Regard | Senior Engineers | NYC, SF, LA | Full-time
Regard is a New York City–based AI health-tech company building the next generation of clinical insights software. Our platform uses machine learning and large-scale data to help clinicians synthesize patient history, recommend diagnoses, and automate documentation. Series B funding.
I'm Justin, the CTO. We're looking for engineers able to leverage current and future AI technologies for product development and platform enhancement. Generative AI experience is required.
Stack: Python, ts, k8s, AWS, postgres
Contact: Email me at justin.davis+hn2602@regard.com with your resume and link to a project you've built.
Computer Lib by Ted Nelson. This used to be the, "Bible" before Nelson fell into relative obscurity. Ted Nelson was the first to coin the term, "Hypertext" in the 1960s after reading a famous article by Vannevar Bush
Mindstorms by Seymour Papert. Introduction to, "interfaces as pedagogy." This lays a foundation for, "what computer interfaces look like when you can use human intuition to work through them."
Jef Raskin was the original head of the Macintosh team. This treatise on humane design is invaluable and has been largely ignored. Any person that takes these ideas and makes them work will be a proverbial father of, "the next generation of computing."
Douglas Engelbart who is often regard as, "the inventor of the mouse" founded his working philosophy by describing an operation paradigm for continued exponential improvement in groups. In some sense it's a masterwork in, "computer ethics."
Early article describing Hyperlinking and aspects of the Internet some of which haven't been or have been under-realized. Imagine what, "social histories for extending research" would look like if taken seriously.
Computers As Theatre by Brenda Laurel; "think of the computer not as a tool but a medium." Brenda is an actress that applied Aristotle's Poetics to computer design. An absolute foundational classic.
Worthy mention: Alan Kay's Quora. This is a literal goldmine of insights into the history of programming languages and computing paradigms. He'll answer your question if it's meaningful.
Remember: computer paradigms have changed every few decades. We started with pontifications by philosophers about the foundations of mathematics to mechanical machines to vacuum tube machines to (skipping some things) huge mainframes to mini-computers to linked personal computers (Engelbart) to the Xerox Alto. We now live in a world of castrated, linked post-Altos and a failed realization of portable computers in the form of b̶r̶a̶i̶n̶w̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶-̶o̶u̶t̶r̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶c̶h̶i̶n̶e̶s̶ smartphones. Ask yourself-- what comes next? How can we significantly improve computers for human beings?
Marketplaces like atom.com, sedo.com, aftermarket.com, namecheap.com/market etc. have domain names priced for "end users" which means you'll probably see quite high prices (but you can often negotiate down).
The best deals are from expired domain name auctions which is where domains like b0w.com sell for under $500. You can participate in auctions at auctions.godaddy.com, snapname.com, namecheap.com/market, dropcatch.com, catched.com, gname.com etc.
You can use namebio.com to find historic domain name sale prices which will help you get a sense for the values.
expireddomains.net has a complete list of all expiring domains and where to participate in the auctions.
GoDaddy has tens of thousands of expired domains going up for auction each day: you can filter by length and extension. The world of domains is complicated but if all you want to do is get a short domain for cheap then check the GoDaddy auctions each day and wait. prfu.com, exfh.com and zpun.com are ending in a few hours and will likely end under $500.
The person who linked you to josj.com is confusing things: domains can be leased but that's very uncommon, leasing domains is a bad business to be in. josj.com ever finding a leasee at $500/month is a fantasy. List prices are rarely the actual value. Lease-to-own is more common but separate (lease-to-own is essentially a payment plan).
I don't like being negative, but I feel like I am obligated to pipe up every time I see Onyx products hit the front page here[0], because I was one of the people who politely requested that Onyx abide by the terms of the licenses for the Free Software that they use in their products. To this day, they refuse to do so.
- Onyx still doesn't release kernel sources for their products.
- Onyx still uses outdated and vulnerable builds of Android, with questionable settings such as disabling SELinux
- Their devices are very chatty back to servers in the PRC. And their privacy policies are pretty bad (and by bad, I mean non-existant! [1])
- Their digitizer API is not very documented and difficult to build off of, so claims of being friendly to 3rd party developers are overblown.
