skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well done. I hacked together something similar about a year ago when I moved to San Francisco, because I needed a place within walking distance to my work, within walking distance to BART (for my girlfriend's commute), and that allows cats [1]. It helped me find the perfect place.

It's cool to see that there is now a general-purpose tool like the one that I made last year. I'll definitely use it next time I move. A couple things about this tool weren't obvious to me on my first experience:

1) I didn't know what a "walk score" was. I looked briefly for an explanation on the site, but didn't find one. At first I thought higher was worse, as if it were a measure of how far you had to walk to get to work. But by playing around on the site for a bit, it seems like higher is better, and it seems to be a measure of how accessible shops and necessities are by walking out your front door (that alone is really cool). My apartment scores a 92.

2) One implication of not understanding the "walk score" was that I thought the walk score filter was to limit the search results by how long your commute was. When I input my work address, my apartment wasn't within the search radius, so I actually wanted to expand the search radius. (Walking 2 miles to work everyday is a nice way to get some exercise, but my commute is only 10 minutes if I decide to bike.) It took me a minute to notice the "time" filter at the top of the page.

3) Lastly, I didn't see how to filter by whether a place allows dogs or cats, but then I found that you can expand the filter box to filter by pets, price, and bedrooms. Perfect.

Now that I've figured out those three issues, the site is easy to use and I look forward to using it next time I move. It makes the tool that I hacked together for this purpose obsolete.

[1] https://github.com/dcuddeback/apartment-scrape
A (large) previous company of mine used .NET for an internal operation which was a high volume database oriented application. Assuming it's still in use, I'm reasonably certain it did quite a lot more volume than that (orders of magnitude more), but it wasn't a website.
Sinatra is awesome. I used it as backend api for a JavascriptMVC¹ application, and it worked great. It's just impressive how productive you can become with a good dsl that covers your needs.

¹http://javascriptmvc.com/
Philadelphia, PA
Interns and Full Time Engineers
Hiring both Java and IOS developers
http://www.wingspan.com/about/careers/
Wingspan Technology builds enterprise software for pharmaceuticals and other regulated industries. We're growing quickly, and there are lots of opportunities to work on different things.
But not the same burst-over-average traffic, nor failure tolerance.
> America is burning about 18 million barrels per day (mbpd), down from about 21 mbpd in 2005-2006

Interesting. What accounts for the decline?
Gladius: Mozilla's 3D game engine for the web
I agree, much easier. I also always include the hiring threads in my weekly Hacker Newsletter (http://www.hackernewsletter.com) in case someone does miss it when it comes out.
OT but scary: http://michaelkimsal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Scr...

This is a financial institution.
Example Game: http://rescuefox.mozillalabs.com/src/index.html

Geek.com Submission: http://www.geek.com/articles/games/mozilla-paladin-project-i...

(currently not responding, hopefully load will lighten up soon)
Understanding why Netflix changed pricing
San Francisco, fulltime/internships/H1B
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Somebody who wants to call themselves a "fucking awesome" developer will be treated like an adult when responding to their bragging. In this case, it's a developer whose "CV" (which reads as more of an Apple fanboy...thing...than a CV) clearly reveals himself to not be "fucking awesome". And that sort of baseless bragging is going to get a "rofl, you serious?" at best.

If he'd approached it as "I'm looking for an internship where I can learn something," I wouldn't have replied as I did. Instead, he tried to puff himself up as something he plainly isn't. And, hey--I like popping bubbles.

In retrospect, the throwaway account probably wasn't necessary, as the original post was upvoted. I s'pose other people don't really dig that sort of thing either.
That'd be great! any of us would be able to use such a service.
Google Maps 3D Directions
If "make clean" clobbered a source directory without me making an error in my make file, I would be rather miffed.

"All software has bugs, but bugs that destroy data are pretty devastating." It's hard not to agree with this...
Press this button: http://cl.ly/261T2E0h0V3n28163k1x
Price increases and the economic downturn.
It's Saturday today, but I haven't gotten any emails.

