skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
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> Once you get an opening into a company, and its a good match, your talents will be recognizable instantly.

This.

It's usually much easier to "climb the ladder" internally than to get hired to top positions from outside.
Fair enough. I thought the point about the sites looking nearly identical was strong enough to end on.
I agree with you. But speaking as someone who is in "the 1%", my experience is that most Americans don't define wealth by numbers, they define it by how jetset a lifestyle can be.

Of course being richer than 95% of the country makes you "rich"; that's near tautological. But that's not really the perception. Rather, the perception is that you're rich when you no longer need to work at all and can simply do whatever you want. That's really fuzzy, and I'd agree that it's indicative of wealth disparity in America that this has become the predominant conception of wealth.

My point is that you two are probably talking past each other without meaning to.
Classic papers can be worth reading but it's still useful to know what's trending.

Even a simple algorithm would be effective: the number of citations for each paper decayed by the age of the paper in years.
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And make sure at least two of them have egress policies so you can get your data back. Regardless, keep you own backup somewhere unless you don't care about losing the data.
Several of the comments here are pretty harsh about your works- to balance that out, I thought they were pretty cool, but then again I like retro / minimalistic things, and am not really a design expert.
A few points to make here:

> I can count on one hand the number of women that sent their CV through, and we interviewed two, hiring one.

Studies show that:

(a) You can create a biased process inadvertently before the CV stage based on the language you use and approach to sourcing.

(b) CVs themselves are also a biasing influence.

(c) Interviews are extremely biasing unless done in a very structured way, and even then they're not great.

So it's very likely that you're (without meaning to) introducing additional bias on top of the constraints on the talent pool. This isn't finger-pointing, it's very hard to run a bias-free process. Even the Googles of the world fail at this.

> ...an environment where gender should make no difference to their desire or interest in STEM subjects

Are you saying that the environment is neutral, or that it should be neutral? First would be wrong, second would be correct.

> Given two candidates...

Your hypotheticals are premised on the idea that your hiring process and judgement are objective, and that you need to positively discriminate in order to redress the balance... that's simply not a view supported by the literature on this.
There is a lot of bias in these numbers. People who have more money are less likely get fought doing drugs, but they are also able to afford to do more drugs. The risks of doing drugs drop when you do one transaction a month, vs trying to feed a daily or even hourly habit.
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preface: take my advice, and everyone elses with a pinch of salt

The programmer in me appreciates the neatness and simplicity of your site, but recruiters are not programmers. they will see a "plain" website by someone selling themselves as a "designer".

My advice would be

1. re-target yourself as a Full Stack Developer. You have the skills for every level, from client UI right down to server and db stuff.

2. re-style your website. you don't have to give it a major overhaul, but maybe just try a few slight variations on that theme. use some fancy CSS3 effects. drop some shadows. use some transitions.

3. put a photo up there. a photo goes a long way
> Pub/Sub is essentially SQS

This is just wrong

> Cloud Storage, for example, doesn't fix S3's lack of queryability.

And this is now fixed in S3
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Counter that with "what happens if you get diagnosed with cancer and the next week your on chemo" This happened to a young guy in our team at my last bit one place and to my project manger earlier in my carrear
Stop being so honest and play the game. The game is getting an interview. That's all your resume is for.

Do you have a job, any job? A lot of places won't even consider you if you aren't already employed.

Do you have a list of buzzwords near the top of your resume? Many places receive so many resumes that automated filters are used to search through them, usually by buzzword.

If I were hiring you it would be for an entry level web developer position. If you like to see something happen when you click a button you are more of a developer than a designer.

Red flag - Misuse of css classes.

<span class="star">*</span>

Classes are about the meaning, not the content. What if you want to use # instead of *? Do you change all the class names to "hashtag"? If I were interviewing you this is something I would ask about.
Thank you for your insight.

The thing is, I've always been in between both and as a result truly fit in neither position, compared to people who've specialized in one side.

I thought I would apply on the design side because it has always come more naturally to me, but maybe I should reevaluate.
Figure out what you want and craft your resume to reflect that.

Big companies, as an excellent (though curiously downvoted) commenter noted, love long lists of tools you've "mastered". This is because they employ recruiters who don't have the technical chops to evaluate nor appreciate the nuance of your past experience.

If you want to work at startups, you need to use a different tack. When I started only doing startups, I added more of my personality to my resume and applied only to jobs in niches I cared about. I also invested a modicum of time in my network, getting a colleague or friend or acquaintance to "introduce" or recommend me.

