skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> how should "conservatism" play into faith-in-forensic-evidence? Seems like it's mostly orthogonal.

That would be ideal, but the reality is that many judges make decisions, to significant degree, based on ideology.

Of course there is no way to prove what someone's motive or state of mind is, but a few observations: 1) Many people think this is plainly true, 2) many votes by Supreme Court Justices can be predicted based solely on the politics of the issue, and with no knowledge of the facts or law, and 3) the Republicans in the Senate currently openly claim that Justice is an ideological job and therefore they won't vote for a Democrat's nominee.

Judges are human beings; we shouldn't hold them to unrealistic standards or we will be shutting our eyes to the realities of how and when justice succeeds and fails. Some are more ideological, some less; some inject ideology more intentionally, some more unconciously based on biases and assumptions.

I once attended a speech by a legal scholar who advocated doing away with juries, and all their human unreliability and flaws, and relying instead on the impartial wisdom of judges. An experienced litigator leaned over to me and whispered, 'judges put on their pants one leg at a time, just like everybody else.'

> Scalia was focused on a strict interpretation of the Constitution.

He said he was, but I've yet to see evidence that it was true. IMHO, he was strict about things he didn't like and flexible about those he did (e.g., Citizens United).
I agree - SpaceX is incredible! They capture the imagination and hopes of our time. They stand for making our dreams come true.

I used to watch the live-blogs and then livestreams of Steve Jobs when he delivered his keynotes. It felt like seeing and hearing the future. Every new announcement was thrilling and exciting.

These days it's SpaceX's launches that gives me a similar feeling. A feeling of seeing and being part of something truly important.

If another company communicated in the exact same way it wouldn't be the same, because the story and the sense of importance just isn't there. I could imagine something similar being done in AI, robotics, prolongation of life, clean energy. But to be as great as SpaceX is, I think the mission needs to be something that resonates with us as being profoundly important.

Maybe someone wants to call me out and say that Apples products under Steve Jobs were not that important. But I'd say they were. iPhone, iPad - they changed our world. It's just now we've gotten used to it. I hope we'll one day get as used to people living on Mars! :)
Really like the idea! Wish it was a website as well as an app.
looks awesome, ios version plz! :)
How is this functionally different from a loan? It appears to be identical.
I don't think they're concerned overly much with the marketing presence of a compiler implementation detail. :P
You realize that "winning the interview game" consists of what's called "practicing"? Do you expect to succeed in life by winging it? I'm really taken aback by how many people think they're entitled to passing job interviews without preparing for them.
Those two cater needs of different levels on Maslow's hierarchy. People don't have to pay for air and sometimes even for (clean enough) water, but if they'll have to they will pay for that before paying for some $5 digital artifact.
> If you're hiring an engineer and he's not familiar with the Bernoulli equation

What discipline are you hiring, and what do you define as "familiar with"? If I am hiring an electrical engineer, I expect them all to know what Maxwell's equations are and what they represent. I would only expect an analog, mixed-signal, or power systems engineer to know how to apply them. Even then I would expect them to look up the equations.

Engineering has been standing on a foundation of reference books for as long as the discipline has existed. Engineers are expected to know what the principles are and how to apply them. They aren't expected to do all this from memory. The PE exam is a mostly open book test for that reason.
Notably, it was written by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen. Probably not the best attempt at avoiding conflicts of interest.
>>They wouldn't be possible without capitalism.

And that sort of capitalism wouldn't be possible without colonialism.
Hiring does need to avoid hiring idiots, but I've found that it's more effective to ask easy questions. Seriously. People who can't program a digital computer have just as much trouble, and there's less opportunity to fake it. Easy questions produce better signals.
I work in Javascript every day, its ecosystem has very little influence on its usage in my job. I guess it varies from job-to-job.
Sample size of one, but I have friends who run a small shop doing trade work (earning far less than 1m/year) and they were able to fairly easily get access to 10-20k of loans with interest rates in the <10% ball park (don't know exact numbers, also not mine to share). So to hear that kind of loan has "virtually disappeared" is surprising.
Maybe some people are too proud to play the game.

