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> In a statement posted on Facebook, the website said that it is making several changes to efficiently deliver messages that Facebook users get.

Efficiently deliver messages? What a load of BS. How more efficient can it be than free, instantaneous and in the convenience of the recipient's pocket?

Instead, they should say, they are holding back on all other communication and putting a premium on these paid messaged that only go normally, as they should.

It's the "net neutrality" thing, only this time it's "message neutrality" that we need.
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You are trolling, and here's why:

1) Your writing style is eerily similar to that of a person based in India (and yes, I've seen enough people claiming to be americans but actually from India to know the difference)

For example "helping to define product and rapidly build it" is not a natural phrase to use.

2) I highly doubt anyone here needs to see something like "API's" under skills. It's not like people here aren't aware of many of the APIs that you know.

3) If you really spent 7 years working and have experience in "Ecommerce, Saas, Social API's, Analytics, Finance, Health IT" you either jumped many times between jobs or you worked for a contracting company

4) A person with your level of experience, especially in areas like javascript and HTML5, should be able to throw together a sample or a portfolio. Do you have such a sample?
3D Movie Maker was a Microsoft Kids product released around 1996. Not a developer product.
Going to just point out (perhaps I misunderstand), but sous vide is not a crockpot way to cook. It's pretty easy (toss things into a bag, place in warm water) and it's delicious.

Since the temperature of the water bathing the meat (or veggie, etc) is a constant, you know exactly when your steak is a perfect medium rare. Not only is it cooked perfectly, the fats and marinade and etc are all sealed (quite literally) with the meat so the food is chock-full of flavor.
Is this some sort of satire at the futility of explaining fully a highly technical subject without the technical jargon? A non technical user is not going to want to absorb that laborious descriptive setup just so they can understand the algorithmic details of a process which has no relevancy to any other part of their life.

Here is the explanation as requested, but (a little bit) shorter:

"An SQL injection is when user input (meaning what you would type into facebook chat, for example) gets run as computer code. So, for example, an untrusted person can reprogram facebook to do what it wants."
I agree. I looked at the source and it seems to me that the design is overconstrained (like ORM) and some of the issues people are talking about are likely to persist, unless they start using Ember differently. There are many reasons for SlickGrid being built the way it's built.
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You should take a look at Xfce, by far the most consistent and not-in-your-way DE among the popular ones since Gnome2. And with some themes that actually look good (like Greybird, default in Xubuntu).

> Ricardobeat put it nicely elsewhere in the thread: design-by-committee.

I feel there is a common misunderstanding what this term actually means. I'm a Linux user and I don't like most DEs and most themes, but I wouldn't imply there is no leadership among their creators or that the decision process is completely flawed. Actually I think they know exactly what they are doing, the fact that you and I don't like it it's another thing.
It's been a pleasure, see you on the other side.
California Meteor Broke Speed Record for Atmospheric Entry
A JSON-aware ElasticSearch front end
Heres the list of discontinued software products

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsoft...
so, spam.
That's not the problem. The problem is that they want us to pay to deliver messages to people who already "Liked" our page and thus have a pre-established interest/subscription.
This region between mathematical brilliance and madness appears really strange.
why is this at the top of hn? Are there really that many people reading hn who don't understand it already? seems like a pretty basic concept to anyone who has ever used SQL for anything.
There are front-end only jobs (HTML, CSS, Javascript). I imagine these positions would require programming with Javascript as well as some basic familiarity with Jquery and other front-end frameworks.

Some jobs require you to know the full stack - everything from front-end to back-end SQL.

And some jobs are for back-end development only - with back-end languages python, java, ruby, or PHP. If you use python or ruby you should learn the associated web frameworks as well (Python+Django and Ruby on Rails being the most notable).

It depends on what you want to do.
Do you want to code your own websites or work at a dev agency?
-- You need to learn the full web stack.
Do you want to work for a hip startup?
-- you should probably learn a back-end language and a web framework and build a project website with it. I'd recommend either ruby on rails or python + django.
This is a pretty new ElasticSearch front-end that looks very promising.

Here are some more similar tools:

* http://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/

* https://github.com/OlegKunitsyn/elasticsearch-browser

* https://github.com/lukas-vlcek/bigdesk

* https://github.com/karmi/elasticsearch-paramedic

* https://github.com/okfn/facetview

There's still no really GREAT query front-end for ElasticSearch, unless I'm missing any from here.
Yeah, Xcode is pretty much all you need. I would second the WWDC videos, they explain a lot.
Actually they're both symptoms of the same problem which is the more facebook tries to monetize the sleazier it feels.

