Hacker News: daleco

New comment by daleco in "Birds make better bipedal bots than humans do"

daleco — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 12:20:05 +0000

IHMC has been working on various legged robots for a long time. Back in 201X, my sister team worked on a running robot inspired by Ostriches (while I was on the Exoskeleton). Looks like they are mostly focusing on humanoid and Exo now. http://robots.ihmc.us/fastrunner

Here is a video from 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4nvpZ6WL3U&list=PLj0k5lmLZg...

New comment by daleco in "Why Restaurants Are So Fucked – Part II"

daleco — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:30:42 +0000

Some stayed at home to take care of the kids. Others upleveled and went for jobs that pay better wages. A bunch of people died as well, I wonder of this affected the job market. I'd love to read a study on this specific topic.

New comment by daleco in "Introducing Age Verification"

daleco — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:08:41 +0000

https://www.trulioo.com/

New comment by daleco in "Introducing Age Verification"

daleco — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:06:22 +0000

They don’t store the ID.

New comment by daleco in "Introducing Age Verification"

daleco — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:05:52 +0000

Depending on the country, it can be due to local regulation. I don’t think it is required yet in the US E.g. AVMS in Europe. Youtube had to implement age verification.

New comment by daleco in "Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before?"

daleco — Tue, 12 May 2020 15:12:56 +0000

I really enjoyed this SciFi book - Dark Matter: A Novel

In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1101904224/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_HY...

Another good one from the same author - Recursion: A Novel https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524759783/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_G0...

New comment by daleco in "Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020"

daleco — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:26:01 +0000

What makes you think that? I’m past team matching, HC, and VP. I’d be so disappointed to make it so far and not get the offer...

New comment by daleco in "Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020"

daleco — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:23:46 +0000

I’m also stuck at the SVP approval since 8 days...

New comment by daleco in "Ask HN: What is happening with the stock exchange in the last two days?"

daleco — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:38:12 +0000

I read that the stimulus bill is offering a forgivable loan for small businesses if they don’t layoff. Basically taxpayers paying for employees salary. Let me see if I can find the source...

This could be one of many reasons.

[edit] here we go, forgivable loan of up to 10 million, based on the company payroll https://www.inc.com/kevin-j-ryan/inc-chamber-of-commerce-sma...

New comment by daleco in "Live: Who's Freezing Hiring from Coronavirus?"

daleco — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:23:01 +0000

Hi David, Thanks for doing that. As someone that was affected by the layoffs, this is really helpful.

Currently on the final round with Facebook, they mentioned that they hire L5 and above. E3 & E4 is on hold.

New comment by daleco in "Groceries and Delivered Goods Decontamination Station Instructions"

daleco — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:11:45 +0000

There is a reason to wash hands and avoid touching visage with dirty hands. Isn’t it? Touching mouth with contaminated hands = eating the virus.

New comment by daleco in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)"

daleco — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:23:52 +0000

TripActions | San Francisco, CA / Palo Alto, CA / Amsterdam, NL | Fulltime, Onsite | https://tripactions.com

Our mission is to make the lives of corporate travelers easier and better. We are focused on the end-to-end experience of all users, including travelers, executive assistants, finance, travel managers to deliver the best experience in business travel.

Fast growing startup (5x year-over-year growth), we raised a series D of $250 Million in June 2019. The valuation is now $4 billion.

Feel free to reach out to me at dlecoutre@tripactions.com if you have questions (I'm one of the Product Designer).

We're looking for:

- Back-end engineers

- Front-end engineers

- Product Designers

- Android & iOS Engineers

- Data Scientist

- Product Managers...

https://tripactions.com/job-openings?dep=Engineering

New comment by daleco in "15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete"

daleco — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 05:35:11 +0000

I didn’t like the lady either, she’s was definitely doing it for the money.

New comment by daleco in "15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete"

daleco — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 05:29:51 +0000

Yes, it’s not new to manipulate people, the low cost for high efficiency is new. Clinton had almost 3M more votes than Trump. It would be much more expensive to manipulate 3M (1% us population, 1.2% voters), rather than 70k (0.02% pop, 0.028% voters). If winning the election is about properly manipulating 0.04% of the voters, that’s very scary and not working as initially designed.

Edit:math

New comment by daleco in "15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete"

daleco — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 05:08:59 +0000

It’s harder to manipulate millions of people rather than 70k.

You’re right, it was also used to get Obama elected. It’s still wrong.

New comment by daleco in "15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete"

daleco — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:33:11 +0000

Why aren't we talking about the Cambridge Analytica scandal example? Another issue of the Electoral colleges is that a candidate could target only a few amount of people (70k according to the documentary) for changing the course of the election. Even if this has been fixed by Facebook. Shouldn't it be considered as a major flaw of the election system?

Source: "The great Hack" - Netflix doc.

New comment by daleco in "Travel Hacking 101"

daleco — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:02:24 +0000

Depends where you live. Spending $2k a month after rent in the bay area is common, especially if you are two. $800/month in groceries, $200 gas/person, 2-3 dates (or restaurants with friends), utilities ($200+), Insurances ($200+)...

There are a lots of benefits from using wisely these cards without overthinking.

TripActions raises $250M at a 4B valuation

daleco — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:32:36 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/trip-actions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20295316

Points: 2

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New comment by daleco in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2019)"

daleco — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:55:16 +0000

Location: South Bay Area (Santa Clara, CA) - Wife found a job there, relocating early April.

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No, sorry (currently relocating)

Technologies: Sketch, Axure, InVision, Information Architecture, UX Research, Low/High fidelity prototyping, Design Systems, Java, Mobile, Web, hardware (Exoskeleton, Surgical Robot).

Résumé/CV: http://www.ocelad.com/assets/ResumeLecoutre-UXDesigner.pdf

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dlecoutre/

Portfolio: http://www.ocelad.com

Email: dlecoutre[at]gmail.com

Looking for a Sr/Lead UX Designer position (would consider Design Technologist / Interaction Engineer). Broad tech experience morphing complex systems into an intuitive and elegant solution. 10 yrs+ in UX Design, Software (Java, web, mobile) and Cognitive engineering.

New comment by daleco in "Ask HN: How to cope with job hunting and depression?"

daleco — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:11:28 +0000

Stay strong, you have the will. Please seek help if you keep having these thoughts. You should be able to find free help on that matter.

Practicing sport keeps my mind focused and the negative thoughts away. I find it a great free anti depressant.

I subscribed to Indeed Prime, they offer free coaching (resume help, mock interviews...). With your background, you should be selected.

Have you got feedbacks from employers?

Did you apply to unemployment? Can you take a side job in the meantime (e.g. Uber)?

Don’t overload yourself and do a little everyday.