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Users still running Java 6, which is vulnerable to zero-day exploit
In my opinion, if you prefer Linux over OS X, you should take a look at Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook.
Ah, so who hired the bad HR staff then? The founders? The programmers? The investors? Who put them there, apparently unqualified and unspecified?
I know the significance of LaTex as I use it regularly for my work. I am not sure what something Resumonk uses - doesn't look like LaTex. Great, so LaTex seems to be the niché.

Have you seen templates hosted at "LaTex Templates"? [0] I would be curious to know if you're using them or plan to use them in the future.

[0] http://www.latextemplates.com/
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I haven't read the benchmarks... But go for mhz rather than cores. (Amdahl's Law)
That's just not going to happen. Not because interest rate predictions becoming more accurate anyways.
No. You will be down voted for contributing nothing to the conversation.

If you think it is over-hyped and over-priced then provide a better alternative. I would love to see some more options for laptops but the quality of some of most of the PC ones are atrocious.
VP Engineering is a parking title.

The role or the person performing it in most cases generally does nothing even remotely close to engineering. If you sit down and seriously grill the guy, he will have no clue what he is doing, why he is doing it or if he is even necessary.

There are a few good people who become VP's but such people are exceedingly rare. Most of the times, VP's are made and hired through politics, strong friend network, god fathers or sometimes sheer luck.

A person I know who has done a few successful start ups once told me, he purposefully avoids hiring anyone with 'director' or 'VP' titles from big companies. Often, they are the ones which take the highest compensation, while actually being the most useless people on the team.
Why would I not use this in place of ShareLatex?

https://www.sharelatex.com/user/subscription/plans

I know this is focused on a specific domain, but you have serious competition with these dudes.
Have not used them, but they sound like great value if you would rather go with Ubuntu on your laptop
https://www.system76.com/laptops
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Businessman/woman? Executive? Director? Founder? Cofounder? Go with something they're familiar with.
I hate when the discussion devolves into putting flesh bodies into 40 hour a week boxes to repeat some repetitive task.

The truth behind job scarcity or not is supply and demand. Period. If there is no demand for yours, or someone elses labor, there is no job. No wealth redistribution will change that. The arguments behind why, though, the concentration of wealth was bad, is that the wealthy have fewer demands they want met relative to the entirety of everyone else. A more prosperous majority gnerates tremendous demand, millionaires generate limited and specific demand.

But you don't escape the reality of having a supply of something trying to meet the demand for it. There just isn't much demand for a lot of labor types, and producitivity multipliers in technology lets that demand be met with much less workforce supply, which means tremendous economic efficiency gains.
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Mita (taxation by labor) is not that weird really. Think of the most basic form of exchange in a barter society. You show up to a market with potatoes you've grown and leave with bread, pots, etc.. Well, what if you don't have potatoes and want bread? You could offer to chop wood for the baker. Work can be bartered just as easily as goods, and credit can be accrued. We do this all the time, even today. Say your sister helps you move. When she next moves, you're going to feel like a scumbag if you're not there to help her! Some campesino villages in Peru still barter labor this way on a rather large scale. Mita in such communities is a bit like a socially enforced volunteer spirit. People are socially obliged to do things for their community. The Inca empire just took that to a completely different scale!

The unusual thing about the Inca is that they preferred to tax labor even from those who produced goods. Potato farmers wouldn't tithe potatoes. They'd spend some of their time working government lands that grew potatoes. The fact that farmers were feeding themselves and the state out of different fields probably had some rather interesting effects.
Well, running Linux on the new MacBook Airs is still a little bit difficult, as shown in Phoronix. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQ0NTA
I've got an Air, and I love it.

Only comparison is to the Sony Vaio Pro 13, two of my team have them - and they are _good_ machines.

Chose the air over the retina due to the size and weight, although I miss having a HDMI port!
> Do you really think it would have been smart for the Germans to hire people who wouldn't have followed their orders?

Have you heard of a guy called Erwin Rommel?
I agree that HR can screen out some otherwise qualified people. I've seen that from both sides. But I think that if the criteria you provide to HR are sufficiently broad and high-level, they can be helpful. If the candidate clearly has no relevant (as defined by the hiring team/manager) education or experience, HR doesn't need to send that one down.
For more information, see my post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6284735
I recently got the top spec macbook air and it is easily the best machine I have ever used, hands down.
> If "physique" means "photogenic," then yes -- they're pretty much unrelated.

Where do you get your information? They couldn't be more related. I GUARANTEE you that any physique model you see on stage or in a magazine is far more "fit" than someone who sits around all day. No, having a great physique doesn't mean that you could run a 4 minute mile, but saying that they aren't related is just ignorant.

