skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
22 CV's received so far!

Looks like I'm going to be kept busy. I will do my absolute best to respond to each and every one of you but you will need to be patient.

Anyone else looking to send me a CV, please fire away but it would help if you could include info on what you would like me to focus on, eg. are you concerned about specific content, is it the layout or format that you feel is letting you down, etc.

UPDATE:

That figure has now doubled and I'm looking at over 40 CV's in my inbox. I'll get started on them tonight and see how many I get through.
I just have 20 minutes to go to office and back, each way.

But before eating slowly and with pleasure, that had no effect. Now i'm losing a lot of weight, i think.

Need a scale to confirm that. :)
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Even worse, the narrative will now be 'Digg is losing its numbers and was caught out artificially inflating their advertisers articles on the site'
I'm think my CV is pretty well polished, but I've never asked for professional feedback on it, so let me know what you think: http://www.puremango.co.uk/2009/08/php-cv/

I'm particularly interested in whether you think the order of sections (education->work->general->personal) works, and whether my copy sells.

Thanks for the offer!

PS: I'm not looking for work at the moment, so please prioritise my request lower than those who are currently seeking.
The way I see it - forms, multipart-post, etc came first, and then people found a way to abuse this to create login forms. Actual "HTTP Authentication" does a Base64 encode to make it Unreadable to the naked eye. It would be nice if I could tell the browser to hash the data before sending it to the server like so:

<input type="password" name="secret" hash="yes" />
It looks like watch is usually used on Linux. watch(8) for FreeBSD is something totally different.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/*bsd-17/linux-watch-...
gnu-watch, cmdwatch, gnuwatch etc.
It appears to be a network issue at my host. Sorry about the downtime. I'm certain it will be resolved shortly.
Metaphors are less effort to bike-shed than the underlying concept. Witness the undying car analogy, or the "C is a hammer" nonsense from a couple of days ago.

Yes, it's boring; yes, it's intellectually lazy and useless. No, it's not going away.
It was a very naive implementation and it clearly has several faults. Thanks for pointing some of them out. There isn't any solid use case, and we're all better off letting nginx/apache/$SERVER handle the encryption rather than doing it inside the application.

I was just trying to jump on the "Look mommy! Look at what I can do with Javascript and HTML5" bandwagon :)
I've just had a very quick look and my instant opinion would be to change how you clarify your responsibilites.

Whilst the paragraph descriptions are well written my suggestion on your current role for example would be to keep the first paragraph in place and immediately after that I would bullet point a list of your primary responsibilities.

Overall it is a decent CV but I'll have a proper look and send you the feedback directly over the next day or two.
is anyone commenting here female? or have anecdotes with respect to how women are effected? i'm particularly curious because of the physical and hormonal changes that a woman goes through with respect to child birth and breast feeding, etc. how are the time, side-project, changes curves effected in this particular case?
Imagine Cup IT Challenge - are you up to it?
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Sort of, on Linux. See my comments elsewhere on this page for an inotify "replacement" of atchange, and notes on why it won't do quite the same thing as the perl script.
MITM over wifi isn't much harder than this attack, you've just got to convince people to associate with your AP rather than the default. Ettercap has been able to do that sort of thing for years; all that's needed is a swanky front-end.
Almost all the time, also I feel even more guilty for not helping them out enough.
PHP, Rails, Django and ASP.NET come to mind. Anything more specialized tends to cater towards letting content owners edit things, which necessarilly puts "Rich Editor" on the feature list, which in every case makes it useless for developers.
Thanks for the feedback! I don't mind claiming the amount of the sale as a taxable gain, the only bad scenario would be having to claim all or most of it as ordinary income. This was just one website of many I operated under an LLC, so I didn't sell the whole company, just some specific assets. It was done on Flippa, the eBay of website selling, with a sale price of $90k.
I wanted this thread to a single place for people to list what they can offer.
Congrats! How are you coping with the sleep deprivation?

I'm a father to a 6 month old boy and I got to a point where I was so tired I felt I could see through time.
I have a little boy who just turned 7 months old yesterday. I spent a good part of the night in the emergency room because he had uncontrolled vomiting.

It's definitely a trip, but I love it. Starting a business around it is hard. I applied to YC, but I'm fairly confident I won't get in because I can't live in California for 3 months.

Contrary to what some other people on here have said, I've actually found more time to work on side projects and my startup. If my son wakes up at 330 and wants food, I'll just stay up then and I have a good 3 hours of uninterrupted work time (he'll usually go back to sleep after the bottle).

Having a little boy motivates me much more than not having one. I want to build a successful company that makes me independently wealthy so at some point, I can spend my time with him and the rest of my family.

