skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
@gregd Well of course, that's the entire point! I didn't just happen to have low expenses, I've been actively lowering them as much as I can! And you have to make some sacrifices to reach a 60% savings rate, but you also realize how much of this middle-class lifestyle doesn't actually make you happier. Why do you spend $1500 on food every month for one person for example?! That's insane. My expense is too high for my taste even though I bring lunch to work and rarely eat out, but that's because groceries in this country are more as expensive than in the US. Eating out costs twice as much as the US. Also why is your housing 3 times mine? If you live with an SO for example you should be able to find something cheaper than $3000. Again, in SF that might be a sacrifice but you have to do something to get ahead.

I recommend reading this: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/02/22/getting-rich-from-...
>Is that hard to understand?

Yes. And I don't mean that in a dismissive sense. I have a well-compensated job in a moderate cost of living area. I have tried hard to live thrifty and to save money, but my obligations always seem to scale with income. From shifts in tax burden after marriage & children (AMT anyone?), unexpected health expenses, to rate increases for daycare that scale with income, I have never received a raise that resulted in a net increase in my income. I have a positive net worth at this point (barely), but I still live paycheck-to-paycheck.

I marvel at and envy the kind of financial independence that would allow someone to quit a job on the spot. For as long as I've been an adult, I've had expenses (student loan payments, bills & utilities, housing, etc.) that far exceed my ability to pay without a regular stream of income. And my obligations have only increased over time as I built a family.

>Some people have good jobs and save money.

In my experience that isn't enough. You also need good luck to have good health - a few trips to the hospital can empty a savings account (at least in the US). You also need to live in an area where your skills are not just valuable, but where there is a competitive market for them. I have a number of fairly unique, highly-technical skills -- but they are only valuable to a few employers, and they are located in distinct, remote locations (so there is a high opportunity cost to move between them, and few openings). It also helps to have the good fortune of manageable expenses. In my experience, student loan debt is an anchor on young folks because it drains the very savings that would grant the financial freedom that would let them shop for the best job opportunities.

I don't begrudge anyone their success, but I often wonder how everyone else manages to get by at all, let alone so spectacularly as this.
Fees on returns instead of assets is also a bad idea. The investment manager doesn't have a downside when he loses the customer's money, but makes money when the returns are good. We've seen time and time again (on wall street especially) that incentives like these result in utterly reckless behavior.
> reliant on 10 different additions to my PATH and environment variables

MacPorts adds exactly two directories to the $PATH: export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH

No new environment variables are added. The only required environment variable tweak is the PATH one above.

(In a corner case, where you have modified your MANPATH in your bash profile, which almost no one does, you may want to add another variable for man pages, but normally this works fine out of the box without an env var. The other optional env var is for versions of OS X older than 10.5.)

(FWIW, I've had the opposite experience — MacPorts rarely fails, every time I need to switch to Homebrew, several times now, I get a fail right out of the gate with whatever thing wasn't available or not working on MacPorts.)
NoviCap - http://novicap.com - Full time, Barcelona, Visa possible for experienced engineers

Available positions: Software engineer (ruby), devops engineer (security-oriented)

NoviCap is a barcelona-based Techstars company that provides early payments for outstanding invoices to small and medium sized businesses in Spain.

We are having a lot of fun building an international team and we currently have 2 colombians, 3 italians, 2 belgians, a romanian and 5 spaniards in our team and we are expanding from 15 to 27 people the coming months.
It is an exciting time to join the team as we are still small enough for smart people to make a huge impact but growing fast enough that there is lot of room for personal growth. There is an option to get equity for top performers.

You can find out what we are about by watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzi2hmsEH6k
If you are interested or want to learn more, shoot me an email at nicolas@novicap.com
Hacktoberfest is Back
Software Engineer | True Link Financial | San Francisco, CA (onsite)

Our software stands valiantly between scammers and grandma's money.

I found out about this big-hearted YC company from the June 1st Who's Hiring thread and started working full-time on June 15th. Here are some things I've done since then:

- Helped to train & mentor our talented first-job engineer (sourced through Hacker News!)

- Built internal features that made our Customer Support folks pretty much squeal with excitement

- Got to attend & report back on a brilliant event called 'Disrupt Bias' - featuring top researchers in that field

- Attended an INCREDIBLE annual offsite held at a beautiful North Bay ranch

- Watched 'lightning talks' by various team members about the Fermi Paradox, Frank Lloyd Wright, Coco Chanel & many more

- Was treated with compassion after a pretty ridiculous security misstep :/

- Got selected to speak at an upcoming conference that hasn't published its speaker list yet. :)

- Learned a ton about how payment processing works under the hood

- Used Twilio to add functionality to our phone system so our CS friends have a lower call volume

- Increased gif / screencap usage in PRs & code reviews

We're looking for nice people who have worked on hairy, wacky production full-stack code before - someone who can make things better without being rude, judgemental or arrogant about it. We'd prefer session musicians over rockstars.

