Innovative ideas?

[TheCreator]

Hey I was just wondering if you guys could share some daily problems you face. I am looking to create software but have writers block.
I was hoping you could get me started by just listing some annoying problem you face everyday that you would appreciate getting rid off.

Example:
Song stuck in head

[cnoeval]

Oh great! Now I have a stupid song stuck in my head again... 8^{

[Disch]

Example:
Song stuck in head

I don't know how you'd solve that with software o_O

[1vRz3TCk]

I was hoping you could get me started by just listing some annoying problem you face everyday that you would appreciate getting rid off.

Having to go to work.

[cnoeval]

How about coding a solution for writer's block??? 8^}

[TheCreator]

@cnoeval
haha sorry about that =)
umm im looking for something a bit more complex...maybe something with algorithms
software for writers block would be too simple

@disch
1) ask user to hum tune
2) compare audio with a database
3) identify and display song

@codemonkey
keep dreaming ;)

[amma]

how about helping me with a GPU attention model
msg me if interested

[cnoeval]

Soooo, let me get this straight...
You need to think up some innovative ideas for software ->
You can't think of innovative ideas for software due to writer's block ->
Writer's block is simple to solve using software.

Sounds like a self-correcting problem to me!

Seriously, I suggest you pick a project and get your butt working on it. Waiting around for an innovative task worthy of your creativity is just wasting time.

[anonymous23323124]

software for writers block would be too simple

Really? It would have to come up with suggestions for you. That's an AI, albeit a weak one, and thus the task might not be so easy after all ^^

[TheCreator]

sorry software for writers block isn't interesting too me
thanks for the help though

[3hM2Nwbp]

some daily problems you face.

1) Raining so I can't ride my sport bike.
2) Bills are due so I can't afford that MIG/TIG combo welder that I've been wanting
3) Grandmother's driver-side axle seal needs replaced - weekend's shot.
4) Still need to break up with latest girlfiend₁
5) Need to stop posting on this forum when I should be working on my projects.




_{1 confirming that is actually spelled "fiend".}

[quirkyusername]

Codemonkey's problem was having to go to work, mine is not being able to find a job. Count your blessings codemonkey.

[ceruleus]

write some software that finds all localizable character data in a set of .xml files and creates new .xml files that only contain the nodes with localizable data

Fun!

[quirkyusername]

@ceruleus
could you define localizable in this context?

[TheCreator]

thanks ceruleus but i was looking for something more useful to average user rather than something so technical based

[anonymous23323124]

Still need to break up with latest girlfiend

I'll laugh so much if you now find out she's on this forum :L

Need to stop posting on this forum when I should be working on my projects.

Yep, guilty of that.

[TheCreator]

please stay on topic

[James Burnby]

The most generalised and time consuming issue I have is when my programs randomly crash, but not all the time.

I usually place lots of writes to a log file to say where it is in the program. If it crashes I can check the log. But that is time consuming in very large programs with over 10,000 lines :)