skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Syllable.ai | Sunnyvale, CA | Full Time Remote and Onsite | Full Time | Email andrew@syllable.ai

Hi! At Syllable we're building natural language interfaces to enable healthcare companies to have a conversation with their customers and patients, through text or voice. We build NLP and AI tools to assist humans, reducing cost and improving service. We are a well funded start up that moves fast. As Senior Full Stack Engineer, you’ll have ownership of large projects and the ability to shape the product.

* Frontend: React, Redux, Webpack, React Native

* Backend: NodeJS, Python, Postgres, AWS, Docker

Requisites:

* 3+ years of hands on experience building frontend applications (mobile or web) and backend web services

* Ability to learn quickly and contribute to new stacks and technologies

Bonus Points:

* BS in Computer Science

* Interest / Experience in NLP / AI

Compensation:

* We offer Silicon Valley competitive market rate compensation

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Perks:

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* Great vacation plan, we encourage work life balance
So if you aren't in the top tier, fly Southwest as much as you can. I do. All the same seats with minor differentiation possible. There are many reasons they have been the only airline to be profitable for decades, but having good service for everyone is definitelty one of the reasons.
Also: does anyone see these programs and think wow, this airline UX is so awful I want to show them my loyalty so that eventually they'll stop trying so hard to make me unhappy?

I'm pretty convinced this all boils down to a sort of low-grade white collar corruption: people who travel a lot for business sometimes can get away with favoring one airline over another, where this decision costs the shareholders a little bit but only the employee who's traveling will notice. Then it makes perfect sense: the employee directs a little extra money from the treasury to the airline, the airline provides a kickback to the employee in the form of a little comfort or attention, and that explains the whole miles phenomenon.
Current US zoning creates vast swathes of single-family-housing-only areas. This segregation prevents a lifestyle of walking. In order to preserve the value of single-family houses, we've chosen to destroy the livability of the city.
But you can get a phone for 3-500 (xiaomi, oneplus) bucks that would be 90% as good. Samsung phones usually have BOGO deal so you can get them for 3-500 as well.
Imo getting your hands dirty is a prerequisite to understanding your team... and for me it's something you have to keep doing. I agree you shouldn't be the one making technical decisions, but wouldn't say DON'T get your hands dirty as a manager
Disclosure: I’m the founder of Semmle. As noted above, this conversation is a dup but I wanted to answer the questions that came up. Semmle’s core technology is an engine for variant analysis - finding all instances of a mistake that led to an incident, especially for security. Here's how Microsoft uses Semmle: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2018/08/16/vulnerabi... . The engine does support inter-procedural data flow analysis and simulates execution in that sense. For examples of such data flow analysis on Java, see https://lgtm.com/blog/apache_struts_CVE-2018-11776-part2.
Results from launching my side project: Estipad
I like this idea. I find it fascinating how many developers I've interviewed who still have not come across FizzBuzz, and how many of those cannot solve the problem. Some of the more interesting interviews I've given though have been with people who know the FizzBuzz problem, where I ask them to make the worst possible version of it that they can. It turns out to be more difficult than they think it will be, and a deeper thinking and communicating exercise than solving the simple FizzBuzz problem itself.
A lot of the people you're talking to won't even throw a prepared meal in the oven instead of having one delivered. Boiling water is definitely not going to be on the to-do list.
You don't think Apple is tracking your every move too?
How long does it take to draw a gun versus taking a second shot? Guns are great for offense, not so much for defense.

As with police in the US, the aggressor in an armed society have to be much more aggressive to get what they want and live. Robberies would drop. The criminals not willing to shoot first would find something else to do or transition into ones that shoot first. The violent crime that remained would be much more violent. This includes not only robberies, but also drunken disagreements, informal loans that have gone unpaid, etc. I don't think this is is a direction we want to go in. I mean, I appreciate the aesthetic, but I don't think it would work out very well.
As long as he manages to bail out before the whole thing falls apart.

