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This is a major reason why I gave up on my childhood dream of being a game developer. The industry is screwed, and it'll continue to be as long as it's profitable to create games like that.

In fact, it's only going to get worse as people keep expecting more and more out of next-gen games. AAA game budgets can't keep skyrocketing like they did over the past decade, and that means squeezing the workforce to produce more with less.
COBOL and Fortran exploded with the IBM Mainframe and the AS400 midrange computing platform. Both platforms still exist in modern versions under different names now (IBM has changed their names so many times it ridiculous). LOTS of legacy COBOL still has our financial and insurance markets working smoothly.
Ahhhh, I get ya. Makes sense.

I think the design is why it works. Nice and simple - a lot of this stuff is over designed I find.

Will get using it and provide feedback if I have it!
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So this is a healthcare rest api?
It's all the things that are wrong with software development in silicon valley with the extra seasoning of a huge backlog of people who will do anything to break into the industry. There's no shortage of 20 somethings with coding chops willing to work 60, 80, or 100 hours a week at 2/3 or 1/2 the pay they'd make outside the game industry. And the same goes for artists too. So game companies hoover up that talent and crank out games, although it comes at a cost because it's not exactly the best model for quality or sustainability.

Edit: And the major downside of working this way is that you don't have the slack needed to truly innovate (technically or artistically).

Some companies do a better job (Valve comes to mind), and those companies tend to focus on quality and unique IP over schedule pressure. Also, indie game development is becoming a bigger part of the industry. The bad-old-ways are still hugely profitable for many game studios though so I imagine it will take a good long while for things to change.

Edit2: Also, the working conditions part is just one way that game dev is maybe 20-ish years behind software dev (on average) in terms of best practices. You can see this in lots of other aspects as well such as development patterns, QA, tooling, release management, etc.
I worked on a framework for managing stock and options positions based on feedback methods developed by Stafford Beer. It doesn't do the algorithmic/transaction part, but rather focuses on providing reporting and alerting for large hierarchies of institutions, accounts, stock and options positions. The proprietary algorithmic code could be added by subclassing the code that I wrote. It's called the Viable System Agent. It's written in Smalltalk, tested under both Squeak and Pharo. It's licensed under the BSD license. It can be found at:

http://home.rbcarleton.com/rbc/software/smalltalk/VSA/

Look at the RBC-VSA-Portfolio category. That's where all the stock/option code is.
>To be clear: a broken product that was actively annoying users and that no one knew how or had energy to fix, got fixed by a Go dev, and you are saying that is NOT a point in Go's favor?

Sure is a point in Go's favor. It means it can be used to solve an actual problem in a large company.

But what I'm saying is it's not that big of a deal as it may seem to some: it's not like they used Go in some highly critical for them infrastructure or important new project.

On the contrary: they used it at so low a priority project, that it was abandoned and left to rot before somebody volunteered (was not even asked!) to do the rewrite.

(And, no, it was not abandoned because it's C++ codebase meant it could not be fixed -- after all it could be redone from scratch in C++ or Java, as it was redone from scratch in Go. It was merely due to neglect).

So, my point it, this story is not a "investing internally in the language big time" thing, but rather baby steps.
Is there any way to profit or take advantage of a drop in the dollar besides forex trading?
COBOL when business people needed computers but didn't want engineers.

Fortran when engineers wanted something nicer than ASM.

C++ when object oriented was taking off but people had already invested in C.

Ada for the military.

His argument still holds up for these languages.
> and Sandbox mode (meaning, if you run anything inside a sandbox, even a virus won't be able to affect your computer)

That is a pretty bold, and demonstratively false statement. You should retract it.
6809 is true perfection, but AVR assembly is pretty zen: http://www.atmel.com/images/doc0856.pdf.
I know what brudgers is talking about - I frequently encounter the same frustration when attempting to use Google to find actual information in a space where too many people are trying to make money. The links you see depend on what Google knows about you. I tried the search in an incognito tab, and the pdftohtml link, which would be the most useful result, was nowhere on the first page. When I add the word "linux" to the search, it appears. Not bad at all in this case, but I've been stymied in the past when no combination of keywords and search operators could locate good, technical information that I knew was out there, but instead returned page after page of spam and junk. I know Matt Cutts still claims that there is a firewall between search and ads, and there is no compromise on search quality for profit reasons, but does anyone still believe this?
> Capitalism is the greatest system we know of for creating weath. It is also one of the worst systems for distributing weath.

