skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I have seen (unsupported) estimates for the quantity of zero-coupon debt that's most likely just evaporated since 2014 in the Eagle Ford shale alone run in the low trillions - maybe one, two or four or something.

Meanwhile:
http://fortune.com/2015/12/10/oil-zombies-debt/

One thing to consider ( although it's pretty different ) - the 1980s oil crash was in around 1983; the S&L bailout (FIRREA) was in 1989. Six years' latency.
No. Obviously HR and senior managers signed off on the PIP document which outlined all this. I asked my manager who was making him do this (HR, execs, his real boss in India) and he said no one. I told him if that was true (which I knew it wasn't) then he fucked up because he cost Amazon a SDE and he was going to take all of the blame. He still works there so I was right. Amazon does not get 'rid' of ridiculously bad managers just as the catholic church does not get rid of child molesters and a person does not get rid of one of their organs.

I had no reason to stay as I have multiple masters degrees and Amazon, along with a PIP, was offering 0% raise and no RSU's after delivering a multi-million dollar project.
> but based on what you've said, especially "I don't fancy the new and shiny. I just get things done fast and done properly", would be enough for me to label you a senior programmer.

I think that's wild speculation. That phrase could mean a number of things.

It could mean they engage in the industry, explore new technologies and make educated decisions which balance the risks associated with adopting new technologies and, in some cases, choose to use technologies that are fit for purpose but are not necessarily bleeding edge.

On the other hand it could mean they have failed to keep up with technological advancements and are using the wrong tools for the job, tools that can't deliver a modern web experience. He might be churning out shocking legacy code that someone else will have to clean up one day. Perhaps his employers are none the wiser and don't realize a different developer could deliver a better quality product in a much shorter time using the tools available today.

Given OP's examples of not knowing "Amazon" or Java Spring, both of which are ancient technology in web years, I would speculate the OP might fall into the latter category. Another strong indicator of this: OP has been doing web development "as long as [they] can remember". You'd think his coworkers or employers would have told him he was a senior developer if he hadn't figured it out himself.

Overall, insufficient information in the OP to make an assessment, but I would be very wary of pandering to someone's ego as it can do more harm than good.
> And in a piece of vital security infrastructure, trust is everything.

Trust is based on an individual's experience over time. It can also be based on statistical observations over time. Statistically, nearly every single piece of software in use today has had a security hole in it at some point in time and many still have them. Audit or not, openssh is included in this fact. Today's infrastructure software is far too complex to ever be secure past a certain statistical threshold, at least without reinventing the way the Internet works.

Your comments are curious given Teleport just came out. One comes to trust something by spending time with it first. You can't apply anti-trust to something just because it's not the same as something you do trust.
While this a first step. It opens up very exiting possibilities, not just for java but also ruby,python and R.

Because this won't be pure AOT but a hybrid with JIT as well. Using the new graal JIT which is written in java but with the truffle framework can be used to JIT and in this case AOT ruby, python, R and Llvm bitcode.

So it is not just a jvm feature!
I don't really think there's much of an issue here.
Equal opportunity ≠ equal outcome.

I truly believe equal opportunity exists and the issue is more cultural than institutional.
Another important note is every worker is also a consumer. Every worker will consume food, movies, construction services, etc.
I'm also agreeing with leadership and mentoring. Be able to make unbiased technical decisions, troubleshoot systems / apps and get up to speed on new projets independently fairly fast. Have confidence in what you do and don't ask about everything.

A solid general code understanding is also needed in my opinion. This includes things like using documentation over googling everything. If I pair with a senior and he types "golang how to do x" on every problem, I probably wouldn't consider him senior. (Not saying googling is bad. Just don't be a copy-paste-from-stackoverflow engineer)

With that, I also hate the term "senior engineer". I got friends with 3 years of work experience that are now "senior" because a company hired them under a senior position (basically more salary) and the companies after that just did the same because "well he already is a senior, right"? This also generates a strong in-balance inside the team with a hierarchy that shouldn't be there. I am usually advocating for getting rid of job titles and calling everyone just "Software Engineer"

I am now 6-7 years into my career and don't consider myself senior. When people in interviews ask me what my career goal is, I usually mention I want to be able to consider myself senior as the next step.
I agree. As an Amazon SDE this makes me quite excited for the future!
The Spotify and SoundCloud deal may not happen, but it makes plenty of sense
> Senior people have made the right mistakes

This really sums it up, almost every other answer could be seen as a consequence of this.
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-take-on-an-anc...
The excitement and libraries around Go remind me of Python around 2009.
VW's new electric car will cost less, and go farther than, Tesla's Model 3
Maybe there's not much of a world for small towns? Perhaps the only people who will live outside of big cities at some point will be remote workers looking to get away from so many people.