Most importantly, I've never gone through the front door. I consider the "Apply now" button to be a passive filter. I avoid it like the plague.

Instead, I chat future co-workers up at meetups, asking them about their work. I contact companies that aren't even advertising positions (every company that's not shrinking is always hiring). Most importantly, I research the company and email individuals I'd like to work with directly. Not my CV, mind you, but I send a small, respectful note and put my linkedin profile and github handle in my signature block.

I know some people find this approach annoying, but it puts your name and email in front of a real person, establishing a direct human connection. That's powerful. And, unlike recruiters or people tasked with handling the application queue, the person you email has little incentive to toss your email in the trash.

Remember, the goal is always to stand out from the crowd, show initiative, and demonstrate your creativity. Good luck.
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Well why it has to be more? See, if that was 20%, it meant that wealth distribution is entirely random and parents can't do anything to help their children succeed - that is not the world where many want to live. There should be a balance - getting from poor to rich must be possible, but hard.

People who get rich are those to work towards distant goals and accept delayed gratification. If they are unable to pass anything at all to their children they'd have a much better time drinking and smoking hash - there isn't so much they can spend in their lifetimes anyway, and if they can't pass anything (even cultural! that helps besides money and would already skew that ratio away from 20% down, even if all money was taken away) to their kids - why bother? To me, 7% of 20% poorest making it to 20% richest sounds already too much.
Did you have insurance on this package?

If not, that is a very expensive lesson to learn.
From the BLS PDF:
>Full-time workers continued to be much less likely
to be among the working poor than were part-
time workers. Among people in the labor force
for 27 weeks or more, 4.1 percent of those usually
employed full time were classified as working
poor, compared with 15.8 percent of part-time
workers.

That doesn't imply choice. Their clearly can and is a positive correlation between working part time and being unable to find full time work.
Beautiful resource. KISS info, without "in your face" monetization.
Not sure if homeless people's or victims of abuse and exploitations' needs are being met. Some even think it's totally fine after acclimating. There are varying degrees of needs and if you approach it biologically then improving the lives of people suffering is simply participating in a "luxury" industry. Pretty sure the execs of Tiffany's and Louis Vuitton do not view themselves as fulfilling the same general needs of the world as UNICEF and other humanitarian non-profits.

This kind of reducto as absurditum is how we have people that think it's perfectly fine for unprecedented mass poverty in the US outside the Great Depression because people may have running water and TVs when most of the world doesn't. While true, it misses the spirit of the discussion and is a non-sequitur line of reasoning as a result.
The earlier discussion here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13646438) included mention that the package is insured by its originator to €1000.

The tough part is that byuu's probably going to have to make it right with the person who shipped him the games - he's already said that if they can't be retrieved, he's going to do that even though he's really not at fault, and I understand why.

If you know any popular Twitch streamers or YouTube gaming superstars, now might not be a bad time to reach out, as I'm going to be doing later today. It would be amazing to see the huge retro gaming fan community come together and solve a problem like this for someone to whom we all owe so much.
Or just don't take VC money in the first place. Then: Networking doesn't come with strings attached (or money), you have zero incentive to grow too fast, and there's no reason that you MUST make 2 billion dollars or shut down the business.

Seriously I've lost count of how many useful services have shut down because they couldn't eat the world, because just making really good money but not incredible ALL THE MONEY wasn't good enough. And for what? Some time in the public eye and a ton of money to blow on dumb shit like San Francisco offices that reduce productivity and a metric assload of hardware you didn't need in the first place.
How has no one mentioned the fact the company is called "SwoleFreaks LLC". My heart sank reading that. Come on, at least try to be professional.
I think the last article written by byuu mentioned the package value exceeding the normal insurable amount.
Readable is better, no questions.

But there's still plenty of read, published and republished dull writing.
'because if I do nothing with my brain, I'll have nothing. But if you have your 2 million sitting around (in an investment account), it'll earn you 160.000 a year.'
Can't do much with free. It's a waste of time. Give us some affordable professional options (i.e. Windows only professional for 300 bucks or so). Have a look at Jetbrains, they have figured it out.
Well, thanks for pointing it out.
Either way; an insult wasn't a good way to end it.
Too bad the study authors didn't think of that. If they did, they might have decided to use a survey rather than arrest data. Then they might even have titled the study "RESULTS FROM THE 2013 NATIONAL SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH: MENTAL HEALTH DETAILED TABLES".

