curiousphil (u/curiousphil)

curiousphil commented on Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? mattstoller.substack.com/... · Posted by u/chottocharaii

scarface74 · 6 years ago

Well, seeing that almost every stat shows that the majority of podcasts listeners are iOS users. (https://musicoomph.com/podcast-statistics/) - 54% iOS users - what are the chances that Spotify can become overwhelming on Apple’s platforms? If you want to be a mass market success and reach the largest, most affluent audience, you can’t be a Spotify exclusive.

How many of the top 50 podcast do you suppose would be willing to give up their broader market to be Spotify only?

curiousphil · 6 years ago

iOS user here that is a longtime Spotify subscriber. By all other accounts I’m fully bought into the Apple ecosystem but After multiple free or cheap multi month trials on Apple Music I’m still not sold.

Most podcasters that are made an offer that they can’t refuse, probably won’t refuse.

curiousphil commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2020) · Posted by u/whoishiring

curiousphil · 6 years ago

Curious Media | Boise, ID | Sr. React Native Developer | Full-time, onsite

Curious Media is a interactive agency devoted to creating ridiculously fun experiences for children and adults alike. This position is specifically to join a scrappy team working on an audio streaming app for kids. Reach out to learn more!

On-site is preferred but remote would be considered for the right candidate. If you are not currently living in the area but are highly qualified, we would typically do a remote 2-3 month trial before moving you out.

More details here: https://curiousmedia.com/assets/content/curious-media-react-...

Apply: jobs@curiousmedia.com

curiousphil commented on Ask HN: Solo founders, what do you struggle with the most? · Posted by u/pixelfeeder

netman21 · 9 years ago

Taxes are by far the biggest problem. It is so hard to set aside 33% of every dollar taken in and send it off to the IRS every quarter. Every month you must decide between paying the mortgage or paying the IRS. Once you fall behind penalties and interest just pile up. Eventually there are liens on your house so you cannot even refinance. The more you make the more you owe.

curiousphil · 9 years ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you only pay taxes on profits right? Hopefully you are maximizing the amount of your mortgage that you can write off assuming you work out of your home.

curiousphil commented on Ask HN: Solo founders, what do you struggle with the most? · Posted by u/pixelfeeder

bshimmin · 9 years ago

Yes, I've sort of half-heartedly considered this, without really exploring the idea very fully. Can you - or anyone else - recommend such a service? All they would really need to do is reach out to customers to check tallies on their projects and to see if they're finished, and then to generate invoices for said projects if they are. I guess this really isn't a difficult task!

curiousphil · 9 years ago

My company recently signed up with Intelligent Office to handle our phones. It's been over a month now and we are really pleased with their service. They are pretty flexible on what they will/can handle. I believe they are franchised and we are using the Boise, ID franchise which is the next town over from us. It's always the same three girls that answer the phones for us and they do a great job of sounding like they are right in our office. They even joined one of our Slack channels so they can check in on who is available and such for incoming calls. When I went to meet them before signing up they told me they also handle customer returns for a high end mobile phone case company out of California, so I have no doubt you could train them on your invoicing process.

Edit: Adding URL! https://www.intelligentoffice.com

curiousphil commented on Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used? · Posted by u/whitepoplar

leonroy · 9 years ago

* Blendtec Blender - blew my first pay cheque on one nearly 10 years ago and it still looks and works good as new. Absolutely superb design and construction.

* AGA Oven - I don't own one, but my parents do and growing up this thing was just incredible. Still looks and works like new. I honestly have never used an oven which looks and cooks so damn good.

* Apple (Unibody) Macbook Pro - Despite my present feelings towards Apple right now cough Mac Pro cough. I can't really say enough good things about the unibody Macbooks - no other laptop surpasses it and it's been nearly 8 years since Apple's unibody construction was introduced.

* Devialet Phantom speaker - it's an engineering marvel - nothing like it.

* HP Proliant Servers - despite HP's awful website and support policies their Proliant range are the most well designed, well thought out servers I've ever used.

