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by davidajackson 7y ago
>> "free time projects" to get hired these are the companies to avoid in my experience
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by davidajackson 7y ago
Actually it's not. An ISA can save a ton of debt and it's more efficient (less than a year versus 4 years) to get a good job. It's up to you to show you can execute. I know people at lambda school who work weekends and week n
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by davidajackson 7y ago
I second this. Why do writers use hyperbole to make points when their hyperbole is not an exaggeration, but rather just false? It makes me as a reader not trust anything they say afterward.
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by davidajackson 7y ago
In your argument, the sum of all wealth for the lower class is what's being optimized for here, which you claim is a good thing. We can prevent the most money loss by restricting movement of capital. I happen to disagree with this bu
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by davidajackson 7y ago
But she can buy lottery tickets without understanding that her odds of a profit are worse than jumping on an ICO? Seems hypocritical to me. I'm no expert about legal matters. I'd appreciate if someone else can chime in here. But I
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by davidajackson 7y ago
If you made a histogram of random phone numbers that people think up when asked to provide one (when they don't want to) it would be cool to see if there are any patterns too. People with certain numbers are probably less lucky in term
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by davidajackson 7y ago
Not with crypto. It's trustless. That statement is a blanket statement that might seem correct at first but technically is completely wrong when it comes to crypto and well implemented smart contracts. See "The Byzantine Generals
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by davidajackson 7y ago
>there’s no x10 improvement in anything interesting Don't you think trusting code to transmit and trade assets is a x10 improvement over trusting people? I'd rather trust code I can audit than people. Even if you don't cal
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by davidajackson 7y ago
So how do you know which curve to use when? Is there anything beyond, "I like the look of that one"?
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by davidajackson 7y ago
Decentralized scripting that large numbers of developers know how to use is powerful. Entire parts of the internet could shift to that in the long term. Obviously, it's a long way away... but that's a given. Even if you choose ano
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by davidajackson 7y ago
There is a notion of feature death with products but to improve retention you do need to keep shipping out new features so I disagree here. It feels like this article is piggybacking off the minimalism advocated in design schools. Minimalis
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What Blocking a Wave of Robocalls Looks Like in Real Time(medium.com)
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by davidajackson 7y ago
I do. I've talked to lots of people and the problem with that solution is that if you work with large groups of people, they can't get through. That's why the PINs feature is useful. Lots of people work with supplies, busines
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by davidajackson 7y ago
I know this a problem that a lot of people on Hacker news have been frustrated with. I decided to develop a solution that uses whitelisting, which is a better approach than blacklisting. Here's some more information about CallStop. Cal
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Show HN: CallStop, a 100% Effective Robocall Blocker(apps.apple.com)
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by davidajackson 7y ago
>>How would the police who pulled your spouse from a car wreck know your PIN? You need to let organizations know a PIN. Later on, automated channels and PINs can be created that each user opts into--like whitelists for public services
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by davidajackson 7y ago
To solve this issue, I've included: The ability to set PINs, which means people who know your number but aren't whitelisted can reach you at any time (think doctor, police, school, etc). When you list your number on any form just
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by davidajackson 7y ago
No, just phone calls. With CallStop: You receive incoming calls through CallStop. You can make outgoing calls as normal through the Apple app, and also I've added outgoing calling functionality into CallStop. Texts are not forwarded, t
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by davidajackson 7y ago
It doesn't need to have access to Apple's functionality. Try pulling out your phone and dialing *72 followed by another number. It will forward your device calls to the number you dial. That's the key here. You forward your d
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Ask HN: Looking for Beta Testers for CallStop, a 100% Effective Robocall Blocker
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by davidajackson 8y ago
That seems like a huge disadvantage. If people are doing what the crypto community likes to call "tethering", they're probably going to lean toward a decentralized smart contract token. Tether has not always been a favorite d