The timing didn't work out for Sculley in '93, but maybe Tim will have better luck. Maybe "this time is different."
And those legitimate questions can be answered elsewhere. The elderly person wanting to chat is looking for an excuse so to do. They take one issue that justifies calling customer support and then once they have someone on the line throw in every other little detail. Younger people, who don't like talking to customer support, seek to limit their call to as narrow an issue as possible. Elderly callers enjoy expanding things. Whether they will admit so or not, what they really want is to keep the conversation going as long as possible.
Yeah, we get it, people who don't use Apple products exist. Not particularly relevant to the discussion though.
Compound | Sr. Engineer | San Francisco | NO REMOTE | ONSITE

Compound is an open-source software protocol for algorithmic, efficient Money Markets on the Ethereum blockchain.

We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our team of 7 including 4 engineers https://bit.ly/2yNyL3S

To make it easy for you to gain technical insight here's our whitepaper https://bit.ly/2EXCmSr We don't require experience
with our tech stack, just ability, and interest, in learning. For more details on the role, check the description here https://compound.finance/jobs

Give Compound a try. We are live and on a mission to make Ethereum assets more efficient and productive. https://compound.finance/

Ping me directly if you or someone you know might be interested. I'd love to tell you more- Emily emily@compound.finance
Choose-A-Conduct Org – Code of Conducts in Three Words or Crack a Joke
AI Projector: quickly prototype your computer vision software
Director of UX | New York, NY | https://grnh.se/ea38166a1

Senior UI Engineer | New York, NY | https://grnh.se/ea38166a1

Integrations Manager | New York, NY | https://grnh.se/ea38166a1

Client Support Engineer | New York, NY | https://grnh.se/ea38166a1

Product Engineer | Wellington, NZ | https://grnh.se/ea38166a1

Product Engineer (Mobile) | Wellington, NZ | https://grnh.se/ea38166a1

Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer | Wellington, NZ | https://grnh.se/ea38166a1

Sailthru is one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in NYC. Our retail and publishing customers are among the largest organizations worldwide and they use our platform to provide a connected customer experience across email, web and mobile. We use data science to drive predictive marketing. We're a technology team that...

--Is composed of small collaborative teams across engineering, data science, data platforms, and ops

--Solves challenges that make a real impact on the day-to-day operations of our 400 customers

--Scales our platforms to handle billions of monthly inbound and outbound messages

--Works in a leading-edge, technology-focused environment

--Makes significant contributions to the scalability of our technology and has a voice in the direction of our product
and operations

Sailthru Careers Page: https://grnh.se/ea38166a1
Chrome Apps are deprecated [1] for all platforms except Chrome OS.

[1] https://blog.chromium.org/2016/08/from-chrome-apps-to-web.ht...
Weed is closer to alcohol in this regard. People smoke cigarettes because it looks cool. People drink or smoke pot because they're mind altering substances. Movies/music/etc. already portray smoking pot (whether it's cool or not is up to you I guess) so that horse is out of the barn.

"Will Kids think it's cool" isn't really a good argument in favor of prohibition. If anything, so far the (small amount) of data seems to show that legalization doesn't really impact things too much in regards to kids smoking in states its been legalized in. The teen usage is about the same, but it's still a super new thing so who knows how that plays out long term.
Current Manager. It's "Support Engineering" but currently:

- Metrics for the business to understand what our pain points are

- 1:1 Prep and post 1:1 vision planning ("Is everyone aligned?")

- Performance review prep (time of year)

- Chasing down other managers to try and get problems fixed that were surfaced in 1:1s

- a "net" above the team, to filter out any business side bs that would go their way that would be a distraction. (The team has to trust that I have their best interest in mind. That's why a net, I let them know, and they can see)

- Capacity Planning (Do we have enough people for the growth plan? Oh, did the growth plan get updated? Lemme take another look...)

- Hiring

- Reviewing Resumes

- Are our policies up to date?