- They shut down their support forums when the chorus of disgruntled customers began to get too loud
And even worse, they are using claims of "anti-China movement" as an excuse to not comply with the GPL [2].
Please, we've got to stop shilling this company's products with these affiliate-link blogs. They seem completely opposed to the hacker 'ethos' of this site. Otherwise, why not also shill the hundreds of Oppo or Honor or Huawei phones being released every year?
Edit: To give a positive remark, I recommend the reMarkable tablet. It's what I purchased after I sold my onyx tablet. It runs linux and they give you root access out of the box! There is a vibrant community of people developing programs for the rM and even running other linux distros on the device.
The US has traditionally attracted more venture capital than the EU, which is often cited as a key driver of innovation, particularly in the tech sector. In 2022, the US received over 60% of global venture capital, while Europe received around 15%. This disparity is partly attributed to regulatory differences, with US markets perceived as more flexible and conducive to high-risk investment.
The US startup ecosystem, particularly in Silicon Valley, is seen as more dynamic, with fewer regulatory barriers to entry compared to the EU. This has led to a higher concentration of tech giants in the US, such as Google, Apple, and Amazon.
The GDPR is often cited as a regulation that, while protecting consumer privacy, has imposed significant compliance costs on businesses, potentially deterring smaller startups and innovation in the data-driven sectors. Critics argue that such regulations can slow down the development and adoption of new technologies.
The EU has stringent product safety, environmental, and labor regulations. While these are intended to protect consumers and workers, they can also increase the time and cost of bringing new products to market. For instance, the EU’s cautious approach to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) contrasts with the US's more permissive regulatory stance, affecting innovation in biotechnology.
While the EU invests a significant amount in research and development (R&D), the US typically outspends the EU on both a per capita and absolute basis. This is seen in sectors like pharmaceuticals and technology, where US companies are often more dominant.
The US often leads in patent filings, particularly in cutting-edge technologies like AI, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. This is used as an indicator of a more innovation-friendly environment in the US, driven by both higher investment in R&D and a more favorable regulatory framework.
The US consistently ranks higher than the EU in the GII, which assesses the innovation capabilities and performance of economies. Factors include institutional environment, human capital and research, infrastructure, market sophistication, and business sophistication, where the US often outperforms most EU countries.
The US is home to many of the world’s leading research universities, such as MIT, Stanford, and Harvard, which play a crucial role in driving innovation. The EU has fewer institutions in the top tier, which can be linked to differences in funding models and regulatory frameworks that affect academic freedom and industry collaboration.
The dominance of US companies in the global tech industry is often attributed to a more permissive regulatory environment that fosters innovation. For example, the rapid growth of companies like Uber and Airbnb is partly due to a regulatory framework that allowed these platforms to scale quickly in the US before facing stricter regulations in the EU.
The US often brings new drugs to market faster than the EU, partly due to differences in regulatory approval processes. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is sometimes seen as more flexible and faster in approving new treatments compared to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
This is also a documented statistical fact - more than 90% of Yuzu users (or emulation users) do not dump their own keys. That, kind with TOTK famously getting pirated over a million times before release; shows that most arguments about morality and preservation of culture (although they have merit) are mainly given by people interested in justifying their own actions.
> …there's a public domain truetype font that's a pretty great copy of the original Chicago system font…
You can also get the "real" TrueType Chicago font (designed by Bigelow & Holmes) via a System 7.6.1 download, then convert the TTF to OTF with FontForge's command line tool. https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1682-mac-os-7-6-x
Even when the humans that run these distribution broker companies have the best of intentions, economic pressures create risk over the long run that the broker will act in ways which its artist customers do not like.
This really seems like a place for a member-controlled cooperative.
Regard is a New York City–based AI health-tech company building the next generation of clinical insights software. Our platform uses machine learning and large-scale data to help clinicians synthesize patient history, recommend diagnoses, and automate documentation. Series B funding.
I'm Justin, the CTO. We're looking for engineers able to leverage current and future AI technologies for product development and platform enhancement. Generative AI experience is required.
Stack: Python, ts, k8s, AWS, postgres Contact: Email me at justin.davis+hn2602@regard.com with your resume and link to a project you've built.