skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
New York, NY. Fulltime.

Lore re-imagined what a class should look like online. We give instructors and students amazingly designed tools to manage their courses – calendaring, file management – and we make it unbelievably easy to interact with one another.

Lore is looking for a super-sharp, ambitious engineer who’s able to work across the stack. We’re a passionate team building the world’s largest learning community. You’re a badass coder who loves understanding the whole stack, and jumps on anything – from simple CSS to API performance. Together we will make education more relevant, engaging, and accessible.

Everyone at Lore is an artist – from customer service to engineering to user interface design. Changing the way people learn is no small task. To make it happen we need the most creative, dedicated, and detail-minded people on the planet.

Lore is built primarily in Python (using Flask) and CoffeeScript. Along the way, we also use MySQL, Redis, node.js, SASS and Compass.

Building the best experience for learning opens up a number of interesting technical challenges — to make it immersive, you want see interactions as they happens, and not later.

As a note, we're also hiring growth product hackers and JavaScript engineers.

If you're interested, shoot us an email at tech-jobs@lore.com, with information about yourself, why you're interested, and links to any work/code you can show off.

You can also find more about us and our open positions on our jobs page (http://lore.com/jobs/),
Is that part of google's "TrueTime" project? I heard about it at a Google Spanner presentation. They use GPS receivers in their DCs to get an exact time.
Gentoo offers both libav and ffmpeg in Portage, though they cannot currently be installed at the same time. However, I would not be surprised if they are eventually changed to be installable at the same time and use the eselect system to switch between them (similar to the "alternatives" system in Debian).
Wrong thread. Post here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4184757
Not sure I agree. The are the most compelling provider of IT at the moment, simply because they've started to listen to people.
New York, NY -- Fulltime -- SeatGeek

SeatGeek is the web's largest search engine for live event tickets. Think "Kayak for sports/music/theater tickets."

Our dev team is currently eight people. We're looking to add one or two more. We're specialization-agnostic. Most of our current guys are pretty full stack, so wherever in the web stack you like to spend your time, we can find a place for you.

We're using lots of Python these days. A bit of Ruby and PHP too. And always plenty of JS, supported by backbone. Mongo and MySQL for data.

More details here:
http://seatgeek.com/jobs/web_engineer/
http://seatgeek.com/jobs/ui_developer/
Excellent point. Perhaps I should have specified "current-level, mostly-non-situationally-contextual machine transcription." Once tone, intent, situation, and context are taken into account we get closer to actual communication instead of "listen to some discrete phonemes then try to assemble appropriate words based on parts of speech."
Completely agree, the system should be fixed, and the act itself is wrong. But here I'm separating morally wrong from winning the objective game.

You might be mad if your team doesn't win the game, but you can't say the winner wasn't the better player. But I understand your frustration when the field has no rules and the referees are corrupt. Unfortunately, those factors are part of this game.
But if those patents are part of necessary standards, they're required to license them to Apple. Apple is not required to license any of its UI patents to competitors.
That's simply not true.

http://www.fosspatents.com/2011/08/proof-apple-attacked-moto...
Charlestown, MA - Fulltime - Tingo

Tingo (http://www.tingo.com) is looking for brilliant, passionate engineers to build the next-generation online travel agency—easy and fun to use, with innovative features to save customers money.

Our development process is agile but not dogmatic. We have daily standups, test everything and deploy code each day. We abhor unnecessary process and impediments. Tingo developers take pride in closing bugs, implementing features quickly and solving hard problems.

Our offices at Smarter Travel Media in Charlestown, MA are just a block from the Sullivan Square T stop. We have catered lunch on Thursdays and subsidized take-out from local restaurants Monday through Wednesday. During most of the year, we have company-wide Happy Hours on Friday afternoons.

We use the best tools money can buy including top of the line Mac or Linux computers, 27+ inch displays and IntelliJ IDEA.

Come work at Tingo and disrupt the travel industry.

http://www.tingo.com/jobs
Unlucky sex dice
First of, I will kill you due to Arial used in the app.

