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Ask HN: What are good questions for job candidates to ask in interviews?
When you're a software engineering job candidate, what are good questions to ask if you're interested in learning more about the internal culture and politics of a prospective workplace?

I think about an interviews as being a two-way street — both parties are trying to figure out if it's a good fit — and if at all possible, I want to learn in advance if it's an organization that I'd genuinely like working in. So I'm wondering — what are questions that you find helpful in trying to learn about that kind of thing?

For example, one time I asked a CEO who was doing a last round interview with me: "What keeps you up at night?" I got a pretty candid answer and it shed a lot of light on the whole organization (as seen from the top, of course).
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These live streams are anxiety inducing for us, I can only imagine
how they must feel!
Oh sorry, I measured it on Firefox. Chrome on Linux started at 160 Mb, and it settled around 150. I've disabled Hangouts, and the right sidebar, so that might account for the differences.

Funny how Firefox reports a third of that, although IDK if Chrome and Firefox task managers are directly comparable.
You don't think 2020 is an aberration after a 20 years trend of decreasing violence? Do you expect that we will now have a new pandemic every year?
Live action version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aYaO93UiYQ
Judging vertical farming based on the performance of wheat is not valid. When I saw the test crop was wheat, I scrolled to see if there were any other crops, saw that there weren't, and abandoned the article because wheat has among the worst yields per area (in terms of kg of edible product per sq meters).

Since the pandemic started, I started experimenting with hydroponics and I've been growing basil, kale, mint, chard, carrots, tomatoes, radishes, and a bunch of herbs, all in about a 60cm x 60cm x 120cm grow tent. It's much less efficient than it could be (if I had much more space), but it's still extremely productive. My setup draws about 80 watts for 18 hours a day (vegetative growth phase) or 12 hours of day (flowering stage) and I've been able to prolong the gap between grocery store trips because this produces enough to eliminate the need to buy vegetables.

This article is just ridiculous.
Please link. I've read about some far future contracts relying heavily on public subsidies but even those were at a higher price.
At that price, earnings would (depending largely on geography) be something like 160-400 USD / 1.8m² panel over a 20 year period. This needs to cover panel cost, inverters and electrical infrastructure, installation&decommission, land rent, loss due to some prematurely dead panels, administration etc.

I would presume it's a matter of very few new nuclear reactors being built. Some smaller sites will be decommissioned regardless though.
How many people on the team, how many in the company.

vacation policy, remote, etc.

any gym or coworking benefits?
Facebook apps experiencing service disruption
Lightning network is interesting, but what you say really isn't true in any practical sense.
Segmenting their market, just like overcharging for underperforming Tesla cards for ai loads. What if they just tried to make good stuff, instead of slicing & dicing to prevent us from using the hardware how we want. Contemptible.
I think the answer here is alternate capacity. Canada gets a relatively small portion (11%) of its energy from natural gas, with no province exceeding 21% (Alberta).
On aggregate, most energy generated in Canada is renewable.
USDC was just an example, you can use non-custodial coins too. Looks like stellar only offers custodial.

Look, I get you. There is some degree of decentralization, although not fully decentralized. There's definitely a lot more smoke and mirrors there, especially when I need to register to these websites.

The other problem is that Stellars consensus protocol is not sufficiently decentralized.

Regular users may not care about that, which is fine. However, that's a crucial point for me.
This is a common meme, but "a lot of talent is leaving Silicon Valley for Miami" is anecdotal and not backed up by any data I've seen, such as USPS address changes[1]. Other places in California are getting most of the people leaving, with Austin and Portland being the only external metro areas I've seen in the top 20.

Miami isn't even a blip on the "where people are going" radar statistically, but the hype and anecdotes could always make it a reality long-term. I have my doubts, personally.

[1] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/People-are-leavi...
The burden of proof is the on the one making absolute claims like yours.
This looks like it's intended to be high level rather than practical. There isn't so much rent income such that it would offset income tax in a meaningful way.
Best computer I ever got was a used bottom spec Lenovo T-series I gave my sister. It's 8 years old. My new top-spec T-series had to be returned to Lenovo twice for factory faults.
> honest answers about the sources and dangers of a pandemic virus

The accuracy of answers about the source of a virus was very much dependent on the level of openness and cooperation from the jurisdiction in which the virus originated. Climate change, on the other hand, does not have a single geographical source, and therefore the IPCC is less limited in the information available to it.

Similarly, I suspect that the WHO's early mistakes or inaccuracies in assessing the dangers of the virus were due to the fact that most of the early cases and mortality data were being collected in a single jurisdiction.
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Could use max-width though. On a large monitor the lines get excessively wide.
It's never too late to stand up to your ideals. I say that without any judgement of your past/future attitude in this matter: the decision is yours.
Texas's problems have very little to do with renewables.