The Caves of Steel series sees all of terrestrial humanity living in huge hives, for example, with only robots outside of those, doing all the farming and mining.
I might have been happy to use ASP.NET if I only had to write this one hello world program with it.
Who is prime-minister of Russia?
It's phrased oddly but what he's saying there in other words is: "I can't use caching for writing to the database". This is of course true but surprising as that has nothing to do with the problem.

Maybe that's was just his usual approach "if it's too slow, cache it" instead of looking at what makes it slow. As mentioned in the first paragraph, he didn't have to "tackle the really problems[tm]" so far. So he didn't have lots of practise yet.

Although I also agree that with 100+ requests per seconds, the database certainly should not be the problem but you need to get the data to the database in the first place (and that turned out to be the issue).
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Don't care. HP is on my no-buy list until they promise to not do this again. Ever. I don't own an HP printer today and I probably now won't for a while. DRM stunts like this, the surprise bricking of working hardware, are not forgiven overnight.
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>>Precisely. So an argument is not logically consistent if it's just attacking the messenger instead of the content. Here's a hint: if your argument in any way relies on discounting the messenger, it's pretty weak and you should not make it.

Incorrect. Ad hominem can be non-fallicious.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

When a statement is challenged by making an ad hominem attack on its author, it is important to draw a distinction between whether the statement in question was an argument or a statement of fact (testimony). In the latter case the issues of the credibility of the person making the statement may be crucial.

The statement that Cato Institute is a libertarian organization is a statement of fact, and may indeed be relevant when judging their credibility.
Verizon Employee Sold User Data for $50 a Pop
It's just not true that Americans wouldn't take these jobs.

If Americans won't take jobs at $2 an hour that doesn't mean Americans are big assholes who leave food on the table, it means that companies are big assholes that want to profit seek at the cost of legal employment. If you actually noticed a shortage of employees in these jobs, their salaries would necessarily go up to attract more. This is the natural process of the labor market.
Things I Wont Work With: What This Here Compound Needs Is Some Hydrogen Peroxide
Developing a Multiplayer Third Person Shooter in Unity3D Powered by AppWarp
quick tip: For those who have plugin issues with Xcode 8 (broken by Sierra update), you can unsign Xcode to get your old plugins working again.

Instructions here - https://github.com/inket/update_xcode_plugins
@rosiesherry - Congratulations for building up a good business along with what I assume a very hectic personal life (4 kids!). :-)

You've discontinued testing services, but I think there is a big market out there. We've been looking for a platform where we can list our website & its high level use cases, and then 1 or more testers can test it out thoroughly. We've tried sites like MyCrowd in the past, but didn't get a great result from them. Most testers just submitted cosmetic bugs and weren't as detail oriented as we'd like.

I'm sure there would be other startups who have similar needs for getting their sites/apps tested and can easily pay for such a service.

Are you (or anyone else here on HN) aware of any good testing services out there or a place where we can find good freelance testers?
7 Principles of Testing
So now will they stop bricking "Genuine HP" cartridges every time I look away from the printer for a few days?
We went to China's Silicon Valley to see the front lines of the robot wars
So eat other things than just cheese?
Record-breaking DDoS reportedly delivered by 145k hacked cameras
I'd love to hear something about your thoughts on anthropology and computers (and work).

My girlfriend is finishing her master's in anthropology. I'm going to the Anthro/IT conference in Tartu (Estonia) in November. I'm curious about the intersection.
@MinistryOfTesting incase you need better logo let me know would love to make one for free :)
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What would they all do for marketing ?
Besides your anecdotal evidence, there are strong proofs that the society is NOT influencing a woman's choice too much.

A gigantic survey (I could find references if you are interested) has shown that from ultra-repressive environments (Muslim or African countries) to ultra-liberal countries (Northern Europe) the percentage of women going into CS is about the same. It actually decreases a bit in progressive countries.

This strongly supports the fact that the environment does not matter, biological differences do.
I agree. Whenever I download an app it's because I read or heard about it somewhere else. Open the app store, head to search, type name, tap install.

I don't think I've casually browsed around the app store since I got my first iPhone (first smartphone), around 2009 or 10.
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I live in Zurich. Due to the high-living standard, salaries, size, central location in Europe, Switzerland is probably the only country, where I'd like to live longterm. Yes things are expensive here but Swiss food is the cheapest in Europe, if you adjust for the average salary. I am trying to say: Buying power is huge. I am however unsure how long the Swiss can hold this high living standard.

You can read more in my blogpost "8 reasons why I moved to Switzerland to work in IT": https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...