Second of, it seems to be a waste of time. And how do you, exactly, choose the state? Do you need to type it in manually or is there a more user-friendly way?
I always had a sense of urgency (sometimes it creeps through again). It's much less now and I'm more content. I always thought I'd have time to enjoy sunsets, smelling the proverbial flowers once I achieved what I wanted to do. Then one day, in a cliche moment of clarity, it dawned on me that I'll always have something I'd want to achieve: create a hugely successful site, write a bestseller, play music in stadiums. I'll never be satisfied.

So instead, each day, I try to find beauty and contentedness in the world around me. Creating smiles where I go, absorbing late afternoon sun on my skin, etc. That mindshift made me reappreciate the place I've lived in for 16 years. The mountains were suddenly beautiful, the people, etc.

That doesn't mean I still don't have goals. I've just made them realistic, asking myself why I want to achieve that goal. It shouldn't be to fill the "emptiness" that the author talks about. My new years resolution for the year for example is to run a 10km race (getting close!).
I'm glad Rich and its presentation gets the popularity they deserve. I attended to that one at QCon London in March and it was the presentation that struck me the most.

Rich gave also another presentation about the modeling process that I find great (slides from Goto Con) : gotocon.com/dl/jaoo-aarhus-2010/slides/RichHickey_ModelingProcess.pdf
Lipstick Effect - Women Try to Increase Attractiveness in Recessions
Tips for Entrepreneurs Seeking the Next Big Thing
Athens, GA - Systems Administrator - http://jobs.eupathdb.org/

At EuPathDB, we're providing scientists with online research tools to help them decipher parasites that infect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. We need a sysadmin with lots of linux knowledge, solid scripting skills, and a willingness to occasionally get hands-on with hardware. Languages and technologies in heavy use include apache, java, jenkins, libvirt/kvm, nagios, puppet, perl, rpm, tomcat, and just about every bioinformatics tool and relational database you can think of.
Creative Web Digest
I love Cygwin, but I have experienced what I would describe as rot. (manifested via errors on fork()). I think that's caused by things changing around it, via windows dll updates, but I don't have a lot of insight into windows' dll handling and whatnot so I don't know for sure. Also pretty sure installing new cygwin packages can cause this. Usually, rebaseall fixes such problems.

In any event, I much prefer Cygwin to the alternatives.
There's a version with a slightly updated UI waiting for approval right now. I tried a couple of other designs and was told that the target market would respond better to something more "gaudy". There were a few sales before any advertising, so I guess we'll find out :)
Both Siri and Jelly Bean has been released to the public.
"Evaluate technology for its tech, not for the company's legal team."

No. Doing so means that I can become complicit in legal actions that ultimately hurt me as a consumer by providing companies like Apple with the revenue they need to fund such attacks. One must consider the legal actions, the social actions, etc. of a company when buying their products; it's part of being a responsible and long-term self-interested consumer.
SEEKING FREELANCER

For MyWriters.com - Ruby, Rails, Bonsai ElasticSearch, Mailgun. Based in Los Angeles but remote is fine. Bootstrapped but I pay deposits up front and final invoices within 10 days every time. References from past and current freelancers I've worked with available on request.

Email: spking82@gmail.com or @spking for more info on the project.
SEEKING WORK (remote)

Language of choice is Python but generally flexible -- enjoy the Flask framework

Expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP), machine learning, data mining/analytics and algorithms at scale

Previous experience in start-ups + tech companies (ZeroMail, Google [intern], Freelancer.com)

Reside in Sydney, Australia -- prefer remote but happy to come in / travel as appropriate

Email, LinkedIn and website in profile
Some feedback on the function and design of the site:

Adjust the two facebook widgets so that they are closer together, and maybe make them not fixed position.

Remove one of the logos, it takes up unnecessary space to have it on the top and bottom.

The "wall time" area should show the wish by default, and the name of the poster when you hover over it, instead of the opposite as it is now.
Still a nice bonus for taking the time write some original content. Thanks for sharing the info.
Never Use Source Control GUIs
Same blog, earlier article: http://www.fosspatents.com/2010/12/apple-vs-motorola-now-42-...