- Process thinking (usually surfaced by pain points from 1:1s)

It's a lot of meta thinking
I was just wondering how having only a knife helps with eating. The knife will just make the food bite-sized - though, how do you fixate the meal while cutting? Then it struck me - you'll use your other hand for that and also for moving the piece to your mouth. I'd argue this is the actual problem with this BYO-knife-mentality.
SEEKING WORK

Full stack software developer.
I have over 20 years software development experience . I'm available for remote work. I have very competitive rates too and open to all offers :)

Some but not all my skillset:-

Python
Golang
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C#
Mysql
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Angular
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Docker
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My email is callagg3
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Please feel free to reach out with any questions.Cheers!
Minix had a proprietary license that forbade distributing altered copies (but not patches, but managing patches "out of tree" was unwieldy). Minix 3 is (I believe) gpl.

So free of any Minix code, means, it's free software, primarily. Not really a slight against Minix, per se.
Personal Capital does this. They require your cell phone number for 2FA, but they call you to try to sell you financial advisors (and they know how much money you have because you've links your accounts).

I still use it though, it's valuable enough to me to put up with it.
Who keeps their phone for 5 years. The battery will be bad in 2 years. Replacing it requires disassembling a phone.
It depends on what counts as services...
The problem that Facebook solves is finding a way to contact someone when all you know is their name. If you don't have a phone number, address, or email but you know First and Last (or even First - if you have related friends), then Facebook still works to get in touch. Whereas phone books for personal numbers aren't really a thing. Facebook is that phone book.
Android is ten years old
Of course. I'm just saying that for most people their phone is by far their most important and intensively used product they own.

And so if you need a product like that I am sure you would be willing to absorb higher prices. Which is what people are doing.
What are you buying for iOS and In-App? I've only spent maybe $100 in total on iOS apps, across a good five years

I think my only MacOS app expenditure was parallel and daisy disk.

My Apple costs is almost purely hardware
> ensures minority rights.

Except when they don't, like in the case of the 'muslim ban' and the specific case here with the creation of a new monopoly.
Front-End Angular Developer

Location: Europe

Remote: Yes, remote only

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: HTML, CSS, Sass, DOM, JavaScript, ES6/7/8, TypeScript, JSON, AJAX, HTTP, Web APIs, RESTful APIs, Bootstrap, Angular, RxJS, NgRx, Ionic, Angular Material, Wijmo, Karma, Jasmine, Protractor

Résumé/CV: https://nunoarruda.com/resume.pdf

Email: nuno@nunoarruda.com

Hi, I'm Nuno, a Result-Oriented Front End Angular Developer with a strong technical skill-set, attention to detail, and 16 years of experience. I have a passion for translating beautiful designs into functional user interfaces and building great web applications.

I actively seek out new technologies and stay up-to-date on industry trends and advancements. Continued education has allowed me to stay ahead of the curve and deliver exceptional work to each employer I’ve worked for - both full-time and contract.

I've successfully delivered projects like a CSS UI library used by 17,000 employees, a mobile app that has 120,000+ users, and an award-winning payroll system used at 400+ sites. I've done frontend work for Adobe, Webflow, Bayer, among other companies.

I've been working remotely for the last 5 years for clients and companies worldwide. I can be flexible in order to have overlapping working hours with a distributed team.
Serious question: google has no helpdesk at the consumer level and a very fractured one in corporate space. (I have GPC. AdWords and some other relationships for work aside from my personal google id so I do believe I know something of what I write, because I've seen at least two or three of the many sides of their product space beyond consumer ones)

Does anyone believe they could run some kind of helpdesk at consumer scale FOR PROFIT?
It seems a ridiculous opinion to say privatize everything, but I've seen more and more politicians in the US who support that, or at least that's what I hear when they talk about privatizing education, healthcare, and even the FAA.

