skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
So the advantage of Wordpress isn't anything you could find by looking at Wordpress itself... it's the popularity and huge amount of support that brings? Makes sense.

So the "next Wordpress" won't be able to be the next Wordpress until it's popular. It'll have to be good for other reasons until then.
Bob brushes more carefully with NEW STYLE BRUSH than he does with OLD STYLE BRUSH, thus leading people to think that the new brush is better. When actually, it isn't, because it misses the gum line and doesn't help prevent gum disease. Thus, the population using the new brush has more fillings, extractions, deaths from surgery, and deaths from heart disease associated with gum disease.

There's a reason science is rigorous.
I've never had a problem with hinting, why does everybody consider it so difficult?
I like it as a proof of concept. I don't like it as a product.

In general, and with notes especially, focus is important. You are essentially doing the opposite by bombarding the writer with distractions as they write.

I'm afraid your search would have to get shockingly smart for it to provide any real value to the writing process. Then again, I am only 1 potential customer and perhaps I'm just not your demographic so good luck!
> How many people are motivated to dupe your fingerprints to get into your iPhone?

I'd suggest that someone would just access the data storage, bypassing the fingerprint mechanism.
youboox, publie.net, and izneo are French market based.
Please stop posting DHH shit. Going to his articles feels like I'm being Rick Rolled.
This many times. Writing is easy, but like programming, we spend most of our time debugging and editing, pair writing works well also, or at least have a very honest critical reviewer to depend on.
Show HN: Orchard – host your Docker containers in the cloud
There was a good article in the Chronicle of Higher Education a while back:

http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/2549...
Upgrading to a new phone? Government shutdown means you could be waiting.
If saving three minutes a day is valuable to ones way of life, then I'd suggest that person should rethink their way of life...
> For me, it far outweighs having to type my password in everytime.

I'd rather type my password in every time than leave my data unencrypted--and using a fingerprint is essentially leaving it unencrypted.
Remembering my friend, Hiroshi Yamauchi
A fingerprint is a perfectly acceptable means of authentication for low security needs (read: most needs). For higher security it serves well as one of multiple authentication layers, e.g. a fingerprint AND a pin code.
Voleon Capital Management -- Berkeley, CA -- Full-time, on-site

We are a science-driven systematic trading firm, built on the principle
that statistical machine learning provides the best solutions to the
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initiative, and a gritty determination to productize, are essential.

Our offices are in downtown Berkeley, one block from campus and one block
from BART.

* Member of Research Staff

We are looking for a PhD-level scientist to join us in developing
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software implementation.

We take a rigorous approach to building trading systems, and we
actively foster a collegial, intellectual environment.

We hire on the basis of exceptional talent. If you excel in a technical
field such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering,
or operations research, then we encourage you to contact us. The
following criteria, while not all requirements, illustrate the demands
of this role.

+ Background in modern statistical methods / machine learning
+ Evidence of strong mathematical abilities, e.g. publication record,
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+ Substantial programming experience and interest in software
development techniques
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Interest in financial applications is essential, but experience in
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Ask HN: How do you find "coders with families" in the Bay Area?
I've read very often on HN about the coders that get rejected from or reject startup jobs because entrepreneurs have unrealistic expectations of work hours (80+) from employees.

When I post my jobs for engineers #1 and #2 for my startup, I keep getting younger less experienced coders that are willing to work those unrealistic hours. I don't seem to get those "coders with families" even applying to my jobs. Have they been scared off?

Is this happening because it is a small venture-backed startup, so crazy hours/dedication are implied? How do I shake that impression?

Is it a function of the skills requested? (1 Ruby data collection and 1 Rails)

I would much rather get those experienced coders that will want to work 40 hours. That's plenty of time to get a ton done and if they don't get enough accomplished in that time it's probably my fault as the CTO.

Have you guys had any luck with certain methods to reach those guys specifically? I want to somehow express that it is ok to have work-life balance but not end up with lazy candidates. My co-founder and I will of course continue to work those 80+ hours but that makes sense because we are the founders.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hmm, is this actually an issue worth worrying about? Your mouth is already awash like one big swamp. It doesn't strike me that you could "contaminate" an area any worse than your tongue could.

