alexyim

Another alternative that I wear is woolandprince.com

They weave nylon filaments along with wool for durability

I travel with a portable monitor (Dell 14" usb-c) -- it's lightweight but so helpful for what I do

Congratulations on launching.

However as a potential customer interested in this space - I'm not sure the pricing/value prop is competitive for me. I used a service called InsideTracker (lab based blood test) earlier this year which measures 43 biomarkers (including hsCRP - my result was 0.4). I think I paid ~$500 for it but that gives a much more holistic view.

Is there a case for tracking hsCRP more frequently if my lifestyle is relatively healthy? Are there a few other biomarkers you could include for tracking more regularly with a finger prick? I could see at-home tests being more convenient.

It unfortunately seems like our best chance is to wait until Apple cracks down on this, as self interested companies won't.

I feel that as you build prototypes and make traction on your product, the "manager" types will find you :)

It feels weird that supporting crypto almost feels like a contrarian view judging from the comments here.

It sounds like the author is describing crypto as a ponzi (rather than a bubble) and I'd agree too if crypto never ends up on delivering real value. But it already has in terms in efficiencies (e.g. money transfer and cutting out middlemen is a 10x improvement) and I definitely think we're starting to see more.

I think that crypto hasn't quite integrated with society yet (yet is the key word). Once it does, crypto will be operating less within its own sandbox and will have more impact on society. It needs to marry into our legal system and deal more with oracles bridging the real world into the crypto world.

When you say Bitcoin is 13 years old you're only looking at it from a technology standpoint. It's made a few strides in this time period, but I think we could also consider Bitcoin as a monetary good. From that lens, as something to think about, how long did it take for gold to be accepted as currency?

The rest of crypto is much less than 13 years old and I think we'll start seeing more of their impact in the next 5 years.

I'm surprised to see this so heavily upvoted here on HN.

I'd argue you just haven't explored enough around its possibilities. I just read this today. https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1400459822080819204

I think we're just beginning to get to the good stuff.

Have you thought about de-emphasizing the less relevant experiences? Find the companies you're interested in, tailor your resumé to be mostly what is applicable, and then hint at your expanded experience. As an example, a one-liner on "optics, microwave engineering, and semiconductor fabrication" says a lot already.

It's definitely enlightening to see the autocomplete differences with another search engine such as duckduckgo.com

Actually, it's just UberEats "Instant" and not the whole service.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2016/04/19/UberEats-to-end-...

There is. https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads

Venkatesh Rao's description of a "writer/thinker" split is interesting and relevant here too.

I agree with the spirit of pg's essay, but I also agree that there's probably more to it.

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-tips-for-advanced-writer...

Alcohol in general may ease your ability to fall asleep, but it impairs the quality of sleep.

I disagree. It's unfair to label Wikipedia as simply an encyclopedia. It's much more than that - it's part of the Internet ecosystem.

A 24-hour blackout on only the English version of the site is fairly reasonable to raise awareness of an issue as important as SOPA.

Type in console to cheat:

  $('._b').click()

7/10. Got me for a split second as I was moving my cursor to highlight the text

Well, if you invested $25mm, saying such a thing would be perfectly reasonable.

Also, keep in mind the context of the quote.. it's not referring to the current state of the product. There's probably a lot more we haven't seen from this article.

"They told us that every 10 years or so a company and a marketplace and an opportunity come together that’s transformative"

I posted this to try and find the original story, unaware that it had been deleted.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2322401

One gotcha I've noticed a lot is when people forget to check for Console object. Or they might do this (doesn't work):

  if(!console)

instead of

  if(!window.console) or if( typeof console === 'undefined' )

Ah I see. And I agree with that.

I meant he raises a good point on whether (from a web developer's perspective) you should use this Microsoft banner at all.

I disagree. I think he mentions a really valid point. Getting users to upgrade from IE6 is good thing, but it's even better to upgrade to Firefox or Chrome instead of IE8.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks, this makes a little more sense

What does this post even mean? What is a front-end business vs. a back-end business?

As far as complexity goes, I believe Amazon touches some hundred something services before a page is even served. It's no surprise that they decided to make some of that into a business and start charging for it.

But the user could've still forgotten it though..

I wonder what the author is using to judge whether this was a successful campaign or not. Although his being off by two orders of magnitude certainly doesn't help.

At the company I'm working for, we did a campaign for Keith Urban and it did pretty well, better than our (and clients') expectations. We built an application where for one week, we released 1 song a day. To get access to the application, you had to Like it.. and to listen to the song, you had to Like that too. He gained 60K additional fans from Likes (from a little over 1 mil fans) over 10 days or so, and albums sold were 150% above forecasts.

You're missing one definition:

  an aggressively enterprising person; a go-getter

I think it depends on audience, but I hear this quite often in these circles.

So it seems that Facebook is generating significant profits, unless something funky went on in the last few months, so why take such a large investment?

Unfortunately, this just made me want some ramen and pizza.

Right. I feel that this article doesn't give strong arguments as to why the advice is terrible in the first place.

Moral of the story is: Monitor your cash flow if you're freelancing because you essentially are your own business.