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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) on Monday July 13, 2026 @03:16PM (#48897412)
Follow the money at the local and state level. Every since followthemoney.org was absorbed by Open Secrets in 2024 we don't have a state level "follow the money" tool. BackerBase brings campaign finance data, public filings, donor networks, races, officials, and entity relationships into one source-backed workspace. Starting with Louisiana and adding more states now :)

https://backerbase.ai

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016) on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:56PM (#11615534)
Operation Spark (https://operationspark.org) | Full-Time | Onsite (New Orleans, La, US)

Position: Instructor

Operation Spark a non-profit code school on a mission to help people get great jobs in software development. Through immersive programming bootcamps, we train people who lack well-paying job skills to enter into the high wage, high demand tech industry.

The Instructor works closely with a classroom of students across the length of the program, and is charged with both with the students' educational outcomes as well as the strength of the classroom community. When a student gets a job after the program, the instructor is the person they thank with the deepest emotion.

Duties

* Facilitate Lecture Q&A Sessions

* Individual instruction and tutoring

* Facilitate mock interviews

* Grading of self-assessments

* Review student progress across several indicators

Qualifications

* Deeply passionate about our mission

* Expert-level software engineer, especially in JavaScript

* Ability to model student progress and remove educational roadblocks

* Empathy and charisma

* Experience with Backbone, Angular, and/or Node

Job perks

* Competitive salary

* Great benefits

* Awesome, open-office location in downtown New Orleans

https://worknola.com/operation-spark/instructor

Re:Show HN: Pinnin – A simple Pinboard client for iPhone on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:48AM (#8341004)
Personally I'm a big fan of Pinswift. I've tried several of these Pinboard apps and like it the most. http://pinswiftapp.com/
Re:Ask HN: How do you get and stay in the "zone"? on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @10:31AM (#7592003)
Focus at Will helps me a lot https://www.focusatwill.com/
I like the cube idea better than just an open desk layout. Seems to work well for SpaceX.
Re:Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk's industrial empire [video] on Monday March 31, 2014 @01:00PM (#7502667)
Elon is actually in Iron Man 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuG2AVFB-g0
Re:Airpnp: Like Airbnb, but for toilets on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @10:06AM (#7340576)
Hi there. I'm a cofounder at Airpnp. If you're really interested I'd like to talk to you about getting your bathroom going for Queen's Day. Email me at [email protected]
Re:Berlin Startup Map on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @06:04PM (#6602056)
Here's the source from a similar project to make your own map https://github.com/abenzer/represent-map
The machine from the story is using a decal.
Re:Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/heard? on Thursday September 12, 2013 @11:27AM (#6374626)
Square for homeless people. You can never again say "No, I don't have any change."
Re:Instacart: Crowdsourcing Your Grocery Shopping on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @02:33PM (#6021873)
That's a good point but I personally hate spending 45 mins plus in the grocery store and would love to have someone bring it to my door. I find it to be a huge waste of time. If the ripeness of your avocado is that important to you then you'll still be one of those taking the trip to the store.

One important advantage instacart has over the in-store experience is the filtering and sorting of goods. The amount of toilet paper or cereal to choose from is absurd.

EDIT: After looking at the web app there appears to be no sorting/filtering capabilities but only search. Bummer.

Re:Show HN: 7min Workout with Rdio on Sunday July 07, 2013 @12:16PM (#6002374)
This is great. love the concept.
Re:Kuler without Flash on Friday July 05, 2013 @12:17PM (#5995518)
Yes this has been a long time coming
I leave Saturday morning
Re:Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars on Thursday August 02, 2012 @11:42AM (#4329247)
Not sure. I was going to post this same quote to comment on it. I can only imagine what it must feel like to want to be the first man on Mars and actually have the ability to do it.
Definitely evil and unethical but probably not illegal. This post shows some insight into the issue but not an answer http://www.sportsandentertainmentlawplaybook.com/intellectua...
Re:The Most Successful E-mail I Ever Wrote on Thursday May 31, 2012 @10:20PM (#4051591)
That email is epic in a world of robotic bland auto-responses. If a real person isn't going to write me an email at least make it interesting.
Correct...you need to clearly identify what it does and why I want it. After having to scroll down to see "How it Works" I still don't get it. Change the wording on "Exercises are designed to induce practical experiences of various aspects of compassion." And give me some screenshots that I can actually see. Cool idea.

Verizon bill pay offering checking before credit card

This isn't new but I love the idea of sticking it to the credit card companies. I wish consumers were more educated about the costs incurred by businesses when they use plastic instead of paper. What other examples have you seen of online merchants offering the checking account as the primary payment method?

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Re:Show HN: okhired - a marketplace for small jobs on Friday March 02, 2012 @06:31PM (#3658788)
Well this is certainly a great idea as we've since with the launch of https://iamexec.com/ You should aggressively pursue the London market. Good luck.
I've been using it for a while and love it. Thanks for the back button. Is it possible to integrate the Reader function of Safari in iOS or is that only possible within Safari? Also, I would pay for this especially given the other attempts at the same app.
Re:Udacity and the future of online universities on Monday January 23, 2012 @12:36PM (#3501240)
Can't enroll with Chrome or Firefox. Their site is all kinds of broken right now.
Re:The Noun Project: Icons for everything on Monday January 23, 2012 @12:08AM (#3499168)
very nice project. congrats on getting so much support from kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tnp/building-a-free-coll...