Step 1 in making a methodological critique of a study is to actually read the study.
In South Africa it's quite possible to live at 99.99% cashless life, which means that I live that way - I have no way to tip drivers. Having wanted to tip an Uber more than once, I've contemplated why they don't have it. I'm heavy-handed with tips and, provided there are others like me, tipping drivers would become the status quo. You could be the most pleasant and respectful passenger, yet still earn a 1 star rating because you don't tip.

This means that the service, by virtue of social expectations, would no longer be as cheap as generally indicated. So while I would love to be able to tip (especially on short trips), I can see why Uber is hesitant with the feature.
That is so painful to read. On the one hand, USPS is apologising for the inconvenience, on the other hand they're shifting blame away from themselves by recommending to use more tape?
I use mlab for my side project , though my requirements are well under 1 GB. But as others have pointed out, having a dedicated server/VPS will be the best way for your needs

Note: https://www.clusterpoint.com/pricing is slightly priced less , if cost is your major factor .
Sacrifice implies you lose something with nothing gained. These people generated wealth and got posterity and legacy. They bought that with their work, volitionally, and bore the responsibility of the dedication required to keep it.

You aren't sacrificing your money to buy yourself lunch, providing for your kids isn't a sacrifice, and you aren't sacrificing by working more hours to afford that big house and nice car you have.

It's just hard sometimes, but it's all part of the bargain.
Lots more info at https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/lost-package/
That's ridiculous, Munich has around 850,000 employees, so 35,000 is nowhere near your 50%. Do you actually know what socialism is?
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It should have been "how to get rich". However, at least in America nepotism plays a lower role in many professions compared to many other countries because competition is much rougher.
> to make a more gender diverse working space i would have to sacrifice quality / skills / talent, which I will not do.

The main point here I've already addressed in my reply to your parent comment, but there's an additional point worth making.

There are now two (to my knowledge) studies that show diverse teams outperform heterogenious teams. The diverse teams feel less comfortable because your team members might fail the "would I enjoy working with you on a sunday" test, or the "do I want to go for a beer with you" test, but the additional perspectives provide meaningful insight

Edit: The point being that assessing team members on the basis of individual skill misses an important point about the way teams behave as a whole
An interesting perspective and from an individual's point of view, probably quite a pragmatic one.

I still suspect that widening inequality means that this is either an unlikely occurrence or the effect doesn't last. I'm guessing the first given that wealthy families seem to maintain wealth quite well.
That's actually the point the previous poster is trying to make. It's easy to have an inclusive society when everyone in that society is the same, and it's difficult to have one when there is so much cultural variation within it. One of the things that can be said for the U.S. is that it is fairly inclusive considering how diverse it is.
Are these books suitable for beginners or more for an experience programmer looking to advance their skill?
Hello from Edinburgh - nice work! Quite excited about the list of events: there's a bunch of very interesting stuff on there.
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This is 100% paid work, nobody is working for 'free'.

MIT is well known for the second form of patient troll where you look for years of very promising research done by someone else, make minimal change using government funds, and then get to lock things up for 20 years.

Worse there is now a huge incentive to find some other trivial change to get around this patent thus costing the field 100's of times more than their initial 'effort'.
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Maybe you could benefit of a faster message flow. Something like:

Hello. I'm Olivier Breton, a 23 y/o Franco-American Product Designer; UI/UX Designer, Developer and Entrepreneur.

Instead:

@Olivier Breton (pause)

Lets put a nice line here for no reason

Hello. (pause)

My name is Olivier Breton. (pause, Yes, you said it before)

I'm a 23 year old Franco-American (pause)

Product Designer—UI/UX Designer—Developer—Entrepreneur. (and now, avalanche of terms)

Visually each term must have clear boundaries. There is not need to fuse it. I read this line as: I'm a product, I'm a Designer-UI/UX and I'm a Desigdevelopreneur, whatever It means.

That sounds a little shy, and maybe also robotic IMHO.
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Great advice. Your story is very similar to mine. The family doctor at the time was no help. He was showing clear signs at age 2, and she told us just to wait and see if it gets worse! You really have to go to someone who is trained to recognize autism.

It was the pediatric dentist saying something at age 4 that made us realize we need to get him checked out (even thought my mother-in-law had been mentioning the lack of eye contact for some time), and he gave the exact same advice you did. Go to someone who knows autism.