This is an oxymoron. "Wealth" is just stuff. Loaves of bread. Cars. iPhones. TV shows. If you create stuff but just keep it in your warehouse, it's going to go moldy and you're going to lose money. You have to distribute it to make money.

Money itself is of no value. You can't eat dollars, and mine don't sing or dance to entertain me. I suppose you could burn them for heat, if you have actual paper dollars :-)
In overall I think that there should be major changes in the education processes, specifically highly involving computers & internet as part of the program. E.g. memorizing historical events' dates is irrelevant anymore when Wiki is accessible to every kid with a mobile.
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Tavis Ormandy (a widely respected security researcher) made a "minimal RarVM toolchain", so you can even try it out it yourself: https://github.com/taviso/rarvmtools
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From a UX perspective, I don't think anyone in your target audience would have a problem with the fact that it takes a little time to pull the repo. I'd just add a small badge that says something along the line of "Give us just a minute, we're still synchronizing your repositories." If the sync time is suitably short, you could even autorefresh every few seconds.

Check out CloudFlare - they do a great job with this exact situation in their record import screen.
Teenage? I started programming when I was 9 or 10, back in the early 80s.
Most trendy, fashionable and 'glamorous' jobs are like this. A lot of suckers want to get into the field, and the employers know this.

I know people who work in haute-couture shops. They typically clock in 14+ hours per day, and regularly work insane hours on the weekend. The weeks leading up to a fashion show / collection are brutal. These people have years of experience and managerial responsibilities, yet their salaries are absolutely laughable (I'd say a waiter often earns more than them).
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"Isn't Ada the scripting language of the U.S. Department of Defense?"

It's a language for writing airplane control systems that fail when you cross the international date line. ;)
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Ask HN: Becoming a programming tutor
Hello,

I was thinking of offering my services as a programming tutor in my local area (Bristol, UK). I haven't quite worked all the details out yet, but I was wondering if any of you had any advice on how to go about it. I don't even know if there is any interest for it yet, but I plan to start small and do it in evenings and weekends and see what happens.

I think that I would mainly be targeting beginners of any age, but perhaps also university students. I would either teach Android development, or just a language (C, Java or Perl).

Has anyone here done something similar? Is there anything you wish you knew before you started?
Any idea when you'll support Bitbucket?
>Citizens surrender their control of information flow when they accept mandatory public education and learn to accept a regimented doses of "knowledge" by schedule.

WTF? Did I step into an Alex Jones site by mistake here?

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Guess not.

Here's the thing.. mandatory public education, for its flaws, is still better than the alternative. Some minimum level of knowledge and socialization is all but required in order for a child to grow into a productive member of society (and I'd almost argue that the socialization is somewhat more important than the knowledge), especially when you're dealing with STEM topics that directly relate to and impact our economic and infrastructure backbone.

Complaints that education is either stunting the growth of our children or training them to become consumers or indoctrinating them or whatever are the marks of someone who should not be taken seriously.
Counter example here. 42 and still happy and thriving in the games industry and married with children. I'm happy to say I have read my kids stories every night of their lives (out of town trips excluded), and make it home for a family meal 95% of the time. You can't do this at every game company, but there are enough out there that you can find them.
Lost cause. He's dead set in his ways, and if you don't think he's the equivalent of management Jesus, you don't deserve a job. I've watched coworkers try to talk to him about his management style and get escorted out by security before the conversation is over.
Everyone has the ability to be creative. Being creative has been part of human history for thousands of years.

The problem is more often that people aren't empowered to think creatively. You often get handed a set of tasks to complete or instructions to follow.

Some people naturally break out of this and follow their own path to accomplish the task. That's why it's so important for managers to watch this and understand they need to create an environment where people can get into the "open" mode as John puts it.

