skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes. We're inPulse (YCW11) and we hire Canadians. Hell, we're 3/4 Canadian at the moment. We're in Mountain View, CA.

We're looking for embedded software devs, Android devs and web/ops people. If you want an internship in the bay area, we pay market rate plus hook you up with living expense subsidies, free flights, food, etc. Send me an email: eric AT getinpulse.com
You are talking about current laws and procedures, designed with decades-old knowledge in mind.

This new finding should influence laws and procedures in the future.
Apparently, the forum poster says he's not using SSL/TLS with LDAP for the login authentication.

Sounds to me like impersonating an LDAP server would grant login to Macs configured thusly.
Actually that is incorrect. Canadian pharmacies don't copy the drugs. There are international drug patents in place.

Drug companies charge people in the US the most because the US allows it. In other countries, they charge a lot less because their governments demand it. Those governments are usually the customers in many countries with socialized medicine. When you buy in very large quantities of anything, you can always negotiate on price.

Unfortunately there is a law in the US preventing our socialized medical services (medicare, VA) from negotiating with pharmaceutical companies.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding
His xor-laden branchless min/max code in the fastest version so far, sort6_sorting_network_v4, is some seriously janky shit. It's making it harder for the compiler to generate good platform-specific machine code. That initial impression was confirmed after looking at the x64 assembly code generated by gcc -O3. It was awful. I rewrote his min/max macros to use plain old ternary operators. The generated assembly code looked a lot better, and my code beats his by 2-2.5x on my late 2008 MacBook Pro:

$ gcc -O3 sortnet -o sortnet && ./sortnet
sort6_sorting_network_v4: time = 988 cycles
sort6_sorting_network_per: time = 390 cycles

That win is without even trying. Just from eyeballing those cycle counts, I'd expect you could wring a lot more speed out of this. My coworker Fabian (@rygorous) immediately suggested using the old difference trick for SORT2(x,y) rather than calculating min and max independently. That brings it down further by about 50% in my benchmark. Fabian estimates that's still about 2.5 times off from optimal: "Best bit-magic solution is ~5 cycle dep chain, stupid simple mov / cmp / cmovg / cmovg boils down to 2."

His benchmarking harness also leaves a lot to be desired. But that's another issue. He also says that this is eventually intended for use on a GPU, but he's ranking the implementations by performance on a deeply pipelined out-of-order CPU. Modern GPU cores have some minimal scoreboarding but none of them do the full dance of register renaming and decoupled execution units.
Google [dynamic deoptimization].
Finagle: A Protocol-Agnostic RPC System from Twitter
Because “European Union” is not just a name.

(At its core the EU is all about creating a common market. Harmonized patent law and enforcement is obviously a big part of that.)
McDonald's probably has some lobbyist of their own.
GCC has digraphs that are much more readable than ANSI trigraphs.
The reason an analog 'scope from 1985 can fetch $200 is a combination of things, and you're forgetting at least two:

1) A quality scope is expensive to make. Those 'scopes, expensive as they may seem, are priced at a fraction of the cost to make one; it is not just their utility, but also the cost of making on that keeps their value above $5.

2) Modern, new quality 'scopes cost thousands of dollars, so $200 seems cheap in comparison.
> If you can't work problems, you don't really know what's happening

On the contrary: If all your 'work' can be done even faster by a machine, you don't know any more than the machine does and your skills are worthless once your wages are more expensive than just buying and maintaining the machine.

Real mathematicians use software like R and Matlab and so on, because their real skill lies in knowing what to do with the software and how to interpret the results it gives.
Portland is one of my favorite American cities. But if you're freely choosing somewhere to relocate to, I would think Seattle would be a tough competitor. It's nearby, has a bigger tech community, and has Washington's zero state income tax versus Oregon with the highest state income tax in the country at 11% for the top bracket.
Then isn't mentioning "Portland, Maine" the better requirement?
NPR Audio - The Evangelicals Engaged In Spiritual Warfare
Completely disagree. While I was at Google I was encouraged to find another project that I was interested in contributing to in my 20% time. I ended up working on some internal tools, but there's plenty of options.
Want to see a non-incremental innovation for multi-touch calculators?

