skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Nice try, architect ;)

Now seriously, if you are a kick ass developer, in any company the size of Yahoo you can only get a decent pay if your title is architect. There's no other way to get to upper salary ranges. Either that or manager.

And 200k is not that crazy in San Francisco or socal. Heck, 75 and you can barely support a suburban family.

Now, the real problem is management, or better: performance review and promotions. In a corp that size, it doesn't matter if you save 1mi a month in infrastructure costs with a months work. No. You have to come up with a nice project name and make it sound complex and big. Nobody remembers to look at outcome in performance meetings. They focus on projects and shenanigans.

So, keep the architects, tell them they can simply work instead of coming up with projects names, and fire the middle management... I thought that was common sense. Whats happening with the world?
Old man on porch yells at kids to get off lawn, mutters something about eating more fiber.
By an amusing coincidence the announcement of Mayer's new job came the day after I finished reading I'm Feeling Lucky[1], the memoirs of "Google employee #59". Its author makes it easy to read between the lines and get the impression that Marissa Mayer was an aggressively disruptive incompetent who could do whatever she pleased because she was sleeping with Larry Page. Whether that's actually fair I have no idea, but the book is interesting. The timing was such that the phrase "short sell!" popped into my head as soon as I saw the news.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0547737394
I worked at Google for a long time and never encountered anyone with the title "architect" or with a similar job role.
I believe you should do it.
I'm going through the same issue but I'll keep going, trying to execute it better. In the worst case, I'll learn something by doing that.
A null result doesn't prove that intelligence is not genetic, it only says that whatever genetic components there may be have not yet been disentangled from other genetic and environmental influences.

Edit: Also, another HN commenter raised the possibility that the authors of the present study may themselves be biased (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4257220).
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Apple wins mobile patent on displaying lists, documents
From browsing the source and referencing the architecture section of the wiki ( https://github.com/WhisperSystems/RedPhone/wiki/Architecture... ), there is a RedPhone master server (master.whispersystems.org:31337) and a relay server (relay.whispersystems.org:31337) that the phone will use during the course of all phone calls.

Apparently, most cell phone network providers disallow direct peer-to-peer communication, thus the relay server is necessary to complete this kind of encrypted call. All of your encrypted voice data will pass through the relay server, so there isn't going to be much privacy in terms of who you are talking to at what times, but the contents of your voice call won't be revealed.
> the few times I've recognized a reused asset (e.g.
> a sound effect)

The "pig farm" sound effect from WarCraft II... I've heard that one a lot. From tv shows to films to other games. The only one I can pull off the top of my head of Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex Season 1.
Show HN: Syncr lets you check email, Facebook, Twitter, send SMS all in one app.
Syncr lets you check email, Facebook, Twitter, send SMS all in one app. Swipe right / left to quickly catch up on content for the day.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/syncr-sms-email-facebook-twitter/id534866624?mt=8
> A period is a terminator

A period is indistinguishable from a decimal point.

So if you have a = 4. is that the end of the thought or the end of the integer? It's obvious in context to a human, but a bad idea for a computer.
Slicesocial.com - seeking technical co-founder for sales and marketing platform
Sounds very interesting, thanks for the link!

>> Each month a star guest is played an eclectic and
provoking series of records which they are asked to
identify and comment on, with no prior knowledge of what
it is they will hear. The conversations that ensue are
often controversial and always entertaining.
It's a gambit of sorts, it only works when it's unexpected, but pulling it off is always an achievement.
It's not that hard to do. I just started coding two years ago and can make a responsive code layout with my eyes closed. If you are trying to sling mobile design, your website should be mobile as well. Kinda lose credit when you don't.
I pre-ordered it, can't wait for it to arrive.
Say goodbye to your mouse and keyboard is a little over stating it IMO.
Consider the sorts of policies someone who wanted to maximise productivity in society would develop if it was found that genetics was a greater influencing factor...

Though I do realize that some people think this way, it strikes me as wholly bizarre. If you can identify a strong genetic component of intelligence, the obvious conclusion to me is to develop genetic therapies to boost the intelligence of the entire population, with the greatest gains to be had among those who would otherwise be on the lower end of the scale.
31 Linux distros in 31 days
They have 200million unique visitors to their website according to Google Adplanner, many of which were probably forced to register as users. Also Viddy are behind them, yet valued at 370m. That's how I concluded that Socialcam was sold for cheap.
Thought of this already but a ton of competition in this space. Don't want to put something out there that is already being done a ton of times just for the sake of doing something.

Was thinking more along the lines of an app that can help startups secure funding. Not angellist, but something that provides value thru exclusive data, procedures and previous pitches other entrepreneurs used etc.

