Hacker News: jameshsi

New comment by jameshsi in "Spaced repetition systems have gotten better"

jameshsi — Mon, 19 May 2025 00:48:44 +0000

Ah i've been curious about what improvements folks would like to see most in SRS learning and this thread is gold! It does seem as though Anki’s core is undeniably solid, yet its power can also feel like a hurdle for non power users. Additionally, i'm not sure "boring" is necessarily bad, as i've heard and to agree that learning may be best when it feels like a strenuous workout.

I've been exploring some of these questions in my personal foray in design. If anyone’s interested, I posted an early experiment here: https://dribbble.com/shots/25737616-Descartes-Design-Flashca...

How to Ace a Phone Screen

jameshsi — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:06:09 +0000

Article URL: https://engineering.zenefits.com/2015/09/how-to-ace-a-phone-screen/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10166091

Points: 99

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New comment by jameshsi in "A command-line murder mystery"

jameshsi — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 02:31:24 +0000

thanks for sharing. this was entertaining and reminded me of http://vim-adventures.com

Show HN: Real-time Collaboration Made Easy

jameshsi — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:43:59 +0000

Dynajot (http://www.dynajot.com) aims to be an extremely low friction way to create real-time collaborative applications. With a single javascript include, the library syncs DOM nodes for multiple users across browsers.

You can view the code on Github here: https://github.com/rabidsnail/dynajot-sync

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6712807

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by jameshsi in "Show HN: Real-time file sharing site"

jameshsi — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 18:31:39 +0000

Interesting concept for sure. What's the tech behind this?

New comment by jameshsi in "Why current social technologies might be keeping us from truly connecting"

jameshsi — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:39:54 +0000

whoa, this is exactly the motivation behind a current project (just posted a ShowHN thread actually!), centered around collaborative time capsules. One criticism we've come up against when we tell people we're interested in building an experience around social time capsules is that it's not consuming or addictive.

I'm optimistic in thinking that social services make it easier to connect, but I'm not sure many are designed primarily for true, intimate connections. A saying I do like though is that "Facebook is only as good as your friends list," so maybe at the end of the day it's still up to us as individuals to put forth the effort in creating meaning.

New comment by jameshsi in "Show HN: Felt – Personal, handwritten cards mailed from your iPad"

jameshsi — Thu, 02 May 2013 01:08:59 +0000

ah yes i agree $9 is not low, but i think we need to communicate more of what you'll receive in by mail.

we won't send just a sheet of paper, but rather a neatly printed letter on high quality paper (diploma quality stock) with maybe letter pressed adornments.

all in all, this a lean startup test of the idea. i'm not married to the price point, and thanks for the feedback!

New comment by jameshsi in "Show HN: Felt – Personal, handwritten cards mailed from your iPad"

jameshsi — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:09:19 +0000

wow, beautiful app! i had a similar idea with a different slant as a side project, centered around the idea of writing a letter to your future self. am currently testing whether or not people would pay to get letters printed and mailed to them.

take a look here: http://www.tymdrop.com

New comment by jameshsi in "Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking"

jameshsi — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:45:02 +0000

What I find interesting as well is that being attractive is not all roses, and sometimes it can work against you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr, credited with the US Patent for frequency hopping, was met with disbelief simply because people thought she was too beautiful to create such a profound intellectual contribution.

Many actors/actresses find themselves unable to break out of certain roles that match their look and caricature. In day to day life, we make assumptions about a person's personality based on how they look. There's a lot of "work" we all need to do to break out of the societal mold that's shaping other people's perception of our personalities if left to first impressions.

New comment by jameshsi in "Bitcoin: A call-to-arms for technologists"

jameshsi — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:45:31 +0000

one criticism i've heard of bitcoin is of its independence of influence from monetary policy is also its achilles' heel. there's no mechanism to alter supply subjectively and the global supply is fixed to a logistic curve.

a problem arises where when one loses/destroys their bitcoins, there is not enough counter measure to recover the lost supply. it's like burying treasure with a sealed guarantee that the value of it will be gone forever-- an unsoundly characteristic of any currency with high ambition

New comment by jameshsi in "The Tyranny of Taxi Medallions"

jameshsi — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:26:24 +0000

yeah, i'd be interested in comparisons of urban transportation across the globe. beyond taxis, an analysis with comparisons like underground use vs. taxi etc would be a great follow up to this article.

New comment by jameshsi in "If Only I Knew This Shit in College"

jameshsi — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:14:20 +0000

these are awesome slides and a great embodiment of presentation zen. thanks for sharing

New comment by jameshsi in "Your Tumblr is broken. Fix it."

jameshsi — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:45:34 +0000

yes! the main header on the Priceonomics blog originally linked our home page, but that left users stranded on blog post pages when they wanted to visit other tumblr posts quickly.

imo a link to your homepage elsewhere is a better solution

New comment by jameshsi in "Ask HN: What do you wish you knew about UI/UX design?"

jameshsi — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:35:05 +0000

I'm extremely interested in UI/UX workflows, especially compared between differently sized teams.

A documentation of user-centric design, from the sketch/ideation phase all the way through to a product postmortem would be absolutely phenomenal.

New comment by jameshsi in "Show HN: Soundslice – YouTube + synced guitar tabs + HTML5"

jameshsi — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:08:42 +0000

adding myself to the list of people who think this is absolutely amazing.

the last time i got excited about something like this there were rumors of HTML tags for various chords and tablature signs.

super excited to see this in development!

New comment by jameshsi in "Early sketches from web designers"

jameshsi — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:57:00 +0000

I'd love to see more sketches just to see how much detail a designer puts into a sketch on average, and how that varies across different areas of design. It's nice to see barebone sketches like Maykel's and Ian's. Even after reading bill buxton's book on sketching, i still catch myself trying to refine sketches just so they look nice even after an idea is explored.

Thanks for compiling these, looking forward to see more!

New comment by jameshsi in "Crocodoc's HTML5 page flip"

jameshsi — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:33:43 +0000

Great point about the usability possibilities. There are probably tons of creative ways to use this effect since it's SVG based. I found myself assuming too that this would be used as presented (as a flipbook) so I think this experiment becomes even cooler once you get outside that frame of reference.

New comment by jameshsi in "Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter"

jameshsi — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:08:50 +0000

whoa, this site is looking good! love the use of subtlepatterns and conservative use of gradients on the buttons. who designed this?

New comment by jameshsi in "Why you’d be stupid to bet against HTML5"

jameshsi — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:50:42 +0000

I think the HTML5 vs Native debate is less about the software as it is about hardware support on a corporate or communal level. As a software developer, i've been hoping HTML5 would take off since I first learned about it. However, in mobile, there seems to be a trend for hardware and software synergy.. a preference to really own the vertical stack and have full control over the experience and in order to build a great phone. On the native side, the titans of Google, Microsoft, and Apple all have their weight behind their own respective platforms.

While the community in software for HTML5 is strong, the reason i'm starting to bet against is because of the lack of love from the hardware side of things. I'm not sure I can imagine a large existing company in hardware pushing HTML5 as far as its own native platform. Without a phone or mobile device built and designed with HTML5 in mind, is it really possible for the fortress to crumble inside out?

New comment by jameshsi in "Mona Lisa in pure CSS"

jameshsi — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:21:53 +0000

i actually like this better than the other "pure CSS" examples i've seen. in a sense, i think of this as an interactive lesson to illustrate a box shadow hack that could conceivably be useful