Fundamentally, I agree that it is silly to ask questions that don't have a high degree of relevance to the job in question. But I am conflicted.

Why haven't we (as an industry) done better with this? Clearly there must be a reason or friction in asking relevant questions in lieu of the current batch of algorithmic type interviews. What is that reason?
> I've watched men carefully explain to her

Can you give the context under which this happened?
Who where these people? Why did they not think your wife was capable?
Very few people are working as comp scientists, but rather software engineers, making BFS=Queues a random trivia question that must be prepared for in advance.
This whole anti-trust case seems to be for the benefit of certain businesses (Microsoft, Yandex, etc) and not consumers.
Looks like the best date is April 30th 2018. http://clowder.net/hop/railroad/EMa.htm
I've only seen LCARS themes, but I do like the concept that everything is displayed on a screen, at once, with no overlapping windows.

Overlapping windows are the worst possible UI decision ever. I've been using tiling window managers for four years now and I never want to go back.
> Hiring in CS / IT is massively more objective compared to most of other fields.

That is the illusion many people have convinced themselves of but literally 0 of my coworkers could answer the questions I was asked simply because don't have similar responsibilities despite us applying for literally word-for-word identical job ads.

The reality is, unless you do X regularly, you simply aren't going to be able to impress people with your answer to X.
Honestly, does it matter?
> bring in some previous work

Surely your prior work is under some sort of NDA? It's all proprietary (unless it is open source).
I don't like it. Hacker news is nice right now because it doesn't have all the crap you want to add. I don't want this site to turn into a "social media game" like reddit. I like that the power users feel limited, it keeps them inline with 98% of the other users here.
This is a huge pain point when initially developing web applications—spinning up redis instance, pub/sub, dirtying up models/controllers. I mean even facebook struuugggled with their +1 notification bug for years.

If you can somehow normalize and create systematic best practices for notifications, this could be a very large SaaS product.
App for modeling the relationships between your Habits/States/Goals/Values
As somebody who doesn't shy away from posting opinions or responses, which I know might be controversial, I see this allowing the sort of cross-discussion harassment that would penalize such actions (beyond the "I disagree therefore I downside" reaction). Not sure I really want users following me. I'm here for the content, not to make friends. Not saying this is a bad idea, just explaining why it has no appeal to me personally.
... and is the friend racing as well ?
> you can't spend money you don't have forever

Nothing lasts forever, so let's talk about your model of how the economy works within your decision horizon.

The BoJ has been printing yen for decades, and the counter-intuitive result is that yen is strong and 30-year interest rates are less than one half of one percent.

Your model predicts imminent catastrophe, yet there is zero evidence that this cannot continue for the foreseeable future.

> you are taking the money from the future

No, we are borrowing from each other in the present. And those lending to Japan apparently think there is an extraordinarily low risk of default over the next 30 years.

> There are well-known hedge funds (check out Kyle Bass) betting against Japan.

And yet the yen is strong and interest rates are low.

When the facts on the ground contradict your mental model of how the world works, maybe it's time to change your model.
Tech hiring is broken
"We want to see how you think" is a hallmark of dysfunction. You cannot see how someone thinks from short interviews and coding puzzles. You just cannot. Anyone trying to is so far from doing things right that you want to run, don't walk, away from them.

The only way to really see how someone thinks is to just hire them, work with them for a while, and fire them if they can't do the job. You can either pay the costs of hiring and firing (like on-boarding, benefits, administration, severance) and get useful signal about their performance, or you can spend the same money by throwing it away on useless shit like HackerRank-style trivia tests. Per applicant, the HackerRank thing seems cheaper, but you typically have to spam it across many more applicants, endure losses due to great candidates who won't agree to your bullshit hiring process, and still end up firing people sometimes when they pass the trivia but (surprise) it didn't mean they would be good at the job. So overall, it's just as expensive.

