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Fulltime, internships

We build fun games for brains in San Francisco. We're a small & talented team. We hate boring. Our investors are awesome. If you are nice and want to help us make splendid products, we'd love to hear from you.

Looking for: mobile engineers (iOS, Android), backend engineers, UI designer, animators, interns (engineering, marketing, art design).

http://www.mindsnacks.com/careers/
Ask HN: What is the best laptop on the market for programming right now?
Ultrabooks are a given in my opinion. I'm curious to hear yours though.
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Web & User Interface Designer looking to work with startups and smaller companies. I offer affordable rates and decent turnaround times. Ideal projects involve product and web application design.

Proficient in:
Visual Design (Photoshop), HTML5, CSS, jQuery, and Wordpress.

Recent Work:
Summit Series: Basecamp (Tumblr Design/Dev) - http://sbcamp.tumblr.com
Dribbble - http://www.dribbble.com/rglover

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Email: me@ryanglover.net
However, he also deleted the original tweet.

I'd much rather see him apologize and kept his original mistake available.
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We don't have a "constitution" in the same way that the USA does.
As a piece, it seems to try hard but unintentionally suggests a shallow understanding of programming languages.
Out of curiosity, why did you choose to give a kid a modal editor?
Depressed? Moi?
No, copyright doesn't have two different meanings. He was talking about registering his copyright on a book, which is what does what he's talking about, not copyright.
Washington, DC - Fulltime - US House of Representatives
http://house.gov/content/jobs/vacancyDetails.php?PositionID=...

The job posting is a little ambiguous; we really just need a smart developer that integrates well with the team. We have a ton of small projects going on in a variety of technology stacks so its hard coming up with a concise job position.

While I admit the company is pretty much the opposite of a startup, the job is very rewarding and there is a huge potential to create value with your work. I'm a developer there; message me if you have any questions.
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Perhaps the fact that such links trend well on aggregators like hacker news and reddit as well as micro-blogs like twitter is evidence to the contrary. You may not, but a lot of people still find it fun (myself included).
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No politician in the US would even dare suggest this never mind try to get it passed as law. I really don't understand the politics. What constituency supports this?
Awesome aquarium simulation (with "i'm feeling lucky" gold coins)
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Was that ironic? Our "long tradition" is stretching for a whopping 65 years, not exactly like the century-plus example our American friends can vaunt.
Ask HN: Hacker/Entrepreneur scene in Munich, Germany?
Hello all, I'm an embedded software engineer living in Spain, and I have been offered a Job in Munich, Germany. The money would not be that different from my current job, I would do it mostly because I need a change of scenery, the opportunity of learning a new language, and Munich looks like a nice place where to live.

I would like to ask some of the local hackers if there is a relevant entrepreneur/hacker scene there, and also, how difficult is to open your own company in Germany (in Spain it's ridiculously difficult) since this is a medium/long term objective/wet dream of mine.

Thanks!
Denver, CO - Director of Mobile Product - Mapquest

Mapquest is hiring for a variety of roles, but the primary one is a Mobile Czar to handle product direction and development for our mobile products.

We're in the last stages of bringing in a new product team that's focusing more on the ? of "What do we do with the fact that we know where millions of people are trying to go every month?" We're working on a new product (Mapquest Vibe - beta launched at SxSW) and you'd be a major player in the direction that the mobile version took. You'll be talking with users to get impressions on UX, writing press releases, and actually doing development work on the app. It's an exciting opportunity to work on a brand name and try to steer it in a new direction.

Let me know if you're interested at the e-mail in my profile and I'll be in touch!
Plus using Opera and having a relatively small browser window makes "Entrepreneurial Activities" overlay with parts of "MoVue (Android App)".
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I dissagree as I haven't had a lot of problems with the apps I've worked on. But maybe it's because of the APIs I've used, some of them are probably more solid than others, I never had to use NIO or Bluetooth.

As far as the design guidelines, there is a compatibility library that lets you use them back to 1.6.
Also known as the Overton window:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

"At any given moment, the “window” includes a range of policies considered to be politically acceptable in the current climate of public opinion, which a politician can recommend without being considered too “extreme” or outside the mainstream to gain or keep public office. Overton arranged the spectrum on a vertical axis of “more free” and “less free” in regard to government intervention. When the window moves or expands, ideas can accordingly become more or less politically acceptable."
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The 2012 April Fools videos made by Google (PlayList)
This law is an EXAMPLE of the higher cost of doing business in the EU.