I'm not intending on following up on tinyproj emails today, but I like reading them. What time do they usually go out?
Yeah, I've applied there to without any sort of response. My impression was that they either are looking for something more specific than they let on here, or that they have a high turn over rate. Not necessarily bad things, but they might narrow down their employee search by providing more details
Feynman diagrams by Edward Tufte
how's this compare to something like touchscroll.js for reproducing native-style scrolling in a mobile web app? e.g. content div that scrolls with fixed footer on ios
There was a recession. Unemployment is 9%. Outside the US, oil is >$100/bl (this will affect the import price). These things can dampen demand.
Its good to know that my 'feature development' git flow would make sure that this bug would be avoided or at the very least easily worked around.

My favorite git flow in 143 easy to remember steps

1) git checkout -b MyFeatureBranch # create a feature branch

2) Code/Hack/Fall Asleep on Keyboard

3) git commit -am "Wow finally done with this tiny feature"

4) Go back to to 2 if needed

5) git checkout master

6) git pull # get all the latest changes

7) git checkout MyFeatureBranch

8) git rebase -i # squash commit comments if neccessary

9) Fix merge conflicts, git add, then git rebase --continue

10) git checkout master

11) git merge MyFeatureBranch

12) git push

13) PROFIT!!!

This is borrowed from http://reinh.com/blog/2009/03/02/a-git-workflow-for-agile-te...
Previous HN discussion:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2640537

IMHO, this is worth a repost, though. It takes some time to read through and understand. Those who didn't have the time for the last post, might have the time for this one.

P.S. I'm still wishing I had gotten a proper response to my comment (#11) on the original article. <sigh>
Why there will be 2 new iPhones Announced, not 1. And Apple's next Pivot.
It is a little unreal driving in western ND. The roads are full of trucks (worse traffic than the last time I was in Chicago). McDonalds is starting at $15/hr, Wal-Mart cannot hire enough people to stock the shelves, and rent on a one bedroom is around $2100 if you can get it. Counties are now trying to figure out what to do about sewage treatment, and the projects in Devils Lake ND (eastern ND) to mitigate the flooding are slowed by years because of lack of trucks to hire.

The amount of oil being produced is expected to double on the conservative estimate and it looks like ND will go from #4 to #2 state in the next year.
I am. I've been thinking about it for a while, but procrastinating as well. I will email anyone who's interested in getting involved.
This is great, we thought about something similar when finding a new office. The middle-point between 3 coworkers, with least commutetime for everyone.

We did find something in the end, but it was a really manual process.

Rebranding it and doing an new-office-locator might work as well. :)
Definitely. However, this highlights a problem with git, it should naturally guide you to best practices. Unfortunately, with git it's quite easy to fall into a natural and comfortable seeming pattern of use that has some very negative downsides, such as the author of the article experienced.
Atlanta, GA - Vitrue (http://vitrue.com)

We're looking for solid developers, and we have a ton of openings.

We're a social media marketing company building a platform for corporate clients to manage their presences on Facebook/Twitter and the like. We're primarily a Rails shop. Having said that, we do have projects in other languages, and we frequently hire people with no Rails experience and bring them up to speed on the job.

Stuff we use: Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Node.js, jQuery, Backbone.js, AWS/Scalr/Engine Yard, and plenty more.

For open positions and a better idea of what we do, take a look at our job page: http://vitrue.com/jobs . Not every open position is posted, though, so even if you're not a fan of building customer-facing apps, we might have a place for you.

Feel free to either drop me a line or apply direct via the jobs page.
it would have helped a lot if i'd seen this before i gave snap a try. :)
Talk to potential users and customers to get an understanding of where they feel the pain and at what point it will be something really helpful to them.

Talking to 2-3 of your target customers will help you understand how you need to change the idea. And keep doing it until you get consistency in their feedback.