You spend the money either way, might as well get useful signal out of it.
I believe you can code in xamarin (for free) using visual studio 2015
Timothy here, one of the co-founders. A gift idea generator/recommender is definitely in the works. We would use the users upvotes and lists to feed into a collaborative filtering algorithm. Thanks for the pointer!
Thanks! This was a weekend project, so we couldn't get it done in time. We have got a few things started :)
BTW, does anyone know what happened to hn notify via email? It seems it has stop to work for me, but I really need something around replies to my comments.
Sorry, lazily I just copy pasted into google, and didn't check the currency google understood it to be.
The title reads like a cryptic crossword clue.
Agreed. He made some valid points, and I don't think many people would call today's hiring process (or variations of) in a great place.

> I do not consider myself to be an excellent programmer, maybe an average at best (who can’t even pass a single tech interview), and a GitHub commit streak has absolutely nothing to do with one’s competence, skill or ability to code...my job at Yahoo was my first and will likely be my last one. From this moment on, I would rather be unemployed and homeless rather than do another tech interview. Enough is enough. I’ve hit my limit with this broken hiring bullshit in tech. No. More. Interviews. Done.

This comes off more as a "Oooh, I have a great post idea that will pick up traction on Medium!" move than anything else, unfortunately.
The fact that Flow doesn't work on Windows is a big limitation.

I prefer the idea of Flow as well but tooling and community is not there yet
Why would I use this vs something like KeePass/KeeFox? I was hoping to see a new cross-platform Qt/QML password manager with Firefox and Chrome integration plugins.
Conclusion: even native speakers can't tell if typo, pun or dead metaphor. I wish I could turn back time, make an edit to the article, ask again, compare results.
Why would you prefer to hash an intermediate representation, rather than hashing the source?
Thanks for feedback Nikolay. We wanted to add many things. Notifications via SMS is for super busy people, who go offline from time to time but would never want to miss a reply from pg.

Also, we are considering adding a Telegram bot for notifications. Please let us know if someone would like this.

EDIT: I can't reply to posts below, so I am going to post here. The android notifications are default. On top of that we would like to offer other types of notifications: SMS, Email, Telegram bots, etc.
Some of this is actually the sign of a bubble in startup investing. When the market is tough, investors typically do much more diligence (they are more careful and they have more leverage). When the market is superheated, there's so much money chasing any deal that looks remotely interesting that any investor who wants to do real diligence is basically shut out by the investors who are willing to put up a check without it. FOMO overcomes the duty of care.

It's like buying a house in a hot market; cash offers with no contingencies win out over "smart" buyers who want to know what they're getting.
I believe him dressing up like Ziggy Stardust was discussed. I believe he'd also had a fashion gaff (cartoon character shirt or tie or something like that) in an IPO announcement for a different company that was discussed either in the comments or the article.
Specifically, it is roaming between IPv6 and IPv4 that is problematic. According to Anders Kaseorg, roaming amongst IPv6 nodes works fine.

* https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/pull/453

* https://github.com/mobile-shell/mosh/issues/81
While this is a very cool idea, how to you intend to make money? I would assume YC would object/revoke API access if you tried to monetize their content.

From the YFC eligibility FAQ:

Can non-profits apply?
Sorry, we’re not accepting non-profits for this experiment. If the experiment goes well though, we hope to fund some in the future.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
In NYC, motorized bikes are technically illegal, although they're used all the time by delivery workers. I'm not aware of anyone getting tickets for them ... but it's a law that makes all of us cheaters, potentially. I'd feel a lot better with a hidden motor than a visible one (though I can't afford either).
I think the process was just "add object oriented stuff to C".

Which, yes, is another way of saying "blame C++ then Java".

