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but if you live in California I wonder what criteria you feel she should be evaluated on besides her history running a tech giant

Indeed, taking her experience into account, and comparing it to that of Barbara Boxer, is a good idea when you're deciding for whom to vote (unless you're just going to vote on ideology as most people do anyway). But the subject then is still "politics" rather than "tech news".
Unfortunately this is beyond scope of this offer. I can help you with one screen that you are not satisfied with, but design of application takes a lot of time.
Yes, plus you'll be doing less rewriting because you spend more time and thoughts on getting it right in the first place.
Yes, that is an integration test. You need both.
You have that backwards. An exponential bound (c^n) will massively dominate a quadratic bound (n^2). For lower bounds, smaller is better.
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I hear you but I disagree about not being able to pull off your first startup with a baby. I'm in the beginning stages of my first startup and I find that having children has inspired me to use my time as wisely as possible. I'm better with money now and because my daughter doesn't ever seem to want to stop moving I'm much more active than I was.

I don't really find myself needing to work a lot of hours to make things happen so I'm able to spend plenty of time with my daughter. I have another kid on the way and while I've scaled back my feature list slightly for my next release I'm not terribly concerned about the impact to the business for a few months while I wait for things to settle down. I might be the exception to this though but so far it's been good.

You're 100% correct about how great children are. Children are totally amazing. My daughter is the happiest person I've ever met. She has no idea what I'm doing or why but she loves having me around. Part of why I started this company was to (eventually) spend a lot of time with her as she gets older. I remind myself of that whenever I get discouraged.
Positives: It does seem to load pages faster. Nearly instant instead of the 1-2 second delay I was used to with the previous version.

Still seems a little buggy though. Unread count in my browser title includes all the spam messages. Can't turn off automatically signing in to IM.
Can't be Mike and Molly, since he mentions 9 years after walking through. It has to be something in the 92-93 period.

That would also fit the timeline he seems to be following.
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Ask HN: Have you ever saved your employer big money through simple change?
I work for a large company and recently came up with an idea that saved the company around 75k (pounds) a year - not a huge saving but for what the change is and the effort involved it was.

I work in an office and I have to lock my machine when I go away from my desk. 15 minutes after I lock my machine a screensaver kicks in showing all things bank related and after a further half hour the monitor goes into standby. One morning, after being horribly hungover, I noticed that in my vicinity around 25 machines all had screensavers on (the team adjacent to mine were in a meeting). This got me to thinking how much money and energy was being wasted by screensavers alone.

So after speaking to some people and doing various presentations (it's amazing how convulated the process is to change something simple!) it was agreed the company branded screen saver was to be replaced for a blank one (this was needed to ensure the machine was put into lock mode) and monitor standby initiated 44 minutes earlier than the original configuration. This saves 44 minutes of power at 35 watts, where previously the monitor would display a company branded screen saver. With over 100,000 desktops in the estate, this saved energy costs when the PC is not in use in the region of £75k p.a.

From a technical perspective this was a simple, low risk change to implement and was delivered on time and with zero budget (aside from platform development man hours).

I wondered if anyone else had saved money through simple change? If you work for a large company you may also want to ask the question 'do we need a screensaver'!

Would love to hear some of the ways you have saved money for your company!
This poll kind of sucks? I am a member of okcupid and a pay dating site and not in a relationship.

It doesn't capture the fact that I have met and dated off of okcupid and pof, and not off of pay sites.
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My brother is dating someone he found on okcupid.
programming: "how would you take a word list and partition it into sets of anagrams?". touches on some very basic data structures and algorithms, shows that the candidate is at least familiar with arrays and hashes and knows when to use which. it's amazing how many people don't get it, even when given an hour to do it on an actual computer.

design (with the aid of a whiteboard): how would you go about writing a call-graph explorer? start with the high level pieces and go into more detail as asked.

algorithms: "there are data structures that make tradeoffs between various operations (give examples). can you design one that has O(1) insert and O(1) extract-minimum, with everything else running in as much time as you like?"

if you're asking about my favourite question i've been asked, it was "given a set of numbers from 0 to 2^n-1, with one missing, how would you find the missing number in one pass through the set and using at most n bits of extra storage" (took me embarrassingly many tries to get it, but it was a satisfying question to solve)
Indeed there is some trickery with the cause and effect of this statistic, but still 12.4 is big!
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My boss has the tremendous habit (when he is actually in the dealership), of coming into the office and looking straight at my screen, with the now dreaded words, "Is that work?", usually followed by "Come on [throwaway_burn]! Focus! Get some fucking work done!"

