skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Teespring (YC W13) Is Hiring a Senior Full-Stack Engineer
What does our team do?
Everything from a compelling experience for buyers, to a feature-rich platform for sellers, to a backend manufacturing pipeline to fulfil orders. At Teespring, “full stack” means anything from warehouse management systems to our 3rd party API to the number crunching analytics behind our campaign dashboards. It’s up to you to pick the challenge which excites you the most!

What is the job?
We take code quality and engineering efficiency seriously. Engineers pair about 50% of the time, and we have a robust but lightweight code review process to disseminate knowledge. Nothing goes to production without automated testing. We do 2-week sprints, with engineers' input a key part of the planning process. Your expert input will also be considered when planning new feature work: both in terms of implementation decisions, and product experience.

Who is the ideal candidate?
A passionate programmer with a leaning towards full-stack development. Substantial front ends skills are a definite boon, since many features have some user interface component. Deep, professional experience with Rails will be especially useful. A person with strong opinions, weakly-held.

If you are successful in this role, a year from now:
Your team-mates will look to you for technical advice, guidance, and mentorship. You will have architected and led the creation of a significant piece of the team’s technology. Our collaborative environment and generous training budget will have substantially enriched your technical abilities. You will be speaking as an expert in your field at conferences and meetups.

Our Environment:
Modern Rails Stack, React.js, TDD/BDD with RSpec/Cucumber, Golang. A big push towards CD and SOA at the moment.

What do we offer?
Happiness is just as important to us as hard work. All startups in San Francisco offer the same perks, but what makes us different is our desire to completely change how the world thinks about custom e-commerce. That being said, here are the benefits you will receive: working with talented, collaborative, and entrepreneurial teams. Medical, dental and vision insurance for you, your family, and pet. Unlimited paid time off and 9 paid holidays. Generous stock options. Free (delicious) catered lunch and dinner daily. Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks, and bar. Training, career development, and meet-up hosting. Fun SOMA office offering easy access to Muni, Bart, and Caltrain with commuter benefits. Social activities, office happy hours, concerts, game room, and endless free t-shirts!

Please email your resume to ashley.hearn@teespring.com to learn more
HN, on the other hand, does prevent editing after some time.
8 Must- Reads About Digital Distraction and Information Overload
Allow me to brag for a moment: I have box seats to VGO in New Jersey on Jan 2. The first box. With three of my friends. Oh man I'm psyched.
The next beverage trend
The destruction of Western society's moral backbone through the degeneration of traditional marriage such that the Victorian account reads anachronistic to a modern reader, is, I'd venture, a relatively positive development. The conception of traditional marriage that cruder familialists and social conservatives promote then is not really that traditional, nor divinely enshrined.
The best content on the original web was written by people doing it for fun, hosted on university servers and/or free webhosts with a single banner ad to pay for the servers. The writers all did it for the love.
>What's happening now is that "software is eating the world", and displacing the existing networks of production throughout the economy. That's leading to a class system of "those who own the data" (entrepreneurs & executives of large tech companies) => "those who work with the data" (software engineers, and likely hardware engineers & material scientists in the near future) => "everybody else".

Unexplained data: $3500/month one-bedroom apartments in San Francisco. If technologists are on top of the hierarchy, why can't they get society to give them easier access to better housing?

Counter-hypothesis: because the rentier-owners of land, natural resources, and financial assets are actually still the ones on top.
Good point, thanks.

I'll refer to it as symphonic music as now on. (though this leaves out chamber pieces :( )

(Though we do refer to even late-romantic period pieces well into the 20th century as "classical" unfortunately)
That's the aspect of copyright I'm willing to support, but it doesn't require DRMs, just a working justice system.

Also, sadly, publishers have many different tricks to rob authors out of the money from book sales. Bigger ones probably don't care, but there are a lot of smaller "entrepreneurs" willing to lie and cheat, so one has to be careful (as my physics professor learned in a painful way).
I like those projects. What I am doing differs in purpose and function

Those platforms require some sort of installation and are usually meant to be tools for a programmer to create a web page that utilizes existing code like python, etc. My platform has no coding in that sense. You create a new file by clicking an icon and add blocks of text, equations, etc through a graphical interface. All the user would enter from a code standpoint would be something line "a=sin(10x)+cos(3x)".

