skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Good news is and many in the academic sphere may not realize this - many faculties universities are going to go out of business at this rate. One silver lining during this time has been, many have realized how much they are overpaying for things they can learn online or through their own efforts. There is no reason you need to spend 200k+ for a degree in Sociology and Gender Studies.

Other than medicine, law a few science majors I don’t foresee much of the faculties in universities survive assuming the cooler heads prevail, and parents and society realize sending your kids on their way to mortgage their entire twenties for a piece of paper that can be learned through community college and online studies is worthless.
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT | Computational/Genomic/Data Scientist | Full-time | REMOTE (restricted to New England), Boston/Cambridge, MA | VISA

The Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, gnomad.broadinstitute.org) is the world’s largest public database of human genetic information and has been a pioneer in genomic data aggregation since 2013. gnomAD is the default resource used in virtually every clinical variant interpretation pipeline today, and our browser has generated over 39 million page views to date, with tens of thousands of unique monthly users.

We’re looking for an experienced computational scientist to help design the open-source cloud pipelines we use to produce our exponentially growing data releases, to develop new features and scientific analyses, and to eventually manage team members. Your work will directly support patient diagnoses in the clinic as well as transformational research in human genetics and disease etiology.

Our group is part of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, one of the world’s leading biomedical and genomic research centers. You’ll work alongside colleagues with deep expertise in genetics, computational biology, software development, and machine learning. In particular, you’ll have the opportunity to interact closely with Hail (hail.is) developers at the Broad to play a role in the feature design of the field’s most cutting-edge toolkit for massively parallel, high-throughput computation of genetic data.

Low-cost (Roth) 401k with 6% matching and variable annual bonus (~3%); full medical, dental, and vision with FSA and HSA options; 6-7 weeks PTO plus federal/state holidays, excellent work/life balance; financial assistance for adoption and child care; tuition reimbursement; commuter benefits

Join us here: broad.io/gnomad-cs
Questions about the role? Contact: gtiao@broadinstitute.org
The problem is that people are all for consolidation of power when it's going to further their ends.

The American political system has become completely unprincipled, largely as a result of decades long attacks on moderates.
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Not true. People are trying to use the mental model of a huge stateful desktop app and apply it to the web. That's not to say it's a good idea to use that model, far from it.

The web was designed to avoid it for multiple very good reasons. In fact, the success of the web has partially been attributed to those very design decisions, so it might make sense to pay attention to them.
It's almost like Buffet was able to master remote work before it became a thing.
The Product-Market Fit Landscape
https://www.erezdruk.com/post/the-product-market-fit-landsca...
Thank you, but I actually was not...
I don't use an external monitor, so I'm not familiar with the issue here, but are you saying this person created a solution for a problem that doesn't exist? Is this one of those RTFM moments?
They have only sold millions of devices since being part of FB. They were still really niche in 2014.
Doesn't internet+oAuth+ecosystem essentially cover the metaverse concept already or am I missing the big picture?

> The metaverse will be persistent

That's already the case. Your email, facebook posts, photos, game history, chats, etc are already persistent. MMOs are not at all "the closest thing" to this existing.

> The metaverse will be live

The internet is both live (e.g. twitch) and async (e.g. email) depending on what you're consuming. What is new here?

> Experiences will span both digital and physical worlds

This seems kind of how a lot of things already work, though I can see that VR can push this forward in some respects.

> There will be no cap on concurrent users

Except when there are technical or product reasons right? Pretty much as things are now.

> The metaverse will have a fully functioning economy

I guess this could be improved. General purpose digital trading marketplaces aren't big or general purpose; but that might also be good - centralized markets could take too much profit from the ecosystem.

> The metaverse will have unprecedented interoperability

This is a pretty generic statement, even with the example of fortnite skins being usable in minecraft. oAuth already allows for sharing access to data between different providers. It's a question of the product developers from both sides wanting to create the available interop. Maybe there will be easy to use libraries that handle more specialized cases in the future but what is _new_ here to require a new name?

