skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
On one hand, this is a truly incredible accomplishment for Google, and in so little time! On the other, it's sort of amazing this hadn't happened already - so, so many people in the developing world are entirely reliant on mobile, and mostly use low-end Android phones.

I use a Moto G4 and the experience is shockingly good for a device that costs less than a bar tab. It's no wonder that low-end Android's are winning, based on my experience with it. It's not the same caliber of phone as a new iPhone or a Pixel, but the difference is not worth $800.

And all of this is mostly open source, runs on Linux using Java, and can be developed on for free. This seems like a good timeline! (even if the API isn't that great)
I think we won't see full automation, but a drastic reduction in the number of people required to run a store.

For example, I went into an American fast food restaurant in Amsterdam once. Orders were made on a touch screen, you get a number, then someone at the counter hands you your order.

They still have kitchen staff, but instead of having 5+ humans taking orders you have 5+ kiosks and one person calling numbers.
This sounds like something out of SiliconValley the tv show. Specifically the aquihiring of startups and churning through the tech teams and hoping the next aquihired team builds better tech, when the problem is likely not tech in the first place.
Apple Might Start Selling a Premium TV Bundle with HBO and Showtime
More like an employee shaming service if you're late.
Those both strike me as bad: they might have some first-order good effects, but make it harder to maintain a high-trust society. The U.S. is currently living through consequences of eroded trust.
I use Mullvad personally
SICP can wait… I’m taking on PAIP – Learning Lisp
Trussle | Everyone! (Product Managers, Designers, Software Engineers, QA Testers) | London

Hi, I'm Jonny and I'm a software engineer at Trussle. Our product makes getting a mortgage super-easy, online and for free. We're here, so even if you don't want a job, go get a mortgage: https://trussle.com

We've just closed a £4.5m funding round and now we want to grow the Product Development team to fix the things we're bad at. Since we don't have a recruiter, I'm doing the hiring!

We're looking for:

* Software Engineers who want to make a difference in a small business that's growing up fast.

* Our second designer (ideally UX-leaning) to come and make our product and internal tools super-easy to use.

* Our next Product Manager (we've only got one!) to make sure we're doing the right thing.

* QA - automated or manual - who want to be our first dedicated QA.

There's more detail about all of the roles we're looking for on our Product Development blog (http://trussle.github.io/jobs/).

These roles are all full-time, permanent and based in our London office. We're unable to sponsor visas at this time - sorry!

If you have any questions, get in touch with us via work@trussle.com or tweet us @TrussleTech!
Flow-control as in ECN or Ethernet/pause?

Loss is inevitable in most cloud network fabrics due to the use of shallow buffer commodity ASICs, the amount of fan-in, and the reliance on tenants to use the network in a typical manner (don't fragment, don't encap, preserve entropy).

RDMA is going to be tough - microseconds count, you can't wait for TCP to retrans, and UDP doesn't provide the reliability needed. A new transport protocol is likely the answer.
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Was thinking the same thing. Cloud doesn't remove need for local processing power. It's simply shifting into a sandboxed environment (the browser). Ironically this could make many apps much less efficient than their native counterparts so if anything you may end up using more local CPU time thanks to everything moving to the cloud :)
Avrios | Software Engineering (Frontend, Fullstack, Web) | Zurich | Full Time | ONSITE

Avrios is a very fast growing startup from Zurich which develops a SaaS platform that help companies manage their cars better. Thanks to Avrios our clients go from Excel & Paper mess to a neatly organized system with the push of a button.
We're a very international team of 30 and have a driven, customer focused culture: We believe in data, learning every day and a strong focus on details, which make our product a delight to use.

We are hiring on all parts of the stack:
Frontend Engineer/Web Developer (ES6/AngularJS) - https://www.workable.com/j/97C17FBC45

Fullstack Engineer (Java + AngularJS) - https://www.workable.com/j/86CF4A6880

Web Engineer/Web Developer (Python or NodeJS) - https://www.workable.com/j/7950C0F095

We are also hiring various business roles, you can find all positions here: https://avrios.com/en/jobs

And if you are curious for more just visit our website https://www.avrios.com Or get in touch with me directly at wouter (at) <company name> (dot) com
Ask HN: I'll be in NYC soon, any recommendations?
Hey HNers,

I'm going to NYC in a few days and I was wondering if you had any special recommendation for stuff to do, places to go, people to meet up with?

