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New top story on Hacker News: Launch HN: OSIMple (YC W18) – Automating data entry for inspectors
Launch HN: OSIMple (YC W18) – Automating data entry for inspectors
4 by mikemiller117 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN, We’re Amanda Chan and Mike Miller, the cofounders of OSIMple ( https://www.osimple.co/ ). We automate data entry for inspectors by replacing stacks of paper with tablets and by generating completed inspection forms, saving them almost half of their inspection time. Through conversations with friends and professors in the civil engineering department at our university, we discovered that data entry and report writing can be quite a time sink for bridge inspectors. Bridges need to be inspected regularly but a great deal of inspectors are using pen, paper, and camera on site and manually entering data back at the office. Those who do use software use old, clunky applications that often require persistent internet connection in the field. We figured we could build something better so we created OSIMple. There are two parts to the software. First is a mobile application that inspectors use to complete their inspections. It essentially digitizes the inspection form and keeps all the photos and notes organized. The second part is a website. Once an inspector finishes an inspection, they upload their data from the mobile app to the website where they may review and edit the inspection data and finally generate a completed inspection form as a PDF. We started started selling to bridge inspectors and now our software is being used on over 400 bridges. It’s become clear that other types of inspection could benefit from our software as well. So now we’re expanding to include home inspectors. Like bridge inspectors, home inspectors often have nothing or inelegant software to help them complete their job. We aim to change that, for home inspectors and beyond. Thanks for reading! We’d love to hear feedback from the HN community and any ideas or experiences you've had in this space.
4 by mikemiller117 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN, We’re Amanda Chan and Mike Miller, the cofounders of OSIMple ( https://www.osimple.co/ ). We automate data entry for inspectors by replacing stacks of paper with tablets and by generating completed inspection forms, saving them almost half of their inspection time. Through conversations with friends and professors in the civil engineering department at our university, we discovered that data entry and report writing can be quite a time sink for bridge inspectors. Bridges need to be inspected regularly but a great deal of inspectors are using pen, paper, and camera on site and manually entering data back at the office. Those who do use software use old, clunky applications that often require persistent internet connection in the field. We figured we could build something better so we created OSIMple. There are two parts to the software. First is a mobile application that inspectors use to complete their inspections. It essentially digitizes the inspection form and keeps all the photos and notes organized. The second part is a website. Once an inspector finishes an inspection, they upload their data from the mobile app to the website where they may review and edit the inspection data and finally generate a completed inspection form as a PDF. We started started selling to bridge inspectors and now our software is being used on over 400 bridges. It’s become clear that other types of inspection could benefit from our software as well. So now we’re expanding to include home inspectors. Like bridge inspectors, home inspectors often have nothing or inelegant software to help them complete their job. We aim to change that, for home inspectors and beyond. Thanks for reading! We’d love to hear feedback from the HN community and any ideas or experiences you've had in this space.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What do you look for in a remote developer?
Ask HN: What do you look for in a remote developer?
9 by daryllxd | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'll be applying for jobs soon. I'm a Rails dev with 4 years exp, currently learning Elixir. I've just created a blog for my future employer and potentially future clients, gotten testimonials from my previous clients, reading interview questions, anything else that I can do to improve my chances/add value to the company I'll be joining?
9 by daryllxd | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'll be applying for jobs soon. I'm a Rails dev with 4 years exp, currently learning Elixir. I've just created a blog for my future employer and potentially future clients, gotten testimonials from my previous clients, reading interview questions, anything else that I can do to improve my chances/add value to the company I'll be joining?
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
8 by pyeu | 4 comments on Hacker News.
How many people on hacker news are running successful online businesses on their own? What is your business and how did you get started? Defining successful as a profitable business which provides the majority of the owners income.
8 by pyeu | 4 comments on Hacker News.
How many people on hacker news are running successful online businesses on their own? What is your business and how did you get started? Defining successful as a profitable business which provides the majority of the owners income.
