Hacker News: h327

New comment by h327 in "Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint"

h327 — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:30:23 +0000

The clear coat would ruin the effect by reflecting light, making the paint look less black

New comment by h327 in "Car Thing. Spotify’s new smart player designed for your drive"

h327 — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 22:00:13 +0000

It uses the phone's Spotify app to access the Internet, so I would imagine the restrictions from app stores still apply.

New comment by h327 in "Car Thing. Spotify’s new smart player designed for your drive"

h327 — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:59:40 +0000

They are offering it for just the price of shipping right now, so profiting on the hardware doesn't seem like it's the strategy.

New comment by h327 in "[dead]"

h327 — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:21:01 +0000

I wonder if that means it's being upvoted without anyone trying to read it...

New comment by h327 in "Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles"

h327 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:17:50 +0000

The design is really elegant! I could see myself using this if I could make my CV unlisted / un-indexed. I used to have a public resume, but then recruiters found it and relentlessly spammed me with irrelevant recruiting offers, and also spread my resume to more and more recruiting spam networks.

I also wonder if you have a plan for monetization; I didn't see a FAQ about content rights / usage / pricing.

New comment by h327 in "Rampant shoplifting leads to another Walgreens closing in S.F"

h327 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:04:23 +0000

They already seem like they are locking more items behind the plastic theft guards, so the logical extreme would be to lock everything that way, at least for items that are commonly stolen.

New comment by h327 in "Rampant shoplifting leads to another Walgreens closing in S.F"

h327 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:54:31 +0000

I could imagine some intermediate before flat out closing the store. For example, you could make guests wait in a reception area and ask an employee for the things they want and have that person grab them. It's slower and less discoverable and private, but you would still make sales

New comment by h327 in "Rampant shoplifting leads to another Walgreens closing in S.F"

h327 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:00:35 +0000

I live near an affected Walgreens and the shoplifting has made it effectively unusable as a store. They are always out of almost everything. I asked a cashier why they hadn't restocked and they told me that they are restocking normally but people are stealing all the stuff immediately. I have seen several thefts while shopping there; the shoplifters are brazen and unhurried and take armfuls of merchandise. Walgreens seems particularly hard-hit and I don't understand why they aren't investing in security.

New comment by h327 in "Dropbox Converts to Permanent WFH"

h327 — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:43:48 +0000

The idea of flying to work is fun, and I have seen it pop up in a lot of these WFH discussions. But even if you have your GA license, you'll need to rent or own the plane, pay directly or indirectly for hangar space and fuel, and deal with the air traffic congestion that would arise from more than just a handful of people trying this trick. In my opinion these barriers make private flying too dissimilar to driving a car to make it a feasible commute comparison.

New comment by h327 in "Quickref – Experimental search engine for developers"

h327 — Fri, 22 May 2020 00:56:32 +0000

Great idea! I would love to be able to constrain the language/ecosystem either as part of the query or as a filter. I find myself working in one language and doing a lot of searches for it, then switching languages and doing a lot of searches for that one, etc.

New comment by h327 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2020)"

h327 — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:09:40 +0000

Qualia | Full-Stack Software Engineers & Product Managers | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | Full-time, Salary + Options

Qualia (qualia.com) is a startup making web applications for real estate professionals. We just raised our series C and we're growing! We're hiring for the following roles; please reach out if any of these matches your experience!

* We're looking for full-stack software engineers with a few years of experience in relevant domains. Web application experience is a big plus. Our software engineers work on all aspects of our products and have flexibility and trust to decide how best to implement their projects.

* We're looking for an engineering lead for our flagship consumer-facing product, Qualia Connect. Our engineering leads each report to our VP of engineering and guide their team members on architecture and implementation in addition to writing code themselves.

* We're looking for infrastructure engineers to work on our cloud systems (AWS, Docker Compose, Terraform, Rancher, nginx)

* We're looking for product managers to work directly with our engineering team on user research, scoping features, guiding design, and measuring our products' success.

Our engineering culture is collaborative and friendly, and we make beautiful products that our customers love to use. We're looking for engineers who want to be generalists: our engineering team does everything from the user interface design to the data syncing across our distributed systems. Our product managers work directly with our engineers to coordinate complex releases and design new features based on user feedback and needs.

Prior experience in the real estate industry isn't required, but you can expect to learn all about it! We offer daily catered lunches in our downtown SF office, right by BART and Muni.

Our goal is to make it possible to buy a house completely online. Solving the real estate coordination problem makes for some really fun engineering and design challenges, and opportunities to make the process better for everyone involved.

Contact Travis at travis@qualia.com!

New comment by h327 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)"

h327 — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:32:48 +0000

Qualia | Full-Stack Software Engineers & Product Managers | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | Full-time, Salary + Options

Qualia (qualia.com) is a startup making web applications for real estate professionals. We just raised our series C and we're growing! We're looking for full-stack software engineers at all levels, including an engineering lead for our flagship consumer-facing product, Qualia Connect. We're also looking for product managers to work directly with our engineering team.

Prior experience in the real estate industry isn't required, but you can expect to learn all about it! We offer daily catered lunches in our downtown SF office.

Contact Travis at travis@qualia.com!

New comment by h327 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)"

h327 — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 23:14:36 +0000

Qualia | Full-Stack Software Engineers & Product Managers | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | Full-time, Salary + Options

Qualia (qualia.com) is a series-B startup making web applications for real estate professionals. We're looking for full-stack software engineers at all levels, including an engineering lead for our flagship consumer-facing product. We're also looking for product managers to work directly with our engineering team.

Prior experience in the real estate industry isn't required, but you can expect to learn all about it! We offer daily catered lunches in our downtown SF office.

Contact Travis at travis@qualia.com!