Email jobs@truelinkfinancial.com and we'll get back to you within 2 business days, pinky swear!

keywords for you CMD+F types (not requirements) - rails, RoR, Jumpman, Jumpman, Jumpman, ruby, fintech, full-stack, chinchillas
Captain401 (YC S15) - https://captain401.com - San Francisco, CA — ONSITE (but willing to relocate)

Captain401 is building the perfect retirement savings plan for startups and small businesses. We’re following in the footsteps of great companies like Gusto (formerly ZenPayroll) and Zenefits in making essential HR administration a snap for businesses large and small, and like Wealthfront, in making sound investing strategy accessible to everyone.

We also just closed a substantial seed round from top investors, but we’re currently just three people. If you’ve been wanting to dive into an early stage startup, this is the perfect time to start talking to us.

If you’re interested in working with us, you can expect:

* A prompt response with your next steps in the interviewing process.

* A challenging in-person technical interview based around collaborative pair programming. No whiteboard coding.

* An offer with market salary and above-market equity compensation.

* A friendly work environment that emphasizes clear communication and respect.

Ideally, we’re looking for someone with experience building and scaling web services in the wild. If you’re familiar with node.js, PostgreSQL, or React, that’s a slight plus. We don’t care where (or if) you went to school.

Definitely talk if us if you’re interested in user psychology and building tools that encourage good saving habits. That’s a big part of what we’re going to be thinking about going forward.

We encourage you to include pointers to open source contributions, your GitHub profile, and personal portfolios in addition to the usual resume and LinkedIn.

Reach out to careers@captain401.com (or apply at https://captain401.com/careers)
Economics is usually more important factor than science. Science provides possibilities, economics selects those possibilities that are realized.

Instead of building those sci-fi space stations and exploring plants that has been scientific possibility for decades, we have realized and exceeded our sci-fi dreams in computers, internet and mobile phones.

If billion people spend $10 per month on something, there is economic incentive to spend billions in technological research.
Top Hat | Toronto, ON, Canada | Full-time

Top Hat is hiring for a few roles: mobile dev (native iOS, Android), devops (Ansible, AWS, RabbitMQ, MySQL), full-stack web developer (Python, Django, Javascript, NodeJS). We also hire interns so please feel free to apply for that as well. Salary ranges based on experience from $70k to $100k.

We're a profitable (and valley VC funded by some of the best funds in the world) education startup that helps make class more engaging. We've got some really cool problems to work on and your work would be impacting a huge number of students daily.

If you're not based in Canada or the US but are willing to relocate feel free to contact us, because we do cover relocation expenses and will help you manage the work permit process.

Send your resume/github account to stephanie.kessler at tophat dot com.
AKA "4 years vesting with 1 year cliff".

This is pretty standard.

Quora if anyone is interested:
https://www.quora.com/What-does-4-years-vesting-with-1-year-...
SmartStats – Bayesian-powered statistics engine for A/B testing
TechEmpower - Los Angeles area, California (El Segundo, near LAX) - ONSITE

You may recognize us from the Web Framework Benchmarks that have been discussed on HN periodically: http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/

We hire people, not skill sets. If you're a smart, motivated developer who likes our company culture, let's talk.

Over the past 18 years we've cultivated a great group of people to work with. Our developers are smart, thoughtful, respectful to each other, opinionated, dedicated, and fun.

Challenging and varied projects
Informal, comfortable environment
Intelligent, engaged people
Lively, respectful technology discussions
Frequent mentoring
Easy camaraderie
General culture of helpfulness and friendliness

Teams at TechEmpower are typically between 2-6 people. Developers are able to work on all aspects of an application and we rely on individual developers to do much of the software design (with guidance and discussion). Working on 1 project at a time but 2-3 over the course of a year, developers get a broad technology experience over time.

We pride ourselves on doing the best work we can for our clients. This means working with them to really understand what they need built and delivering what we promise while maintaining a sensible work/life balance. We build quality applications and have fun doing it.

The technologies we use vary over time with our mix of projects. Here is a snapshot of the technologies we use at the moment:

Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, Go, C#, Ruby
Tools: Git, Docker, Jenkins, Sonar, IntelliJ, Eclipse, Ant, Maven
Web: Jersey, .NET MVC 5, Django, Node.js, Go, Backbone, Ember, Angular, jQuery, etc.
Mobile: iOS, Android
Hosting: AWS (EC2, RDS, etc.), Rackspace Cloud, Linux deployments
Data Persistence: ORM (Hibernate, etc.), MySQL, Postgres, MS SQL Server, NoSQL (Redis, Riak, etc.)

