awkim

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone know of a general news site akin to Hacker News? on Sunday June 08, 2025 @02:00AM (#44214869)

There's https://www.aldaily.com/, though there's no forum. Great articles more from the liberal arts perspective.

Re:Imagine with Meta AI on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:21PM (#38551708)

Forcing a FB login makes this a nonstarter.

Re:Microsoft claims first milestone in creating a practical quantum co... on Saturday June 24, 2023 @10:31PM (#36464665)

Can’t wait for the Quantum add in for Excel!

Re:Scientists grow bigger monkey brains using human genes, replicating... on Sunday November 15, 2020 @08:31PM (#25106949)

This is the precursor to a dystopian ape lead future.

"YOU MANIACS. YOU BLEW IT UP. DAMN YOU! GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!"

-Some astronaut in the future

The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots

Posted by awkim on Saturday July 11, 2020 @10:55PM
from the atlasobscura.com dept.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/khipus-inca-empire-harvard-university-colonialism

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Re:Electronic Whole Earth Catalog on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @12:23AM (#23755680)

Same here - in the 80s. As a kid growing up on the east coast in a conservative culture, it really shaped my perspective of my worldview on the "internet", computing, permaculture, sustainability, and counter culture.

Thank you Stewart Brand.

Ask HN: Contingency Plans for COVID19?

Posted by awkim on Sunday March 01, 2020 @11:02PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi HN Community,Do you guys have any particular plans to deal with the COVID19 virus?Outside of remote work and succession contingencies, are you putting any special policies or plans in place?

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Re:API design: Which version of versioning is right for you? on Sunday October 06, 2019 @05:08PM (#21175150)

Google's great at fast tracking APIs to their end of life.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (August 2019) on Thursday August 01, 2019 @02:37PM (#20586871)

SEEKING FREELANCER. Irvine, CA, Remote OK.

* FreeSwitch experience. Looking to build out scalable outbound IVR functionality.

* Project involves building interfaces to Freeswitch from a Node base system.

* Interface to be written in Python or Node

* RabbitMQ experience a plus

email: [email protected] https://www.innovaite.com

Re:Krisp.ai – Mute background noise during your calls on Thursday November 15, 2018 @01:03PM (#18461619)

I'm hoping for an iOS/Android version.

Re:Military Leaders Are Starting to Freak Out Over Russia’s Info Warfa... on Monday October 15, 2018 @01:30AM (#18217555)

"Put simply, Russia seems to be playing chess, while the U.S. is trying to figure out how to set up the board to play checkers."

This doesn't surprise me as they need to play on an asymmetrical board.

Re:Ask HN: Favorite places online to satisfy intellectual curiosity? on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @07:07PM (#17459918)

http://www.aldaily.com/ is a great source for cultural, historical, art, and philosophical musings.

Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered studies” on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:28PM (#15242270)

For example?

Re:Maria didn't get the Starbucks job, so she set out to crush it on Monday September 11, 2017 @12:02AM (#15215804)

Agreed - love the fuck the establishment approach. Sounds similar to the WhatsApp story.

Re:I'll buy you a coffee to talk about fintech on Monday March 30, 2015 @12:11AM (#9287613)

I'm in DC, but happy to chat.

Re:Show HN: Hacker News iOS client using the new official API on Friday November 21, 2014 @07:27AM (#8640934)

Seconded - it's great on tablets.

Re:Obama Campaign AWS Infrastructure In One Diagram on Sunday April 14, 2013 @10:04AM (#5546904)

That explains Texas in a nutshell. ;)

Re:I’m Tired Of Companies Ripping off our site, So I’m Calling Them Out on Monday February 04, 2013 @11:12PM (#5168987)

Isn't this inspired from http://www.ebay.com/new ?