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martian | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2023)
Substack is building a new economic engine for culture. Many of the world's leading thinkers, writers, and creators are using Substack to produce their work and connect directly with their audiences.
Substack is a startup funded by YC, a16z, and others. We raised our Series B two years ago and are growing quickly.
We are hiring for:
- iOS engineer
- software engineering manager
https://substack.com/jobsmartian | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2023)
Substack is building a new economic engine for culture. Many of the world's leading thinkers, writers, and creators are using Substack to produce their work and connect directly with their audiences.
Substack is a startup funded by YC, a16z, and others. We raised our Series B two years ago and are growing quickly.
We are hiring for:
- full-stack engineer
- iOS engineer
- software engineering manager
Please submit your resume at substack.com/jobs and mention HN Who is hiringmartian | 4 years ago | on: No More Medium – Build Your Own Site (2019)
martian | 5 years ago | on: Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
With annotations: https://www.reddit.com/r/venus/comments/7vpr1w/sound_recordi...
martian | 5 years ago | on: The Last Word on Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption
Energy usage is distributed across industries and sectors, and we frequently criticize oil/gas and automobiles. Other technologies, like batteries, seem to avoid the laser-focus of the eco-oriented press. Batteries are very energy-heavy/carbon-heavy to produce. For example, the total carbon impact of a Tesla may in fact be higher than a conventional automobile. [1]
Point is: understanding total environmental costs of any technology is a Hard Problem.
[1] https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/cleaner-cars-cradle-grave
martian | 5 years ago | on: Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk
His cultural insights, historical perspective, and witty language are all exquisite.
martian | 6 years ago | on: Walmart announces next-day delivery, firing back at Amazon
martian | 7 years ago | on: Google cans the Chromecast Audio
I routinely buy these for friends/family who want better digital audio setups and they tend to work great. I’ve never had any issues.
The best feature is “Ok, Google, play X.” When combined with Spotify’s amazing music index (really good for rare recordings/composers/etc), this is a super powerful mechanism to play any music at high quality. Best of all I can do it without needing to look at my phone and fend off the distractions there.
martian | 7 years ago | on: Clearing Up a Few Things About Facebook’s Partners
martian | 8 years ago | on: Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life
martian | 8 years ago | on: I hate telephones
martian | 8 years ago | on: I hate telephones
martian | 8 years ago | on: Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing”
And quick nit on the Presidio: it's a lovely place to live and if you live there, there is a free shuttle to downtown called the Presidigo that's easy and efficient.
martian | 8 years ago | on: The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids (2016)
martian | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are your favorite board games?
martian | 9 years ago | on: How Dirty Is Your Air?
martian | 9 years ago | on: How Dirty Is Your Air?
martian | 9 years ago | on: A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib
martian | 9 years ago | on: Robocalls have triumphed over the Do Not Call list