benblu's comments

benblu | 5 months ago | on: Show HN: Diagram as code tool with draggable customizations

Thank you! Very cool.

I don't see a button for it (on mobile currently, and will check thoroughly at my computer) -- is there a button to add a node?

Another feature I've always craved for code diagramming is "collapse downstream nodes" -- though it might be outside of your scope (and mermaids?).

benblu | 1 year ago | on: Two B.C. companies ordered to shut down on national security grounds

This thread is a weird place for you to soapbox. This is about two companies in Canada. Not only that, but it's about intelligence / security concerns, not airspace regulations.

benblu | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2024)

Thanks for posting, Tom. I just sent in an application.

benblu | 6 years ago | on: Göttingen researchers identify existing drug with potential to treat Covid-19

The nature article makes it sound like a lot of the options listed are being tested because there's some evidence of some effectiveness Vs in the story OP posted, it sounds like the mechanism is much better understood.

benblu | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: ShapeMeasure. Automating measuring and cutting on construction sites

Hey, HN. Ben here, founder of ShapeMeasure.

I grew up on construction sites -- my dad was a general contractor. After publishing research in quantum information theory and robotics, I decided to get back to the family business by founding a company to modernize construction. Happy to answer any question around construction, running a hardware startup, or anything else!

benblu | 6 years ago | on: Sunsetting Hire

Would you prefer if he just called him a jerk? Telling someone that they're being mean or inconsiderate is not the same thing as censoring them.

benblu | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Company is firing all employees – should I still exercise my options?

I would say "not really". Trying to raise with such terrible optics is not going to be a fast process.

benblu | 7 years ago | on: Don't use the greater-than sign in programming (2016)

"Go ahead and find out which one, I'll wait" ... As if it required herculean effort.

"which is a stupid option because it implies 10 < 5" No it doesn't.

And I stopped reading.

benblu | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is life/success a game of who can handle burnout the longest/best?

"I can't do what I want in life" -- What do you want to do?

benblu | 11 years ago | on: The Data From Comments to the FCC About Net Neutrality

As LukeB pointed out, you've reversed the meaning of the term.

I strongly recommend fixing this -- you really risk confusing the layperson and the debate.

benblu | 11 years ago | on: Write Clean, Professional, Maintainable, Quality Code in Python

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