* And this garlic press - can't recommend it enough :) http://www.kuhnrikonshop.com/product/epicurean-garlic-press

curiousphil · 9 years ago

I love the odometer on the blendtec. I think we are something like 1600 blends and it still powers through anything we throw at it. It's been about 5 or 6 years. It better not die the day after the 10 year warranty runs out!

The only complaint would be sometimes we wish it had the integrated stir stick that the Vitamix comes with. If there's not enough liquid in your smoothy it tends to not blend through everything without a bit of shaking the carafe.

curiousphil commented on Ask HN: Why do companies outside the US pay so much less? · Posted by u/cwcwcw

atmosx · 9 years ago

> The lack of "affordable" healthcare really isn't a concern for the six figure tech worker class

Isn't it? Let's do the math... A leukimia treatment drug that is virtually free in most advanced European healthcare will cost virtually 0 USD/year.

In india the same drug might as far as 2.5k/year. In the USA the same drug (patent hold by Novartis) costs 70k/year.

Let's say you are living in SF. You get paid anywhere between 80 and 120k/year at a top IT company and you have to give 70k/year away: 120-70 = 50k. Are 50k/year enough to live in SF, Silicon Valley or the Bay Area?

curiousphil · 9 years ago

Generally speaking good healthcare (insurance) is going to cover the majority of the cost of the drugs for the person that has it.

curiousphil commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017) · Posted by u/whoishiring

curiousphil · 9 years ago

Curious Media | Boise, ID | Full Stack Software Engineer | Full-time, onsite

Curious Media is a interactive agency devoted to creating ridiculously fun experiences for children and adults alike. We create everything from kids movie websites to games, apps and connected toys. Our regular clients include Disney, Hasbro, Warner Bros., PBS Kids, Scholastic, Dreamworks and a host of other kid focused companies. http://www.curiousmedia.com

We’ve been around since 2004 and have a team of 35. We are extremely stable and have many employees who have been with the company for 6-12 years now. We are very mindful and focused on being a family friendly workplace, both in the type of jobs we take and our expectations of employees time. We rarely work more than 40 hours a week and when we do, we give PTO at a 1:1 ratio (any hours over 45 in a week).

We are more specifically located in Nampa, about 14 miles west of Boise. Many employees commute from Boise/Meridian and its rarely more than a 25 minute commute as all the traffic is going towards Boise (and the opposite on the way home). This area is amazingly affordable and provides easy access to a wealth of outdoor activities. The closest respectable ski mountain is only about 30 minutes from downtown Boise and there are some world class resorts within 2-3 hours (Sun Valley, Tamarack, Brundage). If you are from one of the larger cities and looking for a change of pace, you should check Boise out!

More details here: http://www.curiousmedia.com/assets/content/curious-media-web...

Apply: jobs@curiousmedia.com

curiousphil commented on San Francisco Torn as Some See “Street Behavior” Worsen nytimes.com/2016/04/25/us... · Posted by u/whack

jsjohnst · 9 years ago

Thx for explaining calmly! Was hesitant to post, but your case was too outlandish not to ask. So many SF friends have been bitten, some repeatedly, and I just can't fathom why someone wouldn't use their trunk, especially after having their laptop stolen twice in a month!

curiousphil · 9 years ago

It's one of those mistakes you only make once in life. Now I wouldn't even dream of leaving my backpack in my car in my relatively low crime city that I previously never would have given it a second thought. It's a little sad that my entire world is now less trusted because of this invasive incident.

curiousphil commented on San Francisco Torn as Some See “Street Behavior” Worsen nytimes.com/2016/04/25/us... · Posted by u/whack

jsjohnst · 9 years ago

Maybe I'm jaded, and please don't take this as victim blaming, but why on earth would you not put that much gear in the trunk rather than leaving in a seat!?

curiousphil · 9 years ago

It was a Chevy Tahoe... It was all in the rear cargo area. Tinted windows... but that's about it.