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The intent of the petition was to put the idea that her behavior was questionable into the Presidents head.

Most likely she's working with her crisis PR team to figure out how to get in front of the issue. Which would involve a complete housecleaning of the office in MA.

See http://bluemassgroup.com/2013/01/its-bigger-than-carmen-orti...

As that article points out she is a political appointee and as such, is a legitimate focus for political outrage.
It's different from a typical sharding approach (including what MongoDB does). In their model, you take a single key and distribute your data using that key (e.g. user_id). The problem surfaces when you look at secondary indexes.

If you have a secondary index say on user_location, and you want to query by that index, you don't know which shard to go to. So you end up broadcasting.

Another problem is enforcing unique index constraints.

With Clustrix, every table and index gets its own distribution.

So if you have a schema like this:

foo(a, b, c, d)
unique idx1(b,c)
idx2(d)

Clustrix treats each table and index as a different distribution. So if I need to look something up by d, I know exactly which node has the data. I can also enforce index uniqueness.
I initially thought this was a way to sign documents by recording a video of you doing a distinctive hand gesture. I immediately did the "finger guns with a wink" move at my computer screen to simulate what this would be like. I was sorely disappointed. Seriously though if anyone is looking for startup ideas, gesture recognition has reached the point where this may well be possible. Alas, maybe one day.
I have had this interview. I didn't get the job.
If you can show "damages" to their satisfaction/threshold, yes (bear in mind that, as should be no surprise to anyone here, definitions of damage and the measurability thereof may significantly vary).
No problem. The other big thing we're trying to tackle is how to move a customer through our activation funnel after they signup. That's another thing that is tricky when you have a half-baked product.
Punk Rock Politics.
Small annoyance: the site only seems to work with a screen width > 1200px.

Maybe there are no Mac users in the company (I'd be surprised), but on OSX the standard is not to browse in full-screen mode, but with a window little wider than 980px, the most common site width. This has been happening a lot lately and seriously bugs me.
Interesting idea. Looking forward to the android app.

Though I have to say I'm not convinced that your heart rate can tell you if your meditating 'correctly'. But its interesting data anyways. I would like to be able to upload my data anonymously and look at the aggregate data across many meditators to see if there are any trends.
I disagree. Yes there are a lot of Sudoku apps out there but most of them are ugly. I bought the only one that I think has a decent design. And I would probably buy one that came out with really nice graphics and nice ux.
This makes no sense.

Just like having a drivers license is no guarantee you are a good driver, having many years of job experience programming is no guarantee you are a programmer.

On the other hand, you are liable for any damage you do to a car you rent, plus the company is fully insured in the case you do any damage and can't pay. Hiring and firing someone (which is the only real way to know if someone is a good developer) is very expensive.

Here's what it would be like if we hired programmers like we rent cars:

You walk in to a software company and are immediately hired under these conditions: "We'll take you on for 6 months, but if it doesn't work out you need to pay us back all of your salary, plus benefits and payroll tax"
Just from futzing around with Benchmark, it looks like the array allocation is the expensive bit.

If you're not constantly reallocating the array you're checking against, it takes 1.5x more time to run. If you're allocating the array each time it's 3.5-4x more time.

https://gist.github.com/4549975
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In case you were saying Redshift is literally PostgreSQL, it appears it's actually ParAccel:

http://www.informationweek.com/software/information-manageme...
I've become jaded with "top 5" style lists recently, but this one's pretty nice. I'm doing a few "secure development" training sessions with development teams in the next week, will be referencing this for sure.

I'm not sure writing tests makes you a better developer...gives you better habits, but not sure it results in your code being better, compared to things like fixing bugs in others code and learning a new language.

The learning a new language holds true past software development - when I learned Spanish in high school, my understanding of some of the stranger forms of English (say, past participle) improved.
Yes, sorry, that part was a bit weird. I'd taken that meditation from after I'd gone running. My normal meditations have heart rate variance between 66 and 96 BPM. Very good eye in observing the higher rate.

And I'm not trying to judge or interpret anything from the data, I'm just giving to users to explore the ways in which meditation changes things for themselves.
Or even more blandly: Apple overshot estimates for the holidays and has stock on hand they have to sell. There doesn't need to be any "falling off a cliff" or "gobbling up" to explain this. Orders in the just-in-time manufacturing world have always been volatile. That they haven't for Apple is simply because of Apple's extremely rapid growth. Extremely rapid growth isn't sustainable long term. And they're finally leveling off.
I want this to work, and be real, but I'm skeptical. I don't know how to change that.
To be clear, I wasn't the one who made the comment regarding whether the laptop should have been discovered within 15 minutes.