Full disclosure: I am a part-time tech recruiter and well-connected in the tech-scene in Zurich and if you're thinking of moving here and getting a job in tech, feel free to contact me - you find my email address in my HN profile.
Yes, that's about the deepest analysis I've been able to find beyond "gosh this is bad" (that much is evident and is not analysis), and given how much I like Amicus it's no surprise this is from Slate.

I'm really looking for writing on concrete likely outcomes rather than conjecture, but that's hard to find. It seems the immediate result, given the law can only target domestic holdings, will be governments withdrawing as much as they can from US investments.
I had the same feeling about Microsoft and I'm currently moving away from that platform. Most users seem OK with being tracked and identified so I doubt they will lose business because of it. At least until the new third reich comes by and exterminate those they don't like.
And if they do make a useful product it's killed few years later (;
Here is a mind map version I made:

https://milkr.io/yuecen/Sam-Altman-How-to-Build-the-Future
No, unless you're in a medical profession or German, or both.

Try applying for a job in Switzerland and you will get so much pre-canned refusal correspondence that your head will spin. The country is overcrowded and the Swiss are not thrilled about having foreigners in their country, unless they absolutely have no choice, and even then they secretly hate it. As far as they're concerned, if you're very rich you're welcome to buy property or drop your money into Switzerland, and you're very welcome to come visit as a tourist, but everyone should stay where they come from, no-matter-what.
"done properly" means not taking the shortest, technical-debt-laden path to success (amongst other things). It's a hallmark of a senior, in my opinion.

Also, why would you know Amazon operations stuff if your job duties don't expose it to you? The OP was saying 'operate Amazon', not 'use Amazon APIs'.
I see this attitude mostly in junior programmers (including myself when I was young :)). When you get older, you get to see that everything has its benefits and drawbacks.
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Thanks, I will. I had always heard that Twitter sucked for most stuff...glad to hear someone is having a good experience.
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A quick Google search also shows several well cited articles supporting the flat earth theory.
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Common mistake.

If the service is free, you could be the product (on not, like Linux), but you could be the product even if you paid.

Many physical newspapers cost money and had ads (even the reputable newspapers such as the NYT), and likely sold your information (whatever they had, that is) to the highest bidder.

If they had a way to track you, they would in a heartbeat.
Turns out both sides were right, but also wrong, so they basically cancel each other out.
The Brexit thread broke 2500.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11966167
I became a "senior" when my financial expectation were higher than the maximum salary of non-senior developer at a company that tried to hire me.

They were forced to offer me position of senior developer and no other company after that dared to offer me lower position.
> It'd be stupid to give that up and risk a triple-digit-billion-business (iPhone) for what's bound to be a small fraction of that (ads in the App Store).

You don't have to outrun the bear, just your friend.
I think this is silly. Simply having that last mile communication with USPS/Fedex solves the issue entirely.

E.g 'just left your parcel on the side of the porch, behind the tree, no one was home'. Or requesting them to do that if you're not home. With the other issues of wrong deliveries and the like Amazon is just as likely to get it wrong.
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Sounds neat! Have you open-sourced this?
> except in extreme/rare circumstances.

So you do need ssh after all?
What Is Interaction Design and What Are Its Principles
I think that you sir, are right on the money. An apt analogy with the tobacco industry too.
"What would have actually happened if Apple didn't make the iPhone?"

I bet that nothing much different, another company would have made one in 1-2 years timeframe. The idea of "hand phone-computer" was very old (decades in sci-fi and real products in nineties called "PDA"). It just happened that around the time when Apple made the first iPhone, tech was advanced and cheap enough for the mass market. To sum up, it was perfect timing, not revolutionary idea.
The trend is that more Mexicans have left the US rather than entered it. http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/11/19/more-mexicans-leaving-...

Then, you used Mexican immigrant and illegal immigrant interchangeably. Not all Mexican immigrants are illegal or financially distressed, or seeking to do jobs that no one else wants to do.

This pisses me off.

The US entertainment industry is hostile towards Mexico in a very passive aggressive way. It spends significant resources reinforcing the idea of Mexico being poor and unsafe, as well as Mexicans being poor, violent and unattractive by designing characters and casting for actors with substantially different traits.
The old "app stores" run by carriers before the iPhone charged way more than 50%. From memory the best deal I ever heard anyone getting was when they charged 70%.
Absolutely. Feel free to reach out if you want any in depth advice. (Email is in my profile.)
So you're claiming men are more childish?

As parent said, all it matters is writing code and if women aren't interested in that as much men typically aren't in professions usually filled by women, that's their choice.
Yeah, at that point you weigh the consulting time against the chance of the (job x salary) NPVed.
Could easily be true in some areas of the economy, because professionalism seems really strong there and core technology infrastructure is often ahead of surrounding areas.

