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San Francisco, CA - MindTribe Product Engineering, Inc.

Hi, I’m MindTribe’s director of Software Engineering. I’m looking for people who enjoy learning and making. We’re a small company, and I’m looking for people with whom I would personally like to work and who want to work with me.

Here are the tools I use regularly:
The C programming language (specifically ISO/IEC 9899:1990);
Eclipse, Make, Subversion, Git, Python;
Linux, Embedded Linux, Android, iOS;
ARM processors (TI OMAP, TI Stellaris, NXP LPC);
Atmel AVR/AVR32, Microchip PIC, TI MSP430, Cypress PSoC

Here is what I enjoy doing at work:
Writing embedded software that runs on cool hardware;
Figuring out how to apply agile techniques such as test-riven development to embedded product development;
Reducing regressions and supporting customer development with agile techniques;
Developing embedded libraries for things like USB, TCP/IP, graphics displays, sprites, fonts, encryption, etc.;
Having long, dorky conversations with coworkers about programming languages, physics, estimating Facebook’s relative revenue distribution between advertising and games, etc.

Here is what I enjoy doing outside of work:
Hiking, walking around San Francisco;
Pseudonymous humor blogging;
Cooking and baking;
Photography;
Reading. Recently: “Test Driven Development for Embedded C”, “The Clean Coder”, “The Four Steps to the Epiphany”, “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, and “Norwegian Wood”

You can see examples of how I’ve applied my tools and passion here: http://mindtribe.com/portfolio/

You don’t have to use the same tools and you don’t have to enjoy the same things. But if you’re excited about similar stuff, drop me a line at hn@mindtribe.com to let me know.

--Jerry
Why Google is a Better Apple Friend than Enemy
Oooooo... that's way too serious. I will be more than happy if I can just show you as goodfellas what have i thought of a little earlier.

And again... this is a concept, that maybe useless, but it was a lof of fun to create and learn from comments it receives.
There have been some duping bugs in WoW, but I think they're gone now.
Gold farmers: If you can't beat 'em... tax 'em, apparently.
San Francisco, CA - Trulia

Work downtown, one block from Montgomery station. We are looking for skilled backend developers, particularly search and big data processing skills. Most of the backend is written in java using hadoop and we leverage lucene/solr for search. We also have some python based systems and tend to be language/technology agnostic. The company culture is great, this is not a developer sweat shop and we stick to a no a-holes policy when hiring. Trulia is a technology company focused on helping consumers in the real estate industry. Our business is growing fast and we are profitable.
For the backend positions please apply to the senior software engineer using the following link, we will adjust title/comp accordingly based on your experience.

http://www.trulia.com/about/careers/Engineering

We have other eng positions open such as front end, mobile, sysadmin and data warehouse also.
The point is that you pay taxes regardless of your personal service consumption. I don't consume medicaid and I live in a city so I don't see the work of the Fish and Wildlife dept that much. Tough shit. That's how taxes work because it'd cost way more than it saved to break out fine granularity at the billing level.

Fedex pays for their use of the roads? No, they pay for their corporate income. They have no billing related to their miles driven on federal, state or local roads (aside from toll roads, which are a minority case).

Spare me the rhetoric about vassals.
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In other words, the current situation.
It's true, but quite reductive, that that these smart people are working on these interesting projects in the service of advertising. If you think in these terms, Walter Cronkite worked for ads, too.

Also, consider that to the extent that these projects are open-sourced or otherwise widely available, they create external value. Go will not be solely used by Google, though it may have been created to serve Google's aims. Likewise for whatever messaging system Twitter built this week.
> When speed matters, you have to get the compute and the data as close as possible.

And when scaling matters, you often need to do the opposite. And scaling is often more important than speed.
Thank you very much!

Saving maps online, sharing and collaboration is definitely something I'd like to add in the future.

But if I want to keep the offline editing capability (and I really do) these features are not trivial to implement. Synchronization and conflict resolution hell awaits...
Cool idea! :) Btw, it's co-worker, not cow-orker.
>Does WoW have duping problems?

Not really. I can recall just one time where someone found an exploit to do so, probably 3+ years ago, which was handled quickly.
I wonder if there's going to be a cap on how much you can trade/earn.

What's stopping this from becoming a full-time occupation for someone?
Blackjack and Poker in HTML5
Play Blackjack or Poker, built in HTML5. Compete for high scores.
It wasn't always so easy.

My first install went pretty well. Then I upgraded my Linux box and installing it didn't go well. So I upgraded to the newest Eclipse and it worked okay.

Then I upgrade Eclipse and it broke, so I went back.

Then I tried to install it on Windows and it was so painful that I just gave up and remoted into my Linux box.

Recently, I tried Windows again and it went like a dream.