I still have no idea what the Metaverse is and the "is it already here" section doesn't really explain what is missing. It's just vague concepts thrown into a soup trying to sound cool and I can't find any substance in what is being said. Can someone clarify this Metaverse concept?
If people would stop rescuing dogs, those dogs would live to die in cages or be put down. I don't see how this would feed back into the demand for breeding.
This sounds great, a lot of chart/graph libraries are SVG based and rendering performance is a common bottleneck for these libraries. Hopefully this will help.
> Is it unprofessional to leave a new job where everything is a mess?

No, absolutely not. Next question, please.
Oh boy well this is another nail in the coffin for free speech in the UK.

Back in my day it was just a given people said mean things on the internet.
So after reading other parts, I get where I was mistaken but still believe proper coding practices of avoiding magic strings would avoid many of the potential issues.

My mistake was thinking the initial Unicode character was changing the comparison string similar to a non printable character could. But instead it flips the ordering so that the comment is part of the comparison string and then the string is terminated.
Wouldn’t the nature of a vpn make this kind of difficult to enforce?
Oh sure, but how many people who choose to be C programmers do you know who would be scared off by that? That's exactly what "familiar complexity" is about: people being comfortable with and not worrying about things that they're used to, even though they maybe should feel uncomfortable and worry a bit.
I emailed Sam from another Who Is Hiring thread about 2 months ago but never heard back. It's ok, but "not interested" would have been better communication wise. Replying here just as a feedback, good intentions only.
LimeLoop | Full Stack Engineer | New York, NY & Tucson, AZ | REMOTE | Full-time | https://thelimeloop.com

LimeLoop is the leading logistics platform for retailers shipping goods. We are helping brands increase the double bottom line through positive and measurable environmental impact and optimizing the cost of goods and customer loyalty. We offer a fully integrated experience from the time a product is ordered to when it reaches the customer.

Join us as we re-imagine the e-commerce experience. We are seeking a Software Engineer to execute against a number of key tasks for our web and mobile-based apps.You’ll be one of our first hires of a fast-growing team! There are fundamental, technical, and architectural decisions to make. There are key user experiences to develop, iterate, and innovate on. There are best practices to solidify. You’ll be building a product, and you’ll be establishing the foundation for a world-class engineering department.

Stack: React, Express.js, Node.js, MongoDB, AWS

https://www.thelimeloop.com/careers for more information
So does this mean if you participate in a twitter mob while in the UK you could be sent to jail? The way the law it written it sounds pretty board - an errant like or retweet (which is not necessarily any endorsement) could land you in hot water.
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I think the majority of "postal voting fraud" in the UK consists of very patriarchal families in which the father directs family members as to how to vote, and submits the votes himself. Arguably, this isn't much different from persuading people to change their voting intentions, which is entirely legitimate. Postal voting used to be restricted to people who could show that they were unable to vote in-person, e.g. because they were in the armed services.

I disapprove strongly of that patriarchal practice; but (1) I doubt it has much effect on outcomes, (2) mandatory in-person voting wouldn't prevent it (the patriarch can still instruct his family members).

I also disapprove of early voting. I believe that to cast a vote legitimately, you have to pay some attention to the hustings and the arguments. That is not a barricade I will die defending, though - the tide is against me.

AFAIAA, the UK has not imported a voter ID law from the US. There was a trial at the last election, in a handful of constituencies, and there is mandatory photographic ID for voting in Northern Ireland. A voter ID law was proposed in the Queen's Speech, but no legislation has been tabled or debated.

For the most part, voters receive a poll card in the post, which they don't have to produce at the polling station. You can just turn up, state your name and address, and cast a ballot. Your name is then crossed-out in the voter register, so that the same name-and-address can't vote more than once.
CredCore | Programming | Remote | India | Full-Time

CredCore is a well-funded early-stage startup based out of New York City, building solutions for the $10 trillion US debt sector. Our product suite is primarily targeted at CFOs and Corporate Finance departments, helping them navigate the complex landscape of corporate debt deals and make better decisions with AI-assisted data analysis.