We went to a development psychologist and that was when we both realized. My son is now in a PAC (preschool autism class) and getting the help he needs, and we are learning a lot too.
back up entire phone to own server, enter the US with No phone, buy a new phone, download backup and reinstall, use while there, wipe it, throw it away, leave US with no phone.
Sounds right. They're okay for first-class mail, but you don't really want to trust them with anything of significant value; while theft is relatively unlikely, mishandling is in my experience quite common.
This is a question I've asked many times and never got an answer, when you donate "for the cure" does that cure end up patented and sold back to you? That seems more like Kickstarter without the rewards than charity to me.
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Most of the information you need to know can fit on an index card:

http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/01/07/index-67f786d0f1f...
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As of now there's no such thing as programming species, natural or genetically engineered. Like any other skill, programming is learnable. One's age should not be a barrier to learning it as long as they enjoy their mental health[1]. Some skills are easy to learn and some are hard and take many years of practice before one can do it with some mastery.

We learn skills out of necessity or out of passion, sometimes out of both. Whether we become good at something depends on a number of factors, and obviously there're efficient older workers and incompetent younger workers in every industry, and this dualism applies to programmers as well.

A computer is a means to an end. People in disciplines such as biology, mathematics, sociology learn and use programming as a tool to solve their day-to-day work-related problems because it helps boost their productivity.

[1] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs220/en/
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I have my good days thanks :)
Thanks for your suggestion! Just been playing with some different sans-serif and serif fonts to have a look ... not sure I like all Serif - may end up with a mix - Arial in the header and titles and a serif font in the body? Will test with some people :-)
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Where the heck are you living that your house's value increased by an order of magnitude over 20 years. I live in one of the hottest real estate markets in the country, I bought in 1999 and my house is just barely under doubling in value. If not for the mess of 2008 it might have been worth more, since it was about where it is now before that crash. But I can't think of any place where people have seen an order of magnitude increase in 20 years.

Over a longer period (essentially a lifetime) I'm sure that's a possibility. So I suspect you've simply chosen your time period poorly.
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Except it's not 1/30, it's more like 1/300 which still sounds generous to me.

As for founders with grey hair, I admire their passion, but I didn't get to where I am now by lighting both ends of my life candle on fire for a 1/300 chance of being better off. Fuck that noise. I'd rather have a life and be poor.
This is one thing that probably can't be pinned on Trump, specifically. Remember the fight between the FBI and Apple over decrypting the San Bernadino killer's work phone? Mass surveillance has sloping upward since 9/11 and has strong bipartisan support. I'm guessing this is triggered by the increase in built-in encryption by phone and app makers.

Mods -- There's a fragment at the end of this URL that is probably used for e-mail tracking. I forgot to remove it, but maybe you can.
Where did he find the ripped label?
I don't like Python either but it's out there and a fact of life. You use whatever a client requires.

Dictionaries, sets and lists can be nice though.

Go here( https://www.thecodingforums.com/threads/performance-sets-vs-... ) and search-find "Terry Reedy".
I don't know which comments you are referring to exactly, but I would like to add that the comments by Motl should be taken very, very, very carefully. He is a climate change denier who believes women are over-represented in STEM. In fact his blog post on this article is titled: "How feminism helped to poison and politicize symplectic geometry".

Not a reliable source of judgement by any stretch of the imagination.

Edit: If you start reading the comments make sure you read to the end, where actual mathematicians are commenting.
I've just skimmed through "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: C++" and I've got to say it seems like the best intro to programming and C++ I've ever seen. Definitely better than Bjarne's "Programming Principles in C++" and others.
Software - like anything worth mastering - requires many thousands of hours. The only reason I can think of that it would be harder to pick up at an older age is that often the hours are harder to come by due to family commitments and so forth.

I went through an intense several year period of studying jazz music beginning around age 16. I remember the discipline it required and the speed at which I was able to progress.

When I got into programming at age 33, it felt exactly the same. The discipline, the hours, the speed of progression; all very similar. Having devoted many thousands of hours to mastering a skill in my teenage years and again in my 30s, I'm not aware of any differences in capacity to improve at one age over the other.

I attended a boot camp and had ~25 classmates all over the age spectrum. Some were smarter than others, some worked harder than others, but there was no age correlation on either of those observations. I also didn't see any age correlated patterns in success in the job market. Some old and young students got jobs immediately; some old and young students had to fight it out a little longer.

If I lose my passion for software at age 40, 50 or 60, I would be very open to pursuing something new at any point in my life.
Just out of curiosity: why do so many people misspell 'Asperger' as 'aspberger'? It strikes me as not obvious enough to be so common, and yet here we have two sibling posts that make the same mistake.

It's not a problem, of course, I'm just curious (and secretly annoyed, but that's my problem)
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