Hacker News: preetnation

New comment by preetnation in "Donaldson Futuro House in Idyllwild, California, USA"

preetnation — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:36:46 +0000

This town has a dog for a mayor. No joke.

Pretty fun place too

Why Crash Rate only tells half the AV safety story

preetnation — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:53:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/why-crash-rate-only-tells-half-of

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541538

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Hormuz chokehold affects AI funding too

preetnation — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:31:35 +0000

Article URL: https://highabsolutevalue.substack.com/p/the-hormuz-chokehold-affects-ai-funding

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47697525

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by preetnation in "I dropped my Google Pixel 9 XL Pro from 6th floor balcony to the street"

preetnation — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:32:39 +0000

This was fun

New comment by preetnation in "Show HN: OpenWork – An open-source alternative to Claude Cowork"

preetnation — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 06:02:27 +0000

respect the attitude!

New comment by preetnation in "How we automated federal retirements"

preetnation — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:10:27 +0000

I love both that this happened and that you did the work to bring attention to it. Heck yeah

New comment by preetnation in "Intro to Firetech"

preetnation — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:28:31 +0000

Primer to help you explore the area of wildfire mitigation and the roles technology can play. There's homework in there and more resources to help your learning journey!

Intro to Firetech

preetnation — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:28:31 +0000

Article URL: https://highabsolutevalue.substack.com/p/intro-to-firetech

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42938127

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by preetnation in "What I wish was in Airbnb's Winter Release"

preetnation — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 23:35:27 +0000

I've stayed in Airbnbs 73 nights this year. There's some enhancements that could be made!

What I wish was in Airbnb's Winter Release

preetnation — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 23:35:27 +0000

Article URL: https://highabsolutevalue.substack.com/p/what-i-wish-was-included-in-airbnbs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33647561

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by preetnation in "[dead]"

preetnation — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:34:39 +0000

Today is the one year anniversary of Jeff Bezos's last letter as Amazon CEO. They were hugely valuable for me and there was no audio version, so I narrated it myself. I'm republishing and recording starting with the 1997 one and will introduce a new one weekly.

Happy listening!

New comment by preetnation in "Ask HN: Online Paid tutor services for programming?"

preetnation — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 05:03:15 +0000

thank you!

New comment by preetnation in "Ask HN: Most of team quit my startup. What to do?"

preetnation — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:33:04 +0000

Don't stay for obligation so ask yourself if you honestly still believe - it sounds like you don't.

If you don't still believe, pull off the band aid and tell the founders you plan to leave. However, tell them you'll stay with them through the new year to 1) buy you time and 2) not burn bridges with them.

Ask HN: Online Paid tutor services for programming?

preetnation — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 06:47:09 +0000

As a hobbyist programmer, sometimes Stack Overflow just doesn't get you there. Anyone know of a service that lets you pay per minute or per hour for programming help to unblock you?

If there isn't a formal site offering this but someone is interested (I'd happily pay $75/hr - though probably in 15m chunks), let me know.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12956125

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Ask HN: Real-time Altitude API useful?

preetnation — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 20:25:52 +0000

Hey all,

Want your feedback!

We have a way to provide the real-time vertical altitude of a device, accurate to 5 feet, queried through an API. Seems to us that it’d be helpful for drone coordination to continuously adjust AGL and avoid collision. Also so that you'd be able to know a smartphone user's vertical position and take action accordingly.

Would this be something interesting to you as developers and drone enthusiasts?

If you're curious, here's how it would work

To calibrate:

- Use API to locate the nearest verified calibration location

- Provide the raw barometric reading of your pressure sensor at that location

- Receive a corrected barometric pressure

- Save the offset and apply it to all future readings for your device

At any time after calibration:

- Provide your device's pressure sensor's latitude, longitude and corrected barometric reading

- Receive absolute altitude and accuracy estimate

The API doesn't rely on the barometric formula. It is supported by a network of strategically located reference sensors which would automatically compensate for weather.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12465780

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Speech – text engines for voice control?

preetnation — Sat, 28 May 2016 07:45:15 +0000

Other than Wit.AI are there any speech -> text engines you all think are solid? Hobbyist programmer here looking to introduce voice control in an iOS app.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11790923

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Truths you've learned as a first time CEO

preetnation — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:42:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/truths-youve-learned-first-time-ceo-preet-anand?trk=pulse_spock-articles

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11243059

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by preetnation in "Crowdsourcing the Hyperloop: How a Group of Redditors Are Taking on Elon Musk"

preetnation — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:20:28 +0000

This is pretty rad. Going for the shirt!

New comment by preetnation in "Ask HN: API service to schedule events by day of week?"

preetnation — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:19:20 +0000

use case is for something similar to what MyFitnessPal does with user-specified reminders by time of week

New comment by preetnation in "Ask HN: What is your most profitable side project?"

preetnation — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:34:55 +0000

word