Motorola filed the first suit.

Even in the article you have linked, the author says "...why my position is that Apple attacked Motorola even though Motorola technically won the race to the courthouse". Irrespective of what the author thinks went in the background, he admits Motorola filed the suit first.
> They can just choose to be less profitable and no one cares.

The shareholders might.
On crime and document stores
China blocks access to Bloomberg sites
I wonder if pervertedness means anything. Why is it seen as "bad"?

Perhaps there's an evolutionary motive, a basic biological reason for it. I suppose an obsession with sex is not always in nature's interests.
This isn't a corrupt country (there is a specific list of corrupt countries, this is a pretty objective statement.) It makes 0 sense for you to post "how far you got" as you didn't get anywhere.
Rolltop - a foldable laptop, tablet and display unit
He didn't investigate it. He said, "here's what I did" which fell far short of any investigation. He had no reason to post how far he got along in his little dirt digging campaign.
Thanks, that's very interesting, maybe I should give cygwin another try. Last time it was a couple of years ago and I had all the mentioned problems, then I decided to wait until a 64bit version before trying it again...
Do you like packets?

Extreme Networks is hiring experienced network engineers in Utrecht, The Netherlands. We're looking for people that have experience troubleshooting internetworking issues with any vendor(Cisco, Juniper, etc). UNIX/Linux experience is also welcome. We're not all that particular on skillset we just want to hire smart, motivated technology generalists.

We are a networking equipment manufacturer that makes really fast and really dense ethernet switches. We're not a startup, but we're also not a large company. So individual contributors can still have an impact.

Our primary product is our custom OS based on Linux that runs on our entire product line. Your job would primarily be as a customer facing test engineer reproducing and understanding bugs in this OS and associated hardware. You would work mostly in a lab with packet generators and switches/routers where you would simulate different network conditions and try to make things break.

Message me if you're interested.
Flash compiles to executables that run on ios and android, games made with it are chart top apps on both of these systems stores, free and paid. They are fast, 50 fps capable games. Your referenced example of the HTC EVO makes it look like a faulty mobile, nothing more. I have no problem running flash on android unless with poorly encoded video or flash 3D api parts that are not supposed to run on mobile flash, but the player tells me that when starting.

In practice, to make any other native or not dev plat do what flash does on mobile will hog the cpu/gpu just the same because, simply put, there is no magical free lunch processing. In practice, only native can touch it and in most real world situations that is only done with time costly tweaking that in the end can't really surpass its performance other than mostly synthetic optimal situations.

If you run non optimal coded apps made in whatever dev plat, you will get drain. That is possible to be done with flash apps. It's a developer problem.

As for flash having more bugs than IE, add some links for reference, I would love to read up on that.
Argh. Now I need the 40mm pancake lens. I normally shoot the most with my 50mm 1.4 on my T2i but it's pretty big to pack in my bag, especially with the lens hood to absorb bumps and grabby kids.
ecoScorecard - Atlanta, Ga

We're looking for excellent Rails developers to help us improve sustainable building. Email stuart at ecoscorecard dot com
Los Gatos, CA, Netflix

We have a ton of jobs open, but I'm particularly looking for Site Reliability Engineers. After yesterday's Amazon outage, you can see we still have some work to do.

Looking for someone who can code who also has experience driving unix. At the interview we ask you to code on the whiteboard and also tell us how to troubleshoot Linux.

Netflix is an awesome place to work with lots of smart people and top of market pay (and free movies!).

http://jobs.netflix.com/jobsListing.html?id=oHxbWfw5
Tie your laces and start the Jetovator to fly like a boss
New York, NY - Fitocracy (http://fitocracy.com)

iOS Developer

Who We're Looking For

- Considerable experience building and shipping iOS apps.

- You are obsessed with delivering a great user experience.

- You work well with small, tight-knit teams.

- You prioritize strong communication above all else. A team that stays in sync is a team that gets shit done.