"I am getting fucking work done, Larry. This right here is work. Unless you know how to code a script to get the data this site needs from our web servers with no documentation, then this is how I know to solve that problem. Did you still want it solved or has something changed?"
No. For lower bounds, higher is better.
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Ask HN: How do I think more holistically?
I have noticed a trend: when I am developing and I find a solution to a difficult problem it is normally because in some way I have regained sight of the bigger picture. For example, I might see any easy way to sidestep the issue all together or I might gain an understanding of how seemingly disparate objects influence each other. To make matters worse, the more difficult a problem gets, the narrower and more intense my focus seems to come which blinds me even more to the bigger picture.

Does anyone experience this? Does anyone have a solution that works for them? Is "sightedness" just an attribute of inherent intelligence that I have no real control over?
Apparently the business closes for 4 days on Christmas which counts against their vacation time. That might not be legal.
I'm willing to bet the only people who don't connect "holographic universe" with "The Holodeck" are people like us that live on the internet and slept on a pile of physics books 10 years ago.
I'm in year 4 of my startup(s) and I just had my first child earlier this year. It's been very doable for me, but maybe it's because we're profitable. I can definitely see how it would have been tough in the beginning when it was all night coding marathons though.
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I think that the real answer to this lies in the support one has.

If you don't have a strong support network, can't afford for your partner (wife, husband, whatever) to stay home, can't afford a full-time nanny, or don't have any other form of dedicated help (parents, etc), the chances of launching a successful startup decreases with a baby in the mix.

Nothing is impossible. However, your chances of startup success go down if you're trying to juggle a newborn person with a newborn company. If you don't have help, I could see it being nearly impossible.
Well, a quadratic lower bound is better than an exponential lower bound, in the sense that the problem could still turn out to not be in EXPTIME but in PTIME.

It is worse in the sense that it tells us less about the actual complexity class the problem is in, so I guess it depends on what you interpret "better" to mean in this context.
You can get a good room in Dalston for £500 a month, starting salary should be from £25k and up.
I know it's not a ruby library, but I also know I don't know a lot about it.

Thanks for the link, I'll try to see if I can extract some usable concepts from it : ).
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Why were meetings more difficult than writing code?
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I've used Graphviz to make relationship diagrams to aid my communication with sighted people. There's an interesting Google Developer Podcast with T.V. Raman where he mentions programming directly in Postscript while he worked at Adobe.
I've used LaTeX for my personal documents (CV etc.) and sighted people have asked me how on earth I managed to produce such a nice document. I wonder how feasible it would be to use Metafont for more intense graphical expressions.
(And TDD is the only way to get tests you really trust)

Can you expand on this point? This is one aspect of TDD, which seems to focus most intensely on unit testing, I've never understood. Why wouldn't full-stack, acceptance testing be just as effective?
I've fallen for Scala, and want to use one of the frameworks that support it.

Lift requires use of Maven or sbt, both of which are annoying tools. I don't want you to force me to download stuff from the net every time I start a project! With most frameworks, I should be able to download a package that I can put on a laptop, disconnect, and build projects in a vacuum. Lift doesn't allow me to do this... also XML :(
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Have you tried taking control of his perception of your working day? I've had bosses in the past where the only way to manage them and their expectations was to maintain a narrative of what you were up to.

Perhaps you could schedule a weekly (daily) catch-up with your boss to explain what you're doing, any issues you've had etc. If he won't commit the time to sit down with you, email him a bulleted list of what you're doing that week/day. Don't get lost in the detail but try to highlight any particular wins (e.g. "the database server we'll need for the quotation site is up and running") and any particular roadblocks ("[web services firm] haven't sent the documentation through I requested. I've scheduled a call for Monday to try and get it sent"). If you're not making the progress you expected/hoped for, always present it in a positive light by explaining what you're doing to deal with it.

If he is always coming to you to find out what you're doing, it might be that he's doing it at the wrong time for him (when he's dealt with all his crises and is tired/stressed) or for you (when you're having a short HN-break in which case you appear to be 'always' slacking).
Just who does Jon Stewart think he is?
You could always say the lower bound is zero or some very small function. That's pointless and is not better in any sense.
Hi!

There is no one "best" setting, unfortunately. Here are some guidelines, though.

-- You have two real codec options in FLV: VP6 and H.264. H.264 compresses significantly better than VP6.

-- Bitrate and lossiness are directly linked. Increase bitrate and visual quality will go up (within limits, of course), and vice versa.

-- When using H.264, use Baseline profile if you're concerned about choppy video on slow computers. Main and High profiles compress better, but require more CPU to decode.

-- Use one of two encoding modes: 2-pass Variable Bitrate (VBR), or one-pass Constant Quality (e.g. CRF). One-pass VBR doesn't look good.

