dhackner's comments

Are you only looking for SF based or are you open to remote engineers (i.e. SE Asia)

PR = shorthand for Permanent Resident

Meditation makes a huge difference for me. I've tried a number of different methods, including using biofeedback devices but the most effective for me has been http://www.headspace.com. People who tend to have difficulty turning off the noise in their heads (such as myself) do well with guided imagery training such as that.

I'm in the middle of Feet of Clay - he'll be in my heart as I finish it.

I've seen convincing results from amino acid therapy, but I sit among the skeptics on multi-vitamins. Without some sort of differentiating research for their products, this doesn't seem vastly superior to a recurring amazon purchase.

If she started a kickstarter, I'd be happy to fund...

I loved that this required no instructions. Really beautiful.

Just to give a difference of opinion, I don't think that this is necessarily representative of the entire HN community. I for one maintain a FB account almost exclusively for apps like this, so that I can reuse my social graph.

Disclaimer: I've done work in the past with one of the founders on a former iteration of this product.

to a reporter given the chance, donuts might be considered "normal use patterns" :-)

Agreed if things are going right - but again, for the sake of discussion, one could fathom there being some sort of bug. I don't believe that this could realistically be the case, but I'm just trying to mention all possibilities...

To play devil's advocate, I wonder if it's possible that there is no foul play on either side - if the car had issues displaying accurate data to the driver but logged properly to Tesla, he might have thought he was discontinuing the charge with a fuller battery then he had. Same for the speedometer (a chilling thought) and temperature.

As for the circles in the parking lot - I'd probably do donuts too if I was given free reign over a slick sports car.

Obviously it's far fetched to think that display inaccuracies were really the case, but food for thought.

If you pass along your info to me, I'll be happy to ask around to some of my prospective/current clients. See profile - good luck!

Very convincing argument. Any advice for painless ways to set it up as a network drive (after the initial data transfer via USB)?

Convenience would be nice so that I don't need to carry movies on my laptop and could stream them, but perhaps that is a bit move work than necessary.

I was considering buying and partitioning a time capsule to use as both external storage for media and as a time machine backup. The wireless setup is nice since it becomes more transparent.

SEEKING WORK - San Francisco - Remote OK

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Freelancing and contracting to help bootstrap our startup, looking for ideally upwards of 20 hours a week (co-location in SF is fine. DC, Bay Area, NYC, or possibly other areas are feasible for short term deployments). Flexible up to 30 hours. Rates are flexible dependent on circumstances; will consider taking part of compensation as equity or through other creative setups. Prefer to establish long term relationships with startups.

In the process of learning:

- Rails

- Ember.js

- Frontend wizardry

Existing strengths:

- TDD

- General full stack development from backend Java algorithms and datastore implementations all the way up to Django templating.

- Selenium autotesting

- Compass/SASS/SCSS

- Continuous integration setup

- Remote and inperson work environments

Adioso (founding team) - built the backend flight ticketing system, fare data scrapers, frontend display

TripIt (acquired) - built the continuous integration and testing infrastructure, including Selenium and iOS/Android autotesting

Google (intern) - developed autotesting tools for Google Maps

Fun facts: Avid traveler, fashion observer, Mandarin chinese speaker, cyclist, published researcher

Contact info on profile to chat/get references/talk about how I can help you!

@drh

github.com/dhackner

angel.co/daniel-hackner

linkedin.com/in/danielhackner

danhackner.com

I love this idea - I'll always do a bit of volunteer hacking in exchange for fun travel!

I think we are all naturally a bit defensive when the fear of a great competitor leaping out from the shadows is always there - especially for travel startups where something like the Google-ITA deal that has been in the works for so long. The message I got from his article actually somewhat agrees with the question you posed: there can be sufficient room for both of them in the space and as a community we should resist being alarmist about others encroaching on what we do; in fact it can be a really good thing.