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That’s a great business idea: sell a laptop survival kit for tough times.
by kvark 2y ago
That’s a great business idea: sell a laptop survival kit for tough times.
- theamk 2y ago.. and to maximize profit, make it live-updateable and subscription-based. And don't forget periodic online license checks which are mandatory for app to run. /s
- blitzar 2y agoYou forgot the targetted ads, with the subscription tier to reduce it from 100 ads per page to just 10.
- _heimdall 2y agoYou also want to make sure you know exactly what your users are doing so you can offer the best experience. Include a key logger and a daemon to grab full screenshots every few seconds.
- blitzar 2y agoBring back some old school methods with a modern twist too - upload all your contacts. Instead of just emailing everyone inviting them to join and telling them which kind friend reccomended they join - use the birthday and home address information and send them real tangible marketing material for their birthday (+ on Anniversaries, Christmas, Easter and on any day ending with a "y").
- ashmelo 2y agoThat's may need over million TB to collect all data, actually is there anyway to host they data without doing cloud or Hardiver things in the world?
- huevosabio 2y agoI actually really like this idea. Choose some reasonably good llm model + corpus of data to enhance the generation (e.g. wikipedia). Package it in a long-lasting battery, rough device. Think of a tablet/laptop you would take deep into the desert for a multi-week trip.
- doubled112 2y agoA solar panel would be capable of charging a laptop. Perhaps one of those could be ruggedized along with the package.
- oaiey 2y agoGoogle: One Laptop per Child ;) replace education in places without electricity with survival in case of civilization end.
- emsign 2y agoOr a USB stick filled with knowledge and entertainment for a budget price.
- robertlagrant 2y agoA USB stick with all public domain content would be amazing. New one each year; loads of stuff on it!
- anticensor 2y agoYou'd need a full size SSD (hundreds of terabytes), not a USB stick (2 terabytes today).