Please apply here: http://jobs.techempower.com/hn
I'm glad someone else picked up on that! :)
CSP header doesn't need to be added for every response, e.g. for images or JS files.
I regret to say that when it comes to international negotiations, just because everybody is "OK" with something does not mean someone won't see an opportunity to make hay out of appearing to have a problem with it. They can hold out for money, use it as an opportunity to burnish nationalist credentials at home, any number of things.
Maybe filling our sky with junk will cancel out global warming? Yay humanity!
It's also spelled "Nickel.rs", as shown in the link ^_^
one degree of inclination difference with otherwise similar orbital elements upon impact translates to about .5%-1% of energy of a head-on/t-bone impact. at orbital velocities this is still mindblowingly devastating. you've basically reduced a 8km/s impact into a 40-80m/s which is in 90-180mph range. result is lots of debris created in both orbital planes as both sats (you're comparing cars, so i assume you want sat-sat impact) are totalled, solar panels shattered, etc.

and that's basically the smallest accidental collision in space you can imagine (not counting failed berthings/dockings and the like).
Wingify's SmartStats ends split testings's most common problems
Building an OpenVPN Cluster, Zalando-Style
"which can often only be paid for through loans"

That is my point exactly. I am not referring to only Govt. aid but also private loans. The entire idea that private loan is available makes it easy for these institutions to raise prices. Again, this is my opinion. I could be wrong. But imagine this. An institution like Phoenix etc. are charging high fees just because loans are available to students. They tout the availability of loans in fact.

My point overall is that having a really high fees and then mentioning "loans available" may be causing some of the rising tuition. May be.
New Stagefright attack targets Android phones with phony audio files
Argentina - 9am to 6pm
"This has nothing to to do with insulating the wider economy from the folly of those financial institutions."

In that case that's where we differ, because that's certainly what I'd expect a country to be guarding against to earn the 'well run' status.
This happened before with the German TLD, google.de

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/domain-gekapert-google-un...
Those curated lists poppung up all over the place seem to indicate a need for pre-Google-style Altavista/Yahoo portals.
Why Quirky [actually] failed
Exa (http://exa.com) Burlington, MA (on 128 outside Boston) | Full-time ONSITE | H1B welcome

We're a relatively small software company that develops simulation/analysis/design products that are used for product design in a number of industries (e.g. automotive, aerospace, and motorsports to name a few). We have a few open positions in the SW team:

- I manage the development of two products here -- PowerCASE (simultion preprocessor) and PowerACOUSTICS (numerical analysis post-processing tool), both both of which are C++ desktop applications developed Qt on Windows and Linux. We're looking to grow both of these teams to support some major new enhancements that are planned. Both roles are listed as "senior", but I'm flexible on the level of seniority.

http://exa.com/careers/senior-software-engineer-cae-post-pro...

http://exa.com/careers/senior-software-engineer-cae-pre-proc...

- The team which develops PowerINSIGHT is also looking to add a couple of developers. PowerINSIGHT is a multi-platform desktop application (developed using C++, Qt, and some Python), which is used by engineers to help explore, compare, organize, and share the vast amounts of data generated by a series of fluid flow simulations.

http://exa.com/careers/principal-senior-software-engineer-c-...

- Finally, we have a team which is developing a product that provides web-based access to Exa's suite of engineering products (using Java/J2EE and various other web technologies), with a particular focus on managing simulation/analysis projects at a high level and supporting collaboration of multiple engineers working on the same projects.

http://exa.com/careers/principal-software-engineer-architect...

http://exa.com/careers/senior-software-engineer-exacloud-0
Instrumenting Your Cache with Notifications
Does the while (1) {...} loop always terminate? I am not entirely sure about it and would like to hear some opinions. What if the first guess is already the best possible solution? Could there be any pictures that cause trouble? I.e. ones that consist of 4 (equally spaced) colors only.
Under B, as an example of standards by another vendor who would be pilloried if they allowed the same lackadaisical approach to preserving system permissions integrity. In response to the comment that Apple was being unreasonable.

