Hacker News: nanijoe

New comment by nanijoe in "The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered"

nanijoe — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 22:23:25 +0000

Well then, nice to meet a fellow Nigerian :) Ebola is a recent thing AFAIK, so it would make sense that no one was freaking out about it when you were a kid.

To be fair, it does sound like you were in rural Nigeria, so my Malaria experience is likely different from yours

New comment by nanijoe in "The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered"

nanijoe — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:15:23 +0000

I dont know what part of Africa you grew up in, but growing up in Nigeria, no one was scared of Malaria.

It is treated pretty much the same way Americans treat getting the Flu

New comment by nanijoe in "Why Do American Houses Have So Many Bathrooms?"

nanijoe — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:55:16 +0000

I also live in NJ..In my experience, 3+ bedroom houses here will have at least 2 bathrooms, unless they were built before the 80s.

New comment by nanijoe in "Tesla Model 3 = 24% of Small and Midsize Luxury Car Sales in USA"

nanijoe — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:58:45 +0000

I have a Chevy Bolt and a Model 3 in my household. Of course I much prefer to drive the Model 3, but the Chevy bolt is also all electric , goes about 240 miles on a single charge and costs about $20k less than the Model 3. Why more people don't get a Chevy Bolt, is a mystery to me.

New comment by nanijoe in "Learning Chess at 40 (2016)"

nanijoe — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:48:58 +0000

how are you learning though? Who you play against is pretty important. You need to try and play against the strongest players you can find. Dont be afraid of losing to them

New comment by nanijoe in "Ask HN: What's your top growth strategy that helped grow your startup?"

nanijoe — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:44:01 +0000

What did you do to turn things around though?

New comment by nanijoe in "Before you start a company, answer these questions"

nanijoe — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:42:27 +0000

These are somewhat irrelevant questions... one thing that is almost guaranteed is that your original idea will change, and all your loft projections will not come to pass.

New comment by nanijoe in "NYC Mesh is trying to get around the big ISPs one node at a time"

nanijoe — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:59:21 +0000

Does each node hold a full BGP routing table? That could be a problem as the number of nodes increases

New comment by nanijoe in "Change Your Name"

nanijoe — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 18:13:20 +0000

Cheaper still, would be to get a new name that has an available .com

New comment by nanijoe in "The Rise of the 1099 Economy: More Americans Are Becoming Their Own Bosses"

nanijoe — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:12:12 +0000

When you have W2 employees, there are additional taxes you have to pay, which you don't have to worry about if they are 1099. At a certain size, you are also mandated to provide Health Care benefits etc

Strengthening Dropbox through diversity

nanijoe — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:31:58 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.dropbox.com/2014/11/strengthening-dropbox-through-diversity/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8572394

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by nanijoe in "Sometimes, it’s just time to go home"

nanijoe — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:11:28 +0000

The price does not have to be so high..IF stuff is not working out, you can just quit and try something else. There is nothing heroic or romantic about living in poverty. Joining the workforce or running a so called lifestyle business that makes actual money is not a bad thing.

All this talk of sacrifice and being gods tells me you need to step outside your bubble. You are trying to start a company, not solve World hunger.

New comment by nanijoe in "How Unreliable is UDP?"

nanijoe — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:32:43 +0000

The question may have been better phrased as "How unreliable is the internet" . TCP and UDP packets will be dropped at just about the same rate across any network, the only difference is that TCP keeps track, and re-sends any packets that did not arrive.

Each protocol has its own place (and uses)...

New comment by nanijoe in "How Unreliable is UDP?"

nanijoe — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:27:41 +0000

Might make more sense as "A TCP Packet walks into a bar" , since TCP supports retransmissions

New comment by nanijoe in "Felix Dennis, a hedonist and media magnate, died on June 22nd aged 67"

nanijoe — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 12:03:44 +0000

I suspect many here do not know who he is, but you should probably read his "How to get rich" book..here's a quote :

"Inch by inch, share by share, the nerds diluted to gain capital to expand and survive. Eventually, the majority of them lost control of their tiny companies. Many became salaried employees of the company they had helped to found."

New comment by nanijoe in "Ask HN: Hitting a wall with Twitter"

nanijoe — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:46:45 +0000

Sounds to me like you are looking for excuses not to solve your own problem...IF you have a means of reaching out to the guy, do so , whats the worst that can happen?

New comment by nanijoe in "Quickbooks charges more if you are a Mac user"

nanijoe — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:53:52 +0000

On my Mac using Google Chrome , I get : Quickbooks Simple Start: $12.95 Quickbooks Online Essentials: $26.95 Quickbooks Online Plus:$39.95

Using Safari , I get : Quickbooks Simple Start : $6.95 Quickbooks Online Essentials : $9.95 Quickbooks Online Plus: $13.95

New comment by nanijoe in "Ask HN: About to code iOS8 iPhone app but havn't done any iOS dev yet"

nanijoe — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:10:56 +0000

I don't think telling him/her to stay away from swift is good advice. The swift language itself is not all you have to worry about. Getting familiar with Cocoa touch is also another task. You have about 2 months before ios 8 comes out. In my opinion thats enough time to learn swift and cocoa touch, and come up with a not too complex app.

New comment by nanijoe in "Ask HN: Save my company please. Anyone needs Android dev?"

nanijoe — Wed, 28 May 2014 17:29:13 +0000

Are you being serious? IF you can't afford the developer you HAVE TO lay them off, give them an extra week's severance pay or whatever, but give them and yourself a chance to move forward

New comment by nanijoe in "How to create good outcomes when negotiating"

nanijoe — Thu, 08 May 2014 14:54:42 +0000

Excellent tips..my only nit pick is with not using ranges..If you are forced to make the first offer, a range can help figure out what the other party is thinking..if I offer $30-$50 for example, and he jumps on the $50, I'll just repeat the offer at something like $35