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Location: Bay Area, CA

Remote: Preferably not

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python (data science and ML stack)

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=14zjwDavEGOOivxTjaYcNNaX8f2...

Email: rishisubramanian1@gmail.com

Soon-to-graduate student in CS and Stats, eager to learn and grow. No professional experience, but some research experience.
Public-inbox – an “archives first” approach to mailing lists
Insightful. An artist will be less likely to look away from abuse that doesn't affect them, if it might cause their work to be erased.
Google has a separate tracking mechanism with regards to bounce/back to SERP rates which does not require GA at all. Time on site could theoretically be implied.

It has also been (somewhat officially) stated that GA data is not used for ranking purposes, but make of that what you will.

Since they also render pages themselves, they don't really need client page load metrics to evaluate rendering performance.
Alto | San Francisco, CA | Perm, Onsite, Full-Time | https://alto.com

Our mission at Alto is to fulfill medicine’s true purpose—to improve quality of life—for everyone who needs it. We build technology and use empathy to advance the pharmacy into the modern era and make high-quality healthcare accessible to all. We've raised $73M+ and are rapidly scaling the team in 2019 (13 engineers, doubling team in next 6 months).

To learn more about who we are, our engineering culture, and whether this is the right place for you, read our Key Values profile: https://www.keyvalues.com/alto

Here are our open roles:

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Tech Stack: React Native, React, Ruby on Rails, Go
The Oblivion Mod Which Terry Pratchett Worked On
All saudi women should get out of the country and solve the problem. No women, no new generation, and end of said practice.
with package-lock, there are very few reason to use yarn over npm
Location: Paris, France
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: I do work in C, Python, Go. I work on web backends, API design, as a devops and on data analysis.

My GitHub is https://github.com/remilapeyre

My mail is remi at henki.fr

I'm a data-scientist / do operations research by formation and spent a lot of time on backend (did a lot of work with Python and contributed some features) and infrastructure, notably with Consul, Nomad and Terraform.

I'm a bit proficient in Ruby and JavaScript and with most cloud providers.

I'm looking for opportunities in operations research or other development projects.

I taught some courses on development and cloud at a French university and I'm comfortable mentoring juniors in addition to my tasks.
As a retail pharmacist, I agree this can be an annoying problem. I try to encourage single-ingredient generic products as much as possible. And yes, "brand extension" as they call it has rendered popular names like Mucinex and Robitussin useless or even downright harmful. I think many people just look for something with "severe cold" or whatever without even considering what's in it.

It's not just patients either. Some OTC products are covered by some insurance plans. I've had prescribers change from one OTC product to another that shared none of its ingredients with the first. Not sure what they were treating other than "patient wants a prescription".

And don't get me started on homeopathic products. I had a man come in once with the box of a homeopathic product looking to buy more for his wife. I looked around, showed him a similar product, and asked if this was OK. He said it was as long as it worked as well. That I could guarantee!

I do try to dissuade such purchases, but when the customer comes in knowing what they want, it's often a losing battle. The one time homeopathic products can be useful is when someone just has to have something to treat their two-year-old's cold.
What you are saying is that this whole money making machine is going to cost them around 7500USD out the door?

I’ll pay you double if you can do everything you say with the quality I believe you are saying this is going to have.

What I’m trying to say here is that this is just to good to be true, therefore, not realistic.

If an application like this, with all these optimizations and knobs cost as low as this and be complete as this, people wouldn’t spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on developers.
Apple delays update for FaceTime eavesdropping bug
Riiight. There must be a Borat (of KZ) joke here somewhere...
> Do you download account-saved locations locally when changing to local storage?

No, you delete the data that's on the server. That's the reasonable way to handle a revocation of consent from the user.
Some of the people who made UU are working on a new game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/othersidegames/underwor...
I saw recently there is a new Ultima Underworld but the reviews aren't good...

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/underworld-ascendant
Isn't the problem that the collider will be too big for Standard Model work, but not big enough to test the alternatives?
I just think it's funny how we imagined us using technology in the future (VR and flying cars) and how we ended up using it (posting on social media platforms and discussing these posts in the comment sections).
The majority of businesses still work that way. VC backed companies are outliers but they are in the press a lot.
It means more fun quizzes to find out which Disney princess your personality is the closest to and less actual news reporting.
That's not moral relativism, that's epistemic anthropocentrism (i.e. good and bad and all value judgements in general are made by humans exclusively using human terms of meaning and human perceptions).
You want to stop people at Google from being able to internally distribute iOS apps permanently? Apple and Google are far too reliant on each other for Apple to follow through with such a large punishment. Businesses skew towards "rational", not "fair".
You don't use GitHub or LinkedIn or Skype either?