Assuming it costs more to provide this extra level of warrantee service, Apple will just have to raise the price even more for EU customers than they already have. There's no net benefit to consumers. In fact, consumers are probably on average worse off for the existence of this law and laws like it. There is a positive ROI only for the very brief period before the new policy get priced in.
Probably true. I don't remember ever regarding the B side as being of potentially inferior quality, however, or ever experiencing any data loss on the B side. I may have been lucky. The floppies I have today are one-sided, though.
Boston, MA (No remote) - Full Time - http://www.loseit.com

= About Lose It! =

Lose It! is a popular iPhone / Android / Website application that changes people's lives by helping them manage their weight.

8M+ iPhone Downloads (currently top 10 in Health category)

500k+ Android Downloads (very new, currently top 15 in Health category)

2M Website enabled users (connecting to our website is optional)

2M Uniques per month across all platforms

9M+ pounds of weight have been lost by website enabled users (Estimated ~18M pounds lost across all users)

8k messages betweens users that opted into social features per day

450M+ foods logged by website enabled users

Current Team - 1 CEO (technical), 1 Developer (me), 1 Business Dev, 1 Community Manager

Current Stack - GWT, MySQL, Java (server side and Android), AWS, Objective C (iPhone), Membase

Current Tools - Intellij, Git, Navicat, New Relic, CloudBees, Asana

= Who we are looking for =

Lose It! is looking for new members (we have more then one spot open) for our product team to help us build our next generation of products. We believe that small teams of well rounded people can do great things, so we're looking for someone that can contribute to all phases of building a great product. We believe that iterating on our products with customers is the best way to build something great, so we'd like someone who enjoys talking to customers and making them happy (and maybe even helping to change their lives).
As a software engineer at Lose It!, you'll be an early member of the team that is building the core product, the most complete and effective weight loss software spanning mobile devices and the web. You should have a passion for and a proven track record of building products that delight users.

= Who to contact =

{first name} at loseit.com - If you think you would be a good fit send me an email with anything (resume, cover letter, github account, maybe just a simple 'hello'. I'll read anything and everything you send).
EuPathDB - Athens, GA

We're providing scientists with online research tools to help them decipher parasites that infect hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

At EuPathDB, you will work on the cutting-edge of genomic-scale data representation and visualization. As the amount of genomic-scale data grows, we need more developers to help us build tools that make performing dynamic computational experiments easy and accessible to all researchers. Our strong connection with our user community ensures that your work is of real benefit to science and public health.

The workplace at EuPathDB is a stimulating blend of academic and professional environments. As a university employee, you will receive a full range of benefits including three weeks of vacation, health insurance, and retirement contributions.

We have open positions for a web developer or a data developer. See http://jobs.eupathdb.org/ for more information.
London (UK) and Boston (US).

We're a 100-person financial-software firm committed to learning and improvement as well as great web software and agile development. We're looking to hire both developers and sysadmins.

We use Java, Scala, and some Groovy; we always write tests first and pair on most coding tasks. Developers and sysadmins have Linux workstations with at least two monitors. We have weekly lightning talks that cover finance and technical topics. We have _real_ 10% time for relevant projects prioritised by technologists.

Some of you may know us from our sponsorship of Hacker News meetups in London. See http://devblog.timgroup.com and http://www.timgroup.com/careers for more about us.

Note we recently changed our name from youDevise to TIMGroup but we're still the same folks!
Awesome project. Going to test it today :)
Hackers politely deface security firm website, suggest fixes
Fulltime REMOTE employee (Timisoara, Romania)

http://www.josekibold.ro/jobs

Two remote positions:

* Experienced Java developer (Swing based app)

* Testing and QA engineer

(We are in Timisoara, Arad and Targu-Mures.)
And how long until some dodgy copper flogs it to his contacts in the tabloids.

I think in the UK the public accept that the security service (MI5) and SIS (MI6) have greater leway but that the police should be much more restricted.

The problem is when you let "uncle tom cobley and all have access" is where people get worried.

This effectively the position the Stella Rimington ex head or Mi5 said in the house of lords a while back.
Ask NH: Why is the water liquid?
LOL IDK
This is one of the funniest things I've read in ages. As a ruby developer, it hits close to home :)

notwithstanding

is hilarious, as are the reversible operators.

It's a modern day INTERCAL, although it needs to be expanded before it can compete with INTERCAL's majesty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL
SEEKING WORK - Remote

I am a full-stack Rails developer and generalist designer with a reasonable rate. I possess a formal design education (master of architecture) and a technical background (bachelor of arts, physics).

http://kimble.co/web.html
People make themselves unique through their work and vision. Not solely through their external appearance.
Ask NH: why is the earth solid?
TUNZ TUNZ TUNZ
Applecare includes replacements for damaged devices. Accidentally drop your iPhone in some water and you don't have to spend 600$ replacing it. So, sure if your device is defective and the battery melts down in 13 months your covered, but I destroy way more than one cellphone every 12 years so it's well worth the 100$ IMO.
That sounds completely counter-intuitive to me. A static site generator is run once you add something to your site, i.e. not that often. So a slight hit in startup speed isn't really a factor, whereas runtime efficiency is (dependencies are hard, so most SSG's out there recreate the whole site for each new post/page).
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Do you really really consider that a high standard? Really?
CSS text-transform is language-dependant: the Dutch case explained
To paraphrase: either testing is useful in your situation or it isn’t; when it is useful, use it, and otherwise don’t.

