Hacker News: cmason

New comment by cmason in "A bestiary of exotic hadrons"

cmason — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:04:48 +0000

Can anyone recommend a book or other resource for a lay person to understand this?

New comment by cmason in "How I write code using Cursor"

cmason — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 04:57:46 +0000

Have you looked at Continue.dev? It’s open source and allows both local/open source and commercial models. It’s definitely got challenges / bugs (particularly for remote dev) but I think is worth a look.

New comment by cmason in "2nd City Zoning"

cmason — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:14:49 +0000

Why are all the `y`s missing from the text in Chrome but not in Safari?

New comment by cmason in "Making synthesized sounds more acoustic"

cmason — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:34:11 +0000

Partials: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music)#Part...

Still curious about the others.

New comment by cmason in "Making synthesized sounds more acoustic"

cmason — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:28:22 +0000

This is really interesting to me but there’s a few things here that are beyond my reach. Could anyone describe these in more detail or point to references?

* partials? Is that another word for harmonics?

* “Box tone”?

* Breakpoint synthesis? ChatGPT suggests this is a kind of interpolation but I don’t quite get it.

Any general references would be really appreciated. Thank you!

New comment by cmason in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

cmason — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 23:50:33 +0000

https://www.cmason.com

New comment by cmason in "The quest for a simple smartwatch"

cmason — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:27:08 +0000

Oura ring?

New comment by cmason in "Foundational distributed systems papers (2021)"

cmason — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:39:35 +0000

Totally agree! If you're in Portland, join us for Papers We Love in person!

https://www.meetup.com/papers-we-love-pdx

Next meetup is Weds 10 May. We've been reading data-oriented papers recently (CRDTs/AutoMerge, Delta Lake, C-Store, etc) but we'll likely do some of these papers soon. Hope you can join us.

New comment by cmason in "Engineers Need to Write"

cmason — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:49:34 +0000

Yes. Very often the email never gets sent — because I find the solution while writing it.

New comment by cmason in "A debugger barrier"

cmason — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 04:44:08 +0000

Does anyone have a good reference on how barriers of various “strengths” are actually implemented on several modern hardware platforms?

New comment by cmason in "A eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece"

cmason — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:03:22 +0000

I’ve replaced Dark Sky with Windy but, although Windy is quite good, it doesn’t answer the same questions that Dark Sky answered quickly (and the article does a good job of pointing out these questions).

https://www.windy.com/

New comment by cmason in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2023)"

cmason — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 19:08:56 +0000

  Location: Portland, OR 
  Remote: Yes, I love remote teams but also enjoy getting together in person regularly.
  Willing to relocate: No.
  Technologies: Full stack generalist: Python/Django, Kotlin/Java/Spring, Typescript/Javascript/React/Next.js, 
                GraphQL/REST, Devops/Terraform/IaC/AWS, C/C++, Postgres/Elasticsearch/Kafka, 
                embedded (especially Bluetooth Low Energy), learning Rust, etc etc.  
                I love learning new tech.
  Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-mason-510a291/ or 
             https://www.cmason.com
  Email: cmason@cmason.com

Hi, I'm Chris.

I'm a hands-on software engineering leader with over 20 years experience who is passionate about creating powerful and usable software that betters the human condition.

I've jump-started multiple teams and products using the right mix of strategy, technology, and talent. I've worked with founders, product, and UX to refine their vision and establish a technology culture and architecture that delivered immediate value while preserving options for the future. Having implemented multiple early products with my own hands, I have also enjoyed incrementally evolving existing platforms and processes to be more impactful.

Check out my resume and website for details of the products I've helped launch, but they include a cancer patient / clinical-trial support app (as head of engineering) and patient- and provider-facing digital workflow tools including insurance pricing estimates (cited as a key asset in the $375M acquisition of a genetic testing company).

I'm seeking a leadership role such as founding engineer or head of engineering at an early stage company. I'd prefer a full time role but would consider consulting arrangements for salary and equity. I care deeply about and will work hard to grow both your product and the team that builds it.