There were some wind turbines that froze, but wind power output overall is actually exceeding projections for this time of year. Not to mention that wind turbines can be winterized to withstand temperatures like in Texas right now. They just didn't because they didn't expect such low temps and it costs money.

It looks like renewables accounted for about 13% of the under-generation. Mostly it was issues with coal and nat gas as well as a nuclear plant going offline.

That's not to say that there won't need to be more storage technology or backups for renewables to become a large slice of the power pie.
It is not as if no one ever generated a cert with an empty CN. This is from mkcert.sh in the OpenSSL distribution:

req_nocn() {
local key=$1; shift

key "$key"
stderr_onerror \
openssl req -new -"${OPENSSL_SIGALG}" -subj / -key "${key}.pem" \
-config <(printf "[req]\n%s\n[dn]\nCN_default =\n" \
"distinguished_name = dn")
}
Formaldehyde Causes Cancer
> I'd love to see the engineering proposal to "winterize" ... a thousand miles of supply pipelines.

That isn't really what's needed. If I understand the problems with the gas supply in these events, the issue is the wellhead freezing off due to the high water vapor content in the gas.
Yes, inflation happens when there is more money than goods. What point are you making?
Did you misread my comment? I didn’t say this event was due to Mother Nature, and the entire second half is specifically about how the Austin Energy grid is mismanaged and victim to cut corners.
I'm a big fan of what DanceSafe has been doing, although their reagent test kits are extremely expensive considering how cheap they are to manufacture. Their Marquis reagent costs $20 plus shipping and consists of 2 drops of formaldehyde in 3ml of sulfuric acid. Tremendous margins for a group that should want everyone and their grandma to have a testing kit.
How is a company that is an entirely online marketplace with no physical property not a 'tech company'?
Standard Raises $150M in Its Series C, Becomes First Autonomous Checkout Unicorn
Ah. That'll help that homeless problem.
As a new homeowner who has never gardened before, I'm curious how to get started doing something like your hydroponics setup.
Our Junior senator that peaced out to Cancun with his family this week(during a pandemic)? Yeah, he is always in our thoughts.

It was pretty gross reading about these guys going on national conservative networks playing national GOP politics spreading FUD about renewables... From under a bunch of blankets on my phone because it was 41f in my house.
That's the way it's been for years.
After his tour ended he ran for president and won.
She figured out a way to use the remainder which is usually left in the needle and barrel after giving the vaccination. She used saline to essentially displace the vaccine fluids and force the remainder out of the syringes.
> Don’t go with major ISPs in the UK.

This is also the situation in France, where authorities have many times avoided targeting smaller non-profit operators, because they knew those would fight tooth and nail in courts to try and defeat censorship orders.
Feels like it’s too dangerous a conversation to have in the open.

I think the mistake siliconvalleyites have is that they imagine everyone as intelligent and rational as they think they themselves are which leads them to encourage open discussion.

But it’s clear throughout history that all people are stupid sheep on occasion and their thinking needs to be curated in a way.

Therapeutic use for diagnosed conditions - interesting.

Safety for recreational use - interesting.

As a recreational activity - seems like we have enough fun already without adding more risk.

Just my 2cents.
Plenty of good house music coming from Atlanta.
Then there must not exist any markets that meet your definition of healthy, because basically every mature market works like I described. It's the most efficient strategy for minimizing costs and maximizing profits.

A fundamental principal of business is that a successful one needs to earn a profit. And that profit needs to be high enough to continue operation.
If we go by MER Opportunity standards (surviving 55x times its design timespan) we might go up to 275 flights! :D
Uh, how is it not?

Texas produces 41% of US oil, more than 4x any other state.

They also dominate refinery capacity.
I once asked the CEO of a very small startup if there were any barriers to entry. I had an offer the next day. When I got there everybody was using the 'barrier to entry' buzz phrase. I am sure that that question had a great deal to do with getting me hired.
You're assuming that those "benefits" aren't something that can could leverage the scale of an entire country's government. The biggest example of a benefit that's cheaper for a company to provide in bulk is healthcare, and basically every developed country has demonstrated that it's cheaper to let the government handle that. Pensions, paid days off, childcare, and others all make sense to provide at a societal level rather than relying on a company to do right by its employees.
Culture can be defined as the qualities that make one society, whether separated by space or time, notably distinct from another. With that said:

* Joe Rogan: Podcasting is now a legitimate profession and long form interviews are common.

* Joe Rogan: Juijitsu and MMA were previously obscure.

* The former U.S. President: Never compromise, form a strong opinion without any or few facts, and never admit mistakes. We now have an epidemic of this personality type. When I was young I was warned this "street thug" way of thinking is what kept people in my neighborhood poor. But now it's everywhere.

