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Re:Optophone on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @05:50PM (#47144523)
After reading Hail Mary, I wondered how reasonable it was for someone to truly be able to understand a language based in tones / chords alone. Maybe 60 words per minute would be enough to communicate but it sure would be frustrating.
Here's my method using GDB from many years ago: https://gist.github.com/zaius/782263
Re:Alan.app – Add a Border to macOS Active Window on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @05:47PM (#46063192)
That is an A+ demo video - dimming the background of the page in sync with the effects in the video is very clever.
My old 3DS is broken, and I've been trying to find a 2DS XL for months now. I am floored with how much they are selling for on ebay. Regularly $100 more than a Switch Lite retails for. I'm guessing the volume is low, but I'm surprised to see Nintendo continuously take moves to stop supporting old consoles when there's clearly still demand.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022) on Monday May 02, 2022 @12:59PM (#31237736)
Beyond | Backend / Frontend / Fullstack Engineers | FULL TIME | REMOTE N+S AMERICA & EMEA | https://beyondpricing.com

Beyond is the #1 revenue managment platform for Short-Term and Vacation Rentals. We help price and distribute rental properties across sites like Airbnb and Vrbo. We power billions of dollars of bookings each year.

We are building tools previously only available to big airlines and hotels and putting them in the hands of small business owners around the world. Our customers love us - before they were setting prices by gut - now we provide a real, measurable benefit to their businesses.

We are hiring remote positions across multiple engineering teams - both on our core products, and on greenfield projects - in most countries across US and European timezones. We have offices in SF, Chicago, Lisbon and Barcelona if you are interested in working from an office.

Our stack is Django and React + Ember.js, but experience in any specific technology isn't required. We're well-funded and often profitable. We offer flexible work hours, equity, competitive salary, equipment budget, and location-dependent medical and retirement benefits.

Email us at [email protected]

Re:Scalable PostgreSQL Connection Pooler on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:46PM (#29202284)
Last time I tried they wouldn’t take a US credit card, which made it too big of a challenge to consider
It’s no coincidence - the names for Cockroach and GIMP were coined by the same person https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Kimball_(computer_pr...
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019) on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:59PM (#21684884)
Beyond Pricing | Senior Backend, Frontend and DevOps Engineers | FULL TIME | REMOTE USA | https://beyondpricing.com

Beyond Pricing is an automatic pricing system for vacation rentals. Our software has priced over $1b in bookings made on sites like Airbnb and Homeaway. We are building tools previously only available to big airlines and hotels and putting them in the hands of small business owners around the world.

Our customers love us - before they were setting prices by gut - now we provide a real, measurable benefit to their businesses.

We are currently building out teams focusing on algorithm improvement, on improving the customer experience, and on building greenfield projects. It's an exciting time to join a fast-growing team, where you can contribute and make an impact from almost anywhere in the world.

Our stack is Django and Ember.js, but experience in any specific technology isn't required. We especially would love to hear from you if you have experience with startups and building products from the ground up.

We're well-funded and profitable. We offer flexible work hours, significant equity, competitive salary, equipment budget, medical, dental, vision and 401k.

Email us at [email protected]

Re:Perfectly Cropped on Friday October 25, 2019 @11:54PM (#21361611)
It’s not as good as the 3D Touch version, but you can tap a second finger on the keyboard while moving the cursor to enter select mode
Re:Dad, Are We Rich? on Thursday June 06, 2019 @10:13PM (#20121092)
I'm guessing GP read in in the interview with Abigail Disney

https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/abigail-disney-has-more-money...

> They did a study at the Chronicle of Philanthropy years ago where they asked people who inherited money, “What amount of money would you need to feel totally secure?” And every single one of them, no matter what they had, named a number that was roughly twice what they inherited. So that’s what you need to know about money, right? If that is your primary measure of success or value in life, then good luck with that, because it will never feel good.

Re:Atrium Raises $65M on Monday September 10, 2018 @05:08PM (#17955228)
> “One of the things big law partners say when they talk about Atrium is that we get people who wouldn’t make partner,” says Kan. “And I say, they’re the people who are doing the work for you anyway, but they transition out because they hate the lifestyle.”

I had some paperwork come back from a fundraise that was riddled with errors. I lost a lot of faith in my lawyers and I had to double check all their work. Not what you expect when you're paying $600/hr.

Underneath every partner is the army of associates who actually do the work. I got on the phone with the associate who had handled the paperwork. He was trying to make partner; he was clearly overworked, underslept, and stressed out.

I switched to another associate with less experience but who wasn't yet feeling the pressure of making partner. The quality of work massively improved.

If Atrium can give work-life balance to lawyers, and give me paperwork that I don't have to double check, then I'm all for it.

