skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Since the context of this thread is the oddity of the American system compared to most other western countries, yes, of course you can draw systematic conclusions. Workers aren't systematically unable to get their final paycheck in most other western countries.

There's a small flat corporate tax for this sort of thing, which addresses your point that startups would need to pay higher insurance rates for this. The insurance is run by state. The reason should be obvious, because you still want innovation and new companies, so it amounts to a net subsidy from big corporations to small ones.

Unless you think unpaid wages are some big part of US GDP it's pretty hard to argue that the lack of this is some huge part of the US's success story.

There's also no limit on working in a high risk environment. There's just a higher bar to being able to form a limited liability corporation.

Sure, you can work with a bunch of people and if it all collapses none of you get paid, but you don't get to do through some arrangement that looks like a normal job. They need to explicitly sign up for that, e.g. as co-founders or through some other painfully obvious mechanism, not just some clause in the bylaws that nobody working at Starbucks is ever going to read.
A lot of that also applies to the Bay Area - or at least San Francisco - experience. The difference is that if you choose to self-segregate and only associate yourself with other tech folk, you can do that easily as the community is huge. But that's not a great way to live in a city.

I wonder how our Austin counterparts compare.
I've been in "the business" since 1988, so maybe my experience is different. In that time I've met, worked with, worked for, and managed a number of great people.

It's not so much about hustling as it is developing meaningful professional relationships with people. You don't need to be a huge extrovert to make it work, you just need to engage with people. Solve problems together. Help each other out. If you get someone out of a jam they'll remember it, and when it comes time for a reference maybe they'll be there to back you up and vouch that you're the right material.

It's pretty easy to go about doing your job without really paying attention to anyone else on your team or at your company.
I moved from san francisco to seattle about 2 years ago.

It was already well on the way, but I'd say that in that time, we've gotten about 85-90% through becoming san francsico. It's not 100 because the poop and transit situations are really great here, relative to SF.

I would agree that if you're moving to seattle to escape the ails of the bay area, you're buying yourself, at most, 18 months. You've gotta go somewhere earlier stage to get a meaningfully different experience.

Also of note: the tech animosity is definitely of a different flavor here. "Amazon" is the entire tech industry, and if you're remotely affiliated with them, people outside of tech will blatantly, intentionally disassociate with you. When learning I don't work for amazon, people start confiding in me all kinds of really insane, overblown feelings about their mental image of the tech elite. Strangely, I've had a person at a bar shit talk amazon and their impact on the city about 90 seconds before revealing that he was... a lawyer? That surprised me, since they were the original rich guys everyone loved to hate. It's not just tied to wealth - seattle is really pissed about what they feel is cultural erosion.
You might also find the work of Marshall McLuhan to be interesting:

>Instead of tending towards a vast Alexandrian library the world has become a computer, an electronic brain, exactly as an infantile piece of science fiction. And as our senses have gone outside us, Big Brother goes inside. So, unless aware of this dynamic, we shall at once move into a phase of panic terrors, exactly befitting a small world of tribal drums, total interdependence, and superimposed co-existence.

-The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962)
Carta charges $2k for up to ten people for one year. That includes the 409a valuation plus a bunch of other reporting and management features. Does that sound like a good price to you?

https://www.carta.com/
What about Milner?
I love one bus away, thanks :)
*motor. Engines are a type of motor that convert heat into mechanical energy (like, say, an internal combustion engine).

(Just being pedantic)
I wonder if this will see an ability to more easily switch into fintech/banking as a developer working in various other industries. I worked with GS via a mobile agency for a while and really respected the developers and what they were doing from an engineering PoV. I had always viewed that industry as essentially closed unless you got in straight after graduating.

Has anyone ever made the switch into an engineering role within a bank? Is it hard to get past the lack of specific "financial" experience if you have X years of software engineering behind you in general?
What are you talking about? I've been a techie transplant in Seattle for years and while some folks understandably resent the trend, none have treated me or any other individual poorly because of it. If anything, they're likely to ask about my experience and how I think we could alleviate the issues (more housing inventory, imo).

I think you're very unlucky or hypersensitive to things that don't actually exist.
I think 1 month notice is really fair. Your job is not slavery so not that you have to work for them for 6 month out of "guilt" or because they haven't thought about bus factor.

After all, it's management's fault that they don't have someone to take care of your responsibilities in case of your illness for instance.

I know that finding good SREs is extremely hard but this works both ways IMO: if they can fire you with 1 month notice, you can politely assume that all your actions are fair with 1 month notice as well.