Really, the “debate” comes from the fact that some folks have embraced testing and TDD philosophically, and thus feel the need to evangelise it. The same thing happens with OOP, FP, you name it. We cleave tenaciously to our magic bullets. But I have found that the subjects of the most fervent evangelism tend also to be the least philosophically sound. Then again, maybe I’m just being contrarian (read: a hipster).

Like the author, my take is that if testing makes your development life easier, great. I use it too sometimes. But no, I don’t want to hear the Good News.
Since I have bought a Macbook Air I can't think of switching to another machine.

Light, durable, great keyboard, fantastic display, support for the biggest three OSs.

If Apple really releases the next Macbook Pros with the Air form factor and retina display, it will really be a no brainer.

As an alternative, I have been always fond of Lenovo laptops (T41/T61), although I honestly haven't tried their ultrabooks.
Remembered some more now. First of all, "double density" floppies ("SSDD") could actually be used safely on both sides if you did the notch thing. Bona fide double-sided floppies ("DSDD") were eventually introduced.

Boy, it's been a long time.
What about the cost of having your client finding bugs that could have been found if you were using tdd?
Non-developer specific good sci-fi books:

-Dune

-Hyperion + The Fall of Hyperion

-The Book Of The New Sun

-Ilium + Olympos

-Takeshi Kovacs trilogy

-The Culture Series (meh..)

-The Demolished Man

More dev-oriented:

-Reamde (which I hated, but I seem to be in a minority)

-Neuromancer

I'll always have a special place in my heart for Calculating God (not science fiction), because its the book that got me into reading seriously.
How so? I saw it ragging on the current crop of faddish languages and palette-swaps of existing ones (coffeescript, dart, to a lesser extent go), the oddly celebrated amateurishness of current programming language's design, with whatever bit of actual computer science mentioned in passing being pushed aside to make space for the grand vision of language usability held by the author, which usually is ad-hoc to the last three programs written by him/her.
They can set the value at whatever they want. And the government, or anyone, can buy the rights at that value, 5 years after creation of the work.
Ask HN: Rank technology skills in your résumé
It seems nonsense to just make a list of technologies you came in touch in your life on your résumé. It does not reflect how skilled or experienced you are with a certain technology.

How would you rank the technology skills in your résumé in way, that the recruiter gets a good impression of your knowledge?
Boulder, CO - Full Time - http://markitondemand.com/

Markit On Demand

Markit On Demand is a design driven technology company based in Boulder, Colorado. We’re part of Markit, a global financial information company that’s headquartered in London. Here in Boulder, where the sun shines 300 days a year, we have a team of 400+ professionals dedicated to the presentation of financial content and data for our clients in the Financial Services, Media and Healthcare industries. On any given day, you might work with a colleague in New York, a retail brokerage in the US, a newspaper in Germany, a bank in Africa, or throw ideas around with an economist in our London office. And that’s before you meet up with co-workers for a foothills hike or a brewery happy hour tour.

We're looking for developers and engineers up and down the stack at all levels.
Testing is an infinitely complicated subject involving very difficult tradeoffs, but there are two axes I like to break down on when thinking about it:

1) Coverage vs. Speed/Understandability: you want as much coverage as is compatible with relatively fast feedback and a suite where, when something goes wrong, it is sufficiently obvious what went wrong. As a system increases (non-linearly) in complexity, this becomes a more and more difficult tradeoff and you should expect to feel increasingly bad about the state of affairs as your code base grows in size: either stuff is gonna be slow and incomprehensible or you are not gonna have the coverage you want. Probably both.

2) High-level vs. Unit tests: as your system matures, the high level tests are going to be the most valuable over time, since they are the abstract specification of the behavior of the system. They are also going to be the hardest to understand when they break, since they are inherently abstract. Your unit tests will keep running quickly and breaking in obvious ways, but will become increasingly useless for verifying system validity as second-order effects start dominating your bugs, and they will introduce lots of friction if you are trying to refactor code (which might be good: many a refactor has gone bad in my career.)

So, as usual, I come to a pessimistic conclusion: tests are necessary and, as your code base increases in size and complexity, they will come to dominate your development process. Holding test quality constant, the high level tests will run the slowest and break in the most incomprehensible manner, but will be the most valuable test you have, and you will develop a love-hate relationship with them.

