skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Simfy | Cologne, Germany | iOS Developer

We are a team of music- and technology enthusiasts, which combines passion, hard-work and fun to change the way people will listen to music in the future. Starting from the idea that music should be available every where and at any time, independently form where you are and what you do, we keep working every day to make listening to music easier and better.

We're looking for an experienced iOS Developer (m/f) who shares the vision and helps to build the best iOS streaming apps out there in the market. You have an insatiable thirst for learning new things and enjoy sharing your knowledge. You are organized, clear-headed, creative and proud of the high-standard to which you work.

More details at: http://about.simfy.com/jobs/job-offers/ios-developer-mf/
Well, except micros.
Salt Lake City and San Diego: PHP/Python(/Ruby) software developers. Work with a fantastic team of motivated developers, great benefits, fun environment.

Check out the position: http://www.drivecurrent.com/careers.html

We have a couple long-term applications that are developer in PHP w/ Zend Framework, a smaller application in Ruby, and are planning new development in Python/Django.

Come join us as we grow a new office in Salt Lake City and expand our existing one in San Diego.

Solid paid vacation/holidays, work-at-home days, semi-flexible hours, on-site.
site seems to be down. too much traffic maybe?
SEEKING WORK

iPhones and iPads and Android apps! Oh my!

http://iphoneappsutah.com and http://androidappsutah.com

We are a small time developer of big time apps and games. We've worked on about every type of app available. Let me know if we can build one for you.
Austin: iOS Developer | Full Time

LeanMeanTech is looking to add two iOS developers to the team - one senior developer who can build iPhone and iPad apps without a lot of guidance, and one junior/mid-level developer to work with one of our senior developers.

We also do a lot of Android and server-side development, so you'd have the ability to work on other projects if you wanted.

A little about us: we work on mobile app projects for clients - this is a great role if you want to work with customers (both technical and non-technical) or if you want to move out of freelance iOS development into a full time position.
They're not testing those guys though.
Show HN: A social network + wiki for future products
Hello HN, we have launched Hypejar in beta mode a month ago.

Hypejar aims to organize all of the world's upcoming mass products and make it more accessible. Visitors can see when products are coming out along with information about them. Also, users can keep track of products and be notified of their releases. It's a fun way to see what your friends are anticipating.

We are currently doing our best to make the site be as useful as possible. As such, we would greatly appreciate if you can provide us with your thoughts about the site.

www.hypejar.com

To see how the idea/concept was born in 2006, please check out blog.hypejar.com. You may be surprised.
That's a much better argument. Tablets are sofa consumer devices; notebooks are desktop work devices. Surface is trying to bridge that gap. But we should not kid ourselves this is not a laptop replacement, it's a tablet improvement.
I've been doing this for a few years, along with a reasonable minimum font size. I find it really tough to go back to a smorgasbord of fonts and sizes, with some of them often unreadable. Controlling the fonts via Firefox is awesome.

The biggest downside to this is where sites (e.g. github) try using private-range unicode codepoints for graphical icons, not realizing that users often have other fonts set. I really discourage site authors for hacks and stick to using graphics for icons.
San Francisco: We're hiring mobile and back end engineers at Findery (http://www.findery.com)

We’re a small team based in an awesome office in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood and want to meet creative people eager to help others share the places that matter to them.

Findery lets people create, share, and discover notes about the places around them. We want to build something that millions of people will use and love. We want people to put our company name on their license plates; to make cakes with our logo on them; and to meet on Findery, fall in love, and live happily ever after.

We’ve built something like this before (our founder/CEO Caterina Fake is the Chairman of Etsy and cofounder of Flickr & Hunch), and it was one of the most fulfilling experiences of our lives. We’re doing it again. Come join us!

We’re looking for people who have a reputation for building cool things, a knack for learning and reaching just outside their comfort zone, and a passion for creating a virtual space that will foster real-world experiences. Finally, we’re hoping to hire people with the confidence to voice opinions and offer help, but have the humility to welcome opinions and ask for help.