Installing Eclipse and Android SDK should be easy right now, but they weren't always.
Actually there is a difference. If you create a table with a considerable number of cells (say, over 20) that contain a couple of labels and maybe an image when you swipe really fast the scrolling will hang, even if you are using the dequeue mechanism.

The alternative is to paint the contents of the cell manually (that is without using UILabels and the such) using CoreGraphics.

Check out the drawContentView: method here: https://github.com/ferostar/fast-scrolling/blob/master/Class...
I've never understood the absolute hostility some people have for a small div of advertising that you can easily ignore.
That's like committing code to your application server and not putting it into version control. This should be attributed fully to the crappy developer and not to the software running on the application server or in this case database server.
I saw someone had downvoted you and went to upvote and gave you another downvote by accident, sorry.[1] I think you are entirely correct, state competition and experimentation is a good thing, as is decentralisation. Even if someone disagrees with your points, I don't see the need to downvote them.

I like the idea elsewhere on the thread of standardizing a database to enable the calculation to be readily done by the seller (and those places with systems so complex that they can't be represented with a couple of fields - state, tax level, exceptions - can just lose out).

[1] pg can we please have some more space between the up and down vote buttons for touch screens?
I think he's saying that anecdotes are not necessarily the most valid form of data for making decisions.
Didn't seem to notice them in chrome - maybe I didn't hover long enough? I don't have an INS on my macbook pro keyboard. :(
I would be curious to find out (on average) how long it took everyone to launch their projects.
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Click the cow-orker link to see what the mean ;)
True!

This actually is the poor entrepreneur's experimental patent.

We should settle this case outsite the courtroom ;)
I agree. It's not the frame setup that sucks when compared to Android. It is the layout containers that Android has.

Setting the origin of a view in iOS vs Android is going to be approximately the same amount of code (whether it be Objective-C or XML) but it is the layout containers that save you from writing all that boilerplate code when the size of the parent views change.

He did make a good point of being able to preview your XML. I would kill for the ability to do that with iOS.

Interface Builder needs to go the way of Expression Blend where you aren't writing plugins that allow you to edit all the properties of a UIView. Interface Builder should scan all the possible properties of a UIView and then allow you to modify them.
For everyone saying US only remote, don't forget Canadians (and Mexicans) who are often at the border as far as flight distance and can get TN Visas too.
Two questions- load capacity and upload speeds. If this has a hi cap for users per tower and even decent up speeds, this is a huge deal. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out-
Flipkart.com, Bangalore

US, Western Europe : Amazon.com :: India : Flipkart.com

http://www.flipkart.com/s/careers
Given that apps are banned from allowing people to know who visited their profile pages and facebook purposely doesn't have this functionality, it's interested that they use an algorithm that makes it possible for users to guess who has been visiting their profile page.
It would be informative to see a pie chart of the US economy, broken down by sector. Unfortunately, I'm at work, and don't have the disposable time to concoct such an interesting diagram...
I downvoted because of the inflammatory language.
They've largely been released a month ago [1]. Some elements are still missing, however.

[1] http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-editing-f...
Other reports of this story:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2818847 <- This has all the comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2822935

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2822162

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2823776

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2823808

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2823947

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2823949

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2827618

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2832796
They also have to pay the license, which imo amounts to nothing more than a poll tax for mindless entertainment, every year. I've never paid one and I currently do not own a TV; I was just taking a swipe at what I view as an indirect tax that further imposes the will of a few in government over the people.

But the fact remains that whomever takes a stand one way or another on advertising is just deluding themselves. It's always been with us, it's how we communicate with each other.
There is definitely potential for active, public, small code-sharing. See also http://codepad.org and http://jsfiddle.net — each with their own emphases.

If you get the right UI for easy use/review/improvement, people might grow to rely upon and pass along the links to their favorite tool pages. Having something that appeals to coders but also is understandable/usable to non-coders (via the prominence of the web input/output and good demo/review/rank/search) could be your niche. Good luck!
We launched http://www.omniqrcode.com - QR code redirects for all mobile devices, with analytics!
StyleOwner is hiring. email matt@styleowner.com

Where: San Francisco, CA and Ann Arbor, MI

Remote / Telecommuters also considered.

StyleOwner is looking for highly skilled, top 1% developers (frontend and backend positions available). Salary: highly competitive. www.styleowner.com. A lot of people think we’re going to be the next big thing.

Accel Partners has funded us and Bob Pittman (the founder of MTV Networks) recently became an investor. Social media is huge, and the best marketer is a recommendation from a friend or family. So why not combine the two? StyleOwner is empowering the Facebook generation to become entrepreneurs and start their own online store. We’ve partnered with amazing brands to create “the itunes of fashions” and allow our StylEpreneurs to curate their own store, share it with their sphere of influence, and earn 10% commission on everything they sell. We’re reinventing retail — true social selling for the first time.