-- CRF mode (for x264) is great. It targets a fixed visual quality/loss, and the bitrate adjusts to match that. Think of it as an "auto-bitrate" feature.

This is a really general starting point. Any more specific questions I can answer?
Thanks for writing this! I also enjoyed the same game code books as a kid - looking forward to learning lisp.
Got it! I'll respond soon.
We are solely Erlang from the data processing to the web front end. Wouldn't change it for a thing.
Yeah, I have been doing this for a while, but something is going on as of late, they just don't stop coming, I double my rate and they still take it, double that the next time and they still take it. So I am on this treadmill where I can't say no and bringing people on, means having to stop to train. I am at that critical point where it is very hard to grow correctly but can't continue to handle it with the 3 people we have now, the other two where guys I worked with extensively so they where real easy to onboard, the next won't be so easy. Our time is so constrained that we don't even have time to build a company web site (pretty sure we are going to just sub that one out, but we still have to come up with the marketing messages). Not complaining though it is a good problem to have.
yea. I used to follow like 300+ users. One day I went to my twitter account and unfollowed everyone but those who tweeted only tech stuffs and only few tweets a day.

That really helped.

Thanks :)
I've thought about doing this. I think the biggest problem - aside from setting up the computer for text to speech - would be getting to work, and to other places. I'm familiar enough with my current route that I could walk there with a cane, I think, but crossing the street would be really hard. Especially since none of our walk signals are equipped with audio indicators.
You can get value out of writing a test after the fact. But the value is higher for a test that you have written before the code because you have seen the test go from failing to passing. This way you know it will also fail if you break the code in the future.

I also think writing the test before the feature will cause you to write better assert statements. If you write the test afterwards you'll tend to either assert everything (which leads to every test breaking on a small change), or to be horribly confused about what to assert and what not.
I usually prototype visual things or web-frontend things in actionscript, standalone or back-end in java. But right now I'm working on a web-app in Haxe (targeting PHP)
Well, I'd hope it was after going through uncertainty and points against. Otherwise, how do you know if the idea's any good?
Then why not go for an alternative approach?

Perhaps a capacitive touch screen with certain subtle audio and haptic feedback?

It seems like the mechanical approach current Braille devices use might've jumped the shark, and I wonder if the blind world doesn't need a system that's more easy to do in today's world.
Yes. Or he might just forget about it altogether.
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To start, I'll say that I think Oracle has damaged their Java brand with their lawsuit. I have no idea how things will end up in courts, but that is another matter. What Oracle is accusing Google of having done is hardly comparable to what thousands of programmers, myself included, have done in thousands of Java projects over the years. I understand the skepticism and doubts about the direction of Java under Oracle's guidance, but I certainly don't have any fears about using Java as I have been.
Without driver or map, vans go from Italy to China
Myspace, a good old ghost town
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Wow, got mini-digged for a few minutes there. Damn shared hosting...
Welcome to the world of multiple choice. Choose the one you most identify with.
Quit. Now.

This environment is noxious to your mental health, your sense of self-worth, your ability to get decent work in the future, and so on.

Quit. Now.

After you've handed in your notice, and they're exploding into fireworks of anger and "I can't believe this shit"-ness, tell them politely that you're available for consulting work with them over the weekends if they need help with the systems you've built for them, at a reasonable rate of £200/day.

Then go look for another job. You'll find one. IT staff are always in demand. If there really are no jobs where you live, move.
Does he actually write things in between the two? I hadn't noticed.
I simply can't imagine why one would not use Redis as a more central database

Here's my main reason: Redis is still very new and unproven. I'd feel extremely uneasy using Redis as a store for mission-critical data, and I can't really justify adding complexity to my server configuration for features that are not mission-critical.
I wouldn't. I want more taxes! We deserve a nanny state :)
You have something better than a degree, you have work experience. I really wouldn't be worried about the number of unemployed people around - you have specialized skills that are in demand and most of them don't. It may be that they'll all try to apply to any job they see, making the matching of jobs to candidates harder for all concerned but I really wouldn't worry about it too much.
Ask HN: When you have production issues, what chat application do you use?
Want to know what fellow HN'ers use -

1.) When you have a production issue going on ( and if you ever do production support), what chat application do you use ?

2.) Do you wish there was a better application than the one you already use ?

3.) If you do, does it have capability to put attachments, etc. inside it and store the timeline for post mortem ?

<p>I've not found one, which is stable, can be used internally(security concerns) and has the above. I'll start building one if I don't find one. One last check before I dive in.

Please let me know if you have any inputs.
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Mono does have a Silverlight alternative. So if you're able to switch to Silverlight in future then that might enable to create a crossplatform version.

