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    Are programming interviews draining entrepreneurial spirit?

    Can you imagine preparing for months or even years for an interview? This is the current reality many software devs are finding themselves in as they prepare for algorithmic coding interviews. It started with just the top tier tech companies but now most others are following this practice...
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    WFH due to Covid = More time for your fastlane projects

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    I don't believe that the current WFH situation will last but it's really opened my eyes to how deeply enslaved most people are. They go to school and load themselves up in debt and then go work in crowded cities with expensive rent. The current pandemic has shown that all the extra energy to...
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    My side project is trashing my reputation

    MARKETING 
    I made a little dating app for a super conservative religious group. As you might imagine, it did not end well. It's received bad reviews and the top review with 21 upvotes falsely accuses the app of stealing people's data. I also have good reviews which are also more recent but the negative...
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    Advice on carving out my own space in a small but growing niche?

    I have discovered a niche variation of a common (physical) product. Due to the nature of the product, I think it would be valuable to create a forum for users of the product in my home country (Canada). In addition, I think this niche product can and will expand to a new demographic of people...
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    A video game to prepare for coding interviews

    I had this idea to build a video game (as a solo developer) that would have in game coding challenges. Initially it seemed like a good idea but after the initial excitement wore off, I started to see some serious flaws. I'm mainly writing this to get my thoughts out and would appreciate any...
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    Is it worth giving up a car to live closer to work?

    I'm mainly interested in doing this to get the additional time to work on my project. If I live less than 5 mins away (on a bike), I could get about 1 hour of work done from home during lunch. If I were driving and I give myself half hour to get to work, I would be saving about 50 mins from the...
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    Big corp vs Startup if your end goal is to work for yourself?

    Currently pursing a Comp Sci degree. I've heard that the cons for working for a big corp are limited opportunities for growth and slower pace of work. Would it be correct to think that this type of environment would be better if one wishes to use their spare time to run a side business of their own?
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    What do you think the impact of self driving cars will be?

    HOT! 
    Will the technology become commoditized as more companies enter this area? Autonomous transportation means that the cost of driving from point A to B will be dramatically decreased either in terms of time (let the vehicle drive while you do something else) or money (no longer need to pay for a...
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    The End of Moore's law - what might the business implications be?

    The progress we've seen in computers over the last 50 years can be roughly described by Moore's law. Essentially we've been making increasingly smaller transistors so that we can put more of them on a single chip. That technique is now approaching its fundamental limits. My personal conclusion...
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    End of my lead gen experiment - Lessons Learned

    A few months ago I built a fully automated bot which replied to car ads posted on kijiji (craigslist of Canada). I was working at a dealership myself at the time and was able to convert leads from this system. After leaving the dealership, I tried selling this system to other salespeople and...
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    My bulletproof strategy for waking up on time

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    Most people wake up with just enough time to get themselves ready for the daily grind. I struggled with this for years. I read the miracle morning twice for motivation, I tried multiple alarm clocks and different types of alarms, I tried to control my bedtime, kept a journal, etc. With all of...
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    Lead generation for cars? Made some progress but looking for more...

    I live in Canada and recently started work at a car dealership. I built my own web bot which responds to online classifieds ads asking them if they would consider a dealership trade in but the results from this method have been underwhelming (1 / 100 will come in). There's another person at...
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    Website Ads vs. Subscription Service

    Building a site for a niche outdoor recreational activity. One of the biggest issues with this activity is finding a place where you can do it legally. The site will have a map that will show people where they can go to enjoy it for free. If too many people go to one spot, it usually gets...
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    Validating first E-commerce idea

    IDEA 
    First a bit of background: My life absolutely sucks right now, I'm 27 and work a manual labor job in a warehouse. This was the best thing I could find after a few months of job searching. I thought about continuing to apply to other jobs but I would rather work on a long term solution. This job...
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    Thoughts on trading bots?

    Can a profitable trading bot exist in theory? If one did exist, I don't believe it would be sold. However if trading could be broken down to an algorithm with guaranteed profits then why wouldn't everyone be doing it? What I'm curious about is where do the bots fail? With recent advances in...
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    Good idea gone bad

    IDEA 
    Last month I built a program which could be used for lead generation. It would automatically reply to ads posted in the local classifieds where there is a HUGE amount of traffic everyday. I'm soon starting a job at a car dealership and wanted to use that program. So ideally the program would...
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    VR will probably flop

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    Just got back from a meetup with some other tech entrepreneurs where I tried out the Samsung Gear VR (mobile VR from your phone). Even if it were perfected, at the end of the day it's more of a cool little toy than a practical device. If the task requires speed and accuracy, I can't imagine...
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    Could playing video games actually improve cognitive performance?

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    It seems that it's not really a question: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871325/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373892/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675555/ What do you guys think about this? I'll be turning 27 this year and yesterday my brother who's...
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    How do you hit the mental brakes?

    Sometimes I get so lost when working on a problem, I lose track of everything else. This can go on for days and then I start missing workouts, diet falls apart, start sleeping less, etc. I know it comes back to forming a schedule and sticking to it. Has anyone else gone through anything like this?
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    Just built a solution! Now looking for the problem...Brainstorming Ideas

    IDEA 
    Just built an automatic classified ad responder (only works for one site but it's the biggest one around here). So now in theory I could automate any sort of ad posting or ad replying process. Any ideas what I could do with this? Some thoughts I've had so far - Automatically send a resume to...
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