I also enjoy being young and having a son (I'm 26). I'll be 43 when he goes to college, which means I'll be young enough I could do another startup then.
Wow, instant feedback! Thanks :) I'll have a think about what my responsibilities actually are!
No, one of my goals in life is to save all humans. Though I could give myself some fuzzies in the meanwhile by donating to Village Reach and saving the life of an infant.http://www.givewell.org/international/top-charities/villager...

I will match the next $100 donated to Village Reach, reply here with proof of your donation and then I'll donate.
I've got a 4 year old and a 6 year old. All valid things you raise here, and they certainly still apply with mine at their current age.

A positive though, that may not apply to everyone, but certainly applied to me: They make you grow up

Suddenly there are other people that really depend upon you. Whilst finding the time to get a startup running is harder, I think the motivation to succeed is stronger than it was when it was just me with few cares in the world.
Living with one child is like living with a demanding, but mostly reasonable, roommate who really likes spending time with you until she goes to bed early.

Having two or more children is like living in a circus where all the performers are deaf.
Ask HN: Should tiered-priced apps charge a premium for SSL support?
With the recent widespread attention of session hijacking thanks to Firesheep, I'm hopeful that more developers are going to think seriously about ways to prevent it. With SSL being an obvious solution, I'm wondering if it's reasonable for services like typekit to only offer SSL serving to their top-paying customers.<p>(I don't mean to pick on typekit, but they're the only example I could find at the time)<p>Given the ease of making sites with some kind of login functionality these days, it seems that being able to use SSL should no longer be seen as a premium service.
Looks like the "HN Effect" is making the site unavailable. Saw it briefly earlier and looked great!
Hm, I am not sure WePay is ready to be making these kind of gestures. I thought I would take a quick look to see if it would be a viable option to receive payments in the UK.

Their FAQ page (https://www.wepay.com/about/faq) features a nice little graphic of questions being asked from all over the world. Great, I thought - one thing PayPal was a bit rubbish at to start with was international payments - WePay must have cracked it.

Down we go to question 13 (https://www.wepay.com/about/faq#thirteen) and we see that no, WePay doesn't accept international payments!

I would rather try and unfreeze my money than not receive any at all.
I have a 3yo and 14mon old. Just about everything revolves around them, except for a precious couple of hours in the evening, when I have to decide between programming etc. and cleaning up. Because of professional demands on my time (tech lead at web dev shop), my wife ends up bearing a much larger share of the responsibilites for the household than either of us would like. If there isn't some kind of professional pot o' gold after all my effort, the inequity will just seem unfair -- and in retrospect I will just look like a typical selfish guy. The fussing seems constant sometimes, which is wearing on the nerves. Although I do spend several hours with the kids everyday (daycare exit to bed time), I'm too tired to be the engaged parent that I thought I would. "Inspiration .... to do more"? Absolutely. The financial pressure has increased tremendously. But these are 'the rough times' .... right?
Be honest and be specific. Leave out flowery points like Liasing with various departments & attending meetings for example.
Yes, you are right- You found the first errata!

At least the intent of the code is still clear.
No, it's not "just an implementation detail". I don't want to get into the details here, but your assumption that having your strings in one encoding composed conceptually of code points in a different encoding is not necessarily the way to go. I was on a JCP expert committee that rejected that option for Java, but that doesn't mean it couldn't end up best for Arc. It's just not as easy a decision as you imply. There are alternative approaches with different pros and cons, and since these abstractions all leak, you need to make a cross-implementation decision so that you don't end up with different coding practices on different platforms. Plus all the other issues that Unicode presents that make parsing a challenge that might have implications for a language that is famous for parsing and rewriting its own source at runtime.... These could all be worked out through a vigorous discussion process among a diverse group large enough to make sure that the implications of each approach are understood, but Graham doesn't work that way.
1) Which states are preferable in terms of tax in a start-up? If there is any states of particular preference at all.

2) My impression seems to be that registering your company in Delaware is more of a priority "down the line", even though it seems to be the go-to place for many companies. Is Delaware the place to go, or what is the current wisdom?

3) If I move from a European country to the US, should I expect to be taxed by the country where I spend more than six months a year, or are there things to look out for such as the risk of double taxation?
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Here is some retro-awesomeness for all of you who grew up in the 80’s.
Offer HN: SEO Help
Hi guys!

I've been lurking here for a while, and I feel like giving something to the community.

You all, who help out the entrepreneurs, are more valuable than you think.

I want to help your startup with SEO.
On-page optimization, keyword-usage, titles, descriptions, link building advice, even some Internet Marketing advice.