However, my experience of living and working there suggests that it is very much not true in the areas I encountered: businesses cling to tradition and people prefer everything to be managed (contracts should be given to the "right" people, rules should be organised around what traditional groups want). By traditional I mean book sellers, grocers etc. You often get the feeling there is not much logic/forward thinking - only maintain what people are used to. Of course, that is a decision you are free to make, but not one that seems to tally with this article.

Designated innovation area seemed pretty dead. As a consumer the low quality of many companies' websites and ability to automate was quite surprising.

On the other hand, salaries are high almost all office jobs (debatable whether this makes sense for lower skill-sets, but nice if you live there) and it seems fairly easy to get a new job as long as you "fit" in the culture.

I can imagine that some of the big industrial tech and pharma companies are run a bit more aggressively. Finance didn't seem to be.
Pet hate: projects that use existing common(-ish) words. 'ssh' is instantly recognisable. 'Teleport'... meh. Make your own word, be unique.
IndieHackers showcases startups that are largely bootstrapped and tells the stories of their struggles and triumphs. The sort of businesses that serve as an inspiration and motivation for a lot of HN readers (who are interested, or are involved in startups in some way).

It's a big difference from other mainline news sites that seem to be only interested in unicorns or startups with millions in funding, or keep talking about the same dozen startups week after week.

Disclaimer: I have a startup, was interviewed by IndieHackers, and am listed on their site.
Thats what banks here in Australia do; instead of needing everything right, they ask half a dozen questions which most need to be correct. Which is insecure, if you ask me, but the importantly weighted questions are things like "whats your account balance on <account> here?" and "what account types do you have?" which aren't public info, I guess?
> Feudal Europe wasn't libertarian at all. Feudal lords had legal privileges that everyone else didn't. Libertarians believe in a legal system that doesn't afford special privileges to anyone [...]

"In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread."
> unbroken chain of Western Civilization

Usually the chain includes the Islamic Middle East ...
This is normal. I'd expect the sales of ink cartridges to be a bigger business than the sale of printers itself.
Hybrid email marketing
Tell me how hybrid email marketing can turn helping tool for startups to grow rapidly. Share your reviews !
Business 101 - Money is usually the #1 benchmark that measures the success (or not) of a company.
the problem is not the format but the tool. Sketch or Photoshop are the dominant tools today. If I'm trying to get started in design.. the first thing I have to do is get rid of Linux.
SVG notwithstanding.
When you begin to have "senior" moments when cutting code.
X-ray movie of the speaking vocal tract
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Posted months after part 1 (discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11289406), but a scant few days after https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12563254 . (-:
"selecting/recommending tools and frameworks, based on what is most valuable for the business and the team" This is so true, I would say it extends to style amongst other things also. Having worked seniors on teams who had to seemingly make problems "worthy" of their skill and time served. For example working on a large OO Monoliths where a senior started to add lots of "clever" functional code. When I started the question the reasoning behind it I got a lot of instant defensive flack off them because "it's a better way" and "I'm arguing against correctness" they didn't seem to want to understand that we had 50 mid level to junior devs who also had to support this who would require a lot of help to read or follow it, thus slowing the entire team. They didn't seem to care for the reasoning of it being better "for the team" to just carry on with the agreed OO standard.

It's not that I thought they were wrong in what they had to say, just there is an appropriate time and a place and being able to make that call is just as if not more important than the style of functionality being added. I find such seniors can be toxic at times. In essence there is more to being a senior than just being a great coder.
Engineer seniority has a lot of variance.
Some do it based on years of experience, ranging from 5 to 10 years and that would differ from company to company.

In my understanding, a senior engineer is an engineer that can contribute without the need for technical supervision.

Now, not requiring supervision is different to leadership. A senior engineer is often an individual contributor, not necessarily a team technical leader.
As if by magic, part 2 has just appeared. (-: See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12603322 .
I learned Hadoop in Grad school in 2013. If you can spend a little bit of cash, get some VMs on AWS, and follow one of the many guides out there (for example, Cloudera) to install Hadoop. Should be enough to build something like: http://blog.cloudera.com/blog/2012/09/analyzing-twitter-data....

I started out trying my VMs on virtualbox, then a couple of different laptops at home, etc, but AWS was the easiest setup in the end.
No, it's just basic maths.
Families of victims can sue. Like with Yukos case, foreign Russian assets can be arrested to pay for damages. It will probably take many, many years and maybe one of future Russian governments will decide that it is better to close that case. There where so many victims that its almost certain that some families will keep pushing this case forever.
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When they have to pay you more than the junior devs. Note that isn't necessarily because of skills or knowledge.