skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ah. So the time of creation of the options pool doesn't matter, since eventually the founders get down to 50%. It's a matter of whether the options pool should be created in the first place.
The problem isn't that they accepted, it's that you didn't quote a price high enough to offset the headaches they caused. If you had, you would have been happy!
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There are places that interview people with no intent of hiring them, but rather to prove a point: "We can't find anyone with the right skill set, therefore we must do X." Values of X may include:

- Outsource

- Find a cheap, indentured H1B employee

- Choose another technology path that was ignored due to politics

- Stick it to a manager who insisted that "anyone" could do this

- Use the inability to hire a new person as an excuse to steal someone from another team in the company

In the end, the interviewee is merely a pawn in the scheme of things.
Use Divvy and shortcuts - Full screen is Cmd+E, then F, right is Cmd+E, then R
Yes; if you increase the hash space sufficiently, these problems go away. I don't think wide hashing has really become a standard industry practice though, because services want to pick the option that is least burdensome to end users' CPUs. Another issue is that once they have a big de-duplication database established based on a particular hash, switching is expensive. I suspect a lot of shops are using md5 still.
I second climbing. I have been climbing consistently for over two years and have never had a bout of wrist tendonitis like I used to. My wrists sometimes get uncomfortable if I am stuck in an awkward position for long (e.g. typing like a bunny) but I generally have no more pain.
Ask HN: If I quit my job, will I ever work again?
I'm seriously considering quitting my job. I make plenty of money, but the money isn't what's important to me. The culture is bad and I'm just not able to write great software. The skilz, they are suffering.

I can survive for a while, so I'm thinking about taking a six-month sabbatical and rebooting my career. I want to work on open source projects, learn Clojure, and finish my master's degree (not for the paper, but for fun).

So the big question is: can I emerge from the other side of this and find great people to work with and cool stuff to work on?

What would you do during a six-month sabbatical in order to find more awesomeness?
For me, the biggest difference between Ruby and Python is that Ruby is more perlish (i.e. more hacker, one liners, clever stuff) while Python is cleaner but a bit more verbose and less clever. So in that sens, when I want to hack something, I usually go with Ruby.. but for a big project, I'd prefer Python.

(But these days, I'm mostly hacking with Arc :p)
The company almost always issues new shares. Investors would want the capital to be injected into the company as working capital, not to enrich the founder.
After reading this comment, this is the first time I felt like I wanted an iPad. I never had a great personal use case for the iPad, but I'm starting to see what's possible with it.

Thanks for taking the time to write that up.
+1 for Jumpcut - I tried Quicksilver clipboard history and found it slowed my whole machine down. Jumpcut has really good keyboard shortcut support, too.
China is the most populous country...
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Have you tried an iPad? For some reason Mobile Safari is still far better at scaling pages than desktop Safari.
If you insist on leaving, then you can work on freelance basis.. like working on freelancer.com and Elance.com

You won't make a lot of money, but at least.. you will make money when you need it.. and you will make enough money to survive!
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IE had 95%. Things change, sometimes things change quickly. Everyone who is capable of using facebook is capable of installing chrome or firefox. If IE truly fell behind, if a new killer web-app/site comes along that didn't work in IE the marketshare numbers would change overnight.
I get the point, but it's a bad quote. Let me give you an example of a quote that is right on target.

"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler" -- Albert Einstein

Einstein captures the fact that you need to both add ("as possible") and keep simple. The original quote does not, although apparently some people have a preface to the quote that has a whole bunch of assumptions that make the quote work. I've never seen that preface.
Second sentence of this post:

A couple of people I have seen with have gone so far as to...

Writing will never be "easy" either, apparently.
It's my favorite movie speech of all time. Thanks for posting it.
I'm posting this from Sri-Lanka, if it matters. ^_^
Damn, guys, fill in your profile pages! It's hard to find programmers here - it'd be awesome to get in contact with some other HN readers in New Zealand
Getting away from regular work or school is a good opportunity to reevaluate your lifestyle, or at least address some part of it that bothers you.

The work will be waiting for you when you get back. If you're in an area with active tech gatherings you can show for those and keep up your connections. Nobody worth your time would hassle you over a short break that produces some noteworthy portfolio items(like open source work or a degree).
Seems like they are hiring - http://www.matasano.com/careers/
Ask HN: How to begin contributing to an open source project?
I'm a fourth year college student with a few years of programming classes, but not much outside-class experience. Many people have said that contributing to open-source projects is a good way to show off your ability level and to learn more about how to code. I'm not sure how to begin - in other words I don't know what I don't know about open source projects.

Which open source project should I contribute to?
How do I know what part of the project to work on?
How do I get the code and how do I submit changes?
How do I ask for guidance/get feedback, besides asking HN?
Which IDE should I use?

