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"For months and months, they'd been unfairly denigrating Trump supporters"

If you support a candidate who espouses racist, sexist, xenophobic, and general bigoted views, a candidate who was caught on tape as bragging about sexual assault, then it is not unfair to paint you as supporting those things.

To me, anyone who supports Trump has declared their support for those things. And it is on them to prove that they are not those things. They may not have been in the "basket of deplorables", but they definitely carried it.
Try executing something that needs root-level access(?)
You beat me to it. I was answering my own question when one of my users came in with a problem. Stupid users...
answer is actually easy, execution is complicated...clearly too many people don't have the required IQ to participate in their own governance, as such maybe it's time to prevent them from doing so
How many studies can we find where the same data was used to come to completely different conclusions? More than you might think.
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In Android, you can use the Google SafetyNet API, that checks whether the system partition has been modified or mounted r/w, the existence of the su binary and some more clues like those.

I don't know the current state of jailbreak detection in iOS, but I do remember that some time ago, as a rudimentary jailbreak detection, iBooks tried to run unsigned code at launch, and if it ran, the app would refuse to open.
Not only that but it doesn't make sense. Would protest voters really think the winner of the election cares if he/she won with 51% or 80%? I think the protest voting interpretation is an uncharitable one, because it assumes spite, ignorance and political illiteracy.

I'm under the impression the media seems to amplify the remorseful voices, which makes you believe there's a huge regret on the winning side. Also there was a vast "What have you done?" tune following Trump/Brexit. No wonder people are think they've done something terrible.
Seems like a mix of substantial and a lot of unsubstantial stuff.

I think these are some of the substantial issues:

https://theintercept.com/2016/10/11/behind-closed-doors-hill...

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/chelsea-clinton-nbc-60...
I went from Salt Lake City to San Francisco as well. I have always been quite liberal on issues and it had never been a problem, but when discussing issues in SF I felt I had to be very careful with what I supported. I always felt my friendships/employment was threatened if I disagreed.

I had a good friend/startup founder once say anyone who supported Trump deserved to be fired and blacklisted.
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Downvote my statement all you like, but it's the core of the scientific method.
Say what you will about goody-two-shoes liberals whining about minor issues — as far as science, truth and reason go, the ideology of the current administration allows none of them. That is reason enough to double down (and hopefully prioritize fundamental values of democracy over small distractions in the fight that lays ahead).
William F. Buckley was pretty much the father of the modern American Right, and they've largely been following his propaganda script since. So, no, the fact that his attacks on the left mirror what's seen today isn't an example of "history repeats itself", it's an example of a movement that's been using the same propaganda nonstop the whole time between then and now.
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Yep. Your path into the company (were you interested in joining it) is:

1) Found your own company to do a specific thing
2) Prove out you can do the thing and do it well, and furthermore have the thing be valuable enough that it would be worth acquiring but not valuable enough that it can operate as an independent company that covers its own costs
3) Google decides that what you're doing needs to be part of their portfolio and they buy your company and staff.
I was able to get a different model working, and FloydHub is great- I'm really finding it useful. I'm looking forward to see where you take it!
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When does your business need to start using SMS to authenticate users?
Maybe provide some examples of liberal policies you find to be "maniacally stupid". Otherwise, this is pretty baseless.
>This is a complex questions and there are no easy answers.

What precisely is the question?
>zero widespread cultural support. Violence is not glorified by any prominent voices on the left.

This is just not true.[1]
Even in our tech community it's pretty commonplace to see 'it's okay to punch a nazi' is a well supported position.[2]

[1] https://heatst.com/culture-wars/prominent-leftists-celebrate...
[2] http://reason.com/blog/2017/02/15/now-its-okay-to-punch-nazi...
Old post but wanted to respond: Even when interviewing more junior roles, I want to see the solution that involves the smallest amount of code, ideally no code. Nothing wrong with expecting that existing mentality from both junior and senior people alike. Saves you from having to instill it.

A candidate's ability to re-implement the language's standard library is not so useful if we simply use the language's standard library in our application code.
That's not actually true. Try reading some fact-checking sites.
True, everyone has 24 hours a day, though what I really mean is the utility of that attention can be destroyed - the utility of 10 hours of your attention for the video game creator is measured in tens of dollars but could be priceless to your children.

And I'm happy you are excited to see this phrase. :-)
America always seems to rely on industrialists to move it's country forward. What qualifies Mark Zuckerburg to be a trust source on anything but building an ad platform? Get your shit together America, it's time to change up the way you govern yourselves and give less power to the wealthy
It seems to me there has been a very successful conflation of refugees, legal immigrants, and illegal immigrants. To be opposed to the last one paints one as opposed to all immigrants.

