Hacker News: davidsawyer

New comment by davidsawyer in "Strava was used to locate the most powerful people"

davidsawyer — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:09:47 +0000

Reads like a remix of how Axios articles are.

New comment by davidsawyer in "The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better"

davidsawyer — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:42:40 +0000

Super helpful, have a great day

New comment by davidsawyer in "How China's “debt traps” work"

davidsawyer — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:33:44 +0000

Not sure where you're getting this. He has a PhD in Econ...

New comment by davidsawyer in "Colorado becomes first to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers"

davidsawyer — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:17:36 +0000

Obviously making the world a better place is great, but you still gotta win races to have the ability to do so!

New comment by davidsawyer in "Street Votes: A proposed response to Ireland's housing crisis"

davidsawyer — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 20:11:43 +0000

Developer: "Hi neighbor, would you like me to build a house so that someone can live in it? Do keep in mind that it would increase housing supply in your area, thus increasing supply and putting downward pressure on your property's value. That okay?"

Neighbor: "No, thank you!"

New comment by davidsawyer in "I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020)"

davidsawyer — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:02:31 +0000

The audiobook is read by the Rob Fitzpatrick, the author, and he delivers things really casually and conversationally. Really enjoyed it.

New comment by davidsawyer in "ArtFrame: E-paper wireless artwork for your living room"

davidsawyer — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:43:18 +0000

Am I going crazy, or is there no way on the website to actually buy this?

New comment by davidsawyer in "US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time permanent"

davidsawyer — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:13:08 +0000

Because a lot of us are only half that old?

New comment by davidsawyer in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell"

davidsawyer — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:57:47 +0000

How does this make money? I don't see any pricing info on the site.

New comment by davidsawyer in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell"

davidsawyer — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:50:51 +0000

Nice!! How big are those displays, and if you don't mind sharing, how much do those displays cost from your supplier? Last time I checked, e-paper displays were pretty pricey on their own.

New comment by davidsawyer in "Tell HN: Salary data is for sale"

davidsawyer — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:23:22 +0000

Yep, 100% agree.

New comment by davidsawyer in "Tell HN: Salary data is for sale"

davidsawyer — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 05:37:46 +0000

And you'd need to know a past employer, right? I couldn't seem to find a way to get access to the info without inputting an employer first.

New comment by davidsawyer in "I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months"

davidsawyer — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 21:51:08 +0000

Almost surely

New comment by davidsawyer in "Japan's Paper Culture"

davidsawyer — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:17:09 +0000

Relevant 99pi: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/hanko/

New comment by davidsawyer in "Skillsoft Buys Codecademy for $525M"

davidsawyer — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:46:31 +0000

I emailed contact@codecademy.com back in September of 2011 with ideas for the site, and Zach got back to me in no time. Been cheering for Codecademy ever since.

Congrats, guys!

New comment by davidsawyer in "Apple banned a pay equity Slack channel"

davidsawyer — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:27:30 +0000

I've got to imagine most of the big companies do at this point. Amazon uses Slack as of about a year ago.

New comment by davidsawyer in "Ask HN: Have you found a good desk chair?"

davidsawyer — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:53:22 +0000

I could never find a good place or time to go try them out, so I just ordered a Steelcase Gesture from Amazon. It helped me get over the analysis paralysis, it's very comfortable, and I'm sitting in the chair while writing this.

New comment by davidsawyer in "Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?"

davidsawyer — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 04:21:03 +0000

What are some things that the therapy session included?

New comment by davidsawyer in "The Tech Stack of a One-Man SaaS"

davidsawyer — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:05:27 +0000

What tools do you use for that?

New comment by davidsawyer in "DoorDash S-1"

davidsawyer — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Yeah, I could see "ghost kitchens" or "cloud kitchens" like this becoming much more popular in the coming years. For restaurants that primarily focus on their dine-in location, their food often doesn't work very well for delivery, but a restaurant whose sole focus is delivery could ensure the best customer experience.