Personally I think it means a lot how they ask you to stay. It worth nothing to them to ask you politely, as a favor to stay a bit longer, e.g. 6 or 8 weeks. I would consider that scenario, because shit happens.
But if that was more like an ultimatum I don't think company is worth it.
Academind has a great video series on creating a Vue app that uses Firebase as the backend, and anyone can follow along and reproduce the results. He also uses Vuetify for the sake of having some prebuilt UI components.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIkPb8krORU
Just imagine if software engineers had the same certification requirements as, say, pilots. Or, hell, plumbers.
As frustrating as their rigid concerns about privacy have been, one day we may all be thanking the Germans for their vigour in resisting the inevitable.
General information sources that include but aren't specifically focussed on medical information don't usually have disclaimers on the medical information (e.g., encyclopedias don't have disclaimers on entries that happen to concern medical information, while medical textbooks do).
This is a native recruitment piece for Goldman and other banks. It was probably orchestrated between GS and BBG.

That said, I think it’s genuine. Computer Scientists who work on Wall Street should not view their role as simply “a person who can write code.”

Lastly, this is from October.
Shock, HN users are jerks
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I was also thinking about creating a community around this. I was thinking about creating a Slack for folks interested in the webdev + space exploration/tech scene. Anyone interested?

Afaik, this is the only thing close right now: https://spacehack.org/
Parents should not be earning money off their kids. The balance of power simply isn't right for that to work in many cases.

For thousands of years parents did intend to benefit from their childrens' labor - this notion together with high child mortality rates was impetus for agricultural families to have lots of kids. They could be put to work in the fields.

While I agree with this statement in 2017, and I find the Youtube channel in question a bit freaky (no pun intended), your statement made me think about the exploitation of child labor throughout human history. I think those of us in the developed world today are happy to live in a society that doesn't exploit child labor. However, in today's free market, the internet, and social media particularly, sometimes creates incentive systems that may reward exploitation directory (ToyFreaks; putting your kids to work on the farm) or indirectly (Facebook might find that they have the power to influence the incidence of depression in their users, and that depressed users bring in greater ad revenue; YouTube might find that videos which educate children bring in less ad revenue than videos which appeal to base desires and offer little enrichment).
It seems to have a pretty heavy swing back and forth, depending on the time of day. I've seen this noted before, and seen the effect to some extent.

It can definitely get hairy, sadly.
Pharaoh says building of pyramids is slowed down by shortage of slaves.
You can decode anything as anything if you are convinced there's a message there and have never heard of a null hypothesis.

I saw some of those threads. The methods of "decoding" they were using were worse than the ones the "Half-Life 3 confirmed" joke is based on.
> Eighteen are now enrolled in the program, including Korn.

GS has 34k employees. Thousands of traders and probably >10k in IT. 18 people isn't really a revolution. Devs still are second class citizens in banks - the highest earning ones switched to become traders and just do some python/R/VBA on the desk. There are a few hedge funds (Millennium, Two Sigma) where devs are nearly treated as well as traders - would be interested to hear of any place else.
I have some concerns about his fellowship thing looking like an inviting-but-ultimately-a-trap attempt to use 18 year olds to advance his own political agenda, but wouldn't say that's hateable, as theirs definitely a more positive way to look at it. I just think the implementation is not really set up for success for the individuals compared to the opportunity cost.

I could see people with an even harsher take on his various super-individualistic projects, though.
Do you walk around with a sign on your forehead announcing to the world that you're a techie? I would suspect not.

On what grounds do you believe that to be the basis for people not speaking with you?
The maintenance budget line doesn't go up when they build new facilities. So yes, it's forced. The decision on what to close is then made using scientific priorities and maintenance cost.
I would argue that $750 to email a copy of a proposal is not "reasonable." I don't see anywhere in the statue that allows for payment of legal fees:

http://www.maine.gov/foaa/faq/index.shtml

This is all irrelevant if they sent the information before agreeing on payment terms.
Looks pretty, I wonder how it different from ycmd?
Extremely rare? You did check the links I posted, right? There are many comments, and that is just the outspoken minority. It's one of the most requested outstanding items in their entire repository.

And it's not a matter of priority or security, it's a matter of transparency. The community was promised a review, and stress test, and that someone from MS would be working on it full time. They followed up with more promises multiple times. And then silence. You're completely missing the point.
$30 - $50 plus a paid subscription seems expensive for what is basically a wifi on/off switch, especially if you wanted to do a whole house.
There's still a market, but Apple's not interested in being a bit player in it. HP, Dell, and SuperMicro utterly own the server space. Taking those companies head-on with a single one-size-fits-all server is never going to work, and Apple wasn't prepared to build out a complete server line.

The "Server" software they have is for small businesses and is pretty good for 10-20 users, but beyond that you'd probably use Google Apps, Microsoft Exchange or something more serious. It's a nice thing to have, but it can't compete at an enterprise level.
I'd be interested in such a thing if that's a plan.