I listened one day to a pro-trump Tawainese immigrant (now a citizen) explain why he was pro-Trump -- one of his primary reasons was illegal immigration. He felt everyone should go through the same process.
There's really a Notepad team?
Fun stuff - especially debugging the time printout ;)
A really ancient but still functioning site I always go to is wordsmith.org. He calls it "Internet anagram server" == "I rearrangement servant" !
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I think the presentation of "Australia" in that story isn't quite as you describe it. There is another interpretation.
How did so many people get the wrong idea about what "freedom of speech" means?

The right to say something without the government arresting you is a far cry from an imagined right to be heard by everyone about whatever you want to say.
Good point. Wouldn't you usually do this on a server and then expose a sane api to the ios app? Who consumes SOAP directly in ios?
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Yes... well at least in my area and social bubble :) When somebody mentions he is a .net developer the first thoughts that come to most people’s minds are: corporation, stable job, robust oldschool systems and maybe not enough innovation. But does it matter? I don’t think so :)
Does this work with OpenGL transparently? If I write an a program that uses OpenGL on Linux will I be able to run it on windows without any modification?
I don't think there was any doubt in anyone's mind about what Milo was going to say.
This pretty much sums up while a silent majority kicked left's butts this election.

Peter Thiel supported Trump and these people wanted Zuck to fire him. That is absolutely ridiculous. Now, it is a democratic/free speech right to make a demand public but then there will be consequences. The consequence here was the mass consolidation of votes against the left.

Even Sam Altman's recent piece suggests that people overwhelmingly voted "against left" rather than "for trump".

I know bunch of Profs who got fired or cornered for nothing other then their support of one opinion v/s the popular leftist opinion.
I'm very left, but this I completely agree with. The American attitude towards people who are struggling to make ends meet is brutal. If you're having a hard time it's because you're lazy, full stop. And, as clearly evident from their policy, Americans would literally rather see you dead (say, from preventable disease) than lazy.
From my experience, either your profile is deemed interesting and you'll get contacted by these companies from time to time (Amazon being the most aggressive) or they'll never get back to you, even if you try pretty hard.

There isn't really a "once in a lifetime" email from a recruiter. Once you interviewed with them you'll have plenty of opportunities to interview again.
I think we need to clarify what fake news is.

A fake news means the news is entirely made up and/or modified to address political propaganda. First real fake news are totally made up. Those are 100% definition of a fake news: President Trump just met yeukhon is a fake news because I didn't meet him. I made it up.

Then comes the propaganda type of fake news. Prime example is editing audio record and remake it so certain words are omitted. That's also fake news.

I don't think we need to drag leftist / rightist belief into this topic. Fake news are concrete and they exist long before 2016 election. But with people able to access the Internet, this platform allows fake content to spread like a disease. It used to be newspaper and TV are the source of truth for many, but now people rely on social media to get their news because there is no penalty for reporting on fake ad made up fakes.
“We need borders at every level of our society.”

I'd like to know more about what the respondent meant by that exactly. (UK resident)

Longer transcripts generally might be more illuminating.
It was, for sure, but in a low-bandwidth, high-risk kind of way.
You know what? Backlash is one of the inevitable consequences of having any opinion in a free society. Especially if you're a wealthy, powerful individual with a big platform for pushing your ideas. Especially if they're unpopular ideas among your peer group.

Thiel is also a powerful, wealthy individual, with a much bigger platform than most of us will ever have. He's also obviously weathered the storm of being calling for his ouster just fine.

I just don't see this as a sign that society needs new rules on protecting people's opinions from criticism. Thiel isn't some delicate snowflake who needs a safe space. He's a grown man who speaks publicly about political things, and will be able to do so for the rest of his life, due to his wealth and power.
The divisiveness in this country is politics working incredibly well. Essentially, politicians take a position, rile up the masses and sneak in their pork and entitlements when everyone is distracted arguing with each other.

We should all stop playing into their games and arguing over the issues and focus on fixing the incentives thay drive our current political process...

Sure, the issues are important, thats why we get riled up...but im the mean time, the much bigger evil is smiling at us being too distracted to stop him.
To contrast and say something surprisingly positive about Amazon. A local Amazon engineering manager looking to hire people sent me a note and suggested we discuss over a coffee. While I didn't want to pursue the opportunity I definitely left with a much better opinion of Amazon.

Also contrast with Microsoft when I had a series of technical interviews with members of the team I would be working with. I ended up going with a different opportunity but again I left with a good impression.