Thanks for the advice, Kevin
Depends on the person.

Obviously Gates and Sergey have a visionary/uber-architect role. Others like Sweeney, Cutler and Carmack are hairy-chested devs who checkin just as much code, if not more, than your typical senior dev.

And of course there's the gamut in-between.

And for a lot of these people, they don't even consider it a lot of money. I had a friend who made $10M after an IPO. I asked how it felt and he said, "For what? To become Silicon Valley middle class?"
Opera's hardware acceleration is vaporware. It has not been included in any release of Opera, despite that article being over a year old now.
MIT unveils autonomous, oil-skimming robots
Great first mail. I found i had missed some posts in my RSS feed.
So the big question is: can I emerge from the other side of this and find great people to work with and cool stuff to work on?

No matter how many times this gets asked on HN, the answer will always be 'it depends' and what it depends on is 100% you.
To elaborate on your point a bit, for the non-poker players (I am one, so I understand your analogy, but non-poker players might not quite, at least in this presentation):

Typically, when playing a game of poker, one considers a pocket pair (22, 33, 44, etc.) in a game of Texas Hold'em, vs. two "overcards" (2 hole cards bigger than the pocket pair) to be considered, for quick calculation purposes, a coin toss. However, the pocket pair in a given situation vs. two overcards of a different suit, is a slight favourite overall.

So this problem typically presented - I believe it was originally stipulated by Daniel Negreanu, a professional player, but I could be wrong - is, a knowledgeable poker player challenges a poker player with less knowledge to a speculative bet.

The knowledgeable poker player offers the opponent to choose a hand from the following: AKo, JTs, or 22. Then the player on the up-and-up chooses second - and given their knowledge of the slight advantage in a given situation, chooses the hand with the higher odds.

However slight they may be, of course, the expected value always allows the player choosing second to edge out the person who chose first.

Because they are so similar in odds, an average or below average player may not realize the slight advantage 22 has over AKo, while JTs has the slight advantage over 22. AKo over JTs is of course a larger advantage than the other two situations - almost a 60/40 advantage.
My wife happens to be a teacher in L.A. (not lausd). Her entry level salary was barely 40k and she is now in the 50k range after 6 years. I'm a programmer with less education, less years of experience, and I make more than double what she makes. If they are getting a posh deal I sure as hell don't see it.

But, neither of our single data points says anything about the situation. I'm assuming most people on here took statistics and understand that both are meaningless. We need the average, and the standard deviation at a minimum to say anything meaningful.
Lysander Spooner wrote about some of these ideas - that the Constitution was only in effect for those who were living at the time, and did those folks then mean for it to be binding on everyone else in perpetuity? -- as one example of his thinking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner
If You Think Quitting Booze Freaks People Out, Wait 'Til You Quit Twitter
It was Pascal who said that in one of his Provincial Letters. The quote is often misattributed to Mark Twain, Cicero, and others, but I've never seen it ascribed to Lincoln. Out of curiosity, do you remember where you heard that?
I have a paperback edition printed on almost tissue paper I bought in India 10 years ago for about $5
Especially this particular constituency ;)
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disclaimer- I'm against software patents in general. However, in this case, to argue against my own opinions:

The research and resultant patents in this case were in the public record for all to see, read, and if they found the idea useable, free to contact the patent holder to discuss a deal.

The patent systems a broken mess - no argument here. But a firm that actually did research on specific items, kept track of a relatively small portfolio and then selectively went after some big boys isn't as much of a patent troll as those who just buy up thousands and thousands of them and muscle people around.)
Paul Allen Sues Apple, Google,  Others Over Patents.com
As you can blame it on finishing your masters, I think you're not going to have reason to have trouble explaining it.
Title isn't true, Conde Naste has no problem running Prop. 19 ads, as long as your viewpoints align with theirs.

http://www.reddit.com/r/prop19/duplicates/cx665/no_on_19_ad_...
It's obvious why - nobody said patents were "fair". The patent holder has his own discretion.

He's not suing microsoft because he'd be shooting himself in the foot. He might have a deal with them to license it, or he may just be letting it slide (he can always sue them later). Same with google.

He's under no obligation to enforce his patents - it's up to him.
I dono that I agree with the author's definition of DevOps - IMHO it's not that Dev is talking to Ops, there's nothing new there.

I think DevOps is something more akin to tackling operations problems from a developer's mindset. 'Infrastructure as Code' is a DevOps mantra.

A developer writes a program, runs the program on a compatible platform, and expects a certain output.

I think DevOps is - as an Ops guy you write a program, that program runs on a platform consisting of bare-metal machines, and the expected output is a platform for your developer's software to run on (i.e. configured & monitored web/proxy/db servers)
marijuana is an obsolete slang term popularized by fear mongering racists to push a certain economic agenda.

the scientific term is cannabis; colloquially hemp. And we're asking for re-legalization, thanks.