In general, assuming programmers aren't smart enough to learn a different syntax has always been a winning bet in programming language design.
One caveat: you can't use Machine Learning to quantify someone's overall personality and whether you actually want to work with them or not. Sure they can contribute quality code, but if they come in and have to do a 5 minute breakdance after each contribution or throw a hissy fit when their code gets critiqued, probably not a good culture fit.
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> Backed by Google

Exactly the problem. Like all other Google projects, they bailed on it.
Honestly, I am a little tired of all the articles (edit: I meant posts) claiming MS is suddenly in the Open Source camp.

To truly support Open Source, they should show a willingness to work against Software Patents. The essence of Open Source is the freedom for anyone with a computer to turn their imagination into code. MS remains one of the biggest obstacles in that path.

Instead here is what they do:

1) Directly attack the Linux kernel in Android through patents

2) Sell patents to trolls like Intellectual Ventures, and directly fund them via investments

3) Support the cartel called BSA, which includes other luminaries like Oracle (http://www.bsa.org/about-bsa/bsa-members).

Honestly, say what you will about Google, but I can't imagine them ever threatening another software company with software patents.
Exactly. If you think hiring is broken, wait until you try working. Working is totally broken. Why was I asked to implement X and then it was cancelled two weeks later? How am I supposed to concentrate in a room full of 40 people? Why do my bosses drive Benzes while I do all the work?
Ugh. I’m disappointed that they’re referring to storage capacity as “memory capacity”, perpetuating the pervasive confusion amongst non-technical users.
It took me a year to find a new job. I got rejected from on-sites 8 or 9 times, a few other rejections before that. I've been through everything the OP has and more. I was once forgotten in an interview room while my interviewer played foosball and then went home. I've managed to pass all rounds with "positive feedback" only to get rejected three days later. I've swam through rivers of aerated bullshit to find a new job and it sucked - but I never once believed that I was a bad engineer. Hate the game all you want (and I really do hate it), but you have no choice other than to play it or have an extremely strong network.

I didn't even want to go to the interview which landed me my new job. In my previous phone screen they were looking to hire a single person.The perfect fit. Probably not me - what the hell do I know about video players? And it's one of those interviews where they'll boot you to the curb if you do poorly in the first half. Whatever, I'll go anyway. And as luck would have it, I didn't get booted. I did damn well. And in my final phone screen with the CTO, I got asked how to find the Nth last spot from the end of a linked list.

I really wasn't good at interviewing for a long time. And from the outset, I didn't know everything I needed to get the job I wanted. It was consistent studying and a buy-in to the bullshit that interviewing is that landed me a new job.
> More politely put, I see no obligation on employers to provide employees with the means to recharge their personal phones :)

This is a classic "design a better human" problem - sure, you can try to 'persuade' people by threatening them with demotions, suspensions and unemployment. And then you can hope that this will work in every single instance. Or ... you can provide a few usb ports in a convenient location, so people use these instead of the usb port in your multi million dollar cockpit to charge their phones. Take your pick.

For another example decide if it's easier to provide waste bins or to threaten people who litter streets.
How about you name the "great" and "only x86 book that makes any sense?"
Posting pointless comments?

Hmm.
Thanks for mentioning Xing - I might be looking for something new around the beginning of next year, and while I enjoy working remote (in the US), my wife and I were just talking about how a job Europe might worth moving for :)

But of course, I'd only ever heard of linkedin as "the" professional networking site - I didn't even realize they had competition!
Couple of years ago one of London companies did it well IMHO, after little chat about few technical things (which looked more like Friday night chat in a pub with colleagues than anything else) they said there's computer in the corner, here's a problem (it was to use macfuse to implement in-memory virtual filesystem with basic file ops) - I was left with computer, with internet connection, I could browse whatever I wanted, nobody was looking over my shoulder etc. Even though macfuse was a bit crap at that time (kernel would sometimes panic so i had to reboot machine few times) and I never used macfuse before - it still felt like there was no pressure. After that quick chat about written code and next meeting was with CEO about the salary etc, all smooth.

