Hacker News: epochwolf

New comment by epochwolf in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025)"

epochwolf — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 01:02:49 +0000

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, JRuby, Postgres, Linux sysadmin, AWS Fargate, iText (PDF Processing), Rules-based processing systems (expert systems), Nginx.

Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5j9r1z2uaaq7hz50v1kfl/Resume....

Email: bradmajewski@fastmail.com

I've been working on ruby on rails since 1.2. I have linux servers at home and a business-class network setup. I've created docker containers from scratch and set up AWS Fargate and all the related services to run them and connect them to a public IP address.

There are a lot of people with similar experience, what makes me different is I'm interested in understanding how the entire company works, the industry it is in, and the people who make it happen.

- I was on the board of directors for furry convention for 3 years where I learned a lot about running a business.

- Learned a bit about accounting and Human Resources from relatives. I know how to spell HIPAA correctly. :)

- I've worked with E&S insurance, student loan origination, college resume processing, and European auto parts.

- I've worked directly with C-suite on high-visibility, long-term projects.

- I've learned a bit about B2B sales and customer relations by tagging along to an insurance conference.

New comment by epochwolf in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)"

epochwolf — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 01:45:57 +0000

I also think it's a great place to work.

The company has been around for a while and stayed committed to the principals they started with.

We’re a small team, all fully-remote, optimizing for sustainability. We get a lot done without people working weekends and burning themselves out. :)

New comment by epochwolf in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)"

epochwolf — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 21:37:30 +0000

FCPEuro.com | Connecticut | Remote, US only | Full-time

We sell European auto parts to customers in the United States.

Looking for a QA engineer with Ruby on Rails experience.

A well-qualified candidate will have a working knowledge of automated testing frameworks such as Cucumber, experience with web development, creation and execution of test plans/cases, and experience working directly with project stakeholders.

https://fcpeuro.applytojob.com/apply/DZo0nvXwnQ/Software-Qua...

New comment by epochwolf in "Boeing fired midlevel executive following embarrassing emails"

epochwolf — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:20:45 +0000

I find it amusing that someone would be closer to the CEO through six degrees of separation than through the levels of management.

New comment by epochwolf in "Issue 914451: Autofill does not respect autocomplete="off""

epochwolf — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 13:23:12 +0000

Isn’t it on the people administering those systems to disable autofill on their side?

New comment by epochwolf in "How annoying is too annoying?"

epochwolf — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 21:12:20 +0000

Given how often I remote into my iMac over a vpn that has both cellular and WiFi networks to deal with, none of these bothered me.

New comment by epochwolf in "Are Mail-Order Meal Kits Doomed?"

epochwolf — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:37:06 +0000

One of the Kroger stores near me has meal kits next to the salad bar.

New comment by epochwolf in "Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots"

epochwolf — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:42:39 +0000

Burnside’s Zeroth Law of space combat:

Science fiction fans relate more to human beings than to silicon chips.

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/crew.php#id--Yo...

New comment by epochwolf in "Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots"

epochwolf — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:40:14 +0000

I’m pretty sure banning autonomous defensive weapons won’t happen because we already have them deployed. The Phalanx CIWS mounted on US Warships has a fully autonomous mode where it will fire on targets automatically.

New comment by epochwolf in "Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots"

epochwolf — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:35:26 +0000

If you count ICBMs, we’ve had them at least since the 1960s.

For more targeted strikes with conventional explosives, we started using Tomahawk Cruise Missiles in 1991 during the Gulf War.

New comment by epochwolf in "I tried to keep my unborn child secret from Facebook and Google"

epochwolf — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:40:43 +0000

My iPhone did this to me. I’m sure people get suggested to share memories of their abusive ex all the time. :(

New comment by epochwolf in "The Fax Is Not Yet Obsolete"

epochwolf — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:33:53 +0000

HIPAA requires any email with patient data be encrypted. That kills any attempt to receive email on a smart phone.

New comment by epochwolf in "Without Power, Puerto Rico Is Cash Only"

epochwolf — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 11:32:49 +0000

Please don’t do that. People make that joke all the time. It’s not funny and we have to pretend to find it amusing or we get written up.

New comment by epochwolf in "New research says starting university classes at 11am would improve learning"

epochwolf — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:04:00 +0000

Good sleep hygiene, work, and having a social life aren't always compatible.

New comment by epochwolf in "Surviving the New MacBook Pro"

epochwolf — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:33:40 +0000

This happens if you have full disk encryption enabled. If the laptop goes into hibernation, the disk is no longer mounted. So you need to enter your password to mount the drive which then drops you into the lock screen to enter your password again.

Ideally, the computer should be able to know you just woke the computer from hibernation and skip the second lock screen but I don't think the systems are integrated enough to do that right now. :)

New comment by epochwolf in "AirPods are now available"

epochwolf — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:15:06 +0000

That's what the Apple Watch is for: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204691

New comment by epochwolf in "Ruby Web Applications Without Rails"

epochwolf — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 14:50:41 +0000

By default, Rails only does lazy loading in development mode.

New comment by epochwolf in "Walmart Pay"

epochwolf — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 02:56:17 +0000

I never go to Walmart because of this. I most of my shopping at Kroger and if I need something they don't have, I go to Target or Amazon.

New comment by epochwolf in "What Can You Put in a Refrigerator?"

epochwolf — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 21:45:55 +0000

> Just look on what people are doing and find a way to do some parts of the process faster and better.

This requires buy-in from different parts of the company that are going to have their own opinions about how to do things. They can be surprising resistant to change.

New comment by epochwolf in "New species combining wolf, coyote, and dog emerges in eastern North America"

epochwolf — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:42:29 +0000

> Similarly is there a term for mutually interbreedable but distinct `species'?

It's species or subspecies. Animal classification has always been a little bit fuzzy and has some legacy cruft laying around. Like wolves, coyotes, and dogs are distinct animals with different behaviors but are definitely capable of interbreeding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies

For domestic animals, we have the noun breed, as in breed of dog.