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NeoSensory, Inc. | Houston, TX | ONSITE (Willing to help relocate) | Full-Time

Mechanical Engineer / MechE

Join our team of boffins! NeoSensory builds devices for people who want to empower themselves with new senses.

A good overview of our research background can be seen in our co-founder/Neuroscientist/Chief Science Officer, David Eagleman's TED talk from last year: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_s...

We're on the hunt for a Mechanical Engineer to join the rest of our R&D team in Houston, Texas. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in the consumer electronics space, and even better if in the wearables space.

All (human or cyborg) walks of life welcome and encouraged to apply!

If interested, get in touch with us via info@neosensory.com
While i dont agree with the Judge, i also detest the criminals they were trying to arrest.

What people should always remember is that statute or no statute, expectation of privacy or not, precedent or no precedent...

The jury system needs to be thoroughly re-educated in their rights to nullification. If we use these precedents to arrest child abuse criminals today and ten years from now it becomes used to quell dissent the jury's who sit for these trials MUST know their power to nullify the trial/law being charged...

From wiki..."The jury in effect nullifies a law that it believes is either immoral or wrongly applied to the defendant whose fate they are charged with deciding."
Software Engineer | Austin, TX | OwnLocal (YC W2010)

Positions: Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Senior Front End Software Engineer

TL;DR: Full-time, local only. RoR, Go, JavaScript, SQL, ElasticSearch but we think you can learn these things on the job if you're competent. We treat employees like humans and pay market rates.

Our web apps are Ruby on Rails but recently more and more of our stack has been in Go and JS. We've built a big API on ElasticSearch which serves billions of requests per month.

We're interested in computer vision, OCR, speech recognition and video transcoding because these things are all part of our bread and butter -- small business marketing.

OwnLocal is dedicated to having a quality work environment for everyone. On our engineering team we value collaboration over competition, respect work-life balance and solve problems without blaming people. We have a "no assholes" policy. We're big enough to be stable but small enough that everyone still knows everyone else in the company. We pay market rates, $90k and up (for a senior software engineer) depending on experience and have great health insurance.

Learn more and apply at http://ownlocal.com/about/jobs/
She was misinformed. If she was considering it because she was interested, she could continue to consider it.
The answer is: that's an expected failure, so you make the error handling explicit by catching the error and taking care of it appropriately (including proceeding to the rest of the page load, naturally). Implicitly handling errors behind JavaScript's loose typing rules is a recipe for disaster.
A degree is also a guarantee of a certain level of capability. If I can only achieve it while taking a drug, then isn't it just as deceptive?
The first web app that blows my knees out!

Excellent work!
youdontknowtho is shadowbanned.
Naughtiness, rule bending, finding loopholes...there is a lot of gray area that we can all debate endlessly about.

Likely the automated test software they made falls in that area - and isn't what concerned me personally.

Willingly using unlicensed or wrong-state-licensed brokers though? Lobby for reciprocal/no licensing, work on a study course to make time-to-license faster, or just, you know...get your people licensed. As a business you follow laws even if you don't like them. Your hand waving an acceptance of fraud by zenefits - when they could and should have been in compliance - seems very worship-y and disruptors-know-best.
The analogy seems to break down a bit. Given that peering through broken blinds likely doesn't violate any laws but exploiting vulnerabilities does run afoul of CFAA (see 18 USC § 1030, a.2.C), merely "peering through the blinds" seems like bad faith.
"But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much
is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have
had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”

-- Lysander Spooner, No Treason
Embedding generally means using it as a part of another application, either as a webview or something like the chromium embedding framework.

However we do have ports for mobile hardware and some embedded hardware, and we think Servo has a lot to offer there. We've done some initial research into battery life stuff that looked really promising, and of course getting parallel speedups is much more noticeable on slower hardware than on desktops.
Seamless screen, mic and camera recording for Chrome. Completely free
The issue with the codesigning is mentioned on download.servo.org, hopefully in the future, we can set up some infrastructure to codesign the app. :)
It is changing. At UIUC undergrad enrollment is officially[1] 1 female per 4 males in Computer Science. I have been told that this year's incoming freshman are 1:1 and they achieved it while raising the average test scores. It will take some time before official numbers become public.

They still need to deal with the retention problem.

1. http://www.dmi.illinois.edu/stuenr/#race
It's hard for me to imagine why would you want to .map() on a list of 3rd party tracking modules but let's go with your example.

That sort of thing should not be handled by a low level utility library, because at best it will only do the right thing 50% of the time. It should be handled explicitly on a single interface between your software and the tracking module.

I would probably wrap it and explicitly ignore things in the wrapping code if the tracking module is missing.

