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ruby != rails
Having to install java is a deal-breaker for me, as Java on windows seems to be a recurring source of drive-by vulnerabilities.
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Why should they settle for third tier cable stations? I want HBO, Showtime, ESPN. If you're in the clear rebroadcasting Fox News you're in the clear with ESPN. How could -or would- you possibly see a difference? Copyrighted content is copyrighted content.
Avoid North San Jose? Wha? East San Jose, maybe. North San Jose is like two trailer parks and a bunch of shiny new complexes. Avoid the trailer parks if that's not your thing and you're fine.

I'm talking about anything north of Montague between the Guadalupe and Coyote Creek, and south of 237. North of 237 I'd call Alviso, and that's a whole different thing.
Depends what you define as smart, and what you define as new. Also who is accessible and verifiable.

I consider it a low bar to have repositories on GitHub or answers on StackOverflow yet the fact is that in London this group numbers in the thousands. This isn't all of the talented people but it gives you an idea of the rarity.
Apple apologizes to Chinese consumers, revamps service
Every time you see someone inveigh against a particular system that has been in place for a long time, you should ask: "I wonder why that system was put there? Maybe there was a reason."

Netscape decided to throw away all their code and do a complete rewrite, and then realized that just about all of it was there for a reason. The Economist is happy to do a drive-by on agricultural price stabilization, but if they were successful there would be years where your frigging Raisin Bran was priced at $200/box, and the Economist wouldn't have anything to say then, except perhaps "not our problem if you idiots listened to us".

Agricultural price stabilization schemes exist for a reason.
"the people who reply usually have some problem that makes them unappealing," said the obese and unattractive man about the dating site he uses to find dates.
If it were to stop moving in the near future, BTC would be stuck at minor-currency status with a $1 billion valuation. I'll be happier if it stops moving with a $1 trillion valuation, so lots of people can use it instead of just a few geeks and druggies.
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As I mentioned in my previous comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5476668) I think regulators have a necessary job to do, and it's perfectly ok for regulators to ask us to come to the table. We are happy to.

Indeed we have met with and had detailed discussions with SFO (and other regulators).

I don't see how re-imagining the letter we got from SFO as one written with a positive tone and poking some fun at cease and desist letters in general, on April 1st no less, is arrogant.
I totally understand it's frustrating.

But I don't think you can change them with a post like this and I don't think you should, or that you even want to.
People that would be doing this (regardless of whether they follow your advice or not) aren't the people they want to hire anyway.

If this post is the reason why they try, then they're not good candidates either way. If they follow this advice they're only making it harder for you to weed you out. Sure - that's what they want, but not what you want when you're hiring.
No mention about paying 2x for the branding? What's up with that?
"Not sure if serious, or April Fools..." -Fry
"It doesn't address how unsatisfying it is for exceptionally well educated women to be with men who are not their intellectual equal." -TFA

This is what is wrong with the class system in the USA.
I haven't read it.

I don't like the partner/associate model as it works in law firms, because (at least in 2013) it becomes a two-class system as toxic as the tenured/not distinction in academia.

Also, law firm bonuses aren't direct profit-sharing. What I proposed in my recent essay ( http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/gervais-macle... ) is real, motivationally significant profit-sharing extended to all employees. In biglaw, they are hosed if they work hard for 7 years and don't make partner; in VC-istan, engineers in a 50-person company get ~0.04% equity instead of the ~0.45% profit sharing they'd get under my system.

The idea that I have in mind is one where profit sharing's open to all employees and substantial but very few people end up holding equity, because the thing's not built to be sold and equity is only for people expected to be long-term (10+ years) contributors.
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Bitcasa actually is pretty good, surprisingly, if you have lots of small files or good bandwidth. The clients are pretty buggy still though. I can stream mp3s from my home cable connection but videos and images are -pretty- delayed. It'd be impossible to use for something like storing a photo library. But it's a good place to dump all the legal media you've been torrenting over the years.

Dropbox is still the best in terms of experience and support in other apps. Price is quickly becoming not competitive.

Google Drive was crashing with folders with largish numbers of files in it (on OSX) so I couldn't test much after signing up and dropped it. It seemed fine, but Dropbox has more integration points.

