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pantojax45··on Senior engineers are living in the future
If you hire someone in a language they don’t know, you expect them to learn on the job. It’s reasonable by day 3 to expect them to show some code - even if terrible.
pantojax45··on Ask HN: What problem did Slack solve?
Microsoft Lync existed before Slack and was pretty common… just didn’t have concept of chat rooms
pantojax45··on DIY Guide to Sheet Metal Press Brakes (2018)
I experienced same as OP, but I was using iOS safari. Maybe you got lucky?
pantojax45··on Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
Kobo has some fantastic ereaders (and the premium kobo is cheaper than equivalent on Amazon). They also natively support Pocket and checking out books from your library via Overdrive.
pantojax45··on Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
The Kobo Store is really easy to use - plus Overdrive (library ebook software) is natively integrated into Kobo as well.

It’s basically equivalent to Amazon and when you purchase from Kobo (or check out from local library) it shows up automatically when you sync via wifi.

They’ll even price match Amazon (credit for difference in cost +10% bonus) just by filling out a form.

pantojax45··on Let websites framebust out of native apps
Ironically people handle this with: link to instagram (because you can break out of browser):

link to insta => link tree in insta => get to link you like => user can click safari button…

pantojax45··on Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are talking about?
Pre-internet, everyone had to pay for access to information… how is that different from what’s happening online now?

Maybe it was a uniquely open time and we are reverting to what it was like in the past?

pantojax45··on Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017)
Most transit (in the US at least) is buses. If you can have buses arriving every 5 minutes, it’s night and day from every 15 or especially every 30. I don’t think issue if overlapping lines applies to buses.

In SF, reaction to pandemic ridership decline was to decrease frequency of most transit. This also unfortunately makes transit less appealing :(

> Transit is a very complicated prediction / optimization problem.

It also depends what you’re optimizing for - is the goal to increase total users of system? Ensure there aren’t empty trains / buses? Have ridership “pay for” operations?

Because having your light rail continue into late night even if sparsely used means people can rely on it as an option. Frequent bus routes even on lesser used routes still can make the overall system more likely to be used.

pantojax45··on Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017)
We should invest in making public transit more consistent and frequent rather than faster. If something comes every 5 minutes… you don’t need to worry about schedule and the expected wait time from end of task until end of transit is lower.

Plus if you have transfers, it really drives down the time.

If the segment is really fast but only happens hourly, now you have to plan :( If it only happens hourly AND the timing is inconsistent or segments get cancelled, now you just have to possibly wait for hours.

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