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i_am_andy··on Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
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i_am_andy··on The myth of the driverless tube train
A 30K train manager is still more than a 25K bus driver.

And there are a lot more road accidents than train accidents.

i_am_andy··on Show HN: I built an online interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster
I have to recommend this too:

https://vim-adventures.com/

I used it to get to grips with vim

i_am_andy··on Morgan Stanley to Shift About $120B of Assets to Germany
I worked at a startup during the brexit vote and our recruitment plummeted immediately afterwards. We would only get about 10-20% of the EU candidates applying as before. No change in UK candidates.
i_am_andy··on When X-Rays were used at the Shoe Store
Harder surfaces are a mixed bag. Yes you run faster but your feet, ankles and knees take more impact and damage.
i_am_andy··on Launch HN: Boxouse (YC W17) – Shipping-container homes
Yes I suspect they are. Rents are incredibly high in major cities. Having seen the size (&cost) of the rooms available for rent in london these containers look quite reasonable.

In the west we don't have favelas so while I think it would be a down-point, I don't think there would be such a strong negative connotation.

i_am_andy··on I built a profitable business with a $100 budget
I liked his blog post and thought it was interesting. I didn't see anything obviously bad in it, I just saw an SEO-type telling a story and promoting themselves through it.

I don't know what he has done in the past but I think you are being harsh.

i_am_andy··on What it's Really Like Working with Steve Jobs
Surely not 3.5" floppies in 1998. 1998 was the year of 100MB zip disks, LS120 supper floppies. This was when everyone already had CD-roms in their PCs and some luck people had CD-writers.

I remember digital cameras of that era writing to mini-CDs. I dont recall ones writing to 3.5" floppies.

i_am_andy··on Firebase (YC S11) Raises $1.1M For Real-Time App Infrastructure
Fantastic interactive demo you guys have - very intuitive.