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Re:Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN
on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:31PM (#50328271)
Love this! Pls add amazon.com links and a 2020s filter button. You could probably pull all the missing covers from Wikipedia. Would love to have this for TV/Movie/Podcast recommendations also.
Thx.
Re:Malus – Clean Room as a Service
on Thursday March 12, 2026 @05:14PM (#47357212)
Was hoping this was a service that cleaned actual rooms, combining organizing and cleaning. :-(
Re:Claude Composer
on Friday February 06, 2026 @05:18PM (#46918897)
The concept of AI music is extremely polarizing. One friend I played it for got visibly angry. Oddly none of the anti-‘s were musicians themselves.
Re:Claude Composer
on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:50PM (#46918605)
I can't believe AI music hasn't hit the mainstream yet. It's the most amazing thing I've seen since my original ChatGPT 3.5 wtf experience.
https://suno.com/playlist/fe6b642c-f4a8-4402-b775-806348640e...
This song was generated from my 2-sentence prompt about a botched trash pickup: https://suno.com/s/Bdo9jzngQ4rvQko9
Re:Hemochromatosis patients can donate their blood rather than having ...
on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:59PM (#43221746)
I have HH and donate regularly with Vitalant, who has a monopoly on donations in Colorado. When I was originally diagnosed 20+ years ago, I had a prescription and they discarded the blood. After some research I decided to monitor my own iron levels and decide myself when to donate. Without a prescription, they are able to use the blood.
Re:The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed
on Saturday December 21, 2024 @03:38AM (#42478274)
How is this any different than Walmart or Amazon having their own brands that are sold alongside name brands from other companies?
Re:Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False Arrest Vi...
on Friday October 20, 2023 @01:05PM (#37958704)
This is absolutely correct; not sure why you are being downvoted. TPOs are often issued without the targeted party being contacted or having a chance to defend themselves. PPOs tried in family court do not have a “reasonable doubt” requirement; they are regularly granted without substantive evidence or signs of physical abuse. No judge wants to read about somebody being killed after they denied the PO.
Re:Show HN: Peeng – like Pingdom, but the other way around and simpler
on Monday July 17, 2023 @06:20PM (#36764865)
I would sign up if you allowed me to ping a 2nd “check status” endpoint then send the results in the POST.
Re:My kids and I just played D&D with ChatGPT4 as the DM
on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:04PM (#35381489)
I just played a short campaign set in the Dresden Files universe. I started in 5e and asked ChatGPT to recommend a more appropriate system. It recommended Fate so I started over with that. GPT walked me through a different setup without stats and DM’ed a decent adventure. It understood nuances of how I used spells and let me capture a cult leader, imprison them and interrogate them to reveal more of the story.
Re:Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died
on Friday July 01, 2022 @10:22AM (#31946785)
A year ago, my 9 year old daughter begged me to watch a video from her favorite YouTuber. It was the Great Potato War. We watched all three parts and I became an instant Techno fan. It also led to me playing Hypixel with her for many many hours.
Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:46AM (#31506195)
Minecraft-like builder with portals allowing seamless travel to/from other servers. (or this feature in Minecraft)
Re:The Kia Instrument
on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @10:27PM (#31188159)
I just bought a Telluride on Monday and love it. It is the highest ranked car on Consumer Reports across all vehicle types. I don't think this is an indicator of a company in trouble.
My last 3 cars were Teslas.
Re:Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help wit...
on Sunday July 18, 2021 @11:17PM (#27878920)
I love the concept; I've already created some lists of things I'd be embarrassed to show non-ADHD folks. Feature request: Rename existing lists and list items.
Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the global aut...
on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:13PM (#25413121)
Tesla has been shipping cars with integrated self-driving hardware for years. Every car is transmitting data back to Tesla. They have been turning on additional self-driving features every few months for years.
Tesla is doing a limited beta of full self driving now which will be widely expanded in just a few months. I don’t understand how anybody but Tesla is poised to have self driving cars in the near future.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2020)
on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:01PM (#24349295)
FinFolio | Data Wrangler | Denver, CO | Remote | 5am EST Start
FinFolio simplifies wealth management!
[COVID-19: We went fully remote when COVID hit and aren't going back.]
Help us manage our early-morning data imports. This requires a diverse technical skill set including a little bit of SQL, Regex, Excel, DOS, PowerShell, C#, and other data-related tools. You will grind away at automating our existing processes and manually run any steps that have not been automated.
This is a mostly-entry-level role and you will learn a lot on the job. We train our data team in SQL, C# and similar technologies. We are about to promote one of our data wranglers into a development role and are seeking a replacement.
Email me at matt abar at finfolio dot com and mention you saw this on YC. I am the founder and CEO. Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?
on Saturday March 21, 2020 @11:39PM (#22652532)
I am teaching my daughters to code. (10y and 7y) They are taking classes remotely and all the extracurricular activities are cancelled. I am also working from home. This is a unique opportunity that I may never have with them again.
Yesterday my oldest started to use the Roblox editor. I am researching Roblox training courses (would love some suggestions). An hour ago I showed her Zork and introduced her to Inform. (http://inform7.com/)
She is coding as I type this. :-)
Re:Building a walkie-talkie for remote work
on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:55AM (#22135744)
We've been using Pragli for a few weeks. The team loves it! We used Sococo and Tandem in the past and this is the first presence app that is really being used.