A friend of a friend wrote this: http://mathtouchapp.com/ (He doesn't know I'm linking it here).

The app throws away the calculator metaphor and starts from scratch. Instead, the author uses the back-of-a-napkin as the metaphor.

You start with a blank page and add systems of equations. You can visually link variables together. You can insert values along with its unit of measurement and numeric precision. You can feed results to graphs.

At $10, this is cheaper than getting the Nspire if you already have an iOS device. But of course, you can't use it when taking the SAT. And it would be cool if you can export it to Wolfram's computational data format and trade formula libraries.

You need to actually understand the math instead of just punching the buttons. Then again, isn't that what Sal Khan's videos are for?
Right, because I'm sure Matt Taibbi is lying about Obama getting wall street off the hook:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/obama-go...

And I'm sure that Obama did not actually make Michelle Leonhardt the DEA administrator at the request of big pharma.
For what it's worth I couldn't disagree more. I use the guard pattern very often (as described here http://video.ias.edu/webfm_send/1207 [Video]).

Rather than writing:

if (argc == 3) {
if (fname) {
/* Do stuff */
} else {
printf ("File name cannot be null");
}
} else {
printf ("Wrong number of arguments");
}

I would write:

if (argc != 3) {
printf ("Wrong number of arguments");
} else if (!fname) {
printf ("File name cannot be null");
} else {
/* Do stuff */
}
Indeed, the valves must be in working order, and there must be enough blood in the vessels to close the circuit and prime the pump. I don't know if it was confirmed, but while I was a student, there were strong suspicions that blood in the whole thorax (pulmonary circulation), not only in the heart, contributed to the assisted flow.

Another fun fact: CPR is more efficient if you use a plunger to perform the chest compressions, because you can push and pull it, thus not only pumping blood out of the heart (through the arteries), but also actively sucking it back in (from the veins).

As a consequence, at the end of a cycle, there is more blood in the chest to be pumped out on the next one.

See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21251705 for the details.
Show HN: SaaSaholics.com, a proper forum for SaaS builders
Frankly if you replicate the TI-83's layout in a GUI, and emulate its OS, and sell it for $10 on the App Store, you'd make millions. Any student carrying around an iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad would gladly pay that, rather than $100 for a new bulky TI-83, and use that in school instead. Makes their lives simpler by only having a single device.

Replicating the interface is key. From my experience, most teachers were horribly confused if someone brought in a TI-89 or, forbid, a TI-92. Why? Different UI that they don't know. You can't teach students how to use their calculator unless you know how to use it yourself.

After, you can add in all sorts of extra features like you mentioned. But "A TI-83 that runs on iOS" is probably the first feature that people will pay for.

It does bring up the issue of students cheating on tests, using their iOS "calculators", but last time I checked it's not too hard to hide notes on your TI-83 either...

It's an idea I've had for an iOS app for a while, but don't have the time to dedicate to it (working on something else).
Great suggestions.

I was about to add GEB, but realized it doesn't quite fit under any category.

I could add a "general" reading list, but do you think it fits in a category?
I dont think there was anything missing from the existing FB developer forums except for the main missing ingredient - active participation from FB itself.

If they are going to be unresponsive on SO as well, migrating to the SO platform doesnt make sense at all.
When (and when not to) use an anchor tag?
Real mathematicians use software like R and Matlab and so on, because their real skill lies in knowing what to do with the software and how to interpret the results it gives.

Of course! But what I would contest is that (at least in my humble experience) knowing what to do with the software and how to interpret the results comes with learning about how those results are produced.