Appreciate the response nonetheless.
I have learned patience while debugging with android... haha
If they really wanted to do this, there is a struggling phone company that will most certainly be willing to talk in Waterloo...

That said, I think this is a bad idea for a number of reasons: 1) they can't leverage the same "total experience" OS/app combo that apple and google can. 2) they aren't in the hardware business, and google has already got a lock on all the non-software vendors. 3) seriously, phones?

One area that they might want to pursue though is cameras, not phones. I'm talking Canon/Nikon here...dslr's are begging for cloud integration and Flickr is right there. That would be 1-2 years out though, and Mayer may not have that time.

Short term solution though would be to ruthlessly cut the fat and focus on high value products. I'm assuming she has a good idea of where she wants to take the company already, but the question remains if the board will let her. You don't go through as many short term CEOs as Y! has without realizing that they aren't being allowed to call the shots when it matters.
Sqrrl?
Isn't Stripe, a large number of ex-Paypal people?
Painting Your Beautiful Abode 
The paint on the exteriors is showing signs of damage due to rain or excessive heat. We all want our house to stay protected from all that damage.Easy to render, these products provide a highly washable and hard wearing finish, makes it extremely smooth, uniform cover.
[Infographic] On Music Movie Software Piracy
The article says that the author co-invented the notion of a data scientist around 2008 ("In many ways, that meeting was the start of data science as a distinct professional specialization").

This seems false to me. For instance, as early as 2004, Yahoo hired someone who later became "Chief Data Officer" -- and who departed, bearing that title, by 2008 (http://www.fayyad.com/, http://www.fayyad.com/news_details.php?news_id=7). That is, by 2008, there were "Chief Data Officers" who were leaving web businesses.

And Hal Varian, whose Google title is "chief economist", was pushing the same ideas about data science (and recruiting stats people) publically around February 2008 (e.g., http://www.freakonomics.com/2008/02/25/hal-varian-answers-yo..., search for "ubiq"), if not before.

Even if some particular usage of the term "data scientist" can be shown to be first made by the author, it would seem like there's not a bright line there. For instance, the whole concept of "data mining" as a specialty distinct from, say, statistics, machine learning, or computer science, has been around since the early 90s.
What about Elance?
Card.io essentially just types in the information on the front of the card for you (card number, cardholder name, expiration date). For most applications, you probably still need to type in the billing zip code and CVV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_security_code) found on the back of the card.
Looks exciting, but kickstarter has taught us to be vary of products until actually delivered. Hope it lives up to expectations.
Phil Hodgens made an important and valid point to me that, I should've explained that the withholding only applies to "Effectively Connected Income" or ECI. This is mean that services performed within the united states or earned in the united states.

Thus, if the services are performed outside the country, then they wouldnt be required to withhold taxes. But, you'd still have to file the 1042 informational returns.
I've never heard of people having disdain for the particular knowledge or economic "science" (to use that term loosely) of MBAs. The problem people have with such folk is the way it is applied (too often blindly).
unless you hit record and then "check your voice mail"...
A little hyperbole never hurt anyone :) But yes, I do not see it replacing the keyboard.
Coding with your eyes closed is impressive. Non-the-less, you're not explaining why it is important for a mobile-focused site to have a responsive layout. Please explain, if you'd like me to take you seriously.
They need to let you search by geographic area and also for verified customers to give validation to individual designers. Too few had samples of their work.
I don't think a phone is good idea either, but all of this can be essentially had by partnering with an Asian ODM also.
Aren't DMCA takedowns notices made under penalty of perjury? Why are they being sent out in what seems to be an automated fashion without any proper review?
> Hmm, you sound like you've got yourself upset by reading all the Marissa Mayer news, then trying to compare yourself to her and falling short. Am I right?

No, not really.

But this does sound like reasonable advice.
> Having a long tail of very specific tags is not an issue because it allows you to go very quickly to that specific tag

> The only problem this causes is browsing your tags

It also causes a problem if you can't remember the name of the tag. Then you need to browse your list of tags and try to figure out what it is. It's much easier to do this if you have 200 tags vs. 2000 tags.
What's it supposed to test?
Secure System Design Strategy
They could just give us removable batteries and keep the EPEAT grade.
"The trouble is you think you have time"

There is a garage in Chinatown in SF that has a phrase for every parking space. This one had the most impact on me - take a visit sometime and be inspired.
To anyone late to the party, the original title of the post pointed out that G+ has apparently surpassed LinkedIn in usage, which might explain why many posts focus on LinkedIn as a site for comparison.