Whereas Jupyter and others are tools for programmers to use, my platform is a tool for other people to solve and document problems. They target programmers whereas I target engineers and scientists. With them you are writing code and with me you are using a word document that also solves equations and makes charts.
Wasn't Windows 10 supposed to come with an mDNS/DNS-SD stack?
We in the US had a plan, store it way deep under Yucca Mountain. The most likely worst case scenario is that there's a seismic event which makes thousands of tons of nuclear waste permanently inaccessible, buried in a mountain. That's concrete encased, sealed steel casks buried in a bloody mountain. That's not a lot to actually worry about. Plus, with reactor designs like fast breeders, you reuse a lot of the waste. And even with old designs, it's STILL less radioactive than coal.
How is that part of why they're (EV manufacturers) not profitable?
So I think that price tag is actually for musicians to pay to play in the orchestra putting on the performance. (I'm guessing it might make sense for some people since they'd get some professional instruction?)
I am sorry you feel hurt, but you have misunderstood the post. Docker really is great -- and like the post says, it really does let you do everything you want. But for JVM applications, Capsule is much easier and faster, requires fewer steps and fewer tools, and launches containers that are more secure and easier to monitor and manage. Docker doesn't prevent you from doing all that (well, except for the security bit), but it does add extra work and an extra layer of inconvenience compared to Capsules. Capsules are a JAR file built by your chosen build-tool that require no set up, configuration etc.. You can launch them as a simple executable JAR, or, if you wish, optionally launch them in a container. Docker isn't inferior by any means. It is simply less streamlined -- for the JVM -- than a solution that is specifically tailored for the JVM. That's it.
New Plugin for Robust Barcodes Generation and Recognition Within IntelliJ IDEA
> How can I showcase that on a resume?

In the resume, order them by most awesome first. Don't bother putting the broken ones in. If possible, and if they are open source, put the source code on github. Put up an online demo, or link them to the real thing. Then put both repo and demo links in the resume, along with a 2-3 sentence summary of what the app does. Don't run around the bush, get straight to the point of the app.
The problem that I have with Connor Sears' work and others, like the Ionic Team's is that they don't look anything like the target platform.

I'd love to work with something that was the framework equivalent of the iOS9 UI kit produced by Teehan+Lax/Facebook, or any properly designed replica of another platform, but no one produces such things. All you're left with is mediocre rip-offs that are tasteless.

I don't want to make a Photon app. I don't want to make an Ionic app. I want to make an iOS app. If you want to compete with native, compete with native and actually try.
It would be possible to create laws respecting a right of correct attribution without actually having copyright as it is known today.
About 2: The New Horizons mission has a very low bandwidth (1 kbit/s) because it's very far away, so it took the images of Pluto and transmitted a low resolution version. More info from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons#Telecommunication...

> New Horizons recorded scientific instrument data to its solid-state memory buffer at each encounter, then transmitted the data to Earth. Data storage is done on two low-power solid-state recorders (one primary, one backup) holding up to 8 gigabytes each. Because of the extreme distance from Pluto and the Kuiper belt, only one buffer load at those encounters can be saved. This is because New Horizons will require approximately 16 months after it has left the vicinity of Pluto (or future target object) to transmit the buffer load back to Earth.
> If you compile a fat JAR you can schedule it directly with Nomad

That JAR better be a capsule, then :) Non-capsule fat JARs don't have enough information to configure the JVM, don't support native dependencies and in too many cases simply don't work.
What "value" do we get from using LiFi? You will have to invest in a new Light Bulb, rewiring so that these LiFi are connected. And hoping your phone or devices actually supports it. And years, years away from possibly getting the infrastructure and devices widely available.

Compared to WiFi, we are finally seeing 802.11ac 2x2 866Mbps on phones and Tablet, 1.3Gbps on iMac. 802.11ax coming in 2017, that will offer 4x real world improvement. We are talking over 1 Gbps real world throughput on Smartphone.
Line of Sight 60Ghz 10Gbps+ WiFi are in the work.

So LiFi is like a solution looking for problem.
"Until" being the operative word here. Electronic implants are an active area of development, and it's only a matter of time before media companies see them as a way to further advance DRM protections.
While I think we all like the idea of the pure, un-corrupted "craftsman" entrepreneur, it is very rarely that person who actually is: "driven to change the world."

Wozniak et al. loved computers and technology and wanted to share that. Jobs wanted to rule and change the world so that's what he did - same with jobs etc...

Wish it were the case like you postulate, but I don't think it is - I also don't think your formula = bubble. Bubble has less to do with who is an entrepreneur and more to do with who is an investor.
Note that because of the way tax brackets work, it is not possible for a small increase in income to increase your taxes to the point that it's a net decrease (due to tax brackets anyway). If you're just below the next tax bracket, and you get a ten dollar raise, only those ten dollars are taxed at the higher rate. All of your previous income remains taxed the same as it was before.
Oh I don't disagree with you at all. I was just thinking of a case where google maps search leads to email spam related to your google maps search and that's all I could think of.
Maybe they can make some ergonomic input devices next? The magic mouse might as well be called hand cramp mouse.
You just mentioned three different things necessary for three different platforms. I could imagine it being easier to write a simple platform-independent piece to handle the subset of functionality Dropbox needs.
People always say winning the jackpot will change their lives, but from what I have seen $50,000 will change a LOT of lives for ever. In Am.Me.Ri.Ca.