But in general, it does an individual who was trespassing (in this case, on a network) no good to complain that other people were allowed in. There are exceptions to that for MIT since it's a university, but given that Aaron was both white and male, I don't think he'd have been able to play the minority discrimination card.
Can you describe the point at which double counting is occurring? My hypothesis is, "Steve Heymann's defendants are more likely than others to commit suicide". I propose to determine with what likelihood a criminal defendant will commit suicide, determine with what likelihood Steve Heymann's defendants have historically committed suicide, and compare the two numbers. How does excluding Aaron Swartz from consideration make my conclusion better reflect reality?
Thank you - I'm just starting this course, and your write-up has given me a much better idea of what to expect.
"If by guns we are talking about those used to kill people..."

Though the second amendment is strictly about protecting this latter use.
Well, he has demonstrated: Integrity , reasonably strong written skills , some balls and of course "thinking outside the box".
If you check when he started having depression and what he was reading at the time

Are you referring specifically to the JSTOR/MIT case, or to something else further back? If it's the latter, can you give a reference?

If it's the former, you are aware, aren't you, that Swartz was on record years before the JSTOR/MIT case describing his depression?

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/verysick

His description here sounds like the classic symptoms of chemical depression. Which is not to say, once again, that there weren't also other factors involved in the JSTOR/MIT case.
Resource allocation
What's the Apache source code?

You mean Apache httpd? :)

Realize "Apache" means the Apache Software Foundation, which is made up of a large collection of open source projects.

(disclosure: Apache CloudStack contributor and PPMC member)
>I wouldn't be surprised if this guy gets at least a call from every bank out there

I think that's funny. My brother works in finance, and I work in engineering. We both interview candidates and we were discussing our approaches recently. What struck us is how different our approaches are. A few key differences:

* In general, his approach is based more on intuition, whereas mine is very objective. We both spend a lot of effort determining 'fit', but my technical requirements are far more specific.

* Education matters a lot more to my brother. He has HR throw out resumes that aren't from an ivy or aren't from a top 7 business school. I filter far less aggressively, somewhere around the top 50-100 school mark. We both filter on GPA about the same.

* He likes it when people put their extracurricular activities on their resume, for me it can't help you but could be a negative.

Basically, my brother wants smart, hard-working, interesting people. I want someone who does a high quality job, doesn't need hand-holding to get up to speed, and is not a jerk to other people in the company. The guy's cover letter wouldn't impress me much, but my brother would probably love it.
I used to work for an Affiliate Network. I can confirm the only thing that was cared about was the bottom line.
Yes! I originally built this platform on an Arduino with some off the shelf components. I wanted to build a meditation device that works with Bluetooth LE, so all phones can use it, and really build the platform for meditation.

You can read about it on my blog and sign up for more info. A post will be forthcoming, and I might do a kickstarter to give people startup kits to build their own meditation and mind experiments using measuring devices.

http://www.kpkaiser.com/
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How different is it from digital certs or pdf signing.
Thanks.
I'll definitely work on that, I'll be able to remove few of them even if it mean removing features.
> the current institutional arrangements aren't really democracy

Well, not in the Greek sense; the US system was designed to lead to good governance, and to protect personal freedom, neither of which are preserved in a true Democracy.
Thanks for the suggestion! Added it to the site in a very basic way for now, will improve on that later.
Super Debugger: The Wireless iOS Debugging System
For that case, giving an idea on how the money is gonna be made (advertisement or other) would give more trust. People wouldn't wonder "for how long" if it comes from Google or a big company as it is a trusted company and it has big chances to last.
Tell Josh that Sam says hi!

Besides that, great points. Marketing takes a lot of A/B testing. I have to say, I like the graphics and whole idea behind Empire of Sudoku. The screenshot does indeed scream samurai more than sudoku, as mentioned by teej.
It's not simply losing a job. It's being targeted by the hateful vengeance of an Internet crowd that is so convinced of the truth of its accusations and that it knows all the relevant facts, that it doesn't even give her a chance to defend herself before casting the judgement over here.

I can only imagine that being in such a position causes a huge amount of stress. It seems very hypocritical to me to one the one hand blame her for driving Aaron Swartz into suicide, and then putting her under similar pressure based on possibly premature conclusions.
Hmm... Does this validate that the address exists, or that an individual lives at that address? Just because someone has entered the incorrect address doesn't mean that the address doesn't exist.
Try it. You'll like it :)
Actually it does, and spot on to boot.

He's not saying "don't find a good programmer." He's saying that the questions they ask get them no closer to finding out whether he is a good programmer.
Why, why, WHY does no one even question the idea of graphic signatures to begin with?

This thing where we scan a piece of paper or paste in a little image has always smacked of forgery to me anyway? All I need is one image of your signature, and I can sign for you anywhere I want. It's like when they hand out rubber stamps for secretaries to use.

