Hacker News: presty

New comment by presty in "Crypto.com accounts had unauthorized withdrawals"

presty — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:33:18 +0000

yeah, the PR is totally unclear about how they got hacked, or if they even know

New comment by presty in "Crypto.com accounts had unauthorized withdrawals"

presty — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:30:47 +0000

yes, they literally logged everyone out, removed 2FA, and on the new login, users had to re-add 2FA

New comment by presty in "Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B"

presty — Wed, 26 May 2021 13:49:02 +0000

for what is worth, Amazon already won a few golden globes:

3 this year https://www.geekwire.com/2021/amazon-takes-3-golden-globes-i...

a few more in the past with Fleabag and others

New comment by presty in "Ask HN: How to attract perm Snr Engs when the contract market is so lucrative?"

presty — Thu, 06 May 2021 14:37:55 +0000

As a Snr Eng in one of the FAANG, my _personal_ list:

- interesting problem domain (which does not necessarily mean trendy): this is about selling to others why the problem and your company matters

- equity/career progression: (controversial comment incoming...) a strong Snr in a FAANG will most likely be a CTO/VP type of leader in a startup, so provide generous equity

- freedom in terms of decision making: present (business) problems and let people go and tackle them, you don't want to be micromanaging

- freedom in terms of work/life balance: let people manage their schedules, being fully remote, location independent - stuff that most FAANGs will struggle to compete with

New comment by presty in "A one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition"

presty — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:42:34 +0000

Does anyone know how exactly is the Police integration done with Rekognition? I mean, they must have it integrated into their IT systems, right? Who did that integration? AWS itself? Or some consulting companies? Or the PD's Tech Department?

New comment by presty in "Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire"

presty — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:05:59 +0000

it's ironic that 8 is the chinese number for luck

2018 Letter to Shareholders

presty — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:15:50 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/2018-letter-to-shareholders

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19639300

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Scaling a Company While Controlling Costs

presty — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 22:39:05 +0000

Article URL: https://avc.com/2019/04/scaling-a-company-while-controlling-costs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19609797

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by presty in "On Internal Engineering Practices at Amazon"

presty — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:18:08 +0000

The OP needs to put a date on the article, because AFAIK things are very different in 2019.

Also, it's interesting how they equate "experimentation" with "open source".

New comment by presty in "Open Letter from New York State Budget Director Robert Mujica Regarding Amazon"

presty — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 22:58:19 +0000

Quote of the Day:

"The seventy percent of New Yorkers who supported Amazon and now vent their anger also bear responsibility and must learn that the silent majority should not be silent because they can lose to the vocal minority and self-interested politicians."

New comment by presty in "Tesla Adds Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson as Board Directors"

presty — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 15:54:16 +0000

When Condoleezza Rice was appointed to the board of Dropbox

https://www.wired.com/2014/04/dropbox-rice-controversy/

New comment by presty in "Japan Is Giving Away 8M Abandoned Houses"

presty — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:52:40 +0000

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/16/japan-reusabl...

New comment by presty in "Ask HN: What would you work on, if you had enough free time?"

presty — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 23:31:24 +0000

Cryptocurrency projects.

New comment by presty in "Uber reportedly losing $2B per year, with passengers paying 41% of each ride"

presty — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 12:12:08 +0000

https://twitter.com/EricNewcomer/status/804470167899996160

New comment by presty in "Ask HN: Can anyone recommend a web development company to fix my webiste?"

presty — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:48:09 +0000

I recommend http://minuscode.com

Virtual reality is the new tech frontier, but it's still a boys' club

presty — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:44:36 +0000

Article URL: http://www.recode.net/2016/11/16/13654246/women-engineers-virtual-augmented-reality-artificial-intelligence

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12972300

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by presty in "Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?"

presty — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:41:50 +0000

I googled and it's probably this one http://www.thewoodworkingpodcast.com

New comment by presty in "Peter Thiel – Full Speech – 2016 Republican National Convention"

presty — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:47:08 +0000

i prefer his most recent talk and q&a https://youtu.be/ob-LJqPQEJ4

New comment by presty in "Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?"

presty — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 00:27:29 +0000

A few years ago I co-started http://www.bitcoinpulse.com. I had to take it down last year after running out of time to deal with it, but I've recently brought back a simplified version.

While the traffic is insignificant at the moment, I'd like to believe that the brand is still strong and a small push could revive the traffic.

The twitter account https://twitter.com/bitcoinpulse has a small following - there are a few known people from the bitcoin community (but the vast majority seem like "bot" accounts).

It's written in clojure/script and hosted on heroku.

I'll take offers in bitcoin (obviously). Any interested parties can email me at info@bitcoinpulse.com

New comment by presty in "Museu de la Tècnica"

presty — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 03:58:07 +0000

personally, Dali's theater museum is my favorite museum in the whole world and definitely something to check if you are in barcelona/figueres