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I'd like a similar service or product. My issue with a shared solution like a common area W/D besides grossness is that I need to remove my clothes from the machines within a few minutes of cycle completeness or I risk ticking off my neighbors. I push off laundry unless I'm sure I have a 1.5 hour block to be able to tend to each load. When I had an in unit W/D that wouldn't be necessary and laundry would be a chore I managed throughout the day.

No worries! Feel free to email me if you want to collaborate: Mariusz at PDF Otter dot com

Hey Nathan! Great to see another product in the PDF space. I see a few similarities to PDF Otter[0] and was wondering if you drew any inspiration from it.

[0] https://www.pdfotter.com

I think they're limiting the timeframe to thirty days so they can make money on people unfreezing and refreezing their credit reports in the future. This is sleezy IMO and I'm not having any part of it.

It's a creditor's responsibility to issue credit to the correct person. They are probably more worried about the data breach than consumers are. If a fake account is opened in my name, I'll send some scary letters [0] until it's resolved.

I put a fraud alert on my credit report through Transunion [1]. They communicate the fraud alert to Experian and Equifax and creditors must contact me at a phone number I provided before they issue credit in my name. Though this is only for 90 days, it was free and can be extended. It buys me time to make a decision in the future, Japanese general style

[0] http://www.kalzumeus.com/2017/09/09/identity-theft-credit-re...

[1] https://fraud.transunion.com/fa/fraudAlert/landingPage.jsp

Thanks! I'm working on drafting a privacy notice. You can contact us at help@pdfotter.com.

Thanks for the suggestion on alignment. I've been hearing that feedback from other users and I'll add some tools for it.

I've tested the editor again because a 1cm offset is unacceptable. It looks like the field boxes (the transparent blue or orange rectangles you can drag and resize) appear in the correct spots on the PDF. If the text is too large to fit in the rectangle, we shrink it to fit. What might be going on is my backend is in disagreement with the frontend about what font size to use if we need to shrink the text. Then a larger than normal offset could appear on the right-hand side of the text. I'm working on fixing that. But rest assured that the field boxes are put in the correct place on the PDF.

For filling in individual PDFs, yes, Adobe wins. However, I'm using the editor on my site to show off the PDF Otter API which helps you fill-in PDFs at scale. That's a tool that Adobe doesn't provide and how PDF Otter will earn money. I'm sorry that it's poorly advertised. I'm working on improving the homepage's copy and making it easier to transition from the demo to using the API.

This is great feedback. I really like your ideas on schema validation. We faced a similar problem at my last company and I have some thoughts to improve it with PDF Otter. Thank you!

Thanks for all this great info. We do have a font option called 'Dancing Script' available now which can make your text look like a signature. I'll do some more research on e-signatures, though. I assume there's more to it than just changing your text's font.

Providing more flexibilty with deleting documents is on my roadmap but I can't get to it today. If there's a sensitive document you want deleted now, please reach out to me at mariusz [at] pdfotter [dot] com and I'll manually delete it.

Yes! I'll be adding a way to apply images to PDFs soon. Do you usually have an image of your signature handy on your computer or would you create one if the image feature was available? Another thought I had was maybe adding a "signature pad" where users can scribble their signature and I'd save it for them to use repeatedly. I'd love your thoughts on this.

Thanks for the ideas! The downloaded PDFs are not in a PDF/A format. I understand the need for a feature like this - I have used some government services that only allow submitted PDFs in archivable format. The commercial PDF->PDF/A libraries I came across are pretty pricey. Do you know of any open source alternatives?

You can use a library to insert text in a PDF but you need to figure out at what coordinates to position the text and how you want the text styled. If you are constantly adding PDF templates, this is cumbersome work. If you don't have a tool for figuring out the coordinates (like the editor on pdfotter.com), your developers will have to do this. The last company I worked at faced this exact problem and it took us hours to add PDF templates to the system.

Thanks Michael! I'll let you know when you can delete/rename templates (should be soon).

Thanks! That feature will never require sign-up. I think it's a good way to show off what the API can do.

Hi HN. I built PDF Otter to solve a headache my last company faced. We needed to fill in PDF contracts repeatedly and there was no service out there that did that, so we had to build something in-house. We couldn't use [hello/docu]sign because sending users there lowered our conversion rates.