Amazon Cloud was pretty useless until this announcement. But their cloud player is pretty awesome and if you sign up for their cloud drive, you get the cloud player premium.

Really, if Dropbox doesn't get something moving price-wise, this could be the end. But man, I love me some dropbox. It's just $$$$.
Do you always make a point of keeping a few internal phantom job positions open, so that engineers always have a reason to join your site and grow your talent pool?

I ask because that's exactly what I'd do...
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This requires Java, is desktop only and doesn't have a solid command line client. How does this rival Dropbox at all.
They just had a split. They resolved it in short order and the value skyrocketed after that.
I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I'm currently getting a 500-internal server error when I attempt to build my profile. I'm really interested speaking with you, so let me know how else I can get in touch!
Jason Scott may be your only hope: https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/313386087802351616
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We are creating a universal loyalty currency, akin to AmEx points, that users can spend on virtual and physical goods. We are growing rapidly, and have around 3 million active users each day across around 500 mobile applications.

We have been actively targeting the Android mobile market, and just recently released our SDK for iOS. We are in need of the most help from a couple of talented engineers to help maintain and extend these SDKs.

If you are more interested in either front or backend web development, or more of a generalist, we are definitely interested in talking to you as well.

You'd be joining a small but very talented and tight-knit team of developers working at all levels of the stack, from postgres up through rails and into the platforms I mentioned above. From my own personal experience so far, the environment here is amazingly hacker-friendly. You will be able to ship code early and often with zero red tape, be given a very large amount of autonomy, and feel your impact on the company every day.

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If this sounds like something you might be interested in, contact me at ed@pocketchange.com and I'll be happy to answer any of your questions.
Totally agree with your point. I tell almost everyone trying to learn programming to start off with Udacity CS101 with Python. I myself started with HTML/CSS a long time ago. It is not programming per say but the satisfaction of having created a simple web page is satisfying. Learning Ruby on Rails from the beginning will be too much to handle at one go without even knowing the basics of HTML/CSS/JS and not even to mention the basics of database design. It will take a long time, but it will be worth it as knowledge and experience is accumulated. Start Small, Have Fun - good advice.
Dallas, TX

.NET web application developers

I've got a couple positions open for .NET devs. Full Microsoft stack. Working on public and internal facing applications.

We do a bit of mobile development as well.

Shoot me a resume/intro to sgoodpasture at thirdcorner.com
"Of course the important policy point here is that we have no idea how much more flourishing of human developed talent there could be if only all young learners had full opportunity to develop their abilities."

This is a very positive way of looking at this. I would argue that we have a fairly good sense of how much more (a lot) and that this informs the tendency for entrenched meritocracies to restrict access rather than open the floodgates, so to speak. People are generally overprotective of their position or status, the past and what they have built for themselves.

I wholly agree that "communities can thrive", and I believe gain a lot more, by being open and welcoming to people not (just) on the basis of merit, but on the basis of curiosity / interest / engagement.
Klang Valley's property prices are in a bubble now. Won't want to be around when it pops. Problem is, all the good tech jobs are here (and to a lesser extent, Penang)

Starting salaries here are about RM2500 - RM3000. More or less standard by Malaysian standards.
From the point of view of the 60KWh customers, they're still getting the same product for the same price that they agreed - so if the product was worth it to them at that price before, it should still be, regardless if some other customers are getting a greater surplus. Other people getting a good deal doesn't affect your utility.

This is so even if they were just shipping the 60KWh model as-is to those lucky 40KWh customers.
Honestly, if they are going to get your information, who cares. Out of millions and billions of the information they get, why would they be interested about specifically yours. That's a big problem I have when people bring up privacy issues. There are certain lines, but Google's not crossing them. Sifting through your email to give you relevant advertising is harmless - in fact, some of it is how they get information for a very powerful Google Now.
Yes, I would think the CB's to be obtuse not to be wary of digital currencies.
You can be sure the CB's are watching bitcoin and could easily manipulate it's price. I.e. create a bubble and burst it.
Seems pointless. Trading one hosted service with another doesn't really give your privacy back. You might be able to split your profile in different silos but what's the guarantee that the personal information won't be shared between the different service providers ?

