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cialowicz··on Launch HN: Fiix (YC W17) – Same-Day Auto Repair at Your Home
This is really neat, and I think it could work well for most basic maintenance work. I'm really curious about the logistics.

How do you handle catastrophic failures during a repair? For example, what happens when a rusty bolt head snaps off and now a component needs to be drilled and tapped? I've worked on my fair share of older cars that have lived their lives on salty New England roads, and this happens more often than you'd think. Does the car get towed to a repair garage in these cases?

I see wheel/tire mounting and balancing listed as a service. How does that work? Are you able to get the balancing machine into the service vehicle, or do you pick them up, leave the car on jack stands, and then bring them back balanced (probably disconcerting for the customer)?

cialowicz··on Show HN: Tenence – Making Renting Easier
> Our staff are here to serve you. Fallen sick and need someone to go buy your meds? We will do it. And do much more.

Why is this part of the service? Seems really strange to offer that.

cialowicz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2017)
Glassdoor | Senior Software Engineer in Test / QA (and other roles) | Mill Valley, San Francisco | Full-time, Onsite, https://www.glassdoor.com/glassdoor

We’re on a mission to help people everywhere find a job and a company they love. In the process, we’re transforming an entire industry through the power of transparency. Join us!

We have excellent benefits and perks: free catered lunch and snacks, 100% health care coverage with 90% dependent coverage, unlimited PTO, dog-friendly office located in beautiful Mill Valley (on the water), free parking, onsite gym, and more!

We have a number of engineering roles open:

* Senior Software Engineer in Test: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-software-engine...

* Senior Software Engineer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-java-software-e...

* Senior Web Developer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-web-developer-g...

More openings for management, product, sales, and engineering roles here: https://www.glassdoor.com/Jobs/Glassdoor-Jobs-E100431.htm

cialowicz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)
If you have allergies or just don't like dogs, we have dog-free zones. Also, we only allow well-behaved dogs that keep to themselves. I have pretty severe allergies to dogs (and cats), and have no issues here.
cialowicz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)
Glassdoor | Mill Valley, CA (near San Francisco) | Senior Software Engineer (and other roles) | Full-time | Onsite | https://www.glassdoor.com/glassdoor

We’re on a mission to help people everywhere find a job and a company they love. In the process, we’re transforming an entire industry through the power of transparency. Join us!

We have excellent benefits and perks: free catered lunch and snacks, 100% health care coverage with 90% dependent coverage, unlimited PTO, dog-friendly office located in beautiful Mill Valley (on the water), free parking, onsite gym, and more!

We have a number of engineering roles open:

* Senior Software Engineer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-java-software-e...

* Senior Software Engineer in Test: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-software-engine...

* Senior Web Developer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-web-developer-g...

More openings for management, product, sales, and other engineering roles here: https://www.glassdoor.com/Jobs/Glassdoor-Jobs-E100431.htm

cialowicz··on Toxic fluorinated compounds found in drinking water of 33 states
This is pretty interesting, thanks.

I'm not really strong in stats, but it seems like many of the non-contaminated counties have very low sample sizes that may not be statistically significant. Example: in Marin County, 0 of 11 samples were found to be contaminated. In Alameda, 2 of 73 samples were contaminated.

Maybe someone else can comment?

cialowicz··on Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M
I used HipChat for two and a half years in a previous role, and have been using Slack daily for the past 7 months in my current role. Both are fine.

HipChat is certainly not perfect, but I don't agree about Slack being faster. It definitely has its issues.

cialowicz··on Atlassian acquires Trello for $425M
They don't really have a history of doing that. Greenhopper was acquired and integrated into JIRA as JIRA Agile. Hipchat was acquired and now it lives on and nicely integrates with nearly all Atlassian products (JIRA, Bamboo, Confluence, etc).

My guess is they'll keep Trello running for a while as-is, and slowly rework it to become "JIRA Lite". It will likely have Trello-like functionality with JIRA branding, and some sort of migration path to the heavier JIRA for companies that have grown a lot.

cialowicz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2017)
Glassdoor | Mill Valley, CA (near San Francisco) | Senior Software Engineer (and other roles) | Full-time | Onsite | https://www.glassdoor.com/glassdoor

We’re on a mission to help people everywhere find a job and a company they love. In the process, we’re transforming an entire industry through the power of transparency. Join us!