There are several roles you could play; writing back-end services, designing data ingestion pipelines, managing our cloud infrastructure, or helping out with the front-end (no, not the visual design).

Required:

2 to 10 years of experience in JavaScript or Python, familiarity with any statically typed language (Java, Go, Rust, C++, C# etc), databases such as Postgres, familiarity with Functional Programming (in any language), and experience with Cloud Environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, DigitalOcean etc).

Good to have:

Front-end skills (React, Vue, Angular etc), Shell Scripting, Machine Learning, Kubernetes and DevOps, Projects on GitHub we could review (Or, Blogs, Tech Talks, Papers, Patents etc), exposure to Financial Services industry.

We offer:

Competitive salary and equity, Remote-first work environment, Health and Insurance Coverage, Reimbursement for setting up your home-office, or for relevant learning opportunities.

We're still busy setting things up. For now, please email your resume to jeswin@credcore.com
I remember as a child I would often go with my parents to gather pine seeds as we have many pines where I grew up. There were really a lot to be found in the right periods, literally on the streets.

Nowadays for some reason they're almost impossible to find, not sure if this happens because everyone realized how valuable they are and is rushing to gather them.
SparkAI | Multiple Roles | New York or REMOTE | https://www.spark.ai/

Artificial intelligence meets natural intelligence on our API. We are on a mission to accelerate the proliferation of automation and robotics. We’ve started by addressing the most expensive and pervasive barrier to scale – AI edge cases – with an API-based service that resolves machine learning exceptions live, in production. Our customers are some of the largest and most interesting robotics applications in the world.

If you believe revolutionary automation and robotics products shouldn’t have to wait for the next AI breakthrough, join us on this journey.

Senior Solutions Architect: https://careers.spark.ai/p/25fba3818416-senior-solutions-arc...

Infrastructure Engineer: https://careers.spark.ai/p/6a9aa877c3e3-infrastructure-engin...

Front-end Engineer: https://careers.spark.ai/p/d4601a8fd048-front-end-engineer

Back-end Engineer: https://careers.spark.ai/p/af61bdfa7a6b-back-end-engineer

Back-end Engineer: API: https://careers.spark.ai/p/f9b48dae1a8a-back-end-engineer-ap...

QA Engineer: https://careers.spark.ai/p/a47b87fcb069-qa-engineer
Western Digital to Ship 20TB OptiNAND HDDs in November
Ask HN: Best Credit Card for ~20 person Company?
Hello HN Network - we're in need of a new credit card for our 20 person hybrid (50% in person 50% remote) employee base. We're a technology business selling a SaaS and IoT products.

Does anyone have recent experience they'd like to offer with Brex or all the alternatives out there? The space moves so quickly and I fear the marketing websites on these may not always line up with the reality of the card programs.

value drivers we're interested in;

- ~2% or more cash back
- Web dashboard to manage employee cards and spending limits
- Web tools to make it easy for our accountants to reconcile statements with QBO
- "Positive Pay" or just completely single-use cards where the numbers can be generated online without much consequence.

Thanks in advance for any honest links or feedback.
SOFware LLC | Software Engineers | REMOTE (USA)| Full-Time

For the past 10 years we’ve helped in the selection and assessment of candidates involved in Elite Special Operations Forces and Federal Law Enforcement. We help deep select the best and put them in positions of leadership faster.

Our core team consists of Engineers and Former Operators. Some are both!

Our main technology stack is Ruby/Rails with some front end pieces built in React or Stimulus depending on the lift.

We believe in the strong link between developer productivity and happiness. So we encourage building tools to prevent mind numbing tasks: DSLs, Generators, and Scripts. We’re also big on collaborating. If you tend to be “married to your code” this role isn’t for you.

We work strictly remote but do sometimes send our developers onsite to interact with our analysts and users. We want to be sure everyone is understanding/building what the user needs.

