aguynamedben

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by aguynamedben 23d ago
The free will of walking. I walked around the city using certain routes, and I can freely replicate those walks in this. I did walks I did when my kids were 3 years old. Google Maps isn't fluid enough to do this.
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by aguynamedben 23d ago
Same. I lived in SF for 15 years, my kids were toddlers in the Marina... this is so freaking awesome and really brings out the nostalgia! It matches my memories exactly. Exact proportions are crazy. I had the reverse experience doing sim ra
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by aguynamedben 1mo ago
I lived in San Francisco for 15 years, and love this. Great work!
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by aguynamedben 9mo ago
Yeah I didn't really get that... PubSub is more of a design pattern... you still have to get the data transported to the browser (via WebSockets, SSE, etc.)
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by aguynamedben 10mo ago
TIL coffee is extra good for your brain
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by aguynamedben 1y ago
This paper is above my ability, but as someone who loves Ruby, thank you for working on this Peter and crew!
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by aguynamedben 1y ago
Along with figuring out the typing, don't underestimate how powerful voice transcription has become with apps like superwhisper https://superwhisper.com/
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by aguynamedben 2y ago
Ruby is alive and well!
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by aguynamedben 2y ago
rqlite is my favorite “out there” project that is actually freaking genius!
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by aguynamedben 2y ago
An interesting variant of space-filling curves + dimensionality reduction is Geohash ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geohash , http://geohash.org/ ) which takes a lon/lat and uses a Z-curve approach
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by aguynamedben 3y ago
Not sure if the forker made any improvements, but I saw this first a few days ago here: https://twitter.com/reach_vb/status/1723810943329616007?s=12...
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by aguynamedben 3y ago
I keep trying VS Code, but I hate how when I split the screen three wide ("splits") it wants to open "editors" in each of the columns, even if it's the same file. I want a "buffer" like Emacs has that can
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by aguynamedben 3y ago
YEEEESSSS I'm an Electron user for 6 years and Rust fanboy, but this is The Way™
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by aguynamedben 3y ago
I love Steve Krouse!!!
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by aguynamedben 3y ago
If you have a 3-4 year old: Bob Books
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by aguynamedben 6y ago
We're using WorkOS to build Directory/SCIM and are very happy with it. They have a really good API for syncing enterprise directories (G Suite, Okta, SCIM, Azuer, etc.) and webhooks to get changes. It's easy enough to use eve
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by aguynamedben 6y ago
Hey, I just wanted to say this is awesome and if you need somebody to help test it I'd love to help. I'm a software engineer, but also a big guitarist. The WaveNet stuff is really interesting, but I'm not a DSP/ML expert
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by aguynamedben 6y ago
Hey! 1. Yes, there is a Slack integration. You can search for channels (#general) or DMs (@ben) and hitting Enter switches you to the Slack app and jumps straight to that channel. Kind of like Slack's Cmd-K, but computer-wide. Over tim
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by aguynamedben 6y ago
Hey HN - I'm Ben, co-founder and CTO of Command E ( https://getcommande.com ). Command E is a blazing-fast, secure way to instantly find anything in your cloud or on your computer via a Spotlight-like search and command inter
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Show HN: Command E – fastest fuzzy finder for anything on your computer+cloud(getcommande.com)
12 points by aguynamedben 6y ago|3 comments
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by aguynamedben 7y ago
Command E | Senior Software Engineer (engineer #2) | San Francisco, CA or REMOTE (North America only) Hi HN! I'm the Founder & CTO of Command E…a lightning-fast, secure way to instantly find anything in the cloud with a simple keyb
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by aguynamedben 7y ago
Command E | Senior Software Engineer (engineer #2) | San Francisco, CA or REMOTE (North America only) Hi HN! I'm the Founder & CTO of Command E…a lightning-fast, secure way to instantly find anything in the cloud with a simple keyb
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by aguynamedben 8y ago
Command E | Lead Engineer (#1) | San Francisco, CA | Onsite/Remote | Full Time We're building a next-generation search tool, and we're hiring employee #1—a lead engineer who wants to get in at the ground floor (pre-seed/
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by aguynamedben 8y ago
There's a great movie called "Best of Enemies" about their rivalry and the impact of their televised debates. It's on Netflix. It's a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Definitely worth watching.
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by aguynamedben 8y ago
Sweet! Keybase seems pretty cool.
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by aguynamedben 8y ago
+1 the book Why We Sleep is great
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by aguynamedben 8y ago
FWIW https://www.youneedabudget.com/privacy-policy/ "We do not sell users’ data. (And we never have!)" They make money by charging $5/mo and having a large cult following.
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by aguynamedben 8y ago
Their new system is SAAS but still doesn't require that you sync your accounts. You can still enter transactions manually. I thought the new version was a great update compared to the older version (including the desktop software non-S
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by aguynamedben 8y ago
+1, I use the syncing but originally YNAB didn't have that feature and you entered things by hand. Either works.
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by aguynamedben 8y ago
YNAB gets around this in an interesting way with their "age your money" concept. When you spend money, you aren't looking at your account to see how much actual money you have. You're looking at your budget to see how mu

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