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by alphast0rm 10y ago
For changing directories, you can also use something like z ( https://github.com/rupa/z ) to jump around: Tracks your most used directories, based on 'frecency'. After a short learning phas
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by alphast0rm 10y ago
> Uber eats is the best of these I've found, but it's a pain meeting at the curb. This is an option, you should be able to select whether you want to meet your courier at the curb for faster food or wait for them to find parkin
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by alphast0rm 10y ago
It's interesting to consider Google's data from another perspective: > “Uber logs as many miles in 24 minutes as Google’s autonomous cars have logged in their existence,” they wrote. “While none of these miles are fully autonom
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by alphast0rm 10y ago
How does this compare to react-vis ( https://uber.github.io/react-vis/ )?
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by alphast0rm 10y ago
> ...and no sick days, paid holidays, vacation That's not really true - one of the big advantages of driving for Uber is you set your own hours, so you can take time off whenever you would like.
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by alphast0rm 11y ago
FYI: You can copy/paste the title into Google to get past the paywall. There's a also a bookmark script someone on HN made to do this automatically on-click but I don't use it personally.
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by alphast0rm 11y ago
Companies with 500+ shareholders have to file reports including audited financial information with the SEC [1], which would be a problem. [1] http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/facebook-may-be-force...
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by alphast0rm 11y ago
That's two OS X upgrades in a row (Yosemite, and now El Capitan) that the upgrade has moved the contents of my home directory /home/users/alphastorm/ into /home-preserved/. Luckily moving/copying eve
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by alphast0rm 11y ago
I'm working on an MVP for online shell history (bash/zsh) as a service. Source a script, add a command to your $PROMPT_HISTORY, and all your shell history will be available online. It will also provide some graphs along with insi
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by alphast0rm 11y ago
I started working on something myself--should have something out in a day or two :)
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by alphast0rm 11y ago
A good analogy I've heard to explain this is how you'd request a glass of water from the kitchen from a friend versus a computer. You can simply tell your friend "get me a glass of water" and they'll understand wha
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by alphast0rm 11y ago
I agree and did the same thing. I think it would also help if there was a sample "update e-mail" so users can get a feel for what value the site adds (e.g. vs Mint's e-mails). Otherwise, I'm hesitant to link my account
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by alphast0rm 12y ago
Might be worth checking out NomadList: https://nomadlist.io/
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by alphast0rm 12y ago
Relcy | https://www.relcy.com/ | San Francisco, CA We're embarking on a fresh take on search for the mobile world. For the next 6 months, Relcy is looking to hire the remainder of the core Engineering team and official
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In raising cash, Square heads for $6B valuation: Sources(cnbc.com)
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Square Cash 2.0 Adds Free Money Transfer by Text Message, Payment Notes and More(techcrunch.com)
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Square Acquires BookFresh To Add Booking Services For Merchants(techcrunch.com)
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
There's a really similar group to this at my school called Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs, and they also have a venture capital lecture series called wute.vc. In the past they've brought in people from Union Square, TechStars, et
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
If you have enough time I would highly recommend reading "Cracking the Coding Interview" by Gayle Laakmann McDowell [1]. She does a very good job covering all aspects of the interview process and the problems and solutions will most defini
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
For the people who don't have access to a terminal with Python (for whatever reason), it opens up this web comic: http://xkcd.com/353/
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
I asked a very similar question a while back, hopefully some of the responses can help you get started: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4286902
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
Just a quick FYI if you didn't notice, "tsaking" might need a minor correction ;)
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
Try and learn as much as you can, even if it doesn't fall into a realm of CS that you are interested in. Little tidbits of knowledge will accumulate over time and in the end you'll be a more well-versed engineer than someone who didn't pay
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
You are correct sir, GA is the 2-letter abbreviation for the state of Georgia.
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
You obviously have a better design sense and much more experience than someone who has been at Apple for the long haul designing UI/UX and has won the Apple Design Award! I hear that's not credible at all.
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
This is clearly by design, try clicking on something (and then scrolling!) to navigate the site like intended.
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
There was a really interesting article on Forbes about this a couple of months ago. Ultimately, only a receiver for an AR-15 was printed, but it is scary thinking about the possibilities: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2012/07/28/t
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
Second this! Here's a good post about how it works: http://www.arcfn.com/2011/12/javascript-secrets-of-worrydrea...
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
For YC, this is from their application page: We usually invest $11,000 + $3000n, where n is the number of participating founders, up to 3 (i.e. 2 founders get $17,000, 3 or more get $20,000), in return for between 2% and 10% of the company.
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by alphast0rm 14y ago
They just passed 112M downloads [1] apparently, so they're still growing at a really rapid pace. [1] https://twitter.com/bumptech/status/279002738925379585

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