skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Forward Internet Group in London, UK: http://www.forward.co.uk

We're a young entrepreneurial company that bootstrapped its way from its founder bedroom to a 150-strong company with very healthy profits in 6 years without any external capital. We have been doubling our revenues every single year (up to £100m in 2010) and plan to continue to do it as long as possible. So, we need great people.

We're looking for great developers to work on a variety of exciting online projects. We use Closure, Ruby, Hadoop, Node.js, Sinatra etc.

Above all we're looking for smart, ambitious, entrepreneurial people. Full job spec is here: http://www.forward.co.uk/careers

And it's fun to work here: you choose the hardware you want, you buy the books you need, the hours are flexible, no dress code, the people are reasonable and the entertainment budget is generous: for example the entire company hangs out in Las Vegas night clubs and casinos for 4 days every December and we've just returned from Disneyland in Paris (birthday celebrations).

To find out more email me at evgeny.shadchnev@forward.co.uk with your CV.
I'm working on a SaaS product to improve brokers' experiences on craigslist - providing rich analytics and lead qualification. We are currently in closed beta and are looking to expand our current offering. Based in both San Francisco and New York, we are looking for a third co-founder, preferably technical (python hacker) and familiar with the real estate space. See profile for email.
You don't hear this point as often as the others...

"I think the single, most important fact about doing a startup is being clear about your vision and not let it get distorted by what pundits and experts... The second most important thing is finding the right team."
Media Mayhem not paying small blogs
Microsoft way of life.

Ballmer said that the same way they "solved" the netbook problem, they will solve the phone problem. In both cases the solution does not involve technical ability to compete.
So I took a look at Method and System for Managing Changes to a Contact Database. It's a pretty straightforward patent. The gist of that you can store the call information from a previous call into your contact list. From a given call you can say, "This is a new contact" or "This is an updated contact".

It was filed in 2002.

The key to prior art here is to show prior to 2002 some device that that could either create a new contact or update a contact from the call log.

I almost certainly recall the ability to create new contacts from the call log prior to 2002. I think the tricky part is that I don't I'd seen updating of an existing contact.

To me this seems like an easy patent to get around though. Simply remove the ability to update contacts from the call log.
I'm not familiar enough with the image encoding algorithms (and the tradeoffs they are faced with) to comment on that, specifically. But I've done enough research with systems in general to disagree with your statement. No matter what I optimize a system for, it's always fair for someone to test it under adverse conditions. If we're going to adopt something, we need to know its limitations.

Further, my understanding of Google's intent with webp is that it is being offered as a replacement to jpeg. In that case, even if it's optimized for one thing, it's not just fair but necessary to see how it works under all other things.
The rub is that apparently the presence of this snake is a result of a human slipup to begin with. Maybe it's just an attempt to clean up after yourself, or maybe it's an attempt to stuff the genie back in the bottle. I feel like it would take a non-trivial depth of understanding to know which way this situation leans.
Using the Clojure Debugging Toolkit with Emacs (screencast)
Godfather walks into the Grocer's and demands they buy their deli meats from him. Grocer says "No thanks, I'm getting my meat free from those other guys. My customers are happy too."

Godfather says, "Yes, but not buying from me might expose you to harm in the future."

Grocer says, "It's OK, I'm not worried. Besides, who would want to hurt me?"

Godfather comes back the next week and shoots him in the kneecap. "See, I warned you someone might come in and hurt you."

s/Godfather/Microsoft/g

s/Grocer/Motorola/g

s/Deli Meat/Android/g

Wonder how much fight the next, um, Grocery store will put up.
It could be that the original author, and your replication of his results, is not illustrating a JPEG compression issue, but an issue using GIMP's JPEG compression to compress a 1920x1200 image into a 45KB JPEG. This is certainly an "edge case" compression test.

The author updated comments on reddit saying he hadn't been clear, but he was talking about full 1920x1200 in the 45KB file. That's a different story, so I repeated my tests at full resolution.