>Very true, and if people thought they had to build up muscle and look like Arnold, it would set the fitness movement back.

So, people trying to get in shape and look good at the same time is bad for the fitness/health movement? Are you trolling?
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How? Having had a macbook pro for 4 years I can easily say it's the best computer I've had for that period of time.
Please re-read what I said. Background checks should be either HR or an administrative assistant tot he team manager. But things like initial fit interviews should be with the team, not just the manager.

The point is that bringing someone onto the team and seeing if that is a good fit, is something that belongs at the team level. Some of the support could be done by a small HR department, or the old fashioned way, by an administrative assistant.
> You should be able to run Linux

Yea, according to Phoronix it's just a matter of installing the wireless driver (at least with Ubuntu).

> you will likely sacrifice some of that battery life

This is kind of a problem though. When I'm dishing out nearly $1.5k, I don't want to loose out on the biggest advantage of the MacBook Air (the 12+ hour battery life).

I guess I could just try and get used to OS X. (It's POSIX-based after all..)
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> I think that this is a strategic error from Canonical: a lot of people would like a truly free alternative to Android phones (with open hardware), and this could have been an opportunity to get them to support Edge. Canonical missed it IMHO.

I think you underestimate the echo chamber effect. The number of people who care about FOSS is minuscule, and marketing the Edge to that crowd would dilute the marketing message for everyone else.
I'm not saying a sd slot would not be better, just that you're not that screwed without it and no cloud.

So maybe ok, if you don't have a computer, don't buy a Nexus 4. Or buy a computer with the difference of prices between a S4 and a N4.
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"I own a business." Oh? What kind? "We make X for Y."
Great tool for academics! Cool that you can add special sections like patents.

(disclosure: we are building a tool for researchers to write better papers: bohr.launchrock.com)
I am really impressed lately with New Zealand (it started with this MP speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfSGOK5jC9I).

Finally a country that is trying to correct the nonsense that are software patents.
Unfortunately, anyone's future use of startup, where startup is in the same position of the product name/feature will be subject to threats and such. After all, if the product is successful at Apple the only possible reason someone else used startup in a name is because of Apple.

As in, their lawyers won't think twice trying to intimidate someone and will most likely knee jerk react to every use.
Maybe not...
If you lean towards Linux - I've heard the guys at System76 are great to deal with.
https://www.system76.com/laptops/
The story is certainly more important, which is presumably why the majority of redpola's comments are about it. But to be fair, I actually asked myself exactly the same question and went to your "About Me" page to check.

Try not to be offended. He's likely just pointing out what many who read the story may think, but not say. Just take it on-board as constructive feedback for future articles.

It's an interesting story. Thanks for taking the time to write it up.
Perhaps a hashtag would be in order? ;)
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The bad part about the T400 for some people is the ESC key is on the 7th row, where it should be on the 6th on the left of the F1 key.
Yes they usually use HTML and then convert it to PDF. This leads to a lot of problems in alignment etc & the print quality is also not great. And for the LaTeX templates. We are currently using existing templates. We plan to allow create custom templates soon :)
Maybe we should come up with an HR equivalent to the "duck"? Story pasted below:

This started as a piece of Interplay corporate lore. It was well known that producers (a game industry position, roughly equivalent to PMs) had to make a change to everything that was done. The assumption was that subconsciously they felt that if they didn’t, they weren’t adding value.

The artist working on the queen animations for Battle Chess was aware of this tendency, and came up with an innovative solution. He did the animations for the queen the way that he felt would be best, with one addition: he gave the queen a pet duck. He animated this duck through all of the queen’s animations, had it flapping around the corners. He also took great care to make sure that it never overlapped the “actual” animation.

Eventually, it came time for the producer to review the animation set for the queen. The producer sat down and watched all of the animations. When they were done, he turned to the artist and said, “That looks great. Just one thing—get rid of the duck.”

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/07/new-programming-jar...
"Stop working for companies that are not dedicated to software literacy. Schumpter will be round soon enough to have a word with them."

You wish. Once a company is a certain size, it can ignore market pressure by colluding with government (the company I work for should have been obliterated long ago, but there are artificial barriers to entry).
Given your previous comments about mission creep, would you agree with me that the narrower the role the better?

Out of curiosity, could you imagine an organization functioning where HR work was done by administrative assistants to team managers?
He's price conscious though, and that's a fairly expensive machine in its own right. It's still worth a look though, as the value of getting a machine that 'just works' is not to be discounted. It would drive me bonkers to get a computer with no apt-get, no focus follows mouse, one mouse button (three is best), and so on.
7 years is looong time to use the same machine. I can't imagine doing it. I'd probably use it for 3 years before replacing it. (FYI I bought my last laptop in October '12).

