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Joshdance.me @joshdance joshua dance gmail is the email

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joshdance··on WebGL Fluid Simulation
Wow, wasn't expecting your settings to be that much different. But love the slower feeling. thanks
joshdance··on Going Critical
link to that podcast?
joshdance··on Sisense Acquires Periscope Data
Periscope feels a lot like Looker. What are the differences?
joshdance··on Show HN: CSS Scan 2.0 – Instantly check and copy the computed CSS of any element
This needs more upvotes. Demo is awesome, tool looks great.
joshdance··on Show HN: The Good Stuff – Neapolitan Pizza Finder
I really like this idea. The best part is comparing the pizza prices. That is hard to get from most websites.
joshdance··on Launch HN: Prometheus (YC W19) – Remove CO2 from Air and Turn It into Gasoline
Can normal people (like me :) support the effort of invest?
joshdance··on A Conspiracy to Kill IE6
This is amazing.
joshdance··on Show HN: Ask Roboflow, the AI that answers programming questions
I get a http://localhost:5000/question/4743730 when I click on a top question
joshdance··on I Sell Onions on the Internet
Love this.
joshdance··on Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?
Hadn't heard of Chris Fix before. Here is a link to his channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/PaintballOO7/featured
joshdance··on Why software projects take longer than you think – a statistical model
link to the book - https://amzn.to/2IpTNw2

Going to read it. thanks.

joshdance··on Chicago Has Become the Nerve Center of Competitive Pinball
I read this as paintball and got excited. Pinball is still cool.
joshdance··on A Scramble to Claim the World's Most Coveted Meteorite
Wild.
joshdance··on Tableau Software Threatened? Rival Growing at 70% Just Raised $103M
Better (less clickbaity) headline:

Looker raises 103 million in a series E to compete in enterprise BI.

joshdance··on 3 years in, Airing micro CPAP still seems to be a scam
Relevant HN post from 3 years ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9884345
joshdance··on Why Use OpenStreetMap Instead of Google Maps?
Yes yes yes.
joshdance··on Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs
I work in Utah Valley at a tech startup in the space.

While I agree that there are some startups with 'inferiority complex' etc, there is a growing number who are happy and proud to be a Utah startup and what that entails, not just chasing Silicon Valley.

The instant connection to MLMs is unfortunate and something we are trying to move past. I would argue Utah has a very strong sales culture not solely because of MLMs but for other reasons.

joshdance··on Bayer to retire Monsanto name
I hope this is not just an attempt to side step the bad name.
joshdance··on US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data
I agree some of this is happening but some things don't add up.

Is there a huge delay in this data? Because why don't law agencies use it to find criminals? Like I have 2 crimes at these two locations. Who was around these 2 locations at these times etc.

But if hedge funds are trading on it, they need very low latencies?

joshdance··on Ask HN: How much has your college GPA played a role in your career?
Very little. I don't think I have ever been asked about it. Usually focus is on skills, experience, and fit.
joshdance··on Ask HN: Idea March
where should I eat tonight - pulls a list of all the resturants in your location, and randomly gives them to you you can say yay or nay.
joshdance··on Ask HN: Idea March
declutter moving service. We come over to help you pack up your home, but we ask you if you want to keep everything before we pack it.
joshdance··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
Grow.com (https://www.grow.com/) Senior Engineer | Full-time | Utah Valley

Grow helps SMBs create, find and share actionable insights. We are one of the leading players providing dashboards and business intelligence for companies that want to grow.

As a Senior engineer you will help us identify, reduce and eliminate the hardest parts our customers face in getting insights from their data.

We have integrations with over 100 APIs. We handle millions of requests and need to return accurate and timely responses. You will be solving hard problems.

Learn more and apply here - http://bit.ly/GrowEng

joshdance··on The Practice is not the Performance: Why project-based learning fails
agree with this. Theoretical example, seems to tilt to advanced the authors view point. Would love some data on project based learning.
joshdance··on Show HN: Music Library – CC music you can use for YouTube videos
thanks!
joshdance··on Ask HN: What software is so good you are surprised it is free?
For me Handbrake is very impressive. When I was ripping DVDs frequently it worked great, and the queue feature is super.
joshdance··on Picture of a Single Atom Wins Science Photo Contest
Is the light refracting to make the atom appear bigger than it actually is?
joshdance··on I have a spreadsheet, I want to make it into a website. What is the best tool?
Didn't know that Airtable had read only embeds. Checking it out. Thanks!
joshdance··on Economics of Minecraft
Spreadsheets in space.
joshdance··on Chatbots need a personality
What would make a true 'chatbot'?
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