[edit: why is this being downvoted? do you need proof?? here's your god damned proof -]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana_(etymology)

http://www.jackherer.com/chapter04.html
The Chickasaw puzzle is broken. Javascript errors on every browser I tried, so no way to check if the answers are correct.
The only way they can fight back is to invalidate the patent or prove it doesn't apply to their situation.

And "patent trolls" tend to collect and file tons of almost meaninglessly broad patents and hten send armies of analysts and lawyers to look at them and find some small or big fish to sue, depending.

In this case, the patents were filed by Mr. Allen's venture itself, a venture created as a think-tank to do research and come up with ideas - which were then published (via the patent mechanism) for the world to see, and potentially license - all they had to do was keep an eye on the patent system and contact the right people to ask for a license.
I have a question: what makes software different from other disciplines/domains with regards to patents? Why are "software patents" more often pointed out as pointless than other kinds of patents?
As mentioned in other comments, 'it depends'--- not mentioned is that it depends (partially) on your age. Older is not better. 6 months probably won't hurt, a year, two years, more? Chances decline as you go.
"IE releases are still tied to the years long windows ship cycle, ..."

I'm pretty sure I get notifications for Windows Updates when there's a new version of IE. And even if not, I've somehow gotten IE 7 or 8 on an XP install, so it's no different than when Mozilla or Google announce a new release. If you want it, you get it.
Imagine how would you order a human to build you window with a table view, etc.

If human would not know what style of window do you want then he would ask or assume something and allowed for your comments. "Programming" humans is much more conversational. Your workers know what to assume and when to ask.

Also naming is not something that people usually do when they tell what they want to have. "Put new button in the window." I have only one window, why should I name it window1. When I will have second window I'll probably refer to this window as the first one, and to the other as second one, or other one, or the blue one. Or if everything fails I'll point it with my finger.

Programming will always be hard because deciding on what you want is hard. People can't do it at first and they need conversation to understand what they can and cannot have and decide what they want.
Just trying out tweeter. My first impression is that Signal to noise ratio seems so low... It feels like a waste of time or a productivity drain.
Without disrespect to the intelligence of anyone else on this board:

How is anyone else besides yourself supposed to answer this? Only you have true insight into your motivations, skills, desire, and ability to succeed.

There is no cap or limit to what you are able to do (okay, let's set aside physical limitations - not everyone is meant to be a football player or pole vaulter) - there is a soft cap set only by your desire to work hard.
too late, they've already ran anti-prop 19 ads:

http://www.reddit.com/r/prop19/duplicates/cx665/no_on_19_ad_...
Find a project you're actually interested in (not just interested in the notoriety of being a part of). The ide/environment kind of depends on the project and the language/assets that you'll be working with specifically.

Once you find a project you're interested in, find them on irc. Don't be too pushy, hang out and try to pick up on the dynamic. That doesn't mean you should be silent, just don't be annoying.

A great way to catch up on an existing project (the earlier you get on board btw, the easier it will be to start) is to start helping out with testing. A lot of programmers don't enjoy writing automated tests (which they should be writing first anyways), so that stuff usually gets left to someone to clean up. An ancillary benefit of which is that you can learn a ton about a project by adding tests.

The only other thing you'll probably need some experience with kind of across the board is version control. Experiment a little with git/svn so that you aren't intimidated by submitting patches (version control can seem intimidating before you've worked with it, but most of the time it's pretty basic).
"...integrated easily with legacy email systems from the beginning to allow a seamless transition..." Nail on the head. That is exactly why I didn't use wave more than a handful of times even though I rather like it. If I'm the only person who uses the email when everyone else uses snail mail, it's not really very useful.
oh I thought you knew them personally. regardless, yeah sounds like the common thread among the guys you cited is that they all were founders/owners of a company. That's generally the sense I've gotten, if you want your ceiling to be $100-200k/year, work for somebody else. But if you want your ceiling to be millions or billions, you have to be a founder/owner.
I wouldn't be so quick to assume that. there is a deep entrenchment in the establishment to oppose hemp, for purely economic reasons.

the war on 
drugs
 cannabis is way too profitable for the so-called "northeastern liberalismists" to turn away from it.
If you have 20-odd terabytes of data to back up, I am guessing that you probably can afford a tape drive and take your own backups.
Don't read too much into it. I've never gone to an interview in anything other than a suit and, trust me, if my employer asked me to fill a management role, I'd decline the offer (and if told that I didn't have a choice to decline, I'd start looking for a different job). I also never ever wear a suit for work.

