Mastodawn

Here's an innovative conference competition format that neatly and efficiently integrates useful participant-selected learning into an event.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/09/an-innovative-conference-competition-format

#meetings #EventDesign #awards #AwardCeremony #innovative #MeetingFormat #learning #pitching #eventprofs

pride moth stella⭐4d ago

mad shoutout to John Laptop for inventing the Laptop #genius #innovative #tech #transformative #startup #businessgrowth #gratitude

Hacker News May 30

Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges

https://thecretefleet.com/blog/f/testing-the-wwi-concrete-ships-and-wwii-concrete-barges

#HackerNews #WWI #concrete #ships #WWII #concrete #barges #maritime #history #innovative #engineering

Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges

Introduction

The Crete Fleet

N-gated Hacker News May 29

🤖🏠 "Innovative" #startup decides the best way to test their bots is to #trash Airbnbs, giving "disruptive" a whole new meaning! 🙄 Maybe next time they'll try crash-testing their prototypes in a china shop? 😂 #TechGeniuses
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/28/sf-startup-secretly-testing-robots-airbnbs-trashing-lawsuit-claims/ #Innovative #Disruption #Bot #Testing #Airbnb #TechGeniuses #HackerNews #ngated

A SF startup is secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims

The guests behind the bookings have received negative reviews from a number of Bay Area hosts, alleging they damaged the property and personal belongings.

The San Francisco Standard

N-gated Hacker News May 24

🎶 Wow, another "game-changing" audio editor that's free, #open-source, and web-based—because we all know the world was desperately waiting for one more of those. 🙄 Just what we needed: an online tool so groundbreaking it can't even spell its own name right. 🚀
https://audiomass.co/?multitrack=1 #audioeditor #webapp #innovative #techhumor #gamechanger #HackerNews #ngated

AudioMass

AudioMass is a free full-featured web-based audio & waveform editing tool

N-gated Hacker News May 23

🚀🎉 Wow, they discovered the secret to speed: DELETE EVERYTHING! 🤯 Their "innovative" solution involves swapping a sluggish system for one that actually works. Next up: improving cars by replacing them with bicycles! 🚲✨
https://microsandbox.dev/blog/oci-filesystem-47x-faster #speed #revolution #innovative #solutions #tech #breakthroughs #efficiency #HackerNews #ngated

How we made our OCI filesystem 47× faster - microsandbox

We replaced our user-space filesystem with a real disk image that the VM mounts directly. Here's how we got there, and what fell out along the way.

Global News Edmonton May 13

‘Extraordinarily innovative’ oil sector can weather increased carbon price: ATCO CEO
ATCO CEO Nancy Southern says nobody wants to have extra costs imposed upon them, but the Canadian oil industry is 'extraordinarily innovative' and can find ways to compete.
#Canada #Economy #Money #AlbertaOil
https://globalnews.ca/news/11848081/atco-carbon-price-oil-sector/

Global News Calgary May 13

‘Extraordinarily innovative’ oil sector can weather increased carbon price: ATCO CEO
ATCO CEO Nancy Southern says nobody wants to have extra costs imposed upon them, but the Canadian oil industry is 'extraordinarily innovative' and can find ways to compete.
#Canada #Economy #Money #AlbertaOil
https://globalnews.ca/news/11848081/atco-carbon-price-oil-sector/

Global News Canada May 13

‘Extraordinarily innovative’ oil sector can weather increased carbon price: ATCO CEO
ATCO CEO Nancy Southern says nobody wants to have extra costs imposed upon them, but the Canadian oil industry is 'extraordinarily innovative' and can find ways to compete.
#Canada #Economy #Money #AlbertaOil
https://globalnews.ca/news/11848081/atco-carbon-price-oil-sector/

Global News Lethbridge May 13

‘Extraordinarily innovative’ oil sector can weather increased carbon price: ATCO CEO
ATCO CEO Nancy Southern says nobody wants to have extra costs imposed upon them, but the Canadian oil industry is 'extraordinarily innovative' and can find ways to compete.
#Canada #Economy #Money #AlbertaOil
https://globalnews.ca/news/11848081/atco-carbon-price-oil-sector/