Apologies if that was not clear.
I'm working in San Antonio each week right now. Haven't made it to Austin yet.
Blackcomb Software | Sarasota, FL Area | Full Time | REMOTE , INTERNS

Blackcomb designs software for the HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) industry. Our software and back office automation is being implemented at 3 of the largest HVAC companies in the US and we're continuing to develop new ways to transform this technologically ancient industry. We're primarily looking for people familiar with the .NET stack in C# (MVC, WebAPI, SQL, LINQ, Azure, Javascript), but experience with Swift on iOS is a big plus. If replacing cruft and repetitive tasks with smart software gets you as excited as it does us, let us know you're interested: https://www.blackcombsoftware.com/jobs
Binti | Software Engineer | SF | Onsite | Full-Time | Will transfer existing v1sa

By dramatically reducing the time and expense required to adopt a child, Binti aims to help more children find loving homes and make adoption a mainstream choice for people building families.

We are moving urgently, shipping web software our customers love (and pay for!), and having a lot of fun. I hope you will join us!

More info: https://binti.com/careers/software-engineer/
tl;dw: I recall he mentions the losses due to multiple format conversions (light:electricity, electricity:laser, laser:electricity). But these losses get smaller as technology improves. And the 24X7 advantages pretty much make up for that. Ground-based solar has the disadvantage of 'night'.

Further, ground-based stations require land, damage ecosystems, are eroded by weather, are vulnerable to politics. Stations near cities (where the energy is needed) have political hurdles (eminent domain, right of way).

Orbital solar has its own problems. But it can be expanded at will, with no political problems.
Haplo -- London, UK -- Full time, ONSITE

http://www.haplo-services.com/jobs

We're looking for developers to join our team, especially those who are early on in their career and would like to work in an environment which will support their learning.

Our only recruitment criteria is whether you understand how computers work and can write good code, and if you can work in a diverse team.

The Haplo platform is open source, and we're working on open sourcing everything else we do: http://haplo.org

On top of the platform, we've built a suite of products for higher education, and are rolling them out to universities across the UK. Our flagship product is PhD Manager: http://www.phd-manager.co.uk

Like a startup: Small dedicated team. No barriers to doing your best work. Opportunity to get involved with everything, should you want to. Lovely office, great espresso. Ambition to change the world in a small but significant way.

Not like a startup: Sensible working hours. Quiet environment away from the hustle. No random pressure from investors. Quality product without hacks.

Fast recruitment process: Email us your CV. 20 minute phone call. Spend a few hours on a short coding challenge. Visit us for an in-depth code review and interview.

Join us! http://www.haplo-services.com/about/who

http://www.haplo-services.com/jobs
He's arguing that users should be able to elevate their privileges by supplying root's credentials and then create a simple directory without having to reboot.

I more agree with you than with him, but his argument seems pretty straightforward.
I guess so. GitHub hit by DDoS attack https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9275041
The asteroid demo is as atypical as enjoyable for a k program.
Pivotal Cloud Foundry | ONSITE in SF, NYC, Boulder and many other locations | Engineers, Designers, Product Managers | Visa and relocation assistance

Pivotal Cloud Foundry is a division of Pivotal Inc.

We look for aptitude over APIs. It doesn't matter wether your resumé says PHP or PhD: if you're smart, know some stuff and have empathy, we want to work with you.

Cloud Foundry solves deployment and management. We're the main contributors to CF. We're expanding what is the leading opensource PaaS and our distribution has the fastest-growing sales of any opensource product ever. It's also the only one I'd personally bet a company on -- except for integrated upstream code, every line is pair programmed and TDD'd. We dogfood the cutting edge of the technology on our own commercial public cloud (Pivotal Web Services). It works because we took the XP and Lean DNA of Pivotal Labs and scaled it up to build the best cloud platform bar none.

I spent 7 months on secondment to Cloud Foundry, coming across from Pivotal Labs, and it was awesome. Platforms of this scope and importance are created once in a generation, and I got to be part of it. You can too.

We provide visa and relocation assistance.

At the office we have free breakfast, weekly tech talks, good benefits and competitive pay. Ping pong is not mandatory, but it's popular. I think west-coast ping pong is harder to beat, but east-coast style is more entertaining to watch. The beer fridge has more IPA than I prefer but I guess that's life in paradise.

My time at Pivotal, in both Labs and CF, is the best job I've ever had -- I've learnt more here than anywhere else. Everyone is smart and fun to work with.

You can apply through our website: http://pivotal.io/careers. You can also email me at jchester@pivotal.io to answer any questions you might have and potentially help me score one of our generous referral bonuses.

Please note that emailing me confers no particular advantage over applying directly and I might not refer you. As a consultant I can only reply to emails during non-billable hours, I hope that's OK.

I also posted an ad for Pivotal Labs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10311637
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Every other industry has collection limits on debt; student debt can't be removed by bankruptcy or almost any other means. Even death isn't a sure means.