Hacker News: corkscrew

Our Flawed Foundations

corkscrew — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 22:01:14 +0000

Article URL: https://graspingbeauty.com/insights/our-flawed-foundations/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39083541

Points: 1

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New comment by corkscrew in "Figma and Adobe abandon proposed merger"

corkscrew — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:49:14 +0000

Sketch

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

corkscrew — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:33:56 +0000

https://jpc.dev/insights

Planning to be more active over the next 6 months, stepping up to at least one post a month

New Ideas

corkscrew — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 21:42:38 +0000

Article URL: https://jpc.dev/insights/new-ideas/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34669785

Points: 1

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The two types of technology companies

corkscrew — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 10:06:45 +0000

Article URL: https://jpc.dev/blog/the-two-types-of-technology-companies/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24677707

Points: 2

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New comment by corkscrew in "Zoom Acquires Keybase"

corkscrew — Thu, 07 May 2020 16:30:32 +0000

It's been like this for weeks

New comment by corkscrew in "Work, Motivation and Purpose"

corkscrew — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:31:23 +0000

I'm the author. I was inspired to write this post after struggling with my own motivation, working as a software developer. I think this post goes some way to explaining why I felt that way.

Work, Motivation and Purpose

corkscrew — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:29:46 +0000

Article URL: https://jpc.dev/blog/work-motivation-and-purpose/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22824191

Points: 1

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New comment by corkscrew in "Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?"

corkscrew — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:13:42 +0000

https://jpc.dev

My blog is mostly focused on philosophical ideas and questions that I find interesting. I'm currently writing a post on the fundamental source of motivation, purpose and work.

Not a huge amount of posts so far, but I'm looking to add to that over the next few months with the extra free time I have available.

New comment by corkscrew in "Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?"

corkscrew — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:50:49 +0000

What is your tech stack? Wasn't clear from the job descriptions what you use on the backend

How not to run a company

corkscrew — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 17:28:24 +0000

Article URL: https://jpc.dev/blog/how-not-to-run-a-company/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22519242

Points: 2

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New comment by corkscrew in "Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier"

corkscrew — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 16:13:34 +0000

Track cycling sprinters (myself included) can produce over 300 Nm of peak torque (more than many mid range cars)

New comment by corkscrew in "My Personal Journey from MIT to GPL"

corkscrew — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:53:56 +0000

This recent talk by DHH also discusses this topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBwWbFpkltg

New comment by corkscrew in "Army's £113M recruitment website 'was 52 months late'"

corkscrew — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:16:59 +0000

Prime example of crony capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism

New comment by corkscrew in "Google tracks users who turn off location history"

corkscrew — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:41:08 +0000

If you already have an apple phone the apple calendar is competent. Keybase is a potential alternative to drive (if you don't use it on mobile much). Signal for chat

Facebook Is Adding Unsend Message Tool After CEO Caught Unsending

corkscrew — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 15:21:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/facebook-adding-unsend-message-tool-after-ceo-caught-unsending

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16781113

Points: 10

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New comment by corkscrew in "Negative Resistance with a Single Atom"

corkscrew — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:54:54 +0000

I don't know much about this, but I'm assuming it is a replacement or supplement to a transistor.

New comment by corkscrew in "Google reveals secret test of AI bot to beat top Go players"

corkscrew — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 11:58:05 +0000

As far as I'm aware they force the AI to only interact at a certain frequency, limiting this kind of advantage