skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
How would you filter for a "technically curious" candidate at the junior level (I'm assuming someone who, for example, pursues a Master's or beyond demonstrates this to a degree)?

It certainly doesn't help that an overwhelming amount of junior postings are more interested in the candidate being experienced with the particular stack, so, unless your interests happen to align with what's industrially pragmatic, I imagine the kid who stays overnight in the lab doing something in Haskell or some other "obscure but requires a non-trivial amount of autodidacticism" activity wouldn't be very happy about those valuable nights in their youth bearing them no fruit.
It's applied physics. A study of oscillators, mixers, filters, amplifiers, distributed elements, propagation and algorithms and how to optimize all of these in multiple dimensions. It's community. You can meet interesting people and prepare for and serve during emergencies or experiments. It's travel. You can travel to or contact people in exotic places and have your accomplishments recognized. It's technology. You can create new devices and techniques that perform in ways no one has tried before, or collect and operate vintage machines or the bleeding edge of contemporary gear. It's competition. There are no end of contests across the electromagnetic spectrum using many different protocols and modulation. It's continuity. The ranks of amateur radio are filled with those who earned their living or served their respective nations using similar or sometimes exactly the same skills and equipment.

There was a congressional hearing recently where an ARRL representative was asked why amateur systems function when everything else is down. The answer is simple and compelling; the amateur is the owner, technician and operator of his own station with a deep understanding of every part and what is needed to make it work and how to adapt it. Hard headed self sufficiency. Commercial and broadcast systems die when the backups run out of fuel or the Powers That Be take them away. First responders can't quickly fix or replace their systems when something or someone breaks them. Give amateurs a few watts of power -- by any means available -- and they'll cross oceans or talk to people in space using equipment they can carry at a dead run. It's the last thing that still works when all the other gears strip.

And you are entirely welcome to take part in whatever aspect of it you wish. All you need is a license.
I felt the exact same way.

Personally I've found the best thing is to see a lot of problems. The more problems you've solved, the more reference points you have for solving future ones.

But these have to be problems that you've personally solved.

That's why fluffy algorithm books are a waste of time. Books cannot do the thinking for you.
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Project shield?
Or Amazon.com...
I wonder if network pressure has something to do with the shift as well. A huge part of Netflix streaming is people watching series/old content in the background. I have definitely been guilty of putting the office or always sunny on in the background and letting it ride while I do casual work.

From a networking perspective that is a terrible scenario vs. users actively engaging with a single new episode of some netflix series.
It's kind of astonishing how far people will go in the absence of a punitive regulatory environment. One of my favorite books in Project Gutenberg is this 1820 treatise on the adulteration of foods: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19031

Everything from copper to make pickles green, to molten lead to clarify wine.
Only on HN would someone describe FTC as "disabled".

I think we are living in a time when companies are being frequently trusted. Because when they claim that mergers reduce costs, the automatic thought is the cost will trickle to the consumer.

The other outcome we are eager to see is the innovation that occurs at the extra large scale level. Do we see the more robots make it in to industry? Or intensive AI? The opportunities and imaginations have exploded after Facebook and Google utilized their dominance for the greater good.

Lastly, enforcement against unethical illegal behavior has become easier. Reducing the need of cynical and paranoid reasons to prohibit mergers. Only when there is actual concern of legal unethical actions negatively causing market consolidation and preventing startup incubation, the FTC will not be doing any of the things the paranoid want it to do.
And even then they may have been a bit player if Microsoft had not flinched and thrown out their existing PocketPC platform to ship Phone 7.

Keep in mind that PocketPC was not just used for "consumer" phones, but also all kinds of hand held terminals in warehouses and such.

This was a market that Microsoft basically abandoned when they announced that Phone 7 and onwards would not be compatible with PocketPC software, even though they tried to extend a fig leaf by rebranding PocketPC 6.5 as Phone 6.5 (i think HP tried to sell a couple of PDAs with that).

Didn't take long before we saw alternatives out there, though these days i think they are mostly Android based.
I'm taking CSCI261 Intro to Algorithms right now and happened upon some of his content while studying for some quizzes. This material is great.
He doesn’t seem to make any claim about what they can’t do regarding tracking, he just says that there are likely IR markers in the demo. The counter argument as usual seems to come down to awe at how much money ML raised and from whom, as well as the talent pool they bring.

None of this is to say they have perfected it, or anywhere close. That will be a long way off. We have struggled with ambient IR light and glass since the days of the Wii and Xbox Kinect, and we still struggle with it now, and will probably continue to struggle with it for quite some time. It may well rely on getting LIDAR or something along those lines in the headset to truly provide reliable tracking in all environments.