Doesn't have to be geeky, even though I like geeky ;)

Contact info are in my profile. Thanks!
A phrase now mostly used by management to fight thought-crime among the rank and file.
The email says that's the reason they tried it for two years, but it didn't work out, so they're not trying again.
Maybe you have thicker walls, but 5Ghz should really be able to work in a small apartment.

Lack of support is a huge problem though. Tons of devices are sold without 5Ghz support.
Cool. A bit of robotization would be awesome.
An Introduction to Stock Market Data Analysis with R (Part 2)
As an EMT who may some day use this, I respectfully disagree. This network is for first responders, not some arm of the military. This sort of system will be used to respond to terrorist attacks, not support them. It will literally be used to save lives.
Ask HN: Exercising stock options with imminent new round of funding (AMT panic)
Hi,

I am likely looking to leave (within the next few weeks) the startup I am currently working for, and go to one of the top 4 for several reasons.

(Un)fortunately, the startup appreciated considerably since I joined 3 years ago, and now the cost of exercising my option + AMT tax would be around ~110k (I calculated the value manually and also used TurboTax to simulate the transaction, it turns out ~40k for exercising + ~70k for AMT).

Now, on top of this insane amount of money that I have to pay out of pocket, there is even a bigger problem: The math I've done for the taxes is based on the 409A valuation of the company done at the last round of funding (Series B) a year ago (it's still the official number HR provided me). I have reasons to believe a Series C will be imminent (i.e. a month or two away).

The question I have is: if I leave, say, two weeks from now, and write a check for $40k to the HR department for exercising my vested options, can I use the check date as "exercise" date, meaning that I'll be sure the valuation for AMT purposes will still be the one of the Series B? Or will I have to wait until the board & lawyers approve the whole thing, which could mean the FMV will likely have increased by then because of the Series C (and I will be effectively screwed, because the AMT tax portion would be much larger?).

In other words, would this timeline work?

- (April 2017) I leave the company and pay $40k for exercising

- (May 2017) The company raises the Series C, increasing its
value

- (June/July 2017) Lawyers/board process my exercise and send me the certificate saying I am a stock owner

- (at some point between August 2017 and April 2018) I pay $70k to IRS, even if the FMV is increased

Thank you
THere's also the fact that given enough timeline when 90% of the world's population is out on the street, All economies will suffer, because you cannot have capitalism IF you don't have consumers. No purchases = No income. -- UBI puts money in pockets, for people to keep consuming locally, and props up local economies.
Frontend, Backend, and DevOps Engineer (call it Fullstack, if you want.)

Location: Tampa, FL, USA

Remote: Yes (current disposition)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Elixir, Ruby, JavaScript(Node,Vue.js,Actionhero,Hapi.js,etc)

Résumé/CV: http://chriscombs.me/resume/resume.html

Email: hey at chriscombs.me

Site: http://chriscombs.me/

I've experienced a little bit of everything but willing to learn just about anything.
You can have an exit theme for when you leave before everyone else.
Salonized | Front-end Developer | Amsterdam | ONSITE | FULL-TIME

Salonized eliminates the time-consuming and tedious task of scheduling appointments, managing inventory, calling to confirm appointments and sending out reminders. Salonized is designed for all kinds of salons: single person businesses, large businesses with numerous employees and multiple locations, and everything in-between.

We’re a small 10 person team located in the center of Amsterdam. We’re bootstrapped and quickly growing our revenue every month and starting to scale up to meet our demands. Our clients value our support, ease of use and quality very highly, which are also our own biggest priorities. You can see the passion to create a high quality product within each of the team members.

Want to know more? Visit the following pages or send me an email at dax@salonized.com.

