skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ask HN: Who would be interested in a platform for text based job interviews
I'm currently looking for a new job, and I have a problem: I absolutely hate phone / video job interviews.

I have 10 years of professional experience, I have a good CV and I think I'm actually good at my job. But I don't think I will get a job like without a video call.

So I thought: maybe I should build a platform for text based job interviews.

There must be thousands of great developers out there, who don't switch jobs, who don't apply to a position which they would be a perfect fit for, simply because they loathe job interviews, are shy, introverted or have social anxiety...

And companies are missing out on great developers. They are basically filtering out anyone who isn't good at interviewing. I get that for some companies or some positions, talking on the phone or per video chat is part of the job. But not for (every) software developer jobs?

I know that at least one company, Automattic, is conducting their job interviews via text. So it must work, even on the scale of a company with ~1000 of employees.

Maybe there are more?

I'm starting a wait list, and if you are in the same position as me: you want a new job, but you would like to do job interviews via text, please sign up. If there are enough people on the wait list, I will start a new platform, and try to convince other companies use this completely untapped source for new tech talent.

Wait list for developers: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxkdroJ4NrOZFi_HTwEtR7szPKg4uQE_1WUEH9vuEznOEvZw/viewform

If you are hiring and are interested in this, sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePfriC4xwSEUbw8u05UGfLUVpyGBGS79wFInEYrqQnYxPxJA/viewform
Cleaning as you go also probably has the same impact as mise en place--driving down process variability. Less things that can get in your way.
The list is massive. It probably covers most open source projects from Linux (which might not be single personal now but it certainly was when it started) and git, cURL (still single person AFAIK) etc. even GNU started out as a single person project.
Perhaps the answer is no-code with an 'eject' function, that spits out actual code that you can then build on once you have exhausted the possibility of no-code.

Or, going in the other direction - using code to build the building blocks, which you can stitch together with no-code. Some libraries already do this, such as Elsa Workflows.

The problem with some of the no-code platforms that allow you to write code, is that the code is still within their framework, and you can't use the language's package ecosystem. The platforms that solve this will make the code-in-nocode function exponentially more powerful.
> nuclear waste (we just don't have a solution

Yes we do. I post this is almost every thread about nuclear power, and it seems I find new people each time.

If you combine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor you have essentially zero nuclear waste, and you also need something like 98% less Uranium.

This is a completely solved problem.

> On top of that, nuclear power plants don't work well together with renewables, as they can't switch their output level enough.

This isn't true either.

It's like everyone's opinion of nuclear power is stuck in the past, and no one can ever update their info.
A friend did that with flowers for my wife's birthday during 1st year of Covid (although the person was from the UK, not the EU proper).
I often use the RESTED firefox extension, which covers like 90% of my adhoc http request needs: https://github.com/RESTEDClient/RESTED
It's pretty slim with no bells and whistles.
> Posting account is suspicious as it was created at the time of the comment for the comment and the username has no other trace on the internet. Very suspect, impossible to prove of course though.

Seems pretty common to me. People frequently create accounts on sites just to ask a question or because they need something. This is probably the most common case / the long tail of most activity on social media sites.
Or kick bikes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickbike
>For example a 2013 Nissan Leaf that gets ~70 miles of range can be bad for 6k.

You need to be careful with old Leafs. 70 miles would very good, 30 is common.
Reminds me of when Marvel argued in court that their mutant characters are non-human because human dolls were taxed differently https://boingboing.net/2012/02/21/marvel-comics-to-us-govt-m...
There are quite a few two-person teams for indie games, one artist and one developer (more often it's three people, but two people is common also). I doubt most people would consider those teams a "single person creation".

In Braid's case, it was one developer and he contracted out the artwork, just as much artwork as in those two-person teams. So is it really a single person creation? It either could or it couldn't depending on your criteria (if he made all the critical decisions, some might say he is, while others care more about people who can both code and do art, two different fields that it's rare to find one person that can do both of them well). That's all I'm saying.

Also a compiler is a tool, much like a hammer is to a carpenter. If you want to get that precise then there's no point asking the question, because short of "I found some pretty rocks on the ground and stacked them", there wouldn't be hardly anything that would count as a single person creation.
how many raw NT kernel APIs do your typical Win32 programs call?

probably zero?

so I guess Win32 programs aren't really Windows programs then?

Win32 running on top of NT is no different to the Android API running on top of the Linux kernel
On the flip side, interpreting everything you read through your own lenses of experience and bias instead of assuming that the author meant what they wrote seems fraught with pitfalls.
Western North American extreme heat virtually impossible without climate change
So all they need to do to make this legit is to build a dock on the other end?
I'd say literature come to mind the most.