So, my take aways are:

1) Write unit tests, but be prepared to nuke them once your implementation is done in favor of higher level tests. Make sure they run very fast so they don't get in the way of your development.

2) Try to write very clean high-level tests. This is hard and you have to trade off how much time you put into it vs. other priorities. Strive to make these fast, but accept that they will be slower than you'd like and will cause you a lot of pain. Every once in a while, they are gonna save you.
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The fact that two people have communicated is damaging enough, which is what this does. For the law under discussion in the UK, it seems that it's just formalizing practice.

In the US this is covered under the Pen Register Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_register. Essentially the fact that two people have communicated is not protected under our Constitution; only the content of that communication is protected. In that context, Congress passed the Pen Register Act, which requires law enforcement to get a warrant to monitor who calls who; the bar for these particular types of warrant is particularly low.

The Patriot Act extends the concept of pen register and their required warrants to internet communication. The government specifically is required to get a warrant before it can ask an ISP, for example, to reveal who someone emails or what web sites they visit. For now, they need a warrant to know that you visited Amazon or your library's site, but they need a harder to get different warrant to know what books you've bought or checked out, or what you thought about those books when you emailed your friend.

The fundamental problem with pen registers and the internet equivalents is that it brings people under government scrutiny that otherwise would have escaped notice. If person A is a person of interest, and the government is pen registering his communication, then that makes everyone on person A's communication list a person of interest. Now the government gets a warrant to pen register person B, someone who person A communicates with. That means that everyone that person B communicates with is now known to and watched by the government, even though they are not specifically the target of any investigation or warrant.

Person A may be a drug dealer, person B may buy from person A, and I, person XYZ, may be a friend of person B, don't buy or use drugs, and don't know a thing about the relationship between person A and B. But now the Eye of the government has swung its gaze over to me. I could become collateral damage in, for example, a plea bargain negotiation. My house might be violently raided by law enforcement, merely because Person B visits me a lot; my child might have a gun pointed at his head, and my dog might be routinely killed merely for getting in the face of one of the law enforcement home invaders.

This (the pen register) is a violation of my desire to not be scrutinized by the government, whether I've done nothing wrong or not, whether I have anything to hide or not. I in fact have done nothing wrong and have nothing to hide, and I still do not want the scrutiny of the government to fall on me. The government is in theory my servant, not my master. That relationship naturally gives me the right to expect the government to leave me alone.
Apple boosts iAd revenue share for developers from 60% to 70%
SEEKING WORK - Remote

I am an iOS dev/design guy currently living in New Delhi,India.

Recently I made HackerNode - an universal iOS app for reading HackerNews.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hackernode/id473882597

Email - nodemaker@gmail.com
I thought that was a cool turn of phrase as well. It’s something many developers don’t realise they can do. And maybe that’s why we find it so hard to justify throwing away code: we see the value, but miss the cost.
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Really? Does the patriot act not allow things such as this?
My ex-partner was in fashion and the one thing he taught me most of all is that clothes are just that: "communication."

That's also why I don't feel bad wearing a suit for investors, because I consciously choose to communicate that I'm dressing up for my surroundings.

I don't try to walk like I wear a suit everyday and I don't try to walk and talk like a big-shot businessman. I walk like I'm a geek who's wearing a suit to dress up.

There's very little fake about that.

What's fake is people who wear a suit (trying) to trick people into thinking they're established businessmen and people who dress down as 'counter-signalling' to appear to be confident hacker founders.

TL;DR; Fashion is about communication. Communicating a congruent message is 'real'. Trying to 'signal' with your communication is fake.
Chartbeat is hiring in NYC (Meatpacking District).

We're a real-time analytics platform focused on providing data to the people on the front line (people who can take immediate action), rather than the analysts in the back office. Our stack is Python (django/tornado), C, MongoDB, and Google Closure for our JavaScript needs. Hiring engineers and designers of all sorts. :)

http://chartbeat.com/jobs/
> The history of making programming languages read like English is a long succession of dead ends.

There certainly have been notable failures, such as Applescript, but I find it hard to dismiss Coffeescript, Ruby, SQL and FORTRAN which have all been quite popular.
Not if you're going to court. There's a whole secret inquest thing that's been going on, occasionally popping up in the news. The problem with relying upon intelligence for evidential purposes is that you can often expose the handlers, assets or sources involved in a public trial.
I'm in the process of quitting my current job, largely because of the open plan office. Not sure what I'm going to do next, but it'll probably be better than going slowly insane.

Edit: This has nothing to do with Agile though, we're about as Waterfall as can be.
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