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I could see AI solving this
Re:The Nightmare Bicycle on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @01:16AM (#43263465)
On this note, I used to make android apps on the oldest slowest phone I could find. Was always complimented how snappy my apps felt since most users had a modern phone
For the diagonal lines the runner turned his GPS off at some points, and turned back on at another, causing Strava to fill in the missing data with a diagonal line
All Samsung Galaxy phones have a built in desktop OS called Dex. I remember plugging my monitor usb-c cable to charge my phone and being blown away when a desktop UI appeared on the monitor
Re:Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @05:14PM (#41714247)
A coincidence is not ironic
Re:I Hacked Magic the Gathering: Arena for a 100% Win Rate on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:23AM (#38531092)
The author explicitly mentions this is how the game is implemented in the first 1/3 of the article
Re:Show HN: Autotab – Boring AI Agents for real world tasks on Thursday October 19, 2023 @02:27PM (#37946625)
Curious which part of this uses AI. Doesnt it just track mouse / keyboard events across the session?
From what I understand, you need to use an third party app "Athlytic" to access your HRV data
An HRV monitor (whoop, oura, garmin watch) that let me see how much stress I was putting my body when eating unwell / drinking. Has changed me to a much cleaner diet
It's a bit of a misnomer. Steel is literally Iron + Carbon.

So the carbon in carbon steel is redundant

Re:Do, or do not. There is no try on Saturday June 24, 2023 @08:24PM (#36464020)
How does this work if you run a database insert query from the command line? Or to a remote database?
Re:Why Isn't Titan Classed? on Friday June 23, 2023 @05:27PM (#36452373)
And yet they allowed passengers to control the sub. Theres a video out there where one of the passengers hit the ground with a loud thud while at the controls
Re:Why does zsh start so slowly? on Sunday November 13, 2022 @09:23PM (#33589584)
You may as well have said "Im glad im not the only one who noticed Linux/Mac OS is slow" or Intel/AMD is slow or bash/fish/ksh is slow

My working understanding is that a program is common to run on these OS'es/hardware/shells :/

Re:Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:35PM (#33127693)
These devices beacon every few seconds to announce their location.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022) on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @01:24PM (#30517884)
NownPOS | Toronto | Full-Stack Developer | Full Time | https://www.nownpos.com Shape the future of commerce.

NownPOS is an emerging technology company with clients across North America specializing in next generation in-store Point Of Sale (POS) systems.

You will work on strengthening and enhancing our platform with the following

* Mobile app pre-ordering

* Web based pre-ordering

* Digital and physical gift cards

* Native loyalty program

* Bluetooth technology to enable customer recognition once they'be entered a Merchant location

* Real-time reports

* Delivery driver mobile app for assisting and optimizing delivery routes

* Multiple technology stacks on a cloud based platform

* Integration with many third parties service and platforms

Our vision is to bring technology, data and people together to enhance and personalize the human -experience of commerce. Our tools allow brands to personalize each unique experience and interact with their customers like never before. We turn each and every transaction into a meaningful customer interaction.

https://www.nownpos.com

Apply directly at [email protected]

The article mentions you cannot use the app until its been updated
Not saying you're wrong, but go read the criticisms of Tesla when it first started, and your comment mirrors those.

Of course there are difficult hurdles to overcome, otherwise everyone would be doing it

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2020) on Monday November 02, 2020 @12:31PM (#24970651)
NownPOS | Toronto | Full-Stack Developer | Full Time | https://www.nownpos.com

Shape the future of commerce.

NownPOS is an emerging technology company with clients across North America specializing in next generation in-store Point Of Sale (POS) systems.