The purpose of flossing is to dislodge food particles and plaque buildup in difficult to reach places. These are the energy sources for plaque/cavity causing bacteria. No energy source = no bad bacteria = no problem.
Nothing as far as I can tell. This works just as well:

https://status.github.com/?teapots
You can switch off the searchbar with small brackets in the top right corner, which also adapts the layout a bit. On mobiles its hidden as default.
Refreshed DevTools guide to detecting memory leaks in JavaScript apps
4 - 5 weeks out, we'll send out an announcement, but you can send us a support email if you want to get on our early list, we're working on getting early access to a few startups & higher volume traders
My dentist had to fill in spots near my gums on my upper molars that were worn down; I seem to remember him telling me not to brush so hard.
jemalloc 3.4.0 (current package in debian sid)
1. Right :)
2. I was talking about my phone battery, not the device to be honest. We all know they are quite problematic in every smartphone.
Announcing Faye 1.0
HN effect, search should be < 500msec normally. It is indeed semantic (POS tagger & chunker), but as mentioned atm this only tries to build Yahoo BOSS queries, which can't OR and rank, thus the bit lame results.
I'm saying that the description recommends using tabs in place of bookmarks because the bookmark UI is suboptimal.
All these academic arguments about the security of fingerprints are interesting but completely are detached from the day-to-day use of TouchID.

I've been using it for about a week or so now. It's incredibly convenient. It unlocks my phone almost instantly. It prevents random people near by phone from being unable to unlock it. If a thief got their hands on it, they'd have a few attempts to unlock it with a fake fingerprint, and then they'd have to enter my code. And if they fail to enter my code 10 times, the phone is wiped.

All in all TouchID basically removes almost the entire burden from the security of having a locked phone. It's actually faster to unlock my phone with TouchID than codeless swipe to unlock, so it's a no-brainer to turn it on. It doesn't matter that the NSA probably has my fingerprints, in practice it prevents most people from getting into my phone in a way that is transparent and easy to use. If the spooks want my data, they can already get it.
This is right. Fingerprint scanning prevents casual snooping in the same way that a PIN or face unlock does. It's lightweight authentication. It can't be used as a hard security feature (e.g. as input to a PBKDF) so it can't provide security against hard attacks like stealing the device and reading the flash.

It's cute. Honestly I don't see what this adds over face unlock which is reasonably mature now and equally yawnworthy IMHO.
Celebrating Halloween at Orlando Theme Parks
I've used one of these 'vertical mice' for years: http://www.evoluent.com/

You'd have to pry it from my dead hands ... works, is comfortable, has lasted years and comes in a left-handed version!
American Efficient - San Mateo, CA - Full Time Front End Engineer

American Efficient (www.americanefficient.com) builds software products that create a more sustainable world. We work with utilities to put energy efficient products and services into the hands of homeowners. We want people to be informed about how easy it is to live their lives in a sustainable way. Our small team works fast; we're young, growing, making great products and having fun doing it.

We're looking for someone who can become our resident master of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; essentially you will lord over all things front-end. We want you to walk in with a discriminating eye and firm sense of the right way to do things. Two of our current products are AngularJS, API-based Single Page Applications and two others are Jquery based multi-page flows.

In addition to working with the design team to create beautiful, cutting-edge UIs, you will also build out our UI framework and be a source for industry trends and fresh, creative approaches. You'll be able to do all of this while making the world a better place in a very real way.

Skills

* Significant JavaScript, HTML, and CSS experience

* AngularJS and SASS experience a plus

* Portfolio of websites you have developed on in the past

* Design ability a plus

Contact bsherry@americanefficient.com to learn more.
I see that you've got green orbs. Or, more specifically, I don't. I saw a build history with yellow and red orbs but had a hunch and used assistive software to discover that they were actually green.

I don't really mind because I'll never put this on my boxes (I've never really minded that the jenkins UI is years behind design trends), but you may want to be aware of colorblindness when toting "UI improvements".
US particle-physics community considers future directions
Join a Rocket Ship. Instacart is hiring our First Android Engineer
Instacart is building the first ever virtual grocery store that offers customers an unimaginable level of convenience by allowing them to order from multiple local stores and have items delivered to their door on the same day. We have raised more than $11 M in financing from Sequoia, Khosla, Canaan & YC but we are still a very small and focused team of 15 people.
Here is what PG has to say about us:

"Incidentally, of all the startups we've funded, Instacart is one of the ones we ourselves use most. Jessica can't stop talking about how great it is. You don't realize how useful grocery delivery is till you have small children (like we do). And Instacart is by far the best option for this. Instacart is one of those rare products that's surprisingly great. I.e. you don't realize how good such a thing could be till you try it. A lot of the best startups have this quality. I wish we could figure out a way to identify them when they apply to YC, but at the moment I admit we can't."