LinkedIn probably has the advantage here because it was started explicitly as a resume/business/hustling platform, whereas facebook started as a way for students to keep in touch with friends.
As an American, you can only visit during the Mass games unless they've changed that. I've been thinking about a weekend trip one of these days (but probably October given that's the only time I can go).
Nothing, since the writer is a freelancer and doesn't represent said website.
For those of you who want to skip the site and check out the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3...
I'm pretty sure it is at the top more for the creativity of the explanation.
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So they went ahead and posted his story?
It's funny as hell.

And the last remark in the dialog makes it clear the intended audience is sloppy developers, not non-techies.

Although brighter non-techies would probably get it after a little thought.
TL;DR: Despite all the technical solutions in place to address the problem, spammers still make a lot of money, so Facebook now wants its cut.
I might write that as "IBM continued to try to fulfil promises to their customers for years despite their major partner jumping ship".
So, I can't pass up this price. (I've been meaning to try you, and this pushes me over the edge.)

However, your Order Details page, prompting for name, address and other contact info, and payment type (but not account details), is coming across via HTTP rather than HTTPS [1]. I would REALLY prefer that to be HTTPS.

[1] http://www.jetbrains.com/eshop/checkout/displaySummary.do

P.S. I "forced" the Shopping Cart page to HTTPS by editing the address bar. I can then proceed; however, the pages still contain some elements delivered via HTTP.

Upon reaching element5 to process my payment, I find that its data collection page (the first page I reach, and which is asking for my credit card information), is delivered via HTTPS but also has some elements delivered via HTTP -- that is, the HTTPS connection is "broken".

You really should have a look at revising and improving your payment processing.

P.P.S. Ok, on that first element5 page, I chose the link to "Change Payment". The next page I received was fully HTTPS, and selecting the credit card option, I'm back to a page prompting for CC details, but this time it's fully HTTPS.

If anyone wonders why I'm writing this here ("HN isn't a bug tracker"), the OP has identified themselves as being with JetBrains, and I'd really like to see this fixed -- and thanks for the sale price, if I can help their conversion rate a bit by making the purchase flow look a bit less... "troubling".
God dammit. Of course it hasn't been proved yet, nobody is viewing the theorem as accepted by the mathematical community. But such a headline makes me think that his proof was debunked, and is just as bad as claiming it was proved.... which, again, was not exactly a common viewpoint.

I did, however, like the bit where the writer proposed that the ultimate interpreter of the supposed proof should receive credit as well as the original thinker; from the look I took at the theorem, it looks to be an arduous task (to say the least).

EDIT: I am not a maths person, and I do not keep in touch with the mathematics community except where the news is big enough to reach other fields (as this supposed proof did), so perhaps my 'nobody' is unsourced. But I believe anyone who would be 'in touch' enough to read this blog post would understand that the supposed proof is far from being accepted as a true proof.
you tried but doesn't sound like you gave them a real chance.
I didn't know this, I can see how a house appliance might consume several dozens of amps but 100 to 200 amps? Wow, that is a lot. I don't have much knowledge about power transmission (which is one of the most fascinating fields in electrical engineering, in my opinion) so I'll take your word for it.
I doubt this. And also it's source. IndiaTimes is known for it's ridiculous articles that only make people get paranoid on false rumors. A company like facebook will never do such a thing. Although they allowing brands to send messages to followers is a total different thing.
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It's about explaining it to people who generally _aren't_ on HN and/or have no programming experience.
The group dynamic reminds me of a chat I had with a friendly guy at my local motorcycle shop. He calls it "rally fever" when a bunch of guys on motorcycles (or scooters, or whatever) get together for a ride and let their inhibitions slip just enough to take that turn just a little bit too fast.

I am sure group rides are lots of fun, but I would be mindful of being extra cautious.
As a former newsroom graphic artist, I'm really curious - I assume you work on the web team rather than the news side? What is the separation between the news teams and the web development team? Does the graphics team build special features like this? Are they also responsible for designing or building article templates? It's fun watching the new order take shape, and pieces like this make me long for the newsroom again...
Just want to add some points to this thread as I am the inventor of POP.

For those who question our motives, your reasoning is fair but let me clarify some things.

We started Christie Street because of our our experiences with POP. We have been getting closer and closer to this decision since Apple announced Lightning and began its new rules on the adapter. While we were going back and forth and waiting to see if we could still build POP we realized that we did not have a good way of refunding to our customers. That is why on Christie Street we built a automated refund system for our inventors. So when we finally realized that POP just could not be made to what we promised, we wanted to use our platform to do the refunds as it would be easier for us to manage. Also it would allow us to test and tweak the system with real customers. We are all trying to build better companies/products and looking at a loss on POP this seemed like a good way to at least salvage something out of it while delivering a above average experience to our customers, I would call that a win-win.

Lots of people also seem to want POP even without Lightning and our upset that we did not poll our customers to see if a USB only version. But they are missing the point, we said in our campaign that we would support the iPhone 5 and at the time had no reason to believe that would be impossible. Why would we have thought that they would sell the new adapter any different then the old 30 pin?