It's like somewhere along the line, wherever you see hand-written signatures still employed as a means of confirmation/verification, no one explained to the witless bureaucrats that accept them, that there may as well be an image of a spider cartoon.

For reference:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thorne_%28writer%29
> http://www.amazon.com/Internet-Playground-Irreverent-Corresp...
> http://keboch.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/imagesspider-20as-...

Wasn't the whole idea of hand-written signatures supposed to be a pattern where it's difficult to readily forge the distinctive handwriting style of a fluid fancy cursive-script signature? When you paste in an image, it's a cookie-cutter perfect match every time. Where's the authenticity?

Hand-written signatures have no place in digital documents as a secure means of authenticity. Why are they used at all?

In general, they should be replaced by digital/cryptographic mechanisms, but in most cases the underlying concepts are to hard for people to explain or understand.

When people use scanned signatures, it's like we're still stuck in the 1800's where if you were illiterate, placing your "X" on the dotted line was good enough for a binding contract.

Am I the only one who sees things this way? Am I alone here?
Builds on F-Script to give a Smalltalk-like syntax to iOS apps.

You can read a bit more about it here: http://www.shopify.com/technology/7183290-introducing-the-su...
Thanks for doing this. I really have enjoyed your blog and your commitment to being mindful about the impact of technology on our attention and more broadly our lives.
It's funny to think that more people don't use this strategy.

He starts with some sort of connection to the email recipient, says how he's willing to do anything, discredits the peacocking majority (and then peacocks himself), etc.

This is the same thought process used in sales and marketing and even pickup.
Honnesty pays. What else to say - this kids has more than most people.
Instead of firing this gentleman, a smarter company would have put him in charge of finding which other corporate tasks could be effectively outsourced for 20% of their current cost.
An American University Breaks the Online Education Ice
He condones what is widely seen as good about whiskey and he condemns what is widely seen as bad about whiskey. That is the stance he's getting across, and it's one which is also sort of (unsurprisingly?) the sum total position of the people he represents.
While this seems "spot on" at first glance, I can tell you that when I interviewed at Google and Amazon (two years ago), it wasn't anywhere near this bad. Both places asked what might seem like contrived technical questions, but the thing is, you have to pick something that can be tested in an hour (or less). That, and it's not the answer that matters, but more your process of working a problem. They didn't seem to care too much about experience with specific tools. I guess it depends on the organization, and I can see how many places would be much worse. My question is, if they care so much about experience with specific tools, why do they even get to an in-person interview with someone who doesn't have it on their resume?
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This is not a decision striking down an agency interpretation.

The decision explicitly found that the statute supplying QSB benefits in California "is discriminatory on its face and cannot stand under the commerce clause". Had an agency interpretation been struck down, it would be fair to say that (within the bounds of the court decision and the governing statute) the FTB was free to come up with a new interpretation. But when a statute is struck down, it can only be fixed by the legislature. An administrative agency can't fix constitutional defects in statute: they have no authority to do so.

(The court could have severed the unconstitutional provision and preserved the rest of the statute, and there is some indication in the decision that they probably would have done so rather than ruling the statute facially invalid if they had been reasoning clearly and consistently. But they didn't, and the FTB isn't really free to apply what the court should have ruled instead of what the court actually ruled.)
I just used this web app and was blown away. Amazing job and no, I am not an investor, adviser, employee of this company. Just a guy who loves smart and beautifully engineered products.
Most of these new services trying to disrupt the recruiting market, such as Developer Auction and Pitchbox, are narrowly focused on Silicon Valley. Obviously, the issue is more acute in the Bay Area.

They are still curated with a manual selection process, in other words they are still recruiters. A true disruption would need to occur for every locale. Not everyone is looking to move to Silicon Valley and not only Silicon Valley companies are looking to hire.
Personal Lessons from Jeff Atwood's "Effective Programming"
I'm interested in what you say about extracurricular activities. I can certainly agree that in most cases they are a waste of space "I like music, movies and videogames".

Surely though there would be some extracurriculars that might impress you? Contributions to a high profile open source projects , doing something that requires good organisation/people skills or just something that might tell you a bit about the person's personality?

What sort of extracurriculars would you consider to be negative?
Germany Repatriating Gold From NY, Paris 'In Case Of A Currency Crisis'
I am just not a fan of that pattern of testing the return value of an assignment statement:

if (( info = details[:info] ))
...do something

instead of

info == details[:info]
if info
... do something

It always looks like somebody typed = instead of ==. Or at the very least, I have to stop and think about what's going on. Yes, I get it, it lets you do something in one line of code, but I think it sacrifices readability and can make the intent ambiguous.
I am not surprised that a cover letter full of humility and honest self-appraisal has shocked Wall Street HR teams to the point of becoming a featured article on Yahoo.
You are what you use: Why Siri isn't the future
I don't understand that line of thinking actually (that people should reply when they downvote). Do you get upset if someone upvotes you but doesn't not reply? It seems they are done for opposite reasons.