Other benefits:

— Medical/Dental/yadda yadda
— Disability
— Life insurance
— 401(k) after three months of employment
— Company-provided laptop and home office allowance
— Federal holidays plus liberal PTO policy

This role would require you to get a SECRET security clearance which we would sponsor.

You can check out our website but it’s dated and built to target DoD offices.
https://sofwarellc.com/

Contact us at hn@sofwarellc.com

This position requires proof of vaccination to be provided by the date of hire, unless an accommodation request has been provided and granted pursuant to federal law.

SOFware LLC is an Equal Opportunity employer
>>The same professor has already testified against the state when under control by the same government about the same issue (voting rights).

Point of order: During the 2018 political cycle, there was not the same massive push by the party in power of Florida to promote an "election fraud is a massive existential threat to our democracy" narrative in the same way there was during 2020 and beyond.

Pretending a massive change in direction didn't happen in the intervening years seems either extremely naïve or disingenuous.
Hope the ACLU gets involved.
What the man page says about the -U option is either super confusing or outright wrong.

You do need -U to make bidi formatting characters visible:

$ less --version | head -n1
less 551 (GNU regular expressions)

$ locale charmap
UTF-8

$ printf 'a\342\200\216b\n' | less -F
a‎b

$ printf 'a\342\200\216b\n' | less -U -F
a<U+200E>b
This is just a completely foreign concept for Windows users. My main work PC is a laptop with a 4k built-in display, and 2x 1920x1080 external monitors. I can RDP in from my home machine, which has a single 5120x1440 monitor, with zero issues.
but once inflation goes back to normal is not a fact. The future is uncertain, ie hyperinflation is possible.
Of course you can guess and rely on intuition. The key aspect of science is the feedback loop with data to refine/reject those guesses and intuition.

Its also hilarious to me that you call out my guess and then make your own unsubstantiated claims, which I'm sure feel "intuitive" to you.
This particular Bond yields current inflation levels:

"How is the interest rate of an I bond determined?
The interest rate combines two separate rates:

A fixed rate of return, which remains the same throughout the life of the I bond.

A variable semiannual inflation rate based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The Bureau of the Fiscal Service announces the rates each May and November. The semiannual inflation rate announced in May is the change between the CPI-U figures from the preceding September and March; the inflation rate announced in November is the change between the CPI-U figures from the preceding March and September."

So its fairly safe to assume that current inflation levels are indeed 7%.
Exactly. As a well to do tech person, the impact of 10% inflation is nil when my retirement funds returned 25%.

Now if I was some über rich dude with millions of capital tied up high friction investments, forced to choose between paying capital gains taxes or losing to inflation, i may feel differently.

Frankly, we need to put shitty businesses that exist by virtue of low interest rates out of business. It should not be feasible to buy thousands of single family homes as investment property, for example.
The only risk is losing out on greater gains from investing in a higher yield asset. Keep in mind that the yield on these will probably drop in 6 months, since the dividend is adjusted semiannually. If inflation keeps going the dividend will stay high, but other assets will also appreciate due to inflation.
> 7.12% rate consists of a 0.00% fixed rate and a 3.56% inflation rate.

For comparison, TIPS trade at a negative real yield [1].

[1] https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/i...
Speckle | London/Remote | Full Time | Sr. Frontend Eng.

We're a young COSS company building the git for 3D. We're looking for a proactive & social sr. front-end engineer that is willing to build the future UIs for data informed design, serving architecture, construction to manufacturing and more. We have an awesome remote-first & non-boring team, but since we're first time doing this we'll need ±4-6hrs overlap with the London timezone.

Openings: https://speckle.systems/careers/
Kumu | Kumu Enterprise Developer | https://kumu.io | REMOTE | Full time |
Kumu is a data visualization platform that helps people understand complex relationships, primarily through network, systems, and stakeholder maps.

Shit's broken, and we're trying to fix it: https://kumu.io/manifesto

We’ve worked with some of the world’s top organizations including The Omidyar Group, Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, USAID, Stanford ChangeLabs, 100Kin10, Democracy Fund, World Bank, Humanity United, and more.

