skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If an employer is so disorganized that this doesn't become obvious during the first month of working there, they probably have much greater problems than cheating on their idiotic cargo cult coding tests, and fixing the cheating would do absolutely nothing to save the company.
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Or you know, having another computer? I literally have 12 computers or phones in my house. Could I not use another one if I needed to cheat that badly?
You missed out on the golden age of MXE. God what a drug. Not a psychedelic but with light negatives and high positives.

Take one of the shorter-lived 2C-x drugs and watch Flash Gordon and Heavy Metal.

My preferred combination is AMT and 25C-NBOME (VERY DANGEROUS TO DOSE WRONGLY) with some ethylphenidate. The sight of a rising sun turns from being saccharine to something "beyond man and time". The 25C-NBOME is less for unique effects and more for the fact that you could literally have months worth of trips (1x a week) in a tiny bag.

If you want an escape plan, have a benzo like clonezepam (sp?). It'll tranquilize you out of a nightmare if some fucked up shit appears.

And remember, the interesting thing about psychedelics isn't the "oneness with everything" bull that idiots talk about. That's just a temporary addictive feeling. One of the interesting parts is the enhanced capability for visual modeling and making connections. The other interesting part is that it makes you feel like a golden man Prometheus thing. You conjure up mythologies and struggles from just observing the local area outside.

Also take 200-400 mg of magnesium.
They sometimes use a similar locked down browser (respondus) for in class assessments at my university. Never used it myself, so not sure how similarly fine grained any tracking is.
I suspect the reason Comcast pushes discounted internet with cable is to subsidize the cable subscriber number. I haven't had cable TV since they switched to digital in 2008 or 2009 here in ~Seattle. They can't sell ads against the internet-only customers, so we don't matter.
But the real question is: should they have to? Quantumtremor already listed several alternatives that indeed don't have the same problems. Why would you risk ruining the goodwill of your privacy-conscious applicants by making them format a laptop, create a VM, or even install another application. None of that is going to make me want to do your interview.
> You will not be able to open any tabs or windows

If I had to code purely from memory, without the benefit of language or library docs, I would not be able to write anything of use.

Personally when hiring, I'm not interested in a candidate's memory recall, but the ability to use resources when faced with a new challenge.
"Wow funny how you were an Asian woman on the phone screen, and the first day of work you are a white male. Oh well, must just be a mistake"
Google is using its deep learning tech to diagnose disease
In a practical sense, it's not much different from a math instructor having you clear the memory on your graphing calculator before an exam; it's an anti-cheating measure and given that this is an online assessment, it almost makes sense.

However, from a philosophical point of view, it's Draconian and unnerving. What assurance does the interviewee have that Amazon isn't storing and using all this telemetry? Amazon is dictating the entire procedure, right down to the specific browser and extension, and the interviewee has no control over this. In fact, I have to wonder if the job seeker's acquiescence is part of the assessment; if they will bend over and take this massively invasive procedure, perhaps they will make for a good little subservient drone at Amazon.

I'm with the author, screw that shit.
http://www.getservice.com

We originally approached the customer service problem from this angle, but found our approach better suited to our vision.

They are great and I've used them before.
This is a great point, and I address it at the end of my post. The basic idea is that freedom shouldn't be limited to people who 1) have the technical knowledge to do all this and 2) have the time to set up such an environment. Freedom should be default. By being OK with these kinds of testing platforms, these could eventually be used for non-technical positions very easily, and those applications wouldn't know how to circumvent this.
> is if it wasn't cheaper, would you still have cable TV

For me the answer is no. I do watch TV occasionally (but often go weeks or months without; I think the last "TV" I watched was the World Series) but the vast majority of what I watch is on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, or YouTube or other online. If internet-only were cheaper that's what I would get. I might consider getting a rooftop antenna for broadcast network TV, but probably wouldn't bother.
Heldencompiler? Google is not turning up much.
I wouldn't put too much stock in these Reddit testimonials. I agree, there are definitely cases where individuals have used MDMA chronically, but I believe the percentage is much, much less than 1% of users.