Using Photoshop's "Save for Web and Devices" option, Photoshop JPEG compression (at "quality zero") introduces a moire pattern, but still does not generate the extreme banding issue shown on the blog, and replicated in your results.

Here is what Photoshop generates in 44,962 bytes, at 1920x1200 resolution:

http://michael.terretta.com/update-corrected-real-world-anal...

I apologize, I'm not familiar with GIMP or why its results might show such dramatic banding.
This assumes the only cash inflow for federal spending comes from income taxes. How many sources are funneled in to federal budget in reality?

edit - here you go, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/budget...
Please Ban "Angry Birds"
> Good idea and good instincts. I hope you have a scalable hosting solution, because the presentation and domain name are so well chosen that I can see you getting millions of page landings by tomorrow.

Thanks, I had a feeling people would like this, but had no idea that it'd be this popular. I'm migrating over to Appengine as soon as I can.

> For your own benefit, perhaps some thoughtfully-filtered Adwords or so would help cover those costs and/or make you some ca$h.

I put them up about an hour ago, but took them down because I couldn't see them. Turns out I had adblock turned on. I just pushed ads live.

> Discreet links to more advanced presentations like graphs and so forth could later help to build out that initial traffic to become the 'go-to' site for accessible stats, mich like fivethirtyeight.com became well-known for unbiased electoral analysis.

I think these are all great ideas. I do think a site like this is missing, and we could all stand to benefit from it.

> A fun thing might be a time machine that let you look back at tax rates of years past, with the receipt getting increasingly yellowed and/or using more and more antique-looking fonts. By the time you get to 1776 everything is in copperplate :-)

Hehe, of all the ideas you've had, this is the best. Moving it up in the queue :)
Would "top talent" really be that bad at simple math?
Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1705461
I've been thinking about writing a blog article on this subject. Basically AJAX is like Chocolate - it's really tempting, but eating too much or for the wrong reasons is not a good idea.

I've just rewritten one of my sites which used AJAX to load content on a single index page. I've now made sure every unique resource has a unique url. This is good for browser navigation, good for Google, and good for promoting a single resource on a service like Twitter. Now my site which looked like 1 page to Google is almost 500 pages.
Sure - you don't have to do bare-minimum survival dieting. Caloric restriction to levels between 10-25% less than the average seems to deliver fairly substantial benefits. I eat very lightly by accident rather than by design; I enjoy my food and eat out frequently, I just don't eat as often as others and stop as soon as I begin to feel full. I tend to avoid fatty meat (don't like the texture) and skip dessert (don't like too much sugar), but that's probably offset by frequently consuming a beer at mealtimes. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.

Or do you mean the reproducing without sex bit?
When you query the feed, can you pass in date/time ranges? So, we could query last month?
I've never needed old bills or bank statements for more than a few days -- long enough to check them over and pay. My credit union has a bill pay service that retrieves electronic copies of most of my bills so they're in one place. I have a free password manager that remembers and autofills URLs and logins.

You have your own needs, but really why do you need to keep electronic copies of every document indefinitely? Archiving all of those ephemeral bits of paper seems like a waste of time, a kind of electronic hoarding that serves no useful purpose.

In 50 years I've never once needed to produce an old utility bill or pay stub or bank statement; I keep things I need for tax purposes according to IRS retention rules but very little of my paperwork is relevant to my taxes. I scan a few things to PDF and keep those electronically but I don't have enough scanned documents to require more than some named folders to organize them.

There are high-end document management systems used by companies that need to manage and keep lots of documents (like utilities, banks, and credit card companies), so if you really need such a system you can look at the standards and tools already invented for businesses instead of re-inventing that wheel.
This is cool, though I think it might be late to the party. Doesn't everyone just suspend/resume these days? Not that it's zero value, but it would have been really noteworthy 5-10 years ago.
I definitely value the fact that approving the content of journals is a costly business, it's just a frustration of mine. I apologise for the tone.
Hey, thanks for the useful input. I sent you an email.
I don't think Apple would've had a problem handling the PR, even it it said "Apple" instead of "AT&T" next to the missing bars. Every geek would have known which network backs Apple's network and word would have spread quickly enough.

