James Fisher

👋 I'm Jim, a product engineer at Granola . I built TigYog and Vidrio . Find me in the Daily Mail, or more likely on HN , GitHub , Stack Overflow , LinkedIn , Twitter , or Product Hunt .

Popular posts: 11
Total points: 3,940
HN comments: 2,092
Rank: #322 personal

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I hate telephones

2017493 points511 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

I hate telephones. Some rational reasons: lack of authentication, no spam filtering, forced synchronous communication. But also just a visceral fear.

How Hacker News Stays Interesting

2019227 points112 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

Hacker News buried my post on conspiracy theories in my family due to overheated discussion, not censorship. Moderation keeps the site focused on interesting technical content.

My Parents Are Flat Earthers

2019179 points207 comments Society, Policy & Culture details

For decades, my parents have been working up to Flat-Earther beliefs. From Egyptology to Jehovah's Witnesses to theories that human built the Moon billions of years in the future. Surprisingly, it doesn't affect their successful lives very much. For me, it's a fun family pastime.