There are also cases of individuals who believe they need to eat glass on a daily basis.

Anyone can convince themselves of anything if they want to believe it badly enough. I would be willing to bet that most of these chronic users would not exist in the first place had they sufficient knowledge about the drug.
Which you can, if you want. But that's not what my statement implies.
I can see why they might do this, anyone that can land a job with similar benefits somewhere else probably doesn't even apply, leaving them with the worst to choose from. Their climate gets even tougher because they "can't hire enough good engineers" and the cycle repeats.
I was first creeped out then pissed off when I found out the software my gym uses to bill and track attendance was hooked into Gravatar. I logged my performance one day and the icon I use on internet comments showed up next to my real name.

What else are they sharing and with who? I'm pretty sure I didn't agree to the workout tracking software sharing my details with random internet companies, healthcare providers or insurers... but nothing is stopping them apparently.
Yes and no. I think Amazon is trying to make their intern recruitment process more efficient. By eliminating cheating possibilities, people who do not meet certain criteria will not move forward and thus there will be less phone screens to schedule.
I whipped up a little demo illustrating Carlsen's decisive rapid game 3. It transposes the move sequence to show white's 13-move opening (Karjakin) followed by Carlsen's 13-move response as black, and so on through the game - using the longest possible sequences consistent with legal positions from the original game.

http://transpose.fantasychess.co.uk/
Moving On: Generational Change at First Round – Howard L Morgan – Medium
Well, obviously putting paper over the webcam would result in a FAIL grade for the test, so it's hardly that easy.

Maybe you could record yourself staring intently at the screen and play that back to the webcam during the exam.
Canada. Wind Mobile and Teksavvy with a grandfathered plan and 6 $1 off referrals.

To be fair mobile is unlimited up to 6GB then throttled back to what seems to be about 4 or 5mbit download. I hit that cap only once when I was away from home for a week and used it as a constant hotspot.
This is amazing! We have been developing a tool called Rigel at Stanford (http://rigel-fpga.org) to make it much easier to develop image processing pipelines for FPGA. We have seem some really significant speedups vs CPUs/GPUs [1].

[1] http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/papers/rigel/
"This thing sucks... I want 1,000 channels with not a single show that I actually want to watch. I love being an ADD TV viewer that just surfs channels"
If nothing else, the requirements screen for people likely to accept similar conditions in the workplace.
The premise that cheating is a major risk or issue in job interviews is .... nutty.
While I tend to agree with you, I think the opiate epidemic is salient as an illustration of unintended consequences. Do I think this will lead to addicts? No. Do I think people will get hurt? Most likely; it's not exactly a brisk cup tea in terms of physiological AND psychological effects. Will it get abused? Of course. People abuse sugar.

My point being, there's a line between caution and fear mongering. I think you COULD interpret this as being cautious rather than illustrating an irrational fear.
I also don't want to pay for content I don't watch, which is 80% of Netflix and Amazon Prime.
It is worth a significant amount to me that Fox News not get any of my money. Or the Catholic channel.
"How dare you assume my gender! I identify as a transsexual furry otherkin dragon werewolf".
Barrett Brown released from prison, makes a beeline for McDonald’s
>"Hopefully these should convince you that this test has absolutely nothing to do with programming skill."

It's a rather blatant IQ test, though of course they would never call it that because that would open them up to disparate impact lawsuits.
Within these restrictions, I don't think they expect your written code to compile. They just want to ensure the integrity of the test itself. Is it worth the invasion of privacy? Personally, I don't think so.
No, because if you were off-line the app wouldn't let you in. The app set that condition clearly and enforced it. So there was no confusion, 'cause if you could see it you could play it.
Other companies aren't so draconian, and don't tend to treat potential talent so poorly.

https://careers.mozilla.org/university/
> At the same time, you, like many others, do have it hooked up to your TV, and you watch it at least occasionally. Despite the bundle being cheaper, you still are by all metrics a legit cable TV subscriber.

