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Flemlordon Malus – Clean Room as a Service

Was hoping this was a service that cleaned actual rooms, combining organizing and cleaning. :-(

The concept of AI music is extremely polarizing. One friend I played it for got visibly angry. Oddly none of the anti-‘s were musicians themselves.

Flemlordon Claude Composer

I can't believe AI music hasn't hit the mainstream yet. It's the most amazing thing I've seen since my original ChatGPT 3.5 wtf experience. https://suno.com/playlist/fe6b642c-f4a8-4402-b775-806348640e...

This song was generated from my 2-sentence prompt about a botched trash pickup: https://suno.com/s/Bdo9jzngQ4rvQko9

Flemlordon Hemochromatosis patients can donate their blood rather than having it discarded

I have HH and donate regularly with Vitalant, who has a monopoly on donations in Colorado. When I was originally diagnosed 20+ years ago, I had a prescription and they discarded the blood. After some research I decided to monitor my own iron levels and decide myself when to donate. Without a prescription, they are able to use the blood.

Flemlordon The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed

How is this any different than Walmart or Amazon having their own brands that are sold alongside name brands from other companies?

Flemlordon Cops Are Suing a Teen for Invasion of Privacy After False Arrest Vid Goes Viral

This is absolutely correct; not sure why you are being downvoted. TPOs are often issued without the targeted party being contacted or having a chance to defend themselves. PPOs tried in family court do not have a “reasonable doubt” requirement; they are regularly granted without substantive evidence or signs of physical abuse. No judge wants to read about somebody being killed after they denied the PO.

Flemlordon Show HN: Peeng – like Pingdom, but the other way around and simpler

I would sign up if you allowed me to ping a 2nd “check status” endpoint then send the results in the POST.

Flemlordon My kids and I just played D&D with ChatGPT4 as the DM

I just played a short campaign set in the Dresden Files universe. I started in 5e and asked ChatGPT to recommend a more appropriate system. It recommended Fate so I started over with that. GPT walked me through a different setup without stats and DM’ed a decent adventure. It understood nuances of how I used spells and let me capture a cult leader, imprison them and interrogate them to reveal more of the story.

Flemlordon Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

A year ago, my 9 year old daughter begged me to watch a video from her favorite YouTuber. It was the Great Potato War. We watched all three parts and I became an instant Techno fan. It also led to me playing Hypixel with her for many many hours.

Flemlordon Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

Minecraft-like builder with portals allowing seamless travel to/from other servers. (or this feature in Minecraft)

Flemlordon The Kia Instrument

I just bought a Telluride on Monday and love it. It is the highest ranked car on Consumer Reports across all vehicle types. I don't think this is an indicator of a company in trouble.

My last 3 cars were Teslas.

Flemlordon Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

I love the concept; I've already created some lists of things I'd be embarrassed to show non-ADHD folks. Feature request: Rename existing lists and list items.

Flemlordon Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the global automaker market

Tesla has been shipping cars with integrated self-driving hardware for years. Every car is transmitting data back to Tesla. They have been turning on additional self-driving features every few months for years.

Tesla is doing a limited beta of full self driving now which will be widely expanded in just a few months. I don’t understand how anybody but Tesla is poised to have self driving cars in the near future.

Flemlordon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2020)

FinFolio | Data Wrangler | Denver, CO | Remote | 5am EST Start

FinFolio simplifies wealth management!

[COVID-19: We went fully remote when COVID hit and aren't going back.]

Help us manage our early-morning data imports. This requires a diverse technical skill set including a little bit of SQL, Regex, Excel, DOS, PowerShell, C#, and other data-related tools. You will grind away at automating our existing processes and manually run any steps that have not been automated.

This is a mostly-entry-level role and you will learn a lot on the job. We train our data team in SQL, C# and similar technologies. We are about to promote one of our data wranglers into a development role and are seeking a replacement.

Email me at matt abar at finfolio dot com and mention you saw this on YC. I am the founder and CEO. Thanks!

Flemlordon Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?

I am teaching my daughters to code. (10y and 7y) They are taking classes remotely and all the extracurricular activities are cancelled. I am also working from home. This is a unique opportunity that I may never have with them again.

Yesterday my oldest started to use the Roblox editor. I am researching Roblox training courses (would love some suggestions). An hour ago I showed her Zork and introduced her to Inform. (http://inform7.com/)

She is coding as I type this. :-)

Flemlordon Building a walkie-talkie for remote work

We've been using Pragli for a few weeks. The team loves it! We used Sococo and Tandem in the past and this is the first presence app that is really being used.

Great job guys!

Flemlordon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)

FinFolio | ETL Developer | REMOTE (US based) | Full-time

FinFolio makes wealth management simpler for professional investment advisers!

We need a SQL specialist who can help manage our daily imports, quickly resolve daily problems, and design and develop tools for managing billions in financial assets. Can you help scale us from 200 to 10,000 financial advisors over the next few years?

Note this all has to happen before the market opens, requiring an early (5am EST) start.

https://finfolio.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk03q8k

Email me directly and please mention you saw this on HN. mattabar@finfolio com.

Flemlordon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)

FinFolio | ETL Data Engineer | Denver, CO | REMOTE | Full-time

FinFolio makes wealth management simpler! We need a data-wrangling SQL guru who can design and develop tools for managing billions in financial assets. Are you the visionary who can scale us from 200 to 10,000 financial advisors over the next few years?

