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Ask HN: What problems would you pay to make go away right now?

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I'd pay a few $ for something that can get the number of an incoming call and tell me who it probably is using AI. I currently do that manually and I think AI could at least achieve accuracy comparable to a human. Not sure if it's possible though, given iOS permissions.

I asked about it yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38977688

I honestly wish there was a list akin to how spam blockers work, for the various phone and text annoyances out there. The app could simply disable the ring, and not record it in the normal call log, and I'd be so very happy.

I get a lot of collections calls for some Mandarin-speaking person who had my phone number once when they got themselves in debt. It's super annoying, because debt collectors always sell their lists to each other, so they keep trying to collect from this person at my number, without knowing it's the wrong number. And I don't even speak Mandarin (I'm as white as Wonder Bread), so I can't even respond to the callers or their recordings either.

I block them, but then after a couple months, its onto a new agency, and new Mandarin messages. Thankfully the blocking only takes a few days, but it has definitely taken on a form of harassment.

The person who creates such an app as this will quickly become both popular and wealthy.

My partner just watched a video, and a part I overheard was that in order to make your first million, you should stop thinking about money, and start thinking about problems. And more than just thinking about problems, think about solutions. Do this continually until you find a sellable solution you can lead.

So you might be well on your way to your first million right now.

Taking a photo of every single receipt, waiting for image-to-text to fail and fixing+cataloguing it manually.

No app does this right.

I'm waiting this too.

The hassle of signing up and canceling these streaming services just to watch a few shows.

Right, that's a good one. It'd be nice to have a streaming service that's not based on subscription but on how much you actually use.

Yes, for unrelated reasons I was thinking of this too this morning. There's an NFL playoff game only on Peacock.

Or perhaps some show I've heard about. I want to "subscribe to peacock for a month". The service should create my account, (if it doesn't exist) and then after a month just (auto) suspended it.

In other words I want a one-button press every month, the first time I use a streaming service that month. Plus show me whatever is currently activated.

Live events aside, I'm happy to rotate my viewing, one month Netflix, one month peacock, and so on. Amazon is a fallback (prime for other reasons. )

I can easily go months not using one platform. So there's savings (so hence worth subscribing to)

Alternatively make a one-button click in the month to "keep next month / suspend next month)

I just want my meter running up to a certain limit that I cannot top - that'd be the current sub cost.

Talked to a friend about this recently. However ChatGPT said it's unlikely we could do something about it

https://chat.openai.com/share/6816d55b-b018-495d-900d-7d2905...

These AI-based translator gadgets caught my attention, but as I read through the reviews it seems like latency makes it borderline unusable.

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