Still, not going the MVNO route was a good choice - why divert your attention and resources so much when a carrier will let you do almost everything you want.
disabling javascript allows you to read the article without the notification :)
I use sawfish. It is very lightweight, configurable, supports plenty of keyboard shortcuts and generally stays out of my way.

I have keyboard shortcuts for most simple operations (change workspace, change window, send to back, etc.) and use the mouse when that sort of thing makes sense. I try to stick to 'one task-type per workspace' which helps keep things somewhat organized (plus it keeps my browser in hiding while I'm trying to code).

Link: http://sawfish.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Path Intelligence in Portsmouth, UK: http://www.pathintelligence.com

We think of ourselves as providers of analytics for the real world. By identifying the patterns of mobile phone movements we allow managers of shopping centres, airports and railway stations, exhibition centres, galleries and museums to understand the way that their customers or passengers behave.

We are looking for python developers, experienced web app developers, system administrators and data analysts.

Email short summary of past work experience, links to interesting projects and/or sample code to: team (at) pathintelligence.com
Newco, stealth mode well-funded NYC startup with lots of runway. Huge opportunity to join a small team building a very busy gamechanging consumer Web app. Hiring several developers. No legacy code- build this from scratch with us! RoR/jQuery front end, Scala for the heavy lifting and API.

Please email Andy Parsons, andy@obikosh.com
Whether it's used rarely or frequently, it's still incorrect and I see it all over the place, which was my point...
Wow, I've been working on my own MMORPG (though I use Perl for all Admin stuff and SOME player stuff such as message retrieval.)
I certainly haven't achieved the level of completeness this guy has. (or is it a team?)

I'd imagine that it's somewhat slow though. I assume it keeps the connection open, but if it doesn't the JSON encoding/decoding can also be a penalty.

Same with using MySQL, you have to use a network socket, and possibly disk bound depending on how MySQL is set up.

In any case, using the JSON-RPC style is very clean and fast to develop, and I use it for my MVC web projects. PERL rocks!
This is a great point. Let me address your concerns:

About being able to see the code: most definitely. Every "script" consist of zero or more requirements, one or more executions and zero or more validations. Each one is, in the end, a shell script with placeholders. You will be able see the scripts source code online and also "clone" the script to your account (not a git clone but an actual hard copy) and dump it locally using our ruby gem that talks to our API.

We will record another screencast soon about how we create new scripts and how we upload them.

About flagging scripts: we don't want to enforce any formal approval process, but we want the community to be able to flag scripts for malicious code. Another indication of quality may be the number of people who deployed it and/or watched it. We're open to suggestions and feedback on how we could improve it without making it an administrative burden. In the end, you're responsible for what you're installing in your server -- being it manually or through a script.

Thanks for such a quality feedback. Please keep'em coming.
Chargify seems to be on the right path. I do think they could use some work on their flexibility though.

Holding credit card data is always a bitch. Paypal website payments pro's API lets you issue coupons and discounts that are baked into the initial signup. However midcycle its tough to issue a discount.

They also have some bugs in their API with their callback urls etc.
Those expenses are not "extra" at all.

Every category shown in the graph is not the total expense, it is just the expense above international standards.

By example, lets say the total drugs expense in the US is $100B (it is probably not, i am too lazy to go fetch the actual number in the article). The red slide in the graph labeled "Drugs" is not those $100B, but only the $39B of above standard drug expense.

