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by alephnan 7y ago
There’s just so much going on I guess. There are times where I don’t mind FB knowing what my interests are.
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by alephnan 7y ago
In NYC, there are many pop up events including food events, which wouldn’t show up in a food directory site, but they do show up on Instagram ads.
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by alephnan 7y ago
Targeted Instagram ads have been very useful to me recently. I just moved apartments, and the ads have been showcasing products that I wouldn’t have otherwise known about. The argument can be made that maybe I didn’t need these things in th
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by alephnan 7y ago
Seems to coincide with the thread a few days back about engineers valuing "growth" when considering jobs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20508465
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by alephnan 7y ago
Remember when Yahoo turned down $1 million to buy Google ?
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by alephnan 7y ago
Sure, but that’s anecdotal vs statistical data.
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by alephnan 7y ago
Sure. But the Balenciaga or Supreme shirt is a good point. This in some ways supports the hypothesis that people buy brands based on social influence. Value on the West Coast tend to coincide with utility, but this isn't the case with
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by alephnan 7y ago
I'm focused specifically on fashion for this reason. It's cronyism, for lack of a better word. The fashion industry is still very insular, and averse to change, especially streamlining their processes. This is true for smaller to
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by alephnan 7y ago
Initial product development.
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by alephnan 7y ago
Cloud providers should auto-generate these kinds of graphs and make this available as part of their Web UI.
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by alephnan 7y ago
I lived in Seattle for half my life, and I see where this question stems from. It’s unbelievable to people in the Northwest that people in NYC, London, and other fashion hubs spend $1K on an article of clothing. This is the norm, not the ex
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by alephnan 7y ago
Yes, it would skin the top off their take-home Venmo payments that is currently lacking in legal paperwork. In addition, they wouldn’t have to orchestrate these deals over direct message and email exchanges. This criticism is akin to saying
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by alephnan 7y ago
Personal plug, I'm exploring a "microinfluencer" (1k-1000k followers) management platform, initially focused on the fashion industry in NYC. This article is somewhat encouraging, actually. Per HN's policy of commenting s
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by alephnan 7y ago
They have product listings directly on Instagram now.
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by alephnan 7y ago
I'm surprised no one has mentioned using robots to automate planting of trees.
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by alephnan 7y ago
> why an app like this would only support sign in with Google. To be fair, they developed an iOS app first and there currently lacks Android support. The Google Sign-in could just be a matter of prioritization and it's easier to imp
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by alephnan 8y ago
Do you consider a laptop a basic human necessity ?
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by alephnan 8y ago
Also, https://polymer.github.io/lit-html https://github.com/WebReflection/hyperHTML
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by alephnan 8y ago
As long as recruiters recognize it.
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by alephnan 8y ago
> Many languages won't allow you to redefine a type. This counterargument is not a good one. Just because other languages do things a certain way doesn't mean it's the right way in every situation. C++ has multiple inherit
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by alephnan 8y ago
Whoops. I meant OO languages, not OO programmers.
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by alephnan 8y ago
> A programming language where almost everything is mutable is not good. That's a weird criticism. Object-oriented programmers are premised on mutation. As for JavaScript itself, mutations can be avoided. 'const' to preve
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by alephnan 8y ago
Sure, but there is boilerplate and abstractions that are needed in a language like Java or Scala. In JavaScript, it's a first-class citizen of the language.
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by alephnan 8y ago
> I'm tracking order positions with an in memory orderbook. Yes, but you still didn't address the question of what are you basing your claim of being the fastest off of.
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by alephnan 8y ago
Aesthetics of the Chromebook Pixel
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by alephnan 9y ago
I spent time doing the challenge too and then got an impersonal no visa template response. HNers beware.
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by alephnan 9y ago
I'm getting an error on your web form. Should we be using Greenhouse or is there a direct email to contact?
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by alephnan 9y ago
Location: San Francisco, CA Remote: not opposed Willing to relocate: yes Technologies: Java, JS, SQL, Excel Resume: https://alephnan.github.io/resume Email: see resume Computer science grad with experience in full-stack dev
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by alephnan 9y ago
Yes. Thank you. It’s not just the message or sentiment. It’s that it’s unoriginal and not introducing anything new worth debating
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by alephnan 9y ago
The HackerNews shovels costs me nothing but leisure time

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