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throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Working parents in SV big tech companies
You need to be more specific. Are you in engineering role? Its very usual for both husband and wife to work, if you want a home in good school district and nice commute. It can get a little hectic at times. Leaving at 3-4 everyday may be tough but one of you can do 3 days a week and the other 2 days a week. Else, with two salaries, you can hire a part time nanny and ask her/him to bring kids from school. That way, stress levels are manageable.

I don't work in FANG but have a similar lifestyle. Since the money is good, I would suggest you take the offer.

throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Resources for parents of young children(like worksheets etc.)?
Thanks for Kano recommendation. I have seen it in various videos. I think I will give it a try.
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Resources for parents of young children(like worksheets etc.)?
Khan academy works. We do use it. But I am looking for something that also teaches about politics, philosophy, languages etc.

Also, I want a website which teaches me (the parent) on how/what to teach to the kids. For example, Kumon at this age makes him do additions of two digit numbers with speed. I am not sure if doing things fast is what Kumon should be teaching. I am not able to get guidance on whether or not I should concentrate onspeed vs more concepts.

throwaway13000··on Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher
>>Your beautiful drive through Colorado requires quite a bit of maintenance and financial support. Somebody has to pay for that. With Brave, Advertisers can pay for it (without getting hold of your data) by way of users. Alternatively, you may choose to "fund the roads" yourself by depositing your own tokens into Brave's wallet—that too is possible.

Well, a lot of internet was built by people who want to share for sharing sake. Then companies figured there was money and so they started lining up those highways. Now, people do not have a decent way of knowing which highways have no ads. The equivalent is that people do not have a search engine which will send me only to sites which have no ads. Google has been spammed to death for every imaginable keyword. Every recommendation engine only shows based on eye balls.

If all these ad supported publishers die, we would have a much better internet where we can read genuine content, not some marketing based stuff. Hint: Look at the non ad supported Hacker news!

throwaway13000··on Real world location virtually recreated to scale in minutes [video]
Thnaks. yes, based on the list you posted, it will take forever. Guess I have to wait for someone to put a package together.

The deepfakes can only do a 2-d model, not a 3-d model yet.

Btw, why are people down voting this?

throwaway13000··on Real world location virtually recreated to scale in minutes [video]
This is cool. I have a related question. Can I make 3d models of my 5yr old kid and 3-d print robots that walk/talk like thme? Does current day technology even suffice for this? Or do I need to create 3d models now and then wait for a few years for technology to catch up?
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Are there any tutorials for intermediate/advanced users about anything?
I too have been seeing this problem lately. I am hoping for a aggregator on this front. SOmebody who aggregates all tutorials and then rates them by (perceived) audience. I would gladly pay them. Happy to build something like this but do not know how to do the rating part!
throwaway13000··on Jobs at Google for Startups
It means they want to contact you not the other way round!

Better yet, ask a recruiter at google.

throwaway13000··on Tell HN: Hackerrank is the worst way to recruit
Accept status quo and prepare for those hacker rank style interviews. Companies have money that you need.

If you are experienced, you will have more say. But for a fresher, you don't have much choice.

That said, I do think hacker rank sucks. The companies never explain why and where you screw up, if they don't like your coding style, your speed etc

throwaway13000··on Yahoo Mail’s Plan to Fix Email: Make Computers Read It
Not really. The communications team (about 400-500 people) who develop email product do use it. Unfortunately, for larger Verizon media, verizon has dictated that they use gmail. Explanation is that "Yahoo Mail" is consumer focused not enterprise focused which requires calendar support, conferencing etc.
throwaway13000··on Breaking Down the Chrome Web Store: An Exploratory Analysis of Extensions
How do they collect this data? Do they have chrome store crawlers?
throwaway13000··on Breaking Down the Chrome Web Store: An Exploratory Analysis of Extensions
Did you every consider making money from it? If yes, how did it go?
throwaway13000··on iTerm2 3.3
Looks like exactly my usecase. Thanks to third party for not completing!
throwaway13000··on iTerm2 3.3
Thanks for the release. Excited about the scripting API. Sometime I wanted to add "autocomplete" features to iTerms (just like on phones), but the completion predictions will be sourced from stackoverflow. When user types a part of the command, I was planning to add an extra line to the current list of predictions (which are taken from bash command history). Unfortunately, append operation was not supported because of the way the code was written(by the time key is pressed, list is already populated and sent to the handler). So, I could not proceed then.