Maybe a Keybase group to try and avoid [purely] shitposting types, and a board for persistent posts that maybe aligns with similar rules?
It's not enough to say your opponents are dumb and wrong, any more. No, they're so dumb and so wrong that a conversation is pointless. Nobody ever changes their mind on anything, anyway, right?

This is a repugnant, defeatist, and just plain wrong view of the world. And it's held almost universally by the thought leaders of this forum.
>What computer runs the scraper? How do I know I can trust the response of this computer? What if the scraper gets banned or breaks?

Housing price data is publicly-available and pretty easy to verify at no cost. Anyone considering investing in real estate presumably has access to this info already.

>How do the token holders know the documentation they will receive upon default will be legit?

That's a risk with any type of transaction, but easy to verify with a good lawyer. With boilerplate docs the cost of verification goes down with each incremental transaction, i.e. once your lawyer signs off on the docs for your first deal, you can feel reasonably confident making a 2nd deal on the same paper.

>How is the relationship between tokens and ownership stake enforced?

Token holders would only receive an ownership stake if the buyer defaults. Up until that point they are just creditors. Basically this is a mortgage, but it bypasses a long foreclosure process which is better for the lenders/investors.

>What does it mean for multiple token holders to each receive a copy of the executed deed?

There already is precedent for homes to have multiple owners. Depending upon the desired number of lenders/investors, a shell company may need to be created, but again that is relatively straightforward.
These are good observations. What about if you're explicitly not shipping all the code to each client, but have individual projects per client? Some of these criticisms still apply, but it seems more natural to have a repository per client/project when you're building bespoke solutions, or customizations from an inventory of shrink-wrapped solutions. [And clients must only see their own code.]

If the problem is the usability of multiple repositories, could this be solved with better tooling? Projects like GVFS suggest that monorepos do not avoid a need for strong tooling.
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Thanks for your reply, you actually makes me feel better :)
Well, if(err != nil) return err; pretty much sounds like propagation to me ...
At meta level, it would be interesting to know why IFRS chose the philosophical position that the lease remaining unpaid term is a "debt".

It seems like another valid way to look at the lease (for renting space) is to consider it a "call option" on a agreed upon price with an expiration date. Therefore, you don't count the whole lease as a bank-like debt but instead, count the "lease termination" fee.

(Or maybe I'm taking the examples discussed in HN too literally and the actual IFRS text already covers both situations and the company can choose to record "remaining term" or "termination fee" -- whichever is the lower amount. The termination fees for equipment like airplanes and tractors is higher percentage (must pay remaining residual value) than office space which makes it behave more like a "loan".)
My impression of Thiel is more the "superman" type approach to libertarianism. Power should be concentrated among the worthy (aka me).
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They're increasing the rent because people are willing and able to pay. It's a complex relationship.
I don't think there are any differences between an i3 and i7 of the same generation in terms of instruction timings.
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I wonder if he's going to spin up a more libertarian friendly incubator?
Thanks so much for the response. Can you say any more about what kind of domains tend to be lucrative? It seems like all your examples (distributed systems, sensor fusion, software security, OS kernels) seem very “technical”, for lack of a better word, compared to, say, knowing a lot about the health club industry (a different example mentioned in this thread). Do you think that’s an important distinction?
Interesting article.

> Some small-town residents say it’s nearly impossible to do simple tasks like check email and stream videos. Eric Pelka, a post office employee in Julian, Pa., told Fox News at times they had to turn seven to eight people away a day because of poor Internet connection.

I'd also wager that it stops some people from moving to the area. I recently was looking to move to a rural area and a make or break factor was internet. I passed on so many beautiful locations because there was no internet available.
It is largely priorities. Even a decade ago, Arecibo was struggling for its life against newer experiments. Nobody doubts the utility of Arecibo, it is largely a question of finite resources and prioritization.

I have a soft spot in my heart for Arecibo and many other experiments, so I'm secretly joyful each time it is saved, but it is important that promising young experiments not be starved by established ones without cause.
The 7% was the Amish without the mutation. 0% was the Amish with the mutation. That's why they want to study the mutation.
I'm gonna enjoy chilling in a self-driving car while other people stand in a crowded train in 20 years. ;)
Banks aren't the only financial services organizations out there. Look to get into the sector through smaller firms that do IR, asset management, etc. You'll still be paid competitively, and you can pick up knowledge about the sector. They might even foot the bill for an entry-level cert like the Canadian Securities Course (I don't know of any equivalents abroad but I'm sure they exist). With these under your belt, you will have a leg up in applying to a larger bank.
Based on my experiences, I would disagree. The "core" becomes a mess of versions and dependencies - you still need ALL the other repos to be able to change the code/data there to check all dependencies.