I agree that throughout life and education we've been taught to think and act within certain parameters, that's why I love this video so much, it actually gives ideas on how to create an environment that fosters creativity.
Anyone have an idea how this thesis correlates with climate change? Any idea how climate change will affect population growth?
Pacman without its remarkable low-fi charm would be...

The first GTA!
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Sounds like a great service...my only suggestion for the launch page is to show some examples of what the service will flag...I have a good idea of what it might catch but I'm sure you have even more interesting examples
Using "white" as a casual negative adjective is weak. I can respect non-whites using it as a term of anger or hatred. We're all big boys. But seeing it used as a term of self-hatred leaves me feeling more than a little disgusted.
Are you sure? It's a video report, it's the BBC, there are no ads, and the other links are to other news on the site.
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There is one shot that has a small yellow disc. I guess after many iterations people with their mouse pointers have drawn on it a smiley face. That is pretty neat.
Yep. But he wasn't brought in to Google to tap his technical prowess. He was brought in to run the business side of it. The original founders weren't trusted at that point. Someone else made a good point about how they were sort of the stepping stone between the old world and Zuck who by then had no intention of stepping away.
So assuming you're using a physical keyboard with a separate monitor, you would prefer to extend your arm out to your monitor? I think the mouse would be much faster and a trackpad below the keyboard is faster still. Further, the mouse is more exact, doesn't obscure the image, allows quick access to right-clicking, and doesn't leave smudges on the screen (though I see us solving that problem).
Then what are you implying by your third question?
I'm going to add to this, your letters of recommendation are critically important.
Furthermore, getting into grad school is the same thing as any other job. It's not about what you know, it is about WHO you know.
People will get you into grad school IF they want you, and they only know if they want you, if they know you. Simple as that. Face time really matters, so if you want to get into grad school but don't have fantastic letters of rec for whatever reason, make an impression on some of the faculty at the school. Go to conferences and attempt to meet professors in the schools that you are interested in.

Also, as stated above, you can always move into a top their school later in the game. For example, I went to a state school for my undergrad and PhD, but I've since moved onto Cornell, Columbia and Rockefeller. The school matters at some level, but you can make stuff happen when you apply yourself.
As with anything else, it's not trivial, but it's kind of a fun game:)
Best of luck,
Keith
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Useful video.
How brands are using facial recognition to transform marketing
I just did this myself: 765 characters including the title. With caching, it's around 680kb.
Go to your local 2600 meeting.

Or, find a volunteer group; they all need computer people.

Then expand your role to something that requires people interaction.

Otherwise, you'll get the mushroom treatment: they'll keep you in the dark and feed you cow feces.

Either way, you'll get to practice socializing, which is a skill like any other (think of it as learning to code recursively) and get to meet some new people, some of whom might become friends.
This is a great example of awesome support. Look at Jaime's responses in this thread. He's handled everything perfectly. It barely even matters that this is a really cool idea just waiting to get gobbled up by Github.
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> Pools of crypto guys who don't leak stuff are usually employed by governments.

You're pretty on with this.

I do believe it was created by a crypto guy employed within the UKUSA intelligence community, but as a side project -- perhaps even a side project based off of his/her work.

I think the theories about the US and the American dollar don't pan out because there are more efficient ways of dealing with this than creating a new, solid (thus far) cryptocurrency and gaining acceptance and real-world value out of it. All this while maintaining absolute secrecy within the IC (where I have friends and acquaintances studying BitCoin, looking for theoretical attack vectors and de-anonymization techniques). SOMETHING should have leaked somewhere (most likely a politician, as they can't seem to keep their mouths shut.)
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I guess this is more an issue with GitHub OAuth permissions which are not fine grained enough. What you want is read-access to all repositories.

I would not give anyone access to all my private repositories, however.
For me, I exhibited it very much more in my younger years than I do now. I highly doubt I'd even get the diagnosis if I was looked at again right now.
People are using rage views to drive traffic to their ad infested pages? I'm shocked I tell you, shocked!
So that excuses any human rights abuses?
That's a great idea. We want to add an interface screenshot or a demo to the first screen. However, we had a tradeoff between what is more clean and what gives more information. We will be revising that to give more information.
Thank you for your words!
At the last LISA conference there was a talk by yours truly about Ganeti. It explains Ganeti assuming you don't have much virtualization experience:

https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/ganeti-your-private...
> I can respect non-whites using it as a term of anger or hatred.

