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JacobIrwin

230 karma · joined February 7, 2011

CubeSat constellations, intellectual property law, and off-planet econometrics.

In NYC, now, via CS at Columbia; by way of SF+Berkeley; formerly of Seattle; begotten in PDX.

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JacobIrwin··on Ask HN: How to manage my bookmarking habit?
I hear you. I am almost up to 18k bookmarks. Not bragging either. Classification becomes increasingly difficult. However, I can rcmd a couple/few helpful plug-ins...

Mainstay:

[Use Chrome Extensions (or similar add-ons/apps in alternative browsers)]

0.) Search Bookmarks (Enables searching your bookmarks from Omnibox; type b-m-space in your omni and then term(s)/keyword(s) for the bookmark(s) you are searching for... they will appear in the suggestion drop-down... or, press return to search bookmarks using Chrome Bookmark Search, which will match the term(s) you've entered): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-bookmarks/m...

Two other worthwhile mentionables:

1.) Bookmark My Tabs: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bookmark-my-tabs/d...

2.) OneTab: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbo...

JacobIrwin··on Ask HN: Who are these tech executives sitting with Obama?
Well done - thank you!
JacobIrwin··on Ask HN: How to build a web app for a non-tech savvy client who wants to modify?
This might be the ticket - thank you bigiain!
JacobIrwin··on Ask HN: How to build a web app for a non-tech savvy client who wants to modify?
Spree is a complete open source e-commerce solution for Ruby on Rails.
JacobIrwin··on Ask HN: How to build a web app for a non-tech savvy client who wants to modify?
Thanks for the recommendation charliepark, squarespace looks good... but doesn't appear to support YouTube-embedded carousels nor membership accounts/privileges.
JacobIrwin··on Show HN: Deploy your websites from Dropbox
Free is cool too! http://www.dropboxwiki.com/tips-and-tricks/host-websites-wit...
JacobIrwin··on Watch the Rosetta rendezvous
This page has a meta title tag error: "Rosetta | rendevous..."

R/rendezvous*

Will be tuning in - 1PM PST/Berkeley, CA.

JacobIrwin··on When It's Bad to Have Good Choices
I submit that "anxiety" here could be better defined as: the mental taxation of evaluating the opportunity cost for turning down each of the available alternatives, given a person's position on Maslow's hierarchy of needs
JacobIrwin··on That one pixel
Try learning the keyboard shortcut for switching between tabs - you get to keep you hand off the mouse this way :-)
JacobIrwin··on [dead]
Great share, thanks!

Note: the 'NotebookCloud' tag near the bottom (in section: 'IPython HTML Notebook') points to a 404 page (http://notebookcloud%20.appspot.com/).

JacobIrwin··on The Horrifying Apple Super Bowl Ad That Time Forgot, 1985
Who has forgotten about this?? It's probably in the top three of all-time most memorable Super Bowl commercials. Not a fan of this luring/phishy title..
JacobIrwin··on The Productivity Cycle
Enjoyed the read, but not so sure that "caffeine is a zero-sum game." - http://www.futurity.org/caffeine-stimulates-long-term-memory...
JacobIrwin··on Down The Rabbit Hole We Go: Mind-Expanding Documentaries
FYI, Video 7 under '[25] Science' is now a dead youtube url
JacobIrwin··on Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked
8080s aren't working, but jlgaddis's downloads are...
JacobIrwin··on About Python 3
I think you are speaking to a large audience with this post. All python devs are continuously aware of the ongoing avoidance of using newer version. It's a problem that should be addressed even more directly with us all... what are the key transitional obstacles to overcome when upgrading from, say, 2.7 to 3.x? etc.

Thanks for shining some light on the issue.

JacobIrwin··on FBI agent tries to copyright torture manual, inadvertently makes it public
URL to non-redacted version?
JacobIrwin··on Started a stupid company. Failed.
Stay strong. Another statistic - in favor of the world's need for talented engineers! Maybe not bound to be a self-made man, that's all.
JacobIrwin··on In CSS, “px” is not an angular measurement and it is not non-linear
Key takeaway: "1px is always equal to 0.75pt."
JacobIrwin··on Final Term - Terminal Emulator
I am following the instructions for installing, as noted in the README on GitHub Source page, can anyone tell me how to fix? http://pastebin.com/K2e2ePW4

Error begins at "cmake .."

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JacobIrwin··on Final Term - Terminal Emulator
Final Term Install - Error starts at "cmake .." -- my terminal code (with the errors): http://pastebin.com/K2e2ePW4
JacobIrwin··on Final Term - Terminal Emulator
cmake ..

should be typed in terminal, as above? or ".." should be, what? sort of a newbie with terminal...

is ".." a location ...? can anyone provide a reasonable example (to put in place of "..")?

I tried the install commands, as listed in the README (on the Final Term Github Source page)... and the install failed.

JacobIrwin··on A founder-friendly term sheet
I found this site: http://www.pdfonline.com/pdf-to-word-converter/, which got it the pdf into rtf format. Then I used Word to open the rtf and saved it to a docx (without any conversion/formatting issues alert)...

Then, for yall, I uploaded the docx in my public dropbox folder: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20673425/sharing_dont_de...

JacobIrwin··on A founder-friendly term sheet
Does anyone have a .docx-version I can customize (as my company was not Incorporated in Delaware... I tried brute, without success: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20673425/misc/founder-fr...
JacobIrwin··on Mac OS Screenshot does not Allow DVD Player to Appear in Captured Region
@acuozzo I was running dual monitors and was watching the movie on the tinier MacBook Pro screen. I had no intention of using an image from the film for anything at all. But I always open both screenshots (two screenshots are saved to your desktop when you are on two monitors; again, with the shortcut "CMD+Shift+3") to be sure I delete the one I don't want (i.e. the GUI of the monitor I don't care about), in this case, I just noticed this empty region (where the DVD Player app was running) in Preview right before deleting the image.

@mosteveryoneElse yes, it must be mostly related to DMCA BS. And Apple is just being overprotective here. Since the DVD Player App is native to the Mac OS, surely it is mpy difficult to hide 'designated app[s']' windows when a user takes a screenshot.

JacobIrwin··on Ask HN: Google workers, sister is visiting S.J. Can she tour the Googleplex?
I hope someone from Google PMs you, good luck to you and your sister.
JacobIrwin··on American Dialect Map
I really like the in-depth research that went into the creation of the map. An interactive version could save some clutter, which isn't to say that I didn't find this version thoroughly interesting!
JacobIrwin··on Binary marble adding machine
I grew up spending weekends with Grandpa in the workshop. This is great!
JacobIrwin··on Quantitative Finance Reading List
see also:

http://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/2391/what-books-sho... http://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/431/video-lectures-... http://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/1985/what-papers-ha...

JacobIrwin··on Ask HN: NDAs?
Just a question... but why would you want a competitor to be your advisor? NDA for sure in this case.

Bringing him on board on as an investor, albeit that he is also as a competitor, creates a different relationship. If it is an investment arrangement then there is much to consider.

Best solution would probably be to discuss your business plan (and share any corresponding documents) which does not include overly-in-depth specs, proprietary code/algos, or aspects that differentiates your startup (that he could recreate with his current company, team, technology, etc.).

Inevitably, as the relationship progresses and becomes better defined, I would highly recommend some form of NDA/Noncompete (i.e., whether he takes on the role as either and adviser or investor).

JacobIrwin··on Samsung Launches Galaxy S4 With Baffling, Overproduced Broadway-Style Show
No skydiving??
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