I've been working as an SEO consultant (on my own) in Sweden for almost two years.

In spite of me being in Sweden, most of my clients are from the US, and I've even held a couple of speaking gigs in LA, SF and NY for SMBs.

Some clients: IKEA, Scandinavian Airlines (through marketing firms I work with), as well as some niche clothing stores.

You could ask your questions here or email hn.seohelp@gmail.com

I need: The URL of the website; some keywords and what your site is about.

Have a great day, everyone!
I've a 2 year old son. A lot of comments about sleeplessness and being on call 24/7 stop applying after a few months, when a baby sleeps through the night.

I find I have less time in front of the computer, but more motivation and inspiration while I'm there. I still have plenty of energy and time to create interesting projects (http://yieldthought.com/post/1345897970/10-flaws-that-made-m...). I had more time beforehand, but I can't point to anything worthwhile that I achieved with it.
Why is it that the "western world" rank low in corruption?
Am I the only one having problems downloading the ebook after purchasing?
seems relevant to this topic is this blog post about having a special needs child, in relationship to happiness and children:
http://jenniferlawler.com/wordpress/?p=747

Was highly voted up in HN
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1539833
So true! I'm parent to a couple of twins (2.5yo) and the selective deafness is what really puts me down
What a coincidence! A few days ago I had some ideas about CV reviewing, and since you're a recruiter, could you provide some feedback if the service would be useful? :) http://www.inerciasensorial.com.br/2010/10/14/geral/crowd-re...
I was illustrating the point that even the most minor of things can have many completely different looking but acceptable solutions.

There's way way more than "one or two" ways to solve it if a non-programmer is judging. Non-programmers won't have a command of the language necessary to parse uncommon syntax and idioms.
Don't wait for superman
Apparently you have none. Kids, I mean.
I understand an aesthetic problem with vertical asymmetry and non-alignment in conveying this meaning, as with a '^'. It's off the main-line of text. It's pointing away from the content. It doesn't connect strongly to the substance.

I don't see the aesthetic advantage of 'fill up most of the space' -- as long as the glyph is easily recognizable and draws the eye to the substantive info.

Conveying motion to the substance (as with '>' or to a lesser-extent the leaning '//') fits the meaning of an outlink.

Providing a reminder of the elided part (as how ':' or '//' is suggestive of the missing 'http://) also fits the link usage.

I think '@' works for naming identities because it's evocative of email addresses and often read as 'at', suggesting a destination. Not sure why '#' won out; the familiarity of web users to '#anchors' in a page doesn't seem salient enough.

'$' and '&' have such strong meanings they're harder to overload for other purposes.
do you have any generally applicable advice based on your past experience and the responses you've received so far?

i'm attempting to write my first CV as a developer applying for an open position and am feeling a bit overwhelmed.

thanks for the offering up your expertise!
Just out of curiosity; I would like to see your own pages.
I have two kids, aged 7 and (nearly) 5. Yes, it absolutely changes your life. The degree to which it does, however, is up to you.

My wife and I waited 'til we were both 30 to have kids (we had been married since we were 24). Because we waited, we decided that we'd go all in when we did have kids--one of us would be at home with the kids, and likely homeschool (which we are doing). We made the commitment to change our lives in order to be parents. We weren't going to shoehorn kids into our lifestyle.

Additionally, be ready to sacrifice your time for your partner/spouse's sake, especially during infancy. Both parents need some time away, particularly if one is at home with the child. Early on, I considered my time at work my "free time," and was willing to give up trips to the climbing gym in the evenings so that my wife could get out of the house. As I said, this is only temporary, and as your kids get older, it's easier to share what you love with them (that's why we've never stopped climbing since we had kids--we can easily do it together, and the many road trips have provided lots of bonding experiences).

Another thing I've come to realize is that raising your children really is a way to make a positive contribution to the world. The work you do as a parent is profoundly important, more so than any hacking project or start-up. You will have time for your own big ideas again, so don't waste the opportunity you have with your kids.
"At least we're doing better than Uruguay and France."

As a Uruguayan, I wouldn't say so :) , and the point is:

"it seems the pesky ghost of Watergate just won't go away"

The perception of corruption in the US comes from the high-level cronyism in the Bush administration, not from Watergate. (Enron, Halliburton and Dick Cheney don't have a good reputation on these parts). And I'm certain there will be some mud on the Democrats' side as well afterwards.