You also get bonus points if they are willing to pay for the privilege of getting access to it first while you work with your first small set of users.
Why is it that Canada is consistently getting better or equal performance than the US? I would think that most traffic requests from Canada are routed through the US.
Ask HN: Favorite Online Recommendation Engine?
What recommendation systems stand out as the most effective/relevant to you guys? These can be largely explicit feedback based systems (ie Netflix), implicit feedback based (ie Amazon), social graph based, etc.

Not looking for RMSE metrics or traffic driving numbers as much as subjective personal opinions.
SEEKING WORK. Belgium. Remote, but have no problem travelling for certain things.

Mobile development; native iOS (Obj-C) and Android (Java) development. Past experience also includes desktop development (Windows & Mac)

Specialities: Low level programming in C/C++, multi platform software (desktop, mobile), porting of libraries, 2D/3D renderers, back end systems.

Portfolio work is up at http://pandaris.com. I'm also working on two other personal iOS projects, so get in touch if you want to hear more. :)

Market rate contract work only; email and skype are on my profile.
Exactly what I was thinking. I'd have done:

git fetch
git stash
git pull --rebase branch-name
git stash apply

All this cp business struck me as a bit of not understanding how to properly work with git. I've never had my work clobbered by following the strategy above. But I also don't go very long between commits on my working branch.
The game might be painfully bad, but the technology is awesome. I've been using CubicVR, and I find it pretty good. I don't see why they had to fork it though.
I tried working with financial recruiters at the very beginning and realized that the type of candidates they present are really interested in a cushy job with a strong salary and significant returns on the upside and no downside risk, which puts my risk control desires at odds with their profit desires.

If I come off as arrogant I sincerely apologize. As a person, I am not particularly arrogant. With regards to some points, like about using cron to do tasks, there are good reasons for bringing that up: I have worked with a broker who literally opened and copied text files using notepad to send off compliance reports (which i had originally sent to them via FTPS). When I pointed out to the employee that a cron job or task scheduler item could automate the process, the answer was along the lines of "then I wouldn't have a job". And i would classify that type of role as a drone role.
I don't think anyone takes issue with the "fix your workflow" part of your statement; bad workflows should be fixed. They aren't an excuse for bugs in the software, though. A version control system should never unrecoverably wipe out data unless you explicitly ask it to.
New York, NY - Bloomberg (Terminal)

We embed Javascript/LUA engines and use them to power the terminal, delivering complex data around the world 24/7. We're one of the largest (if not the largest) user of server-side JS in the world. Data is collected from every corner of the world and even generated in-house on GPU farms. We solve complex problems in novel ways. Looking for fellow hackers that want to make a difference in a start-up culture. We are the original NYC startup and as of right now are the #1 provider in job growth in NYC, period.

E-mail is in my profile.
Berkeley - PINC Solutions (full-timers)
Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
http://www.pincsolutions.com/page/careers-senior-software-en...

Interested in making a direct impact on the productivity and economic strength of United States? We are not into marketing, social media, or financial services. Instead, our products and services enable real productivity gains in this nation’s physical transport logistics. The return on investment (ROI) for our customers can be demonstrated in months. We are unique in our market space. We have a strong technology base and great private investor backing. Our challenge is to grow quickly, deliver consistently, and keep creating striking values.

PINC Solutions has a high quality engineering team. This is not a sweat shop nor is it a playground for geniuses. We are smart, professional, and industrious people that enjoy working together to bring Internet technologies to real, physical world needs. Our engineering office is currently located in Berkeley near University of California but we may move to Pleasanton in 2012. We are looking for a seasoned RoR developer that is passionate about building highly scalable, secure, robust, and high performance SaaS product.