A Tale of Two Cities, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Beowulf, Pride and Prejudice were the first ones that come to mind, though there are of course many more. Wish I knew more of the non-western classics
You are correct, but nuclear is weird: it has so many regulatory and NIMBY hurdles that change is hard.

However, what has happened is that many many people have taken a swing at scalable reactors for a long time in the design phase.

And we do know the test ORNL reactor for MSR/LFTR practically fit in a closet, at least for the actual reactor.

So there is an opportunity.
FWIW on iOS 12.4 it doesn't do anything and just renders immediately as a white page. On iOS 13.5 it takes longer but then gives me an error message "something went wrong / try again" which I presume is from the page (not the browser). On iOS 14.0~b1 it took a while to think (showing an awkward loading progress indicator that I am used to only seeing from Google's ridiculous blogging platform) but then loaded the page! Only, I can't scroll... well, vertically :/ I awkwardly CAN scroll horizontally (though only by a bit). Reader view, "of course", doesn't work, because this website is too "awesome" to allow that. I am now waiting for an iOS 15+ device to charge in the hope I might be able to... actually, I don't remember what the article was supposed to be about anymore? Onions or something? (edit: OK, so iOS 15.1 was finally able to render the content, with vertical scrolling!)
Putin’s Ban on Foreign Debt Service Raises $478B Question
> Just imagine if all of Musk's wealth is seized by the US government, would that solve poverty or homelessness or even make a difference? Obviously not, Musk's billions are barely a drop in a bucket.

https://www.globalgiving.org/learn/how-much-would-it-cost-to...

Looks like we could end homelessness for about 20 billion. Elon Musk, born into wealth because his parents had a diamond mine in apartheid South Africa, is worth over 220 billion.
I really think you underestimate what we just did to their financial system.

Everyone's savings have been destroyed and they had to hike rates to 20%.

Russia didn't even open the stock market for trading so that is just going to make things worse.

Cutting them off from SWIFT means banks are practically useless. The whole economy is basically in a free fall right now.
I think Exxon is mentioned even more than BP. This is a baseless conspiracy theory.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Israel under pressure to conclude flawed case against aid worker
Passivhaus: A building standard that requires little energy for space heating
Judging from this one - I think these are the series you remember:

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Principes-d%C3%A9lectricit%C3%A9-...
IvorySQL is an open source Oracle compatible PostgreSQL
I get that at the end of the day somebody’s got to make the wheel, and the fire could be anywhere.

However, the article suggests that Toyota has to shut down all operations the minute their plastic doohickey supplier goes down - ie they have 0 buffer. That doesn’t seem optimal. Given that there are dozens or hundreds of suppliers, on any given day, isn’t at least one of them having issues?
It's self-defence – How school teachers should justify the invasion of Ukraine
There are Android apps where you can select two items in a list and then there's a button that selects all of the items between them, which is equivalent to a shift-click.
Ukraine is not a member of NATO, and to join NATO, it needs the confirmation of 30 countries. Because Russia has strong ties to many of the countries in NATO, NATO is not likely to confirm Ukraine membership.

Putting a powerful alliance on your borders, and moving missiles close to your borders is a casus belli

We Americans have moved to blockade Cuba (but calling it a quarantine to be PC) when the Russians did the same with Cuba. [1]

> This did not age well.

They are not seeking to destroy Ukraine, only to capture it. This is not a repeat of the Nazi's capture of Ukraine in which much of the cities were destroyed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
Do you think the increase in price means renewable energy can get a bigger foothold?
In typical Linux fashion, this website is a complete UX nightmare. Where do I click? Why are there so many links? Why does the navigation bar on the right change? I'd like to learn Linux from scratch, but this is making it very hard for me...
So, this guy owns the house next to a good friend of mine in Auburn California.

It is a vacation home of sorts - but its a very large nice house ~7,000+ SF very well kept grounds - but rarely seen there.
If you don't have a GitHub account, you might create one just to comment on an issue. The developer responded 6 minutes later which is reasonable if you got a notification.

This all seems perfectly reasonable to me.
For all of those people complaining about "the 3 minute mark", not only are you arguing the metaphor, but you're leaving out context.

> "While you're a home chef, you are really particular about your shakshuka."

So the dish isn't ruined by most practical measures, but it's ruined according to the person making it. And maybe they don't want it to be more aromatic.

So regardless if it's a reasonable assumption or not, we can agree that sometimes we run into problems in even simple things that cause things to run over. And those overruns can cause catastrophic failures in other parts of a project.

And the way to prevent those simple problems from causing overruns, is to prepare that work beforehand.
The original Linux kernel was entirely Linus Torvald's work. Also the same applies for Git.
GNU Emacs was Richard Stallman entirely. Most Linux tools we use e.g. cURL, wget etc, started out as one person effort for a very long time until they caught attention.