Front-end developer - https://www.salonized.com/en/jobs/front-end-developer
It breaks quite early:

In [8]: math.log(math.exp(5000) * math.exp(6000))
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
OverflowError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-8-3d6e46c58c45> in <module>()
----> 1 math.log(math.exp(5000) * math.exp(6000))

OverflowError: math range error

In [9]: math.log(math.exp(500) * math.exp(600))
Out[9]: inf
I like to imagine a world where that is the only copy.
The last thing America needs from Trump's infrastructure plan is more roads
Smartcar API | Frontend, Backend, Business Development | Mountain View, CA | ONSITE | https://smartcar.com

We're a small team (9 people) making a big change in transportation. Technological additions to vehicles are kicking off a new era of better transportation which is affordable, greener, and safer. The automotive industry is undergoing the most disruptive changes since its inception. We believe the future of transportation is Autonomous, Electric, Shared and Connected. Smartcar is building an API platform to solve the "connected" part of it.

The positions we are hiring for:

+ Business Development / Account Manager with 2+ years of experience.
+ Frontend Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience. Our stack is Node.js, Postgres, Redis, Docker, AWS.

If you are interested in helping us modernize transportation and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, we'd like to meet you. $95K to $130K + up to 1.0% equity

If you want to learn more, email me at sanketh@smartcar.com or call me at 530 475 2882. No recruiters.
There's also the possibility that Apple knows it infringes on certain patents but have done a risk assessment saying the lawsuits would be cheaper to go than to buy the company outright.

Going with the lawsuits also mean a good chance some patents could get invalidated but if not, Apple could end up paying more in the long run. Given how much money they have, they may not care because they could just buy the company outright later.
I don't disagree. Yearly inspections seems like a great middle ground (for us).

But, think of it in terms of the original argument. Are you still "free" if you are forced to teach what the state wants? The OP would say no, I think.
There appears to have been a similar end to the Ancestral Puebloans (commonly refered as Anasazi). It appears they were hit by a climatic shift and had several years of very extreme drought (to the point no rain fell at all), and other enviromental factors, perhaps related to overexploitation of trees, leading to erosion of watersheds and topsoil.

It seems that in the end, they just gave up and moved away south rather than dying out. The modern Hopi, aswell as other groups claim them as their direct ancestors. Hopi beleifs about sustainability, and "living close to nature" are pretty interesting in such a light. According to the Hopi, living a false, artifical life is a path to disaster and death, and destruction of the whole world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestral_Puebloans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_mythology
Show HN: Valletta – Node.js tool to build and manage Discourse theme customizations
I believe you've found the wrong thread.
Personal opinion but I think "how many ping pong balls can fit in a school bus" is not that bad.

I've asked HR people why they ask that question, and it was not to have a correct answer but to demonstrate your train of thought.

When I give a coding interview, I will use more development oriented questions but I want to see HOW they get to the answer, not the fact they memorized an algorithm that just so happened to be on the coding test.
Aha! (http://www.aha.io) | Rails / Front End / Security / UX | Remote

Aha! is looking for experienced Ruby on Rails, Javascript and front-end engineers to develop rich interactive experiences in React with a Rails backend. Aha! is the #1 tool for product managers to plan strategy and roadmaps.

In additional to core engineering roles, we are also looking for a security engineer and UX designer to join our team.

Aha! is profitable, you can work from anywhere in North America and we offer excellent benefits.

We use our own product to manage our work (which is especially rewarding), we deploy continuously and we are developing in Rails/CoffeeScript/React/d3. Our entire team is remote - primarily in US and Canada.

http://www.aha.io | email: engineering-jobs@aha.io
> Report: Linux overtakes Windows NT as the internet's most used operating system kernel.

Might be more of an interesting headline written this way.

GNU/Linux dominating Windows as a "most used" consumer OS has been a long-term push for the entire community. I would see this as achieving it, albeit in a form different than some would expect.
There's a whole book on this topic: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/715512.Vampires_Burial_an...
Disclosing a security issue upstream
just because a pathology is widespread does it not mean it isn't pathological.
I designed Nusbio 1 to be cheap and a first USB device for .NET developers with little knowledge in electricity to start playing with IO, I2C, SPI, ADC directly from Windows and .NET languages.

It has some limitations in terms of IO default state, IO polling or speed of transfer (I2C:15Kbyte/S, SPI:15KBytes/S To 28KBytes/S). Samples in C#, VB.NET or Powershell codes are available on github.

Regarding the IO polling issue, I do not think this can be address with a Windows PC or Linux on the Raspberry PI. I tested the USB interrupt for the FTDI FT4222 and this is not very impressive.