You might also rely on sites that are built with Microsoft technologies (Stack overflow for example) or find that your workplace gets by with Excel.

It's hard to say you don't use their technologies.
Just curious -- why?
Twine | San Francisco, CA | FULL TIME | ON-SITE
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This is an exciting time to join Twine. Our product is new to market and we are iterating fast.

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Our current open roles:

Lead iOS Engineer, iOS Engineer, Lead Android Engineer, QA Engineer, Junior Frontend Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Backend Engineer, Senior Product Manager, Senior Product Designer, Growth Marketing Manager, Partnerships Manager, Product Marketing Manager, Engagement Marketing Lead, Growth/Data Analyst, Recruiter

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We operate as an independent startup group – backed by the resources and stability of a Fortune Global 500 powerhouse. Our culture is driven by sharing, learning and iterating together.

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I could imagine safety features, as part of the car's OS, such as: "if grandma wants to go somewhere, take her for a 10 minute ride around town and return home".

On the other hand, nostalgists might keep them occupied.

"The nostalgist is an interior designer specializing in recreating memories for retired people. Rather than settling for a typical ‘retirement village’ experience where everyone’s apartment looks the same, the wealthy elderly of 2030 will have the luxury of living in a space inspired by their favourite decade. Nostalgists recreate the setting of their preferred time and place for seniors wishing to relive their past, from a small-town 1970s living room to a 1980s university dorm room."
> If we could just copy their model to acquire customers then....

Then you would be competing with every other social media startup along with the social media sites that have pretty much limitless resources.

Say your website is a success however, you basically have two options: go public and turn into facebook eventually, because your duty is not to the site anymore, it is to the shareholder and to the dollar.

or

don't go public and never get off the ground, because you won't be able to keep your programmers or compete with the tech giants.
Ona | Software Engineer | Nairobi, Kenya & New York, NY | Full Time | Onsite

We're looking for developers who want to build foundational data systems that drive change. Our team has worked on projects that record the social infrastructure of entire countries, tally the winners of national elections, reduce infant mortality, and decrease the spread of malaria. We build software that solves real problems and you will too. We were named a TIME Magazine Genius Company of 2018.

Global health stack

* Android, Java, Postgres

Data platform stack

* Python, Clojure, ClojureScript, PostGIS

Data warehouse stack

* NiFi, Kafka, Druid, Superset, React, Redux

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I think it's generally good to prefer instance storage - EBS is in my mind a SPOF.

Also, use persistent build hosts so you have packages cached and less to do per build... I like buildkite as a frontend for CI and I run my own build hosts on cheap SSD-backed clouds like Linode.
> I'm still happy with my decision to pay for an expensive apartment close to my office when I was an employee because my income was high and not having to commute saved me so much time and stress every day.

I worked for big tech companies for 10.5 years and, because I started having kids early in my career, I had a single family home and a long commute. I did the sad math and figured that I probably spent over 6000 hours over that decade just commuting.

It is said that to become an expert at something you should spend about 10k hours working on it. If I didn't make a change I was going to reach 10k hours of commuting, so last year I got a remote job and it's been pretty transformative.
"When Satya Nadella took Microsoft Corp.’s helm five years ago, the conventional wisdom was that the company’s glory days were behind it."

Have a look at this MS revenues [1] and consider why for a moment there is any 'conventional wisdom' like this?

MSFT stock price did languish during this time of amazing growth which I guess validates that 'conventional wisdom' was in fact sour, but it's hard to see why it was.

Robert Shiller, in a recent interview on the FT alphaville podcast [2] indicated how so much of valuation was based on 'narrative' and that a lot of this narrative is in fact fiction.

For whatever reason, the industry press never liked Ballmer, and I guess they like Satya. Surely, there have been some changes afoot, but in terms of fundamental business orientation, I don't see any reason why Satya is 'better than' Ballmer. At HN, we might see things like VS Code and open sourcing Chakra as 'important', and although they are relevant, those issues are small peanuts in the MS bigger picture.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/267805/microsofts-global...

[2] https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/robert-shiller-market-na...
> One solution is to accept paid contributions to articles by advertisers with actual expertise in the subject matter. For e.g. marketing or tech periodicals, this works quite well.

