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macp··on Show HN: I wrote a book about WebAssembly
Awesome! Thank you.
macp··on Show HN: I wrote a book about WebAssembly
Table of contents and sample chapter?

Webassembly for genomics sounds cool :)

macp··on Wanted: Cofounder for YC S19. Robotic Tunnel Delivery of Groceries/food/packages
Why underground? Could it work in above ground pipes? How big would be the packages and robotic vehicles?

Packages, grocery, and food bring different requirements in terms of delivery speed and size, which could lead to different solutions--some easier to address than others. What is the pain point and most desperate customers for each?

macp··on Wanted: Cofounder for YC S19. Robotic Tunnel Delivery of Groceries/food/packages
^^^ This. Or, build into the subway lines. Avoids drilling costs for early stages.
macp··on Wanted: Cofounder for YC S19. Robotic Tunnel Delivery of Groceries/food/packages
What's the advantage of tunnels as compared to self-driving ground vehicles or air drones?
macp··on Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish?
Agreed! I vote for this.

It's not just an issue of speed. The new gmail design is very hard to read/understand. Red-on-pink is not the best contrast choice. The icons feel fuzzy without the button borders, are hard to decode, and are too tight together.

Strangely, while the icons are all packed tightly, the email list wastes extra space vertically, and requires extra scrolling. Not the best design choice.

The high-contrast theme brings gmail close to the classic design, but it does not work well enough to make the icons more recognizable and recover the wasted space in the email list.

macp··on MacBook Pro? No
Some Linux distributions are very competitive nowadays, with many desktop environments to choose from.

A key reason to own a Mac would be to build iOS apps and MacOS software.

macp··on Ask HN: At what point did you incorporate for your startup or side project?
For the State of Hawaii, incorporation fee is $50 for for-profits, with a $15 annual business report fee thereafter. The annual report is a 1-page form stating total shares issues, officers, type of business, and addresses.
macp··on Show HN: Multiplayer game to help non-native English speakers improve vocabulary
Cool! It would be great if we could post short messages to the other player + have a timer for the answers.
macp··on Ask HN: Did anyone save Alan Kay's startup class lectures? Both taken down
Part 1 is available now -- https://www.startupschool.org/videos/11
macp··on Ask HN: Which MOOCs are often overlooked?
For entrepreneurship, I would recommend: (a) Technology Entrepreneurship, and (b) Venture Deals with Brad Feld -- both are team and project-based experiential courses offered via novoed.

Technology Entrepreneurship is focused on the lean startup. The next session is expected around June.

Venture Deals is sponsored by Kauffman Fellows Academy and TechStars and is all about funding. A new offering just started and you can still join at https://app.novoed.com/kfa-venture-deals-spring17/

macp··on Ask HN: How to communicate specs for web app re-write to remote developer?
Try https://popapp.in/ to show the interactions. It only requires sketching the screens.

For more tools check: http://despreneur.com/best-tools-to-build-your-app-prototype...