The reality is that this phenomenon of wearing casual attire for interviews is a significant, and very recent, departure from the prevailing norm for white collar jobs and many people, myself included, have the "always wear a suit to a job interview" social custom as deeply ingrained in our consciousnesses as other customs like table manners. If the tech community were to abandon table manners in favor of "cave man" style dining, would you then hold it against an interview candidate if they opted to use silverware while dining with you? Bottom line, if the candidate is wearing a suit to the interview, assume they are doing it for their own comfort. To behave otherwise is, for that person, taboo.
I was referring to hardware implementations, but cool nonetheless!
Saint-Exupéry can't have meant it literally; nothing left to take away means zero. On the other hand, since zero is possible, you can make the same trivial argument against Einstein. I suspect that in both cases the original (con)text would be illuminating.

Edit: actually, it appears that Einstein never said this famous Einstein quote. According to Wikiquote, here is what he did say:

It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.

Hardly as catchy! But it does make explicit the qualifier -- without surrendering adequacy -- that applies equally to Saint-Exupéry as well.

The point seems to be that creation is a process that is first additive, then subtractive. Mere agglutination is inferior.
I've been puzzled by len() and company for a long time and this is the most complete and sensible explanation I've heard. Thank you.

I still think it's the wrong design, mind you, but I no longer think it's a crazy one.
The one time I tried asking, they actually did want me to wear a suit, and the way they phrased it seemed to imply that I was ignorant for having to ask in the first place. That was an odd experience.
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Personally, I think of this as a good thing, obviously i've no idea what the job market is like where you live but if i was interviewing you and saw that you took time time off and actually accomplished something (instead of being a bum for 6 months) as something i'd definitely look for in a potential hire.

It shows you care about personal development, it gives you accomplishments to mention at an interview and demonstrates that you're self motivated.

So without knowing all other determining factors i'd say go for it. But like others are saying, only you know your own situation.
Stop! Whoever crosseth the bridge of Death, must answer first these questions three, ere the other side he see!

"What... is your name?"
"Sir Brian of Bell."
"What... is your quest?"
"I seek the Holy Grail."
"What... are four lowercase letters that are not legal flag arguments to the Berkeley UNIX version of `ls'?"
"I, er.... AIIIEEEEEE!"
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First step: find the project you want to contribute. I would've picked a project which
1) I already use, so im already familiar with it
2) Has a little codebase so diving into it would be a little bit easier
3) Has an active development community

Second step is to use it, if you havent used it already. You wont be able to contribute to a software which you havent even used by now.

And when you use software, you will have little ideas to improve it. Or little bugs that annoy you.

Third step is diving into the source code, understanding the codebase and actually doing the changes. At this step, you might need to communicate the authors. This is an imporant part.

You can usually find developers on mailing lists and/or irc channels. Use these tools to contact authors and ask for their help.
Dont be afraid, you are not supposed to do it all by yourself without asking anything. On the conterary, asking developers assures that you're doing it the right way.
However, you should ask smart question. This one makes differrence. (Read Eric Reymond's article about this.)

Last step, is giving the patch to authors. if the project uses a proper SCM, you will be able to produce a patch easily. Send the patch to authors and wait for their response. Some projects have reviewboards which you can post your patch there and wait for their review.

Now, depending on the project, the path you go may differ. Dont bug developers too much. Dont hurry. Be friendly with them. Be Patience.

Also, this website is created for this exact purpose: http://openhatch.com

(Some projects have JuniorJobs, which are easy tasks for newcomers to start contributing, if you havent already found 'what' you want to do)
Surprisingly no one has mentioned Namely (http://amarsagoo.info/namely/). Its a free alternative to QS and Launchbar, although simpler.

+1 for FF + Vimperator, Screen + Vim.

I also use vifm for a filemanager, alpine/mutt for emails, Gmail with keyboard shortcuts enabled.
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I see what you're saying. So maybe the question for you is the last one I asked: what would you do? What could I learn from you?
If you don't have any dependents, you should quit. I could spit out a bunch of mundane platitudes to support that suggestion, like "In life, you never regret the things you do; you regret the things you don't do" or "You have to do what you're passionate about, or you'll never be happy," but you already know those things, everybody does, that's why they're called platitudes. You already know you should quit.

Ergo, your problem is motivation. Allow me: I'm going to keep calling you a pussy over and over again until you quit your job. Of course, you won't be able to hear me because I'm in my basement and you're not[1], but trust me, I'll be saying it. Pussypussypussy.

[1]Unless you're my black lab, in which case one of us needs to get the other to the hospital.
I took 4 years off and worked on my own projects, even one that was a medical device. No real successes.

And now I'm working as a contractor on a web app for some company called Apple. And am contacted by recruiters virtually every day, even without Apple on my resume.