If interested, please send a cover letter along with your resume to jobs@pincsolutions.com
The whole point of M is to design an experiment that answers the very question you just asked. This doesn't necessarily mean you need to do any coding, but might instead be an e-mail sign-up page or even a marketing web site for you product with a purchase page. You need some real indication of whether people might purchase your application ... Not our opinions.
Certainly as others have said the major economic downturn has contributed to this. I do wonder what effect energy savings programs from the past few years have helped as well. I'm thinking about things like CFLs, better energy saving appliances, etc. But... what effect do those have on barrels of oil? Perhaps none. I'm not enough of an energy geek to know. :/
This is a much needed and well implemented tool for apartment searchers, well done! I live in Atlanta and have always considered commute time when looking for a home and searching for jobs. I've looked for tools like this for years and haven't found anything that comes close.
Alas, A/B testing strikes again. My version doesn't have the button.
Black Belt Recruiting Helps You Kick Objections In The Face Hard
Your links to HN are broken.
It Will Be iPhone 4S and Will Support Both GSM & CDMA – iTune Beta Leaked
Ah, yes, thank you.

I'm not sure I'd personally count refinery processing gain as crude oil production, but perhaps that is how things are done.
Beautify the Git commit hash (have a look at the commit hashes on the right)
I applied to Twitter and the HR person asked me for dates for phone interviews, and then didn't respond for weeks after I gave them the dates. Twitter HR and their recruitment process is amongst the worst I've ever encountered.

Also, if you get rejected by them, they don't have the common courtesy to let you know, even if you try contacting them. Apparently it's beneath them to respond with even 140 characters.
I use Arch on this laptop... if you're a beginner I wouldn't recommend it however. Ubuntu, even with Unity, is a good choice in my opinion.
Couldn't pg add a way to pin these posts on the front page for a week or add a link on the top bar ?
Well, at least thanks for the reminder to update git :)
San Francisco

VP Engineering

Mad River Entertainment has an alpha site and a couple of rounds of focus groups behind it, soon to be in beta. You will take over the team of 2 LAMP techies and build it out. Looking for that rare combination of leadership and tech ability.

Competitive early stage salary plus early stage stock options. This is my bro's company. It is for real. jobs@madriverent.com
Sounds like a reasonable argument, but you're wrong. The only thing they want is your money. I put these guys in the same boat as the angel groups that charge you an upfront fee to make an application.

Here's Brad Feld's take:

http://www.askthevc.com/wp/archives/2011/08/are-people-who-c...
SEEKING WORK

Freelance iOS developer living in San Francisco. Available for remote or local work.

Portfolio- http://www.bixbyapps.com

Please no full-time or partnership offers.
Dallas, TX local candidates only.
3 positions open on my team:
Scrum Software Engineer for Test, Scrum Product Owner,
and we're looking for an UX Expert.

This is a greenfield javascript/html5 project. We're building a very advance browser application. All three positions will be working closely with 4 developers in a team room on a scrum project.

Software Engineer for Test: You should know what a testable application looks like and have experience with and a deep understanding of BDD, DDD, and TDD. Experience with automated (build driven) testing tools a plus. Tools we're using currently include: nodejs, jasmine, and psake. but we expect the candidate to provide guidance, and take charge of making the application testable and tested.

Product Owner: Scrum master experience a huge plus. You would be the face of the team to the rest of the company. Manage the backlog of work providing guidance regarding priority of feature development. Work with project management and user groups on defining requirements. Industry experience in financial trading preferred. A solid scrum background preferred.

UX Expert: Experience building web application interfaces preferred. You would be responsible for building a user pleasing interface over a very powerful application. You would also design several alternate interfaces for many different audiences from power users to newbies, from Americans to Zimbabweans, and also many different platforms - Desktop browsers, tablet, phone, windows 8 app store, chrome app store, etc... Experience with data analysis interfaces preferred (charts, graphs, and tables).

We are targeting modern browsers. We will support IE9+ only. ( potentially IE10+ only).