You will work on strengthening and enhancing our platform with the following

* Mobile app pre-ordering

* Web based pre-ordering

* Digital and physical gift cards

* Native loyalty program

* Bluetooth technology to enable customer recognition once they'be entered a Merchant location

* Real-time reports

* Delivery driver mobile app for assisting and optimizing delivery routes

* Multiple technology stacks on a cloud based platform

* Integration with many third parties service and platforms

Our vision is to bring technology, data and people together to enhance and personalize the human -experience of commerce. Our tools allow brands to personalize each unique experience and interact with their customers like never before. We turn each and every transaction into a meaningful customer interaction.

https://www.nownpos.com

Apply at [email protected]

Re:Humans Not Invited on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:12PM (#23085120)
I dont get it. How would a computer solve this?
Re:How to monitor MySQL / MariaDB query progress on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @08:38PM (#21653968)
Are you sure? This was the case in mysql 5.5 but 5.6 and up will not take the table offline anymore.

> Several ALTER TABLE operations can be performed without copying the table, without blocking inserts, updates, and deletes to the table, or both. These enhancements are known collectively as online DDL. See Section 14.13, “InnoDB and Online DDL” for details.

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysql-nutshell.html

Are we sure this is not a step backwards? We woild benuaing.less water, but filling our lakes with lubricant?
Re:Avoiding “OR” for Better Query Performance on Monday November 11, 2019 @10:23AM (#21505522)
Is this applicable to mysql?
Re:Elephants Rarely Get Cancer, Now We Know Why (2015) on Saturday November 09, 2019 @10:38AM (#21492109)
> The work has already given him a new tool when he talks with his patients.

> “When I have a patient in front of me diagnosed with the syndrome, they will almost certainly get cancer,” he said. “But in that moment I’m able to tell them elephants don’t get cancer and we are working with the zoo and the circus to learn from elephants so one day you never have to get cancer.”

This seems a bit unethical to raise hope for a cure that statistically has a very low chance of passing clinical trials

I wonder if theres an inflection point where using older operating systems cause you to be more resilient to viruses - presumably because malicious software is written targetting more modern stacks
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019) on Friday November 01, 2019 @04:39PM (#21423461)
NownPOS | Toronto | Full-Stack Developer | Full Time | Onsite https://www.nownpos.com

NownPOS is an emerging POS technology company headquartered in downtown Toronto with a North American presence. We bring technology, data and people together to enhance the human touch-points in the world of offline commerce - think IoT for physical stores. Our tools help brands realize their customer experience aspirations by turning customers’ smartphones into intelligent Bluetooth sensors that interact with the in-store point-of-sale infrastructure - informing staff of their customer’s presence on arrival, enabling hands free payments and generating opportunities for brand moments.

Our target market is the campus market and our mobile app is used to replace the student's mealcard. Using the app you can place preorders, chat with the campus Food Director to provide feedback, check-in to the cashier POS via bluetooth (hands-free checkin) to enable mobile payments. You can also register payment types such as credit card (we work closely with various payment processors). Our mobile payment platform integrates with multiple POS'es.

We're a Ruby + Java + Angular based company with a small group of developers looking to add additional developers to our core team and have a heavy influence on our company's direction.

Our culture is great and you get that startup feel while working with experienced developers. We are looking for someone who is passionate about solving problems and loves to get their hands dirty (if you full-stack then it's a major bonus). We are located near Adelaide and Spadina.

Apply at [email protected]

Re:In a swipe at Chrome, Firefox now blocks ad trackers by default on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @05:39PM (#20881695)
Just installed version 69 on my Thinkpad T540p with Debian 9.9.

I'm going back to Chrome. Firefox still lags on my machine after all these years. Even with a single tab and on their own initial launch page, scrolling performed a "caterpillar" effect where only the top half scrolled, and the bottom half jumped to catch up a split second later

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2019) on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:06AM (#19076870)
Lucova Inc. | Toronto | Full-Stack Developer | Full Time | Onsite https://www.lucova.com

Lucova Inc. is an emerging technology company headquartered in downtown Toronto with a North American presence. We bring technology, data and people together to enhance the human touch-points in the world of offline commerce - think IoT for physical stores. Our tools help brands realize their customer experience aspirations by turning customers’ smartphones into intelligent Bluetooth sensors that interact with the in-store point-of-sale infrastructure - informing staff of their customer’s presence on arrival, enabling hands free payments and generating opportunities for brand moments.

