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by bsldld 4y ago
Education without loan. One approach is documented here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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by bsldld 4y ago
Disconnect between education and employment. I have written about it here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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by bsldld 4y ago
I don't have any project up and running, but I had tried in the past(and still looking) to get like minded people to work on an open source project to make education equity-based rather than loan-based. It has a genuine use for federat
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by bsldld 4y ago
This project idea falls under the category of "moonshot project". And it is an open source and not for profit idea. I don't think anyone will invest in the usual sense.
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by bsldld 4y ago
> ...Apple and Google have “moved” on. Apple moved to Swift, but what has Google moved to?
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by bsldld 4y ago
A universal platform to facilitate loan-free education. This will not only make education accessible but also help social mobility. More info is available here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org Anyone interested in teaming up
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by bsldld 4y ago
I am interested, but initially could I participate just as an observer?
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by bsldld 4y ago
> 1 is an awesome idea and I'd love to hear more. Basic idea is to use a federated blockchain platform to form a graph of students, teachers, employers and relevant government agencies. When a student gets a job and starts earning
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by bsldld 4y ago
I have two ideas. But, as I said in my post, I am open to ideas from others. Here are my two ideas: 0. Making education funding sustainable without putting student into debt. Businesses will directly fund education as they are one of the ma
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by bsldld 4y ago
You also need to account for exchange rate and processing fees. Some recipients may not receive 1 dollar. Edit0: Also, I just realised, many poor people do not have means to exchange dollar into their local currency. So sending them 1 dolla
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by bsldld 4y ago
> What exactly are you pitching? Some people have ideas to fix something within the society that they think can be better. Engineers also have some such ideas. I would like to get together engineers so that we can work together on some m
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by bsldld 4y ago
This! And it is not just for Maths. Every subject taught has this problem. Another problem similar to this issue is very well articulated by Salman Khan of Khan Academy here: https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_tea
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Ask HN: Anyone interested in working on projects related to social causes?
5 points by bsldld 4y ago|7 comments
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by bsldld 4y ago
Education funding should be based on equity, and not on debt. And it should be funded by the society as a whole and not by some private for-profit entities. It is outrageous that we make young students debt-laden even before they have any i
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by bsldld 4y ago
Possibility of Microsoft buying Facebook is not unthinkable. Microsoft is already an investor in Facebook. Both HoloLens and Oculus are already moving in the same direction with enterprise play.
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Ask HN: Looking for co-developers for 2 open source ideas in EdTech
1 points by bsldld 4y ago|0 comments
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by bsldld 4y ago
I am working on https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org It is at present just at conceptual level, but I am talking to the stakeholders. Why is this cool? Well, if this works, then not only will it make education easily accessible to
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by bsldld 4y ago
Here is one: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org It is an idea to provide loan-free education.
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by bsldld 5y ago
> Blockchains are designed to be a network of peers, but not designed such that it’s really possible for your mobile device... If I am not mistaken Hyperledger Iroha[0] has(had?) that as one of its goals. [0] https://github.co
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by bsldld 5y ago
> I think Discord would be better. There is a link to the corresponding Discord server too in the menubar. Here is the invite: https://discord.gg/RAdT4cJUHC > I joined your subReddit anyway. Thank you! And it is not j
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Tell HN: Code_connect: A subreddit to hangout, discuss projects and team-up
5 points by bsldld 5y ago|3 comments
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by bsldld 5y ago
Thank you for the link! :) Sorry for not including it in my post.
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Code_connect: A subreddit to hangout, discuss projects and team-up
1 points by bsldld 5y ago|2 comments
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by bsldld 5y ago
> You may not have a single entity controlling it but you still have a group of entities who already trust each other and have agreed to create a shared database. That is the reason why blockchain was choosen. > My point is, private b
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by bsldld 5y ago
> Why does it need a blockchain? Because it is federated, and no single entity should own and control the data. > What kind of blockchain will it use? I am thinking of Hyperledger Iroha. Any other suggestion, most welcome. > Public
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by bsldld 5y ago
I am ideating (and looking for feedback) on a project to provide education without student-debt. The project description is here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org It will use blockchain technology underneath.
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by bsldld 5y ago
Working on: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org
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by bsldld 5y ago
How does one know if a student will succeed in college? Past performance is no guarantee for future success or failure. I know ample examples where students were really bad academically until grade 12, and then flourished in the college&#x2
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by bsldld 5y ago
> the way you're rationalising it seems off. Well, I am not rationalising it. This argument was made against my project idea[0] to provide loan-free education so that everyone gets access to it without the burden of debt. [0] https
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Ask HN: Should everyone get a university degree?
6 points by bsldld 5y ago|12 comments

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