We’ll show you our concept deck and give you a demo of our site and business plan. You show us your Github profile.

Our technology stack is primarily ruby on the backend and html/css/js on the frontend. We use backbone.js, sinatra, datamapper, jquery, etc. Experience with git or a willingness to learn is a must.

We’re looking for someone who we can pay a top salary plus very nice perks, equity, etc. We want you to join our awesome team and make bring this disruptive form of online shopping to reality. As an added bonus, Sunday is funday at StyleOwner. StyleOwner will pay for your fun on Sundays. Do whatever you love to do: fancy meal, rock climbing, baseball game, day trip etc (as long as it’s legal of course) submit receipts and we will pay up to $250 per Sunday.

Our development team is in San Francisco and our main headquarters is in NYC.

Please send us a link to your github profile, resume, and some references. We’d love to meet with you, buy you a coffee or a beer, and show you some of our code and figure out if it’s a good fit.

We’ll start out with a chat over the phone so that you can ask any questions you may have after reading this posting.
If I actually had a cable subscription, I would totally agree with you, too. I have a TV hooked up to my computer that I use for Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime Instant rather than deal with Comcast. Unfortunately, if I were setup like this in the UK I'd still have to pay the BBC licence.

Actually, I say "unfortunately", but I would actually be okay with it. The Beeb has some amazing content. But there are definitely more than a couple people with TVs who have no interest in cable (or BBC) subscriptions.
My first commit was on June 25, 2010. So, 37 from first line of code to launch. I was still working a full time job at the same time, so it was coded during nights and weekends only.

There were very few costs durting that period other than maybe a hundred dollars in server costs for testing and food.

Edit: Now that I think about it there actually were a few other costs such as incorporating the company, outsourcing the logo and business card design, setting up the bank account, and so on. The total came to around $2k.
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I think 10% is about right. Geoffrey Moore's technology adoption model says innovators+early adopters = 16%. But the chasm is happening somewhere in the early adopting stage. That's probably around the 10% number.

If they cross the chasm, they get to change the opinion of the majority. But this happens only for game-changing products and paradigm shifts. It doesn't happen for direct competitors within the same paradigm.

For example, just because Bing passes 10% market share, doesn't mean it will eventually replace Google. Direct competitors almost never beat the incumbent leader within the same paradigm, unless they radically change the rules of the game.
Stored procs can actually improve the separation of business and logic layers, because they help to encapsulate the data layer from the logic layer. You don't want the logic layer to know too much about the internals of the data layer. Stored procs give you a clean, abstracted interface.

Also, I wouldn't be too much of a purist about the data/logic distinction. Sometimes doing a little processing on the data in a stored proc before returning it makes sense. On the other hand, I would hesitate to put very complex logic in a stored proc. So as usual, there are going to be grey areas. Do what makes sense.
Unfortunately this does not address the issue of patent trolls that produce no product except lawsuits, therefore cannot be sued for violating patents and forced to join the pool.
If you happen to take a wider view, almost our entire society is frivolous. Banks, politicians, salesmen, lawyers... very few people actually do anything that improves peoples lives in meaningful ways. Farmers, scientists, teachers, and construction workers are maybe the exception.
Ermm, that's nonsense. You can move the compute into the database (stored procedures) or you can move the data to the compute (caching - and deal with cache invalidation yourself). There is no situation ever in which you would deliberately seek to make them as far apart as possible.
HTML5 Audio support is a mess, campaign for wider Ogg Vorbis support
I liked his answer for the question - why don’t you do email?

Someone has to not be tweeting all the time, someone has to be thinking about things which need a long attention span and trying to organise material and build up strong foundations instead of rushing off across the frontier. It takes a long time to put out something that has the right style; I have to really think about it and if I’m going to do it right I have to spend a lot of time focussed on it. And I was being treated like an oracle, lots of people from around the world were asking my opinion about whatever, so after 15 years of email I decided that was a life time’s worth.
Please note you must be able to work weekdays in our London office.
those grapes probably suck anyway.
Basic rules for code readability and the if statement
> Directly converting current fees into dollars per megabyte isn't going to work.

That was kind of my point. A straight pay-for-usage plan is unlikely to work.

> I'm not sure why you see it as a good thing that average users subsidize top users. Surely top users should pay in proportion to their additional use?

What exactly do you think the monthly fee is? Do you really think it costs AT&T $15 (your suggested fee) to provide someone with the ability to connect to their network? This is still low-usage customers subsidizing the high-usage customers.

> Structure usage so that the average cost per month stays the same (and thus total revenue stays the same) but heavy users get charged more.

