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Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by scrapcode »

18+ years of 'dabbling' in design and development, building personal tools and freelancing smaller client websites. Recent non-traditional BS:CS grad to check off a life goal, but don't plan on entering the field as I am deep into an established career in another IT-related role.

I am really enjoying working with Python, Django and learning React at the moment. I have a lot of free time during the week and I am very interested in helping with a project. Very much akin to entry-mid level if you're looking for train-ability and willingness to learn. codectc at gmail!

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Post by sabhiram »

koeng wrote: post #52

We’re building a Golang library designing DNA. Most synthetic biology tools are essentially crap Python scripts - we’re looking at building maintainable tools for the next 10-20 years https://github.com/timothystiles/poly

This looks like a very fun thing to get into, and I love the idea of being able to help in this new (for me) field. However, thumbing through the issues listed in the GH repo leaves me realizing that there is a bunch of terminology that I would need to catch up on (15% of the stuff feels familiar). Any pointers on what stuff I could read / study that would serve as a nice primer into the terms and ideas being coded and modeled?

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Post by continuational »

mikewarot wrote: post #57

I want to demonstrate the advantages of capability based security in actual examples that people can use. I'd like to have one as my daily driver. I'm willing to commit to reading and constructively commenting on projects in this thread.

Maybe we should talk! I'm working on a language with first class capabilities.

Here's an example from the main function of the self hosting Firefly compiler [1]:

    main(system: System): Unit {
        ...
        let fs = system.files()
        if(fs.exists(tempPath)) { deleteDirectory(fs, tempPath) }
        ...
    }

    deleteDirectory(fs: FileSystem, outputFile: String): Unit {
        fs.list(outputFile).each { file =>
            if(fs.isDirectory(file)) {
                deleteDirectory(fs, file)
            } else {
                fs.delete(file)
            }
        }
        fs.delete(outputFile)
    }
Main is passed `System`, which is a value with methods to access the network, the file system, etc. It passes on the `FileSystem` value to `deleteDirectory`, which only has methods to access the file system. Since there's no other way for `deleteDirectory` to obtain capabilities than to recieve them as arguments, `deleteDirectory` only has access to the file system.

[1] https://github.com/Ahnfelt/firefly-boot/tree/master/compiler

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by karlicoss »

I'm working on tools/projects to unify, access, interact and use my personal data for quantified self, knowledge management, etc.

A couple of examples:

- https://github.com/karlicoss/HPI#readme

- https://github.com/karlicoss/promnesia#readme

Would very much love to discuss it with other people, collaborate etc.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by zacharypinter »

oliverbennett wrote: post #22

A couple of years ago I started to build a tool for my own personal use. It ended up being a metaverse full of sticky notes. I'm currently seeing if there's a market for it outside of just myself - https://www.temin.net/ Give me a shout if you're interested in turning it into something - email is in my profile.

Very cool!

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by kallewirsch »

caseyslaught wrote: post #12

I work for a national park in the Democratic Republic on the Congo as a tech lead. Some of the things we are doing: LoRaWAN for tracking and emergency response, ML to identify gorillas by their unique nose prints, and long-range drones for mapping and surveillance, and a management web app. If you’re interested in conservation / sustainable development and associated technologies let me know! Always looking to collab…

How does one find a job like that, it sounds amazing! I originally studied environmental science before having worked as a Data Scientist and now Data Engineer for the past 4 years. I worked a lot with geospatial data and sat images. Ultimately I would love to combine both again and use these skills to do something useful for the environment. If anyone has links to orgs/companies that do relevant work and hire (or wants to collaborate) I would be keen to hear. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

I’m the maintainer of OneBusAway for iOS, an open source app that helps hundreds of thousands of people around the United States get real-time information about where their bus is, and when it will be arriving.

I’m always looking for more users of the app who are interested in helping to make it better: whether you’re a developer, designer, or just have ideas, I’d love your input.

This might be of particular interest to you if you live in Seattle, San Diego, Tampa, or Washington DC, but the app has also been deployed in more than a dozen other cities across the US.

https://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-ios

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