Hopefully this python API fixes the problem.

throwaway13000··on Show HN: Generate a fake app to replace any addictive app
I asked a related question 2 days ago. This is a great idea. But how does one make money selling such ideas/apps? Do we make partnerships? Do we list the app on appstore for a small amount? Any other ideas?
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Choose Between eBay and Amazon
Go to AWS. Generally a more values brand in the job market.
throwaway13000··on Launch HN: FeaturePeek (YC S19) – Front-end review for the whole team
Annotatorjs seems like it could the work but it is not working for me :(
throwaway13000··on Launch HN: FeaturePeek (YC S19) – Front-end review for the whole team
Can someone suggest a library for doing what is done at 59 seconds ?

https://youtu.be/14UwLG1jQwU?t=59

I am looking for a library that lets me highlight a line of code and then comment on it. Similar to gerrit or other code review tools, but for my side project.

throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Passive income ideas from content website?
So how is the "curated wedding bouquet photos" site different from Pinterest? Is it just a more focused site?
throwaway13000··on Show HN: Convert HTML to CSV under command line
Add a few examples?
throwaway13000··on Netflix launches Rs 199 ($2.80) mobile-only monthly plan in India
>> Whats the difference between thinking like an Indian company vs an American company? You got me curious.

To a first order of approximation, Most american products are tailored towards "Ease of use", "Batteries included" style. All most all Indian products are focused on claiming cheapest cost at the cost expense of convenience.

throwaway13000··on Apple Factory Thefts: Secret Tunnels, Hidden Crawl Spaces
"Fruit themed company" or "Company in Cupertino"
throwaway13000··on Made a Test for Porn Addiction
Can you give details of what happened? Any server side errors/exceptions? I am at work so I can't open your site
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Why are wiki's UIs not evolving?
Interestingly, wikiwand is exactly what was looking for. Thanks! Unfortunately, it is not open source.
throwaway13000··on Amazon Accidentally Sold $13k Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day
It doesn't matter. They will simply cancel the order citing some TOS. (Source. Used to work at Walmart)
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Why are wiki's UIs not evolving?
My point is that mediawiki based sites look like web1.0 (https://blog.hallowelt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Metrol...) vs lets say, confluence pages(https://marketplace-cdn.atlassian.com/files/images/0e313fe9-...) or (http://www.play-sql.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Specifica...)

Confluence for example looks like it is a web2.0 software(more space, better fonts, markdown support etc)

throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Why are wiki's UIs not evolving?
Functionality wise, yes, there is not much improvement required but looks like, fonts can be improved, spacing/whitespaces can be improved. We could have pagination. We could have some themes which remove sidebars, we could have wiki's that may be embedded in larger site and hence can reuse their stylesheets etc
throwaway13000··on Show HN: LessPhone – A minimal Android launcher to reduce phone use
Based on the profile, it was done by a new college grad. I think we should appreciate him.
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Who owns copyright to your resume? Can I limit how long companies store?
Thanks for the detailed answer. I assumed I would be owner of my resume. Guess there is not much I can do.
throwaway13000··on Ask HN: Tutor? Seeking Tutor? (June 2019)
I am looking for someone to help me with CSS. I can make basic websites (inspite of reading theory and following tutorials on countless websites). I want to make a few simple websites along with my tutor so he can answer my questions in real time. I have tried JsFiddle, Stackoverflow, treehouse etc. I am not a beginner but also definitely not an experienced frontend engineer.

I am a backend engineer in my day job. I can help you with Java, APIs, system design, algorithms and anything else non UI related. I have expertise in compiler design and hardware design also.

Email in profile.

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