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dc_gregory

204 karma · joined July 31, 2015

I no longer work for DesignCrowd, but can happily pass on contact details as needed.

Switched back to my old personal account: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gregoryl me@gregorylyons.dev

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dc_gregory··on Netlify Analytics
No, its not. The OP has a different point to make, and its worth a re-read!
dc_gregory··on Instagram Advertising: Do you know it when you see it?
huh, how odd. I've never seen ads on Instagram either, and assumed that was the default experience. I guess the A/B control group gods smiled on us.
dc_gregory··on World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
A step further, it seems most people's favourite brands tend to be ones which were high quality in the past. Its a rare situation where that quality continues as mass market appeal arrives.
dc_gregory··on African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will Take Decades
They will if the price of animal products rises.
dc_gregory··on ACIDRain: Concurrency-Related Attacks on Database-Backed Web Applications (2017) [pdf]
The technical TLDR is "db level race condition", or the title of the article.
dc_gregory··on Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy
Its not surprising that the doctor suggested those things, as its not really the domain they focus on. If you have bio-mechanical pain, its often better to see a physiotherapist, who can better diagnose the underlying reason and help you resolve it properly.
dc_gregory··on ZetaSQL – A SQL Analyzer Framework from Google

    We will also be releasing more documentation over time,
    particular related to developing engines with this framework.
Looks like they intend to resolve that.
dc_gregory··on Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome identified
I think you've misread the OP here; jump back to this guideline as a rule of thumb, its helped me a great deal.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html:

>> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

dc_gregory··on This Place Is Not a Place of Honor (1992)
You could just make the area incredibly radioactive, problem solved!
dc_gregory··on Facebook are 'morally bankrupt liars' says New Zealand's privacy commissioner
The underlying assertion (and debate) here is that the value facebook is providing to society is worth the cost.
dc_gregory··on Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight
In this case, its a slap on the wrist for a comment that doesn't positively contribute.
dc_gregory··on Redesigning GitHub Repository Page
However, a lions share of the revenue for github will be from developers, rather than "consumers".
dc_gregory··on Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes
Never is a strong word; especially when people idolise high end athletes that turn to a vegan diet for an edge (i.e. MMA)
dc_gregory··on I Left a Buddhist Retreat in Handcuffs
Its hard to follow, but I don't think he was on medication going into the retreat, rather was given anti-psychotics in hospital after. (There was, apparently long ago, a history of mental health issues).
dc_gregory··on V100 Server On-Prem vs. AWS P3 Instance Cost Comparison
Ah, excellent point, a warranty is something I completely overlooked. Probably some value "lost" doing it yourself due to downtime if something goes wrong, but likely negligible.
dc_gregory··on V100 Server On-Prem vs. AWS P3 Instance Cost Comparison
I'm inexperienced in the hardware front, would that machine likely not break down under a large load for 3 years straight? Nothing is set aside for hardware failure etc.
dc_gregory··on MyBrandNewLogo – A 3-step Logo Generator
Thanks! The core team working on this is super smart. I'll pass your feedback on pricing to our product manager.
dc_gregory··on A Humility Training Exercise for Technical Interviewers
They would like those people to participate in interviewing candidates.
dc_gregory··on MyBrandNewLogo – A 3-step Logo Generator
Was thinking much the same; we have a product[1] in the same space, but a much larger inventory, all created by hand. Not sure the "AI" space for design is quite good enough for this price point.

[1] https://www.brandcrowd.com/maker

dc_gregory··on Dropbox buys HelloSign (YC W11) for $230M
Ouch. Have you used something in that space that is better?
dc_gregory··on Websocketd
The location of the voter.
dc_gregory··on TLS Termination for Network Load Balancers
Auto generated self signed certs on the servers
dc_gregory··on Is ASP.NET Core Now a Mature Platform?
We run the core of our order system on dotnet core, including (somewhat) micro-service architecture behind the scenes. Build on primarily windows desktops, and hosted on Linux containers. Works well for us; there are a few things we needed to roll ourselves, but by and large it works out of the box.
dc_gregory··on Firefox 64 Released
FYI, you are probably hell-banned.
dc_gregory··on Economic Analysis of Medicare for All
These people get paid very well in Australia.
dc_gregory··on Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights
The pricing model actually sounds a little like Athena.
dc_gregory··on Beijing to Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020
Why in the world do you think it's acceptable to get in an uber when you are likely to vomit?
dc_gregory··on The Fax Is Not Yet Obsolete
Ah, working with money would make some sense, as a risk reduction strategy. Thanks for answering my question.
dc_gregory··on The Fax Is Not Yet Obsolete
Possibly a naive question, but why would you need a credit score for being hired, especially as an intern? I can (somewhat) see the need for privileged positions (i.e. CFO or similar).
dc_gregory··on Show HN: Edabit – Like Duolingo for Learning to Code
Not for me! Might want to ask your ISP whats going on?
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