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danimal88··on Tulsa Remote
Its interesting - given the 48k/job incentive that was being talked about for the amazon hq2, I wonder how the 10K in Oklahoma incentives compares. Of course, one is a corporate incentive in a place where a lot of skilled workers would likely be either way, and one is a place trying to attract talent, but on some level, it makes me wonder if the outrage over the tax incentives actually makes sense. Given the state income tax revenues and local economy inputs, it would seem that a 10K RAC (Resident Acquisition Cost) for someone making > 50K would be a no brainer assuming they still in Oklahoma for 4 years and the tax obligation is 5% to the state. Not sure what the numbers would look like in NY instead and whether the opportunity cost really applies since it would likely be full of ppl either way.
danimal88··on Acquiring absolute pitch in adulthood is difficult but possible
I thought there was a pill you could take to get perfect pitch (assuming absolute and perfect pitch are the same).

https://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259552442/want-perfect-pitch-...

danimal88··on Trump Opens New Front in His Battle with China: International Shipping
This is a hugely consequential change and one that I welcome. It's cheaper for me to order a halloween costume, remote control, etc. from Aliexpress or ebay and have it sent to me via ePacket than the SHIPPING for a domestically purchased product. In other words, the product + epacket is less than just getting a product from near by warehouse to my doorstep. This is doesn't make sense as it's the US subsidizing Chinese sellers to the detriment of US sellers, inside of the US...

I understand the desire for cheap goods and I find the tariffs questionable but this change is much needed imho.

danimal88··on Harvard Asian-American discrimination case opens with packed courtroom
Yes, I have been following this and thinking the same thing. Not sure why this is not relevant as it obviously must have set precedent in some way.
danimal88··on Deliverr raises $7M to help e-commerce businesses compete with Amazon Prime
What's the best way to learn more if we are company selling off of shopify. Logistics is definitely a place where you can win and lose customers.
danimal88··on The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Amazon and Apple
I can think of a trillion reasons...
danimal88··on 3D printing a programming jig and embedding pogo pins
Thanks for sharing this. Would love to see a more compacy version of this but either way, it doesn't seem like a really elegant solution.
danimal88··on 3D printing a programming jig and embedding pogo pins
Enjoyed the post. We have made a ton of flashing and testing jigs for my company (flair.co) and I have 3d printed a few but in general, laser cut acrylic seems to be the most popular route unless you need something more than a 2D profile. My favorite strategy is to design them in Fusion360 with the assumption they will be laser cut and then if I don't have access to a laser cutter and/or material, I can still 3D print. Designing for the lost common denominator makes this easy/fast/cheap. Pretty much most anything basic on a laser cutter can be made with a 3D printer if the size isn't too big.
danimal88··on Airware is shutting down after raising $118M
a few ways to slice it 1) hardware is still really hard

2) hardware in it of it itself is defensible/a moat because apparently software first companies may not know how to do it well

3) software for hardware is particularly dangerous because its you can get pushed off of someones hardware platform in favor of a homegrown, good enough, alternative

danimal88··on Battery breakthrough: Double performance lithium battery that doesn’t catch fire
Agreed. Rooting for them but the number of battery and solar breakthroughs that don't get to market make it hard to get too excited on research + a pr push.
danimal88··on Google Employees Protest Work on Censored Search Engine for China
This is the part I don't get. It is my understanding that if you offer an internet service in China, you have to give your source code to the central government. I'm not super well versed on this but would love to learn a bit from someone on HN that understands these requirements in more detail and how google might try and work around them if needed.
danimal88··on Power Worth Less Than Zero Spreads as Green Energy Floods the Grid
There are a lot of interesting Demand Response solutions that are also somewhat applicable/useful for this problem.

In a normal demand response scenario, when too many people are demanding energy, certain loads are turned off or scaled back (ACs/Thermostats/Water Heaters).

Water heaters in particular have been shown to have been one of the better time shifting solutions. Seems like you could do the same thing with both water heaters and AC systems as most buildings have quite large thermal masses. For AC its a bit lame because the hottest time of the day is the best producing for PV frequently so shifting can be tough, but perhaps around the beginning of the day and end of the day there is some opportunity to precool homes before people return and then back off as the price goes above 0, that sort of thing.

danimal88··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)
Flair | Full Stack, emphasis Front End | SF or East Bay | On-Site

Flair is a venture back startup building sophisticated hardware and software controls for home heating and cooling systems to save energy and increase comfort. We are currently in market and selling well.

We are looking for a full stack engineer with strong Front End experience.

Ideally, the developer is familiar with React, React Native, Python, Flask, Postgresql, Clojurescript, AWS, Embedded Systems, REST, Continuous Deployment (Jenkins), Android, iOS and the Smart Home Landscape amongst others.

Feel free to say hi! hr@flair.co

danimal88··on Ask HN: How to self-learn electronics?
growing up, this was one of my favorite books

https://mightyohm.com/blog/2008/12/the-greatest-electronics-...

danimal88··on What makes Jewish comedy Jewish?
can't decide if this was meant in good faith or is simply racist.
danimal88··on The Google Assistant is going global
I suspect this is less about difficulty and more about markets. Simply put, my guess is that there is a decent reliance on google services which are banned in China.
danimal88··on Self-owning corporations are legally possible
Our laws desperately need unit tests and integrations tests...
danimal88··on Tesla’s China Dream Threatened by Standoff Over Shanghai Factory
from my experience operating in China, its really pretty hostile to foriegn enterprises. If you want to import into China, you face incredibly high import duties. If you want to open a WOFE (wholly owned foreign entity), you have to recursively give them your ownership information so if you are venture backed, they will require your cap table, your investors cap table etc, etc. There is a reason there are very few American products in China outside of the biggest American brands, its simply too difficult and has too much compliance. I love China, but I do think the trade rules asymmetry with the US will need to be addressed at some point. There hasn't really been a detailed and honest discussion about this.
danimal88··on The marbled crayfish is a mutant species that clones itself
I dunno, given the number of bugs alone, a statistic like that strikes me as just numerical drama.
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