dlivingston

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  1. Assuming Pres. Trump's tariffs are not repealed or significantly altered, what does this mean for startups seeking capital? If a startup had already closed several rounds at a high valuation, how will this affect…

  2. I’m interested in doing freelance work on the side, in the style of “work on-demand, when and for how long you want” - a la Uber/Lyft/etc. In other words, I have a full-time job (and full-time home life) but would still…

  3. About a month ago, I went through a round of interviews at both Apple and Microsoft. I received very positive feedback on my background and experience, but ultimately failed the technical interviews. Since then, I’ve…

  4. Hi HN, I'm wholly convinced that augmented reality will be the next "wave" of personal computing within the next few years. The technology required to make a compelling AR headset seems to be converging rapidly:…

  5. Documentaries today often seem to prioritize sensationalism and hyperbole at the expense of nuance and truth. It's often hard to find interesting, factual, and curiosity-inspiring documentaries on major platforms and…

  6. A friend was recently complaining about a botting problem in the Xbox version of Elder Scrolls Online [0]. Trying to Google information on approximately how this is done for Xbox and PlayStation turns up, surprisingly,…

  7. Doxygen [0], for C++ and other compiled languages, and Sphinx [1], for Python, seem to be two de-facto standards for automatic API extraction from docstrings. However, they both generate rather boring and…

  8. What OS do you prefer? What toolchains, text editors/IDEs, and shell applications do you use? Is there a specific piece of your setup that has changed the way you work?

  9. DIY Arduino GSM Cellphone (alumni.media.mit.edu)
  10. As a more rural-living SW dev, my general impression is that if you work for Google, Apple, Amazon, etc., then you are the 'best of the best' - akin to something like admittance to Harvard compared to a state school,…

  11. As a programmer, is it better for long-term career growth to hone in on one single skill (i.e., systems programming, or high-performance computing, or webdev) or is it better to be more of a generalist - to be able to…