What we need is a way to be able to sell server "apps" in a way where they can be monetized. Right now it's really hard to sell the application without providing the service as well because they're too hard to install.
This has come up repeatedly on HN in various forms, but it looks like women in all walks of life are seriously underserved by current online dating systems, and there is likely a big market opportunity there despite all the incumbents.
So the other services handle your data better ? Or is the just your resolution?
I actually wouldn't mind working in Singapore, I just don't know where to begin hunting for jobs there.
The later Cargo-Bot levels esp. those with recursion are difficult for even the most proficient programmers.
That post is devoid of insight and full of inaccuracies such that it could easily be mistaken for shameless attention seeking or just astroturf.
Cut out the middle man and get your own advertising instead. Adsense has one of the best payout rates in the industry, but you have to remember that Google is merely the middle man for every $1 they're paying out they would have to at least be making $5 - $10 more so they're always ahead.

With stats like that there isn't a reason you can't go out and solicit advertising yourself from gaming companies, stores and publishers and show ads yourself without using a third party advertising network. That is probably one of the most obvious pieces of advice I can give you at this point, but if I think of anything else I'll let you know.
>Excellently written answer to deal with the torrent of complaints spewed by man-children at the requirement they be considerate of others. "My free speeches!" and "How dare you censor me?"

You do realize those are sexist generalizations?
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I thought that it was politically incorrect to speak of such things. I guess it is ok if you are a woman.
I've had my fun with this distraction. Have a nice day!
This is fairly tangential, but do startups and/or medium-sized companies place emphasis on education when selecting interns? As a student in high school, I see effectively no advantage to informing a potential employer of the fact that I attend a certain school. At best, it's inconsequential and yields no advantage to me, as high schools generally lack the sort of prestige that certain universities possess; and, at worst, it will deter possible employers who would be unwilling to permit someone like me to work for them.

Is education significant among startups, and how can I maximize the allure of my resume vis-a-vis my education (or lack thereof)?
It syncs files.
It's hard for me to take "Google divorce" seriously from someone who still uses Facebook.
Meritocracies are great sometimes but they have the nasty side affect of promoting people into jobs they suck at. Just because you're the best at being an individual contributor, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good manager, and being a good manager doesn't mean you're going to be a good executive or entrepreneur. In organizations that value meritocracies absolutely, you end up losing your best people if they don't scale.
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My additional recommendations:

Gmail -> business hushmail

Google Maps -> Bing Maps

GPS -> Use an actual GPS device or one of the iOS/Android maps that download to your phone.

GChat -> This one is tricky due to being subject to network effects. Without getting into hyper nerdy jabber or private IRC nonsense, I'd say just use OTR and be done with it if the point is privacy.

Google+ -> meet people for lunch

Docs -> Zoho/Microsoft Office/Open Office.org/LibreOffice

Google Drive -> Dropbox, add encryption if you want. There are libre alternatives if you want to set up your own fileserver with automagic sync. I'm trying not to get too far out into left-field on this list.
Sea lion blows scientists' minds by head-bobbing to the Backstreet Boys
This is another plug, but people have told me that they've found RegexOne (http://regexone.com) to be pretty useful in learning and practicing regular expressions interactively.
This was front page all day, I'm surprised he has any left to sell.
Im taking a Rails course soon and am also interested in building something impressive to show potential employers.
I've been pleasantly surprised with Fastmail.fm's new webmail interface, and am currently in the process of switching away from Google. The one thing I can't seem to find is a good replacement for Google Contacts or Google Calendar. I'm currently set up with an account at fruux.com, which does hosted carddav + caldav, but finding good clients for Linux has been more challenging than I expected.
She brings up an interesting point. I'd be curious to see some data on women who date "beneath" them (particularly career wise) in terms of relationship stability.

Personally, I know of many women who date men who are not as intelligent or financially successful. However, frankly, the women are (without mincing words) fat, which corroborates the related NYTimes article [0]: "Using longitudinal survey data on married American couples, it found that women can compensate for two additional units of body mass index with one more year of education."

