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New comment by thejf in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2025)"

thejf — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:51:09 +0000

Homebrew tabletop RPG adventure maker for multiple settings that easily lets you toggle from AI/human creation.

Also Plex for books (https://www.passagebooks.com/) but that has a much bigger scope.

New comment by thejf in "Atom 1.1 is out"

thejf — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:10:30 +0000

I don't have any hard numbers for you, but it feels as if it's improved by a lot.

I had switched away from Atom precisely because of the speed issue, but switched back to it a number of months back and I haven't noticed any performance problems.

Vancouver’s high-tech makeover

thejf — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:40:34 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/vancouvers-high-tech-makeover/article23614007/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9276911

Points: 16

# Comments: 3

New comment by thejf in "Why Revolution Can’t Come to North Korea"

thejf — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:31:07 +0000

Indeed, would the French revolution have even happened without all the bad press the royal family got from Marie Antoinette's tweets and the subsequent flashmob at La Bastille? And the American revolution's well-attended "Boston Tea Party" Facebook event?

New comment by thejf in "Ask HN: How do you create a Silicon Valley?"

thejf — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:49:14 +0000

Thanks, I will definitely read/listen to Steve Blank's Secret History of Silicon Valley!

Ask HN: How do you create a Silicon Valley?

thejf — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:16:10 +0000

I realize this isn't a new question, and has even been addressed by Paul Graham before ( http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html ), but I was wondering if I could glean some more from HN's collective wisdom.

What does it take to create a vibrant tech hub filled with entrepreneuring hackers?

I ask with a specific place in mind. I live in Moncton, a mid-sized Canadian city that is in Atlantic Canada. The region has high unemployment and is marginalized, geographically and politically. Moncton fares better than most of the region and has about half the unemployment rate than the rest. It's geographically central and has become a "hub", drawing in a steady stream of migrants from the surroundings. We also have a lot of people in the region that are trained in tech-related field; the bulk of them work in call centres which are a significant part of the economy here. While bringing in money, the call centres unfortunately dull their I.T. skillsets.

In my mind, it seems like Moncton would be a good candidate to become a regional tech hub, but it hasn't really developed as such. So I wonder, what would it take to create a regional tech hub? Institutions? Investors? Culture? More Starbucks per capita? More personally, as someone from the tech/startup world, what would your ideal city be like?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4101161

Points: 4

# Comments: 6

New comment by thejf in "How To Build A Startup From A Beach"

thejf — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:47:50 +0000

I'm from New Brunswick, currently living in Moncton, and I'm really surprised you mentioned New Brunswick, and then called it exotic! But it is indeed all relative.

New comment by thejf in "Show HN: My table of tools for startups [Google Docs]"

thejf — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:25:26 +0000

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Teamlab: http://www.teamlab.com/