Nusbio v2 coming sometime this year will address some of these issues, IO default state as input, increase in speed transfer (I2C:Up to 128Kbyte/S, SPI:Up to 2.4 Mbyte/S), 10 bit ADC. But unfortunately will be more expensive.
Therefore not a device for beginner or small project.

see https://twitter.com/MadeInTheUSB/status/848013033335029761
Technology Advancments and Their Impacts on Humanity – Youth Ki Awaaz
We're aware of the issues - and we're working on a much improved mobile presence. Coming soon. Thanks for the feedback.
GPU Patent battle in the works, while Apple gradually cuts ties with Imagination
I want to do this, but with faces instead of wifi. Maybe fall back to wifi when it can't remember a face.
#fedstats – social federation statistics project
Aflac Investment Partnership with NXT Capital ($500MM Private Debt Portfolio)
Location: Oklahoma City

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No, but can travel occasionally

Technologies:

* Backend: PHP/Laravel, Node.js/Express.js, Ruby/Rails/Padrino, REST/OAuth/XMLRPC/Web Services, WordPress

* Frontend: HTML5, JavaScript/jQuery/Backbone.js/Vue.js, CSS/Sass/Less, Gulp, Web Sockets

* Database: MySQL/Postgres/Mongo

* Caching: Redis/Memcache

* Cloud: AWS (ElasticBeanstalk, RDS, EC2, S3, ElastiCache, ELB, SQS, CloudFront and Route53), Digital Ocean

* Servers: Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu), Vagrant/Chef/Docker, Apache/Nginx

* Services: ElasticSearch, Varnish

* Mobile: iOS/Swift

Résumé/CV: http://derekmyers.com/resume.pdf

Email: <See Resume/Profile>

GitHub: http://github.com/dmyers

I've been a software developer for over 10 years now and my experience is largely full stack, but I am stronger in the backend building application and database architecture, API integrations, and scaling systems.
What the don't realize is not only do they have to create something interesting and useful, they have to overcome the negative associations people have with Verizon as a brand.

Instead of a making it a Verizon thing, it should have been a separate entity owned by Verizon but not visibly associated with it. Make a faux-startup thing, with a separate app name which skips every other vowel and such and start from there.

I distrust and dislike Verizon. Had their pricey FIOS service for a year and despite having a high bandwidth they kept throttling Youtube videos. So I switched to a regular cable provide, pays half as much, have less advertised bandwidth but much better experience. Their billing was a mess. They took a deposit initially to avoid running a credit check on me with the idea of returning it back. It was a pain to get that deposit back. Now they are sending a salesperson to my door every 3 or 4 months with "special deals" trying to convince me to go back to them (since they already installed their on-premises equipment).
Hello, I see your internship position and I'm quite interested however I live in the USA (though I'm currently studying in China) and I'm a US citizen.

Would you guys be willing to sponsor a work visa? I understand it may complicate so I figured I'd ask before applying. Thanks!
I can do research with a thinkpad and being a part-time barista...
For anyone who has been following this, it has been a long time in the making:
http://www.realworldtech.com/apple-custom-gpu/

And Apple has been recruiting GPU designers for at least 5 years.
well you can always buy noise cancellation headphones, though i personally hate open office space too, i would rather work for less money in normal office than for more in open office
Focused on food: Photographer cooks up visual art
Both Nvidia and AMD have already switched or are moving towards tile based rendered to reduce bandwidth (and hence energy) costs.
In Japan, the Fax Machine Is Anything but a Relic (2013)
Would You Donate $1 to Contact Me via 21.co?
That's fair. I'll accept my punishment.
If you've got that much experience and someone asks you how to impliment a linked list, I'd say you should politely leave the interview. Graduate questions like that are insulting once you've got past the junior levels, as companies asking them are either too lazy to put a proper interview together for more senior levels, or not senior enough to know the difference.

That's not to say they can't ask you about data structures, but they shouldn't be asking you to code them up from first principles if it's something the language can do for you.

I find it much more fruitful to have a technical chat with candidates instead of being dogmatic about asking toy questions. It's pretty obvious when someone doesn't know what a linked list is with a 30 second chat. Heck, even drawing a few boxes and arrows on a napkin will suffice.
Location: New Delhi, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Android, Python

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B13xlYdLTC0UU3RxZ1BUZEJHbjQ...