Since then I think one of the best approaches is to come up with work related problem, leave person to solve it with computer, keyboard, internet etc. with no time limit (if candidate can't solve the problem, they will give up and just say it after 2h or so). Quick chat about the code afterwards will tell you in 1 minute if person understands it and didn't copy pasted solution etc.
I would buy a Japanese flip/smart phone in a second if it was properly supported outside of Japan. From what I heard, they have weird rules about warranty and even software updates outside of the country.

It's really annoying to be forced in the direction of fake technological "progress" that's mostly a result of extensive marketing. There is no fundamental reason why a smart phone can't have proper keys for calling.

There are couple of Android flip phones on the market, but since Android UI is designed 100% for touchscreens, I am pretty sure the experience of using them will be horrible.
I'm not sure how leading edge the openbr stuff is, AFAICT (i'm not a domain expert or even novice), it's pretty primitive. If you were starting from scratch today, i'd say the openface project (https://cmusatyalab.github.io/openface/) is a better starting point.

Having a DNN that maps images of faces into a point on a hypersphere seems eminently practical. I'm a bit surprised that it works, but having something like that is awesome.
One thing about Theranos that seems different from most SV hype stories is the insane level of focus on the founder. Every piece that reports on Theranos spends more time on her than it does the product. I'm speaking from minimal experience here (my start-up credentials right now extend to one short-lived company), but I think normally VCs aren't willing to "fund the founder" vs. "fund the product" outside of the very early stages of a start-up. Theranos has been around for a decade and the fact Mrs. Holmes is a Stanford dropout is still nearly in every single article about the company. Contrast this to Mark Zuckerberg and his former association with Harvard is nearly never mentioned anymore (In articles dealing with Facebook).
Don't get me wrong that's not the only culture that Silicon Valley has. It also has an amazing culture of innovation, and much to be proud of. But there is also an actual problem whereby hype and PR and growth hacking often crosses the line into deception and fraud. It's a problem at Theranos, it was a problem at Zenefits, Uber has had issues, etc. It's an issue, and the original article here is trying to pretend that it's outsiders and fringe players. It's not, it's woven into the culture too.
Hey Sahat, one problem is the small sample size any one person can get during the interview process, so I recently did this process and in one month I embarked on interviews with 15 companies and progressed to various stages. The recruiter was Hired.com and I wrote about it here:

https://gist.github.com/ericlw/16b55e038028e1e4768e

Because Hired.com prescreens companies and have a limited pool of both types of companies and types of candidates, it is easier to get a better sample size based on type of role.

I primarily talk about some of the arbitrary offers, instead of the interview process. But you might find it interesting too.
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Since you're probably using a backend for checking if somebody replied to your comment (and don't do it in your app because that would be slow and battle draining) do you consider adding email notifications? I'm not really interested in a new hacker news app – the one I'm currently using is just fine.

Email notifications could be invaluable, though.
I'm using it for a few projects. One for a client on the side and one for my primary job. It's really nice to work with. There are issues here and there, but overall, it's a very viable solution and I'm quite happy with it.
Those aren't "casual" bikes. Maybe you could call them "prosumer", but really those are ridiculous prices for bikes, that's like calling a $300k Ferrari a car for "casual" car fans.

You can walk into any decent bike shop in the US now and buy a very nice carbon-frame bike for $2-3k, and a really nice aluminum-frame bike for under $1k. And these are road bikes BTW, where there simply is no low-end market any more: if you want a low-end bike, you go to Walmart and buy a $100-150 mountain bike. If you're spending more money on a bike than a new economy car costs, that is not even remotely "casual", and not even "avid" unless you're someone who has more money than you know what to do with.
Your strongly correlated data is probably nonsense