Plus, we want people on the team who are fun to be around. :)

Check out our jobs page at http://www.findery.com/jobs or send us an email jobs@findery.com.
> Try and pay a court fine with bins full of loose change and see what happens.

That actually comes under the letter of the law: http://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/policies-and-guidelines/leg...

Not to detract from your overall point though, which is 100% correct.
I've always based on a mix of what the market rates are vs the value i'm providing the client.

If i'm creating a solution that will save the client about 50k a year, i'd probably charge about 25k. To the client, thats a damn good deal, and if it takes me 3 months or less to build, its a damn good deal to me too.
Chai, green, or a herbal variety.
Clickables:

http://blog.hypejar.com

http://www.hypejar.com
I want to begin learning programming (algorithms, data structures etc., already have sources to achieve that), become familiar with using the terminal and related tools, take baby steps towards Vim, get familiar with managing a Linux web server and maybe I'll finally decide on a back-end web development language (for now I find both Python and Ruby juicy and attractive).
When the corrupt politicians take anti-democratic action like this one against the free speech, people en masse should repeat the same act in defiance. At least, all the Indians living outside should do it.
The Summly blog mentions about a demo to "let people enter a web site’s URL and receive a summary of the content."

Anyway to still use that? The idea sounds very exciting and an online bookmarklet can super-useful to TL;DR anything.
Currently there are 311 comments in this story. It's hard to find any mention of it, but does anyone actually run their Retina Macbook Pro at native resolution for every day usage, coding / programming, etc? I have mine hooked up to an external 2560 x 1440 Apple Cinema Display.
You're both forgetting about Leap/Kinect/Minority Report-like functionality.

https://leapmotion.com

That combined with touch and keyboard is the future. These devices will soon accept any part of our body as an input vector. They'll be able to identify multiple users and act accordingly. Look at what google is showcasing what can be done with a person's eye ball alone, if that works the way they've been promoting, we're in for something.

I cant praise the surface for having a touch screen and a keyboard, its been done before. Done by Microsoft, Acer, Apple, Sony, etc.
Attitudes are not illegal.
> I also learn using anki, ...

Very interesting. Can you please elaborate on what you use it for and how it really helps?
Ask HN: Should I lower my rates for small startups?
I've been freelancing for over a year now (doing embedded software engineering). I raised my rate a few months ago from $52 to $64 per hour. Things are going well and I plan on raising them again soon.

Recently, I've had some very small, bootstrapped start-ups contact me for quotes to do projects. They can't afford my normal rates. I ended up doing a very small project for one company for what came out to about $25/hour.

Recently another small start-up contacted me about doing a project which I estimated would take about 4-6 weeks working part-time. A fixed rate of $2000 (about $20/hour). This is for building/programming the first prototype/MVP. It's an exciting project and I think it will be successfully launched, but I can't work for that little.

How can I get more compensation for my work? Cash - they don't have much. Equity - no idea. Promise of future work - I have no problem finding work. Share in future profits - that would be nice.

Any advice or recommendations?
Show HN: One package to require coffeescript, clojurescript, dart... in Node.js
Lessons in Teaching & Learning – Why Intelligence Isn’t Enough
SoftLayer do this with their cloud servers, but I can imagine most companies would use that to build standard 'types' for themselves and re-use them.
SEEKING WORK - Remote - Orlando, FL

Frontend and backend dev: JS, jQuery, Backbone, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, Rails, Node.js

http://kevinkhandjian.com
kevinkhandjian@gmail.com
It is when your attitude makes you illegal things, see the warranties things.
> laundry+ironing service that picks up and delivers to my apartment

I'd pay $50 a week for a high quality pick up/drop off laundry + ironing service. Or probably more.