The post was on the front-page with the original title for hours, I don't know why a mod decided that was the time to change it.
It would be great to know how much each designer charged.
Things To Know About Ex-Googler, New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer
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It's still cheaper (or at least perceived as being cheaper due to clever marketing by food companies) to gorge oneself on junk calories than to half-starve on fresh, healthy food.
Is there a reason the thermal interface of a CPU is a smooth surface and not, say, a series of thin, deep grooves into which a fan can be slipped in for a snug fit with a minimal amount of paste? You could easily increase the contact area ten fold, possibly even more with some clever engineering.

The only down-side would be requiring a fairly precise fit with the heat-sink where now any old hunk of metal will do.
We just happen to have 444 designers right now. We're a designers curated community where our designers invite other designers to join us based on their merits.

Right now, we allow you to post a simple project request. It's like a job board. Except, since our site is curated and only our designers get to see it - your respondents will be from vetted designers, not just any random Joe who says he can draw. We made sure you get qualified leads - we leave you to move forward with the designer as the two of you agree to.

We do not believe in asking anyone to work for free.
As a former Googler who didn't have a lot of interactions with Marissa, but has heard plenty of opinions about her, this is very interesting to read.
the "great businessman" things are nice to believe. have any links to substantiate?

I "know" Miles from his younger days with Diz and Bird. A middle class kid from KC - one or both parents dentists who weren't planning on a musician for a son. Much talent at a young age - he toured w the creators of Be Bop, fer cripe's sake. Think he rescued Bird on the road more than once.

All of this is recalled from Phil Schaap's Bird Flight on WKCR. It'd be great to know Miles was a briliant businessman in addition, too.
The UI.
That's very attractive but not very informationally useful. I think Tufte would probably want to kill it.
> ... replaced by better things.

I thought we agreed that different solutions required different tools?

It's 2012 and all of our new apps our driven by PHP+Symfony2 with AngularJS on top. This combination has been huge for us (my company, I mean).

Maybe what should be answering is what "things" are better compared to PHP development with equal expertise. Like, what will RoR do for me that my existing setup won't? Why swap Symfony2 for ExpressJS and a multitude of NPM packages?

I'm alays eager, like most of the HN community, to be sold on the next great thing that makes my life easier, code cleaner, and site faster. But aside from language design, I haven't seen any apples-to-apples comparisons on the applications of these "better things."
Benjy Weinberger - What Google Is
HN is eclectic the way it is. The guidelines call for anything of intellectual interest. The bar tends to be higher for atypical material, that's all.

This piece is good because it's a great artist speaking frankly about his craft. It's surprisingly vivid. I'm not a jazz fan and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

You can learn more from a great artist in a different field than from an average worker in your own.
If he were a modern programmer he would hate Rails

oooh, them's fightin' words...

If languages were music, Rails would be something gloriously bombastic like Dream Theater's live performance of Six Degrees on their Score album. C would be BB King - timeless and simple yet complex. I think Perl would be that guy with the funny haircut who sounds like a modem
Thanks for the feedback!

We're from Melbourne actually (not that far!) but were in Sydney for Microsoft's Imagine Cup/BizSpark APAC Summit.

Australia is pretty cool.

We're just getting started; and hope to improve the service, among other new products, very soon.

Let me know if you spot any sweet spots you'd like to see improved (andrew at 121cast dot com) if you like.
It's not just DC, the same thing happens in Wellington (New Zealand) too. Just on a smaller scale.
or use the sftp package from package control
Google Remakes Online Empire With ‘Colossus’
And i thought leaving the 1 among the !s was overkill here on HN... Little do i know.
Ask HN : What is the progress in foldable display technology
What is the progress in foldable display technology. What are the shortcomings preventing commercialization.
Threw it up at http://www.simcop2387.info/texture.html since there isn't a demo that I found on that page. Seems to be a bit slow but interesting idea still.
Dotcom judge quits the case
Display Boxes, Custom Printed Display Boxes, Custom Boxes.
I don't see how the need for a phone follows from being a major internet player.

Apple built a phone to build a better phone.

Google built a phone to make sure they had a solid foothold in mobile ads and the mobile web in general.

Microsoft built a phone for mobile ads and to ensure that their enterprise applications had a mobile experience that they controlled, so no one would switch to a different application because it had better mobile features or support. It should be noted that Microsoft's efforts are failing, though their tablet will probably see some success. (EDIT: That's clearly not the reason why Microsoft built phones in the first place, but I think it's a solid justification for why they still care. Windows Phone is a money loser thus far.)

Facebook doesn't have a phone. They're rumored to be building one. I don't understand why it's a good investment for them when their apps are on every phone, with contacts integration on iOS.

Amazon is rumored to be building a phone, but I don't understand the logic behind it. The only reason they have a mobile OS is because they needed a device to push their content to.

