutes, and other errands, I thought to myself, what if I could easily schedule all of these calls during my deadtime? What if I could just turn “on” my “office hours” and send a notification to “followers” that I’m free to chat? I also wanted to follow my friends and mentors and get notifications when they’re free, so I could eliminate the friction involved with scheduling. That's how I got the idea for Office Hours. How it works if you have inbound requests for your time: just download the app, add people who want to talk to you as “Followers”, and they’ll get a notification whenever you turn on your Office Hours. Whenever you’re on a call with someone who follows you, your Office Hours automatically close to your other Followers. How it works if you want to request someone else’s time: just send them a Follow request. If they accept your request, you’ll get a notification when they open up their Office Hours. When you see they’re free, you can give them a call through the app. I’m looking for any feedback, particularly around potential use cases. Some ideas: professional networking that’s not time-sensitive such as career advice chats, social catch-ups with friends and family, and teachers and students. In the future, I hope to implement VoIP, so I can make it easier to schedule calls internationally. I also hope to implement end-to-end encryption. Feel free to email hi@getofficehours.com with any feedback too. April 26, 2019 at 10:38PM

Show HN: Offst – A decentralized payment system http://bit.ly/2UMn8Te

Show HN: Offst – A decentralized payment system http://bit.ly/2UWRE1A April 26, 2019 at 05:10PM

New top story on Hacker News: ProcessPlan – Business Process Manager and Workflow Designer

ProcessPlan – Business Process Manager and Workflow Designer
2 by mlane921 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: The shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden’s kids

The shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden’s kids
9 by TKWasRight | 1 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Private Space Launch Firms in China Race to Orbit

Private Space Launch Firms in China Race to Orbit
4 by starmanaj | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Researchers propose a new interdisciplinary subfield called “Machine Behaviour”

Researchers propose a new interdisciplinary subfield called “Machine Behaviour”
2 by benhsu75 | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Office Hours – Hold office hours by phone anytime, anywhere

Show HN: Office Hours – Hold office hours by phone anytime, anywhere
4 by rpavuluri | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN! My name is Rohan Pavuluri, and I’m launching an iPhone app called Office Hours ( https://apple.co/2IK0usY... ). The app lets you hold “office hours” by phone anytime, anywhere. You can think of it as the green Facebook messenger symbol but for calls. In real time, easily let your network know that you’re free to accept calls. And easily find out who in your network is free to accept a call from you. I built Office Hours as a side project on the weekends with a friend to address the personal pain I feel scheduling phone calls. I run a nonprofit, and I love having conversations with everyone who reaches out to learn more about our work. But these conversations are generally painful to schedule for two reasons: 1. The back-and-forth email exchange to find a time slot is exhausting. 2. I don’t want to commit to time slots on my calendar because something that takes priority -- aka anything directly work-related -- may come up. Calendly doesn’t solve this. Given that I have deadtime during grocery shopping, commutes, and other errands, I thought to myself, what if I could easily schedule all of these calls during my deadtime? What if I could just turn “on” my “office hours” and send a notification to “followers” that I’m free to chat? I also wanted to follow my friends and mentors and get notifications when they’re free, so I could eliminate the friction involved with scheduling. That's how I got the idea for Office Hours. How it works if you have inbound requests for your time: just download the app, add people who want to talk to you as “Followers”, and they’ll get a notification whenever you turn on your Office Hours. Whenever you’re on a call with someone who follows you, your Office Hours automatically close to your other Followers. How it works if you want to request someone else’s time: just send them a Follow request. If they accept your request, you’ll get a notification when they open up their Office Hours. When you see they’re free, you can give them a call through the app. I’m looking for any feedback, particularly around potential use cases. Some ideas: professional networking that’s not time-sensitive such as career advice chats, social catch-ups with friends and family, and teachers and students. In the future, I hope to implement VoIP, so I can make it easier to schedule calls internationally. I also hope to implement end-to-end encryption. Feel free to email hi@getofficehours.com with any feedback too.

New top story on Hacker News: Deepnote (YC S19) Is Hiring (SF, Europe, Prague)

Deepnote (YC S19) Is Hiring (SF, Europe, Prague) 1 by Equiet | 0 comments on Hacker News.