The more attractive and successful women I know tend to date equally or more financially successful men (it is difficult to be more intelligent than these women, so it can only be said that the men have very lucrative jobs or come from wealthy families).

[0] http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/women-and-marri...
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I sort of agree with you, but there's also a form of over expectation from recruiters and HR services. In order to pass the screening tests, sometimes applicant must have demonstrated skills to save the world, and have proven track records of having done so. 3 times. I read this linkedin blog entry a few days ago where it was said that in order to be considered worthy of an interview, the applicant must show how much of a difference he brought in his previous job. This is completely silly. Not everyone can claim to have raised the company income by 235% by successfully reorganising from scratch the workflow of the engineering team. I am only slightly exagerating. Maybe that's just me taking things too literally. Or maybe I suck at what I do, but everywhere I worked, success was more the result of good teamwork than of the efforts of one single person. Yet simply stating that one is a good team player is not enough.

Yeah, everyone can say: I am a good team player. And every HR can say: Our company provides the best working environment. Hypocrisy on either sides leads nowhere, but it seems like it's still the expected standard.

I think that a linkedin profile can be enough. And if the profile isn't publicly accessible, there might be a good reason: privacy. So why not simply ask? At least it would show that the application is being processed. Or perhaps there's an option somewhere on Linkedin which let a user directly grant access to his profile to people handling job offers when they apply, and you just rant about those not seeing that option.
This is great and really forward looking. I have been working on an AR project on the side for almost two years now and the things Abrash points out as problems are core issues that we are trying to fix (without using real world markers).

Of the three core problems that he points out, tracking really stands out as the key differentiation for us. Adding to that, how the objects must remain fixed in space is really the factor that if solved would plunge us right into next generation AR. Improved latency is almost a nice to have at this point.
I'm surprised that PBS was one of the plaintifs. I can't fathom how Aereo's service harms them, given that they do not show commercials. Do they believe that this is going to reduce the amount of people that watch telethons or buy their show on DVD?
I am saying gold is better than commodities. I'm saying gold is not a "piss poor" investment, as it holds its buying power quite well. That is the function of a conservative investment.
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"And like Cablevision, when 1000 users record the same program, Aereo creates 1,000 redundant copies."

I'm curious if they use some sort of filesystem that splits files into chunks, and stores similar chucks once, similar to what Dropbox does. Would this could as storing 1,000 redundant copies if the de-duplication is done at the file system level?

edit: After reading further, it appears that they do store duplicate copies of the file. I am curious how this type of de-duplication would work with the law.
Engineers for startups are paid poorly and almost always work on technically uninteresting problems. Where are you going to get people who can write good code? And again, why would you bother if the hard part of startups is everything except getting the code to work?
I like this too. Just out of interest, is their somebody (a.k.a site) I can pay a one off fee to to make these connections for me?

It's worth a one off expenditure to me if I can find someone to get me the best contacts.
This is a strawman argument. Forget about Donald Trump as some model of success. Despite his head start he almost went bankrupt - twice. He is much less respected as a real estate developer in the world of real estate than you think. His success has been in PR and celebrity. There are thousands real estate investors who actually are good at it and started with nothing (e.g. Sam Zell).

Don't like "meritocracy" then how how should we choose our leaders?
Your second line sounds self contradictory, so I'm not 100% sure which imbalance you think is implausible, but I've live in 2 US cities that definitely had a surplus of developers, and 1 that definitely had a surplus of jobs (the latter being the one I believe to be more common). They both happen.
Don't ask for anecdotes -- test it yourself with conditions similar to those that you'd be operating under.
>you have to remember that Google is merely the middle man for every $1 they're paying out they would have to at least be making $5 - $10 more so they're always ahead.

Google pays 68% to the publisher. http://adsense.blogspot.com/2010/05/adsense-revenue-share.ht...
Well, comparing Lemote - a state-sponsored company in one of the most corrupt business environments on Earth and who likely enjoys almost no regulation whatsoever, vs. Apple whose manufacturing partnerships with Foxconn, Pegatron, and the like are probably the most scrutinized out of all the electronics manufacturers in China, which factory would you rather work for?
I am not sure, but I think babelfish uses bing translation.