I used to have the basic internet + TV package because it was $10 cheaper than the standalone internet option, and I literally never plugged in the TV equipment.
I'm going to nitpick in reverse.

You are being _charged_

- This is a charge against your card

- They are not a bank, so the money in your "account" with them is just an unsecured, general liability to you. If they go bust, they owe you money but you will never see it.

- If you want to withdraw that money from your "account" and they refuse, then your options are pretty limited.

Once they take it from your payment method, it becomes their money, not yours. That's a charge.
Yes, the right content is definitely the answer. If you are not delighting users, then you risk loosing valuable social currency with your entire audience. Then you are left with no value at all.

I would agree that "Adtech" has completely put digital advertising over a barrel. I mean just take a look at the first 8 articles that come up when you search "adtech" at hacker news: http://imgur.com/Cuizmxu Words like "cancer" is used to describe advertising.

Current Adtech is truly the scourge of the internet.

That is the problem we at Adjoy are trying to fix. Currently focused solely on video games, we will eventually broaden our focus. The reason we are focused on games is, we want to perfect ad-UX on a medium that was designed to be interactive. Ad-UX is just another word we have coined, because nobody is really rethinking digital advertising for interactive, mobile space. Why would a banner even exist in mobile? Banners literally represent an alien concept inside mobile- there is no DNA there. Interstitial ads that pop-up, marketing Tide Bleach... there is no worse experience.

It is time to press "restart".
[1] Rarely happens especially in the boomer'ish generation. Many stories of widows who are left with millions after the husband passes away, but has never been involved with managing the money. All too often, she is taken advantage of by "financial advisors" who swindle her through steep fees or worse.
Seems like Amazon has trust issues.
What happens if you have an old laptop like a Thinkpad T60 that doesn't have a camera?
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You have a lot of solid points, but note that Linux is currently being used by SpaceX in an even more safety-critical aerospace setting.

Also note that interpreters have their place in safety-critical aerospace as well: some satellites run Forth.
Have you ever done lots of remote interviews in a big company?

The scamming is unbelievable. I've personally seen outright fraud... the guy in the video was a redhead with freckles, his name was an ethnic Vietnamese. Somehow they brought him in for an in-person interview, a Vietnamese dude shows up.

- Clueless. Guy was literally reading a manual.

- One guy offered me a bribe.

- one guy asked if his status as an illegal and conviction for hacking a phone company back home would effect things.
As much as I would like to bash Amazon for their draconian and insane interview loops -- which I've been put through once.

The post clearly states these clauses were part of an exam taken on https://proctorio.com/ for the Amazon interview. So it's doubtful Amazon HR is fully aware of these clauses.

I would happily bash Amazon interview loops all day long, but in this particular case, I would also need to criticize anyone else that uses https://proctorio.com/ for these practices.
We've used Grafana with Sematext Logsene (which exposes Elasticsearch API, so it's like having Grafana talk to ES).

Here's a short howto + video: https://sematext.com/blog/2015/12/14/using-grafana-with-elas...
If you're looking to hide $10MM+ with one firm, then diversification says that you have a lot more than that in total. So imo the "super-rich" cutoff is around $100M
Christmas in Mexico on whychristmas?com
Thanks. I'll have a second look at the feature then.
You would have to disable the camera so they did not see you reading off of another screen.
I have cable and have not turned my TV on in months. You really are not missing much.
They may catch you if they replay

* Your webcam video

* Your head movements

* Your eye movements

* Your mouth movements

that was all collected during the test.
Wait, so is this kind of pre-interview multiple choice IQ test style thing common now? In general or for amazon?
People respond in different ways in highly stressful, shocking situations.