Just split with folders within the repo.

Anyways this is my opinion, and I know many wise people that disagree with me. And I've seen companies work well with both multiple and single repo.

I.e. your mileage may vary.
Do they run Android apps? I'm asking because for banking, I really need to run such app.
> $250k

Correction: It is a $200k car. The $250k is for a "Founder's Series" which is really just one of the first 1,000 cars out of the factory.

Still a car for people with money to burn, though. I was hoping to be able to get one, but the price is slightly over my budget. I might be settling with a Nissan GT-R.
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I am not willing to believe that on such scarce evidence. I not exactly a fan of Peter Thiel, but I am not convinced he is that ruthless.

However, if it were true, it matches so perfectly the article he wrote for WSJ a few years ago. It was literally titled "Competition is for losers". [1]

I still do not think that he basically wants to bully all the competition away so he can make more money and become more powerful. And I will not even go into how likely it is that could actually succeed with such a move, if he did.

But still - if the rumors should turn out to be true, we cannot say that nobody could have seen that coming, in fact he told us himself what he was going to do. If.

And at that point truth has become indeed stranger than fiction.

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiel-competition-is-for-...
Wow. Brendan Eich didn't "invent browsers" or the modern freaking internet.
They're not your friend, they don't ultimately care about you or your career. 1 month is, frankly, generous on your part.
I think if two weeks notice is fine for quitting, a month is more than fine for nearly any real change.
Yeah not really, many HFs will match that 400k, but many will not. I have received a few offers from these quant funds, the offers have been good, but nothing I couldnt get working in tech. My understanding is that the average finance professional makes less than or equal to tech, but the top 1 - 5% of finance easily make 7 figures.
Seattle has always been insular. My wife was once interviewing at a Seattle law firm. Her resume reflects jobs in Eugene, OR (where she's from) and Wenatchee, WA (where she worked as a teacher). The partner interviewing her looks up from her resume and asks: "Well, I see you have ties to eastern Washington, but what's your connection to western Washington?"
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I felt much the same in California - but in NYC I've been able to find communities to participate in, and this is still the place where I feel most at home.

I think part of it has to do with just how many people here are transplants - whereas in Seattle it seemed like (at least for a 20-something recent grad living on Capitol Hill circa 2009) there was a firm social division between transplants and locals. This may have changed in the years since, considering how many more transplants there are now.

There were a few transplant circles I ran in (including a hacker space I liked a lot), but most of them being tech-centric it felt restrictive. I'd be very happy to learn if the situation has changed.

I felt similarly about San Francisco - the circles that seemed accepting of transplants (worse, techie transplants) tended to be tech-heavy, and it became impossible to "get away" from tech even during my off hours. More diverse interests tended to look at us warily - though I don't really begrudge them, there are a lot of good reasons.
It's a virtualization layer for the Git object database (all the hash-named files in a repository's .git folder) intended for sparsely checking out large git repositories (lots of commit history, huge trees of files, etc), and only downloading the objects you need as you need them.

It defines a "CDN protocol" for downloading those objects as needed (which Bitbucket and GitHub are both supporting in various alpha/beta stages), which is essentially a cache offered as a paid service to big enterprise projects, but the GVFS project also has to make sure that git operates as efficiently as possible with sparse object databases, and implements how those sparse object databases work at all (which to this point was not something git concerned itself with, and partly why the work is being done as a filesystem proxy using placeholder files on the user's machine).

The project has included work in making sure that git commands touch as few objects from the object database as they can to get their work done (minimizing downloads from a remote server).
The matriarch whistles and the pod causes waves to knock seals off of the ice. The hungriest of the pod waits on the other side and grabs them. Then then share the food with each other. This level of coordination is pretty much unheard of in nature. Even dogs aren't this intelligent. Their level of intelligence is somewhat terrifying if you think about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VEwsI4SlY

And better (but long):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRWl77tK7Bg
Another big thanks for OneBusAway! I'm in tech though, so that may not count.
Theil didn't just hurt a bully. He took it a step further. For one, he financed someone else's lawsuit, because his own was unwinnable (they did in fact print the truth, that he is gay). More importantly, he hurt free speech through the chilling effect of his suit.

What he basically did was say, "don't ever print anything negative about a billionaire because they can take down your entire business". So now if a billionaire really does do something newsworthy and negative, places like the New York Times might think twice about publishing that story, for fear of the cost of defending a billionaire's lawsuit.

That's why people dislike him (other than his Trump support, although to be fair I haven't heard anything about him supporting Trump anymore).