The PDF Otter API powers the PDF editor advertised on the homepage. The editor is simple but I think its better than similar services because you don't need to sign up/pay to fill-in and download your PDF. I think there's a lot of potential out there for apps built on the API. Feel free to reach out to me at mariusz [at] pdfotter [dot] com if you have any questions or ideas!

Thanks for doing this!

How do I get started with hardware? I'm a software engineer trying to break into the hardware field. What resources can you recommend for someone in my shoes?

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Interesting. Something I didn't realize: for n > 4, F(n) = F(n-2) * 3 - F(n-4)

fibonacci sequence is defined as: F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2)

substitute F(n-1) with F(n-2) + F(n-3): F(n) = F(n-2) + F(n-3) + F(n-2)

substitute F(n-3) with F(n-4) + F(n-5): F(n) = F(n-2) + F(n-5) + F(n-4) + F(n-2)

substitute F(n-4) with F(n-2) - F(n-3): F(n) = F(n-2) + F(n-5) + F(n-2) - F(n-3) + F(n-2)

simplify: F(n) = 3 * F(n-2) + F(n-5) - F(n-3)

because F(n-3) = F(n-4) + F(n-5), -F(n-4) = F(n-5)) - F(n-3):

F(n) = 3 * F(n-2) - F(n-4)

If your motivation levels are pretty low, you may want to delay job searching for a bit. Looking for the right job is hard and comes with its own setbacks that you need to be prepared for.

I started looking for a job in May. It takes a lot of time finding the right kind of company, going through all the interviews, and determining whether there's a fit. It's very draining and, of course, rejection always stinks.

You probably have a lot of great skills you picked up from building your startup, but practically no interview judges you on that kind of experience. I've encountered two main assessments: the take-home challenge and algorithm coding. Honestly, algorithm coding punched me right in the face when I started looking for jobs. It took me a little while to get back into the algorithm mentality (leetcode helped a lot).

Take home challenges are frustrating. You can put in a whole days worth of effort with no guarantee of getting to the next step where you can talk about your awesome startup experience. What's worse is that you probably are interested in the company because, otherwise, you wouldn't have put in the effort in the first place.

If you aren't ready to face this yet, I recommend picking up small coding jobs for a bit to get your spirits up and work on interview prep.

Are there benefits to append the token to the end of the password over adding a field for it in the form?

I've been using Schwab for almost 5 years and haven't noticed the password limitation until about 2 years ago. My password is pretty lengthy, so when I mistyped the last letter and pressed enter, I expected an error message. Instead, Schwab logged me in. I investigated a bit and ended up contacting Schwab about the "vulnerability". I remember someone quite high up responding saying they were aware of the length limit but that they lock you out after 3 failed password attempts. I didn't validate the claim, but I felt content and moved on.

Airenvy

Location: San Francisco, CA Position: Ruby on Rails Engineer - Full Time

Ruby, Rails, AngularJS (1.x), PostgreSQL, Heroku

Airenvy is a property management company focused on managing Airbnb rentals. Our property owners don't have to worry about responding to guest inquiries, key exchanges, cleaning, sheets/towels/laundry, or adjusting their nightly prices. We are an all-in-one solution for owners with second homes or vacation properties. In turn, our guests get a predictable hotel-like experience and a reliable concierge while they stay in the properties we manage.

There are plenty of challenges we work on every day. Our business depends on an on-the-ground workforce so we spend a lot of time building reliable applications for our vendors (cleaners, laundry partners, neighborhood managers). Because we answer all the inquiries for our owners, it is important we know a lot about the properties we represent. We try to get as much information about a property as possible and make getting that information seamless. Our owners are very patient with us now, but we need to build smarter systems to gather this data.

jobs@airenvy.com

The thing I like most about Keen IO is their team. They are very open and would help anyone who finds their way to their Hipchat room.

This is bullying

i dont think he gets c++

How do you think this would affect Snapchat?: Apple or Google adding a self-destruct feature to text/picture messages.

Interested in getting some opinions.

We're building a service called Airenvy (airenvy.com) that caters to short term renting on services like airbnb. We could have been tremendously helpful to the author had we been in the Vegas area. We are growing rapidly in SF and our property owners love all the money we're making them! On average we increase income by 30%!

I think you know what you're saying here is wrong and that JustFab is intentionally misleading.

However, one must admire how committed you are as an investor to go down hard with this sinking ship.