That from the op of the Reddit thread, after explaining his incredulity thst ML wouldn’t have tracking down. Meanwhile Karl doesn’t seem to appeal to anything other than released material, patents, and physics.

I’m inclined to beleieve him.
Interesting. What is your plan with it?
> 150,000% PER DAY

That's quite something - so you'd have to stick three zeros on daily
Also, finding the backdoor is still some effort.
I think Sokal inadvertently provided the first in a wave of critiques of academic publishing - not necessarily just of this specific "fashion" on the left. We now know from numerous studies that even in scientific journals publishing standards aren't as rigorous/objective as we'd like.
I guess, but looking at RadarRelay, apparently you can't trade anything except Ethereum-based tokens, so that's barely an exchange.
I think we still need better practices. Agile/scrum is better than no management at all, but I find that the best teams I've worked with simply used a giant to do list.

Agile works well in larger organizations where people are doing the work as a way to earn money, and don't really think of it all day.

For some teams, it's a lifestyle. We talk about stuff that needs to be done over and over again. At lunch, before bed, after showers, while waiting for the bus, while driving to the movies. You don't really need stand up meetings because everyone always knows where the project is and where it's going.
As with his proofreading, I’m not terribly interested in his comment section people skills. His decades in the field, his track record of tear downs and predictions, and his expertise do interest me. I’m noting a paucity of technical, rather than personal counterpoints here, or in those afformentioned comments on that level. Loads of appeals to authority, and a kind of, “well they must have something valuable!” credulity abounds.
Driving already has an enormous costs, billions of dollars, and millions of people dying.
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"Codes" tends to refer to error-correcting codes or encoding formats in my experience, while code refers to source or assembly code for machine execution.

One is a concept/idea/format while the other is a set of instructions.
Hope this comes back soon!
>340km up + 340 km down

Wouldnt that be assuming the satellites were always exactly overhead of the receiving terminals? Also, the article claims operational orbits of 1,110km to 1,325km. To be fair, VOIP is pretty usable even with 50-100+ ms of latency and even higher. Intercontinental calls wouldn't be possible otherwise.
BigQuery specifically pioneered many of these concepts since it's release in 2012 - "serverless manageability", pay-per-query consumption-based pricing, pure separation of compute and storage (no intermediate ssh mesh), and more recently separation of compute and intermediate state (wonders for scalability and complex query performance).

(work at G and used to work on BQ)
What evidence do we have for the claim, though, beyond what the FBI, CIA, and NSA told us?
I do not live in China and am unlikely to be extradited to China for anything I get up to online.
> Advertising is almost pure rent-seeking; it's a horribly inefficient solution for the actual utility component it provides society.

disagree. as much as it pains me to admit it, I do actually think advertising benefits society. imo it's kind of like democracy in that it's the least shitty system we've devised so far.

there's a lot about it that seems suboptimal, but what alternatives do we have? people can't be seriously expected to read third-party reviews for every single product they buy; it simply takes too much time. plus, depending on the product, there may not be any reputable reviewers, or the reviewers could be getting paid behind the scenes anyway.

ultimately it's a lot better to walk into the store at least knowing what the different brands are supposed to mean. if I go to whole foods, I can be pretty confident that the food will be better than what I can get at walmart. if I want the cheapest food, I can expect to find it at walmart. when a choice between products is of low-moderate importance, advertising/branding saves us a lot of research.
What an odd comment thread. In what twisted world are people holding the Chinese government as a bastion of liberty compared to the US?
> There is very, very little reason to use a cumbersome data structure when better ones exist

Do you not see any value in decentralization? In theory with blockchains, you could replace giant companies with open-source programs that pay for their own server costs with transaction fees, without taking any profit margin off the top. That would be very interesting for stuff like cloud storage and social networks. You can argue it's overly idealistic and may not work out, but you can't pretend there's no value in decentralization
Google does it too, so does Twitter. They're all fishing for your mobile number but 'for your own good'.
> Sell personal details like credit card numbers or the SSN to a criminal syndicate.

That kind of ticky-tack stuff seems more like the work of organized crime ring than a national government of a state like China. Anyway, that stuff is subject to much more prosaic risks, like your being at the mercy of your dentist's office's online security set-up.
I've been an Australian software engineer for 20 years and this is the first I've heard about "Engineers of Australia". Source?
Its not that hard to sign up for an account on airtable or trello or whatever service.
Huge expected value can also make people fools, without a scrap of real hope of future returns. A lot of money has been flushed down a lot of glittery drains by many a smart person/org in the search for wealth. When you add subtle yet incredibly challenging technical hurdles buried deep within the hype, the odds of flushing greatly exceed fortune.