New top story on Hacker News: UK Electronics Store Maplin Goes into Administration
UK Electronics Store Maplin Goes into Administration
8 by s0l1dsnak3123 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
8 by s0l1dsnak3123 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: New Story (nonprofit S15) Is Hiring Impact Data Analyst
New Story (nonprofit S15) Is Hiring Impact Data Analyst
1 by Matth3wMarshall | 0 comments on Hacker News.
1 by Matth3wMarshall | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: When did you realize you needed glasses?
Ask HN: When did you realize you needed glasses?
3 by gerbilly | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I'm pretty nearsighted, but a first I didn't realize it. The day I realized I needed glasses, it was the last day of sixth grade. Most of the kids had left the classroom and I was alone with the teacher and a girl named Francine. The teacher was asking us how we found the class, and I said: "It was great, but I found it hard to read the board from the back row," and Francine says, "What do you mean, I can read the board fine from here. You need glasses!" Stupidly I hadn't considered that they wouldn't put pupils that far from the blackboard if it were impossible for them to read from that distance. I just figured they put the smart kids in the back rows because they could get by without reading the board and I spent the whole year transcribing as the teacher spoke, and passed my sixth grade without ever being able to read the blackboard.
3 by gerbilly | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I'm pretty nearsighted, but a first I didn't realize it. The day I realized I needed glasses, it was the last day of sixth grade. Most of the kids had left the classroom and I was alone with the teacher and a girl named Francine. The teacher was asking us how we found the class, and I said: "It was great, but I found it hard to read the board from the back row," and Francine says, "What do you mean, I can read the board fine from here. You need glasses!" Stupidly I hadn't considered that they wouldn't put pupils that far from the blackboard if it were impossible for them to read from that distance. I just figured they put the smart kids in the back rows because they could get by without reading the board and I spent the whole year transcribing as the teacher spoke, and passed my sixth grade without ever being able to read the blackboard.
New top story on Hacker News: Creativity is a skill. We can learn to be more creative
Creativity is a skill. We can learn to be more creative
6 by mattivahtera | 0 comments on Hacker News.
6 by mattivahtera | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What happened when Amazon moved into your business?
Ask HN: What happened when Amazon moved into your business?
5 by boldslogan | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Without going too much into my own product. I have recently found out after watching the AWS conference that I am now directly competing against an Amazon product... I am looking for stories of how your company reacted and maybe the successes or failures...
5 by boldslogan | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Without going too much into my own product. I have recently found out after watching the AWS conference that I am now directly competing against an Amazon product... I am looking for stories of how your company reacted and maybe the successes or failures...
New top story on Hacker News: Launch HN: Slite (YC W18) – Note App for Teams
Launch HN: Slite (YC W18) – Note App for Teams
11 by christophepas | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I'm Chris, founder of Slite ( https://slite.com ). We’re building a tool for modern teams to write down and retrieve things that matter. I've launched two companies in the past and basically ran them on note-taking apps. The first was a hiring SaaS and the second an on-demand fashion-delivery service, and while the two were pretty different, I needed to write down a lot of stuff: interview notes, mentoring, email and article drafts, notes on customers and so on. I had this habit because notes are versatile, incredibly user-friendly, and immediate. They made up my personal knowledge base but the biggest frustration I had was sharing those with teammates. So I decided to build a note app that would work with teams from day 1. This is in line with the current problems in team collaboration. A lot of people were thrilled to dump email to get on Slack, but recent conversation has shifted towards Slack killing team productivity and leading to loss of information. This topic even trended on HN a week ago: http://ift.tt/2nSGHeM . We’re building an asynchronous writing tool for teams to organize their work with one simple yet crucial goal in mind: make sure teams stop losing valuable information and find it more quickly. We want to remove the back and forth you have on Slack, via email or even offline to find information. We use the same channels pattern as Slack, mainly because this avoids the folders structure where content is hard to find, organize and where permissions are a nightmare. But using Slite allows you to separate use cases: channel chat a la IRC or Slack to communicate instantly, Slite to write and retrieve information. Another major product focus is search: existing tools such as Google Docs or Dropbox Paper make it hard to organize and navigate through content (not to mention Slack where everything get lost between cat gifs). We put huge efforts on making it seamless in Slite. With these basic differences we've already convinced hundreds of teams and thousands of active users to switch their content over from Google Docs, Dropbox Paper or other tools. We’re now entering a new phase where we’re focusing on integrations, allowing teams to push and access their information from anywhere in their workflows. It’s an exciting time and we’d love for you to check it out and give us your feedback. And we're eager to hear your ideas in this space. Please share your thoughts in the comments!
