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girmad··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2022)
Location: Raleigh, NC

Remote: Yes / only remote

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, React, API design

Also have Product & Leadership experience

Email: tamas@hey.com

Resume / Links: tamaserdos.com

Looking for PT / project work

girmad··on Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance in new design
I'm listening with only half an ear, but it sounds like they're pushing something called "Censorship OIS"
girmad··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2020)
Location: Raleigh, NC

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Ruby, React, React Native, JavaScript, Product Management

Resume: tamaserdos.com

Email: tamas@hey.com

girmad··on Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
I miss the word game Acrophobia (I think it was an IRC game originally, but there was a good webapp version where I wasted more time than I'd like to admit)
girmad··on Cityspeak from Blade Runner (2002)
Used in the manner "bullshit" is English.
girmad··on "DigitalOcean Killed Our Company"
Their terms disclaim it, but I'd sue for consequential damages anyway.

IANAL

girmad··on Why Investigators Fear the Two Boeing 737s Crashed for Similar Reasons
> The Vertical Pitch Indicator is reading on some MAX 8's 10-20 degrees higher than what the aircraft actually is pitched at.

Seems like not everything was built to spec

girmad··on U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
Global vs local maximum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxima_and_minima

Related: what's the best for one part of the system, may not be the best for the entire system.

girmad··on Chess Is the Killer App
For entertainment I recommend Ben Finegold

For education I recommend John Bartholomew

girmad··on How to self-publish a book: A handy list of resources
Traditional offset printing company with a plug / PSA: below 500 copies print on demand services are great. Above 500 copies going with a traditional offset printing house will get you a better price. Of course you take on more inventory risk that way.

You also get access to more finishing and cover options, etc.

girmad··on We're in a Golden Age for Amateur Radio
I think you're on to something. I'd love to dig even deeper about this topic maybe with some examples of your logs, as well as the time commitment this practice requires.
girmad··on Is the Lean Startup Dead?
I think the saying is Friends, Family, Fools.
girmad··on Lay Out Your Code Like You'd Lay Out Your House
For content, I agree, but houses also have plumbing, an electricity network, heating, etc
girmad··on Fountain pen inks: the good, the bad, and the ugly (2011)
Pilot* Metropolitan
girmad··on Antarctica Is Melting, and Giant Ice Cracks Are Just the Start
Could ice shelves breaking off accelerate the rate with which methane hydrocarbons are launched into the atmoshpere?
girmad··on Peter Thiel Defends His Most Contrarian Move Yet: Supporting Trump
The disconnect for me is Palantir. Thiel's company provides the infrastructure for some of the gravest privacy violations done by our government.

If Thiel is rooting for Tech in the race vs Politics, why is he investing his resources in a company that converts Tech advances to personal freedom limiting Political power?

girmad··on UK votes to leave EU
I'm not sure Mr. Trump is as prudent financially as he projects. There is still Gary Johnson...
girmad··on Show HN: GitHub v3 API implemented in VimL
Client or wrapper.
girmad··on Show HN: New calendar app idea
Many apps let you set 'reminders', which are effectively what you describe.
girmad··on Kickstarter is Debt
Apple is only issuing debt because all of its cash is overseas. At this point the interest is cheaper than paying US taxes.
girmad··on Apple doesn’t allow Chaos Computer Club tvOS application
This is what companies are supposed to do by design. If consumers prefer companies with different behaviors, they will have a competitive advantage.

Companies are constantly in imbalance but heading towards what consumers want. If you were to engineer "perfect" actors, Soviet style, you'd get perfect balance in the initial second and nightmare scenarios in the long term.

girmad··on Iran Nuclear Deal Reached
The number is closer to 9.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_we...

girmad··on Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encrypted Communication
Legislators job is to legislate, so this makes sense. Making laws IS the only tool at their disposal.

Of course when you're dealing with a hammer, everything will look like a nail.

girmad··on An open response to Taylor Swift's rant against Apple
> You say in your letter to Apple that “Three months is a long time to go unpaid”. But you seem happy to restrict us to being paid once, and never being able to earn from our work ever again, while granting you the rights to exploit our work for your benefit for all eternity….

Seems like he's getting paid once, but would like royalties on top.

girmad··on An open response to Taylor Swift's rant against Apple
I'm not sure I follow this.. The photographer's getting paid up front, right?
girmad··on Goodbye?
Tim Ferriss' practical thoughts on suicide: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/05/06/how-to-commit-suicide...
girmad··on Show HN: Discover your ranking on GitHub
It's a legitimate concern, like having a spammy clickbait article.

The site infringes on Github's trademarks all over the place.

Can the site still get users' time and attention without stealing Github's branding?

girmad··on What I carry with me every day: Erik Spiekermann
Post your business card?
girmad··on The Software Revolution
Two questions:

1. How will this help with wealth that's already accumulated? I get how this will slow further accumulation.

2. How about capital flight? If the US enacts a policy like this, what stops the super rich from moving to other countries?

girmad··on The Software Revolution
> Technology provides leverage on ability and luck, and in the process concentrates wealth and drives inequality. I think that drastic wealth inequality is likely to be one of the biggest social problems of the next 20 years. [2] We can—and we will—redistribute wealth, but it still doesn’t solve the real problem of people needing something fulfilling to do.

What's the best case realistic scenario for redistributing wealth?

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