So, in this example, there is some % in the green area of the graph that corresponds to the remaining $61B of drug expense that is expected according to the size and wealth of the US population. This has been intentionally left uncategorized in order to suggest that you cannot cut those without compromising the ability of the health care system to provide the levels of service needed by the population.
These people can keep their socially sensitive group. I will pick high IQ any day of the week. Competing head on head, I'll bet my high IQ group would beat them hands down every time. I respect IQ, and have found people who are smarter make much better decisions overall. I know I do.
It's actually a cube rather than a plaque. Some people have pyramids on their desk built from patent cubes.
I am looking for a technical co-founder. Someone who shares the entrepreneurial passion, is ready to work hard and do whatever it takes to build a successful startup, is open to ideas, has a sense of humor and an appetite for the early stage, pre-funded startup roller-coaster ride.

The idea is of a consumer app that leverages our social network and social graph. It's been validated by potential users and few senior executives. A basic initial version of the app is almost ready and will be launched privately in a month.

I have a business background. Have worked with startups. Besides, I started 2 small ventures during my teens. Doing whatever it takes to make things happen, is something I consider as my strength. I believe in a fair and open work culture - and communication is very imp. I am extremely passionate about consumer apps that are fun + useful. I am currently based in Bay Area - US, and plan to relocate to India in November (due to visa constraints). The startup is incorporated in US, and I do intend on coming back to bay area, once we raise some funding.

So, if solving challenging problems excites you, and you are entrepreneurial and have always wanted to build/start something of your own, but got busy with 9-to-5 and life in general.. and you've been looking for the right idea / opportunity / time... and you are super-duper hungry ( http://gapingvoid.com/2009/05/11/welcome-to-the-hunger/ ) ....then, drop me a note! Share a bit about your background, and why you are interested. Email: mnnmsemail at gmail dot com
Another suggestion, if you love attention to detail... Rather than having #XXX-XXX as the receipt number, put the IP address in the format of a receipt, that would be a nice touch.
As he showed, it's not a 'paradox'.

Actually, it never was, since that's not what paradox means in the first place.

But he did show it wasn't true at all.

But even if he hadn't, it would -never- have been safer for the 'sexual conservatives'. More sex always means more risk for them, no matter the time frame.
A company I used to work for in Gaithersburg MD is looking for someone to do internal applications. It's a mix of Python, asp.net, php, and database stuff.

My email is in my profile. If you sound promising I'll send your resume over to them. No remote work possible.
I'm building such a product at my startup Pretty Graph. Please email me at hrishi@prettygraph.com if you'd like to discuss your needs.

Also, check out http://www.metricly.com and http://chart.io.
Austin, TX - Indeed.com - one search, all jobs.

We're a job search engine. We're hiring for the following engineering jobs, all in more detail at http://www.indeed.jobs/

* Jr. Linux System Administrator

* Software Development Engineer

* Statistician / Quantitative Analyst

* User Interface Developer

* Web Front End Developer
YouTube forgets to count views
See "302 views" number. It's sitting there for quite some time.
17-yo Girl Must Digest Brain Fluid Inside Her Belly to Survive
You Don't Bring a Praseodymium Knife to a Gunfight
Somewhat customized Openbox. Six workspaces, everything keybound. I make heavy use of alt-drag and alt-middle-drag to move and resize windows without needing to find their targets. Control-fkeys for frequently opened apps like gnome-term, chromium, etc. Each workspace is a discrete task: writing code, testing, email/IM, etc. Helps keep me focused.

What I love about OB is that everything is configurable. A lot of WMs (ahem, metacity) give you no control over the basic operations because they can't imagine any other way to do it. If you find faster ways to do things, e.g. workspace warping with mousewheel, or reordering windows with win+middle click) OB actually lets you achieve them. It's all there in XML--and the defaults are well thought out, too.

I know several people who swear by xmonad, but I've never been able to deal with it for graphical work.
Yeah, this article sucked. Everyone knows MVNOs never make money.