11 by christophepas | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I'm Chris, founder of Slite ( https://slite.com ). We’re building a tool for modern teams to write down and retrieve things that matter. I've launched two companies in the past and basically ran them on note-taking apps. The first was a hiring SaaS and the second an on-demand fashion-delivery service, and while the two were pretty different, I needed to write down a lot of stuff: interview notes, mentoring, email and article drafts, notes on customers and so on. I had this habit because notes are versatile, incredibly user-friendly, and immediate. They made up my personal knowledge base but the biggest frustration I had was sharing those with teammates. So I decided to build a note app that would work with teams from day 1. This is in line with the current problems in team collaboration. A lot of people were thrilled to dump email to get on Slack, but recent conversation has shifted towards Slack killing team productivity and leading to loss of information. This topic even trended on HN a week ago: http://ift.tt/2nSGHeM . We’re building an asynchronous writing tool for teams to organize their work with one simple yet crucial goal in mind: make sure teams stop losing valuable information and find it more quickly. We want to remove the back and forth you have on Slack, via email or even offline to find information. We use the same channels pattern as Slack, mainly because this avoids the folders structure where content is hard to find, organize and where permissions are a nightmare. But using Slite allows you to separate use cases: channel chat a la IRC or Slack to communicate instantly, Slite to write and retrieve information. Another major product focus is search: existing tools such as Google Docs or Dropbox Paper make it hard to organize and navigate through content (not to mention Slack where everything get lost between cat gifs). We put huge efforts on making it seamless in Slite. With these basic differences we've already convinced hundreds of teams and thousands of active users to switch their content over from Google Docs, Dropbox Paper or other tools. We’re now entering a new phase where we’re focusing on integrations, allowing teams to push and access their information from anywhere in their workflows. It’s an exciting time and we’d love for you to check it out and give us your feedback. And we're eager to hear your ideas in this space. Please share your thoughts in the comments!
New top story on Hacker News: NumPy Exercises for Data Analysis in Python
NumPy Exercises for Data Analysis in Python
14 by selva86 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I compiled a list of numpy practice exercises related to data analysis. Might be helpful if you want to practice some data munging problems. Feedback welcome! http://ift.tt/2CnJk13
14 by selva86 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I compiled a list of numpy practice exercises related to data analysis. Might be helpful if you want to practice some data munging problems. Feedback welcome! http://ift.tt/2CnJk13
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Where do you deploy to in 2018 and how?
Ask HN: Where do you deploy to in 2018 and how?
7 by Narzerus | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've been using Heroku for several years now, and as it happens to everyone eventually it becomes just too expensive. I'm curious to know what people here use to deploy, and where are you hosting your apps. Personally I'm looking for an experience as similar as possible to Heroku, any recommendations?
7 by Narzerus | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've been using Heroku for several years now, and as it happens to everyone eventually it becomes just too expensive. I'm curious to know what people here use to deploy, and where are you hosting your apps. Personally I'm looking for an experience as similar as possible to Heroku, any recommendations?
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What's a good static site generator to use for a blog in 2018?
Ask HN: What's a good static site generator to use for a blog in 2018?
2 by artemis73 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN community, I've been meaning to start blogging for a while now but I never got around to it. I do have some time this weekend and I thought I'll give it a whirl then. I recently read about Hugo and I was wondering if it's good enough for me to start with? Has anyone used it? How has your experience been so far? My posts will mainly focus on little programming tidbits that I learn while I'm working so yes, it will involve code snippets. Markdown support is a huge pro for me as well. I am aware of Jekyll as it's one of the biggest players in this segment but everyone's been complaining about its speed which is why I'm not leaning towards it. If anyone's got some advice on what SSG I can use, fire away. If you can, highlight both the pros and cons so I can make an informed decision on this. Thank you for your time! Cheers!