Other than advertising, I don't see a good reason for Yahoo to start building devices that are any more involved than throwing some Yahoo apps on top of Android. If they built something incompatible with an existing mobile OS, it would fail.
Gogobot iPhone app gives users a mobile friendsourced trip planner
> Did any shareholders sue Apple over their recent decision to tighten up its oversight of its Chinese manufacturer's treatment of factory workers?

Bad publicity has the potential to hurt profits.
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It may be because I'm browsing on my phone, but I couldn't find a contact email anywhere.
Flickr is a great product, it's more like having google plus riding on Flickr's coattails.
Hey Coach, What Is A Startup CEO Supposed To Be Anyway?
Quoting from one of the last articles before he died (he was still working up until the year of his death):

"And the Prince of Silence is still being royally rewarded for doing it. His Highness's treasury is overflowing. Money is every bit as important to him as creativity. Or rather, they are inseparable. Obliging record companies, promoters and broadcasters to pay top dollar also commits them to saturation promotion, which encourages business and maintains the price. Money is a symbol of reality, even - especially - money for nothing.

Miles said he could put together a better rock band than Jimi Hendrix. He advised young musicians to learn rock, rhythm and blues and funk tunes rather than jazz standards. "I have to change," he said. "It's like a curse." Miles goes to the money, but it's more complicated than that: The money comes to him.

He has been paid millions to expand frontiers, to reflect the best of our urban experience, to do exactly what he wanted to do and did better than anyone else - to "play what's not there." The artistry with which he relates to money is an art in itself, an integral part of what makes him - whether he likes it or not - a living legend. His multimillion-dollar mansion in Malibu is one of his greatest hits. Miles Davis plays money with as much conviction as he does the trumpet.

After college, I worked in my family's business. Jealous of Miles for making money and music, I compensated by eating and drinking. Coming out of the Russian Tea Room after a three-martini lunch with Bethlehem Steel one afternoon, I crossed Miles stepping out of his Ferrari on the way in. Wearing a Savile Row suit, a Billy Eckstine shirt collar and leather driving gloves with belts on them, he punched me harder than playfully in the stomach and said: "You're getting fat, Mike.""
Agree hugely on the 'separate world'. Anecdotally, most people I know outside the USA (and quite a few non-tech friends in the states) use yahoo, hotmail, and live.com addresses as well. I think their worldwide marketshare is rather high.
To all those asking "What is Yahoo?" ad nauseum, can you answer the corresponding question, "What is Google?" ?
And once you've done that, tell us how G+, Picasa, GAE, GDrive, GMaps, Android, etc. fit into this definition?

Thanks!
Ask HN: Is The ArcticReady.com site fake?
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P.O. Box 821650
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c/o ARCTICREADY.COM
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+1.360-449-5933

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c/o ARCTICREADY.COM
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Domain servers in listed order:
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Because if you copy my MP3 for yourself then you are a single person who is not going to pay me (ie one potential lost sale). Not a huge deal. You probably wouldn't have paid for it if you couldn't pirate it anyway.

If you then go out and sell that same MP3 then every sale you make is a sale that _I_ should have been paid for. The people you are selling to are willing to part with money and instead of it coming to me, the original author, it is going to a 3rd party.
I am looking at your site on an i phone and have to zoom around to navigate. It would be a lot easier to explore your website if it was mobile formatted. Using a framework like Skeleton, it takes pretty much the same time to code for responsive layout as it does for desktop. Example: http://www.mchavezi.com/behance/ Appriciate the debate;)
Thanks for taking the time to do this, its been a great resource.
> But then are pirates still in violation of copyright law?

Certainly not from getting the game from the developer, assuming the developer owns the copyright as opposed to having signed away the right to control distribution.

Also, copyright law doesn't control use. So using it is legal assuming you don't find a way to use a game that is in violation of some other law.

If the developer doesn't want the pirates redistributing the game, though, any pirates who do are violating the law. Redistribution and the right to control it are granted by copyright law. Again, this right can be sold or given to others.
Whistleblower Binney says the NSA has dossiers on nearly every US citizen
I agree with the points you make, but I really don't see anything but (unscientific) opinions in the linked article.

This article says nothing about why Miles was a good businessman or expound on his leadership skills. All it gives us is insight into his taste in composition styles. That, coupled with the fact that music is a highly unscientific endeavor and the reasons he gives for disliking some of the works might be the exact reasons why others might love those very works, makes this article completely useless IMHO.
Unfortunately, the male-dominated tech world is pretty chauvinistic when it comes to women in positions of power. If she's headstrong and takes no BS, then she must be sleeping with someone in a position of power. Now, I know that MM was LP's GF at one time; but that doesn't mean she's an incompetent person. If it was a guy, people would be crooning, "ooh! he's such a ballsy guy!".