I'm not so sure if it's that incredible. The battery life is definitely incredible. But the screen is just 1440x900.

Also, what about performance? It seems like it offers just average performance (a necessary compromise for such long battery life)...
Not all psychologists see eye-to-eye on the tests issue.

In the case mentioned in the article, even a professional that truly trusts the tests should have taken into consideration:

1) make his own assesment and check against the test score,

2) realize that the test is supposedly validated against a sample, and if the candidate falls out of that sample (non-native english speaker), the test should probably be disregarded.

Carefull when disregarding a whole field based on preconceptions. All fields have different branches and disagreements. True some fields like psychology have a harder time producing great professionals, in my assesment. I think it's because of it being a young field and it's hard to agree on what the standards are to measure good/bad practice.
Check out the Asus Zenbooks. My friends have them and run Linux on them. Look in the Microsoft Store online - they tend to have some good deals too.

I think the biggest factor with the Macbook Air will be the battery. If a 10hr battery means something to you, it will be worth it. Or maybe not so much.
what's better to use?
over-hyped, nearly certainly. The base models are almost never overpriced, but the upgrades really are overpriced. Base iPad is good value/money, iPad 3G with 64GB is ridiculously expensive.
Try to find a phone that is comparable to the iPhone in speed/battery life/looks/storage space and you'll be paying at least as much for that phone, same with their laptops.
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Afford is a strange word to use in the same context as the word luxury.

I can afford the phone, but do not have the luxury of a high disposable income. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive.
Our recruiters learn about the field they are recruiting in and search and evaluate potential candidates. Our HR admins manage and monitor sickness days, vacation days, contract renewals, contract terminations and so on. The HR managers, well, manage the rest of the HR.
I've been looking at this and the sony vaio pro 13, as they are similar. The sony vaio pro 13 is a little more expensive, but I think the extra cost is worth it for the following reasons:
1) Even though the mac book air is light, the sony vaio pro is lighter
2) The resolution is higher (1440 x 900 on air, 1920 x 1080 on vaio pro)
3) Vaio pro has touch screen. Some people may say that is unnecessary, but it is another method of input available and I believe in the next few years it will be standard on all laptops.
4) It's made of carbon fiber, so it's ridiculously strong
> But have you tried finding a laptop of high build quality and similar specs

I don't like Apple much, and do not want Mac OS, but these days, this statement is sadly, frustratingly true. I am in the market for a laptop, and I have to say the specs on the 15" Retina Macbook pro are really nice. Sure, it's expensive, but I'll be staring at / working with the thing for countless hours. I'm almost tempted to buy one, but hate the idea of spending money with Apple only to have to fiddle to get an OS I like on the machine.
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System76 laptops aren't known for their amazing battery life. The new(ish) Galago UltraPro supposedly only lasts 4 hours. Fine if you're plugged in all the time, but then why do you want a laptop?
You could get an Asus Zenbook with a 1080p screen though.
The only differences, based on ARK Intel between the MacBook Air i5 and i7 are:

Speed: i5 @ 1.3 GHz vs. i7 @ 1.7 GHz

Cache: 3MB on the i5 vs. 4MB on the i7

So yes, the clock speed is higher -- but I'd assume that much of the increased performance comes from reduced cache misses due to the larger cache size... (correct me if I'm wrong).
On the contrary, it's not the personnel department in this case that needed firing, it's the senior management. The personnel department performs a necessary function in dealing with the legal nightmares that come with hiring people. They must not, however, be given authority over who to hire and fire. Senior management, in giving the personnel department such authority, botched their own job.
Wow; go New Zealand.

First the sanity with due process in the Kim Dotcom case, and now this.
1) We are in a specific domain and understand the problems better 2) You dont need to know LaTeX to use our site. 3) LaTeX is code you will need to maintain it while here its just data that needs to be updated. 4) Changing template in LaTeX can be hard, its a re-write, here it would be 2-3 clicks 5) we will introduce custom templates which you will not find anywhere :)
Have they banned them like Europe has, or have they actually banned them?
Oh man, 1.5k for a i7 + 8gb ram macbook air ... this is my DREAM. In Brazil this same machine costs R$ 6.274,00 ( $2645.92 )!!!!!!
One mouse button? MBA has four.
Something's wrong with the fonts. Anything I bash out using the "Classic" template comes out typeset in Computer Modern, rather than Century Gothic as outlined in the example.

Any chance to make an option to download the LaTeX code for manual tailoring?
That sounds like a sane test. If someone does blatantly cheat, it will be immediately obvious during the interview afterwards.