The Google hiring process sucks IMO. I've been approached a few times. I recall one phone coding interview where the Google engineer was condescending and trying to prove he's smarter than me. It seemed like he was in a bad mood or something, that can happen I guess. In a later recruiting attempt a Google recruiter called me, said he'd follow up, and then left Google to go work for Apple without having anyone follow up with me. Yet another recruiter, when he heard what area I'm interested in, said I've no chance because everyone in Google wants to work there. One thing that should automatically give you pause is a recruiter in Texas while the jobs are in California. Clearly that recruiter doesn't interact closely with the teams he's hiring for.

Google has gotten away with this for so long because they can be picky. Every open position has 100's of candidates. But times will change. They certainly have a lot of good people but they also have a lot of less good people. I've worked with some ex-Google people and they're really just like everyone else. Conversely there are lots of very good/smart people who don't work for Google...
> These voters chose him despite those weaknesses

That's not what the quote says though. The "lose all respect" bit says to my ears like these are decisive issues to this voter. They just weren't in November.
You want government-owned media?

Democracy cannot exist without a free press.
> Because the current system is really broken: see what it's like to try and immigrate, legally, from Mexico if you just want to do manual labor.

See, this is what would be most interesting for me to discuss with my friends. There is obviously a demand for those services that Americans possibly don't want to do (I'm not completely clear on if they want to or not). What can we do to make this a more sane process for everybody involved? I thought there was some progress in the past and the Republicans were almost on board but it never got over the hump for whatever reason.
Isn't that exactly the point roguecoder made?

> I have had catastrophic failures caused by premature optimization, because locking a tool into a fancy algorithm before you know where the actual bottleneck is is a recipe for disaster.

EDIT: Or, are you saying that it was from the decisions made before Google acquired Android?
The fact that your post is the top comment, with other posters shouting at you, seems to be good proof of the people who are keeping their mouths shut while silently agreeing with you.
Are you pro-immigration or pro-illegal immigration?
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Yeah, the UK is slowly copying the US model, lagging a few years behind it. But I don't think it's ever been as pronounced. The divide in the UK is far thinner than it's ever been in the US, even though it's still "us vs them".

It's also possible that the internet itself is helping to spread the US mentality to other countries. Scary to think about.
Like "redneck" and "hick" and "white trash"?

That's the other thing I think people are reacting to. There's a double standard where it's okay to slur rural white Americans but nobody else.

IMHO it's about classism as opposed to racism. Racism is taboo in American discourse but classism and urban elitism (placeism?) are not.

Maybe the answer is to define PC as you do and extend it to cover classism, placeism, and reverse stereotyping. Maybe it should just be taboo to be an asshole.
The Left is not monolithic, it is better understood as a coalition of separate forces with different interests united against a common, feared enemy.

What you perceive as "manical stupidity" is fear. Fear of a common enemy is one of the few things that can glue together a diverse coalition.
This can your Admin change.
The weirdest part of your comment is that you have seething disregard for anything resembling socialism, yet you accept without question the synthetic notion of "asset ownership"
>Really just a few years out from private corporate armies

This has been a thing for over a decade now. Blackwater/Xe/Academi. The guy who founded this company (and got the US kicked out of Iraq), is our Education Secretary's brother. He is being consulted to provide extra security for Trump outside of the Secret Service.
The author lost me here:

"it is a reflection of the fundamental reality that the supply of content (and increasingly goods) is infinite, and thus worthless"

No, the supply of worthless content is infinite. The supply of interesting content provided by professionals with the backgrounds necessary to provide such content is not. This is why you still see the majority of journalistic content provided by a small number of organizations, with the rest simply aggregating that content. Facebook, Google, etc. actually produce very little cultural value on their own. Their entire existence is predicated on co-opting the content of others for free and using it to make money. It's a heck of a business model, if you can get away with it, but let's stop pretending that good content just appears out of thin air...
Is there any evidence, other than anecdotal, that these types of searches have actually "gotten worse in quantity under the new president" as the EFF states?

And for Americans coming to Canada, be aware your phone and laptop are fair game at our border crossings too. No warrant required (yet). https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/public-safety-and-l...
I'm only observing from afar but I share the same explanation. The root problem is a widening income disparity in the US that most people can't overcome by "working harder". If you are born into a lower middle class family chances are you will be stuck there forever. The US is not known for high social mobility (see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socio-economic_mobility_in_the...) - the "American Dream" is fiction. But lots of conservatives are held hostage by their own morals: Hard working people get rewarded. If those rewards never set in, most people resort to scapegoating: Immigration, an erosion of American values, elitist politicians, etc. - rather than admitting that what they really need is a redistribution of wealth, for example in the form of better schools, better/cheaper health care, etc. The left doesn't have this "moral ballast" and would be much more capable of pushing those reforms. This makes the current popularity of nationalistic conservatives so confounding.
True. It's a balance, it's hard, and there is no silver bullet.
I believe I should learn from my mistakes and move on rather than have rabid obsession over big O. If something is obvious or caught by code reviews, fix it then and there else move on.
You were, I had no trouble picking up on it at least.