I agree that, as you point out, some government services are terrible for certain groups of people (poor and minorities), but I don't think that's an argument for privatization because at least we try to pretend we hold the government to those standards. Nobody pretends that we do or even can hold corporations to any sort of standards. Sometimes there's regulation to help with that, but it's fought kicking and screaming the whole way from the regulated industry and is followed by constant lobbying to repeal or relax said regulation.
The market isn't always very intelligent - these are absolutely incredible numbers IMO
Location: United Kingdom - Bristol

Remote: no

Willing to relocate: No, I already moved to Bristol

Technologies: Python, Django, Neural Networks (Keras), Computer Vision (scipy, openCV), HTML, CSS, Javascript, Linux, Ansible

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-frenzel/

Email: hn@relatedworks.com

Hi, I am an experienced python developer (8 years) specialized in Django. During this year I wrote my diploma in computer science with the focus on neural network for depth map reconstruction and would like to further improve my knowledge in deep learning. Generally speaking, I really like working as a developer, but if there would be the possibility to gain more experience working with neural networks (and image processing), it would be the perfect opportunity for me.

I am looking for a short-term opportunity for around 3 months and I am currently available.
I always hear that there are issues with Android devices getting the latest security updates, etc since there are manufacturer and carrier dependencies.

Is that still the case or just urban myth at this point?
I'm OK with Macbook's prices, but not with their abysmal keyboards. I'm not buying another one until that is fixed.
Rigetti | Quantum Computing | Berkeley, CA | Onsite

Rigetti Computing is building the world’s most powerful computers to help solve humanity’s most pressing and important problems.

We're hiring software engineers, data engineers, and data scientists as well as for other positions: https://www.rigetti.com/careers

We're particularly interested in engineers and scientists who are comfortable working with manufacturing and experimental data. Prior experience with SQL, Julia, Python, Typescript, Docker, and/or visualization is helpful, as is a background in the physical science or experience working in a laboratory setting. If this sounds like you, please also email alex.mellnik@ and steven@ the expected suffix directly.
I have travelled a few times to Munich and never had anyone bump into me (you're not talking of Oktoberfest, are you?).

However, there is one such city for me, it's the only city I ever got bumped into twice in a single day by (seemingly sober) busy pedestrians: Prague
This is the death knell for Flickr. I've relied heavily on Flickr advanced search to find nature photos of particular plant and animal species. This new policy will undoubtedly results in many photos being deleted, and therefore limiting the search results. Their large archive of photos is/was a real asset, albeit one they haven't been smart enough to monetize effectively. Deleting these photos is just another small step in the slow disintegration of the site, sadly.
I got my start as a pixel editor/animator using Deluxe Paint and Deluxe Animator for DOS at Virgin Games.

Hand anti-aliasing, selecting your limited palette, and working with the hardware and screen constraints was fun. But, we at the time (early 90s) couldn't wait to have more colors and more resolution and more framerate and more memory.

So, folks today get to choose their constraints, which is important to most art, and the results are lovely.
What the hell, I'm paying extra for hbo on dish and it's blocked? AT&T is disgusting, commercials are coming that's what. They ruined hbo.
iMessage is a surprisingly good platform lock-in for the mac, too. I didn't realize how much of my normal Messages/SMS happens on my computer until I tried to switch to linux. No more "let me just text this link to someone..." or "ha ha, let me share this meme with my friend" without it.

I mean you COULD, but then you have to go convince your friends to use $alternateMEssenger instead of their phone's built-in SMS app.
Too bad it doesn't support macOS.
How to Find the Video Games of Your Youth
> I'm a regular at a few places, and I treasure that status and the privilege that comes with it, and wouldn't go trying to fuck it up unless I was prepared to completely burn that bridge.

Same. In fact, I tend to think that the "cost" of being a regular includes specifically NOT complaining too much or throwing your weight around. The benefit is great and preferential service, oftentimes free stuff, and so on.
Synthetic Minds (YC S'18) | mostly ONSITE in SF | First non-founder engineers

We're building program synthesizers, i.e., automation that can write code.

