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jimbobob

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About jimbobob

I'm Eric. I work in ad tech and dabble in programming / automation on the side.

You can reach me at eric.rygh@gmail.com.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #17822222

    Learn Python the Hard Way and Automate the Boring Stuff with Python were both very helpful for me to get started.

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    Comment #14877176

    She's not even trying to hide her selfishness. What a lack of empathy.

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    Comment #14614410

    This is an interesting approach in the short term and could help bootstrap Starsky's business before the conversion to fully autonomous driving. I still think driving a truck as a …

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    Comment #14556933

    How much traffic do you drive per month? There are exchanges / SSPs that would do an integration with you but that is going to require scale. Pretty much any SSP is going to ask yo…

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    Ask HN: Anybody Here Gone Through UC Berkeley Coding Boot Camp?

    I'm seriously considering joining this program. Before doing so, however, I thought it would be wise to get feedback from previous cohorts. This has proven to be more of a challeng…

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    Comment #10049131

    I think you are looking at the arithmetic average, which isn't very useful for the following reason: Year 1: 100% gain Year 2: 50% loss The arithmetic average here is 50%, which th…

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    Comment #9468870

    Spotify uses Chromium Embedded Framework to serve a lot of UI elements via HTML/CSS/JavaScript[0]. Anecdotally, there seem to be a number of desktop apps moving in this direction. …

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    Comment #8975025

    This seems like a smart way to go. You could start by looking for business development people at these publishers on LinkedIn.

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    Comment #8655272

    Responded to your email. Hopefully you find that helpful. Best of luck getting started!

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    Comment #8654391

    Hi foxpc- that is a hard question to answer without knowing more specifics. Here are some of the questions that I can use to point you in the right direction. - What kind of site(s…

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    Ask HN: Preventing reverse engineering

    I want to learn more about how to protect my startup from having our software product reverse-engineered by one of our clients. I am speaking with a lawyer regarding how to handle …

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    Comment #7922761

    https://www.earthclassmail.com looks like it is still alive, no?

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    Comment #7369969

    It depends on the size of your audience. Typically if an audience is very niche (eg user demographics are similar), then selling ads to direct advertisers is more of a possibility.…

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    Comment #7207565

    I just updated my profile. Feel free to reach out!

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    Comment #7204443

    Your post would have fit me pretty closely ~ 7 years ago. Personally, I got into tech by getting exposure to online advertising with a side project. This led to an internship and t…

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    Comment #7202799

    I started FitSpot ( https://Fitspot.io ) and released this week. Our first feature allows personal trainers to create a web presence easily and for free. We have some big ideas for…

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    Show HN: FitSpot.io – profiles for personal trainers

    Hi HN, My co-founder and I just released v1 of FitSpot (https://fitspot.io) into the wild. We are offering fitness professionals a simple, free way to create a web presence. The fu…

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    Comment #5623502

    The 2% compounds over time. There is a far greater opportunity cost to losing 2% of earnings in year 1, as that amount reinvested at 7% over a 20 or 30-year period is quite signifi…

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    Comment #5199895

    Where are you located? Your background sounds very similar to mine and I now work in Advertising Operations, which was a job I did not know existed when I was in school. Working in…

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    Comment #4784605

    M = 1000. MM = 1,000,000.