At my company, we ask people to submit some choice prior work if possible. Then we look at that, and try to have a conversation about the tech. The bonus is that it respects the candidates time, and it is easier to get them talking when it's their own projects. The downside is that very few candidates have recent prior work publicly available.
I meant 'lobby' as in 'club' or 'group', and I agree. I'm all for an elected second chamber rather than the current system.
Have you looked at https://github.com/dotcloud/openstack-docker it allows you to use Docker to make it easier to use LXC with openstack.
can anyone explain what major difference to expect from the i5 to i7 core upgrade ? Speed & large cache is what I saw on the specs, but is there something else I'm missing ? Any noticeable battery change ?
They were abused by spammers, but it was a nice feature, and had a lot of legitimate users as well. Maybe it wasn't used a lot on mainstream youtube, but there were places where people commonly made videos to respond to the arguments made in another video, for example. I don't see the point in getting rid of it.

They suggest people should search for responses to the video instead. Few will and even if you do, you don't have a good chance of finding them necessarily.
I have been using the same (ish) Air that you're looking at for about a year now (this is my first Mac). I'm getting rid of it and grabbing a Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition - the screen resolution on the Air just isn't good enough, and the OS is a joke compared to Linux.
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Does it absolutely need to be brand new? I typically buy my Macs refurbished. Or being in NY, if you are developer, hunt down an ST.121-3 form and get it tax free. Either route will probably save you quite a bit.

Next, take into account resale. All computers drop in value, but Apple products hold theirs better than anything else I have ever seen. I regularly resell my Macs after only a year or two with loss of only a few hundred tops. So the question is more about the yearly cost of ownership. Which also brings up the idea of leasing, but typically it doesn't work out well.

http://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/st/st121_fill_in.pdf
I think the first/early of a kind nexus models worked well.

They set a standard price/spec range for a high end android. The first couple of nexus phones led to the current generation flagship Androids. The first couple of nexus tablets led to the current generation of Android tablets and discovered a great opening.: 7-8" @ ~$200-$250. They even forced Apple to play catch-up.

The Nexus 4 doesn't make sense. What are they trying to do here? Sell phones? Maybe you should put them in shops where people can buy them. Concept phone? That doesn't make sense either. Nexus 4 is pretty similar to the top selling androids that already exist.
Yeah.. There was that little Foundations trilogy that dealt specifically with psychohistorical studies.
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I think he means a second chamber elected by voters. That's certainly what I mean.
I disagree. I value a strong body for a lightweight laptop. I also really enjoy little details like the backlit keyboard and the magnetic power cord attachment that saved me more times than I can count on one hand.

If you do not value any of those things then I can understand. But even if I'd install Linux on a laptop I would want it to be as well engineered as an apple laptop. Even if it means paying a few more dollars than the next best plastic shell from a competitor.
Will look into it. I've avoided trying to eat less. I've just started a low carb diet as wheat seems to play havoc with me, but this I try not to calorie count. If I'm hungry I eat.
Wow. Despite all the lobbying, apparently democracy still works in some countries.
> Given your previous comments about mission creep, would you agree with me that the narrower the role the better?

No. Mission creep happens on broad and narrow roles the same. The better defined the role, the better. Constant reevaluation and adaption to changed realities is a must.

> Out of curiosity, could you imagine an organization functioning where HR work was done by administrative assistants to team managers?

Up to a certain degree yes, but there's the question how and where to allocate common functions if you have any. Depends on your organisation. That doesn't make the "HR department" disappear though, it just changes its name to "administrative assistants". It certainly makes things harder when people try to reach the HR department because that's what they're used to.

All in all: If that fits your organisation, sure. Just make sure that the role is defined and someone is responsible and actually takes up the work.

edit: see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6289282 for a point where a more centralised HR made a positive impact. An assistant to the team manager might easily have missed the broad picture because of a more narrow view, focused on the teams turnover rate.
Shouldn't it be "Carl and me"? I thought there were two rules for these phrases: subject vs. predicate (as illustrated in the parent post) and that you should put yourself last.
There are several lighter than air gasses. Helium is rare, Neon is rarer, and Hydrogen is explosive and has really bad press. Methane is explosive as well.

Ammonia, Hydrogen flouride, and Diborane are either reactive or toxic.

Helium, Hydrogen and hot air are the most popular options, but none of them are as safe or cheap as plain old planes.
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Would it be possible for devs and small companies in other countries to take advantage of New Zealand laws without actually being there?
A country of a billion people doesn't depend on carriers. Everything is off contract here.
While I completely understand the strategy, I think sometimes this is a dangerous way of thinking, especially if you're tightly budgeted.

He's not taking $40 a month and putting it back where the money for the Air came from, and if he has an emergency need for $1500 the day after, he's short the money for the Air.

Just something to think about I suppose.
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