I am the CEO/founder. Contact me at matt abar at finfolio dot com (remove all spaces) and mention you saw this post.

Job: https://www.finfolio.com/careers#op-343932-etl-software-engi...

FYI we were just funded are are also hiring Operations, Support, Onboarding and other non-dev fintech roles.

Flemlordon Things I’ve learned in 20 years of programming

I have a variant on this. I start with a bullet-list of functionality I think I’ll need. Then I write one test each for items that could impact my architectural choices. Once I finish that first pass I go back and flesh out each item with multiple tests as necessary.

Flushing out the architecture early is the trickiest part for me. Occasionally I miss a seemingly-simple feature that ends up requiring an architecture change. If this happens late in the process, I may pay for the oversight with hours of refactoring.

Flemlordon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019)

FinFolio | SQL/C# ETL Developer, Data Conversion Specialist | Full-Time | Onsite or Remote | Denver, CO

FinFolio makes wealth management simpler! Our SaaS app runs the backoffice for professional wealth managers. We do reporting, trading, billing, client portals and more. We are mostly remote but have a fun co-working spot in the Denver RINO art district.

We need you to convert investment data from older accounting systems systems onto ours. You will use SQL, C# and our custom ETL tool to do this. You will also help with internal IT chores and other coding tasks as time allows.

We primarily looking for ETL-type developers but are open to non-developers who are wizards at SQL, scripting, Excel, etc. This would be a great entry point into a development career.

Apply here: https://www.finfolio.com/careers#op-312813-data-conversion-s...

Drop me a note mentioning HN here: mattabar@finfolio (dot) com

Flemlordon Launch HN: Carry (YC S19) – We Book Travel for You on Slack

https://www.kiwi.com/us/

Let’s you set travel ranges, multiple destination options, geographic areas and more. Shows you the cheapest options within the range of parameters you set. My absolute favorite vacation planner.

Flemlordon One whole-body MRI could replace multiple cancer scans

Wouldn't you compare back to an original/baseline scan, making it easy to ignore anomalies?

Flemlordon Gates Foundation annual letter

Apparently $10m is the exact amount Bill and Melinda plan to leave to each of their children.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/05/who-is-jennifer-gates-bill-a...

Flemlordon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)

FinFolio | Remote or local in CO | Full-time | www.finfolio.com

Development Manager (C#, SQL, ReactJS)

Help us make wealth management simpler for professional investment advisors. Our app is a ReactJS front-end on top of a C#/SQL stack. We have hit product market fit and for the immediate future are are focused on scaling and bug fixes.

We are 25 people, about half remote. You will be responsible for running our 10-person development team, hiring/firing, talking with upper management, and plugging any IT/DevOps holes. Our CEO (me) is running the team now and need to be focusing on other things.

http://www.finfolio.com/careers#op-268323-development-manage...

You can also email me directly at matt abar at finfolio dot com.

Flemlordon John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories

I did this too! A question about how they were testing Quake. John responded with some detail about how to set up a simple proxy server. Very helpful and relevant to what I was working on at the time; thanks John!

Flemlordon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)

FinFolio | Denver, CO | FULLSTACK ENGINEER, All Levels | Onsite, Full-time | Apply: finfolio-fnfl0471@applications.recruiterbox.com

FinFolio | Denver, CO | VP, DEVELOPMENT | Onsite, Full-time | Apply: finfolio-fnfl0238@applications.recruiterbox.com

Stack: C#, SQL, React, Redux

Seeking passionate developers who want to work in an early-stage startup environment. We are a young startup that is trying to simplify wealth management for professional financial advisers. Looking for full stack engineers plus a vp or dev manager to take over from our CEO/CTO (me). Email me directly with questions: mattabar ... finfolio.com. Thx!

Flemlordon Falcon Heavy core booster lost at sea

Yes, great books! I recommend starting with 'The Player of Games', not the first book in the series but the best. They are only loosely connected, you won't miss anything.

Flemlordon SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches

Congratulations to everybody involved! One of my earliest memories is watching the Challenger launch in my school auditorium. I'm glad my daughters can have the same experience with a much more inspiring conclusion.

Flemlordon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018)

FinFolio | QA Manager (Investment Finance) | Denver, CO

Hiring a quality assurance manager for our investment software. Move us from 100% manual testing to >0% automated testing. Work with in-house devs & support plus an offshore team of manual testers. Fun company with all the startup perks located in the Denver Tech Center.

Send your resume to: finfolio-fnfl0771@applications.recruiterbox.com

And cc: me at "mattabar at finfolio dot com"

Flemlordon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2018)

FinFolio | Full Stack ReactJS/C#/SQL | Greenwood Village, CO | Onsite, Full Time

FinFolio | Investment Support Specialist | Greenwood Village, CO | Onsite, Full Time

FinFolio | Sales | Greenwood Village, CO | Onsite, Full Time

FinFolio is simplifying professional wealth management. Do you love building amazing software? We obsess over the details and have built an app that is getting rave reviews from everybody who sees it. Equally rewarding to build, sell and support.

Come work in #fintech in Denver, CO. Work hard, play hard--a fun office in the heart of the Denver Tech Center. We are ramping and expect to grow rapidly over the next 2 years, mostly promoting from within.

Reach out to me, the founder/CEO, if you are interested. mattabar (@) finfolio.com