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AngeloAnolin

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AngeloAnolin··on Uber Is Ripping Off Frequent Riders and Here’s How to Avoid It
The opposite thing happens to me though - with regards to communicating with the telecom company. I usually do it over the phone, ensuring that I get escalated to their Customer Care manager, who in essence, have more power to give you better deals. I find most of the staff at kiosks for Telecom companies are only focused on selling, and does not have any power to provide you a deal that you cannot resist.
AngeloAnolin··on Facebook's Zuckerberg will not appear before British MPs
Mark was invited and he declined. What's really wrong with that?

His wisdom and personal belief (including legal and lawyer suggestions) tells him that coming over to the invitation would not do him (nor his company) any good.

And, given with all the information he has supposedly with people, he may already have some knowledge of the personality of the MPs who are going to grill him that he may think otherwise that appearing before them would tantamount into a gong show.

AngeloAnolin··on Can we Integrate VueJs based component into Knockout JavaScript app?
This should be possible. Add a reference to the VueJS[1] and Vue should be registered as a global variable in your application.

[1] https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/installation.html#Direct-lt-scrip...

AngeloAnolin··on Tempe Police Release Video of Uber Accident
Lots of mention about LIDAR here. As well as IR sensors, etc.

Unless Uber comes out with all the technical specifications that is mounted on the car to detect motion and obstruction on the road, all are mere speculations.

The vehicle in question here would be in the custody of the authorities (impounded), so they should be able to investigate the details on it. Uber should provide as much technical specifications available on the vehicle to aid in the investigation (especially if they are certain that it was more the fault of the pedestrian rather than the self-driving vehicle (SDV)).

SDV companies and advocates should probably pool resources where they could buy a parcel of land, simulate it into a city like settings, and perform edge case tests such as people suddenly crossing, animals, objects, lighting conditions. This will allow for better simulation as well as advancement of technology that would soon realize the possibilities of autonomous driving cars on the road as safe and reliable.

Update: Added safe and reliable.

AngeloAnolin··on Show HN: Sheet2Site – Create Websites Out of Google Sheets
Tried to access the site, but getting the error. Screenshot [1]

[1] https://ibb.co/kYtL5H

AngeloAnolin··on Police Say Video Shows Woman Stepped Suddenly in Front of Self-Driving Uber
Went to the link hoping to see a video, but I guess, pending all other investigations, that video would not be released.
AngeloAnolin··on Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages
You and your team (NoRedInk, Evan, et.al.) could actually grow the number for amazing Elm devs out. I think part of the reason is that there's a very narrow avenue to traverse to even build production-level Elm apps. One of the sure fire discouraging factor for someone learning and wanting to embrace a language is when s/he is unable to see the same see the light of the day at the hands of real users/consumers.

P.S. I'd love to learn and apply Elm across. I've applied at NoRedInk but did not get any response.

AngeloAnolin··on Lottery winner asking a judge to let her keep the cash and remain anonymous
I will bookmark this, and hopefully someone updates the story of what happened when the case has been settled.

On one side, you can see why the lady was asking for anonymity - exposing her could really endanger her life. She would be a target for anyone, who would want a piece of that $500 million dollars of reason. On the other side, you see that the state wants to advertise and use this as a marketing ploy to entice other people to play.

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: Give up on my startup for high paying job?
If I am in your case, I would:

1. Get the job. 400K would be quite a salary that would allow you to save.

2. AND Continue with your startup, by being on an advisory role. Delegate the business to someone you could trust (difficult, but possible). After office hours, you put in time to gauge how your startup venture is doing.

It is not quite easy to get a startup to a point where you are actually making solid progress. Of course, you would want to ensure your own survival as well.

Best of luck.

AngeloAnolin··on Mozilla Is Hiring a Developer to Work on Thunderbird Full-Time
There is likely a team working on this. The job posting said for someone to come on board.

And yes, hiring a single developer to work all alone by himself would be akin to killing the project itself as just understanding the codebase, design, technology and architecture would be too much for one person to handle.

We’re looking for an amazing developer to come on board to help make Thunderbird the best Email client on the planet!

AngeloAnolin··on Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It
Anyone has a non-paywalled link for this?
AngeloAnolin··on Elixir on Google Cloud Platform and App Engine
I've looked at learning Elixir paired with a front end tool and a lot of Elixir experts are pointing to the Phoenix Framework. [1]

[1] http://phoenixframework.org/

AngeloAnolin··on A simple but ruthless exercise reveals who your star employees are
This is not simple.

Different countries have different labor regulations that prevents people from being dismissed without due cause.

It nearly borders the impossible on organizations covered by unions where majority of the time a person can get canned is only they've done something foolish or criminal that is detrimental to the company itself.

AngeloAnolin··on Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
The photo seems to remind me of someone saying, "that's all you get suckers" coupled with an evil grin.
AngeloAnolin··on Show HN: Bato – A Filipino Programming Language
The effort into this I must say (I speak as someone who came from the Philippines and knows the language by heart) is quite impressive.

But for someone who is used to coding in the English language and syntax, they may find some of the wordings harder to understand and apply.