We are not willing to compromise on the product or deliver something that was not as promised. If that brings skeptics, so be it but at the end of the day today I know that we are doing the right thing, not the easy thing but the right thing.
They've changed it. You can go at certain periods during the year often coinciding with key events.

And you can only go as part of a set tour which is usually over a week. So no weekend tours and certainly not by yourself.
For two-pass encoding, the video is first scanned to assess complexity, so a second encode pass can work out which frames require a higher bitrate to get the same quality. However this is not used that often, in favour of a quantiser approach, which uses a number to indicate target quality. The encoder then changes the bitrate depending on the frames complexity and the target quality/quantiser. The quantiser approach is much more common because it's easier to specify an output quality that is independent of resolution.

As for the actual encoding, nearly all the computation is very specific to the output resolution/quality. Luckily encoding multiple videos can be spread over many machines, and encoders can take advantage of multiple cores.
Show HN: Drywall.js, a website and user system for Node
I literally gasped when it got to the animated map display. Truly brilliant.
Actually the average life of North Korea is not that different from those in rural China, Phillipines, Thailand and arguably some parts of the US.
Maybe FB got a bit cocky after the "success" of their recent site governance vote, which included allowing integration of Instagram data with FB data.
A benefit of larger cities is more specialized stores, for sure.

Locally to me in London, are The Spice Shop (just spices and spice mixes) and Clerkenwell Screws (comprehensive stock of nuts and bolts in all thread pitches, people behind the counter with 50+ years of experience recognizing and sourcing screws).
You can have a small crappy house/apartment with 40-60A service, for sure. But electric appliances (hot water heaters, clothes dryers, ovens/ranges, etc.) can be 50A.

A single excellent commercial electric wok is about 50-100A.

Each individual circuit is about 15-20A.

The really awesome thing now seems to be HVDC transmission -- eliminates capacitance problems and problems with multiple grids.
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"Startup work may be a little more financially risky than "traditional" work, but it's sure less risky emotionally for some people. Like me."

You are the exception to the rule. In my experience, startups are more risky and much more stressful than a traditional job.

Working for a startup has about the same risk as starting your own company. It can be done, but you need to have savings and be able to handle things like getting laid off when funding doesn't come through.

The majority of people aren't prepared for this and shouldn't even be thinking about working for a startup if they are married/have kids.
It appears to be true, as other websites confirm it. Here is the story on Cnet : http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57560256-93/facebook-tests-...
Please explain how it is sleazy?

They have a service which they are providing to you for free. They need to monetize this service and they're trying out different things.

In this case, it's not so much about monetization as it is about cutting spam, and erecting a monetary barrier which is huge in cutting down spam.
SimCity 2000 was one of my favorite games ever. The Sims was novel and fun. But every Sim-themed game my family has bought since has just not held interest for more than a couple hours at best.

Any thoughts on what happened to later Maxis games?
There should be a Do-Not-Contact registry. Else, another reason to close your Facebook account as you will be flooded with Spammy mails.
Also, details from Facebook itself: http://newsroom.fb.com/News/558/Update-to-Messaging-and-a-Te...
It's on the official blog, albeit below the fold http://newsroom.fb.com/News/558/Update-to-Messaging-and-a-Te...

> Today we’re starting a small experiment to test the usefulness of economic signals to determine relevance. This test will give a small number of people the option to pay to have a message routed to the Inbox rather than the Other folder of a recipient that they are not connected with.

> This message routing feature is only for personal messages between individuals in the U.S. In this test, the number of messages a person can have routed from their Other folder to their Inbox will be limited to a maximum of one per week.
Ended up playing with the animation for a while, this is probably nothing new but just thought I'd share a funny quirk I discovered. If you plug in the fibonacci sequence for the time, you get symmetrical strengths and phases (except for the first term):

For (0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610) you get:

99.74 77.77:51.4 53.46:82.8 39.97:104.3 32.41:121.8 27.98:137.3 25.39:152 24.03:166.2 23.62:180 24.03:-166.2 25.39:-152 27.98:-137.3 32.41:-121.8 39.97:-104.3 53.46:-82.8 77.77:-51.4

Formatting magic:

99.74

1 - 77.78 51.4

2 - 53.46 82.8

3 - 39.97 104.3

4 - 32.42 121.8

5 - 27.98 137.3

6 - 25.39 152

7 - 24.03 166.2

8 - 23.63 180

7 - 24.03 -166.2

6 - 25.39 -152

5 - 27.98 -137.3

4 - 32.42 -121.8

3 - 39.97 -104.3

2 - 53.46 -82.8

1 - 77.78 -51.4

It works for all sequence lengths I've tried, although the app starts rounding off when you start getting in the hundreds.. not that it matters in this case. Couldn't find any relationship between the first constant and the pairs, nor any relationship between the ratio of the pairs. Just something interesting.
Are these friends and family that you mention in the tech industry, or at least follow it closely? Because in my circle of friends and family, minus a few that work in tech, nobody has even mentioned, or I think even know, about this whole privacy issue.
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>I have to log in and out or reboot pretty much every day to solve X or window manager problems. There are a variety of focus and window ordering issues.