We have excellent benefits and perks: free catered lunch and snacks, 100% health care coverage with 90% dependent coverage, unlimited PTO, dog-friendly office located in beautiful Mill Valley (on the water), free parking, onsite gym, and more!

We have a number of engineering roles open:

* Senior Java Software Engineer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-java-software-e...

* Senior Software Engineer in Test: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-software-engine...

* Senior Web Developer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-web-developer-g...

* Wordpress Developer (contract): https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/wordpress-developer-te...

More openings for management, product, sales, and other engineering roles here: https://www.glassdoor.com/Jobs/Glassdoor-Jobs-E100431.htm

cialowicz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2016)
Glassdoor | Mill Valley, CA (near San Francisco) | Senior Software Engineer (and other roles) | Full-time | Onsite | https://www.glassdoor.com/glassdoor

We’re on a mission to help people everywhere find a job and a company they love. In the process, we’re transforming an entire industry through the power of transparency. Join us!

We have excellent benefits and perks: free catered lunch and snacks, 100% health care coverage with 90% dependent coverage, unlimited PTO, dog-friendly office located in beautiful Mill Valley (on the water), free parking, onsite gym, and more!

We have a number of engineering roles open:

* Senior Java Software Engineer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-java-software-e...

* Lead Java Software Engineer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/lead-java-software-eng...

* Senior Software Engineer in Test: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-software-engine...

* Senior Web Developer: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/senior-web-developer-g...

* Wordpress Developer (contract): https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/wordpress-developer-te...

More openings for management, product, sales, and other engineering roles here: https://www.glassdoor.com/Jobs/Glassdoor-Jobs-E100431.htm

cialowicz··on Show HN: A 3D-printed turret so you can shoot aliens for Halloween
Yep, please flag.
cialowicz··on Open Letter to Tim Cook
Have a look at the Long CZ J8. ~$50, 68mm x 23mm x 11mm.
cialowicz··on Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
"The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects certain applicants and employees 40 years of age and older from discrimination on the basis of age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, or terms, conditions or privileges of employment." [0]

OldGeekJobs.com works since it's the reverse of this... essentially discriminating against younger candidates. It's not legal to discriminate against 40+ in the US.

[0]: https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/discrimination/agedisc

cialowicz··on Virtual Forest
It's really hard to walk in a straight line in dense woods. A compass helps, but even then you have to know how to use it. It's usually best to find a stream, follow it down to a river, and then follow that down to some sort of settlement (hopefully).
cialowicz··on AirPods
They claim that a 15-minute charge from the case gives 3 hours of battery life. That seems fairly usable -- perfect for a charge-up during bathroom breaks.
cialowicz··on Typosquatting programming language package managers
17000. In Europe a common decimal format it #.###,##. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Examples_of_use
cialowicz··on Atlassian sold $320M worth of software with no sales staff
Atlassian does have a sales team, but it's an external one, their "Experts"[1]. These companies get a cut of each Atlassian license sold, and also charge for setup, configuration, and custom add-on development. Personally, I think it's a brilliant strategy... external, technical salespeople!

[1]: https://www.atlassian.com/resources/partnerList

cialowicz··on The Day the Moon Blew Up
Bill is a known 959 enthusiast [1]. Considering that only 345 were ever made and only a handful of those were imported into the US, I'd say that car is very likely his.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_959#.22Gates_959.22

cialowicz··on Four pitfalls of hill climbing
This is a great little read, and really resonated with me. Like the author mentioned, there is some value in A/B testing and an incremental approach to product development. But too often organizations can become obsessed with this path forward, and continuing with the same approach becomes like trying to squeeze blood from a stone -- there are just no more significant gains to be had.

Unfortunately the company I'm at right now feels like this. The product team and CEO are obsessed with A/B testing, and don't have a more holistic approach to product development. This means that our competitors are out-innovating us in certain areas, and it's disappointing to watch.

cialowicz··on Zero Knowledge Proofs: An illustrated primer
In the example, the vertices colors for a graph edge are requested, but how can one trust that those colors aren't being generated on-the-fly? Effectively, how can I trust that the "warehouse" isn't cheating me?
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