I wouldn't go so far to say laundry is the bane of my life but it's up there and I'd pay a good sum to just make the whole problem disappear.
Joel Spolsky has a similarly themed essay from back in the day, "Fire and Motion": http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.html
Pikacode technology stack
Their aim is not to send him to prison, but to trouble him and give him so many hassles with police and courts that he finally gives up.

By that way, they get to 'teach him the lesson' and 'make him example' to deter others from doing it.
Check out http://cherry.com
I'd never heard of this until this. It only confirms my casual (don't own anything Apple) view of Apple as a corporate two year old that makes great products (I've heard), all the while employing armies of lawyers to shout "No fair! No fair!"

Best if they'd just relax back into the big chair and be the adult.
Hurricane Sandy / Pricing Update
What's so different from Metacritic sans technology products (which you could gauge through a more specialized website)? What do you guys offer that would make a user want to switch over?
Agree! The mandatory window re-size was not a good idea :(
With Newzbin and Usenet hosting it comes to nearly that anyway.
London, UK. Full time. Geckoboard

Recently named one of London’s hottest startups and backed by some of the most respected investors in the business, Geckoboard creates software that makes it easy for businesses to see all of their key metrics on elegant real-time dashboards.

Our approach has won praise and accolades for setting the standards in the field of data communication design and we're growing fast.

If you're a Ruby on Rails engineer wanting to join a small, dynamic team building software that customers love then we want to hear from you.

You’ll be:

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- Shipping code, solving interesting problems and making a difference

- Working with an innovative web application and platform helping thousands of businesses around the world

- Working in a small fast moving team to shape the future development of the application with input on key technical decisions

- Working in one of London's hottest startups (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/08/east-london-20-hott...)

Requirements:

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- An ambitious and tenacious individual with a passion for hacking

- Eager to join a fast growing, well funded startup on an upward trajectory

- 1+ years’ experience with Rails (or similar advanced web framework).

- 2+ years’ experience with a dynamically-typed, object-oriented language (preferably Ruby or Python).

- Knowledge of PostgreSQL or MySQL

- Experience with at least one NoSQL datastore

- Test driven development experience

- Familiarity with DVCS (we use git).

- Able to work in London full-time

Nice to have:

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- Open source contributions

- Backbone.js experience

- Event driven programming experience

- Keen on the startup world

Salary

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Generous salary - dependent on experience & ability. Stock options form part of the package.

Application Process

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To find out more send us your C.V./Github or Stack Overflow portfolio and a short description on why you’re perfect for the role to jobs@geckoboard.com
Because then you don't get total control to emblazen the words "Gates Foundation" as you wish?
Reserved Amazon instances are not the cheapest but are competitive with some hosting providers. I've seen some comparisons where they're right in line with Rackspace's cloud offerings, with each winning on slightly different specs. And of course Amazon has different bandwidth pricing than almost anyone else (charging per-request as well as per-GB) so that might make the difference.
NEW YORK CITY: FULL-TIME C# GAME PROGRAMMER

Grasshopper NYC is hiring a full-time C# game programmer based in our new studio at digital/physical media cooperative Collab in Soho, New York. Come join the team creating game lounges for grown-ups -- the "arcade" of the 21st century. You will program games for multitouch tables, tablets, walls and floors -- all meant to to foster meaningful face-to-face social interaction.

Experience with Unity 3D and multitouch interfaces are big pluses, but most important is serious fundamental game programming skills; strong software design and architecture; pride in code quality; understanding of practical software engineering, testing, and deployment processes; good communication skills; an eagerness to dive in and work hard to get things done correctly and quickly; and above all a love for programming as a creative craft.

For the right candidate, there will also be many opportunities to contribute to game design and overall design of the Grasshopper space and experience. Compensation is based on experience and expertise.

For more information or to apply, check out some videos at GrasshopperNYC.com and send questions and/or resume and cover letter (including where applicable links to user profiles on programming-related sites like Hacker News, Stack Overflow, github, and Unity Answers) to Ien Cheng at ien@grasshoppernyc.com.