When I want to analyze a complicated circuit, I don't use a pencil and paper, I use pspice. But I would not be able to create a useful model, run useful tests, or make sense of the output if I was not able to (at least once upon a time) do it on paper.
> For now, if you absolutely must buy the game from a GameStop location, either make sure the game is sealed, or check for the coupon before leaving the location.

I used to work at one in HS. It's really easy to reseal a package with shrink wrap.
Until last year I was a programmer of pure heart, that would despise perspective of working 09:00-17:00 as a programmer, and then go home and 'have a life'. Programming for me was, and still is, a creative art and a tool to solve problems worth solving. However, since then I started working and actually earning money for my expenses, instead of relying on parents, and this pretty much shifted my perspective. You need to take money from somewhere if you want to eat (and support people both above and below you on the family tree). Also, it's really hard to find a job that would be perfectly aligned with your dreams/goals - that actually hurted the most. I understand now that people have different priorities, and life is not so simple, and people tend not to have everything 'figured out'.

While I still strive to find a way to give value to human society to the best of my abilities, and don't want to end in a corporate 0900-1700 job and make money for the sake of making money, I understand and respect people who chose differently. I believe, that there are other interesting things I might learn from them. However, I expect the same respect from them, that I give to them. Otherwise, we have nothing to talk about.
Alternatively, it could be a simple "incentives matter."

Government: Have free money.

McDonalds: Seriously?

Government: Dead serious!

McDonalds: OK then, we'll take the free money.
Jersey Shore Season 4 Episode 4
Jersey Shore Season 4 Episode 4 "Crime and Punishment" : Will be aired on August 25, 2011 at 10:00 PM on MTV. So stay tune on MTV to watch it.

Ok guys, the next episode of the Jersey Shore Season 4 Episode 4 "Crime and Punishment" tells about :
The guys harass Deena for hooking up with Vinny's girl;
New Facebook Features Help Keep Your Dignity Intact
Even EA is getting into their own digital distribution service now.
More and more this is just a patch for the problem, while what they need is a 180 degree turn and commit to actual developers.

Facebook treats its developers just like its users and throws out updates, new features and changes very very often. With so many users they can afford it for their users, but they need to see they can't just do that for their developers. As a user there are so many little bugs and quirks in Facebook, especially in the News Feed, that popup and a few days later disappear. Facebook needs to realise they need developers too, and that many advertisers run campaigns on their facebook pages, meaning that the API is not just a fun addon for users, but a money maker too.
Startup resource Sprouter.com is back from the dead... for now
Just wondering what your thoughts are on how the hacker community can/should respond, do we have any responsibility to?
So let me get his straight, you are comparing Plano, a town with a population of roughly 250,000 people, that was named the wealthiest city in America (per your own link), with Portland.

I might as well compare it to my tiny hometown in orange county, of course I'm going to reach a ridiculous conclusion about it's employment level and cleanliness (and tattoo level?) I think you would hate SF btw.
Thanks. I've definitely considered the possibility of going back to school somewhere else after I graduate to pursue a tech education more aligned with my own goals, maybe immediately after. Perhaps the answer to this question would be a little more intuitive if I had a more zen-like approach to life, rather than thinking about it all in terms of cause, effect, and "the way things are."
I always get annoyed at the call-to-action button being placed above the descriptions of what I get. I want to see what I get before I sign-up, and you're making me scroll down below to fold to try to see what I need to know, then I need to come back up to the button.

I wouldn't have the "Sign Up" button on the front page like that. I'd have a careful and considerate but above all short description of the aspects of the features - I've chosen my wording carefully there - that leads me on to ask natural questions, that then get answered.

There's a reason why these shopping channel pitches always say "But wait! There's more!" until they finally have you screaming "YES - BUT WHAT'S THE BLOODY PRICE!!!" They get you engaged and committed before asking for actual action.

And those were my immediate thoughts.

Also, what's the point is using valuable landing page real-estate to put the name of the site with a link to the same page? I refer to the lovingly designed logo/name at the top left.