It seems to me that this battle was really lost several years ago when Google unsuccessfully tried to maintain the ability to "export your social graph" from FB. What's your feeling on how things would have played out differently if at that time FB lost its control over people's social graphs?

It seems to me that if you have to legislate a solution here, writing a law that guaranteed you could export your personal data from any company would be a good place to start. What do you think?
I did not downvote your comment, and encourage all who did to post the reason, politely please.

Perhaps "No one" is a little too strong, but I think the general gist of what you're saying may be fair.

I am not familiar with the reasons for property damage in Berkeley. Can you post links? Anything you can provide that would make it easier to evaluate the viewpoints of all involved at Berkeley?
> I would feel 10x more comfortable sharing my liberal viewpoints in a small, deeply-red town than I would insinuating something anything less than 100% left-leaning at work here.

Serious question: are you white?
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Can you give an example of who you consider to be the “intellectual” with “very clear ideas” behind Trump’s team’s ideology/agenda? Are we talking about Bannon and Miller here? Kushner? Priebus and Ryan? Roger Stone and Rudy Giuliani? Vladimir Putin? The Koch brothers?

Anyhow, nobody in Trump’s new administration had anything to do with writing his book. In practice most of Trump’s policy agenda is going along with the standard GOP playbook of deregulating environmental pollution, cutting funding to reproductive healthcare, eliminating taxes on the wealthiest, restricting labor rights, slashing funding for scientific research, privatizing infrastructure and public institutions, boosting weapons spending, and so on. There has been a lot of thought put into these (it’s worth billions of dollars to donors) but I wouldn’t really call it intellectual per se: intellectually dishonest obfuscation of the intended outcomes is half the purpose of these plans.

Trump’s “signature ideas” like deporting all Muslims, imposing a 20% tariff on imports, “bringing back” all the coal jobs, growing the economy by 4% per year, and building a wall and making Mexico pay for it are pretty much all Trump, and are doomed to fail.
Ask HN: Career value of being bilingual +
What is the current career value of being, at least, bilingual in the states for tech companies. Is there any data/evidence to suggest for certain positions it is/is not worth learning another language? If it is beneficial, are there specific languages that rank higher than the rest? Are they associated with specific positions?

tl;dr - Will knowing a language other than English help me find a tech job?

Aside: I believe everyone should know, at the minimum, two languages.
The innovation behind deep learning and neural networks has allowed for driverless cars, among many other things. The switch from programming AI's how to think, to teaching AI's how to think has been revolutionary.

With these advances, you could easily train multipurpose robots to perform all manner of tasks. The industries that will be decimated first are all the minimum wage industries. Stocking grocery store shelves, deliveries, moving things around the warehouse, laundry, folding clothes, all things retail, etc.

The tech necessary to replace humans in all of those jobs already exists. The only remaining question will be if we allow robots to replace those jobs or not.

Some what further in the future, more skilled work like construction, plumbing, welding will be done by robots. Hell medical care and counseling will be done by robots.

Given sufficient mobility and energy there is no limit to what can be achieved with AI. It's only a matter of time.
There's been over 1500 pedophilia and sex trafficking arrests since Trump took office. It may be less fake than you think.
Yeah, I have no arguments here. If you're goal is a friction-less integration with Microsoft tooling and projects, F# is not the way to go (definitely C#). F# practitioners would do better to position themselves as just a language in it's own right, not necessarily an 'alternative to C#'.

Sort of like Elixir compared to Erlang.
Like when a mother was separated from her sons? I wonder why that might set people off...
I'm aware of Political Detox Week, and other comments by the mods on politics on HN. Given I understand them, I personally don't find it interesting, at least not enough to comment on, particularly not without further elaboration.
That is certainly one use of gerrymandering. Alternatively, it can be used to reduce the functional impact of minority votes to secure additional legislator seats for Republicans. This is the case in Wisconsin, though the prior redistricting maps have been found to unconstitutionally disenfranchise minority voters and must be redrawn before the 2018 elections.

Really, it's ridiculous that voting districts maps are drawn by political parties at all.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/jud...
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Of course you won't, you're screaming, crying, assaulting people and causing damage to property instead.