And yes, I would rather see an empty page so I know to temporarily disable the adblocker, than have a page (e.g. seamless) that silently fails to order your food at the very last step.

You will argue that it's better for the users. No it's not. If the site is broken, it's easy for them to understand. They can at least go somewhere else to order food. If everything looks like it's working but it isn't is very-very frustrating.

I can also catch and log errors and fix them, but hidden bugs will just stay longer and frustrate users, because they will think they did something wrong.
You can find stations that break down like this:

CEO and CXX of company A is on company B's board.
CEO and CXX of company B is on company C's board.
CEO and CXX of company C is on company A's board.

Now, no direct conflict of interest, but you can see the issue. Especially when CEO of company A also sit's on company A's board.

So, yea on it's own the co-founders on the board is not a big thing. But, looking into the board should be part of due diligence.

PS: You can also see issues when VC's make up the majority of the board, but that's less common with public companies. (Let's buy up little company X that my firm invested in.)
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SEEKING FREELANCER: Austin, Texas or remote (US based)

Looking for a freelancer for occasional load leveling of development resources (short term too many deadlines not enough developers types of situations). We are willing to work around your availability, but if you commit we expect follow through.

.NET (C# and/or VB.NET), Javascript, MS SQL Server, git, ORMs (EF and OrmLite), both WebForms and MVC preferable

Please mail: jmaddox at intesolv dot com, share the rate you are seeking if you are willing

No third parties
You can even install each Lodash method separately as it's own module or use Rollup/Webpack 2 to tree-shake and ignore unused code. Size is no longer an issue with Lodash.
Farmer here,

> Monsanto and co. are engineering their seeds so that it's impossible to keep part of the harvest and use it to grow the next one

Are you referring to hybrid crops? While it is true that we wouldn't want to save such seed, they are not necessarily lumped under the GMO umbrella. The whole patent debate doesn't affect us with such crops because we wouldn't consider saving the seeds in the first place, GMO or not, patent or not.

On my farm, non-hybrid wheat is one crop we might save, but there are no GMO varieties of wheat on the market to begin with so again it is a complete non-issue. That said, rarely do we have the cleaning and treating equipment necessary to reuse the seed on the farm, so by the time you contract out that work, it's easier to just buy new seed from a dealer anyway.

> Monsanto is also engineering seeds to resist RoundUp in order to shove said RoundUp down the throats of farmers.

What do you mean by shove? We willing use glyphosate (not necessary Roundup™ since it is off patent and anyone can produce it) even on our non-roundup ready crops, just as farmers have done since the 1970s when glyphosate was invented. What Roundup Ready crops do allow is the use of only glyphosate, as opposed to a crazy cocktail of chemicals necessary on the non-RR crops, reducing input and application costs.

I will also add that Roundup Ready 1 is also off patent now. Anyone can use the technology that was invented by Monsanto that spearheaded this whole GMO debate in the first place.

> there is no incentive for them to improve the resistance of seeds to diseases as it would bring down sales of their main product.

Well, ultimately, we buy what works.

If, hypothetically, someone creates a viable seed that is immune to pests by itself, negating the need to apply any chemicals at all, we'd be quite willing to pay more for it. That would be a huge cost savings. Chemical applicators alone can run into half a million dollars pretty quickly, let alone the product being applied and labour costs. There are many companies (and governments) working on GMOs – it's not just Monsanto. There is a lot of incentive to come up with such a seed to become a more dominant player in the game.
Looks like a recipe for fire if one goes a bit awry.
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I'm guessing after repeated use you'd abstract that into a function. Maybe even a collection of them.
Your comment and your name are the same color ;)
I doubt it's just the beer, associating with your subordinates 'outside' work as a peer when nobody is being paid is good leadership and earns you trust and respect.
>> "... even stated that the warrant is unnecessary because of the type of crime being investigated ..."

"Sorry, you need a warrant."

"But, it's this type of crime."

"Oh, in that case go right ahead."

In what way is that even valid? The "type of crime" determines whether you need or warrant or not?
It would be really interesting to see a legitimate 3rd Amendment challenge come before the courts in our time.
I think the real issue was not having any women on the team, which allows this kind of behavior to continue constatnly and in the open. And you can't use random photos - the tech has to learn some kind of category of thing to recognize.

[Edit: I mean if it was a one-off thing it could have been funny, but if it's yet another reminder that the company is basically a locker room, that's insulting.]
Juan Benet's Stanford Seminar on IPFS
True, they could. Altho there really should be no issue with flowers, or cats, or water, or whatever because someone might make an inference. What if I make the inference that random pictures itself _is_ a euphemism for something else?
Xledger | Colorado Springs, CO | Full-time (on-site)

Xledger is a finance, project, and business information system that gives customers tighter control of their businesses.

