ScottAS

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by ScottAS 10y ago
Of course it's more convienient! Soylent takes 0 time to prepare. Most other things take at least some time, and are often less healthy. It takes me at least an hour to cook and eat 3 meals a day. Soylent takes almost no time to cook a
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Ask HN: What is your favourite stack for small personal projects?
13 points by ScottAS 10y ago|21 comments
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by ScottAS 10y ago
If this person used microservices perhaps their site wouldn't be down right now...
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by ScottAS 10y ago
The "acoustic soul" part has fed into many areas of the design. We were really interested in what made certain acoustic instruments so universally loved and ubiquitous. One of the things we have paid a lot of attention to is the e
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by ScottAS 10y ago
Here's the result of 4 years of relentless work on a hardware product. It's been an incredibly gruelling but rewarding journey bringing this from a prototype to an efficiently manufacturable product! We really focused on building
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Show HN: Mune, a New Kind of Electronic Instrument(kickstarter.com)
7 points by ScottAS 10y ago|3 comments
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by ScottAS 10y ago
I would love a fully functioning version of this. However, it didn't load the first web page I tried (www.tradingview.com).
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by ScottAS 11y ago
No - it's not at all. Quite the opposite. People who fit into a specific work culture bind together from across many different nationalities and upbringings.
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by ScottAS 11y ago
Because it's so easy to fake "cultural fit" during the relatively short hiring process.
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by ScottAS 11y ago
You can replace "trendy" with "good cultural fit" in many places. Cultural fit is arguably the most important factor in hiring someone. From my network, I see a hugely different culture at Microsoft and Google. Just sayi
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by ScottAS 13y ago
There is a personality type that genuinely loves crunch time. It's a fun rush, like a game of Starcraft. I have always done my best work during these times and I always look back on them fondly.
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by ScottAS 14y ago
It's too bad that this reads like spam. Anyone care to share links to legitimate research?
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by ScottAS 15y ago
Thanks a lot for the input guys. I'll probably take a job if I can find a position that I'm really passionate about. If that fails, then I'll do graduate work in an area that I'm passionate about. I think things will work out either way.
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Ask HN: Should I get a master's degree or a job?
5 points by ScottAS 15y ago|8 comments
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by ScottAS 15y ago
Actually, they are considered hallucinogens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen .