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Same here. Pickups for two generations. My wife however, big fan of sedans -- been a family trait for years.

As for our kids though, both drive Caminos.

bbryanton An unconfirmed tweet about Freeport LNG is upending gas markets

The futures price is for US. The terminal is for export. So terminal failure pushes more supply into US market.

Sorry about that! Fixed now.

The mistake we made was thinking we had to compete with Apple. Unfortunately, we realized that a little too late -- had we kept to our own pace we'd still be around, and by now would have figured out how to reach a more mainstream market.

bbryanton Fasting Affects the Brain

FWIW, saw this study pass the NYT radar a few weeks back.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/well/eat/skipping-breakfa...

bbryanton Ask HN: If you were building a HFT system today, what language would you use?

Yeah -- I can see what you're getting at.

bbryanton Ask HN: If you were building a HFT system today, what language would you use?

Thanks -- yeah, Golang GC seems very performant.

bbryanton Ask HN: If you were building a HFT system today, what language would you use?

Lisp seems great for describing certain classes of trading algorithm, but what about the underlying platform?

bbryanton Ask HN: How do you stay disciplined in the long run?

Find something external to hold you accountable ---

This can be a co-worker/collaborator, an investor, an employer (or client), a dwindling bank account, a competition deadline, etc...

bbryanton I Sell Onions on the Internet

How was organic traffic in the early days?

You're now ranked #1 for "vidalia onions" in Google -- but, I'm really curious what the evolution was after buying the domain?

bbryanton Colorful printed patch makes you pretty much invisible to AI

Lol. This is hilarious!

bbryanton Ask HN: Is there a fitness wristband that is hackable?

Oura Ring (https://ouraring.com/) has a solid cloud API.

However:

1. No GPS 2. Sleep and activity metrics are digested time slices, not raw measurements. 3. Gen-1 only has night time HR, and gen-2 isn't out till April.

bbryanton Earbits (YC W11) Snags $605K From Charles River Ventures And Others

It's ad-words for the music industry.

Which is great, because it means both the little guy and the big guy are on a level playing field. I may be a little band with only a $20 to spend a month on promoting myself, but I can still reach an engaged audience to come to shows.

And like ad-words there's an inherent feedback loop which keeps all parties in check. Fans will only listen if they hear music they like and band will only pay if they have listeners to promote to. The dynamics work out that its in the company's incentive to do the best job they can matching bands with fans.

Bands are like any business, the band is the brand, the song is the advertisement. I've got countless friends who spend all day outside of clubs handing out 10 cent fliers that just end up in the trash. Fan discovery and exposure for a fraction of the cost would be a god send.

Sure it's only going to bring value if the product is good, but that's the nature of the music business. I for one think it's genius.

bbryanton Earbits (YC W11) is a new breed of artist-focused Internet radio

That's a seriously cool business model. Can't believe no one thought of it before. Brilliant.

bbryanton Lanyrd (YC W11) launches session planner / coverage tracker for SXSW Interactive

only on odd days of the week.