It’s not as though Google, to pick one example from your list, is some kind of techno-prophet; they’ve killed more projects than asteroids did dinosaurs.
Your relative either doesn't have an understanding of her retirement plan or isn't telling you everything. One component of the FERS is the "Basic Benefit Plan" which is the pension.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/06251...
> With China there are real national security concerns.

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Certainly China does face national security concerns.
This is too true.

The career path at my former defense contracting gig went from software engineer to someone who writes proposals. They clearly valued winning work over executing it. Rent seeking economics at work.
The one thing I miss about working for a major national telco was access to the internal newsgroups where you'd get deep discussions triggered by someone's random question on things.
I'm sure you are aware of the 8a and other programs that allow you to win small contracts.

If you think big projects are given on merit, then you are naive.
Yeah that would never happen /s.

This is one of the most frequented social media sites for tech people. This place is a perfect target for foreign bots.
>I'm pretty sure you cannot legally force someone to use their own stuff without compensation.

That's the norm in some professions. Welders and mechanics often have their own tools, which can cost a lot more than a laptop.
There’s a balance. One valid reason to not want ham radio systems to be too reliant on the Internet is disaster situations where the Internet might not be available. In that situation it would be better if the repeater network was entirely RF based.
The problem is, I've talked to the engineers who are proud of building this ad blocker despite it's obvious antitrust problems, and engineers who are proud of building AMP for email. Where is their moral compass when these are things they think are okay?

I want to believe the software engineers are good people, but how do I square that with the things they are not just making, but enthusiastically supporting?
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So I probably should have put this in my original comment as I've gotten a few replies in the same vein. What I mean by MPEG-2 being obsolete is that whilst DVDs are still created and purchased all over the world, and DVDs do make use of MPEG-2, we have superior video compression formats available that are mostly, patent encumbered, but also technically superior to MPEG-2 in just about every way other than availability, and now, the lack of patent encumbrance (outside the Philippines and Malaysia at least).

Or put another way, it isn't yet commercially obsolete, but it is technically obsolete.
Yes.

Given that this people did not fight hard enough, or maybe not at all. And considering that the most likely outcome is that they continue to receive a paycheck and continue to provide their skills to their unethical employers for future violations of public trust...

Fuck them. Fuck them a hundred times with a 10ft pole.

And just to be clear, that includes the PMs too.
Let's face it, all the efficiency gains is removing all the software bloat accumulated in the last 20 years of Moore's law free lunches.

Layer upon layer upon layer of abstractions and bad code.

That's the remaining low hanging fruit.
Both are possible, if you read through more.
For small video calls (especially just 2 people), a WebRTC system like https://appear.in is good enough and avoids lockin.
Great idea! This seems more like a shark-tank play than a YC, because it's a mass consumer product, tv publicity, distribution channels etc. What made you go the VC route?
And strikes that leave you hanging at Frankfurt Airport with no option to commute at all for three days and more
I posted a longer reply to someone else, but to clarify, when I say obsolete, I mean technically obsolete rather than commercially obsolete.
Compare with the Business Insider headline

"People are making a fortune buying government-seized bitcoins" http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-government-auct...
Most of MPEG2 was focused on interlaced formats. MPEG1 can already handle 4k by 4k video. MPEG1 and 2 can already handle HD on bluray media. Even at the max bitrate (100Mbps), a bluray can store 1.4Hrs of video.

One could definitely take parts of MPEG1 and MPEG2 to create a new good enough codec for many use cases.
How does this work in general, once one finishes writing a React Native app? As a developer, how would I get data from a server, same as a HTTP/AJAX call?
People could simply buy less shit. Problem solved.
How is the memory usage compared to Electron?
Theranos had no trouble getting funded and even Walgreens to trust them. They were eventually found out to be charlatans. Just because you can raise money doesn't mean you have anything to back it up. When people are skeptical they sometimes have a grain of truth to it. From what I have read about Magic Leap they seem to have vaporware. Even if they didn't the VR / AR space is getting more and more competitive so the longer they don't release even if they have something it may not even matter.

Usually when people present something that is new an innovative you can understand how they did it. Take for example the new iPhone camera with Face ID. They gave enough details for someone to understand generally how it was done. You can look at the physical pieces of it to see how they did it. Sure Apple may have made some claims that were bending the truth to market it but the technology has applications other than security (animojis for instance). Also, it was an extension of previous technology.

When people do the same analysis with Magic Leap they find that they are outright lying and that they can't actually have anything to backup their claims. Instead they are trying to pass off technology that doesn't have the advantages that they state as something completely different.
I Think its also quite telling that they found the biggest person they could find (Shaquille) to do the physical showcase. On an average sized person these will be massive, and not just look(and feel) like large weird sunglasses. And no, I dont believe that these where the "large" version, except in the regard of the headband.
I doubt the core unit will be meaningfully smaller.