Note: Grasshopper is also hiring game programmer interns and freelancers.
But what about Jar Jar Binks! Rabble rabble, hate hate!

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I bet the internet feels silly at this point.
China rare earths producer suspends output
Same problem here. I usual offer a small discount on my rate for startups and suggest simply reducing the scope if they can't afford paying me too many hours. Thinking about it now, I think next time I will offer to work at a lower rate in exchange of having the possibility to open sourcing (parts of) the project.
how about adding a macro var(name, type, value) -> var name = $(type, value)?
San Francisco, CA (H1B welcome)

MindSnacks - http://www.mindsnacks.com/

We build wonderful educational games in San Francisco. If you are nice and want to help us make splendid products, we'd love to hear from you.

Voted Educational App of the Year by Apple.

We're hiring in lots of areas! Here are a few:

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* Backend engineer - http://mindsnacks.theresumator.com/apply/zmC1GW/Backend-Engi...

* Mobile engineer (Android, iOS, or Games) - http://mindsnacks.theresumator.com/apply/5t4zzv/Mobile-Engin...

* Generalist engineer - http://mindsnacks.theresumator.com/apply/cj0OWK/Generalist-E...

* QA lead - http://mindsnacks.theresumator.com/apply/0tGRiZ/QA-Lead.html

* Games producer - http://mindsnacks.theresumator.com/apply/QkgdTJ/Producer.htm...

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For more info, visit http://www.mindsnacks.com/careers or email us at jobs@mindsnacks.com.
Euclid Inc., Palo Alto, Platform Engineer, Full-time

As a member of the Platform team, you must enjoy big data and everything that comes with it – you need to possess intellectual breadth beyond software, enjoy the creative side of analytics, and have a willingness to work outside your comfort zone.

To successfully handle the traction with our clients and convert it to revenue, we are growing the platform team. We want to re-architect, revise and strengthen the existing platform to digest and circulate the expected amount of data from global sources. Both the analytic and web application component of our product depend on the platform engineers' work. The platform engineer architects data collection from real time sensor technology, scales and creates algorithms to extract revolutionary business insights, and automates this process to power Euclid’s web application.

Euclid is digitizing the real world and leveling the playing field for the brick and mortar retailers by changing how they use data. The platform engineer’s role is to digest and circulate our terabytes of data. Euclid treats platform as an essential and rigorous engineering domain, and invest ample resources to it.

http://euclidanalytics.com/about-us/jobs
MineralTree, Cambridge MA

A bit about us:

"MineralTree, a provider of a cloud-based secure, integrated payables and cash management solution for small and medium size businesses seeks Developers with solid experience in Java/J2EE software development to work with our talented technical team to design, develop, and enhance our revolutionary product suite."

We have a proven entrepreneur (this will be his third startup). Plenty of work to be done. We're small, we're fast and we're fun.

Email me at: anuj dot bhatt at geeeemail (you know what this is) dot com and we can take it from there.
Why can’t we talk to the animals?
The Four Most Creative Recent Ad Campaigns
The History of Double Spacing After a Period
I explored a few options - the reason I decided to make it controlled by the user was so it didn't have to open in a new window (as you can only control the width of the window with JS in a separate window).

Thanks for the feedback though - might create a separate self-running version at some point.
Is this specifically in reference to the UK legal system or just a blanket statement about practice around the world?

If it is the former, I really must disagree with the notion that the legal system in the UK is in any way corrupt. Quite far from it, I think it is one of the things that we can be most proud of.

If it is the latter, may I suggest you either be more specific or more correct.
To pay $600 per year for something "virtual" I would need a real career benefit out of it.

Continuing career support tailored to high-talent individuals. Not tied to one firm, not a recruiter trying to fill positions getting paid by the other side. An industry expert who actually knew the ins and outs of each firm, how to find the best projects, and who could make introductions to very high level people-- including VCs and CTOs. Someone who could read the market across domains-- who knew finance and startups at the same time and could compare the markets. (Most recruiters only know one or the other.)