Best of luck.
> Keep in mind, the degree of TDD insurance I'd pay for is different for every project--for a Mars Rover you bet I'll test my accessors.

Sure. If you write Mars Rover software you'll also want somebody to review your tests to make sure you didn't get the spec wrong. You can go infinitely deep here, and I'm not telling you which tradeoffs make sense for your app. I just know which ones I can live with for ours : ).
What if your startup is your baby?
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Thanks for this all. As a scared soon to be father, I don't know how I will ever fit my Hobby (coding time) in with kids and my girl. Its hard enough to make her happy. hah
Happen to agree with Jason on this one. So startups prior to marriage, working on my third when my first child was born. Moved to big corporate jobs with big perks for three years, then back to startups. We are at 3 kids (one of six weeks), and clearly the ability to work all night is constrained. And I am more tired.

However, I can guarantee on most days to have 90 minutes to 120 minutes of complete joy with my kids, and weekends that take me away from 'office work'.

And, that 36 hour weekend break is a weekly opportunity I have to review, contemplate, reprioritise--mostly holding this stuff in my head for the weekend. It was hard work at first and now it's something that I look forward to.

On the downside the costs of failure are disproportionately higher.

But that said - focus counts for a lot.
2 months is nothing. Try a year or two.
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I can lend a helping hand, tried to reach you but could'nt find email in the profile.
Let's assume that people generally date about 6 months before deciding to get married and let's assume that the average engagement is another 6 months. Given that, there is something wrong if you are signed up for one of these websites and get married in the same year. 12.4 is small.
Right now, I'm typing with a 4 month old on my lap. I'm into a second year of my latest startup. My wife works part time. I babysit 20 hours and work 60.

Agree with other comments that fewer all night sprints, some support, and profitability are more of a prerequisite though.

Maybe YCombinator and a baby are not possible? (Unless you are pg)
Using inputs from IMDB, I think these are the shows he is alluding to.

>Roll your freelance success into your first sitcom staff job. ... After three years of miserable, seventy hour weeks someone ... cancelled

My Two Dads http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092410/

>Facing unemployment, fight to get on a hit show that everyone else is fighting to get off of because the star ... my agent a mack daddy?"

Roseanne http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/

>the star, while undeniably talented, has a few personal issues not to mention a coke-addicted boyfriend

Roseanne (BoyFriend was Bill Pentland)

>Roughly nine years after walking through that first door, finally get a chance to create your hit sitcom.

Not sure, nothing on IMDB got cancelled in 5 weeks in this time period.

>Your employers think it's a swell idea but instead want you to write a sitcom about a blue collar single mom on videotape.

Grace Under Fire http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106017/

>gal cast by your employers to play mom, hates kids, hates people, hates sitcoms and, most importantly, hates you.

Brett Butler

>Quit the hit show you created and get right to work creating another hit sitcom for another wack-job diva because you are just plain stupid.

Dharma and Greg http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118303/

>when you're about to quit the business in disgust, write a pilot script with an old friend.

Two and a Half Men http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369179/
Interesting to see how everyone seems to be constantly picking on PHP, yet this poll shows that it's the second most used language used for our apps/startups.
What is the market for such a device? How many blind computer users are there? How many blind programmers?
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I think it is possible but is really hard, even if you are a dad.
2 years ago i started my startup here in Chile, but in that time things didn't work and i had to return to a regular job, i married and had a beautiful little girl 2 days after the Big earthquake here in Talcahuano.
This lasts months i have been constantly trying to go back with my "old" startup, but is difficult.

A lot of time i struggle with the ideas give to my family a better future or a better present, because as long as my experience says you have to take a lot of family time in order to success in your dreams and projects, specially when you are in a "regular" job.

Thanks god, now with the help of my wife we are getting back to work.
Seems that for a company like Righthaven there would be a pretty strong motivation to just find blogs that don't have a DMCA agent registration, post some copyrighted material in a comment area, and then sue.

I would hope that anyone who found themselves on the receiving end of such a lawsuit would do a little bit of detective work on the origin of the infringing content.
Do a rough NPV and bring this up in your annual review if they try to nickel and dime you on the raise.
Glad I could vote for more than one.
He wasn't offering him a job, I don't think :P
Right I call it the "no or grow" decision, I chose the latter, I just found out that the grow decision is a difficult one to make, we are working through it but it take time.
"In the best scenario imaginable for Oracle, it gets a little license money from Google and keeps Java under its control. But do you really, really think that will block the community or Google from leaving Java behind in the dust if necessary?"

I think the damage has already been done. Java will continue to be used for decades, but many developers are coming to the conclusion that it doesn't have much of a future. It will slowly become the new cobol.