New comment by cmason in "Sloth – A Mac app that shows all open files, directories, sockets, etc."

cmason — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 04:25:02 +0000

Does istat menus not show this? Is it just not detailed enough? I guess some stuff like backups show up under “kernel”…

New comment by cmason in "Run CLIP on iPhone to search photos"

cmason — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 07:55:36 +0000

This worked really well for me. Example search “snowman with hair dryer” found this cartoon (which I have locally on my phone). It wasn’t the first hit but was in the top 5 or so.

https://www.allposters.com/-sp/Carl-No-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Po...

Nice work!

New comment by cmason in "ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors"

cmason — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 15:00:26 +0000

If you’re into e-paper check out this board based on ESP32-S3 from Lily Go. They also have a touch screen for it.

https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t5-4-7-inch-e-paper-v2-3

I’m working on a rust-based information display browser for it.

New comment by cmason in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2023)"

cmason — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:53:00 +0000

  Location: Portland, OR 
  Remote: Yes, I love remote teams but also enjoy getting together in person regularly.
  Willing to relocate: No.
  Technologies: Full stack generalist: Python/Django, Kotlin/Java/Spring, Typescript/Javascript/React/Next.js, 
                GraphQL/REST, Devops/Terraform/IaC/AWS, C/C++, Postgres/Elasticsearch/Kafka, 
                embedded (especially Bluetooth Low Energy), learning Rust, etc etc.  
                I love learning new tech.
  Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-mason-510a291/ or 
             https://www.cmason.com
  Email: cmason@cmason.com

Hi, I'm Chris.

I'm a hands-on software engineering leader with over 20 years experience who is passionate about creating powerful and usable software that betters the human condition.

New comment by cmason in "Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes"

cmason — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 03:13:33 +0000

I have a personal rule that in order to get a tip you must do something (anything really) that is not simply giving or dispensing me an object that I paid for otherwise. If someone cooked or baked it or brewed it or pulled a shot or whatever great I’ll leave a tip. If it’s just handing me something or pouring into an cup and taking my money I have no problem hitting no tip.

New comment by cmason in "Mariner's Guide to the 500-Millibar Chart"

cmason — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:06:02 +0000

I recommend “Weather Predicting Simplified.”

https://www.amazon.com/International-Marines-Weather-Predict...

Helped me interpret and understand SSB-sourced synoptic charts on a sail across the Atlantic.

New comment by cmason in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2023)"

cmason — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 22:57:13 +0000

  Location: Portland, OR 
  Remote: Yes, I love remote teams but also enjoy getting together in person regularly.
  Willing to relocate: No.
  Technologies: Many across backend and frontend: Python/Django, Kotlin/Java/Spring, Typescript/Javascript/React, 
                Terraform/IaaS/AWS, C/C++, Postgres/Elasticsearch/Kafka, embedded (especially Bluetooth Low Energy), learning Rust, etc etc.  
                I love learning new tech.
  Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-mason-510a291/ or 
             https://www.cmason.com
  Email: cmason@cmason.com

Hi, I'm Chris.

I'm a hands-on software engineering leader and manager with over 20 years experience who is passionate about creating powerful and usable software that betters the human condition.

I love jump-starting teams and products using the right mix of technology and strategy. I also enjoy incrementally evolving existing platforms to have higher value and be more impactful. I work with co-founders to refine product vision and establish the right technology team and architecture, and also implement a substantial portion of the early product with my own hands.

I'm looking for a foundational, hands-on, engineering leadership role, preferably at an earlier stage company, or in a highly entrepreneurial team inside a larger organization. I'd prefer a full time role but would consider various consulting arrangements for salary and equity.

Check out my resume and website for details of the products I've helped create, but they run the gamut from cancer patient support health tech and genetic testing insurance billing to defense intelligence analyst notebook to proteomics lab science and algorithm development.

If you have an idea for a product or service that can truly benefit people, but need help getting it off the ground, please get in touch.

New comment by cmason in "Ask HN: Best board games of 2022?"

cmason — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 23:53:18 +0000

I really love the concept and execution of spintronics.

However, having just gotten the two part kickstarter edition, it feels like they left out the … fun? The puzzles feel more like academic exercises than the joy that you get from even simple breadboard circuits that do stuff with lights, motors, speakers etc. I think maybe it needs a few more “output” parts to make the experience engaging.

Spintronics feels like a great teaching tool but not a great game.

Curious how others are digging it though.