Re:The Stock Market Is Shrinking on Sunday August 05, 2018 @02:29PM (#17692705)
Tesla has raised billions of capital from the public markets
Update - they announced it today: https://blog.sonos.com/en/airplay-is-here/
No airplay 2 support yet, but they’ve given a July release date. https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/6/17434294/airplay-2-sonos-s...
Re:Black: An uncompromising Python code formatter on Friday May 25, 2018 @08:41PM (#17159379)
Has anyone rolled this out to an existing codebase? What's the best practice? A single commit that reformats the whole codebase? How do you avoid creating merge hell?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018) on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @04:47PM (#16971420)
Beyond Pricing | [Junior,Senior] Full Stack Developer | San Francisco | ONSITE | https://beyondpricing.com

Beyond Pricing is an automatic pricing system for Airbnb and vacation rentals. We are building tools for property managers that were previously only available to big airlines and hotels. Our customers love us - before they were setting prices by gut - now we a provide real, measureable benefit to their businesses.

Our stack is Django and Ember.js, but experience in any specific technology isn't required. We especially would love to hear from you if you have started your own startup before, and if you've been an airbnb host. No coding challenges - just share with us something that you've built that you're proud of.

We're well-funded and profitable. We offer flexible work hours, significant equity, competitive salary, equipment budget, medical, dental, vision and 401k.

Email us at [email protected]

Re:When volcanic ash stopped a Jumbo at 37000 feet (2010) on Sunday December 31, 2017 @11:36PM (#16044722)
An idle 747 has a glide ratio of around 15:1, meaning they can cover ~150km from 35,000ft. My favourite example of this is the Gimli Glider - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017) on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:13PM (#15153333)
Beyond Pricing | Senior Full Stack Engineer | SF | ONSITE https://beyondpricing.com

Beyond Pricing is an automatic pricing tool for Airbnb and vacation rentals. We are a small, yet growing, team, passionate about travel and building better technology for the sharing economy. We power the pricing for hundreds of thousands of listings across the globe. If you search for a place on Airbnb in any major market, a Beyond Pricing customer is likely in the first page of results.

Our current stack is Django and Ember.js, but experience in any specific technology isn't required. We especially would love to hear from you if you have started your own startup before, and if you've been an airbnb host. No coding challenges - just share with us something that you've built that you're proud of.

We're well-funded and profitable. We offer flexible work hours, significant equity, competitive salary, equipment budget, medical, dental, vision and 401k.

Email us at [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017) on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:25PM (#14902421)
Beyond Pricing | Senior Full Stack Engineer | SF | ONSITE https://beyondpricing.com

Beyond Pricing is an automatic pricing tool for Airbnb and vacation rentals. We are a small, yet growing, team, passionate about travel and building better technology for the sharing economy. We power the pricing for hundreds of thousands of listings across the globe. If you search for a place on Airbnb in any major market, a Beyond Pricing customer is likely in the first page of results.

Our current stack is Django and Ember.js, but experience in any specific technology isn't required. We especially would love to hear from you if you have started your own startup before, and if you've been an airbnb host. No coding challenges - just share with us something that you've built that you're proud of.

We're well-funded and profitable. We offer flexible work hours, significant equity, competitive salary, equipment budget, medical, dental, vision and 401k.

Email us at [email protected]

SPY has a higher expense ratio at 0.09%, so for long term holding VOO is slightly better. The difference is tiny though
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017) on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:38PM (#14463125)
Beyond Pricing | Front End Engineer | SF | ONSITE https://beyondpricing.com

Beyond Pricing helps people make more revenue from their Airbnbs and vacation rentals. We are a small, yet growing, team, passionate about travel and building better technology for the sharing economy. We power the pricing for hundreds of thousands of listings across the globe. If you search for a place on Airbnb in any major market, a Beyond Pricing customer is likely in the first page of results.

As a Front End Engineer you will be in charge of helping us display complex data to our users in a simple (and beautiful) way. Our current stack is Ember.js, but experience in any specific technology isn't required. We especially would love to hear from you if you have started your own startup before.

We're well-funded and profitable. We offer flexible work hours, competitive salary, medical, dental, vision and 401k.

Send applications to [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017) on Monday April 03, 2017 @03:59PM (#14026560)
Beyond Pricing | Product Specialist | SF | ONSITE https://beyondpricing.com

Beyond Pricing helps people make more revenue from their Airbnbs and vacation rentals. We are a small--yet growing--team, passionate about travel and building better technology for the sharing economy. We power the pricing for thousands of people across the globe. If you search for a place on Airbnb in any major market, a Beyond Pricing customer is likely in the first page of results.

As Product Specialist you will be in charge of creating and growing a community of happy users, helping them get the most value out of our product. Customer success will be at the core of your role. We’ll be really excited if you have experience with PR, content marketing, user acquisition, et. al., but we’re also good at teaching that. You can’t teach good customer service and going above and beyond to make customers happy.

For more info, or to apply, check out the post on angel list: https://angel.co/beyond-pricing/jobs/53752-product-specialis...

Re:How AirBnB's Data Hid the Facts in NYC [pdf] on Sunday February 12, 2017 @09:04PM (#13632609)
This needs a [2016] in the title

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