I have an MVP in production that reads/writes smart contracts (i.e., small, permanent, apps) in Ethereum's Solidity language, and use it to ensure our customer's code is secure and correct. Synthesis could eventually enable access to code for non-programmers. For now, goal is simple: My customers give me source code for their contract (= Ethereum apps, which are self-contained). I use synthesis to generate another contract/app that demonstrates any problematic interaction.

Backed by Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures and Pantera Capital. We have paying customers, with a backlog waiting to be on-boarded, and are profitable.

Ideal candidate will have a MS or PhD in program synthesis, formal methods or related fields. But also looking to fill other roles: https://synthetic-minds.com/pages/jobs.html
Not sure about US but in Australia you can go to any shopping mall and there will be a shop where you can get your battery replaced.

Or even in most cities there are phone repair places that will get you a new battery pretty cheaply.
I usually just keep my old phones in storage when I switch, and hand 'em off to visitors and such (or when I break my phone); comes in handy often enough. Battery holds sufficiently in a drawer.
The law isnt built for modern companies.

https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-parado...
That's not nearly how far it's gone, but yes, this is an implementation of it.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18356097 and marked it off-topic.
It's even crazier than that. The phone companies have data-sharing agreements with data-providers that (for a fee) sell your subscriber data through a phone number based API (this includes name, address and other information valuable to a sales funnel, KYC, or customer verification process). Check your wireless service EULA to see that you have agreed to this.
When talking with customers, focus on the problem, not the solution. The problem: going from here to there takes too long. There are many solutions to that problem. Faster horses are one of them. Cars another. Telephone, flying cars yet another. Not going is also a solution. Etc.
Shopify |Software Developers | Multiple Locations: Montreal, Ottawa, Waterloo, Toronto, Berlin, Vilnius, Remote

Shopify is the leading omni-channel commerce platform. Merchants use Shopify to design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including mobile, web, social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. The platform also provides merchants with a powerful back-office and a single view of their business, from payments to shipping. The Shopify platform was engineered for reliability and scale, making enterprise-level technology available to businesses of all sizes. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify currently powers over 600,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Nestle, Kylie Cosmetics, Allbirds, MVMT, and many more.

Check out our careers page! https://www.shopify.ca/careers
But apparently I suck and my internet points show it!
SEEKING WORK | Front-End Angular Developer

Location: Europe

Remote work: Yes, remote only

Portfolio: https://nunoarruda.com/#portfolio

GitHub: https://github.com/nunoarruda

Resume: https://nunoarruda.com/resume.pdf

Email: nuno@nunoarruda.com

Hi, I'm Nuno, a Result-Oriented Front End Angular Developer with a strong technical skill-set, attention to detail, and 16 years of experience. I have a passion for translating beautiful designs into functional user interfaces and building great web applications.

I actively seek out new technologies and stay up-to-date on industry trends and advancements. Continued education has allowed me to stay ahead of the curve and deliver exceptional work to each employer I’ve worked for - both full-time and contract.

I've successfully delivered projects like a CSS UI library used by 17,000 employees, a mobile app that has 120,000+ users, and an award-winning payroll system used at 400+ sites. I've done frontend work for Adobe, Webflow, Bayer, among other companies.

I've been working remotely for the last 5 years for clients and companies worldwide. I can be flexible in order to have overlapping working hours with a distributed team.
This is a great example of the Inspection Paradox, mentioned on HN earlier this week:

https://allendowney.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-inspection-para...
Purchasing a new iPhone every year is not a necessity by almost any definition of "necessary". So you are more like $500/year or $333/year or even $250/year depending on how often you refresh.

That isn't true with many Android devices because of the poor track record of OS upgrades and support.
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst [video]
Plenty of people. My grandma used to stay at the same hotel every week, didn't want the loyality program, never signed up for the credit card.

Extra cognitive load is real.