Hacker News: aiurtourist

Why Perl Didn't Win

aiurtourist — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 02:03:14 +0000

Article URL: http://outspeaking.com/words-of-technology/why-perl-didnt-win.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8906331

Points: 178

# Comments: 183

New comment by aiurtourist in "Gmail trick: multiplying your address"

aiurtourist — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:49:16 +0000

I highly recommend Sneakemail.com and have been using them for over a decade. They let you set up keywords, like "foo", and then you can mail anything-foo@sneakemail.com (or snkmail.com, since a few sites block the former domain) and it creates an alias. On the Sneakemail web UI you can enable/disable aliases and see recent mail. An alias can forward up to 5 people or so, and when someone sends you mail, if you reply you'll reply through Sneakemail.

Of course it's also worth mentioning Mailinator.com (one-off throwaway aliases, but public) and 10minutemail.com (super-disposable temporary email addresses).

New comment by aiurtourist in "Ask HN: Service to remind me to ping people?"

aiurtourist — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:56:08 +0000

Thanks! (and good luck on your next thing!)

Ask HN: Service to remind me to ping people?

aiurtourist — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 05:12:22 +0000

Does anyone use a service to remind them to contact people?

I have lots of contacts that I'd like to keep in contact with at different frequencies. I'd like to have a service where I can fill out a name and a frequency (every 2 weeks, every 45 days) with an offset and have it remind me.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7478736

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by aiurtourist in "Flash is dead, long live OpenFL"

aiurtourist — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:53:44 +0000

> OpenFL is an implementation of the Flash API written in the Haxe programming language.

Other than "Papers Please," who is using Haxe for production (i.e., making money on products built with it), and for what?

New comment by aiurtourist in "Ask HN: How quiet is your startup office?"

aiurtourist — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:26:29 +0000

Pretty quiet in the mornings, but past 4pm or so we (10 of us) usually put on the speakers and start listening to Pandora.

Running a Startup 2

aiurtourist — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:05:54 +0000

Article URL: http://runningastartup2.tumblr.com/#!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6380925

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by aiurtourist in "How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO"

aiurtourist — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:14:36 +0000

Redbeacon's acquisition price was not announced, but there's speculation and discussion about the price here: http://www.quora.com/How-much-was-Redbeacon-acquired-for (requires Quora login)

New comment by aiurtourist in "ping `curl whatismyip.akamai.com`"

aiurtourist — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:06:33 +0000

Forgive me, but what's so exciting about this?

New comment by aiurtourist in "Really, Google?"

aiurtourist — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:46:30 +0000

It's not gone: https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1

Running a Startup 2

aiurtourist — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:02:49 +0000

Article URL: http://runningastartup2.tumblr.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5450577

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by aiurtourist in "HTML5 Youtube Opt in"

aiurtourist — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:50:27 +0000

Despite opting in, I still cannot play most YouTube videos from Chrome without the Flash plugin.

New comment by aiurtourist in "Poll: How many passwords can you recite?"

aiurtourist — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:06:48 +0000

Use 1Password. Life-changing.

New comment by aiurtourist in "Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?"

aiurtourist — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:50:11 +0000

> Being a CS student would open a lot more doors than not having a degree.

Strong thumbs up here.

New comment by aiurtourist in "Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?"

aiurtourist — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:49:17 +0000

I like this. Emphasis on the "Without lying." Do not lie on your resume. And anything on it is fair game during an interview.

New comment by aiurtourist in "Tell HN: Django/Python engineer looking for internship in USA"

aiurtourist — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:45:48 +0000

Good for you for reaching out.

As a hiring manager, I'd suggest changes to your marketing. A better title might be "Tell HN: Django/Python engineer looking for internship in USA" (I would have clicked faster). Also, link to your GitHub and blog and twitter here, too, so I don't have to dig for them.

Good luck!

New comment by aiurtourist in "Two full stack hackers, first time in SF, we'll buy you coffee."

aiurtourist — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:18:11 +0000

Good for you for reaching out. You should provide links to your backgrounds and projects and maybe expand on your interests.

New comment by aiurtourist in "India tops traffic on Quora. Displaces US."

aiurtourist — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:16:01 +0000

Brazil next, right?

New comment by aiurtourist in "Simple Charters: Instant Private Flights"

aiurtourist — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:14:40 +0000

Don't the people who would use a service like this already have the money to use a consierge or assistant who would do the booking for them?

New comment by aiurtourist in "Ask HN: Why not make everyone's salary public?"

aiurtourist — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:06:50 +0000

Thank you all. Fascinating discussion.