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New comment by sebmanchester in "AI Bot for Art Criticism"

sebmanchester — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:16:35 +0000

The Critbot instagram feed features some pretty impressive and funny examples: https://www.instagram.com/critbot.ai/

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

sebmanchester — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:31:56 +0000

Jaza | Halifax, Canada (Remote Possible) | Good Salary + Equity | Sr. Electrical Engineer | http://www.jazaenergy.com

Jaza builds solar powered shops where customers charge portable batteries that power their homes. We are a small team of engineers (3 right now) based in Canada that serve the operational team in Tanzania (and soon beyond). We are working to power the 100 Million off grid homes in Africa. Anyone joining now has a lot of opportunity to have a really big impact on our customers and the direction of our technology strategy.

We need help scaling our hardware, so are looking for someone who has designed and shipped PCBs on a 10000+ scale. Come help us build the planet's best battery!

More info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KFKjhwxFmpYxw36mJPR73g7H...

New comment by sebmanchester in "Neuralink Progress Update [video]"

sebmanchester — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:29:31 +0000

Is there some type of calibration that would be needed after implant to allow for variance? Or does the robot surgeon just have perfect accuracy in where the threads are implanted?

New comment by sebmanchester in "Tesla Cybertruck"

sebmanchester — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:13:26 +0000

I absolutely love this truck's design. I really wonder (and worth noting because no one else has yet) how much the aerodynamics played into the aesthetics. The coefficient of drag on this thing is probably great because of the truck's profile. The trailing edge comes to a point to reduce vortices / separation of flow (and thus drag), which would have a significant impact on range. I find it funny because the profile is very similar to that of an older Prius, which actually had excellent aerodynamics compared to any other car at the time. Obviously this thing would eat a Prius for a snack, and I wouldn't be surprised if cybertruck has a better Cd.

New comment by sebmanchester in "Hurricane Idai (the Southern Hemispheres worst disaster?) happened a week ago"

sebmanchester — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:47:20 +0000

...and started 2 weeks ago. News from this part of the world often travels slow... Are there any good reasons why this story took so long to break?

Hurricane Idai (the Southern Hemispheres worst disaster?) happened a week ago

sebmanchester — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:40:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/19/cyclone-idai-worst-weather-disaster-to-hit-southern-hemisphere-mozambique-malawi

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19450400

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New comment by sebmanchester in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)"

sebmanchester — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 16:47:36 +0000

Jaza | Lead Developer | Halifax, Canada OR Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Full Time | ONSITE | https://jobs.careerbeacon.com/details/software-engineer/1225... Jaza is the last mile energy company, building the future of distribution infrastructure in subsaharan Africa. We build solar energy hubs that provide affordable energy access to every home in a community. This is an opportunity to become a leading member of the software engineering team at Jaza, and build solutions for some of the greatest challenges facing the continent and the world: climate change and energy access.

New comment by sebmanchester in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)"

sebmanchester — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:03:08 +0000

Jaza | Software Engineer | Halifax, Canada | Full Time | Onsite

Jaza is building the future of infrastructure in Africa. This is an opportunity to become a founding member of the software engineering team at Jaza, and build solutions for some of the greatest challenges facing the continent and the world: climate change and energy access.

Jaza builds energy access in last-mile communities. Using a solar powered Hub model, we sell customers access to portable battery packs that they can bring home to power lights and devices. We train and hire local women to run the Hubs, which includes managing the energy system and interfacing with customers.

We are on the lookout for well rounded software engineers to join our engineering team in Halifax. We need people that enjoy learning new technologies and tackling big challenges. We are a small and fast moving engineering team in Halifax that supports a much bigger (and rapidly growing) operation in Africa.

You will contribute to the development of tools and products that the Jaza ecosystem uses to manage and interact with a growing fleet of distributed energy systems.

Apply here: https://jobs.careerbeacon.com/apply/1225931?utm_source=share...

New comment by sebmanchester in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)"

sebmanchester — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 20:50:05 +0000

Jaza Energy | Full Stack Engineer | Halifax, NS or Tanzania or Remote

We build energy access for communities beyond the grid. We make electricity affordable through novel energy distribution systems and custom control hardware that integrates standard solar energy equipment. We need someone to take the lead on developing our software - mainly energy system data aggregation and monitoring tools for our field technicians.

We are early-stage but well funded. You would be given a lot of freedom to design your own stack / architecture.

Our small engineering team is based in Halifax, but all of our operations are in Tanzania. Ideally we will find someone willing to live in one of those locations, but would consider allowing a remote workplace if you are the right fit.

If this sounds interesting to you, please get in touch: sebastian@jazaenergy.com