I actually think Apple dodged a bullet by using AT&T instead of Verizon. Nobody with great mobile aspirations would ever build a CDMA phone that could only be sold in one country and on one network. Having a GSM radio is precisely what makes the iPhone successful globally.
The original essay is Reflections on Trusting Trust. http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html

Having already read it, I found the blog post linked here to be convoluted. While I guess I understand the desire to publish a blog post on the subject, I think it's weird to a) not include original thought to add, instead just essentially paraphrasing the story, and b) not link to the more coherent primary source.
About £15,000 living in London. More would have been nicer but didn't want to make things too comfy.
Interesting, programming language?
aint statistics grand!!!
unfortunately real life never learned statistics :(
stupid reality....
"[Doctors] get paid more w/ every test/procedure."

This is not generally true. As a physician, I don't get paid any more if I send people to get labs, XRays, MRIs, or any random expensive test.

The exceptions to this are if as a small business owner, I happen to also own the X-Ray machine, or lab. Or, if you personally perform a procedure (like a surgeon), then the procedure does get you paid more, but you generally get referred to the surgeon when you have a problem.

I agree the other incentives do exist though. "Cover your ass" and "patient demands". But those are an issue with malpractice liability and patient education perhaps.
New startup idea: manufacture ergonomic, mechanical split keyboards for less than $200.
is deprecated | has depreciated ?
I prefer WMII in VirtualBox as development enviroment.
http://wmii.suckless.org/
We're not really a startup, though we are small and dynamic enough that it feels like it. (It also feels like it because we're Daviding the Goliath incumbent telco up here, and we're kicking their slow, lazy, outmoded asses.)

Our founder (and current president and CTO) started off selling Gateway computers to Northern clients from a little shop in a town near the Knife called Fort Providence. Fifteen-odd years later we're pounding out wicked code that runs on our state-of-the-art satellite network. Lots of hard work from lots of smart people made this happen.
Notice "302 views" -- that number stuck on there for hours.
New startup idea: design an ergonomic laptop keyboard. My ThinkPad keyboard is the best laptop keyboard I've used so far, but I think it could still use an enormous amount of improvement.
>>They pre-decide the direction of the project with no or minimal data and then go about collecting selective data supporting their direction.

I associate this behavior with (impulse) buying. Some like to think they are buyers who base their decisions on rationale rather than feelings, when in reality they buy based on emotion only to rationalize it later.
It always irks me that in 1908 the Model T Ford got 25 MPG and now over 100 years later we are barely doing any better.

In 1993 Ben Rosen, (former chairman of Caltech as well as Compaq Computer) founded Rosen Motors with his brother Harold, and by 1997 had a car in testing that could achieve 45-80 mpg ( http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18675990.html ) It was a really cool idea. Sadly a number of issues killed the company even though initially funded with $24M. Still, 15 years ago this 2025 goal might have been met if only their business model was better thought out.

Stepping off my soapbox... feet nice & clean.
Bloomberg, NY, London & elsewhere.

News R&D is looking for people to work on a real time news search engine. Great place to work on interesting problems.

http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/jobs/job27500.html
http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/jobs/job27499.html

Also,

http://careers.bloomberg.com/hire/experiencesearch.html
IPPLEX is hiring System Administrators and Database Management positions in the Santa Monica area.

http://www.ziprecruiter.com/job/System-Administrator-Databas...
I used to have one like that, and I threw it away :( ...
Wow, I'm a genius today. Thanks, though.
According to "suit logic", it absolutely makes sense. hey're trying to upsell the visitors. Whether that's actually profitable, I don't know.

They want to have it both ways: have google crawl and report there's a page there without registering, and then try to upsell the humans that come by. It's sleazy.
Did you know that Apotheker is the dutch word for Pharmacist?
Google Acquires Impressive Touchscreen Keyboard Startup BlindType
Eik Bank skal sælges i stumper
WindowMaker. I wish it were more keyboard driven, but I find it's window arrangement and Xinerama support to be the crucial features.

I've also been meaning to give a modern tiling window manager (I've used ratpoison in the past) e.g., Xmonad a try.
Apparently the $2 that normally goes to typesetting the book in something other than MS Word, and the $1 that pays the editor to not edit my correct grammar into incorrect grammar went directly to me.
I suspect the proper word here would have been "phenomenon". Except it isn't.