rwhitman

33 ms·

241.
by rwhitman 11y ago
The author mentioned in this article, Esther Gokhale, wrote a book several years ago with the somewhat goofy title 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back , which I can't recommend enough, especially if you suffer from back pain. It really transf
242.
Ask HN: Are P2P Marketplaces Responsible for Sales Tax?
2 points by rwhitman 11y ago|0 comments
243.
by rwhitman 11y ago
Maybe I'm just jealous but has this concept of a startup retreat achieved any real world success stories someone can point to? Wouldn't being isolated in a remote corner of the world put a real damper on being able to build busine
244.
by rwhitman 11y ago
I don't understand how python's leadership works but from my outsider perspective it seems like the solution is that those with some power need to show some muscle in forcing a direction. I mean this has been going on for 7 years
245.
by rwhitman 11y ago
Is the Python 2 vs Python 3 thing ever going to be resolved? If you look at Python adoption from the perspective of someone picking it up for the first time, the very first issue they encounter is the "which version of Python should I
246.
by rwhitman 11y ago
Very interesting story.. weird how this WSJ article references an HN thread I feel like a group panel interview would skew candidates in a different way than a one on one. There's some psychology around how people act in groups at play
247.
by rwhitman 11y ago
SEEKING WORK: Remote & NYC Metro I am a web technology and digital strategy consultant focused on helping clients build leads, increase sales, and save money with web-based technology. I have knowledge and resources in a wide range of d
248.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Personally I have a NAS that gets a Time Machine backup every day. I have a handful of important folders on my hard drive that I mirror to the NAS manually (various scheduled solutions have failed me unfortunately). Every few months or so I
249.
by rwhitman 12y ago
This client is essentially bullying you into indentured servitude and using mind games to motivate you into continuing to work for them indefinitely. Unless you've heard from this supposed lawyer they've hired in your country, I&#
250.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Python seems to hold steady, it's neither the most popular language in the world or the least popular. It just is . Actually take a look in the "Who's Hiring" thread running right now: https://news.ycombinato
251.
by rwhitman 12y ago
So assuming that the Chinese government weaponized their firewall, the question is why are they using it in such a transparent way? Github is pretty firmly in the camp of open information, and used by nearly every web software engineer in t
252.
by rwhitman 12y ago
I've periodically tried the consumer amazon cloud drive every few months or so since it's popped up on my radar and every time I get frustrated and remove it. Dropbox may be reselling me the same storage at 200% markup but the int
253.
by rwhitman 12y ago
I think the landing needs some work. The value prop of the landing page is vaguely discussing a service product in a similar pattern to Fiverr.com - however the listings are from very experienced consultants, and the productized service off
254.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Chinua Achebe died 2 years ago.
255.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Seems like Apple is trying to evolve the Macbook Air into some sort of large iPad. Single port, no fan, guts are mostly battery etc.
256.
by rwhitman 12y ago
I’m fairly certain if a machine super intelligence comes into being the only people they’ll be neutralizing are the ones who have skittish rants about preventing their existence plastered all over the internet. From a machine's perspec
257.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Dammit. I found this so inspirational, so I sat down and watched his TED talk. Interesting stuff, but it seemed to be mostly a plug for his business. Then he mentions an "open source" platform for sharing his methods in detail. Co
258.
by rwhitman 12y ago
In memorial of Fab, let's all take a little time machine back to this HN gem when @betashop (Jason) wrote a blog post [1] defending allegations in Bloomberg [2] that he blasted the entire staff of Fab several times with threats they&#x
259.
by rwhitman 12y ago
It's easy to forget that Apple and a number of the corporate giants of today were born in a time when there was much less competition, not just in the tech business but in life in general. In 1977 California's population was almos
260.
by rwhitman 12y ago
A good friend participated in what I think was a pilot program for this a year ago. The Italian govn't sponsored an incubator in Trento, invited entrepreneurs from all over the world to come participate... and then promptly fumbled the
261.
by rwhitman 12y ago
I just realized that truck drivers may also be regulated regarding what types of devices they can have when driving, which would explain a lot. Yellow cabs in NYC for instance are forbidden to use GPS due to safety reasons and generally rel
262.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Kind of fascinating that his preferred interface is physical buttons built into the cab, and a barcode scanner. I can't imagine no one has built mobile software in this space yet, so there's got to be a reason he doesn't have
263.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Dark Sky when it worked was almost magic - it could predict precipitation to the minute. An alert would go off and you'd know you have 5 minutes to seek shelter before the rain started.. it was freakishly accurate. The developers are a
264.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Dark Sky has been letting me down in some pretty grandiose ways over the last few months, to the point where my wife sees my unbroken faith in it as a kind of running joke. The "Are they going to fuck things up?" section at the bo
265.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Dammit!
266.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Hmm, were you looking at http://rwds.co ? Looks like it's been restored if it was down before. (Random downtime is unfortunately somewhat typical for the MediaTemple server it's hosted on) You can reach me at ron@ abov
267.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Despite what the smart engineers of HN are going to prattle on about running a web app, it's not about systems infrastructure. It's about people. 5-10K user records in the DB, relatively speaking, is a small list and can be kept o
268.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Some thoughts I've had: - Pets on-demand. Want a puppy for a half hour? - Shovel out my car. A little too seasonal however. - Serious one: Healthcare and on-demand tech is going to be huge, particularly for geriatrics, but regulation i
269.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Here in NYC I see the van for these guys all over the friggin place, not sure how affordable tho (I have laundry in my building): http://flycleaners.com/ For maid service https://www.homejoy.com/ is a YC co
270.
by rwhitman 12y ago
Freelance is all about your network of clients. It takes a long time to build and maintain a solid client base and you need to know how to sell yourself. You're going to get mostly small "testing the water" type projects with

More ›