davidhegarty

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by davidhegarty 3y ago
In Portugal, I’ve see them use speed activated red lights. If you’re going too fast, an arbitrary red light will be triggered on your route. It’s quicker not to speed, than to wait out the red light.
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Ask HN: Anyone else's FB Ad Sets turned off by FB for no reason?
1 points by davidhegarty 4y ago|0 comments
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by davidhegarty 4y ago
Shout out to one of the greatest documentaries of all time: PBS's 'Ferrets - The Pursuit of Excellence'. It is ever bit as funny 'Best in Show'... but the characters are real. The only place I can find a streaming v
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Ask HN: Why did Gmail remove the ability to send a calendar invite in the email?
12 points by davidhegarty 5y ago|5 comments
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by davidhegarty 6y ago
I think there's a difference between happiness and fulfillment. Parenthood unlocks a new level of feelings I never experienced before. I cannot accurately describe the joy that fatherhood brings me.... despite the reduced sleep and i
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Ask HN: What are the best ideas for employee schwag?
3 points by davidhegarty 8y ago|4 comments
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by davidhegarty 8y ago
I learned to do this 5 years ago as part of a wilderness survival program. I was highly skeptical at first, but it was much easier in reality. I believe the practice is banned in most states because it is so effective at catching fish.
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by davidhegarty 8y ago
Going to echo this one. Plus the following two books: 1/ Richest man in Babylon 2/ Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Both written for the simplest of readers but great advice clearly told. (Summaries are probably good enough)
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by davidhegarty 8y ago
Love every opportunity to link to this story: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_t... The Citigroup building in NYC had a fundamental design flaw that could cause it to colla
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Fixed, the app that helps you fight tickets, gets acquired(techcrunch.com)
2 points by davidhegarty 10y ago|0 comments
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by davidhegarty 10y ago
I know this thread is about Weasels... but can I just use this opportunity to drop a recommendation for one of the funniest documentaries ever made: https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Excellence-Ferrets/dp/B000RL2...
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by davidhegarty 10y ago
Everyone has different views on what Liberal vs. Conservative means, but if you were to use these definitions: Liberal: Promote group-oriented solutions to address economic disparities and historical social injustices. Conservatives: Promot
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by davidhegarty 11y ago
That's not how laws work. You can't have one set of rules for one stakeholder, and another set of rules for another. Particularly when one of those stakeholders gets to acts as enforcement, judiciary AND beneficiary. 1 inch over
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by davidhegarty 11y ago
I'm just going to quickly jump in here. I'm David, one of the co-founders of Fixed. Every single contest is custom written, and has an extremely thorough review which includes: 1) automated check (check for missing/incorrect
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Four Words That Imperil Health Care Law Were All a Mistake, Writers Now Say(mobile.nytimes.com)
1 points by davidhegarty 11y ago|0 comments
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Fixed (YC S14) is looking for a contractor to help with a hard map problem(blog.fixed.com)
1 points by davidhegarty 11y ago
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by davidhegarty 11y ago
BINGO!!! You da man. That's seems to work for all my examples. Thanks!
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Ask HN: Why do parking tickets across lots of cities follow a similar # pattern?
1 points by davidhegarty 11y ago|2 comments
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by davidhegarty 11y ago
https://github.com/djburdick/la-street-sweeping-maps
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by davidhegarty 11y ago
Great. We have a blog post up: http://blog.fixed.com/post/116649853902/a-problem-we-need-he... ... I'll setup a GitHub later today.
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by davidhegarty 11y ago
@shortoncash - I like that approach! If you live up to your username, do you've any interest in doing it as a side project?
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Ask HN: Figure out the routes of LA Street Cleaners from 500K parking tickets?
6 points by davidhegarty 11y ago|9 comments
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Fixed launches Ticket Guardian(blog.fixed.com)
2 points by davidhegarty 12y ago|0 comments
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by davidhegarty 12y ago
We take a huge amount of pride in our Customer Service. We have a target response time of 4-5 hours, and try to make sure every user questions gets responded to in under 1 business day. We think it's reflected in our reviews on the App
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by davidhegarty 12y ago
Sorry to hear about your experience. This is definitely not the experience we are aiming for... Can you email directly at hegs (at) fixed (dot) com and I'll figure out exactly what happened with your ticket. Thanks.
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Fixed Raises $650K More and Heads to Oakland(techcrunch.com)
43 points by davidhegarty 12y ago|29 comments
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New law to make San Francisco street sweeping even more unfair(blog.getfixed.me)
5 points by davidhegarty 12y ago|3 comments
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Fixed (YC S14) – OpEd on Parking Tickets(sfbg.com)
1 points by davidhegarty 12y ago|0 comments