* Sam Altman and PG: They literally created a new culture: Startup Culture

* David Goggins: Democratized extreme athleticism

* Jordan Peterson: Millions of bedrooms are cleaner today than they were 10 years ago.
The article does mention GNU Parallel, but focuses on xargs.
> regulatory

https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=0010X00004U9vVAQAZ

> fraud

https://trustswap.org/

Just to name two examples. Cryptocurrency like cash won't stop you from falling to fraud or illegal activity but communities and regulations could enforce a safe subset of projects with stronger guarentees than the current system.
it does make sense, i'd rather take 30% return on my $100k than 5% return. If mining nets them 5% then it's an inferior option.
> This was just a case where there was not a cohesive distributed amongst all providers plan completely rehearsed.

A.k.a. "government mismanagement".

If the Electric Reliability Council of Texas can't be assed to rehearse a plan to ensure, you know, the electric reliability in Texas, then it has arguably failed its mission. And likewise, if Texas' PUC and legislature can't be assed to provide the necessary oversight to ensure said "electric reliability council" is actually assed to ensure said "electric reliability", then the state government has likewise arguably failed in its responsibilities to provide that oversight.
Ask HN: Hover over links in email newsletters and see where it redirects to
Tangentially, have you had the issue where undo-tree just uses a ton of memory and makes everything unusable?
What evidence points to the pandemic as the cause of the increased homicide rate?
Might as well refer to TechEmpower benchmarks.

https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/
Author here.

I asked this on reddit and wanted to ask here too, but didn't want to post text and attract the 'self post' penalty. So I posted a link instead.

But here's the text (from reddit) anyway:

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Hi,

I subscribe to email newsletters which contain hyperlinks. I'd like to be able to hover over a hyperlink and see what the URL is before deciding whether to click on it.

However, the hyperlinks are something like this:

https://ben-evans.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b98e2de8...

and I can't easily work out where the hyperlink links to.

(FWIW, this link redirects to: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-florida-idUSKBN... )

Is there some way which lets me find out the destination URL without me having to click on it first?

I don't like clicking on links in emails without seeing where it leads to. For example, if I can see that it's a dubious looking domain, then I would be more careful in case it's a phishing site.

FWIW, I use Gmail so a Gmail specific solution (browser extension?) could work for me. Seeing the link by hovering over it seems natural to me, but I'd consider alternatives too.

Thanks all for reading!
I agree. The only time I’ve seen a grid collapse was NYC in 2003. Fortunately I was able to sleep in my office and a co-worker had the good sense to raid the deli downstairs the moment the power went out. We dined by flashlight on salami and a bucket of cherry tomatoes. Good fun.
A small group of GTA fanatics reverse-engineered GTA 3 and Vice City withou
Would love to read more about the methods/rituals/treatments they will offer to the public in those treatment centers.

I've had magnificent full-dose experiences, that helped me improve enormously, and microdosing has been really beneficial for my anxiety, mood, productivity and general well being.

I feel that's imperative for us to study the effects of this substances more, and a controlled set-&-setting in treatment centers are a good and safe idea to bring this to the mainstream.
Ships do this all the time (ballast), and anybody who's ever flown on a light aircraft or helicopter also knows the importance a pilot places on weight distribution.

I guess what's surprising is that they needed that much weight (140+kg seems like a lot?) and couldn't redistribute existing componentry; guess the knapsack algorithm wasn't good enough, or that they just couldn't break up enough pieces?

And yes, Cruise Mass Balance Devices sounds like the type of name a tired engineer would come up with to convince upper management...lol
We're almost at 100 days since it was last legal for me to interact with another person in my own home - https://esotericnonsense.com for references.

The UK will have vaccinated at least 20 million of the most vulnerable on March 1, providing a high level of protection three weeks later.

From then, the virus becomes simply less relevant than our collective mental health.

Mourning together is better than just being in solitary confinement forever; it's a 100% chance of a mental illness vs. a ~1-5% chance of a physical illness.

March 23, one year since the beginning of restrictions in the UK, I'm done.

Social distancing indefinitely (until Autumn? 2022? 2023? ...) is something other people can do.
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The ga144 seems more like a replacement for a cpld+mcu so I wouldn't call it "high performance" in the sense that a mid ranged arm board will out perform it on terms of raw throughput for most tasks.
I wonder if ARRL knows there’s malicious ads on their site. Reader mode saves the day!
Good write up with some minor technical inaccuracies. First they are spelled "peaker" as in they cover peaks above the base load as base load generation is slower to ramp up or down. Second there may have been frozen wells but natural gas does not go directly from the wellhead to the peaker AFAIK: well gas has other hydrocarbons in it and those along with excess moisture are extracted. These extraction plants create a buffer and there are also sites where natural gas is injected underground and stored for later sale when the price is lower than the producer wants.