Our target market is the campus market and our mobile app is used to replace the student's mealcard. Using the app you can place preorders, chat with the campus Food Director to provide feedback, check-in to the cashier POS via bluetooth (hands-free checkin) to enable mobile payments. You can also register payment types such as credit card (we work closely with various payment processors). Our mobile payment platform integrates with multiple POS'es.

We're a Ruby + Java + Angular based company with a small group of developers looking to add additional developers to our core team and have a heavy influence on our company's direction.

Our culture is great and you get that startup feel while working with experienced developers. We are looking for someone who is passionate about solving problems and loves to get their hands dirty (if you full-stack then it's a major bonus). We are located near Adelaide and Spadina.

Apply at https://www.lucova.com/careers or send resume to martin at lucova dot com

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018) on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @12:04PM (#18610139)
Lucova Inc. | Toronto | Full-Stack Developer | Full Time | Onsite https://www.lucova.com > Lucova Inc. is an emerging technology company headquartered in downtown Toronto with a North American presence. We bring technology, data and people together to enhance the human touch-points in the world of offline commerce - think IoT for physical stores. Our tools help brands realize their customer experience aspirations by turning customers’ smartphones into intelligent Bluetooth sensors that interact with the in-store point-of-sale infrastructure - informing staff of their customer’s presence on arrival, enabling hands free payments and generating opportunities for brand moments. Our target market is the campus market and our mobile app is used to replace the student's mealcard. Using the app you can place preorders, chat with the campus Food Director to provide feedback, check-in to the cashier POS via bluetooth (hands-free checkin) to enable mobile payments. You can also register payment types such as credit card (we work closely with various payment processors). Our mobile payment platform integrates with multiple POS'es including our emerging in-house POS FIITPOS (https://www.fiitpoe.com) and NownPOS (https://www.nownpos.com)

We're a Ruby + Java + Angular based company with a small group of developers looking to add additional developers to our core team and have a heavy influence on our company's direction.

Our culture is great and you get that startup feel while working with experienced developers. We are looking for someone who is passionate about solving problems and loves to get their hands dirty (if you full-stack then it's a major bonus). We are located near Adelaide and Spadina.

Apply at https://www.lucova.com/careers or send resume to martin at lucova dot com

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2018) on Monday December 03, 2018 @11:06AM (#18589784)
Lucova Inc. | Toronto | Full-Stack Developer | Full Time | Onsite https://www.lucova.com > Lucova Inc. is an emerging technology company headquartered in downtown Toronto with a North American presence. We bring technology, data and people together to enhance the human touch-points in the world of offline commerce - think IoT for physical stores. Our tools help brands realize their customer experience aspirations by turning customers’ smartphones into intelligent Bluetooth sensors that interact with the in-store point-of-sale infrastructure - informing staff of their customer’s presence on arrival, enabling hands free payments and generating opportunities for brand moments.

Our target market is the campus market and our mobile app is used to replace the student's mealcard. Using the app you can place preorders, chat with the campus Food Director to provide feedback, check-in to the cashier POS via bluetooth (hands-free checkin) to enable mobile payments. You can also register payment types such as credit card (we work closely with various payment processors). Our mobile payment platform integrates with multiple POS'es including our emerging in-house POS FIITPOS (https://www.fiitpoe.com) and NownPOS (https://www.nownpos.com)

We're a Ruby + Java + Angular based company with a small group of developers looking to add additional developers to our core team and have a heavy influence on our company's direction.

Our culture is great and you get that startup feel while working with experienced developers. We are looking for someone who is passionate about solving problems and loves to get their hands dirty (if you full-stack then it's a major bonus). We are located near Adelaide and Spadina.

Apply at https://www.lucova.com/careers or send resume to martin at lucova dot com

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