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2data222 | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Are you playing your violin (viola, guitar, etc.) in tune?

Hey, just wanted to let you know that this worked on my Android phone (Pixel 4 XL running stock Android 11 and in Chrome) after I granted microphone permissions. I whistled a few bars and was grossly out of tune so I know it's working ;)

2data222 | 5 years ago | on: America Is Facing a Monkey Shortage

I worked with monkeys that lived outside in cages. The cages were probably 50'x20'x12' (LxWxH). There were hundreds of monkeys per cage. Veterinary students would be observing them often. I was told to not disturb them or interact with them in any way. That's quite impossible. They're keenly aware of where you, other people, and even where all the squirrels are at all times. They're mini- or pre-people, if you will. If you think your dog is smart, these animals are smarter.

I wouldn't say they were abused or neglected but it is a sad twist of fate that these wild animals end up being cooped up in cages in the Davis heat, which is close to my personal definition of oppression.

I honestly felt bad for them all the time and I did meaningless work for the center so I moved on.

2data222 | 5 years ago | on: America Is Facing a Monkey Shortage

I worked at the California National Primate Research Center as a Student Assistant when I was at UC Davis. CNPRC is about a mile outside of town. Happy to answer any questions anyone has about the center. They had thousands (if not tens of thousands) of Rhesus Macaques from China and India there.

2data222 | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Newly Remote Workers – Where Are You Moving?

Newly remote here. I'm a "Sr. BI Programmer Analyst" working in Walnut Creek, CA paying about $2,700/month for an apartment. I plan to move to Pittsburgh, PA and move in with my little brother into his newly purchased house where I'll make more money due to much lower state income tax and rent that will fairly be about a third of what I pay now.

The motivating factors for me are money and family (though I would argue that my brother more importantly means friendship to me).

2data222 | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Time Cop – A simple, private, open-source time tracking app

Just bought it with Google Play credit to give it a spin. I don't have to record my time for work. I'm interested in it for personal accountability. I see it as making yourself step on the scale if you're trying to lose weight.

2data222 | 6 years ago | on: Thought-terminating cliché

Good examples.

Might "fake news" be an example as well?

2data222 | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What tools do you use for data munging and merging?

We use Talend. It does have a gigantic Java-based Windows desktop application. It's pretty powerful and I don't hate it. We looked at MuleSoft as well but it's not ready for Enterprise prime-time like we need it to be.

The data preparation Wikipedia page mentions Talend by name along with Paxata, Trifacta, Alteryx, and Ataccama.

2data222 | 8 years ago | on: A Functional Interface for Key/Value Store

Link to correct url: https://www.lendup.com/engineering/post/functional-interface...

2data222 | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Wishminer – Mining social media for app ideas, my weekend project

Hey, I'm thinking about doing something similar with baseball JSON apis of all things. Would you mind sharing your firebase/python implementation details with me? Thanks!