About Us

Fitocracy is a social network that empowers everyone to reach their next level of fitness. Nearly half a million people use our web and mobile apps to track their progress, compete against their friends, and get real world results. We turn life into the ultimate RPG where you are the hero that levels up, beats quests, and finds the best version of yourself.

We aim to connect you to a community that provide the motivation, information, and inspiration needed necessary to "re-wire" people's brains so they make sustainable, impactful changes in their lives.

We are a small, 6-person team based out of NYC that recently raised money from a variety of VCs and angels, including 500 Startups and Eniac Ventures. The founders, having gone through significant fitness transformations in their own personal lives, originally started Fitocracy in late 2010 as a way to marry their love of fitness with their years growing up playing classic role playing games like Final Fantasy and Everquest.

We put a lot of time into making sure our iPhone app was beautifully designed and fun to use. We've received thousands of rave reviews in 3 months and we aim to continue building the app into the best social fitness experience available. Download it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fitocracy-fitness-social-netw...

Contact

Email me at brian@fitocracy.com
SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance Python/Django/jQuery, with extensive experience building e-commerce marketplaces. I have a research background, data analysis, playing around with NLP right now.
I run a django dev shop, currently taking gigs. Here's my portfolio:

* http://www.cloudshuffle.com/

* http://www.sidmitra.com/portfolio.html

Contact details in my profile or the link above.

Here're some examples from my portfolio:

* http://www.teaspiller.com - An online marketplace for tax experts.

* http://www.garnishbar.com - social network, to share mixed drink recipes

* http://www.fertilityplanit.com, built their self serve ad network + billing and payments.

* http://www.turlytag.com - an app to connect owners with people who found their lost items.

* http://www.fratmusic.com - an online radio streaming app serving over 1.3 million uniques a month.

* http://www.emriq.com - a web based medical records platform for small to medium clinics.

* http://loudfarm.com - A music event site.

and many more.
Is it just me or should the title be "Amazon Knows How Many Times You Highlighted That Sex Scene"?

The article at BB and the WSJ never discusses Amazon tracking reading habits, however it does mention that the Nook collects this data. Betabeat should be ashamed of themselves, the title is much worse than harmless linkbaiting...
The microphone is in-operable when a button is pushed, at least for all intents and purposes. The resistance of an average headset microphone is relatively high, 100-500 ohms if i were to guess. When you put a small resistor in parallel with a resistance this high it has a negligible effect on the resistance of the combination. For example if the microphone were 500 ohms and your switch put a 5 ohm resistor in parallel with it you would expect to read ~4.95 ohms of resistance total.
Boston, MA. Full Time.

Peddl - http://www.peddl.com

Jobs - http://www.peddl.com/jobs

– About Peddl –

Peddl makes selling as easy as snapping a photo. With the push of a button, Peddl automatically prices and categorizes whatever it is you’re selling, creating an instant online storefront which accepts credit card payments. Peddl turns the mobile device into the most efficient tool for selling things to the people around you.

We’re a small team spun out of the MIT Media Lab set to change the way people think about buying and selling second hand goods online and we aren’t stopping until it’s done. Learn more about the founding team at http://www.terrarium.io

– Current Positions –

Back End Engineer:

We’re building a next generation transaction platform which brings insanely simple payment to the masses. We care deeply about both external and internal craftsmanship of our products and look for candidates that do too.

Android Engineer:

We’re looking for a talented front-end engineer to help us create best in class mobile apps for Android and iOS. We care about every pixel and look for candidates that do too.

Growth Hacker:

We’re looking for an exceptional marketer with a high level of exposure to technology and experience with code. We believe that marketing, product, and engineering work together to make the product market itself.

Intern:

We are looking for a handful of super smart, passionate interns who have serious interest in local marketplaces. If you’re interested in app development, the mobile web, and have a sense for great design, Peddl has a spot for you.