In Uruguay we do have some problems with high-level corruption, but it's the low level small things that put us on a slightly lower level than the US.
Mind reading application
My understanding is it will appear on the kindle in the near future (though I don't know the process for this 100%)
The trouble with these consolidation threads is that they disappear down the listings so quickly that no-one will add their offer to it when it's on page 5.
Once again VPN and SSH tunnels will only solve a certain class of problems. End-to-end encryption is a good start. Restricting the session token to only one/few IP addresses could help solve a small subset of issues. Server authentication is a good thing to have as well. What am I missing?
IDOS emulator hits the App Store, gets pulled in record time
Yes- I believe it will show up in a week or two.
Location-based deals.
Local businesses have lots of choices when it comes to promoting deals and rewards. But Where’s advantage, for now, is its location-based mobile technology, and its highly targeted ad network. Location based deals are popping up fast each day.
A stronger sense of nationalism than tribalism, perhaps? More faith in government institutions, because they've been around longer?
I have a 4 year old boy and a 7 year old girl. It's an amazing experience bringing children in to the world and raising them to be decent, loving, energetic, passionate, all that stuff. And I totally agree with bmj when he said raising children should make a positive contribution to the world; my wife and I are completely dedicated to ensuring our kids question, learn, play and enjoy life to the max.

And I'm also a CTO at a new venture, with all the pain and hard work that involves. And it is hard with kids, keeping the balance, etc. However, it is that balance that keeps me sane, the kids bring joy when the job sucks, and vice versa.

I bloody love being a parent.
Angry Developer Transforms Anti-Piracy System Into Music Download Site
General advice is quite difficult.

If you're looking for structural ideas, take a look at user24's CV that he linked below. His structure is ideal. Simplistic and logical but make sure you read the feedback I gave him on listing his responsibilities.

Once you have the CV put together, send it to me and I'll do my best to be as constructive as possible as it's much easier to advise when referencing a specific CV.
> Having a little boy motivates me much more than not having one. I want to build a successful company that makes me independently wealthy so at some point, I can spend my time with him and the rest of my family.

That's an admirable goal but don't sacrifice too much of your time with the family now chasing after the dream of time with your family later.
Yahoo Mail revamp first impressions: It's much faster, search lags
we just have different sets of toys that's all !
My kids are the same age and I agree completely. At some point after my kids were born I found that the change in responsibility made many other areas of my life simpler.

Once I began to understand how I could fully commit myself to my children and what it means to have kids that fully depend on you, many other things became easier to prioritize and commit to, or reject. It was easier for me to focus at work and realize that I need to make that time valuable, it was easier to exercise and eat right, it was easier to say to no to people and drop activities that were not core to what I was doing. Maybe clarity around priorities is what changed the most for me.
SAP Reports 20% Growth in Revenues for the Third Quarter
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Windows at least chops off 2GB for itself so you only have 2GB of the address space. Other OSes chop off similar chunks.
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completely agree; they only grow up once.
Free press, free speech, anti-corruption laws, many rules and protocols in business proceedings. Higher standard of living and higher income provide less incentive for illegal activities.
Farmville creator faces lawsuit
FARMERS will have a delay harvesting their crops in Farmville.

It’s because, Zynga.com, maker of a popular facebook game Farmville is now facing lawsuit for violating federal law.
It seems to be working fine for others right now- Please let me know at lisperati@gmail.com if you continue to have problems.
How is the quality on the motors that adjust these? I've heard about those Geekdesks, that was a good business idea IMO. I think I still like Steelcase better just because it adjusts by hand and there aren't as many moving parts or a motor to potentially burn out and replace.
Nope- Just a random major outage at dreamhost- now fixed (hopefully)
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What's wrong with GitHubs solution? As I understand it, only insensitive stuff is available in the unencrypted session, while writes and sensitive stuff goes via unsidejackable HTTPS. Stealing a read-only Facebook/Twitter session is much less critical, and allows for CDNs etc.
I think it shows relatively advanced stages of eugenics actually.

We need to evolve more to kill corruption. is practically a marketing slogan already.
Hmm... I tested on Safari yesterday, seemed fine... I will test in the morning again.
one thing I don't see mentioned so far is that children give you some perspective on leadership.

this means:

1) learning how to communicate values (as opposed to rules)
2) learning how to steer them away from paths that are not opportunities for growth and into those that are.

these are both things that any development team could use
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Interesting approach.

To be honest any recruiter posting someones CV publicly asking advice on suitability for a specific job is going to get torn to shreds.

Recruitment is an incredibly cut throat, incestuous market and any recruiter worth his salt won't be faced with ambiguity over whether or not a CV would be suitable for a job.

Most CV's that are difficult to interpret tend to be specialist skillsets and 9 times out of 10 a vacancy that requires a niche skillset will have agencies that specialise in that area and understand the skillset working on it.
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