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deepakhj

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staff software engineer @ saildrone
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deepakhj··on “Breathability” Comparison of Commercial Outerwear Shell Layers (2018) [pdf]
https://missionworkshop.com/products/the-orion-waterproof-ja... uses Toray Entrant and has served me well cycling in the rain.
deepakhj··on “Breathability” Comparison of Commercial Outerwear Shell Layers (2018) [pdf]
We have brands that use more advanced fabrics in NA like Trew, Homeschool Snowboarding, Arcteryx, etc.

For general outerwear look at Mission Workshop and Outlier.

deepakhj··on FTC rules 5-0 that Cambridge Analytica engaged in deceptive practices [pdf]
Cambridge Analytica -> Emerdata https://www.fastcompany.com/90381366/the-mysterious-afterlif...
deepakhj··on Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis
Jails is not the answer to the poop problem. Maybe more toilets?
deepakhj··on Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis
True I've seen a lot of open drug dealing. Rich people do their drug deals inside their homes.
deepakhj··on Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis
SF tried to put Amsterdam style open urinals at Dolores Park and neighbors were up in arms.
deepakhj··on Mark Zuckerberg still doesn't get it
You’re repeating the same thing in multiple threads. The fact is Russian interference had an effect on the election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/08/biparti...

deepakhj··on Gitlab More Than Doubles Valuation to $2.75B Ahead of Planned 2020 IPO
SEO and the website isn't as friendly to navigate as Github is. Github makes your project look like a first class citizen while Gitlab has too much going on.
deepakhj··on Gitlab More Than Doubles Valuation to $2.75B Ahead of Planned 2020 IPO
Github Enterprise support has been awesome. We had an urgent issue and they helped resolve it within the hour.
deepakhj··on Uber lays off 435 people
Sidecar launched the driver brings their car model.

Zimride (lyft) started the first rideshare site. Unless you count craigslist ads.

deepakhj··on In plain sight: California illegal pot market booming
My friend’s farm in Mendocino is 100% organic. He grows for Flow Khana.
deepakhj··on Software was eating the world – now landlords are eating everything
We also need to find a way to crack the nut in the city. Soma is the only place with any movement.
deepakhj··on In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs
I don’t think anyone wants the projects of the 50-70s. See the navigation centers in sf. It works.
deepakhj··on Tech backlash has come to Stanford
We had a required ethics course at my college.
deepakhj··on US proposes barring tech companies from offering financial services
Sears, the original amazon, offered many financial services.

Sears -> Discover (founded) H&R Block (located in stores) Dean Witter (acquired) Allstate (founded)

deepakhj··on How to assess the quality of garments (2014)
My favorites are Outlier, Taylor Stitch, Alchemy Equipment, and Mission Workshop.
deepakhj··on How to assess the quality of garments (2014)
Taylor Stitch and Mission Workshop makes some of their clothing in Portugal.
deepakhj··on Seattle Faces Backlash After Easing on Crimes Involving Mental Illness
FYI sf built shared database between homeless service providers now so they aren’t coming in as an unknown.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-ro...

deepakhj··on Strava cuts off Relive
Would you end your app for 500 million?
deepakhj··on $1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes
SB50 would have been a good first step. Or doing something similar to Minneapolis. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/minneapolis-single-fam...
deepakhj··on $1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes
If it casts a shadow on a park for 15 minutes, it gets denied!

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/One-housing-proj...

deepakhj··on $1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne...
deepakhj··on $1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes
The western half of San Francisco isn't doing anything. It's a small sliver of SOMA/Downtown which is not enough.
deepakhj··on $1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes
Current landowners are not the only demographic in your democracy. Minorities were banned from owning in many areas due to redlining.
deepakhj··on $1B for 20,000 Bay Area homes
South Florida is no where close to dense. Dense = Paris/Barcelona. Florida is sprawl with huge landscaping and empty space.
deepakhj··on Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles
Turn off contacts syncing and it boots up much faster.
deepakhj··on Sleep trackers can make insomnia worse
It’s the opposite for me. With the tracker, I have solid evidence I got a few hours of sleep when I think I didn’t sleep at all. It makes me calm down and stops insomnia attacks from occurring.
deepakhj··on Julian Assange: Home Secretary Signs US Extradition Request
Those leaks were in coordination with the Russian government.
deepakhj··on Land O’Lakes CEO: Farmers Are in Crisis–and America Isn’t Paying Attention
Elections have consequences.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/rostin-behnam-climat...

https://www.phi.org/news-events/1370/the-end-of-net-neutrali...

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vvb3yb/house-republicans-...

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/370781-congress-pushes...

deepakhj··on Land O’Lakes CEO: Farmers Are in Crisis–and America Isn’t Paying Attention
You don't need to go to Michigan to experience it. Go to Willits, 2 hours north of SF, and the internet is expensive satellite service, charged by the GB. The trans-pacific cable also crosses near Fort Bragg, which has some of the worst internet in the area.
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