–

More information and application instructions can be found at http://www.peddl.com/jobs
Apple isn't doing anything Motorola or Samsung haven't done. The only difference is the judge's decision. #BoycottJudges!
Converting a Bicimal to a Fraction (Subtraction Method)
EDITD, London, UK

We are a fashion analytics startup. We help retailers, designers and merchandisers make concrete decisions based on data.

Some facts about our product:

- We track more than 2 million products across 100+ retailers every day.

- We perform color analysis and machine learning to extract information and categorize products correctly.

- We do sentiment analysis on millions of fashion-related tweets.

- Our web app is built in Backbone.js and our stack is Python, Django, Mongo and ElasticSearch.

We need smart hackers to work on product, analytics and data warehousing.

We have a nice bright office in Old Street, just off the "Silicon Roundabout", we were a Seedcamp 2010 winner and we are backed by great VCs in Europe.

All our vacancies are listed at http://editd.com/jobs.

Get in touch! :-)
My son likes programming-ish things (like modding games). My daughter likes shopping and texting. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with one being a boy and the other being a girl. (Yet more female software developers would be great!)
> app stores are market-places. search engine are market-places. app stores are search engines.

I suspect that sucky discovery is somehow beneficial to Apple. This also makes me think that good discovery in app stores might be the key to Google competing with Apple.
Thanks for the ping. Not sure how i made that error.
San Francisco (Mission), CA - Full-time - Entelo: http://www.entelo.com/

7 things about us:

#1 - We're building a company that Entelo with a mission of changing how companies hire and think about talent acquisition.

#2 - It's a big data challenge and very interesting technically and while we're still stealth, we have dozens of paying corporate customers.

#3 - The team is small so you'll play an integral role in building something meaningful.

#4 - Our stack is a mix of Ruby, Scala, MySQL, Mongo, elasticsearch and a bunch of other goodies. We're trying to open source as much as we can (e.g., https://github.com/rglabs/teleport, https://github.com/gip/resque-telework).

#5 - If the notion of "spray and pray" recruiting makes you a little nauseous and you want to do something about it, you should contact us. :)

#6 - We work out of a beautiful and well-lit loft in the Mission, close to Coffee Bar, Blowfish, Atlas and a host of other cool coffee shops and restaurants.

#7 - We're going big on this one.

I'm the founder and you can email me directly at jon at entelo dot com or call me at 310-351-7275.
In this case Cringely is largely correct. I would bet that many of us will be using Android or iPhone like devices docked when necessary with large monitors and keyboards as our primary computers in a few years. I use my MacBook Air now only for programming (consulting and side projects) and writing. Everything else is my iPad and Droid and I like it that way. Setting up a term with SSH on my iPad was initially a "I can do it and fun is good" kind of thing but now when I want to look at a remote server, I'll often use my iPad rather than suffering through the 15 second bootup time for my laptop.
http://www.androidauthority.com/behold-samsungs-ipad-made-in...
If really all of the Linux where affected more than half of the Internet would be still down by now. Could be only a specific combination of kernel/userspace bugs that only exists in some systems.

What a bit sucks is that my VPN was affected to (openvpn) causing my computer to do a poweroff.
I replaced the poweroff with

ip route add to 192.168.1.0/24 dev lo

hope that saves me when the next leap second occurs.
SEEKING WORK - London, UK (or Remote)

Front-end(HTML/CSS/Javascript etc.), Python, PHP, Ruby, MySQL/Postgres/Mongo. Experience with Appengine and general aspects of Linux/BSD stacks.
It is low, but controller technology has come on as well. cxtreme systems have a 2xnm endurance test going on at the moment and a 256 GB Samsung 830 has got to 2.4 PB written so far and is still going strong (at an average rate of over 200 MB/s).
Right. So you're saying that from their perspective even this kind of tablet is a big deal for them. I can understand that. The good news is that the hardware price for these kind of devices is dropping fast (at least by 30% per year), so in 2-3 years they should be getting pretty decent tablet for that price. If you look at what $500-$1000 PC's and the Internet have done for the more advanced countries, these very affordable tablets should do the same for the whole of India and other Asian or African countries.