Github: https://github.com/arafsheikh

Email: <See Résumé>

Job type: Summer Internship
Maybe so, but it seems like GSoC is not the path to this goal.
Changes to USCIS policy on eligibility criteria for H1B visa
SpotHero | Chicago, IL | http://spothero.com

SpotHero is changing parking, and our tools will redefine the transportation industry. With over a million cars parked, fast growth, and solid funding (https://angel.co/spothero), SpotHero offers countless ways to make an impact on the company and your career.

Senior Engineer - Platform (DevOps) - https://spothero.com/careers/570628

Senior Engineer - Platform (Data)- https://spothero.com/careers/242762

To apply, please email your resume to jobs@spothero.com. Include any github account, linkedin profile, and any project that you’re particularly proud of. We love seeing work that others loved working on.
If the supply of labour changes because potential immigrants stay away then the market has certainly changed. Market rates are not fixed.
Team sports are highly unionized. It's also not a generalizable example because most industries are not controlled by a few hundred workers globally.
Hey, a friendly reminder. I’m parsing the thread, all job offers added here are also available on the map on

https://whoishiring.io
or just HN items
https://whoishiring.io/search/36.0440/-90.8984/4?source=hn

If you post here, please use the below format to help me with parsing. If you won’t, no worries, I will do my best to get all the things right.

1) {company} | {job title} | {locations} | {attrs: ONSITE, REMOTE, INTERNS, VISA, SALARY, company-url}
Google | Software Developer | SF | VISA https://google.com
DuckDuckGo | Software Developer | Paoli PA | REMOTE, VISA, SALARY:100k-120k
Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich | SALARY:120k CHF
Google | Site Reliability Engineer | London | SALARY:120k GBP, VISA, REMOTE

or

2) {company} | {job title} | {location}
Google | Site Reliability Engineer | Sydney
Facebook | Web-developer | Zurich

I’m using this regex to test the firstline, you can test it here https://regex101.com/r/relwQD/3

\s*(?P<company>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<title>[^|]+?)\s*\|\s*(?P<locations>[^|]+?)\s*(?:\|\s*(?P<attrs>.+))?$

NEW THING. There were requests for salary, so since this edition attrs section will handle salary as well. Check bellow for the regex.

SALARY:(?P<salary_min>\d+(?:k|K)?)(?:\s*\-\s*(?P<salary_max>\d+(?:k|K)?)?)?(?:\s?(?P<currency>[A-Z]{3}))?

and you can test it as well https://regex101.com/r/SRWkMz/2/
Law is in crisis, the other three are all so (relatively speaking) small, unimportant, and gated by the genetic lottery that they're not worth discussing.
Vitally | Senior Javascript Engineer (First Hire) | New York | Onsite

Vitally.io is looking for a first engineering hire to join us before we go though Techstars this summer.

What we're looking for:
An ideal teammate for us is a front-end focused senior developer who is quick learning and adaptable. We'd like you to initially own a good amount of our front-end and dive in where ever else is needed (back-end, devops, etc).

Our tech stack is evolving quickly, but we're building the front-end in React/Redux + Typescript, the backend in Node + Typescript + Postgres + Kafka, and will be hosting on AWS. Experience with any of those technologies is a plus, but we're open to speaking with strong engineers who we know will pick things up quickly. Any experience building data-intensive applications is also a plus.

As we grow, you'll be able to take a significant leadership role within our engineering team. You'll also have the opportunity to be a member of the team as we go through the Techstars NYC summer session, working alongside some of the most promising startups and talented entrepreneurs in New York.

A little bit about us:
Vitally is an early stage startup building an analytics platform to help Customer Success teams quantify and target their engagement. We're still in stealth mode, but we're backed by Techstars and are moving quickly.

Jamie (CEO) is a repeat entrepreneur with proven success as the former CTO/co-founder of Pathgather (another Techstars startup). Patrick (CTO) is an MIT engineer with experience managing high-value customer relationships with some of the largest banks and hedge funds in the world. We value transparency, diversity, giving back, and questioning convention and we're building a company that does the same. If that sounds interesting, we'd love to speak with you.

You can reach me at patrick@vitally.io