Another way to look at it: all the tools you use now are team efforts after a lone developer perfected it to a usable release, where people were largely impressed to pick it up further.
hold on now, don't tell me you were using preexisting atoms to facilitate your art? I guess all great artists really do steal
Don't forget to install the sally port.
> In most cases that I've seen, a 16:10 vs 16:9 display has the same pixel width (the 16 part) part and more vertical pixels. So you were never actually sacrificing width as you claim.

Sure, that's true for the pixels (which might also be the more important part), but the actual width (inches) is still bigger on a 16:9 (for the same diagonal).
It's funny how varied experiences can be.

I've been running Linux on my work laptops since 2018, after a long stint on MBPs. They've both worked perfectly, even though the manufacturer doesn't support Linux at all. The only thing that didn't work was the fingerprint reader on the previous one. On the new one it works, but I don't use it since it's not in a practical position.

I'm getting the same kind of battery life as on Windows, Bluetooth headphones work great, it actually sleeps when I close the lid, etc.

The current one actually worked better on Linux than on the pre-installed Windows. For some reason, Windows couldn't get the brightness all the way up, even on battery power and "performance" mode.

I don't do anything graphics-intensive, though. I'm quite happy with the integrated GPUs. Although on my desktop, I have a Radeon that I use for gaming, and it also works great. But it's true that I specifically avoided Nvidia to not gamble on Linux support.

For the curious, the laptops are HP ProBook 430 G5 and 845 G8.
I agree with you about IntelliJ, its great, but rough edges. Wish I could cmd+enter to run things too.
This is clever. I like it as a form of reproducible build: there is never any question about which version of the source was used to produce the binary, when the binary includes its source.
My E14gen3 feels absolutely solid and sturdy. I mean, the E14s are not _that_ cheap :D. I wanted a Ryzen CPU, keyboard backlight and a fingerprint sensor. Also the keyboard is great. Battery life is great as well.
Kickbike
> There is not a single one of these "small modular self contained" reactors commerically available

They exist in nuclear subs. There needs to be investment and research to make them commercially viable.
It seems like a vicious cycle of anxiety. Make a serious effort to limit your news consumption to maybe a few quick glances a day. If you're glued to the news, you'll notice that 90% of them are the same, so it's a more efficient use of your attention to check them 90% less.

Many people, like me, fell in the trap of getting "hyperinformed" during COVID, only to find out staying on the bleeding edge of an evolving situation is like having another full-time job. Excessive infotainment only heightens anxiety.
I can see how these people can confirm risks. But how to they falsify risks? And more importantly: How are they managing it? Is the the size of the supply heap derived from the assumed risk and the cost of a default?
Space heaters are currently not feasible in Germany due to high electricity cost (which could be fixed by reducing taxes on electricity used just for heating). Nevertheless, the way forward are heat pumps anyway.
I guess you mean fusion. Fission is what we currently have/use for power plants. Even there research might end up in a better solution, because nuclear energy is actually a good source of energy because it is so dense. But current implementations of fission are really hard to recommend over even coal power plants.
I blogged about a bash script and R program that extrapolate the return-on-investment for switching from an ICE to an EV:

https://dave.autonoma.ca/blog/2019/08/06/typesetting-markdow...

The variables are defined as interpolated values in a YAML file.
Is there a HTTPie GUI?

is https://github.com/httpie/desktop ? I don't know this project.

Thanks.
It's much easier to avoid thinking about the war in the US. Here it's just another tragedy in a faraway country, and you only hear about it in the news. It probably doesn't affect your daily life.

The situation seems very different in Europe. The war is pretty much the only thing people are talking about on the channels I use to stay in touch with people in Finland. If I want to avoid thinking about the war, it's not enough to avoid the news. I must also avoid friends and family.
Yeah he's an egotistical douche, but that tends to be normal in such businessmen...
Pine Gap
MUCH less. Like one or two sets of break pads on a car for its lifetime.
Just my luck to be in the universe where I have an Android and the app is only for iPhone :(
>GPG’s web of trust model is powerful but is limited in contexts where you have no prior trust.

With the WOT you can choose who you trust. In particular you have the choice not to trust every single one of the several thousand second level CAs that currently exist.

None of this explains what HPKE is and why anyone would be interested in it.
Given the history of how Hawaii policy gets shaped, probably not. But thinking optimistically, hopefully!
Welcome to ~~Hacker News~~ Google Support.
CO2 tax is still not included into the energy price. If it's done, nuclear will suddenly become much more viable.
If, with the literate, I am /
Impelled to try an epigram, /
I never seek to take the credit; /
We all assume that Oscar said it.