That doesn't work, for the reasons I pointed out. Some heavy users will pay a little more, but some will not. They'll simply cut back or leave. Very few would be willing to pay the massive fees that they would incur. So the net result is a massive drop in revenue. You can't just reprice everything and expect usage patterns to remain the same.

> It's more fair and is the model used in virtually every other service and industry in existence.

Yet everyone seems to argue against this model when we're talking about Comcast.
I launched a web service that sends out weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service via email, text message, or phone.

http://www.WeatherWatcherAlerts.com
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Organize Your Thoughts to Write a Good A Level Essay
Being an A Level student is certainly not a bed of roses. Hence doing an A Level Essay is again not something that you can think of doing in a short while.
We have moved it to our Cloud VPS so it should now cope with the traffic. Thanks,
Diesel.
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Los Angeles. Remote work is possible.

More info here: http://j.mp/qKivzY
San Francisco, CA

We're a fast moving startup working on human productivity. We're building on Ruby On Rails 3.1, SQL, NoSQL, Git, and using kanban, pairing, lean UX, and continuous deployment.

http://handl.it

We're seeking senior UI/UX people and senior Rails developers. To contact me directly use joel@handl.it
a sproc tends to be written directly on the database server ... Copying it to the fs before committing your changes is a step that people often forget

No they don't. At least not more than once.

Changing something on your dev database and forgetting to save your change scripts and check them in is analogous to changing html directly on the production web server and forgetting to save it locally and check it in to source control. It's a very bad idea, and nobody would ever actually do that. But if you did do it, your changes would evaporate during the next deploy, and after a few minutes of venting to the sky you'd learn to never ever do that again.
I think that's true for commodity items like cables and video games but I can see what the Senator is saying if people come into a store to check out a TV or a laptop then go home and buy it online. My guess is that people are more hesitant to purchase an important or big-ticket item unless they've seen it and played with it in person.
Or, they allow their programmers considerable free reign in order to continue to attract bright programmers.
NYC (Manhattan)

The Company: Tapad - smart advertising across multiple devices. We're developing very interesting new strategies and tactics for effective advertising in the ever-changing and ever-growing world of consumer devices.

The Engineering: The platform is written in Scala, handling tens of thousands of requests per second with 99th percentile response rates under 10ms. Well-informed bidding decisions are made for each one of those requests. We analyze enormous amounts of data to make the system work as efficiently as possible.

The People: We're looking for intelligent, creative, energetic people. Experience with any of the following is good: Scala, the JVM, JavaScript, machine learning, statistics, realtime bidding systems.

More information: http://www.tapad.com/careers

Get in touch: toby at tapad dot com. Put the MD5 hash of the word "Tapad" in the subject :)
It would be nice to force adoption of harmonized tax laws as a prerequisite for being eligible to receive internet taxes, but it would be difficult to come up with a set of laws that appealed to everyone. States with lower tax rates would be unlikely to want to raise the rates on their citizens, where states with higher rates may not be able to afford dropping down to a lower rate (although the lower overall rate may be offset by the larger number of taxable transactions). Multiply this 50-way negotiation by the number of actual tax rules and you can see how feasible harmonization would really be.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see something like this come to pass, so you'll have to excuse my cynicism (no doubt brought on by current events).
For me the huge news here is that they're making Diablo 3. I'm so out of the loop when it comes to games.
It's not a problem in the short term— that is in the short term someone can find more work, sure. Maybe less skilled work, almost certainly worse paying work, but okay, they probably won't starve to death. And the benefits of industrialization make the economy as a whole grow, so their kids are actually better off. Great!

The problem is when we carry it out. As my ancestors discussed, we're going to reach a point where there just aren't more jobs. Or rather, a point where the value of the work done by robots essentially for free is so great that it completely dwarfs the value of whatever minor service labor is still done by humans, making human labor essentially valueless.

And thus the logical end result of mechanization, and one I'd argue we're starting to see already, is a world in which a) nearly everything, including food, is produced "for free" by largely self-sustaining robots, and b) nearly everyone on Earth has starved to death. That strikes most of us as, you know, just a little bit sideways.
I had (well still sort of do, but that's a whole other story) a co-founder for the first couple of months. He's a non-technical person, so he didn't contribute any code. He mostly contributed with product guidance and some design / UX stuff.

Our site is based on a combination of two template we bought and we outsourced our logo design to oDesk.
>nonconformist struggle

The guy is whining about IE6. That's hardly a nonconformist position.
What's the youngest applicants are allowed to be? I'm 14, do I qualify? I've applied without a resume (because I don't have one), but would you guys actually consider a 14 year old?
+1 for Yammer, I just visited them for a meetup and the office is great, team is super-nice, and tech is very interesting.