Hacker News: fsargent

New comment by fsargent in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

fsargent — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:18:02 +0000

Recent expat and have been looking for something multi currency native. Thanks!

New comment by fsargent in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

fsargent — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 04:53:32 +0000

https://approval.vote / https://ranked.vote Both svelteJS static apps that render approval voting and ranked choice voting elections.

I got frustrated on how difficult it is to compare many elections using alternative voting methods against each other, so ended up extending a friends project, adding more results, details and statistics.

Just added datasette lite to the approval voting site. it’s pretty cool to query the SQLite db in the browser. https://approval.vote/data

New comment by fsargent in "I built physical album cards with NFC tags to teach my son music discovery"

fsargent — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 07:50:20 +0000

Yoto doesn’t keep the audio on the cards, all the audio is stored on the cloud and the NFC cards just have a link to the album. The Yoto can’t play a card it hasn’t already seen before without connecting to the Wi-Fi and downloading it.

New comment by fsargent in "Zürich voters ban noisy leaf blowers"

fsargent — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:20:48 +0000

Already done. Switzerland is a civilised country.

https://lenews.ch/2025/01/17/switzerlands-strict-new-road-no...

New comment by fsargent in "Approval Voting in St. Louis: What the Cast Vote Records Reveal"

fsargent — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 07:28:48 +0000

This is the sixth ever election in the United States using Approval Voting, and the first ever approval voting election where we have the Cast Vote Records from the election. These records reveal fascinating details on St. Louis voters’ preferences.

AMA

For the data itself see https://approval.vote/report/us/mo/st_louis/2025/03/mayor

Approval Voting in St. Louis: What the Cast Vote Records Reveal

fsargent — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 07:28:47 +0000

Article URL: https://felixsargent.com/democracy/2025/08/29/st-louis-approval-voting.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45090351

Points: 4

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New comment by fsargent in "The Riddle of the Lovers' Basket"

fsargent — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:53:52 +0000

Or lastly they’re on a different planet with higher gravity.

New comment by fsargent in "As a Labrador swam by me out to sea his owner said I hope he doesn't meet a seal"

fsargent — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:55:21 +0000

Stroking a Labrador is one of life’s few pleasures.

New comment by fsargent in "Spaced Repetition Memory System"

fsargent — Sun, 18 May 2025 18:49:43 +0000

Thanks for recommending it! I’ve had the same issues with Anki and am shocked there aren’t more clones considering it’s open source. Excited to try remnote.

New comment by fsargent in "Which year: guess which year each photo was taken"

fsargent — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 06:34:01 +0000

Now is there anything which will take this, run it through ML and then find a date for all of my scanned family photos?

New comment by fsargent in "Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood"

fsargent — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:49:58 +0000

It’s Mission Dolores

New comment by fsargent in "How do you process the news?"

fsargent — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 20:42:41 +0000

The economist is a good start. Read monthly or weekly periodicals.

New comment by fsargent in "How do you process the news?"

fsargent — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 20:06:57 +0000

I have a library subscription which comes with PressReader. I get all the magazines and periodicals and I don’t pay anything. It’s my right as a taxpayer and I get to be an informed citizen.

New comment by fsargent in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2024)"

fsargent — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:05:57 +0000

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: No
  Willing to relocate: To UK(Citizen) / EU (Need sponsorship)
  Technologies: Python, Scala, Typescript/Node (Engineering 
  Manager / Staff IC)
  Résumé/CV: https://resume.felixsargent.com
  Email: felix [dot] sargent [at] gmail [dot] com

New comment by fsargent in "Ask HN: Where do you keep your 401k investments?"

fsargent — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:16:04 +0000

Why Schwab dividend equity etf?

New comment by fsargent in "FBI raids Atlanta corporate landlord in probe of rental market price fixing"

fsargent — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 03:52:47 +0000

If people are still renting the apartments, and the vacancy rates aren’t going up, (which in the United States, they’re not), then no, one company isn’t driving rents up.

We’re just not building enough housing.

New comment by fsargent in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2024)"

fsargent — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 03:43:22 +0000

  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Remote: No
  Willing to relocate: To Europe (Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona or Berlin)
  Technologies: Engineering Management, Python, JavaScript, focusing on backend systems and DevOps. 
  Résumé/CV: http://resume.felixsargent.com
  Email: (first).(last)@gmail.com

Engineering Manager with IC and Product experience. Programmer in Scala, Python, Javascript, with a love for backend services, APIs, DevOps, type safety, observability, logging and testing.

New comment by fsargent in "Ask HN: How do I find a job, in this market with ADHD"

fsargent — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 14:33:16 +0000

I can’t recommend this enough. The stigma around people with ADHD taking the medication that they are legally prescribed is toxic. And it’s not your fault.

Watch videos by “how to ADHD” Get involved in the ADHD community. Psychiatrist should also help you provide some resources. There’s a strong psychological component to dealing with a stigma around ADHD, the self loathing. ADHD often co-morbid with anxiety and depression.

Stimulant medication can help with all of these. If anything try it for a month, then stop using it, and see which world you like better.

Personally, I take stimulant medication not so I’m better at work, but so that I have the energy to be a good dad and husband after I’ve already used all of my energy, trying to be a good employee. It really helps.

New comment by fsargent in "Airbnb's Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing"

fsargent — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:48:53 +0000

Articles like this are supremely annoying. The devastating effect is caused by the fact that they aren’t building enough housing. The problem is not the demand for housing, it’s the supply.

Don’t blame Airbnb when you refuse to build enough housing, the markets going to figure out how to market.

New comment by fsargent in "US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in 'climate time bomb'"

fsargent — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:53:45 +0000

It says a lot that you evaluate traffic deaths as “crime”