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: What are the career opportunities?
There's a lot of courses in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) [1] site which you can dip your hands first to try to learn some technical stuff.

You can also go to the Free Code Camp[2] where you can get some real-world training in software development. They have a lot of stories[3] as well showcasing people who were self-taught and now have stable careers in the technology field.

Career opportunities would come as soon as you have showcased that you are capable of learning and solving technical stuff. But you got to start first by learning the ropes of software development.

Best of luck.

[1] http://mooc.org/ [2] https://www.freecodecamp.org/ [3] https://medium.freecodecamp.org/inspirational-success-storie...

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: What resources do you recommend to learn how to sell software?
I'd say, Justin Jackson who runs his business focused on marketing products (especially digital software) should be a good resource to start off from.

His book and course, Marketing for Developers[1] has top notch and actionable content that would help you bring your product closer to potential buyers.

[1]https://devmarketing.xyz/

AngeloAnolin··on Vintage 1980s DOS inspired Twitter Bootstrap theme
I can see a use case for this -> For software users who are so used to the DOS / Terminal interfaces in some old COBOL, Foxpro, dBase, Clipper, Turbo Pascal and other programming languages back then. You can switch between the shiny newer interface to using the old DOS gui-based look.

Nice work!

AngeloAnolin··on Productivity in 2017: analyzing 225 million hours of work time
"if you’re a writer, time spent in Microsoft Word or Google Docs is categorized as very productive while social media is very distracting."

Just wondering how about those people whose job is to actually monitor social media sites, or are the social media personnel for some companies? Their time obviously should not fall under the distracted category.

And also, even for writers, there would be occasions where you'd need a peek at social media sites to gather some inspiration. Or if you are writing about a topic, and social media becomes your source for relevant information, then that as well should not be construed as wasted time.

Will there be a way to have an objective measurement of every person's productivity? Collect all data based on outcomes desired for each task? At the moment, there's just too many variables at play to even consider measuring productivity.

AngeloAnolin··on After beating cable lobby, Colorado city moves ahead with muni broadband
"Unfortunately, due to mismanagement and some shady borrowing from the city"

That alone spelled its doom, not the premise of it being established as a public internet utility.

With financial institutions having a stranglehold on the government, they could effectively choose (negotiate?) which sort of payment would be beneficial to them long term. A public internet utility sold to them makes the most sense as this means an actual steady flow of income and customer base.

AngeloAnolin··on Materialize alternatives?
Material Design Lite

Although note there's a good discussion on Quora[1] regarding having no JS for the CSS framework.

[1] https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-material-design-CSS-framewo...

AngeloAnolin··on A $47B Emergency-Response Network That’s Already Obsolete
They were not resourced initially when they had the idea of tackling some of the government's most expensive and daunting challenges. Maybe what I am saying here is that, given their solid objective and passion of making a difference and turning things around, they could do the same to this project as well. They have processes in place which could help with selecting people and technology that could best resolve the job at hand and at the same time, cost less whilst maintaining a high degree of quality.
AngeloAnolin··on A $47B Emergency-Response Network That’s Already Obsolete
Why not let the US Digital Services be asked to step in for this project? They could either save the project or abandon what has been done and start afresh with a better and leaner approach. Or they could make an assessment whether the solution being envisioned is still relevant to the current situation.
AngeloAnolin··on Big Tech Is Going After Health Care
Interesting to see the big players like Apple, Google and Amazon making significant investments in this area.

The big problem though still lies in the maze of regulatory bodies with which all these innovative solutions have to navigate before they even get mainstream. Small players who does not have enough financial leeway ends up burying what could be a groundbreaking solution. Of course, governments need to do their due diligence as public health is the one at stake but there needs to have a certain compromise where the end result is the good of the public and humanity.

AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: What are you hacking these holidays?
Nice idea. I was thinking of doing the same before and calling it "Printstagram".
AngeloAnolin··on Ask HN: What are you hacking these holidays?
Not sure if this counts as hacking, but I am targeting to learn Elm. Starting with the Elm: Getting Started [11] pluralsight course by Mike Van Sickle.

[1] https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/elm-getting-started

AngeloAnolin··on Show HN: Library of API collections for Postman
Good collection, as well as links to the documentation available for each API.

Side note: Why all the bash and hate for Postman here? Why not write an article and express your concern(s) there and submit it here in HN. Or better yet, connect with the team[1] at Postman and throw your ideas on making it better.

[1] https://www.getpostman.com/team

AngeloAnolin··on Introduction to WebAssembly: why should we care?
The more I read about WebAssembly, the more I think it is the rebirth of Flash, or Silverlight, or JavaFX without being tied to a proprietary entity (Adobe, MS, Oracle).

Will it be really good for the web in general? I guess it will depend on the motivation of those who would peruse the technology.

AngeloAnolin··on My First Application with the Phoenix Framework – Talktotalk.me
Github Repo [1], from the author himself whom I have had the privilege of speaking over the app itself.

[1] https://github.com/indatawetrust/chat-app

AngeloAnolin··on Code to go: Find updated snippets for common JavaScript use cases
Yes, works on FF, Chrome and Edge now.

Good stuff!

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