ginger_beer_m's comments

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2025)

[ginger_beer_m]

Would you share the salary range?

On: Tell HN: The ratio of wants-to-be-hired to is-hiring is at a record high 0.94

[ginger_beer_m]

It would also be interesting to know the reverse question: anyone ever got a job from who's hiring thread?

On: Launch HN: Type (YC W23) – AI-powered document editor

[ginger_beer_m]

Did you spend as much on product development too?

[stewfortier → ginger_beer_m]

Haha tough crowd. (Yes)

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)

[ginger_beer_m]

Hi when you say 'San Carlos, CA / Remote', does it mean we have to be in San Carlos, CA but able to work remotely? Do you accept applicants from outside the US?

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)

[ginger_beer_m]

Very interesting roles! Do you have any remote from UK opening?

On: Ask HN: What to do with excess off-grid solar electricity?

[ginger_beer_m]

Mine cryptocurrency is the obvious answer.

[deviance → ginger_beer_m]

I initially considered this as well (still considering), but I am a bit reluctant - a decent mining rig can be quite expensive - and I keep hearing or stumbling myself upon both pros and cons.

Some of the cons: - Bitcoin mining is now feasible only? using ASIC miners. They cost a lost and I can't find a reliable source to buy them (i.e warranty for hardware breaking down, etc.). - Bitcoin prices are very volatile, so if they go down (even for a limited period - e.g. up to a few years) I would be stuck with (temporarily) unprofitable equipment. - Ethereum (for example) is minable using GPU-s (less risky investment from my point of view) but I hear in the near future it will transition to proof of stake and not be minable anymore (correct me if i'm wrong)

[knopkop_ → deviance]

For more info you can check on whattomine.com to see if any alts may be profitable to mine with GPUs.

On: Show HN: Futuure – hash-certified public prediction store

[ginger_beer_m]

Once you're done building a working system to do the above, you'd have basically built a blockchain.

[smt88 → ginger_beer_m]

Using a very loose definition of blockchain, sure. For anything post-Satoshi, no.

The extra governance layer that makes it a blockchain is also not trivial.

On: Our brutal science system almost cost us a pioneer of mRNA vaccines

[ginger_beer_m]

Could you share what are these bio hacker spaces, for example?

On: The Joy of Coding: Observable

[ginger_beer_m]

Can it be used to call numpy, pytorch etc? If not, it's useless

On: Show HN: Introducing Webase, a Platform for Creating Applications

[ginger_beer_m]

I'm interested to build something like this too. Would you open source it so we can collaborate? It's surprising how few OSS alternatives exist for low-code programming.

[harrisreynolds → ginger_beer_m]

I'd love to chat more. How can we connect? You can find me on Twitter in my profile.