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robojamison | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you keep improving?

Occasionally, a couple of times a year, I will challenge myself to learn some new technology and I will utterly immerse myself in that technology until I have a working basic knowledge of it. It is how I learned Emacs. It is also how I learned Vim when I grew tired of Emacs' shenanigans.

robojamison | 9 years ago | on: When Does a Project Need React?

Python does, and C++ "does". Python has Django and other frameworks, C++ has CGI...but people usually avoid using it if at all possible. The most commmon languages for web development are: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, and Java.

robojamison | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: A virtual phone number for your company based on Twilio

How is this any different from Google Voice?

robojamison | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the must-read books about economics/finance?

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy [1] is a fascinating book and a short read.

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Whatever-Happened-Explanation-Economi...

robojamison | 9 years ago | on: Upgrading Autopilot: Seeing the World in Radar

> The car computer will then silently compare when it would have braked to the driver action and upload that to the Tesla database...whether Autopilot is turned on or off, then that object is added to the geocoded whitelist.

(emphasis mine)

This has interesting privacy implications. I am not a Tesla owner, but I imagine that by enabling Autopilot you consent to providing Tesla with diagnostic, error, and sensor data. But what about those who have not enabled this feature? Their Tesla will automatically phone home with data regarding their location and surroundings regardless of whether or not they have consented to this?