High-talent is a tiny market (< 1%) and this service probably doesn't scale. And you'd probably have to charge a lot more-- maybe $250 per month. But people would pay and it could become a lifestyle business.
The multiplier isn't high enough. It doesn't take into account un-billable time that you need to spend on sales and marketing or higher tax rates in different parts of the world. It's more realistic with a multiplier of 1.8 to 2.0
London: Ruby on Rails developer and competent all-rounder

SupaDupa.me - we're an online e-commerce platform aimed at creatives. Building a beautiful and simple, yet powerful platform takes buckets of skill, imagination and effort but it's rewards are huge when you consider the result: that we allow people to focus doing what they love, allowing them to make a living from their passion.

We're looking for a strong all-round web developer, with a particular focus on Ruby on Rails and Javascript. Have a play with the site to get a better idea of what's involved. If you feel you have the skills and the spark to help us grow, get in touch! http://supadupa.me/jobs or email me directly at james[@]supadupa.me.
Is Haxe worth learning?
Very little; subscriptions add up fast. The only thing I can think of is if it was attached to something where I'm already spending more than $20/month - so maybe a service that would watch ebay (or in my case Yahoo auctions Japan) for things that I wanted and then buy them when they're cheap.

At work I'd try and convince employers to pay $20/month for an eclipse that didn't crash. Or managed IRC hosting (though hipchat pretty much fills that niche).
Have you seen http://www.netmagazine.com - it's a UK magazine but has a lot of great stuff (tutorials/design)
I have an article for this too, but I am going to refer to an IRC buddy who have a much better article on this: http://www.gwern.net/Spaced%20repetition

In short, it basically exploits human cognitive architecture to provide an extremely efficient means of learning information. Two principles in operation are spaced repetition and the forgetting curve. Our knowledge tend to decay at an exponential rate. The trick is to study them right before you forget them. Thus, it free you from the drudgery of studying what you already know. It could be done by a human as a habit, but that isn't practical. That's why computers does it for us.

That's how Khan Academy works too, in regard to reviewing problems, or so I am told.
That would be really awesome. Overall I like this landing page, but my main question is "how good is the summary?" and "Can I trust the summary generated?"

Maybe non-technical people are just like, "Yeah! Awesome!" and that is all that matters. My thoughts are "How good is it? This is a hard problem and there is probably a lot of money in it. Why haven't other companies developed this?"

The app itself and the site look nice.
I agree with this statement, you have to start somewhere and many a Windows admin don't use command-line now. So essentially a beginner's course in command-line tools, i.e. beginning system administration, not only is good for Linux but can strengthen a Windows admin by helping them not be afraid of cmd.exe.
SEEKING WORK - Remote

Human/machine interface designer/developer.

From scratch experience and interface design, from the napkin to nginx.

Frontend: HTML5 (Haml, Slim), CSS3 (Sass, Less), JavaScript (Vanilla, jQuery, Ember.js, Backbone.js, Handlebars)

Backend: Ruby, Rails, Mongodb (Mongoid), Postgres

Design: Pencils, pens, paper, Photoshop

NOTE: I am not available to do any work relating to social networks, online marketplaces broadly, and will have to review any consumer-focussed work before I can confirm availability. If you're working on a b2b product we're probably game though.
http://robotfuture.net/
Parse supports Windows8
Judge Robin Jacob's comments on

On Apple's legal notice posted

“I’m at a loss that a company such as Apple would do this,” Judge Robin Jacob said today. “That is a plain breach of the order.”

On Technical Difficulties to take 14 days to change the notice

“I would like to see the head of Apple make an affidavit setting out the technical difficulties which means Apple can’t put this on” their website, Jacob said. “I just can’t believe the instructions you’ve been given. This is Apple. They cannot put something on their website?”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-01/apple-ordered-to-ch...
Apple already is meeting them in court. Apple lost.