skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Nice, I've been waiting for a good modern shell to replace ZSH. Fish just wasn't enough of an improvement for me to abandon ZSH. This is an area where most open-source developers have avoided, as it's a "solved" problem, but it really isn't.

I'm currently waiting on Elvish [1] to mature. It's written in Go [2], but they're developing a new language on top of it for shell scripting, which I tried for a week. It's a nice modernization and is incredibly fast but still very alpha.

You don't realize how slow ZSH/Bash is (even without plugins) until you try a modern shell, and there are very few good modern shells around.

Besides performance my primary complaint is just how awful coding in ZSH is. I've been doing it for years and I still feel like I'm running into walls constantly and struggling to write 'clean' code that isn't full of hacks and workarounds.

High performance + modern scripting language = my ideal future shell

[1] https://elvish.io/

[2] https://github.com/elves/elvish
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DevOps / Python nerd with over a decade's experience building, hosting and tuning applications.

I work closely with dev teams throughout the application lifecycle to host their code so it's scalable and robust for the long term. AWS, Kubernetes, load testing, CI, deploy systems, monitoring, config management, security audits, dev projects of my own - you name it I've done it. For larger organisations I've even led whole infrastructure teams.

Recent projects include:

+ AWS/Kubernetes/Docker deployment to support a large distributed (15 microservices + persistence layer) application. Updated a sprawling Django/Postgres app to fit modern containerized hosting, resulting in a stack that makes great use of k8s' scaling & resiliency features. Templating via Helm for multiple, namespaced stack instances; automated deploys from CI.

+ Another AWS/k8s/Docker stack, this time with a persistence layer comprising Cassandra & Kafka with service discovery through Zookeeper. Prometheus & Grafana for monitoring.

+ Large multithreaded Python 3 application for automated cryptocurrency trading. Didn't get rich, still working.

+ Chef-managed deployment of large microservice stack across varied configurations on cloud and physical servers

+ Support & enhancements for a sizeable stack of Django applications

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That is my feeling as well.

I think we got a taste of what will happen with economic certainty in 2008: they'll print more money. And in a situation like that, people will want something with the supply algorithmically constrained like Bitcoin.

If nothing else: Even if Bitcoin's "value" stays constant, its value in terms of USD will rise as inflation occurs. I'm not sure what rational case one can make that it would lose value as faith in the US economy gets weaker.
Even iAd was a way to allow the sale of ads while still respecting their user's privacy.

For instance:

>Apple doesn’t like to hand over information about its users, not even to benefit its own business. When the iAd team wanted to use information about users’ iTunes purchases to target ads, Apple execs said no way.

https://www.macworld.com/article/3046539/privacy/how-iads-cl...
Wedding tech startup felled by its own married co-founders
Data Pipelines to the Rescue: Building modern analytics platforms
Livestream: Facebook/Google/Twitter Testimony on Russia Election Interference
Define "small scale". Keep in mind that Kafka was developed by LinkedIn to handle trillions of bytes of message ingest/transfer per day in real time (that's at least tens of MB per second across all boundaries, and probably much more during "bursty" periods). Is that you? If not, unless you just want to use Kafka as a learning experience/resume builder it's (probably) not necessary to even use it.

If that isn't you and you are still intent on using it, I'd second the opinion to go with "let someone else (e.g. 'cloud provider') administer it". It's probably not really worth the effort to get configuration settings and installation details right unless you genuinely have a serious interest in it.
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People don't realize PPIs are a short term solution. PPIs are terrible long term. That being said, I'd be long dead without them. They are truly a life saver until you find out the root cause. Many trips to the ER and years later, I found out avoiding gluten and taking probiotics cured mine.
Ah, never mind, I just saw sh-ok.
There might not be a business for $10bil telescopes every 10 years when there's an option of 10 $1bil telescopes launching every year.

The launch capacity/cost to propose such thinking just didn't exist.
Quobyte | Berlin, Germany | ONSITE, FULL-TIME https://www.quobyte.com

Quobyte is working on a data center file system – a software storage system built around a parallel file system core that is scalable, fault-tolerant, and delivers high performance for all workloads. Our customers use Quobyte for scientific and commercial HPC clusters, container and OpenStack infrastructures, video, EDA, and CGI clusters, and as a scalable backend for SaaS products.

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I use Emacs, VIM, VS Code, and Eclipse, but they all need to have a VIM mode enabled or I'm outta there! VS Code can actually use an embedded neovim instance in its VIM mode for EX commands, which is pretty neat.
It is not a drop-in thing at the moment, that's for sure.
This is true of all large corps. Accessing user data without a really good reason will get you walked out the door instantly.
> All the options you listed require two or more programming languages.