Why you should join us?

- We are growing exponentially.

- We are solving some super challenging problems involving machine learning, routing, fraud detection and recommendations

- We have a very high bar, so you will be working with some really smart people.

- We ship code hourly (heroku permitting) and have a blast working together.

- We pay really well, cover health/dental and make life convenient for you in every way we can.

- We are well funded by some of the best investors in the world.

- PERK - you get to choose your own user_id (1-9 still up for grabs)

About you:

We only bring on people who take full ownership of entire products & features.

As such, the following roles are only suitable if you would like to own Instacart's customer and shopper facing mobile apps in their entirety.

You should have demonstrated proficiency in java, Android SDK as well as working knowledge of javascript and other web technologies.

To apply, email (jobs@instacart.com) us a link to an Android app that you have built. Github/LinkedIn are helpful as well.
"Omit."
I've been told that a lot of Chinese and Japanese prefer to discuss technical or philosophical topics in English or using English vocab, supposedly because those languages tend to the concrete rather than the abstractions necessary.

It is probably because it holds more opportunities for jobs in the US.
Host your Docker containers in the cloud
Uhhh, what?

Of course, there are civil liberties at issue as well, since Apple could
potentially share the information collected with governments.
http://truthseekerdaily.com/2013/09/exclusive-apple-admits-iphone-5s-fingerprint-database-to-be-shared-with-nsa/

This link has many of the hallmarks of bullshit, but it still spooks me.
I used to be skeptical of ramp metering until the day I drove several miles below the speed limit to 'celebrate' the anniversary of a ticket I'd received. Instead of driving 14 MPH over the limit, I drove 14 MPH under the limit (legally that time) as a form of radical civil obedience* . As expected, this caused quite a bit of unnecessary congestion.

It actually turned out to be harder to sustain a backup* * once I entered the metered areas. The reason? Metering limits the number of idiots on the road at a given time. I.e., my attempt at being intentionally stupid was mitigated because the meters prevented the road from nearing saturation. The little bit of wiggle room on the road made it relatively straight-forward to just route around me.

So yes, in one sense meters merely move the wait from one point to another but they also remove some of the interactive effects of human stupidity.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoETMCosULQ
"I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effectual as their strict construction." -- President Ulysses S. Grant's First Inaugural Address

* * No I did not intentionally prevent people from passing me. My beef is with the revenue centers that are the pre-emptive enforcement of low velocities--not with my fellow passer-motorists.
Although this is really pretty, I'm not sure I get the concept.

Is this a web-based version of Notational Velocity with a sidebar that does a websearch on certain elements of what I'm writing?

Draftin.com already serves me well as a web-based note-taking thingy, plus great collaboration tools.

I guess here's the question: what's the use case for the sidebar?
HelloHired: Making it easy for companie to share their jobs & build great teams
s/TouchID/Face Unlock/g and back up about 2 years and you can find all the same things said about Ice Cream Sandwich.

It's a cute feature. It's not going to change the world, sell another billion phones, push other companies out of the market, or save anyone from serious attacks. It's probably a good idea to enable it anyway.
Most of the time, there's an empty lane as a separator. When it is used, they don't allow motorbikes in it just in case, but it's really no worse than a two-lane undivided road.

It's also not necessary for you to use that lane if you don't want to -- it doesn't go anywhere special :).
Litmus (http://litmus.com) - Cambridge,MA - We'd prefer local candidates but could be a remote position for the right person.

We're trying to solve email marketing and we're looking for a good .NET developer to add to our backend team. We're at 20+ employees and growing - 100% bootstrapped and profitable from day 1.

A typical day for one of our developers might include building a new feature in C# and pushing it to our staging servers, then hacking on some Java Android code to fix a bug, and finally pushing an update to our 1000+ servers.

You should have a strong understanding of .NET primarily using C#. We won't limit to X years experience, but you should be able to impress with your .NET skills. We're happy to introduce you to the plethora of other technologies we use.