Give a person $200,000 and that may be just enough that they know they cannot make a mistake. Give them north of $500,000 and now they feel they can spend freely without a worry. Give them north of $1.5M and now they may literally think this money is a bottomless well.
I'm on the flip side of this normally. I work at a large silicon valley tech company and do a fair amount of hiring.

If you feel you're making well below market value for the industry & geo that you're interviewing in, I wouldn't set an 'anchor'. You have nothing to gain. Just wait for them to make you an offer. This is especially true if you're interviewing at a smaller company where they have less rigorous compensation guidelines for a given position, and they might be more tempted to low-ball you. A good manager at a large company shouldn't change their comp decision if you're making surprising little now... but you never know.

If you're currently in-line with the market, you can tell them or not. Either way you're in a good position to negotiate if the offer comes in a bit soft. Most candidates I see in this situation are upfront about their current comp and it makes the whole process more efficient.

If you're making more than market or more than they're expecting, be up front. Especially at a large company. Once they get approval to issue an offer it might be impossible or extremely difficult to increase the comp outside the band for that level. If they know in advance that you're making more than expected they can consider an offer at the next higher level.
Also, don't just make up a number that puts you above market. First, if it is clearly too high it will make them question your honesty. Second, it might preclude you from an offer altogether if they don't feel you're ready for the next grade level.

As a side note, when candidates defer on the comp question, I assume they're making less than market. Almost as a rule 9 out of 10 candidates who defer are coming from other geo's or other industries that don't pay as well. As a policy, I try to keep my team's comp equitable & calibrated (much more tightly than just blindly following our company bands & guidelines) so I don't give them a lower offer. But other managers might not do the same.
It's probably something to do with money - either they find that people are less addicted to them than the regular ones or they cost more to produce.
On all the strong recommendations I went out and bought Poor Charlie’s Almanack, and I must say it was underwhelming: a few general principles are sprinkled sparsely amongst business war stories of varying applicability to todays investor and a bunch of frankly embarrassing tributes to Munger.

Perhaps my expectations were too high, but by the fourth sycophantic letter proclaiming Mungers genius (which I do not dispute) I was throughly off-put.
The fishy part is where the dad goes to Target and demands and apology. I also was unaware that Target sent out targeted coupons.
> Not every concertgoer is convinced. “From a business-strategy perspective, it completely devalues the brand,” said Roderick Branch, a 39-year-old lawyer in Chicago who attends symphony-orchestra performances about once a week. The very idea, he said, is “akin to Mouton Rothschild using its wine to make and sell sangria.”

Is it just me, or is this guy the epitome of snob/hipster? He goes weekly, probably because he's far above the entertainment choices of the Philistines around him, name-drops an expensive wine so he can denigrate a beverage he deems not classy enough. If too many people start showing up to these performances, he might have to find a more niche form of entertainment so he doesn't have to rub shoulders with the plebs.

To be less snarky, I guess he's just saying he doesn't like it, so that's fine. Ultimately these groups are working to make some money and send whatever artistic message they choose (and they seem happy on both counts), not to satisfy one certain person in the audience.

Some people act like "classic" things are inherently purer or even different than modern ones, but for example Shakespeare has vulgar jokes and was performed to earn money, just as modern entertainment has "baser" content and motivations. It doesn't mean both can't also teach us about timeless themes, the human condition, etc.
Eminently logical. The question is what right does the government have to penalize a person for drinking soda, and the answer is "none whatsoever."
That sounds good in theory, but how do you estimate those in early stages of discussions?
I thought after all these years and improvement Intel is invisible in performance. Turns out i was wrong.

Although I would still buy Intel Chips for future prove. IBM is simply too incompetent to compete.
From $250M to $6.5B: The Bay Bridge Cost Overrun
I always had thought that I could never get used to the taste of Diet Coke...but I worked at a place where the fridge was entirely stocked with Diet Coke and I grew to be just fine with it. I guess it's an affirmation of the saying, "you like what you eat, not eat what you like".

My favorite drink these days is the Dr. Pepper Ten...Diet Dr. Pepper has always been my favorite tasting of the sodas, but "Ten" purports to fit a good amount of sweetener in 10 calories...which to me, is just about as good as 0.