Great job guys!
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)
on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:08PM (#21939840)
FinFolio | ETL Developer | REMOTE (US based) | Full-time
FinFolio makes wealth management simpler for professional investment advisers!
We need a SQL specialist who can help manage our daily imports, quickly resolve daily problems, and design and develop tools for managing billions in financial assets. Can you help scale us from 200 to 10,000 financial advisors over the next few years?
Note this all has to happen before the market opens, requiring an early (5am EST) start.
https://finfolio.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk03q8k
Email me directly and please mention you saw this on HN. mattabar@finfolio com.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)
on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:39PM (#21689975)
FinFolio | ETL Data Engineer | Denver, CO | REMOTE | Full-time
FinFolio makes wealth management simpler! We need a data-wrangling SQL guru who can design and develop tools for managing billions in financial assets. Are you the visionary who can scale us from 200 to 10,000 financial advisors over the next few years?
I am the CEO/founder. Contact me at matt abar at finfolio dot com (remove all spaces) and mention you saw this post.
Job: https://www.finfolio.com/careers#op-343932-etl-software-engi...
FYI we were just funded are are also hiring Operations, Support, Onboarding and other non-dev fintech roles.
Re:Things I’ve learned in 20 years of programming
on Saturday November 23, 2019 @05:24AM (#21613406)
I have a variant on this. I start with a bullet-list of functionality I think I’ll need. Then I write one test each for items that could impact my architectural choices. Once I finish that first pass I go back and flesh out each item with multiple tests as necessary.
Flushing out the architecture early is the trickiest part for me. Occasionally I miss a seemingly-simple feature that ends up requiring an architecture change. If this happens late in the process, I may pay for the oversight with hours of refactoring.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019)
on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:29AM (#20584687)
FinFolio | SQL/C# ETL Developer, Data Conversion Specialist | Full-Time | Onsite or Remote | Denver, CO
FinFolio makes wealth management simpler! Our SaaS app runs the backoffice for professional wealth managers. We do reporting, trading, billing, client portals and more. We are mostly remote but have a fun co-working spot in the Denver RINO art district.
We need you to convert investment data from older accounting systems systems onto ours. You will use SQL, C# and our custom ETL tool to do this. You will also help with internal IT chores and other coding tasks as time allows.
We primarily looking for ETL-type developers but are open to non-developers who are wizards at SQL, scripting, Excel, etc. This would be a great entry point into a development career.
Apply here: https://www.finfolio.com/careers#op-312813-data-conversion-s...
Drop me a note mentioning HN here: mattabar@finfolio (dot) com
Re:Launch HN: Carry (YC S19) – We Book Travel for You on Slack
on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:57AM (#20341701)
https://www.kiwi.com/us/
Let’s you set travel ranges, multiple destination options, geographic areas and more. Shows you the cheapest options within the range of parameters you set. My absolute favorite vacation planner.
Re:One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans
on Monday May 20, 2019 @09:05PM (#19966793)
Wouldn't you compare back to an original/baseline scan, making it easy to ignore anomalies?
Re:Gates Foundation annual letter
on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @10:03PM (#19149990)
Apparently $10m is the exact amount Bill and Melinda plan to leave to each of their children.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/05/who-is-jennifer-gates-bill-a...
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @12:04PM (#17663770)
FinFolio | Remote or local in CO | Full-time | www.finfolio.com
Development Manager (C#, SQL, ReactJS)
Help us make wealth management simpler for professional investment advisors. Our app is a ReactJS front-end on top of a C#/SQL stack. We have hit product market fit and for the immediate future are are focused on scaling and bug fixes.
We are 25 people, about half remote. You will be responsible for running our 10-person development team, hiring/firing, talking with upper management, and plugging any IT/DevOps holes. Our CEO (me) is running the team now and need to be focusing on other things.
http://www.finfolio.com/careers#op-268323-development-manage...
You can also email me directly at matt abar at finfolio dot com.
Re:John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories
on Monday May 14, 2018 @10:49PM (#17071254)
I did this too! A question about how they were testing Quake. John responded with some detail about how to set up a simple proxy server. Very helpful and relevant to what I was working on at the time; thanks John!
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)
on Monday April 02, 2018 @12:41PM (#16736206)
FinFolio | Denver, CO | FULLSTACK ENGINEER, All Levels | Onsite, Full-time | Apply: [email protected]
FinFolio | Denver, CO | VP, DEVELOPMENT | Onsite, Full-time | Apply: [email protected]
Stack: C#, SQL, React, Redux
Seeking passionate developers who want to work in an early-stage startup environment. We are a young startup that is trying to simplify wealth management for professional financial advisers. Looking for full stack engineers plus a vp or dev manager to take over from our CEO/CTO (me). Email me directly with questions: mattabar ... finfolio.com. Thx!
Re:Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea
on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @11:16PM (#16322209)
Yes, great books! I recommend starting with 'The Player of Games', not the first book in the series but the best. They are only loosely connected, you won't miss anything.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @07:59PM (#16321445)
Congratulations to everybody involved! One of my earliest memories is watching the Challenger launch in my school auditorium. I'm glad my daughters can have the same experience with a much more inspiring conclusion.