Why join Litmus?
- Great salary, full health care benefits, 28 days paid vacation (yes, on top of public holidays!)
- The technology - it's always the latest stuff and very diverse.
- The best tools money can buy. Every developer has an SSD, dual Apple 27" LED monitors, a 10" Android Tablet, an Aeron chair and whatever else you need to be awesome.
- Our office space is amazing. It includes killer views of MIT, Harvard and Boston, an Xbox with Kinect, beer fridge, pinball machine, a Sonos sound system and our newest addition an actual robot.
- We also buy you lunch, every day.

https://litmus.com/careers
I have understood that you should definitely try to keep the heap size under 32G as apparently the JVM can only compress pointers below that. Because we do event logging and our documents don't change after being indexed, some of the problems you mentioned (like merging) are not as pressing. And of course each log event has a timestamp and we can indeed limit our queries with them.
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I haven't used face unlock but I am going to guess TouchID is much faster and easier. It unlocks almost instantly, you don't have to be in view of the camera, and it doesn't require any extra effort since your finger is already on the home button to wake up the phone.
Lob.com Inc (YC S13) -- San Francisco, CA -- Full-time, onsite

https://www.lob.com

Software Engineer #1

Email us at jobs@lob.com with your Github link, resume, and any additional details you'd like to share with us.

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Company

Lob is creating a suite of API’s to revolutionize how companies operate. Our first API is a Cloud Printing API. Our product enables developers to programmatically facilitate printing and fulfillment. If you are passionate about API’s come help create the next wave of great API’s at Lob. Lob is a graduate of the YC S13 class and backed by leading internet venture capital and angels.

Team

We are currently a 3-person team (from AWS and Microsoft) based in San Francisco. We are looking for other passionate people who share our vision that API’s will eat up the world.

Job

We are seeking a software engineer to build the best cloud printing platform on the planet. You will be the first engineer to join and as such will have an unprecedented opportunity to shape the future of Lob’s APIs.

Responsibilities:
• Own the framework of the API that is the core of Lob’s business.
• Work directly to define, architect and build new Lob APIs.
• Drive towards successful deliveries of scalable, maintainable
and secure code.
• Create and define engineering best practices.
• Tackle challenging problems in distributed computing, HTTP, API
design and more.
• Build and maintain client libraries for our API in a number of
languages including PHP, Ruby, and Python.

Requirements:
• Experience leading engineers in a technical leadership role.
• Experience working with API’s and HTTP, preferably in PHP and Ruby.
• Full-stack development skills.
• Hands on. Passionate. Persistent. Creative.
• Experience with AWS.

Perks:
• Health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependent(s).
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• Commuter benefits.
• Free lunch, dinner snacks and stocked fridge.

Want to stand out? Sign up and build an app using the Lob API. Include a link to it and brownie points for pointing out bugs or things that annoyed you or could better about the platform. Email jobs@lob.com if you are interested.
I used this in my android, and a big broken part was the lack of ability to use the back button. Whenever I pressed it, went back to HN.
PubNub - http://www.pubnub.com/ - San Francisco, CA

In the future, we will all be speaking Bidirectional JSON.

Become the core part of the largest global real-time network -- the network one that is transacting billions of signals. Our mission is to create the fabric that brings us (people of the net) into the next singularity, a point in time at which humans become ineffective. That of course does not mean our society is lost, as in a dystopian view… Rather, think of this opportunity as an effort to achieve a forever-vacation for everyone for the rest of time creating unlimited happiness; and through the power of PubNub we'll convert your typical adventure into to living stardust, where your consciousness will be jettisoned into the infinite cosmos, in an infinite journey of dimensional wonder, and discovery!!!!!

That'd be pretty great as long as we do it in a good way, right? Can you help us achieve this? We need next gen developers who are good at being remarkably insightful into the new future of network paths, BGP routes, TCP packets and Earth Based Topologies and Orchestrations.

Here is our jobs link: http://www.pubnub.com/jobs

We're also keeping an eye on the footprint of data that flows through PubNub, and we have a massively parallel MapReduce system written in Python/PyPy/Gevent/HLL which can process massive amounts of data in a few moments. Yah we use it for big brother type stuff but also for your metering data too so we can bill you.

More onto the future of things to come, we've created essentially the scaffolding which brings us the necessary tooling to create the next singularity. But we still have more to do and we need your help to push us further into future of connectivity. Device-to-device communication is key, and JSON is our language. Also something new is on the way that has been unannounced which kinda annihilates most hindrances for out ultimate goal.
I don't think you can call something a cute feature when it's turned on on most phones and is used to unlock them. I would guess that by far the majority of iPhone 5S's have TouchID enabled. I wouldn't be surprised if it's more than 90%. The feature is just that well executed.