But yeah, I feel if they pushed diet sodas half as hard as they did regular drinks, the companies would eventually make a stable profit from it. But maybe it's too hard, institutionally, to purposefully cut into a profit center...in the same way that it was probably difficult for newspapers to try to compete with Craigslist because no ad manager would idly sit by and let his profit-making department be slashed.
Evolutionary Computing with Push
I really enjoyed reading this piece, not only for its discussion of privacy, but also for its poetic and reflective language. There's something more than technical about today's surveillance problem, and the author approaches this issue from a philosophical and, at times, almost spiritual angle.

These are the kinds of discussions we need to have more often: not only what's going on and what it means in practical terms, but also how today's surveillance explosion changes who we are and how we relate to ourselves.
A little over-exposure fixes all sorts of small defects in white. Also, I've seen clean labs at NASA and elsewhere that aren't dissimilar.
Watch a 'USB killer' stick destroy a laptop when it's plugged in
This is a great strategy for the seller. A no-name company calls and they get a quote for $10k. IBM call with exactly the same requirements and they get quoted $15k. Just because the salesperson thinks that IBM can afford more.

I do not doubt this is typical for enterprise sales but as a customer it is very frustrating and leaves you with a constant feeling that you are probably being done-over. Not to mention that because every sale is a high-touch process starting with sales it means that a significant portion of the cost is the employment of all these non-scalable sales people.

I hate the 'call us' pricing model. But I don't deny it probably works well for them.
Perhaps it will use some form of code/time division so that the image is never displayed in full but is displayed in such a way as to exploit human vision idiosyncrasies (persistence of vision, inversion, colour saturation). You flash a couple of different saturated images over a small time period in order to give the impression of the image required, simple screencaps would fail [like how CRT uses the phosphor and the speed of the electron beam scanning to give the impression of a single image; and like rasterisation builds an image in two parts - but instead building it in many parts].

Not undefeatable, of course.

/spitballing
Except that XAML itself is just the XML friendly way to describe what traditionally was done by a resource fork.

Yah, sure its got a few new tricks, but in that regards its just another all that is old is new again. In that it basically serializes the CLR where as the old resource fork serialized the windows API.

For another example see the delphi DFM....
Bouncelytics – Understand more than just bounce rate
Computer scientists win MacArthur grants almost every year [0]. This year it was Chris Re, a Stanford prof. Most of the CS grants are to academics, but not all, e.g., RMS got one in 1990.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program
I think this study and resultant book are flawed because the metrics do not exist within the same reference frame.

For example, from the abstract:

The two major motivations to start a new venture are the profit motive and the control motive. This paper examines how entrepreneurs’ choices that increase their potential financial gains (i.e., achieve the profit motive) should conflict with their ability to achieve the control motive.

In this case, the profit motive, is independent of the organization and would be compared to the mathematical global "wealth" variable. That is, comparisons for relative profit are not made between the founder and other founders, investors or employees within the organization, but rather within the universe of the larger economy.

Alternatively, the control motive in this study is being compared within the organization, between the founder and the investors, other founders and employees.

So the reference frames are not equivalent. One is in the broader economy and the other is within the organization.

What should be compared is either, relative profit competitive between the founder and the other parties (investors etc....) or power within the broader economy, that is for example more political power, economic power, etc...

I would be interested to see that study.
Lots of equipment makers only support Windows and the hardware may well be spec'd also.
Yet another reason why I've stopped using plural pronouns to refer to the state at any level.
> I commend the EFF for representing the internet at large but I want to remind the hacker community that we can do something about it if we don't like the outcome.

Some will call it undemocratic and thus bad, but I say it sometimes is the only way to restore sanity.

To quote one of my favourite lines of Nick Fury, "I recognize that the Council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision, I have elected to ignore it."

[0] - http://youtube.com/watch?v=mOEr7kiysrE
Could be both.

Here in NYC you can find a lot of tenement housing going for exorbitant prices - originally built on the cheap for the poorest of the poor.

It's why some $3500 apartments have showers in the kitchen - saves on running more pipe.
Thanks, hard to imagine a young L.A. it's mind blowingly big, from a little Brit's perspective.
Well, they really do have a great rate of success when it comes to purchases and marketing.

I thought the same thing you did. It'd be really cool if they marketed towards the more niche crowd. I love me some mechanical keyboards and trackball mice..
Sparkline theory and practice (2007)
What a great article. I was asking in my previous thread, what framework should I use React/Angular : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10359497

Clearly from what I have heard from HN and from this blog post is React with Flux is just the old of doing web development today! Thats great!