-- Dorothy Parker
Richard Stallman would be very upset if he saw this comment
Yes, crypto trading. I'm working on an automated crypto trader that uses technical analysis (rules). Copy trading for those that don't know how to do that. https://tradecast.one
Oh Alan Adler comes in twice!
He's credited for inventing the Aeropress coffee brewer and the Aerobie frisbees!
The PureScript team has launched the language's first annual survey! As with the other language surveys that come and go on Hacker News, these surveys are invaluable for teams like ours to improve the language and the ecosystem around it.

Even if you have never written PureScript, we want to hear from you! There's a (very) short section specifically for non-users.

Thanks for your time and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!
I thought it was dating for people who were terminally ill...
dunno your operating system, but Paw for macOS is a great native REST/API GUI client.

https://paw.cloud/
3rd International Conference on Materials, Physics and Computers (MPC 2022)
The 2022 3rd International Conference on Materials, Physics and Computers (MPC 2022) is organized by International Engineering and Technology Institute.

Conference website: http://ieti.net/m/index.html
I guess because Moore's law doesn't apply to battery technology. It'd be cool if it did.
Right. If the previous government had not throttled down the built-up of renewable sources, we probably would be close to phasing out coal already. The technology is fundamentally there, we just need to build way more wind generators and set up solar cells. Germany installed 10GW of solar peak power in 2012 and 5 GW of wind peak power in 2016. Compare that to a grid load of up to 80 GW.
The technology to produce green gas is existing too, but not rolled out widely - which hangs on having enough renewable electricity.
Not being Ukrainian makes it somewhat easier i think, but it's still a very troubling situation.

Hopefully there are some sensible Russians who will prevent Putin from running amok.

My routine consists of checking Hacker News, CNN and local media with the purpose of checking up on any new developments.

One rule i try to live by is no commenting while at work.

And while there is no sympathy at all for Putin, i have no problems with the Russian people, they are still very much welcome.
I would even feel better about adding one more word "some" as in Toyota suspends some domestic factory operations because by default it sounds like it suspends all domestic factory operations.

I agree. The title is click bait.
I wouldn’t want to be without a notched scroll wheel (for discrete scrolling steps), something which can’t be replicated by a touchpad.

Also, the rocking motion and cogwheel-like touch of the finger on a scroll wheel feels nicer and more controlled to me than the sliding motion and friction on a touchpad.
This is a lot of time to develop nuclear fusion and improve renewables, isn't it?
> What kind of company is it?

A contract company with customers. The company would likely "be fine", but 5 years ago it was ~6 people. We've pushed for some larger clients recently, which allows us to employ ~50 people. If rolling out to the larger clients fails, that income source dries up and we go back down to ~10 people or w/e. With a sizable failure on our track record, which will be a bit difficult too.

> IMO, it's just the way it's being handled. They have their people fighting for their lives. Here's what looks like a manager or lead not being able to work with all the stress around it. And all that upper management sees is, fill in the chair.

So in our case i imagine we'd attempt to fill in a chair. I'd advocate for it. But again, i want to keep the rest of the staff employed and fed, myself included. However i would _definitely not_ expect to see those employees let go. I'd raise hell and question my employment if they were treated that way. Just filled in while they're gone, hopefully still paying them as long as we can (which probably wouldn't exceed 6 months i'd guess).

Which is partly why these conversations can be difficult for me. My #1 concern is keeping everyone employed, including the people having a tough time. Which can often mean keeping my head focused on income.

As much as i love WorkReform and worker focused rights, i often feel these conversations are adversarial and don't seem to consider what will happen when the company goes under. But they're also framed against massive corps, like Starbucks or w/e, and the reality is much different for them than it is my company.

Talking about my company in the WorkReform context is really odd these days.
Wikipedia gives it as a two-person creation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress#History
Wait, it used to be even harder to use?
> Chuck E Cheeses - Founded by founder of Atari, Solely.

Really stretching the definition of solely when you have to ignore the people who did all the actual work in creating chuck e cheeses - i can “create” a restaurant, but without cooks, servers, hosts, graphic designers, construction/reno people, etc. it’s not going to be fun for the whole family
The 6 minutes makes perfect sense to me - it could be one of those "If I don't reply to this ASAP I will never have time" situations. The notification is right in front of you.

I don't think it's fair to assume any malicious intent here. What would the maintainer gain? People are already extremely aware of the situation. It's not a huge repo, there's no ask for financial donations or anything like that.
Very very nice. Confirmed a few dates I knew and some I wasn't aware of.

Maybe helpful note that Windows 7 is not technically EOL but ESU

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/extended-secu...

January 10, 2023