You can write Qt apps entirely in C++ or entirely in QML (of course you can mix and match both... in my experience whatever the environment you always need to resort to native modules at some point anyways, eg numpy, opencv, etc and Qt makes exposing them to Javascript dead easy).
Interesting read. Sounds like some inefficient government bodies grappling with complicated software that they dropped tons of money on without fully understanding. And now they're using the insights from that software in a way that doesn't work well. That reflects more poorly on the police depts than Palantir.

For everyone's sake, I hope police are able to use data within reason to do their jobs better. That will either involve police depts getting smarter about spending on/using software, Palantir getting more user-friendly, or a company focused on doing this well specifically for police departments disrupting Palantir... all of these are good things which I hope happen in due time.

Also,

> "Palantir’s customers must rely on software that only the company itself can secure, upgrade, and maintain."

This is a weird thing to include. Were they hoping for open source?
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KTL provides real-time audio commentaries for a unique cinema experience
Sigma Computing | Software Engineer, Front-end | San Francisco | ONSITE

https://sigmacomputing.com/careers

Sigma Computing is an early stage startup building a new interactive analytics and visualization system. We are a small team of veteran programmers attacking hard problems in human-computer interaction. Sigma is making databases and data warehouses usable by non-programmers.

We're looking for strong computer science fundumentals, a track record of building and maintaining complex JavaScript front-ends and a desire to be a great teammate and have fun at work.

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PSG out of Coutinho race after negotiations fail – La Liga News UK
Unmade | Full-time | ONSITE | London, UK | £50k-£70k + equity | https://unmade.com | Python Engineers

Unmade is the leading customisation platform for the fashion industry, directly connecting consumer choices to automated manufacturing.

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The Unmade technology stack covers everything from 3D modelling engines to order processing and systems integrations to custom language compilers for industrial knitting machines. We’re using innovative approaches to transform an industry suffering with a chronic lack of vertical integration and automation.

Apply here: https://unmade.workable.com/j/41806BF0A4 or email me directly if you fancy having a chat - stevie [at] unmade [dot] com
I find to hack on clojurescript on node easier. Also it is easier and starts faster.

But many parts of code are platform agnostic. I think it would be cool to eventually port the system specific parts to java apis and have both.
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Clojure/JVM apps are very slow to start, which makes them particularly unsuitable for a shell, where you typically don't want to wait a few seconds for the prompt to become interactive.
Varnish Software | Software Engineer | NYC, London, Oslo (remote possible) | www.varnish-software.com

Varnish Software is the company behind Varnish Cache, a widely recognized open source HTTP proxy that significantly enhances web performance and enables digital content delivery. Varnish Cache has experienced tremendous growth since its inception and currently powers more than 2.8 million websites globally.

Varnish Software works with top global enterprises helping them use Varnish Cache to increase web performance and to build private CDNs, consumer CDNs, and advanced edge platforms. Over 100 top global brands and enterprises trust Varnish Software in helping them meet their application performance and content delivery needs. Varnish Software maintains its own proprietary branch of Varnish Cache and a line of Varnish based products and solutions.

At Varnish Software, we take pride in our software and products and we value innovation. We strive to hire team members who share these values. We offer an open, honest, and international culture in a laid back and stimulating work environment. You will be working with some of the most brightest and talented people in the industry. We offer competitive salaries, full benefits, generous vacation time, and company equity.

We are currently looking for a Software Engineer to join our teams in NYC, London, and Oslo. Remote will also be considered.

Job description:

* Create, develop and maintain Varnish products and solutions

* Provide technical guidance and industry best practices to customers

* Interact with prospects during the sales process

* Hacking on various projects (side projects encouraged)

* International travel for customer meetings, conferences, and office workshops

Desired skills and experience:

* Experience with Varnish Cache and VCL

* Experience with C, scripting languages, Linux programming

* Good understanding of TCP and HTTP protocols and
troubleshooting tools

* Comfortable explaining technical solutions and details to a non-technical audience

* Public speaking or writing experience is a plus

To apply, please send your resume or questions to jobs@varnish-software.com
There is https://locize.com - bridging the gap between development and translation.

Based on customer feedback (https://locize.com/customers.html) for sure worth a try (even more having a 14d free - with zero obligations.
If you think a second or two matters when loading an editor you need to cut back on the coffee.
Building a CRUD Application with Ag-Grid – Part 1
Does it worth it to create your own VPN with OpenVPN? I mean, if I do that, would be better than a good VPN service? Considering security, features, etc...?
Thanks, exactly!
> I think its obvious that authoritarian governments do poorly with information technology, outside of whats needed for military dominance, due to its democratizing effects.

Citation needed. Information technology has not done one whit to democratize China.
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Location: Washington DC and remote

I'm a software engineer specializing in building stable, scalable consumer-facing websites and refactoring large codebases. Looking for consulting or contract work, working solo or with a team. Some previous projects:

- Built a comprehensive CI ecosystem for a 30+ app polygot environment using Jenkins, Docker and Github. Reduced test suite run time in their monolith from 25 minutes to 10.