I'd say you need to lose half the words, tighten the layout, remove half the graphics, and lead me through some pages showing the benefits, each with a subtle call-to-action button that gradually gets more prominent.

But I'm not a designer. I would be interested to see other people's responses to this critique.
Dutch judge considers Apple's slide-to-unlock patent trivial and likely invalid
Wow, that's kinda crazy. It essentially means that companies can hurt competitors by violating a law, causing competitors to go out of business even, and then pay the government to 'repent' (and also agree to some scrutiny for that particular type of violation). But their objective of wiping out competition has been achieved.
Draw a circle.
Very nice, good work Peter! It crossed my mind too when I peeped Notch code (was a bit addictive) to try port it in jruby, as it was as already mentioned a very explicit Java implementation.

The FPS was higher than I expected it to be, for a script language that is. :)
Could a Googler give their input on this?
Having spoken to a couple of Google fulltimers on this note, the general impression I've received is that 20% time is largely a myth and that spending this time working on alternate projects is widely acknowledged to not being conducive to moving up the company hierarchy.
Public library will lend out people as ‘living books’
the gap is absence of competition. Monopoly situation is bad for everybody, including the monopolist itself who degrades into the state of not giving a damn f&ck about any-/everything.
Introducing Multi-Channel Funnels in Google Analytics
Maybe developers should just start an unofficial Facebook Wiki.
As far as I understand it, it's not a design patent, it's a trade dress complaint.
True, single sales can be won and lost by skill alone, but without some passion for either the product, your employer, or your customer, you may end up as a Glengarry Glen Ross style frustrated burnout :)
I work at an search marketing firm and we've been piloting this with several of our clients over the last few months. Really awesome stuff here. You get a deep look into the conversion process across all of your different marketing channels.
Airbnb host receives citation for running an unlicensed business
Does the Internet Make You More — Or Less — Connected?
Me too! The heat gun shrink wrap is cool stuff, but it's obviously not the factory-fresh stuff (nicely folded cellophane gift wrap) to anyone who's purchased a new game in the last few years. Plus, there's also a box seal inside the wrap anyways.
I think it says more about the state of high school math. technology meets the needs of the market, and this market hasn't changed much in 10 years.
Taking a look at the keywords with highest cost per day on Google Adwords:
http://www.spyfu.com/TopList.aspx?listId=29

"schools nursing" is #1
Third ad to nursingschools.classesusa.com http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/classesusa.com

Pretty scammy. All in all the list doesn't look very upstanding. It would be interesting to see some sort of long tail analysis that cross referenced services like web of trust with data like that from SpyFu.
Have a Rewards Checking Account?

Use $1 charges to meet minimum monthly transactions
Regulation would mean people being certified by the Louisiana Board of Computer Programming for the Wizwoz system 2.0. Yuck! Some of the software industry will move abroad, but even more most large countries will start having local markets. The thing going for software is very fast innovation and adoption, leading to IT, software, mobile undercutting a lot of traditional industries and practices, and this is just the beginning. Stopping it would mean killing the golden goose.
Man, if Portland was anything like Plano, I'd leave here faster than anyone. I grew up in Austin with cousins in Plano and while it was certainly clean, it was the most soulless, character-less place I have EVER been. Thank FSM we're not anything remotely like that place.
That's nothing. The HP12C is thirty years old and still lists for $70.

In other words, it was cutting edge in 1981 along with the original IBM PC.

[http://www.amazon.com/HP-12c-Financial-Calculator-12C/dp/B00...]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-10C_series#HP-12C]
This was a witty comment (the end made me chuckle)...but flippant.

Ultimately it is not very helpful: it does not address the content of the original article, which is excellent.

It is easy to fall into the trap of being so skeptical of sales writing as to automatically discount it. We see a lot of that here on HN which I find to be an unfortunate knee-jerk reaction.