Advertorials are an even worse solution than ads.
I really wish we could get a System Shock: Enhanced Edition version of The Stygian Abyss and Labyrinth of Worlds.
I have a surface go, the 8gb version, and am very happy with it. I've left it running Windows 10 home, but installed the linux subsystem which works quite nicely. You'd think the keyboard would be a weak point, but it's not as bad to use as it looks like it would be. And it runs the games I care about (Civ 6, Kerbal, Subnautica, etc) well enough that I can enjoy them. It's lacking in ports, having just a single USB C, but a hub with a couple of USB A ports, a USB C, HDMI and ethernet only runs about $60 and isn't very big. All in all, I've been really happy with it, it fits in a small bag, will charge off the same USB C charger my phone uses if needed (albeit slowly) and is useful as a tablet for just surfing the web on or watching Netflix.
Dueling Neural Networks and the Birthday Paradox
Agreed. Wikileaks may have been reputable at some point in the past but they're not trustworthy now. It's not so much the 'focus on Hillary' but their focus on being pro-Russian state. [1]

The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has his own show on RT [2], which mean's he's essentially being paid by Russia's state propaganda media [3]. That, along with attacking the Panama papers leak for "going after Putin", and a string of other pro-Russia activity, means Wikileaks is not to be trusted.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Allegations_of_Russi...

[2] https://www.rt.com/tags/the-julian-assange-show/

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)#Propaganda_cla...
It is very unlikely that the auto sector would program vehicles to clog traffic like this on purpose

I think this is key. There may be a lot of autonomous cars in the future but they will come from a handful of companies who will face public pressure not to program them to allow grossly wasteful or antisocial behavior.
Major League Baseball (MLB) | New York City | Software Engineering | Full Time

We are looking for engineers to join the Baseball Data team. Projects range from building and deploying computer vision pipelines to APIs for casual games.

Tech Stack: Java 8+, Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS

Software Engineer: https://grnh.se/2ebff7e21

Senior Software Engineer: https://grnh.se/45fa6d9f1
Please don't. Taxing is evil and has unintended consequences.

Just charge for road use instead.

* For reference on unintended consequences of taxation I recommend Frédéric Bastiat's "That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen" essay.
Link: http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html (you can just jump to 'Taxes' or - better - read the whole thing as it is very interesting and not that long).

He's more recognized for the Broken window fallacy/parable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
Its been awhile since I’ve used Thunderbird. I haven’t used enigmail before, it sounds neat.

I’ve been using a mixture of email providers, like Protonmail for example. I was wondering if that’s about as good as it gets in terms of security.
Not that hard, really, as Google Ads exposes all data via their API.

Of course you'd need to glue the data together with whatever you have, but it's not really that hard to do.
Because then I wouldn't get inane comments from random commenters online and my life would be substantially worse.
Seconded. Back when Windows merely had the occasional bug, it was still a worthwhile tool for me.

Now that it has mandatory telemetry and unavoidable updates (at least for non-enterprise users), the value proposition has gone into negative territory.

I'm sure Microsoft has their reasons for doing this, but unfortunately it's clear that our goals are too misaligned.
Hiring Lessons from Silicon Valley: For Small and Large Companies
This assumes Level 5 autonomy.

I personally think this is quite far off. A level 4 car would be a huge liability cruising around a city, and city traffic, speciffically meandering engergy wasting empty cars will not be at all positive.
Either that or you weren't here for early versions of Google Maps, haven't heard of OsmAnd, Mapbox, OpenStreetMaps, etc. or you just really like calling people 'entitled'.
Nope. Ireland has done excellent-it was the poorest country in Europe when they joined in the 1970s, today it’s among the top. Eastern and south-eastern countries had lines for bread when the USSR dissolved. Ten years later, they joined the EU. Today, life in Poland or Hungary is close to catching up with Western Europe.

Greece had about the same GDP per capita as Turkey when they joined. Today, it’s closer to 3x Turkey.
I first came to realize such a problem of advancing technology and compatibility when I watched 'Max Headroom', specifically this particular scene involving Blank Reg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me6oNB4M7N0

Of course, there are sociological considerations in the mix as well.
What makes the Argentine and Uruguayan accent so different from other Spanish?
Very interesting. I didn't know much about the Birthday Paradox. Great explanation! :-)
The car as a service option won't be the solution for most families, because they have a lot of nonhuman cargo they need to store in their car: strollers, diaper bags, sporting equipment, etc.
How are they ruining Windows? People have been saying this since XP (before SP1 or SP2, when everyone hated it.) Yet there's not much evidence to support it...they are actually doing some really cool things with Windows now like adding bash and having different flavor Linux subsystems. The main issue I've had is some lack of quality control since they let go tons of testers and used Insiders instead. That has not effected me personally, but it has become a public perception they need to clean up.
GNU Make is an awesome task-runner. I use it all the time, for all sorts of things. It's my shell-script replacement, and I write one-off Makefiles frequently. It's got a nice macro-processor, some helpful string manipulation tools, and expresses task dependencies perfectly. The manual is also very well written.

