bconway's comments

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)

[bconway]

Meshify | Backend Engineer, Frontend Lead, Frontend Engineer | Austin, TX | Full-time | On-site (relocation possible)

Meshify is an IoT data capture, analytics, and analysis company headquartered in Austin, TX. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSB Group in Hartford, CT, part of Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers. We make heavy use of Go, PostgreSQL, Cassandra (Scylla), and NSQ. The frontend is JavaScript and Riot/React-ish.

Backend Engineer: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

Frontend Lead: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

Frontend Engineer: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2018)

[bconway]

Meshify | Backend Engineer and Frontend Lead | Austin, TX | Full-time | On-site (relocation possible)

Meshify is an IoT data capture, analytics, and analysis company headquartered in Austin, TX. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSB Group in Hartford, CT, part of Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers. We make heavy use of Go, PostgreSQL, Cassandra (Scylla), and NSQ. The frontend is JavaScript and React-ish.

Backend Engineer: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

Frontend Lead: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)

[bconway]

Meshify | Backend Engineer and Frontend Lead | Austin, TX | Full-time | On-site (relocation possible)

Meshify is an IoT data capture, analytics, and analysis company headquartered in Austin, TX. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSB Group in Hartford, CT, part of Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers.

Backend Engineer: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

Frontend Lead: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

On: Resflash – Resilient OpenBSD images for flash memo...

[bconway]

If you want something router-like, PC Engines apu1d and apu1d4 at $124 and $145 USD are good options, as is the older (but slower, i386-only) alix2d3 at $103.

There are also plenty of micro ATX or all-in-one fanless PCs with dual-NICs in a similar price range. Or dual-NIC Intel NUCs, as well (not fanless).

On: Paris Air Show’s Slowest Plane Could Have Biggest ...

[bconway]

Is there any evidence that patent issues are what has kept this idea on the sidelines until now?

On: How I Got Fired from the Job I Invented

[bconway]

they got bitten by a mistake of not doing enough market research

Alternatively, they don't see it as a mistake at all (as you pointed out, a whopping 68 subscribers) and did the math and decided to go with it.

On: NY auto dealers trying to shut down Tesla Motors i...

[bconway]

It would be interesting to hear the other side of the story here.

On: DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Sca...

[bconway]

Any evidence or just FUD?

[thrownaway2424 → bconway]

Just FUD, but I don't think it's sufficient to /intend/ to protect user data, you must also have the /capability/ to actually protect it.

On: Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You...

[bconway]

I'm old enough to remember the cold war. One of the big criticisms of Eastern block countries was that the courts were subservient to the government, that the government was not constrained by the law and that trials were secret.

Have we forgotten this already?

Given that our current President wasn't alive for half of it (exclusive of petering out, 1947-1961), that seems pretty likely.

On: What's Wrong with the iOS 7 Icons?

[bconway]

The OP indicated he is colorblind. This very likely isn't the first or the last time he will need to break out the high-contrast option.