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New comment by readdit in "Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube"

readdit — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:48:15 +0000

For me DS9 is the best Star Trek series. It's hard to admit since I adore TNG but overall DS9 is better. A few characters in TNG become main characters in DS9. You don't necessarily need the history but it may seem odd watching DS9 and then TNG. As some of these DS9 characters play a much smaller part in TNG.

New comment by readdit in "[dead]"

readdit — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:35:16 +0000

Why not open the link and find out?

New comment by readdit in "Show HN: Vibe Coding a static site on a $25 Walmart Phone"

readdit — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:15:08 +0000

Ops’ title is pretty clear on the content of the post.

New comment by readdit in "2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop"

readdit — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:48:30 +0000

Why not just use an Android phone?

New comment by readdit in "A new experimental Google app for Windows"

readdit — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:15:27 +0000

Agreed. Won't be falling for that trap. Personally it's very hard to trust Google consumer products existing after 2-3 years.

New comment by readdit in "My Retro TVs"

readdit — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:15:25 +0000

I'm prone to nostalgia and love projects like this. It's a very unique feeling that's hard to describe. I wonder why we feel these things for the past we've experienced.

New comment by readdit in "Show HN: ClickStack – Open-source Datadog alternative by ClickHouse and HyperDX"

readdit — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:06:14 +0000

I like and use HyperDX in production and like it a lot. So kudos to the team for building and merging with Clickhouse. I found a lot of monetary value switching over to HyperDX considering it's significantly more cost efficient for our needs.

Should we be starting to prepare for the original HyperDX product to be deprecated and potentially move over to ClickStack?

New comment by readdit in "Fauna Service Winding Down"

readdit — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:40:28 +0000

I think it's interesting that they note they have hundreds of customers but their home page says it's trusted by thousands of companies. Are all these companies on a free tier?

New comment by readdit in "Apple Invites"

readdit — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:54:34 +0000

Anyone can rsvp.

New comment by readdit in "Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected"

readdit — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:31:04 +0000

It’s still a positive change an I’m all for it.

New comment by readdit in "Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected"

readdit — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:20:04 +0000

I feel this is positive news moving in a positive direction. Do you suggest not doing anything to improve the situation? We can’t go back in time. But we can help ourselves in the future.

New comment by readdit in "Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?"

readdit — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:57:53 +0000

I believe there's value in learning about such topics such us how historical village buildings are created from a child's perspective. Regardless whether it's Native American, European, or African, etc. It allows us to reflect on what was built before and to understand what to avoid or improve in future development. Not to teach them the exact technical details, but to light a spark to those children inclined. We need people who are interested in such things to study it so future generations can understand where we have come from and how far we have gone. I believe it also allows us to appreciate that there are many peoples and countries today that still live this way and allow us to be empathetic or humbled by their way of living.

I believe math and science should be invested in but if I had a choice between a broad learning curriculum and a focused one, ill choose broad.

If you've ever watched a movie or listened to music, you'll be surprised to know not all of the artists are well versed in math or science. You may be surprised that many of the people, experiences, entertainment, and sports you absorb may not be math inclined either. I personally find value in that.

New comment by readdit in "Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?"

readdit — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:15:52 +0000

I believe early grade schools should be relatively broad in the subjects they teach. Not every child will be interested in math or science. And there's nothing wrong with that. I feel many parents don't agree, especially those from a technical background. A healthy society should have a diverse set of skills across many disciplines. Though I do believe if children are interested in furthering their study on a particular subject (not just math), there should ideally be opportunities from schools.

New comment by readdit in "Launch HN: Helio Sleep (YC S21) – One-stop portal for sleep apnea"

readdit — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:25:48 +0000

Arguably a much better name.

New comment by readdit in "Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome"

readdit — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 21:28:12 +0000

Seems like MS has imposter syndrome.

New comment by readdit in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021)"

readdit — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:50:44 +0000

Shortboxed Inc. | https://shortboxed.com | San Francisco, CA / Remote | Senior Backend Software Engineer | Full-time

Shortboxed is a mobile marketplace for buying and selling collectibles - comic books, video games, trading card games, sports cards and more. We’re looking to hire our a full-time engineer to design and build upon our existing application, and you’ll play an important role in building the company as we continue to grow. The position will initially focus on backend with a possibility to work on the full stack.

What you'll be working on: Several backend APIs including, but not limited to, deep personalization using ML and AI, collectibles databases, collection management applications.

Our stack: PHP, React Native, NodeJS and some Python on AWS

Requirements:

- 4+ years of backend development experience using PHP

- Experience with production AWS

- Extensive experience with SQL

- Nodejs (nice to have)

- React Native/React for mobile and web development (nice to have)

If you're looking to disrupt a fun and exciting industry that hasn't evolved in decades, give us a shout at bj@shortboxed.com with “HN” in the subject. Bonus: tell us who your favorite superhero is and why!

Or apply directly at: https://angel.co/company/shortboxed/jobs/1409677-senior-back...

New comment by readdit in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2020)"

readdit — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:36:17 +0000

Shortboxed Inc. | https://shortboxed.com | San Francisco, CA / Remote | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Full-time

Shortboxed is a mobile marketplace for buying and selling collectibles - comic books, video games, trading card games, sports cards and more. We’re looking to hire our first full-time engineer to design and build upon our existing application, and you’ll play an important role in building the company as we continue to grow.

What you'll be working on: Several backend APIs including, but not limited to, deep personalization using ML and AI, collectibles databases, collection management applications and live streaming.

Our stack: NodeJs / Javascript, React Native, Python and PHP on AWS

Requirements:

- 3+ years of full stack development experience

- Extensive experience with NodeJs/Javascript

- Experience with production AWS

- Extensive experience with SQL

- Python and PHP (nice to have)

- React Native for mobile development (nice to have)

- Data engineering and ML experience at-scale (nice to have)

- Video live streaming and on-demand development (nice to have)

If you're looking to disrupt a fun and exciting industry that hasn't evolved in decades, give us a shout at hello@shortboxed.com with “HN” in the subject. Bonus: tell us who your favorite superhero is and why!

Or apply directly at: https://angel.co/company/shortboxed/jobs/1078112-full-stack-...

New comment by readdit in "Maxing out your Dropbox referrals (how I got 16GB for less than $10)"

readdit — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:02:25 +0000

Here's mine http://db.tt/Vz8tAuz, thanks!