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bliti

1,486 karma · joined September 1, 2013

Interests: programming languages, robotics, cars, automation, machine learning, computer vision, automated vehicles, and running amongst other things. :)

Languages (no particular order): Python, Java, Go, C.

Always interested in meeting fellow HN members!

email: pablo[dot]rivera[dot]programmer[at]gmail.com

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bliti··on Massachusetts Right to Repair Initiative
Not long ago I had to take a friend's ferrari 599 to get the ecu reset and adjusted for the tune of $16k. I had changed the both MAF sensors and adjusted the clutch on the transmission. Fucking nuts.
bliti··on Mailtrain.org, self-hosted open-source Mailchimp clone
I was looking for something like this. The perl code is quite easy to follow. Nice project! I will try and install it on webfaction and provide feedback for you to add to your docs. :)
bliti··on Mutt 1.6
Have you used the app yourself? Could you maybe talk more about what you did not like about it?
bliti··on The Tampon of the Future
My brother in law works for P&G in their tampon department as a researcher. He is a chemical engineer. He tells me most advances come from small startups outside the US and and they are usually quietly acquired. There seems to be a lot of red tape to get through before you can even do something small in that industry. It's not like you can throw some code and have a tampon 2.0 in a weekend. Tampons are a really complex thing. He explained to me how different types of fabrics and the way they are used can be potentially fatal ti some women. Thats why the research for the common tampon is ongoing.
bliti··on How to Start Running
Absolutely! I can only be as good as the best I can be. I suck at some things, average at many, and unfairly good at handful. I love it because it never gets boring. :)
bliti··on How to Start Running
Now apply that to software and interviewing. Its mind blowing to think of an interview being like that cross-country 10K and your group of friends being in it and being judged against the guy who came in first without trying. Life sure is funny.
bliti··on How to Start Running
That's whole different adventure altogether! Our diet depends on a lot of variables. How we feel, our daily stress, relationships on/off work and whole lot more things. My experience has taken me from that very first step of not drinking anymore pop soda to almost vegetarian (I eat meat once a week in small quantities and sometimes cheese). I did the atkins, paleo, juice, fruit, and everything in between. Slowly learning what works for me. Which meant finding and way that vegetables and grains would be enjoyable to eat. Food, or its taste, makes my day. So learning how to cook and buy nutritious food that tasted good has been a process.

Best advice I can give is to see your diet as a learning experience with the end goal of living a better life. Little daily goals amount to amazing yearly achievements!

bliti··on How to Start Running
I used to be overweight and could not run to the door even if my life depended on it. Five years later and I run no less than 5k a day from Monday to Friday. Resting during the weekend. Do run events every other month or so on Sundays.

How did I do it?

I started with the couch-to-5K program[1]. That led me to diet and eat better. Did my first 5k four months later. Then a 10k three after that.

Running is not for everybody. But you should try it out. Run at your own rhythm and style. Some people are naturally better at long distances, some of us are sprinters. The truth is its about patience and pacing yourself. It is also great for thinking (or not thinking). My life is definitely better because of it. Feel free to ask me questions!

[1]http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

bliti··on How DuckDuckGo is trying to help programmers
Cool, thanks! I'm going to play with it if ya'll dont mind. :)
bliti··on How DuckDuckGo is trying to help programmers
Does DDG allow building things on top of it? Like API access to search queries, for example. I'm very much into building things for fun and DDG is my choice engine (on mobile and desktop).
bliti··on How DuckDuckGo is trying to help programmers
What kind of help do you accept? Genuinely interested.
bliti··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2016)
SEEKING WORK - USA, REMOTE

Experienced Django, Flask, Python, Wordpress, PHP developer. Currently available for new projects. Affordable rates and references.

Let's work together to meet your goals!

Email in profile.

bliti··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2016)
Location: Florida.

Remote: Yes.

Willing to relocate: Yes.

Technologies: Python, Django, Flask, Wordpress, PHP, Java, Android, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Nginx, C++, embedded C, robotics, automation, Web APIs, and more.

Resume: Available upon request.

Email: View my user profile, please.

I'm currently a team lead at an ed tech company and am looking for a new challenge that does not include personnel management. I'm not a manager but a programmer.

Why me? I get things done. :)

bliti··on Outer Space Treaty
Until somebody manages to set up a long term camp on the Moon. It's the nature of humanity.
bliti··on 90 percent of everything is crap
How good human life is for those who won the birth lottery. Everyone else gets to enjoy the mountain of crap.
bliti··on Microsoft Bot Framework
Good reasons indeed! I work with Go, too. Will check put progress on the project and try to help out. :)
bliti··on Microsoft Bot Framework
May I ask why Go? Merely curious.
bliti··on How to create an AI startup – convince some humans to be your training set
You could crawl 4chan and get a bigger dataset of abusive content. But that cold lead to terminators showing up on my lawn.
bliti··on Google Wants to Solve Robotic Grasping by Letting Robots Learn for Themselves
There are things you can't simulate (yet). In my experience it's beneficial to run real live testing to gather data about individual parts themselves. For example, I had a robot's navigation fail when it encountered a certain type of water container (one gallon type in a given color found in US supermarkets). Like kissing, you can't replace the real thing.
bliti··on Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android
I just wished google would use C++ for Android. It's does away with all this nonsense. I'm looking forward to the day where I have to pay oracle for every android app download I get even if the app is free...
bliti··on Ask HN: Is MongoDB still an open source company?
JSON support in postgresql will slowly kill mongo. I moved to it from mongo and it's sooooooo much better.
bliti··on Ask HN: What would you use to build a super simple web app?
Django with SQLite. It has built in Admin panel, authentication, and a very simple DB api. The learning curve is not hard. SQLite requires no additional dependencies and you can backup your db by copying the database file. It also performs very well.
bliti··on Comprehensions in Python the Jedi way
Thanks, I always get my trek wars trivia mixed. Which movie is the one where Chewbacca goes into time and rescues some whales?

//Just some Sunday fun. :)

bliti··on I’ve Seen the Greatest A.I. Minds of My Generation Destroyed by Twitter
Careers? It would be a pity to have people fired over this. I don't see it as a failure. Just another step in a long journey.
bliti··on The Way of the Gopher: Making the Switch from Node.js to Golang
IMO, it's simpler to write and easier to read. It's been a bit faster in t he tests I've run but not by a lot. Probably due to my skills. I just find its nicer all around. It does not carry over anything from C.
bliti··on A history of the Amiga, part 9: The Video Toaster
I know the feeling! I couldn't afford much except magazines and cheap books. I would copy any code featured into a notebook trying to figure it out.
bliti··on The Way of the Gopher: Making the Switch from Node.js to Golang
Wait until they discover Elixir and Phoenix. It's the power of Go (a bit more I think) without the ugly syntax.
bliti··on The Way of the Gopher: Making the Switch from Node.js to Golang
What is star fighter written in? Curious, no bad intentions.
bliti··on LinkedIn has lost its vision
I hadn't even heard of Ravelry. Thanks to your comment, I'll check it out. :)
bliti··on LinkedIn has lost its vision
And how is that different from Facebook? I'm not being a troll. Just exploring your thoughts.
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