megnaro's comments

megnaro | 26 days ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026)

Hi, are the roles listed for Seattle/Remote open only to residents of Seattle? Asking because my application was bounced with this message: "Your application shows you are based in an area that we are not currently hiring for this role, therefore we are unable to proceed." Not upset, just interested what the parameters were, or if for any reason this was unintended.

megnaro | 28 days ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2026)

You'll find that in the job post.

megnaro | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?

"You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership." [0, 1] - Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, USN

0: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper 1: https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/Files/hopper-wit.html

megnaro | 2 years ago | on: Is this octopus having a nightmare?

Anyone who agrees with or is intrigued by the above comment may very well enjoy Frans De Waal's book, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Publisher link: https://wwnorton.com/books/Are-We-Smart-Enough-to-Know-How-S...

megnaro | 5 years ago | on: 1989 California Medfly Attack

When I was a little kid in Long Beach I remember some days we couldn't use the drinking fountains at school and stuff like that because they (city? state?) had sprayed for medflies that day. I have no details, it's just a childhood memory.

I had no reason to access that memory except that it's here on HN. As a kid I had no idea there was anything more to it, but thanks to this post, now I do. Neat.

megnaro | 7 years ago | on: We can’t fix the data scientist talent shortage with $40 online courses

The author of this post is Adam Lichtl, probably the most intelligent person I've ever gotten to speak to in real life. He's really neat.

megnaro | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Physicists of HN, what are you working on these days?

I bought Modern Classical Physics last summer as a birthday gift to myself and I am also slowly going through it.

megnaro | 7 years ago | on: Frans de Waal Embraces Animal Emotions in ‘Mama’s Last Hug’

I've read several of his books. My favorite is Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are. Very much worth your time.

megnaro | 7 years ago | on: In a Detroit Train Station, Ford Looks for the Future

Way better than when Quicken moved to the city :)

megnaro | 7 years ago | on: Discover dev – a daily digest of engineering blogs

"Handpicked by AI..."

I hope that joke was intentional.