But if you're writing a software package, consider using CMake, Meson, Autotools, or something similar. Unless you're a superhuman, any of them will handle the corner cases better than you can. Especially the cross-compilation corner-cases. It's extra work, but the people who need to build and package your software down the road will thank you. Your artisan Makefile might be an elegant work of art, but what does it do when somebody wants to build from a different sysroot? Does it handle DESTDIR correctly?
that sells the desire
Right, like that, but where do I get new ones with similar specs to VAR? There don't seem to be any.

Almost room for a new hardware platform here.
Do you work at Google on the maps team? Do you know how the maps backend works or what the codebase of the app looks like? Do you have special expertise in the area?

Let me guess: No.

Yet not only are you so certain that it's hard, you're willing assign all sorts of benevolent motives to Google.
Feature Labs, Inc. | Software Engineer | Boston, MA | Full-time | On-site or Remote | https://www.featurelabs.com

Feature Labs makes it easier for companies to build machine learning applications. We build a web app and developer API to automate time-intensive and error-prone parts of the data science process such as feature engineering.

Currently, our stack is mostly Python on the backend (pandas, django, sklearn), React for the front end, and AWS and docker for deployment. Above all, we prioritize the ability to choose the right approach to solve a problem.

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Apply at https://www.featurelabs.com/careers/
Anand Giridharadas on the fallacy of billionaire philanthropy
That line of thinking is what let Jimmy Savile run amok for decades.
You're not actually addressing the merits of the proposal, just reframing the terms of the cost. Why not spend that $40 per person on something with better prospects?
Local Measure | Senior Full-stack Engineer | ONSITE (Sydney, Aus), REMOTE (UK) | Full time

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We are a passionate team of 50 people, with offices in Singapore, Dubai, London, Miami and Phoenix. Our leadership roster includes advisors and management from Google, Twitter, Salesforce, and other successful technology businesses. Our clients include some of the world’s most recognized hospitality, tourism and retail brands.

Our ideal candidate will have previous work experience with scalable web architectures and will have developed in more than one language. You will have developed and consumed REST APIs, preferably with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare. We are looking for:

* Strong software engineering background, with experience in one or more of: Python, JavaScript, Go, or Swift (experience of other languages will be considered)
* Experience in one or more of MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch or other database
* Understanding of full stack web environments from server infrastructure to front end
* Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular
* DevOps experience in an AWS environment desirable

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UK: https://localmeasure.workable.com/j/BAB4B7D6DC
I think you're misunderstanding something, though I can't pinpoint what it is.

> The author is using something that manipulates the style of inputs to make them dark with light fonts

The author is setting his system theme to a dark one. Maybe you don't know what that is because such options seem to be disappearing, but a system theme controls the styling of (ideally) all GUI applications running in the OS. One of these applications is the web browser.

> but only if the input isn't explicitly styled with either background-color or color

No, themes set both. It's the web developer that overrode one but not the other and what the author is complaining about.

> If they're going to be doing such hackery, just style both at the same time.

This is precisely what the author wishes of web developers and their hackery. You're directing this suggestion to the wrong person. The author did set both when setting his system theme.

> Use JavaScript or something to ensure both are styled. This really isn't the developer's concern.

Again, the author did style both when setting his system theme. It's the web developer that is overriding the style of one but not the other.
A big resurgence: They make an operating system that supports Linux with just a few clicks. They make hardware devices that can also natively run Linux very well, for when I need it.

It feels like Apple when OSX was introduced, only better.

Many people here may not like Windows 10, but the more I use it, the more I like it.
If they don't do their utmost to remain on top for their customers, they lose... and they have to be careful because competitors are constantly trying to get in. Sure, WIND (now Freedom under Shaw) and the like happened in the past ... but I'm in Sasktel region and it's very hard to compete with Sasktel. (better infrastructure and much lower pricing than any of the others ... but basically Saskatchewan only, although roaming seems to work anywhere well thanks to treaties between the companies)

I mean sure they can sit on the licenses they have and just keep pressure on (cough Telus) but ... they'll lose any moment new tech moves in, or competitors with the right backing.
There are other suppliers of traffic data outside Google.

In fact, some of Google's traffic data is based off things like police reports.
You must be new here. Contrary to your ill-informed belief, Hacker News does not directly generate money for yCombinator.