We're looking for an experienced developer to join our team to lead development on Kumu Enterprise, a parallel release of our product that runs in on-premises virtual machines.

Experience with Linux, Packer, VMWare and AWS is ideal. Bonus points for experience with (or willingness to learn) Rails, React, and TypeScript, for working on the product itself.

We're a small and flexible remote team who place a lot of value on physical and mental health, great lifestyles, and doing meaningful work.

Full job description: https://kumu.io/careers
https://vantage.sh/ | NYC or US-REMOTE

Vantage is a cloud cost platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz and a number of fantastic angels. The company is a seed stage company with under 10 employees but growing quickly. We have thousands of businesses on the platform, paying customers and a well-defined roadmap to execute on. The team so far has experience from AWS, DigitalOcean, Github, Datadog, Cloudflare, Akamai and more. Our co-founders are both technical and engineering is very important to us.

We are looking for:

- Full stack engineers to work primarily with Ruby/Rails, Postgres and a bunch of AWS services. If you love infrastructure, chances are you'll love the scope of work here: https://www.vantage.sh/jobs/senior_software_engineer.html

- A Senior Developer Advocate to help engage our growing community and write technical content: https://www.vantage.sh/jobs/senior_developer_advocate.html

More information can be found on our careers page: https://www.vantage.sh/careers

Apply by email directly to me at ben@vantage.sh
Am I missing something to think it is insane a kitchen appliance manufacturer fund such core dev work instead of Apple ?
Probably doesn’t qualify as reasonably priced, but this 24” monitor has suited me well. I shrink everything by one notch and everything is very crisp and “retina”.

LG UltraFine 4K Display

https://store.apple.com/xc/product/HMUA2VC/A
There’s more evidence of everything in the west because of the openness of governments compared to China. China isn’t responding to FOIA requests all that much these days.
Intel seems 6 years too late to the party CUDA started. That said, it could pick up traction: academics have increasingly been using pytorch.

EDIT: Perhaps its my inexperience, but is anyone else confused by the OneAPI rollout? There isn't exactly backwards compatiblity with the Classic Intel compiler, and an embarassing amount of time elapsed until I realized "Data Parallel C++" doesn't refer to parallel programming in C++, but rather an Intel-developed API built atop C++.
> if { = 0 == 1 } then {

What in the heck is that first '=' for?
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Honestly, I really hope that I don't need to explain the logic behind my comment. It should be obvious to anyone willing to spend more than a couple of seconds thinking about it. I would hope that on HN we'd actually try to read and understand the comment we're voting on.

Of course I'm being overly optimistic, but I'd prefer to be naive and wrong than cynical and right.
Telling that your comment is starting to gray out but I have a degree in economics and I don't listen to talk radio

Housing inflation has averaged 14% to start.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/runaway-us-home-price-rises...
Thank you for recommending that book.
Mako Fintech | Front-End Engineer | ONSITE (Montreal, QC) or REMOTE (Eastern Canada only) | Full-time https://www.makofintech.com/

We're a B2B SaaS used by banks and wealth managers. We turn their existing paper/PDF-based processes into cloud applications that are integrated with the rest of their systems. We do this using an internal low-code form/workflow automation framework that we've built, that allows us to deliver custom cloud transformations at really low cost. This uniquely powerful low-code approach has allowed us to outcompete the biggest names in finance, like Broadridge and Pega, and win major institutional clients.

We're growing super fast and need an amazing front-end engineer to join our team of ex-Silicon Valley devs. The work is technically very interesting (you're building basically a cloud application framework), and the stack is mature (AWS/RoR/VueJS).

We pay up to $130,000 CAD+equity, depending on experience. Reach out to me personally if you'd like:

mpnadeau@makofintech.com
Hmm. If this were true, we'd see margins expanding in the industry vs prior years, but that isn't reflected in the data.

https://csimarket.com/Industry/industry_Profitability_Ratios...