I have a "flight" response in high stress fight or flight situations, and can empathize with her response.
They are around the 12 month mark now. I will know if they make the 18 month mark 6 months from now.
This is not correct. The people going to Gab are not going because of market preference, they are going because they are being forced out of current market leaders who do not desire to have free exchange of ideas on their networks.

By extension, supporting of this movement means you do not support a free exchange of ideas.
There are other OS too like Arch ARM, Windows core, Ubuntu Core, Kali OS etc.
Or just pull my old Ubuntu box out of the closet. No webcam, no mic, no problem.

Still, this is hilarious because only the truly desperate will put up with this crap, everyone else will just get their jobs somewhere else.
Note that he describes the US as "the country of Evil".

It's motivated by a revenge-like emotion, rather than necessarily reason.
This is Amazon, which is known to be one of the least ethical dev shops around. I'm terribly unsurprised by this.
Indeed. When I was interviewing candidates, one of my goals was to get the candidate to respond along the lines of "I don't know.", to which I would follow up with, how would you find out? No engineer knows everything. I also don't want a candidate that is going to try and bullshit me. Admit to me you don't know, but then tell me how you would rectify that. Google SO, MSDN, man pages, whatever, I don't care so long as you can admit you don't know and have an idea about how to correct that.

Personally, I'm doing mostly Python & C++ development at my new job (4 months in) after not using either for 2 years plus. I'm mostly fine with syntax for both, but constantly have my browser open for documentation, mostly for library related info.
More to do with the Saudis pumping more.
Not in Common Lisp, that: else is just a variable reference here. Unbound, if you're lucky; bound to a true value if you're somewhat less lucky, and bound to nil if you're haplessly unfortunate. :)
Anyone who has seen Adam Curtis' documentary, "The Trap," will find this familiar.

Our society has become so obsessed with quantification that we have become blind to any other ways of understanding the world around us, and made us poorer in our analysis, instead of being more informed with more information.

It is like saying that if something cannot be measured, then it does not exist.
Unfortunately, the post doesn't share things like: how much infra is needed and how much does it cost, how much time it took to set up, how much maintenance it needs, how long upgrades of the setup take, how much time future hacking of missing features will take, and so on. After that sort of stuff is truthfully taken into account I suspect most if not all savings would be lost.
Still makes no sense. Please explain if you understand.
Looking at your comment history, it seems like you only post on HN to defend Amazon.
So it's doubtful Amazon HR is fully aware of these clauses.

By all accounts, Amazon is a pretty tightly-run organization. And given the scale of the hiring they do, you be pretty sure that in fact, yes they are exactly aware of what proctorio is doing -- and chose them for precisely that reason.
Something Happened to Riseup, but It Hasn’t Been Compromised
After all the draws, it was nice to see some actual wins.

For those less familiar with chess, the final game was kind of fun. Carlsen's final play was to sacrifice his queen to draw the king into a trap, when Karjakin was one free move from putting Carlsen into an inextricably losing situation.
Why would you cheat, though? You're going to get the job and probably be completely incapable of doing the work. Not to mention there's usually an in-person tech interview afterward.
"this doesn't become obvious during the first month of working there"

This is a gross oversimplification of the problem. Do you know how difficult it is to fire a person? Do you know how much it costs to hire someone? You've given this person a relocation bonus, possibly put in the work to set up a visa, given the first chunk of a signing bonus....
This might help. Try finding things that completely disagree and see what they have to say. For example -

Compare /r/The_Donald with /r/politics with /r/hillaryclinton

Compare Breitbart to Wikileaks to CNN / MSNBC.