Some of the reasons I upvote:

- I agree w/ OP

- I appreciate the time taken, or the thoroughness of the response/post

- I appreciate that the post adds to the discussion

- I appreciate that OP was able to ask a question in a nice way

- I feel someone has added something significant

- I get a cheap laugh that isn't terribly pun-y

- I had too much coffee that day

Some of the reasons I downvote:

- I don't agree w/ OP and I think they are either wrong are spreading misinformation

- I think OP is using FUD or other "techniques"

- OP has included a lot of hyperbole

- OP responded without being kind, thoughtful, or thorough in the response

- OP made a blanket statement with no citation ("Blue is clearly the wrong color. Period.")

- OP did not add anything significant ("+1 here too")

- OP went for a cheap laugh with pun-y, low-wit, or over-used memes ("That's what she said!")

- OP posted something that I feel is not HN-worthy or against the guidelines

- I had too much coffee that day

I'm sure there are more on each side. So did you do any of those?
Make February resolutions. One problem with January 1st is that it tends to be a busy and unusual time. By February 1st, changing things in your life is likely to be much smoother and fit more naturally.
I've had a few interviews like this.

For future interviews, I've collected similar questions to ask of them (questions that I have conveniently worked out or looked up the answer to beforehand), my rationale being, "I want to make sure I would be working with competent peers." And I don't give a fuck if it rubs them the wrong way.
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Ask HN: Is there a public FED best practices document online?
I'm looking for a document that is maintained by anyone interested that has best practices on any front-end topic (eg. text-replacement, approached for icons, vertical align, etc). Similar to a best practices document that companies use internally. If there's not one, we should make one.
Wait a second... this guy sent a letter to a firm looking for employment and had it along with his personal details paraded around - what looks to be - the industry?

How is that not a serious violation of privacy? I'm pretty sure this would violate even the most basic privacy statement. I highly doubt they asked the submitter if they would enjoy being emailed to the industry. In Canada or the EU you'd be violating Government legislation too.

Hope it works out for him, but this just goes to show how little Wall Street thinks of people outside of their own circle. If I were a high up in Morgan Stanley (it's the only company name not blacked out) I'd be pissed.
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What you call onfline, agencies call Integrated. Typical advertising is divided into Above the Line, Below the Line and Through the Line and are typically concerned with offline (print, outdoor, television, etc). In the industry you refer to online advertising as Digital.
Right so to ace the interview all one needs is some white racing overalls and a white simpson Daimondback helemt accessorized with a vintage HP calculator and a set of steam tables.

Some say that his not only the man-in-the-middle, he's at both ends and has wiretaps on Alice, Bob, Carol and Dave. and that he once crashed a 10 way IBM sysplex by staring at at it all we know is hes the stigs nerdy cousin.
Nice to see this, used to do this with just Inkscape -- somewhat more work :).
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I like it, Jan 1 always seemed so arbitrary to me
Pixate is not an all-or-nothing solution. You can just style what you want via CSS, and do the rest in code. Do it all in code and just inline some CSS if you like. This isn't a "use UIKit or us" type of decision, but more of a "how can I write a lot less code and more dynamically style my apps". Lastly, at the Enterprise level, we offer source code escrow.
Yeah, seems like they'd need to do something more reddit-like, and with regional curators to keep quality up. Perhaps some sort of affiliate model for freelance recruiters to enter the system in order to source and vet talent would work.
The example doesnt really work

$ curl https://www.geteasypost.com/api/address/verify \
> -u cueqNZUb3ldeWTNX7MU3Mel8UXtaAMUi: \
> -d 'address[street1]=388 Townsend St' \
> -d 'address[street2]=Apt 20' \
> -d 'address[zip]=94107'

<html><body>You are being <a href="http://www.geteasypost.com/api/address/verify">redirected</a>.</body></html>
My Web Series Was Suspended by YouTube Without Explanation
This isn't a good resume because it's blunt, it's good because he describes himself as basically exactly what you would want in an intern.

"I'm looking to pad out my resume for a few months until my dad can score me a cushy job at his firm" is also an honest, blunt thing to say in a cover letter... but I doubt it works as well.
Odd ones always get the attention of onlookers. The letter is honest and straight forward, which itself is enough to get the attention of the readers.

Just today i read one of my colleague's recommendation letter for Masters graduate Program. The letter was full of team player, hard worker bullshit :). (I later suggested her to add in some actual evidence to support her claims)