- Built a live blog for The Verge that handles 1.2 million uniques during iPhone events https://product.voxmedia.com/2012/6/15/5426782/introducing-s...

- Refactored the real time auction draft system for a fantasy sports company to increase stability and support four times as many users without additional hardware.

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engageSPARK | Cebu, Philippines | ONSITE, REMOTE, FULLTIME, VISA, Code4Good https://www.engageSPARK.com

engageSPARK, a social enterprise, is the world's EASIEST Platform that empowers professionals (marketing, sales, hr, operations, project managers, etc) at NGOs & Businesses to easily & quickly build interactive Automated Phone Calls (IVR) and 2-Way SMS campaigns in any country. We're especially focused on emerging markets, where 66% have no Internet and another 15% who have smartphones can't afford data plans regularly. Interactive automated phone calls are the most cost effective and scalable way to engage anyone anywhere with any mobile phone. People opt in by sending an SMS, doing a Missed Call, sending a FB message or others, which trigger an automated call back to them.

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Much Better Adventures | Fullstack + Frontend + UX + PM jobs | Full-time REMOTE (EU only) or ONSITE (London, UK.)
| https://www.muchbetteradventures.com

We're a curated adventure travel marketplace looking to expand the team after investment.

We are looking for fullstack and frontend engineers to work on our current [Python/Django/React stack][1]

We are also looking for a lead product manager and lead product designer/UXer (first PM + UX hires) to whip us into shape.

Pay will be in the region of £40-60k for all roles, with 25 days holiday, plus the terrible task of testing out a few of our adventure trips each year.

On top of the job specific skills, We're looking for people who are into adventure travel and the outdoors: We all ski/snowboard/surf/cycle/run/paddle/hike in our spare time. We also understand if the surf's up or it's dumping and you might be late to work that day ;-)

Full job descriptions/application forms are in the works, the November "Who is Hiring" came round too fast to get them done in time.

If you'd like to be considered, please send me an email: guy+novwhoishiring@mbad.co with your linkedin/cv/website attached.

Subject line should be "Frontend job" / "Fullstack job" / "PM job" / "UX job"

Please ensure you tick the following boxes before emailing:

- Can live & work within the EU & can get to London once per month pretty easily (within half a day!)
- If not UK based, can work as an independant contractor in your country.
- Fluent level of English.
- Love adventure travel.
- At least 3 years experience in the relevant field.

[1]: https://stackshare.io/much-better-adventures/much-better-adv...
Correct, this is an identity politics and team membership controversy, not rooted in good policy.

A good parallel would be boycotts of Hobby Lobby due to ideological differences with its ownership. The fundamentals of the business are at worst benign. (I am not making a statement in support of the viewpoints espoused by the Hobby Lobby ownership).

SpaceX is a public good since it saves hundreds of millions of tax dollars, so this is unfortunate.
Were you using Mono or .NET Core/Standard?
I work closely with Apple so need to post anonymously.

I believed everything in this until something that happened in late July this past summer.

In China, their fastest-growing market, China demanded all secure messaging and VPN apps be removed from the App Store and Apple complied.[1]

So privacy matters, unless it's in your fastest-growing market.

I intend to discuss with Tim next time I see him.

1: https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/29/apple-removes-vpn-apps-fro...
ASI - Atlanta, GA | Onsite | Site Reliability Engineer

ASI is cloud software that transforms financial operations for enterprises by centralizing and automating financial controls. ASI eliminates the constraints of time, cost, and workforce and also ensures that an organization’s financial results easily stand up under audit.

http://atlantatechvillage.com/job/aggregate-singularity-inc-...
Macphun unveils Luminar 2018, takes on Adobe Lightroom
Sure, but you also should make sure it's on a different TLD, incase you've somehow misconfigured your HPKP cert pin.
I'm already with you. I think the initial effort lies with exploiting extremophile bacteria and encysting or spore-forming organisms, though. Not to say that a K-strategy solution won't work eventually, but right now, r-strategy seems best. Get as many Earth-origin organisms to as many different celestial bodies as possible, and hope that 0.0001% of them land in a good spot.
You realise I'm literally quoting his comment?

I don't think it's counterproductive. My whole point is not to presume everyone should have your concerns.
Digitas | Blockchain startup | Hong Kong | Ethereum developer | Full time | REMOTE

We are a blockchain start-up based in Hong Kong. Our business consists of cryptocurrency mining, ICO services, cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain technology consultancy. Our goal is to become a legitimate, regulated, go-to, global blockchain service provider. Our core values are based on high professional standards, where the ability to work effectively and independently is a must-have.

We are looking for developers with experience in some of these buzzwords:
Solidity, truffle, Remix, web3.js, ERC20, ENS, uPort, Raiden, zkSNARKS, geth, parity.

$100k-$150k + equity. Onsite is preferred but not a must, relocation package is offered.
Please send CV and short cover letter to jmpm@digitas.co