Natural gas at the burner tip is supposed to be one million cubic feet (MCF) is one million BTU (MMBTU). That consistency is required. I'm not sure why wellheads freezing would be an issue if there's enough gas in storage to cover the demand.
IIRC you can right-click on the column with line numbers to the left of the main editor and you'll have that option too
Indeed there are no theoretically perfect free markets. I'm just arguing that Intel is getting away with a lot more than they would if they had competition more like other businesses; as opposed to the current situation where they only have to compete against AMD, and own enough patents between the two of them that it's basically impossible for new competitors to enter the market.

No business needs to earn a profit. By definition profit is surplus to operating costs (and I include a reasonable emergency fund in the category of "operating costs").
My mother (civilian MOD employee working at an "airbase" which was in fact just a lot of office buildings, no airfield, although it did have machine guns and a nuclear bunker unlike most office parks) used to have an email address which basically said what her job was [I don't remember the exact address, something involving REG twice because she worked for the REGistry of the RAF's REGiment], and yup, the day after she retired that address still worked it just dropped in somebody else's lap.

So many IT outfits have problems that come back to "Oh, that was going to Bob and Bob left" and it infuriates me every time I see it, because we've known for decades how to avoid this problem.
Hydro dams actually incur significant greenhouse gas emissions especially during the initial fill where all the material that's now submerged rots and produces methane.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/nov/06...
And his dish is only 60 cm dia.
Publish a preprint with Sci-hub links then?

It doesn’t seem worth it to have to fight and lose during proofing over what amounts to a DOI anyways
and yes investor care a lot about how the company makes money, if i'm buying nvidia i've certain risk/profit profile in mind. And if that said company suddenly decides to invest all of its assets on riskier industry than that means i'm in more risk, more risk than what was my investment plan. Depending on my age and total amount of wealth my risk tolerance would be very different.
I think this quote makes it clearer: "unlike the raidz1 configuration shown above, in the dRAID1 configuration the neighbor drives of the failed drive 0 (i.e. drives in a same data+parity group) are not fixed".

So the RAIDZ is set up with fixed groups of drives, but the dRAID is not, even though the parity ratio is the same.
Surely you mean: "What I'm getting from this, is that you can use devices to balance the mass of the spaceship during cruise conditions"...j/k
I like the part where the pump is powered by the rotational forces of the wheel.

Probably best if integrated with a trail or terrain map programmed with your preferences so you don’t have to tap anything while on the go except maybe to override the thing.
For most places that was a 7 hour black out created by a software bug. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
Nuclear could scale
It's the fee you pay to your investment manager.
That green check was in Borland Delphi too.

https://damieng.com/blog/tag/delphi/
I don't think Gradualizer is led from FB. The FB static type system hasn't been opened up yet AKAIK.
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Locals call it STP. I’ve looked at the blinking lights on the domes from my aunt’s farmhouse since childhood. It provides power to 2 million homes a couple hundred miles away in central Texas.
I don't get it. The post says even the NERC regulations are insufficient to prevent this situation and that Texas (ERCOT) may have even higher standards. I don't see any suggestion that a tech company or even technology in general would solve this problem. Just an admitted non-expert pointing out that the current best practices to not adequately prepare for this situation.
>non-political activists

This is so far from the truth I'm curious how you could possibly come to this conclusion.
I think OP was saying the company 3M bought the startup. Not that the startup was sold for $3mm.
It also doesn't take water into account. You can build solar panels in a desert and send the power over high-voltage DC lines with minimal losses. Trying to pump water into the desert and grow food outdoors, with constant losses due to evaporation, is far less efficient. You also need to bring in fertilizer, fuel to operate equipment, workers, and fuel to ship the harvest back out of the desert to bring it to market.
The interconnects that do exist weren’t being used at capacity so it’s hard to imagine having more would’ve more the situation meaningfully better.
It's easier than it looks! Poke around with the arrow keys a little. You'll get the hang of it pretty quick.
+1 for your sense of humor.
Bring in Non-Technical Partner?
I am a software engineer who has been working on a B2C product full-time for most of the last year.

It's not a product that will change the world, but it closely matches existing offerings in the market so I think it has a decent chance of generating revenue. Ultimately, I think it will come down to marketing execution.

I've been talking with a serial entrepreneur I met online who is interested in partnering. From my research he looks like someone whose career focus has essentially been online marketing and hustling. My hope is partnering with someone like this could drastically accelerate growth and unlock a lot of value.

I'm trying to figure out how to safely bring this guy in and test him out. In conversations, he's indicated that he sees this as a long-term relationship with us as equal partners. This partly makes sense to me, but other variables make it less clear. For example, I have been all-in for most of the last year working on this, and he will be joining with the product mostly built. Also, my leverage mostly decreases moving forward, since I'll have already built the product.

I'm hoping I can get some input on
- whether I'm overthinking this or setting myself up for disaster
- are there better ways I should be approaching this?
- are there ways to protect myself going into this?