Hacker News: blaines

New comment by blaines in "Long live American Science and Surplus"

blaines — Thu, 29 May 2025 10:41:59 +0000

Jameco in Belmont, CA jameco.com

This is my Bay Area resource for electronic parts in a pinch.

DuckDuckGo for Mac Released

blaines — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:33:29 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/duckduckgo-for-mac-released-in-beta-1848784332

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31015909

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

New comment by blaines in "Okta to Acquire Auth0 for $6.5B"

blaines — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:10:36 +0000

I have a couple friends who previously worked for Okta and they similarly lamented that the comp was shit and they treated folks poorly in the IPO process. For them, it wasn't worth it.

New comment by blaines in "90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T CEO about slow internet"

blaines — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 04:15:06 +0000

That is not accurate in reality. Just because a provider is reported for an area doesn't mean they are obligated to service the entire area.

The data presented is unreliable and so a potentially valuable tool like this becomes worthless.

New comment by blaines in "Simple Bank Is Closing"

blaines — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 08:03:26 +0000

Absolutely, but these folks are the one's I'm applauding as it was their work that was the foundation for the next nearly ten years.

New comment by blaines in "Simple Bank Is Closing"

blaines — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:29:26 +0000

Thanks to the countless folks that built a customer focused bank. It's really sad to see Simple wind down, and it's been the best bank I've had the chance to use. Their service has been unmatched compared even to the best local banks in my area. I've been a customer for nearly a decade now - wow. Early on I exchanged emails with Josh and the team not just regarding banking matters, but reporting bugs, design issues, or giving feedback. They were always receptive and I appreciated that they took the time to respond to my messages.

They had downtime once and credited my account $50. Simple, I know, but it was a gesture that really set them apart and humanized the company.

Thank you for starting Simple. Thank you Josh and the rest of the team at Simple: Shamir, Ian C., Brian M1, Toby, Adam, Rachel, Tom, Dustin, Zac, John, Ryan H., Melissa, Ian E., James, Liene, Collin, Matt S., Daron, Cameron, Eric, Jarred, Chris B., Shane, Dan H., Dan D., Robyn, Ryan D., Will M., Brian M2, Michael M., Chelsea, Kelly, Tristan, Will C., Justin, Steven, Matt W., Chris S., Charlie, Mimi, Orlena, Michael E., Krista, Bar, Jen, Matt H., Jake, Matt M.

:')

PS: Startup marketing tip - Add a call to action at the bottom of your email newsletter that reminds your customers to share their experience with their friends and colleagues. Here was Simple's:

> PS - We often have people ask how they can help us continue to grow. Firstly, you're awesome, thanks for asking! Secondly, Its easy–just tell your friends! In fact, you can even send referrals directly from our mobile apps.

New comment by blaines in "The cleverest floppy disc protection ever? Western Security Ltd"

blaines — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 04:40:49 +0000

The comments are rather interesting as apparently George Keeling himself commented and confirmed everything. :)

New comment by blaines in "Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA Appellate Court"

blaines — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 18:13:19 +0000

That's pretty much the point of chain-of-custody systems, because everyone in that supply chain is involved in ensuring that food is safe. Chain of custody systems help identify the error which lead to an incident, and all parties are held accountable for their part in that process. For example:

- The store refrigerators may have lost power. Those products are now waste or potentially hazardous and must be tossed. (Otherwise risky, temperature can be tracked, but in a loss of power scenario is more difficult)

- The delivery truck broke down. Perhaps the temperature in the trailer went above acceptable food safety thresholds.

- The packaging company potentially stored a product outside of the coolers, leading to a food safety hazard.

etc.

Covid-19 Impact on US Local Businesses and Hourly Employees

blaines — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 01:57:52 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTf0Ce37p3B0Qy-5BZPh1p9-WwEekPOxVdpMsumy6JFeCIt9EO6ZxbGNpnNxjdf9Mr9USeIMqjq9YU0/pubhtml#

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22690221

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by blaines in "I ordered a box of boxes from The Packaging Wholesalers via Amazon.ca"

blaines — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 03:18:56 +0000

Just today this happened to me! I ordered a 6 pack of batteries and got a box of 6 packs of batteries. Now I’ve got enough for the rest of my life!

I had already read this thread, and first thing I check is the barcodes. The box of packs of batteries has the same barcode as the package of batteries itself.

https://twitter.com/blaines/status/1227430981134516224?s=20

Fast and flexible observability with canonical log lines

blaines — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 20:41:33 +0000

Article URL: https://stripe.com/it/blog/canonical-log-lines

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21009935

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by blaines in "Show HN: I'm 12, learning JS, and wrote Wolfram's cellular automaton in Node"

blaines — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:17:10 +0000

I'd love to both participate and lurk :)

New comment by blaines in "Techshop Closes Doors, Files Bankruptcy"

blaines — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:48:01 +0000

Have a look at my other comment. Possibly hacker dojo

New comment by blaines in "Techshop Closes Doors, Files Bankruptcy"

blaines — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:33:44 +0000

It'd be good to have your support for whatever comes next! Check out the reddit post/slack group: https://www.reddit.com/r/Techshop/comments/7d7e0m/san_franci...

New comment by blaines in "Techshop Closes Doors, Files Bankruptcy"

blaines — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:29:53 +0000

Let's stay in touch if you're interested in keeping the bay area maker community together. I started a slack group, maybe we can all coordinate. More details here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Techshop/comments/7d7e0m/san_franci...

I know a number of people, artists, machinists, hackers, entrepreneurs, some who became friends who have used Techshop to jump start their livelihood, startup, or bootstrapped business. I'd like to see the community workshop live on.

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Some alternative options open to the public:

https://thecrucible.org/

https://www.noisebridge.net/

https://www.hackerdojo.com/

http://biocurious.org/

https://www.acemonstertoys.org

http://beniciamakerspace.org/

https://695space.com

https://woodthumb.com/

Some private options, generally by invitation, education, or business:

Autodesk Pier 9

Berkeley Tool Lending Library https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/locations/tool-lending... (You need a library card and I think residence in Berkeley)

https://doubleunion.org/ (Possibly Women only?)

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Edit: Our group is growing quickly! If you have a need for tools, equipment, or have them available for use you should join. Members of Wood Thumb, 695 Space, and others in the community are active. Thank you everyone!