We are expanding our team in Colorado Springs, which focuses on Clojurescript (with Om), F#, and SQL Server. We're looking for engineers who can make a strong contribution to this stack, helping us create best-in-class functionality for our customers.

Apply at https://functionaljobs.com/jobs/8934-software-engineer-cloju...
Hipmunk | San Francisco, CA | ONSITE

Looking for machine learning engineers and experienced full-stack engineers.

http://www.hipmunk.com/jobs

Travel is a huge industry and we're shaking it up. We consistently lead the pack in every measure of customer love (net promoter scores, app store ratings, etc) because delightful customer experiences in travel are why we exist. We value the same high standards in our code and people. We value learning and growth (and not having bored people) and invest regular time in doing so. For example, every other Friday is open time for you to spend time becoming a better engineer. Our stack is built on PostgreSQL, Redis, Python, nginx, HBase, Coffeescript, React/Redux, es6, Swift, and a few more things. Steve, our cofounder, built Reddit with many of those and they've proven solid throughout the years.

We hire diverse, well-rounded, communicative people we can envision being friends with and trusting. Our projects tend to be 1-2 engineers max so trust and accountability is required for us to work. Also helps us keep processes & overhead low. We appreciate that we've built a reasonably-sized, high-powered team so far (55 employees incl. 30 engineers) and are always striving to be the best place to work for them. We're looking for folks that love all of the above and will help us keep our standards high. You can go to www.hipmunk.com/jobs if you're interested!
American illusion of freedom and democracy is being dismantled rapidly. Sad.
That was a great story. King slapped the rejections on a nail on his wall until the stack was thicker than the nail was tall and overflowed. The author of this article mentions that as an inspiration.
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I dunno, wouldn't this amount to 'using' people? How would you feel if someone else did this to you so they could practice their relationship skills, in the hope of finding 'quality' people (as you mentioned) according to their definition of quality? It is true relationships come and go in our lives but deliberately using someone for relationship skills practice sounds kinda weird.

Interesting question though - thank you for bringing it up.
BrainCheck | Houston, TX | Full Time, ONSITE | Game Developer

http://braincheck.com

BrainCheck is a funded Digital Health startup developing a platform for tracking cognitive fitness and assessing conditions such as concussion and memory impairment. Our technology is mobile-first, gamified to appeal to a wide variety of test-takers, and HIPAA compliant. If you have a passion for neuroscience, big data, big ideas, and building technologies that can make a real difference in people’s lives, this position is for you.

We are looking for an experienced front-end developer to help improve our existing product, deploy onto new platforms, and launch new products. You should have strong fundamentals and an ability to learn, adapt, and work independently. Experience with Unity and C# is preferred.

Send questions or resumes to careers@braincheck.com.
Tesla driver’s death using car’s ‘Autopilot’ probed by NHTSA
…really?
"Doing what they really want" includes deciding on the type of work environment you want to have. Relationships matter - I know my own happiness with the jobs I have had has hinged more on the people working there and less on the task at hand.
I couldn't agree more. I'd kill for some useful, thoughtful feedback. That said, I'd kill for even a form rejection most of the time; nowadays, it seems never letting you know is the new form rejection.
A flipbook of the second link would be great.
Countly Mobile and Web Analytics 16.06 released (open source)
I've played soccer in a co-ed league and I could see ways to bring it to professional team sports. Imagine mixed gender leagues of basketball or soccer where you need a certain quota of men/women per team. That would balance things out. I really think it could be fun to watch.
vvd.io | London/Brighton, UK | REMOTE (UK only) | Part time, Flexible Hours

At vvd.io we want to make it easier for vloggers and content creators to get paid without covering their content in un-related ads. We are building tools that let creators embed affiliate links in their videos without annoying their users.

As the Lead Front End Dev, you'll be responsible for implementing everything our creators and viewers can interact with as we continue to develop and evolve our MVP/prototype. But as we are a small team, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved in all aspects of the design & engineering of all parts of the stack.

Compensation: Equity only (for now)

You'll find it easy to get going straight away if you've got experience with some/all of the following technologies:

Javascript, React, Node JS

Python, Django

HTML5 (particularly video/media playback)

Docker

Grunt

Git

AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, S3, RDS)

But there is also scope for re-writing / starting again with different technologies.

