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I totally agree removing friction is key. I have really enjoyed Korg Gadget https://www.korg.com/us/products/software/korg_gadget/ - most people are familiar with the iPad version,…

Apple is a hardware company, and you can't WFH using giant anechoic chambers, laser cutting machines, electronics labs, and who knows what else. The products may be manufactured ov…

I agree; I tried standalone boxes like the Electribe 2 and Circuit, and the iPad with Korg Gadget is just way more flexible and quicker. The soft synths available are truly equal t…

I've only seen this as an internal move, which is how I did it. Ask to take ownership of a project, even a small one. Do it successfully for at least one delivery. Learn the techni…

You mean to say they should have courage?

One way to think about this is traveling to places where connectivity is literally unavailable -- national parks, mountains, etc. Your boss cannot prevent you from traveling to tho…

I think it's because at the top level, everyone already has perfect grades so schools need additional criteria to limit their selection pool.

Totally agree. I believe Agile works well in environments with shallow tech stacks, but it has worked terribly in my experience in product companies that build hardware, FPGA dev, …

This is not strictly true. Health insurance has always been available for purchase by individuals, and the ACA expanded access to this by providing income-based subsidies. When you…

I second this, it's a great cross-platform scratchpad.

I have talked to several interviewers with a buying mindset, and the thing that annoys me the most is that they always ask why I want to work for $COMPANY_NAME, especially if it's …

Agreed, though have you seen Garageband on iOS lately? It has inherited quite a few features from Logic like the drummer, more customizable plugins / inserts, etc. Also, Cubasis an…

Every other manufacturer of battery powered devices, including laptops, does CPU throttling based on battery degradation, and doesn't mention anything about it. It sounds like you …

I like it, I use my custom domain as a spam filter and have a short me.com address.

I have a "wireless" thermostat (Honeywell Redlink) and there are a lot of problems you have to think through to make it work. In particular, what is the failure mode when the therm…

True, except for freshwater availability. Denver already has to pipe water in and hope for plenty of snowmelt. Climate changes could impact that.

Similarly, I look at it as "what new thing does this enable me to do?" Performance increases are great if they can better race to sleep and improve battery life. But otherwise, bet…

This is just my speculation, but I think the utility of facebook declined when external linking took over user created posts on facebook. I don't go to facebook because I want to k…

I totally agree. There are enough "open" social networks like Twitter and Instagram that are public by default, the point of being mutually authenticated friends on facebook only s…

I like my Vivoactive HR and can confirm its reliability. Just be aware it's pretty large compared to a fitness band, more like the size of the Apple watch. Also, I wish they had co…

A colleague of mine actually patented this technique: http://www.google.com/patents/US8538038

What you are describing is basically Instagram. No "sharing" or "reposting" other content, only original posts from friends. Some have found ways around that but it's not the defau…

This is just my speculation, but people might use smartphones sitting next to their laptop for a variety of reasons: - Streaming video on laptop while doing something else - You ca…

I'm surprised so many at HN disagree. The mobile tech trends he describes are some of the biggest drivers of recent startups. I expected us to be more forward thinking.