Compare Reddit.com with Voat.co

Compare Wikipedia to infogalactic.com

Boil away the opinion/predictions made by every article and get down to what concrete, verifiable facts they contain (if any). Check original sources! Articles that cite a legal decision or laws and don't give a link to actual court papers/law are a special peeve of mine. Compare which facts get omitted in each version and which agree. Track who does (and doesn't) get over the stopped clock threshold (i.e. being right at least twice a day) and how often in matters of fact (not opinion). Track future predictions (right and wrong, take special note of fuzziness and lack of a time horizon). Remember the bias induced when we only remember some predictions and not others. Even when there are people you find hateful, it's important to understand what they believe and why.
If the entity is in an irrevocable trust, and the trustee is a 3rd party, and the beneficiary is this fellow, taxes should be deferred as long as the profits are not distributed out of trust, no?
Well if you participate in an on-site test which the person was willing to do you are essentially tested under the same conditions, so I'd not really consider this to be a privacy invasion.
Having upper ceilings in charging is a big deal for me.

For this I prefer https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
Swift does not have many free abstractions - what specifically are you referring to?

(Also Swift's pervasive atomic refcounting means that typical idiomatic code often has pretty atrocious performance.)
Not to mention:

Any website you visit

What a fantastic way of driving away virtually every candidate that's even remotely high-caliber.
Native Spanish speaker here. Is it just me or is the Spanish recording much worse than the English one? I don't speak any of the other languages to make a fair comparison.
I agree that this is a stupid policy, but there is some attempt at logic behind it.

Oil production has the problem that increasing in oil production requires spending money that will only pay off if the price of oil remains high for several years. Cheap producers like Saudi Arabia know this, and so try to make the price fluctuate with enough lows to wipe out expensive oil producers, and enough highs to get rich themselves. More marginal properties would make money, but it is hard to survive the lows.

Therefore government policy that produces an effective price floor encourages the production of otherwise marginal oil. This is effectively a bet that increased tax revenue from future production is worth the risk of that tax guarantee. And in the short run you get an increase in jobs for no actual outlay of resources. Which is a trick any politician can appreciate.

That said, it remains a bad policy. Once implemented, lobbying efforts are virtually guaranteed to expand government support until the public is guaranteed to lose money. Doubly so because oil producers can now play one government off against another in a race to see who can offer more. (Sports teams have mastered that particular game...)
Cable-cutting is the act of cutting cable TELEVISION, not just cable service outright. It surely can be done but not if you're addicted to watching all the same programming as cable has.

A smart cable company will view themselves as an ISP who is also a TV service rather than a TV service who is also an ISP.

I haven't had cable TV service for years. I generally abhorred most content on cable TV, even on the "cerebral" channels. NatGeo, Discovery, and History all went toward more "reality" programming. I found myself watching PBS more and more. I don't have a local PBS affiliate that I can get over the air, so I got a small Ku-band FTA satellite dish and pull in a PBS feed that way [it doubled as an Outernet receiver dish]. (Though much of PBS' content is also available online for free.) Other than the occasional free streaming documentary, I just don't watch TV and save about $50-60 a month. [I did put an antenna in my attic so I could watch the Olympics, but even then I found streaming them online was still a better experience. Because, my god, the commercials!]

Also, here's a non-paywall version of the story:
http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow-jones/us-markets/2016113...
Tape over the webcam. If they ask, just say you always gave tape over your webcam for security reasons. You could also use a computer without a webcam.
The theoretical efficiency of LEDs is definitely not 40%. LED efficiency has been measured to be 230% with 30 picowatt power consumption:

https://www.google.com/amp/phys.org/news/2012-03-efficiency....
I don't see what it is in my comment that you disagree with.

I was only pointing out that Schiff funded the Bolsheviks because of his political views that were related to bring an American Jew. And there seems to be plenty of evidence in the Wikipedia article for that asking.

I never made the claim that Schiff was particularly important. Can you point to something specifically in my post that if incorrect?
While it's true that a follow-up interview would further determine a candidate proficiency, the remote interview is meant to be a weed-out test. If enough people cheat, then it becomes useless for Amazon. And yes, I've heard of people cheating on interviews, including for Amazon.
Right. We have a 3EUR a month VPS serving as a backup server, it is a MySQL slave, doing a snapshot regularly and sending the snapshot off to a storage VPS. It certainly doesn't use 1mbps except when it rsyncs to the storage.