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verelo

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About verelo

I'm Andrew, I live in Toronto Canada, I grew up in Australia.

Private pilot; interested in home renovations; lover of food; I write code; founder of Checkout51.com (exited in 2015); currently working on ListingAI.com; I have a rescue Blue Tick Beagle named Elvis (Instagram: @elvisrufflife)

andrewjohnmcgrath at gmail dot com; Instagram: @andrewjmcgrath

Near and around Toronto or Haliburton, Ontario most of the time.

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    Comment #48998579

    I wouldnt say it is, but there are circumstances when speed is helpful. I wouldn't argue that coding is one of them.

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    Comment #48994365

    This is the feeling i get too. Cant produce quality, but can produce something that is super fast...so take the wins where they are.

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    Comment #48983716

    pretty nice, the click targets are a bit awkward but otherwise really fun!

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    Comment #48912104

    Maybe in the US, in Canada i find their online services are pretty average. A lot of the time i search for something and i get a US link, much to my disapointment.

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    Comment #48911861

    Yeah, home depot is a tricky case. They have a huge array of products, and in my experience when you cant find something you need to search beyond the store you're in....so the dat…

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    Comment #48910395

    I used to run a company (2010-2018) where our customers were almost always using our product inside of grocery stores, which are almost always metal sheds with some finishings on t…

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    Comment #48908453

    So i've done similar things in the past - and my justification for 'app' over website has been offline. Does the PWA state of things resolve that in the modern days? If it did, yea…

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    Comment #48896956

    That checks out.

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    Comment #48895886

    As an Australian, Apples voice models have always sucked. I've tried using stt (again) more recently and its improved, but i'm so tired of having to Americanize my voice to get it …

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    Comment #48845008

    That success rate aligns with mine. I was also shocked, at first.

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    Comment #48840323

    For sure. I mean, i think naturally you'll end up there if all goes well. Have some tricky questions prepared of course, but starting simple gives you so much so quickly and often …

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    Comment #48840269

    ha, i'd have loved that. I'm out of the world where I hire people these days, solo founder life. Maybe i'll go back there, but it's a real mission objective to just be a one man sh…

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    Comment #48840172

    So for about 10 years my main interview question was: "Write me a function in any language of your choosing, that takes an array of integers and returns the sum." I loved it. Here …

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    Comment #48713585

    That's what Google told me, but i still don't see how it links to this?

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    Comment #48713414

    I'm glad you're asking because I've seen it too and don't get it either. I assumed initially it was alpha as a typo, then I Googled it and got even more confused.

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    Comment #48694719

    Land of the free, clearly.

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    Comment #48693292

    None of those things are knowledge. I think theres something specific around limiting access to knowledge and capabilities that makes this feel insidious.

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    Comment #48610647

    Some do. Sr-22 for example. However, often if you’re handling things well, loosing an engine isn’t the end of the world. A lot of accidents happen very close to the ground, at heig…

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    Comment #48610588

    Given the trajectory of the world’s on, it seems pretty obvious to me that diversifying from oil and gas is required for a long-term sustainable economy. I think the more intereste…

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    Comment #48587515

    The irony that they figured out how to eliminate rats, but can’t diversify from oil and gas is pretty special.

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    Comment #48510098

    So, I love this little game. I've been wanting to remake Scorched Earth for years, just for fun. Decided to experiment with this repo today, adding multi player, islands that can s…

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    Comment #48489618

    Probably a bit but here’s the thing: if charging fast is, well….faster…then people care less if they loose a little extra battery because getting it back is less inconvenient. Ther…

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    Show HN: An update to our long-turn FreeCiv experience

    So we have had quiet the journey here. So 70 days ago (aka 73 turns ago) I posted on HN sharing our FreeCiv deployment ( https://github.com/ndroo/freeciv.andrewmcgrath.info ). Free…

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    Comment #48301498

    Yep exactly this. The app developers are the problem, but Apple and Google are not helping here.

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    Comment #48296524

    Came here to say the same. I don't even know what this product is anymore. The website makes it sound like its about music but there is no music? I'm lost. The last time I paid for…