2 by artemis73 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN community, I've been meaning to start blogging for a while now but I never got around to it. I do have some time this weekend and I thought I'll give it a whirl then. I recently read about Hugo and I was wondering if it's good enough for me to start with? Has anyone used it? How has your experience been so far? My posts will mainly focus on little programming tidbits that I learn while I'm working so yes, it will involve code snippets. Markdown support is a huge pro for me as well. I am aware of Jekyll as it's one of the biggest players in this segment but everyone's been complaining about its speed which is why I'm not leaning towards it. If anyone's got some advice on what SSG I can use, fire away. If you can, highlight both the pros and cons so I can make an informed decision on this. Thank you for your time! Cheers!
New top story on Hacker News: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the State Machine
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the State Machine
456 by gregorymichael | 152 comments on Hacker News.
456 by gregorymichael | 152 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you teach you kids about computers and coding?
Ask HN: How do you teach you kids about computers and coding?
13 by lazydon | 10 comments on Hacker News.
Please share what tools & approaches you use - it may Scratch, Python, any kids specific like Linux distros, Raspberry Pi or recent products like Lego Boost... Or your experiences with them.. thanks.
13 by lazydon | 10 comments on Hacker News.
Please share what tools & approaches you use - it may Scratch, Python, any kids specific like Linux distros, Raspberry Pi or recent products like Lego Boost... Or your experiences with them.. thanks.
New U.S. sanctions aim to block Libyan oil smuggling: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has issued a new round of sanctions targeting oil smugglers in Libya aimed at blocking exploitation of natural resources that is driving instability, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday.
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Brazil defense minister to take over public security post
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Defense Minister Raul Jungmann will become the head of the new Ministry of Public Security that will coordinate efforts between all levels of government to try to curb escalating violence across Brazil, the government announced Monday.
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Russia orders five-hour daily truce in Syria's eastern Ghouta
BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will establish a humanitarian corridor and implement a five-hour daily truce in Syria's eastern Ghouta, it said on Monday, after a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the entire country.
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U.S. issues sanctions under Libya-related executive order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has issued Libya-related sanctions under authorities granted by a 2016 Obama-era executive order, according to a notice posted on the department's website on Monday.
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Hand grenade thrown at Greek police station, one man injured
ATHENS (Reuters) - Attackers threw a hand grenade at a Greek police station on Monday morning, injuring a bystander, police officials said.
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Merkel's CDU votes in favour of coalition deal with center-left SPD
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) on Monday approved a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), bringing conservative leader Angela Merkel a step closer to a fourth term as chancellor of Europe's biggest economy.
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Philippines' Duterte defends 'sarcastic' remark on shooting women in genitals
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday defended what he called sarcastic remarks about shooting female fighters in the genitals, saying he would make them again.
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Poland considers educating refugee children apart from public schools
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland could start educating children of refugees at the centers where they live rather than in public schools under a plan the government says will help all students but a newspaper said it would create educational ghettos.
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Brussels mayors order detention of homeless during cold snap
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Homeless people sleeping in parts of Brussels will be detained overnight if they refuse shelter, to protect them from sub-zero temperatures this week.
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Exclusive: Saudi Arabia prepares to auction detained billionaire's real estate, cars - sources
DUBAI/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi authorities are preparing to auction billions of dollars of real estate and cars belonging to billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company as they look to hasten an end to one of the kingdom's longest-running debt disputes.
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Back from the dead, Hungary opposition renews bid to oust Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A shock byelection defeat for Hungary's ruling Fidesz party has triggered fresh efforts at closer cooperation among opposition parties and delivered an uncomfortable reminder to Fidesz six weeks before elections that it is not invincible.
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'Migrate or die': Venezuelans flood into Colombia despite crackdown
MAICAO/CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - The desert wind whipping their faces, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants lugging heavy suitcases and overstuffed backpacks trudge along the road to the Colombian border town of Maicao beneath the blazing sun.
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Colombia's ELN rebels to hold ceasefire during legislative elections
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's ELN rebels will hold a four-day unilateral ceasefire as the country votes in legislative elections next month, the group said in a statement on Monday.
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