Kevin_S

16 ms·

121.
Ask HN: Who was your greatest mentor?
12 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|12 comments
122.
Ask HN: What tech that's right around the corner are you most excited about?
211 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|346 comments
123.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
I've got 3 main things: Feedly as my RSS feed, works well and I am able to browse through it at work. A "Daily" folder on my computer at home which opens the websites I like to check and read daily. I'm subbed to... 8 or
124.
Ask HN: Does anyone have a personal dashboard they use?
7 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|2 comments
125.
Ask HN: Ignoring morals/ethics but not legality what would you build for profit?
3 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|4 comments
126.
Ask HN: With 2 years and no obligations, what would you build?
23 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|21 comments
127.
Ask HN: What is your greatest life accomplishment?
2 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|1 comments
128.
Ask HN: What's the first “thing” you ever made?
6 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|5 comments
129.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
I don't code, I do financial reporting, but I figured I'd answer anyway. When I am doing tedious tasks that don't require much brainpower, I listen to hiphop/R&B (my favorite genre). For actual hard analytical work,
130.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
I totally disagree. College fraternities exist as a framework for social contracts between strangers alone in a college environment. Each member is incentivized to support/protect/uplift the other members (just like a family) as t
131.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
Huh. This is super interesting to me. I don't live out in the valley though. Would you consider essentially hiring someone to come and run the place? I actually think this is something I would be good at. How did you get into this spac
132.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
I wish I could, but I am practically brand new to it. The interest in watchmaking is coming second to an interest in watch collecting. The advice I got was to get Watchmaking by George Daniels and read that to get a strong overview. It&#x27
133.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
Watches and watchmaking Hiphop/R&B music Baseball/Basketball statistics Beer Reading about Philosophy and Religion Weightlifting
134.
Ask HN: What is the most useful HN thread you have saved?
27 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|8 comments
135.
Ask HN: What are you trying to automate?
2 points by Kevin_S 9y ago|1 comments
136.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
Well, not done, but I am working on basically an information hub for myself. Unfortunately I am not a software engineer, so I am slowly learning python to get it set up. Basically it will pull a variety of information and display it on a si
137.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
You're joking right? Here and in other software circles MBAs and other business people are constantly looked down upon as being a waste of time and money. I really doubt he was trying to make a point about engineers....
138.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
As I've seen, all real discussion of UBI is essentially a negative income tax. UBI is just the term that stuck.
139.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
I read it as a late teen and it definitely resonated with me. I think I still have it laying around at my parents. I'll go find it soon and give it another read. The idea of a "true purpose" and such is obviously something th
140.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
Hmm, I haven't built the site yet (not my expertise so somewhat putting it off) and am working on a base set of posts that cover each small topic. After that I'll throw together a site on wordpress and get them all posted. Send me
141.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
I have a long term vision of which I am carrying out the necessary first steps now. I want to create an organization that is essentially a 6 week retreat for students before they begin college. Selecting the best applicants possible, they w
142.
by Kevin_S 9y ago
Not worth it in my opinion. Giving off the impression that you want to leave your job (even if you don't) is a bad look. Find literally anyone else to talk about it with.
143.
by Kevin_S 10y ago
I very recently bought a watch online from a private seller and paid through Paypal without an account. So this appears to still work?
144.
by Kevin_S 10y ago
YC at this moment is able to recruit the absolute top talent for any position they can envision. Damn that is a lot of power they wield, especially in starting these projects like Open AI and the Basic Income. I'd love to be able to in
145.
by Kevin_S 10y ago
Uh.... can we go over what you mean here?
146.
by Kevin_S 10y ago
These are issues that have to be overcome, but the current system in the US is utterly broken and even a somewhat flawed universal healthcare like in other developed countries would be a major step forward.
147.
by Kevin_S 10y ago
I'm an accountant working on financial reporting, and I am very excited about ways to implement automation into financial reporting processes. Only just now are people using excel proficiently, I can't wait to see what the next bi
148.
by Kevin_S 10y ago
I don't want to get too into this, but are you saying that calling the immigration order "Muslim Ban" is a false truth? I am really curious on why you think this?
149.
by Kevin_S 10y ago
Just wanted to add an opinion you don't see as much here, as a non-developer. It's not just developers who are pretty upset about the new Macbook, myself and my fiance were both in the market, and my fiance used a MBP through coll
150.
by Kevin_S 10y ago
So much talk right now is what happens when AI because too smart/efficient/sci-fi kill all humans, when this research group will be working on the real problem, which I believe is that AI will start leading to programs that will a

More ›