We offer competitive pay and flexible hours.

email your resume and contact info to luv2code gmail com
That doesn't look right to me. My country (South Africa) gets ping times of <250ms for pretty much anything international, yet the chart shows 500-750ms. Where is the other 250-300ms coming from?
Well obviously I used that option. My point it shouldn't show a transit option as default for a workplace that is closer than the train/bus station.
Oops! Fix it, forgot the protocol in the href. The images on the post are an example of the service I plan to build.
Ask HN: WooThemes for Display Ads?
I am looking to do some display ads for my SaaS, and I was wondering if there is an easy theme gallery for display ads like WooThemes, but for mrecs and so forth. Do you know of anything like this?
Everybody Loves Learning
Fancy Hands. We're hiring Python Devs in NYC, Marketing folks, and QA/Support/Community Managers. All positions are full time and on site in NYC.

Some good positions for folks who aren't on HN too, so please forward along to friends.

http://www.fancyhands.com/jobs
Sure check out my GitHub, it's in my profile. Also can provide a list of previous work via email. (Also in my profile)
Palo Alto, CA - Pulse - http://pulse.me

We're hiring iOS and Web Developers to join our 15-person team. Pulse is an award-winning application that makes it easy to consume news on mobile phones and tablets. Pulse has been named to the Apple’s App Store Hall of Fame, chosen as an Android Editor’s Choice app, selected as one of TIME’s top 50 iPhone apps of 2011, and honored with the Apple Design Award.

We're looking for iOS developers to build out the Pulse iPhone and iPad applications, which support millions of users. Each of us is part engineer, hacker and product designer. This role requires existing experience with CocoaTouch and iOS programming. Specifically, we would love to hear about iOS applications you have worked on either professionally or in your free time.

We're looking for web developers with expertise in HTML/CSS/Javascript/JSON, extensive knowledge of server-side technologies such as Rails/Python/Django, experience developing web applications following W3C standards and taking into account cross-browser compatibility.

Send me an email so we can learn more about you at cristina[at]pulse[dot]me
Personally, I always stash or commit my files before merging with another branch. I feel like not doing so is asking for trouble.
San Francisco - Kout (Full-Time & Interns welcome)

http://www.kout.me

Kout is part of the latest AngelPad class. We're VC-funded and looking to hire our first employee. Offering a real equity stake, competitive salary, and a chance to revolutionize eCommerce.

Kout is a decentralized eCommerce platform geared towards micro-merchants. Think of it as an eCommerce version of Square. We focus on simplicity and great design. We're also doing really cool things with payments, dynamic pricing, and deals. We have a few patents pending for our implementation/s.

Make no mistake, we're going to disrupt eCommerce. We'd love to do that with you; let's talk about the details.

Contact jobs@kout.me or email in my profile. Mention you're from HN :)
"Even if they used a loss leader strategy, they'd make more on the music, movies, software and services per unit then they made a few years ago per unit sold."

iPhone 4 margin: ~$170

$1 app margin: ~$0.15 (probably much lower, even)

Apple would need to sell >1000 $1 apps per iPhone in order to make as much profit as they do on the phone itself. Software is /not/ something that should be included in Apple's bottom line: they do that only to make their hardware more attractive, and to push more units.

As for "services", the only one they had previously was Mobile Me, a service they are now doing away with, replaced by iCloud (a service that is free for most types of users).

That leaves music and movies: while I totally agree that this strategy makes sense with an AppleTV, and to some extent with iPods, it doesn't really jive well with the iPhone... the margin on music is probably even lower than that of apps, and a very large number of people who get an iPhone, especially if they were getting a "value edition", are actually looking for a phone.

In essence: the inclusion of this in the argument indicates a lack of understanding of Apple's business model. If Apple were to go "value edition" with one of their devices, it would need to be carefully done to target some uncharted territory, maybe "emerging markets", as if it cuts into their existing iPhone business by even 10%, they are /not/ making that up in "software, music, and services".
Haha they are stop and go drivers in NYC. I'd presume they would have an edge especially given the poor fuel economy of most cars when sitting in traffic
Male extra a natural choice