Sales is a skill. During a layover I bought a book on the 'business' shelf of a UK airport. The book had tons of the warning signs of #2 above. I was extremely skeptical. It was called 'Selling to Win' by Richard Denny. It had the cheesiest cover you can imagine (think citrus green with pink).

But the things I learned in that book allowed me to get to 'ramen profitability' in my field. I was ahead of the crowd 6 months later, largely thanks to the techniques in that book.

Had I dismissed the book, I'd still be making fun of the cover and complaining about not having enough work.
There's a difference between suing and counter-suing. Apple is clearly a patent aggressor in this arena. The system is clearly broken, but Apple is rich and powerful enough to be able to choose whether to get involved and can be held accountable for those decisions.
This is a great article. I think that it is also important for marketing beginners to remember the difference between marketing and advertising. Advertising is just a small part of marketing but it is often looked at in the same way. A good marketer will really help you build an identity for your firm and help you define a consistent message that you should use at every communication point with your customers. That message should be communicated in everything from your logo, to the voice of your website content, to how you answer your phones, right through to your advertising. It takes a leap of faith to commit to a message, so it is worth the time upfront to find the right marketer.
The counter argument is somewhat correct. The VC fund is committed, and the money has to be 'put to work' during the course of the fund.

However, if VCs fear that rough times are coming and that the companies they have already committed to may have trouble raising a follow-on round, the VCs may be more conservative investing in new businesses as they may be reserving some funds for their portfolio companies.

Angels can do what they want with their money. This can be a good or bad thing in the market. I suspect that part of the growth in Angel investments over the last few years has been the risk/reward equation in the public markets.

The public markets were risky, were we going to have a double-dip recession, are we at the bottom? or are we at a 'false peak'. It seems nobody really new if the markets were going to go up or down over the 1-2 year period. Lots of uncertainty.

There is always uncertainty in the Angel market, but the rewards opportunity is much greater than in the public market. Therefore, Angels would consider the company, the ownership they could get, and be in for the long-haul with an opportunity at a great return.

Now, I have no idea if the credit downgrade or other financial situations will have an effect on Angel or VC money. My best guess at this point would be that VCs will be conservative over the next 6 months. I wonder if we'll see a decrease in Angel investments, not because of the markets specifically, but because they invested heavily over the last few years, and are yet to have the returns to re-invest.

My 2 cents.
Blackberrys will soon run Android apps
Another Sactown => PDX refugee here. Pretty much love the weather year round. But I loved Sacramento's rainy winters, so I'm likely wired that way. It's taken a while to adjust to the idea that summer is a season where you actually go outside instead of hiding indoors with a/c.

I resonate with the "filthy and dilapidated" comment though. I blew off Portland as a dirty industrial town for a lot of years before moving here. It still has a lot of that heritage, and if you're from a place that constantly tears things down and rebuilds, you likely won't understand it here.
There are plenty of advertisers who would _target_ people who are worried about a few bucks, namely those advertising bargain products.
Also, as mentioned previously, you have to "jump through hoops" to pay for an article anyway. Based on the example site, this method is much faster for the reader than a paywall anyway.
Divorce - how do we tell the children?
I'm not sure what that has to do with remittance; you seem to be suggesting that a larger fine should have been assessed. And, sure.
Could you explain what you mean by a "brand database"?
I agree. Their platform changes more often than their underwear. A wiki would be very helpful. I hate to search for a problem and find 10 different solutions all of which have been deprecated. Curiously, even in the old documentation wiki developers were not allowed to edit pages. I think there must be some FB development wikis out there, lost in obscurity.
how weird? Sorry about that - I have no idea why that would happen. Anywho - the post has been added as a guest post over at Inside Mobile Apps. check it out here: http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2011/08/24/hiring-via-api-br...
When next time you are going to recommend some Galaxy Tab for them rember this: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/06/29/samsung-complaint-cal...

Apple did not invent the patent system, nor did they bought that court decision.
Do you know whether the effectiveness is reduced if people know they're being primed?