Interested? Drop us an email!
tom@vvd.io

Remember to tell us about your relevant experience and include any links to previous work!
I believe it's called hedging.
Apple patent blocks your iPhone from recording video at gigs
We're planning some more in depth blog posts on how Servo works, and this was already one of the topics I wanted to cover.

The gist is that Servo runs most subsystems on separate threads (including sandboxed and cross origin iframes for example), and so each tab or page is not fighting over the same JS engine's time. On top of that, painting/compositing is combined in WebRender and is parallel as well.
Sure! But this time (tm) it's different. Phoenix is a direct drop-in replacement for rails, with a bunch of strong benefits on top. Getting productive for a rails developer should be 1-2 weeks max, since one already knows how the framework works conceptually. The truly cool stuff happens when one learns how stuff works beneath the surface.

While you're around: Elixir/Erlang in itself is a rather slow language when it comes to number crunching performance. The canonical way currently is to write NIFs in C for these parts. But if this native code crashes, the reliability promise of BEAM goes out the window. For me it would make much more sense to write native extensions in Rust. Have you ever considered to include a plugin to "mix", Elixir's build tool, that allows one to ship Rust source files alongside the Elixir application, which then at compile time fetch a Rust compiler, compiles the code on the current platform and generates a NIF? This would be so huge.
I checked the code, it's probably as simple as rewriting the `src\scripts\app\utils\default-instruments.js` file and replace the samples. Presets won't work because they rely on the ID string.

I have like 100GB of samples, it might take a while :)

The key here is to pick chords and pads from the same scale.

I'm bit busy now, but on the weekend I might give it a shot. If I make any progress, you will find it here: https://github.com/tiborsaas/djent
"Drink different"
No women is an issue --but being on a team with women, I know they have similar tendencies to men. They also like puns and also have a sense of bathroom humor too --not that that kind of humor is something one might like to leak into the work environment, but that's what we get from today's culture

In addition, in some way, this kind behavior, whether man or woman, can be a kind of subversive way to exert self and flaunt power --i.e. "I can get away with this childishness." and "I can get away with reprimanding/shaming you". Aka territorial pissings.
No. The considerations in the article apply to certain kinds of input under certain conditions. Those caveats mean it doesn't apply to self-generated text documents encrypted all at once, in general.
Soviet-style five year plans are also not the only alternative

Actually, what I had in my mind when I was typing that was an experience of my wife, very recently, right here in America. Her job is researching regulations for Medicaid across the country. Her boss came across documentation from State of Illinois that were contradictory, so he tried to call their offices. He logged 11 calls to them two weeks ago today, with no one taking his call, and then had to hand the question off to my wife.

Last Monday she attempted to call, only to get a message saying that: (a) they were replacing their phone system for the entire week so they can't receive any calls; and (b) they normally don't take any calls during the last week of the month (!) but because of the phone system problems, they'd make an exception and open their phone lines for the last week of June. So she started trying again this past Monday, and it still took several days for her to get someone to pick up the phone.

That can happen in any system where there's no market allowing people to reject bad alternatives, and to signal the importance of a product through the price system. But any time you remove the market forces (e.g., any socialist-type system where the government is making the calls), the system quickly stops responding to the needs of its customers.

Can you imagine any capitalist company that would simply take down phone communications for a weeks while replacing the system? Years back, my employer put in a new phone switch, and the outage amounted to hours over a weekend. Even worse, can you imagine any company that would just say "we never take customer calls during the last week of any month"?
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> It's not government that's the real problem here, it's racism.

Is it though, or is that just the hook being used to drive traffic?

They found a correlation between the size of the African American population and the percentage of government revenue from fines, but what evidence is there that the cause is actually racism? The article essentially explains the cause -- African Americans tend to live in higher crime areas, which leads to more police presence in those areas and thus more fines.

In other words, the real problem is that the cops can fine anybody for no real reason (and some municipalities use this for revenue generation), and that problem disproportionately affects African Americans because they have more proximity to more cops.

The problem with framing it as racism is that support for a cause is generally motivated primarily by self-interest, and if you paint it as "this is a problem for black people" then the majority of voters hear that as "this is not a problem for you" when in actual fact it is a problem that affects everyone.
No, why would you? It's just a loop. Not all code deduplication is a good idea.
I have been trying for years but he lives far away so its hard to encourage beyond words and trying to pay for activities etc.
Anyone using Kotlin for production code, how mature is it, re. tools and language?

How is it compared to Java 8/9?

Eclipse vs IntelliJ?
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Good point. But Andreessen also put a lot into the series C round. I don't have all the numbers handy to do the math on whether approx. doubling their series C interest cancels the dilution of their series A and B interest. I just kind of assumed that it did. Sorry if I am wrong.