Where in comparison, the HoloLens team seemed to take more care in the design of a large device on a person's head. Looking strange but functional.
Netflix rightly saw that there was no independent end game if they continued licensing other owners' content.

Eventually, revenues go up and licensing deals expire. Then, either the owners increase the price for licensing their content, or they refuse to license it and start their own service.

Lose/lose

Netflix realized the only blue sky was owning a large catalog of their own content, ideally used to retain users and starve other services, and then license content when they have the upper hand.
You don't have to know if any particular company has real changes or not, what you need is is reasonably good estimate of how likely you are a fool.
I suspect that Google Ventures isn't made up of engineers.
A lot of comments here seem to be focusing on project management as "how do you sequence the day-in, day-out, never-ending pile of work". I would encourage people to also consider a project as, y'know, a non-trivial discrete set of work items that have a coherent aim. (For some people this is analogous to an epic, but it doesn't have to be the case.)

If you think about projects that way, a few of my recommendations are:

0) Set up clear organizational guidance for project artifacts. Where will all of the docs and spreadsheets go? How will you keep track of which issues are relevant in your issue tracker? How can stakeholders get self-service updates on the project? Keep labels and naming as consistent as possible across the various services you use. For more formal situations, you might also need to set up RACI or similar communication structures.

1) Define measurable outcomes as success criteria from the very start. Do you want to increase customer lifetime value, or get more daily active users, or decrease AWS spend, or...? You need at least one, and probably no more than five if you want to stay sane, and they all need a target number. Measure your starting number, and document how you calculated it, because you're going to need to use the same method again later. (It really helps if at least one of your measurable outcomes has a non-zero starting point.)

2) Conduct a pre-mortem. Everyone on the project (or representatives of each role, if somehow your team is too big) gets together and imagines that the project is complete but ended up going less-than-well. Brainstorm every failure mode you can think of, then brainstorm ways to prevent or mitigate each failure mode. Some failure modes are unavoidable, and it's good to recognize that too. Create tasks to follow up on each preventative measure.

3) Set milestones to gauge progress. This can be lightweight and still be useful. Each milestone allows you to evaluate the impact of unforeseen challenges, whether the quality of work is high enough, whether scope or time needs to be adjusted, and even whether to pull the plug early. Iteration boundaries are fine milestones.

4) Conduct a retrospective when the project is complete and enough time has passed to collect the appropriate metrics. Check the outcomes using the calculations from step 1. Celebrate successes, assess shortcomings, and brainstorm ways to improve the way that projects are run. It's surprisingly important to be explicit about learning from past mistakes. Now you're ready to rinse and repeat.

These principles are orthogonal to, or perhaps operating on a higher level than, kanban or agile or what-have-you. None of the above ideas force you into a waterfall methodology, but they may require you to think a bit harder up front. It's also not incompatible with continuous deployment or other similar development practices.
I've used the same Wire's repo (wireapp one). also agree that their code practices are good ones. I never quite dug that deep though (we are a large company and decided to build our own chat), so can't comment on the bulk of the issue. Sounds like a major pain.
AR Glasses are going to be as big as the Apple Watch.....
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I hate the stupid maxim but you’ve just learned that you’re not AirBnB’s customer. You’re an annoyance they have to put up with and the best way to do that is just to ignore you.

The higher ups at AirBnB are giving you an answer loud and clear. You’re just not listening: Deal with it or go somewhere else.
Grids are one of the best tools in creating interfaces. Yes, there are many UI's that don't use grid layouts, but for the many, many that do CSS Grid is a great tool.

Did you mean HTML table based layouts? Because yes, it's good those days are behind us...
The FTC isn't even staffed fully, much less doing their jobs: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/31/trump-ftc-google-faceboo...

Highlights:

“It’s extremely odd for the FTC to operate with only two commissioners for this long,” antitrust attorney Reed Freeman told the National Law Journal. And even more so when the two commissioners are essentially lame ducks.

“The Justice Department’s antitrust division is doing stuff,” said Matt Stoller, a fellow with the Open Markets Institute, a leading antagonist of the tech platforms. “Ajit Pai is a bad man, but the [Federal Communications Commission] is doing stuff. The FTC’s silence is embarrassing.”

“The FTC really hasn’t used its authority in decades and has tried to rein in its own authority,” said Sandeep Vaheesan, a regulatory counsel for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Then don't go to the damned event.

If it was a Facebook!Fried, you will have the chance to do something you actually value with your time. If it was a Real!Friend, they will ask you why you did not come, and you will have a chance to explain why supporting a Perverted!Company is a bad idea, even if it is convenient
Because quality investigative journalism costs a whole lot of money and time and we need more of it.