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wclax04

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Software engineer at Openfolio, and I spend the rest of my time racing a mini-transat sailboat in the NYC area.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/joshowen; my proof: https://keybase.io/joshowen/sigs/1uBFhXn4xmhXZ7duS80ZzSFj9Ii4hHkC7zTudHNriTk ]

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wclax04··on A Map of the Trees of London
For NYC: https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/tree-map
wclax04··on Python JITs are coming
aren't all of the default conda channel packages compiled with MKL now?
wclax04··on Networking at Scale, May 2016 – Recap
Is it just me, or does the JPL video have the incorrect audio stream.
wclax04··on Module Hub – The Redis Modules Marketplace
Are these modules all enabled on RedisCloud plans?
wclax04··on GPG signature verification
Did this release cause the current outage?
wclax04··on More code review tools
I REALLY wish I could exclude certain file types from the view.
wclax04··on Verizon Routing Millions of IP Addresses for Cybercrime Gangs
subway litterers are the worst!
wclax04··on Peter Naur has died
Link to the paper: http://www.dc.uba.ar/materias/plp/cursos/material/programmin...
wclax04··on IntelliJ IDEA and the whole IntelliJ platform migrates to Java 8
They just started doing that this year
wclax04··on 'New' Python modules of 2015
Not sure if this is what you're looking for: https://github.com/conda/conda
wclax04··on 'New' Python modules of 2015
Fro Heroku we created/modified a custom buildpack (https://github.com/joshowen/conda-buildpack), and use that with the multibuildpack.

We use conda-env (https://github.com/conda/conda-env) which makes it really simple to manage environments locally and in remote environments.

wclax04··on 'New' Python modules of 2015
It slightly lags, but you can include pip requirements in an environment.yml file, and they install normally.

I really only use conda for the non-python bits of our stack: numpy/scipy/pandas etc - packages that are a pain to install on Heroku.

wclax04··on 'New' Python modules of 2015
We've transitioned our local/dev/prod instances to use conda on Heroku, and couldn't be happier. It was a tiny bit of work to get it set up, but now everything is consistent, and we can set up new local environments in seconds.
wclax04··on East Texas judge throws out 168 patent cases
New York too
wclax04··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)
Openfolio - New York City - Full Stack Engineer - Full Time ONSITE

The Company: Openfolio (https://openfolio.com) is a platform where investors share their portfolios—not dollar amounts, but their contents and ideas—to see how their investments compare. Data derived from our network brings fresh insight and increased transparency to personal investing, helping everyone in our community make smarter, more confident investment decisions.

We are currently a team of 4 people: one business/technical founder, two engineers (one front-end, one back-end), and one business development and data guy. Funding comes from a seed round of $3.0M.

What we’re looking for: An engineer, first and foremost. Someone who can help scale our app from 50k to 5mm users. The ideal candidate will thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication.

Basic Requirements: Interest about investing, including financial/market data, research would be a big plus, BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Math/Physics/Engineering, 2 – 6 years of software engineering experience, Strong experience with Python, Solid understanding of SQL databases such as Postgres

Contact: Josh Owen josh@openfolio.com

wclax04··on 37 rental cars – 2 days – 185,000 miles earned
Its just a shorter line at security. Same security checks though.
wclax04··on Python Wheels
psycopg2
wclax04··on Python Wheels
Unless you want things compiled with SSL, then you're kind of hosed at the moment.
wclax04··on Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison
I think he meant if you studied at a US a high school you would have learned about prohibition and the associated organized crime.
wclax04··on Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison
Wouldn't the USPS/FedEx/UPS also be liable as a drug courrier?
wclax04··on Messenger Orbiter Comes to a Crashing End on Thursday
I actually thought about Facebook Messenger first as well. Well done Facebook branding team!
wclax04··on Marijuana Investors Lost $23.3B in Penny Stocks Last Year
$23.3B up in smoke?
wclax04··on Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results
Apparently people really like iPhones...
wclax04··on Ask HN: Calling all “foodies” – how effective do you find Yelp?
I've started using FourSquare more and more recently for reviews. I just don't trust Yelp anymore.
wclax04··on $35 Quad Core ARMv7 PC
What are people actually doing with tiny pcs that require much computing power? I use one to serve a dashboard on a monitor at work, but haven't done anything else with them.
wclax04··on HockeyApp Joins Microsoft
Congrats guys. We use HockeyApp and love it!
wclax04··on Top 100 Stocks (AAPL, FB, TSLA, Etc) by Market Cap and Relative Popularity
(i.e. % of investors who own it)

Source: Openfolio.com community data set for popularity data, publicly available information for stock market data

wclax04··on Google's phone number handling library
I've been using the python port lately, its great.

https://github.com/daviddrysdale/python-phonenumbers

wclax04··on People Who Work in Tech Are Investing Better Than Their Friends in Finance
It is interesting to see that Financial professionals are holding more cash, considering their industry is presumably more stable than Tech.
wclax04··on Show HN: Sharing economy comes to personal investing, on your iPhone
I wrote a lot of the backend/API at Openfolio. We put together a blog post with a little bit about our stack, and challenges if anyone is interested: http://code.openfolio.com/post/96462395197/openfolios-stack
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