These aren't specific. I honestly don't know what you're talking about here. I've logged out of X to solve a problem once - that was checking "Use the NVIDIA driver" and then rebooting. The only time I've ever rebooted to "fix" an "X problem". That having been said, I won't defend compiz for a second. That was a mistake and they're sinking more and more money into it to my disappointment.

>Device support is so-so: the Android tethering that is support to magically work never does

My Galaxy Nexus, Droid 1, Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 3g - I tap USB tether and about 5 seconds later Ubuntu tells me it's connected. (Unless this has regressed in 12.10, I haven't had reason to use it lately.)

>Network Manager is slow to find networks and regularly crashes.

You can get NM to crash? I hope you've filed a bug report because that is a major issue.
This is a very funny question to ask actually. Shouldn't you be doing just what you like to do? Is your question more like- 'What will get me a job?' well, both of them. Or, 'What will get me a better pay?' well, both of them. Please don't do something you suck at, simply because someone told you to.
From the name, I was really hoping this would be a re-branded Tux Racer.
I am surprised this article presents itself best in a browser on my desktop/laptop, then in a browser on my iPad, and has the least interesting presentation in the native NYT iPad App.
working for startup is far riskier than starting your own company, because you have the same risk exposure with limited upside and little control over your fate (e.g. the founder louses up or takes a really shitty deal which screws over the employees -- has been chronicled many times here)
There is one easy way to solve this problem that I can think of: Neuter a USB cable by shorting the data pins on the device end and disconnecting them on the charger end.

Just be careful not to plug the resulting cable into a computer -- you are likely to draw more current than permitted by the USB spec, and could potentially cause an issue.

(I suppose you could potentially cause an issue with a charging kiosk too, if it's a computer rather than a dumb brick, but it's not really the kiosk I'm worried about.)
I am sure you will find a new gig. I am also looking, similar profile as you but I live in Beijing, China and my wife is pregnant.

Great all-round developer, http://gbraad.nl/resume/ and http://linkedin.com/in/gbraad email: me at gbraad.nl to get in touch.

Let us all have a great new year. Happy holidays!
I am sure you will find a new gig. I am also looking, similar profile as you but I live in Beijing, China and my wife is pregnant.

Great all-round developer, http://gbraad.nl/resume/ and http://linkedin.com/in/gbraad email: me at gbraad.nl to get in touch. Let us all have a great new year.
citizenship doesn't end at the border.

If the government feels it can prosecute you for crimes committed outside then it is limited by the same laws.
I would disagree that SQL injection is a "highly technical subject". The linked post accurately and analogously describes what is happening by replacing the database server with a robot that can understand English. Your short explanation doesn't really give any insight into why or how the security hole happens.
Redbox Instant for Android launches, gets negative reviews.
What does it even mean for Apple to license this connector? Do they have a patent on it? It's just a fucking plug. Or are they just refusing to let these folks use some trademark to mark their product?
That depends on who you ask and how you look at it.

Google has always insisted that it's only IP that's relevant to Google's business. Critics (such as myself) have always retorted that ANYTHING can be construed to be relevant to Google's business.

The only thing that's materially changed in response to complaints, is that there is now a review committee that you can submit projects to, and after some weeks they can grant you permission to keep the IP.

But if Google actually believes that your specific project is related to their business, you're not going to get an approval. For example, all applications for smartphones are explicitly blanket excluded.
this is the best idea I've heard in the last year.
Does this ever actually happen? What new web service has unveiled itself and implemented a competitors REST API?
I think the analyst got two things right, but disagree about Management Discord, and Web Apps vs. App Store.

First of all, Management Discord has nothing to do, as far as I can tell, with the differences between OSX and and iOS. OSX is moving closer and closer to iOS every release. Maybe that is a good thing, maybe not. Saying the Maps fiasco would never happen under Jobs is being disingenuous. Apple had it's fair share of gaffes under Jobs. I regularly hear people complain about MobileMe, or .Me or whatever other web-based service from Apple. People would probably say the iPhone 4 antenna issue would never have happened under Jobs, except that it did.

Web Store vs. App Store also doesn't really hurt Apple in the long term. It isn't as though you can't run Web apps on the iPhone. You can, and I think the majority of mobile web apps are still targeting the iPhone specifically. I hope we move to more and better web apps, but people won't stop buying Apple products, it will just put a dent in App Store revenue.
Check out App Annie, our Beijing office is hiring lots and lots of engineers: http://appannie.com/jobs