Hacker News: periferral

New comment by periferral in "I just lost my wallet on the way home from work"

periferral — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:12:38 +0000

I assume your drivers license is in your wallet. You are concerned about anonymized email?

New comment by periferral in "Google – My Location History"

periferral — Thu, 30 May 2019 21:53:55 +0000

Sorry my post was confusing.

Lyft had the wrong route (280 and longer) Google confirmed my suspicion that we took the shorter route (101) Lyft credited back regardless but it was good to know what really happened

New comment by periferral in "Google – My Location History"

periferral — Thu, 30 May 2019 18:26:37 +0000

Like many other comments, I like this and find it useful. Recently I took a Lyft ride late from SFO to home and it was late and I was tired and I didnt concentrate on the route taken by the driver but I was certain we took the 101. Later when I saw the charge, I was surprised to see the ride map showing me taking a roundabout way, heading on 280 and essentially doing a 70mile ride. I complained to Lyft and they refunded the money but I still wanted to know how I got home. Checked back on this and found that it was in fact a regular 101 ride home and I had proof just in case Lyft wanted it.

As others have mentioned, it is nice to look back at the trips I took and also share with others who might be visiting places where I have been in the past.

New comment by periferral in "Google's interview system: it's not about solving the problem"

periferral — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 05:09:54 +0000

I interviewed for a Product Manager role at Google and my experience was awful. Put this things in perspective, I was a Director of PM managing a team at my current role and working a lot with customers, presenting in speaking engagements etc as part of my day to day.

I get into the interview and the person on the other side seems to know very little of my background. He says he is a PM and starts with how much is google's spend on storage for youtube on an annual basis. Knowing very well, I walk through assumptions like the average youtube video size, no of formats based on screen res and video quality etc etc and give him the logic. He pauses and says give me a dollar value. He doesnt want to understand the logic behind the calculations. Anyway, next few questions are more of the same.. code optimizations etc etc. After 3 or so questions, we were done. No, do you have any questions for me. No customer related discussions. No what I have done in the past and how I've been successful.

I feel like these kind of interviews are not judging what the person brings to the table, rather do you know what I'm gong to ask you and that's all that matters.

I always look for 2 things in any interview. Are you smart and motivated because nothing we do is rocket science. If you are smart and motivated, you will succeed. The other is, will I (and the rest of the team) get along with you. Teams need to work together and people who lack tact in personal skills end up being very difficult to work with.

New comment by periferral in "Google changes its messaging strategy again: Goodbye to Allo, double down on RCS"

periferral — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:41:35 +0000

The problem with Allo and Duo and other "chat" tools google provided never felt feature complete. If I'm on my mobile phone, I want one app to get messages regardless if it comes from the carrier or my peeps on google. Hangouts is the closest thing we have to this. Even hangouts doesnt fully integrate. I'm a Fi user and when use apps that send text to verify, the autoverify doesnt work with Hangouts as my default messaging app. It only seems to work with Android Messaging app. These kind of half baked reasons are why none of the google messaging apps really have taken off. I agree with the past comment that Google had the opp to just improve on Google Talk and build on it rather than create 6 different messaging apps.

Hoverboard Actually Flies and It Just Set a World Record

periferral — Mon, 02 May 2016 04:07:43 +0000

Article URL: http://jalopnik.com/this-hoverboard-actually-flies-and-it-just-set-a-world-1774106777

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11609149

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by periferral in "LogMeIn acquires Lastpass"

periferral — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:09:17 +0000

Looks like Dashlane ($40) and Sticky Password ($20) are viable alternatives. Both are more expensive than Lastpass. Reading the reviews, these seem like the best so far. Anyone with experience on either of these they can share?

New comment by periferral in "[dead]"

periferral — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:35:03 +0000

Sounds more like what you'd like to see rather than reality. Nothing in your article suggest what's in it for Apple or even more so, what's in it for Telsa. More like how cool would it be if this were to happen.

New comment by periferral in "The tourist map of laptops"

periferral — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:40:02 +0000

Very cool. A few suggestions

* touch screen would be nice * Screen resolutions would be nice * SSD drive options

Edit: Just notice DPI and other ways of sorting are available by clicking on the axis. Should make this more intuitive.

Nice work overall

iPhone 6

periferral — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:59:01 +0000

Article URL: http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/films/#video-product

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8293080

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Amazon Prime members get a $1 video credit for choosing slower shipping

periferral — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:45:46 +0000

Article URL: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/30/amazon-prime-shipping/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8111649

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by periferral in "Who am I: A mind reader (don't forget to view source)"

periferral — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 00:48:42 +0000

I am ???

New comment by periferral in "The new VirginAmerica.com"

periferral — Fri, 23 May 2014 21:41:47 +0000

You've gotta be kidding. everything mden said

12" Surface Pro 3 – $799

periferral — Tue, 20 May 2014 16:44:30 +0000

Article URL: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/20/microsoft-surface-pro-3/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7773554

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by periferral in "AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion"

periferral — Mon, 19 May 2014 04:54:43 +0000

I disagree. If that happens, a new solution will emerge to replace the telecoms. To name a few, decentralized DNS, open wifi, google fiber etc.

Rare Nivana video from 1988

periferral — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 21:25:55 +0000

Article URL: http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56051/rare-nirvana-video-1988

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7549634

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

3 New Ideas For Finding Lost Planes

periferral — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 21:22:46 +0000

Article URL: http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/3-new-ideas-finding-lost-planes?dom=PSC&loc=poprail&lnk=10&con=3-new-ideas-for-finding-lost-planes

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7549618

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Why We Haven't Built A Better Black Box

periferral — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 21:22:03 +0000

Article URL: http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/why-we-havent-built-better-black-box?dom=PSC&loc=poprail&lnk=4&con=why-we-havent-built-a-better-black-box

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7549610

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Don't Drink Water on an Airplane Unless It Came from a Bottle

periferral — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 06:03:47 +0000

Article URL: http://lifehacker.com/dont-drink-water-on-an-airplane-unless-it-came-from-a-1557061680

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7529589

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by periferral in "Amazon Fire TV"

periferral — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:25:48 +0000

The one thing about the Roku I like a lot is the headset on the remote. I love that! I can be in a room with my headset and not disturb my wife sleeping and enjoy the show.

The lack on the headset jack on the remote on this for me would be a non-starter. Other than that, nothing to write home about. I can't see anything here that would make me switch from the Roku.