Did you just say it's respectable to hate on white people?
Here's a talk from the last LISA conference about Ganeti:

https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/ganeti-your-private...
Well, a good fraction of serious online content is in the form of PDFs created with LaTeX or a close relative. But it would be really interesting to have a browser that incorporated the TeX engine, and could typeset from TeX source to the current window width. And there is recent progress on javascript implementations of TeX.
btw, this is coming from someone who once lived in his car (in the parking lot) at work for 6 months, so I know what i'm talking about!
Control in the physical military sense is not the same as legislative jurisdiction. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_v._Eisentrager. E.g. the U.S. may have had control of occupied Baghdad, but that doesn't mean Congress had legislative jurisdiction over Baghdad.

Now, the Supreme Court has decided that Congress has de facto legislative jurisdiction over Guantanamo (in an opinion comparing the historical treatment of Scotland, in which English habeas rights did not apply, to Ireland, in which they did): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boumediene_v._Bush.

Scalia's dissent was the most legally sensible: 'Justice Scalia added that the Court's majority "admits that it cannot determine whether the writ historically extended to aliens held abroad, and it concedes (necessarily) that Guantanamo Bay lies outside the sovereign territory of the United States."[27] Justice Scalia pointed out that Johnson v. Eisentrager (where the Supreme Court decided that U.S. courts had no jurisdiction over German war criminals held in a U.S.-administered German prison in China) "thus held—held beyond any doubt—that the Constitution does not ensure habeas for aliens held by the United States in areas over which our Government is not sovereign.'

But the Court stopped short of saying that foreigners in Guantanamo have the same habeas rights as U.S. citizens on U.S. soil, probably because of the strained nature of their conclusion that they had any habeas rights at all.
"People in groups tend to sit back and let others do the work"

Its a rational and sensible choice, consciously or unconsciously. The individual team member with the strongest focus on sociopath skills in a team will reap all the benefit from team members who mistakenly instead focus on productive skills/activities. Therefore any productive team members ALWAYS benefit from doing the absolute minimum, letting the "team" concept fail, and implementing their own solution. There are two optimum success modes, one where the whole team never reaps any personal success (psuedo-anonymous closed ranks at least from external view or its simply not a sociopath-compatible success oriented task) or where the whole team has no one with any sociopath skills at all or at least perfectly matched sociopath skills (good luck). Maybe the TLDR is you can try to create a team, but the member with the best social skills will make the other members destroy it, or at least convert it from a "team" to "a group of people with a semi-common goal not working together at all".

The other interpretation is nothing paralyzes as well as a separation between responsibility and authority, and nothing defines that separation quite like a team. Fundamentally nothing ever gets done by a group, its always one individual where the rubber meets the road, so all you really need is that one individual, the rest of the team was excess baggage other than maybe providing peer pressure on the lone actual worker.
Its hard though.
In another month or two the analytical tooling for doing stats and numerics in Haskell land are going to have a huge leap forward in capabilities. Might be worth considering going full Haskell then :-)
Yes realtime over websocket to a data-binding style library like knockout (I'd probably choose angular if was starting now) saves you a ton of work.
In some months from now. If there are enough people to use it, it will be faster.

Because it is growing, however, I can assure you that it will be our next integration :) Sign up (or ping me: jaime@qamine.com) and I'll update you.

Thanks for the interest!
Ask HN: Lifehacker replacement?
Lifehacker just made the leap to the new Kinja system that has been on other Gawker sites. It certainly isn't as bad as past redesigns, but Lifehacker/Gawker seem to be trying to push away their core users in favor of more hits.

I've all but given up Lifehacker. I still subscribe to the RSS feed, but I rarely visit the site anymore. I know many others have already left, and never looked back.

So, my question is what site(s) do you use to get the info that Lifehacker used to provide?
I'd say this captures it: "Our Mission" http://mvilletouchstone.com/?page_id=171
>I think you forgot to change accounts while agreeing with your post...

You think wrong though. This is not 4chan.

I just thought of another argument, and added it below my previous comment, because the "edit" link for the first wasn't available anymore.
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