skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
RAW  The missing link between spreadsheets and vector graphics.
Since the crawl started 3 days ago only, assuming that I fetch only the first 10 pages, lots of terms are not yet in the indexed corpus. But querying "fracking", you can at least see the typo-tolerant instant search in action ;)
Harry's (http://www.harrys.com). Fulltime or Intern. New York City.
A bit about us:

We built Harry’s with one simple belief: everyone deserves a great shave at a fair price. As such, we seek to provide our own brand of exceptional shaving products direct to our customers online. We launched on March 13th and have been humbled and flattered by the early customer response, and we're now looking to bring on more talented engineers to help make every one of our customers happy and change the world, one 5-o'clock shadow at a time.

We're looking for outstanding full stack engineers and data engineers who want to solve thorny e-commerce problems in {customer marketing, web performance, customer experience/support, operations, supply chain management} in innovative ways.

Technologies: our web site is built on Rails, we're hosted on Heroku, our data is stored in Postgres, and we write a lot of Python to consolidate data from various sources and analyze it.

For the full stack engineer who thrives on shipping features in the face of complex problems and processes: Our custom e-commerce platform powers the entire business, from the HTML on our homepage all the way down to our supply chain. We’ve got fun problems to work out every day, at every level of the stack, all with the hope to make purchasing and shaving with us the best experience out there. We’re looking for someone genuinely excited by the opportunity to make millions of peoples lives easier and build the Harry’s platform of tomorrow. Your primary responsibilities will include:

* Architect and implement core features of the production website

* Build infrastructure to support various external features and other units of the business

* Think about performance all the time, and proactively make changes to make our platform better

* Determine ways to operate more efficiently (e.g. optimizing our inventory and shipping algorithms)

For the statistically inclined engineer who communicates with data and hacks on data problems:

Data plays an integral role at Harry's, informing every facet of our business. We are constantly working to understand the behaviors of tens of thousands of customers, tailoring offerings to them so that we can make them happy and drive continued demand. To that end, we're looking for a statistically-inclined software engineer who is well-versed in building data systems and wants to use data to inform decisions at Harry's in a forward-thinking way. Your primary responsibilities will include:

* Build infrastructure to automate data collection, storage, processing, and presentation.

* Instrument our website and marketing communications to gather the data we need.

* Test changes we make to our site, emails, packaging, shipping options, -- everything, really -- relentlessly.

* Produce, analyze, and present data to users in a context that allows them to make meaningful strategic decisions.

* Use your sheer intellectual horsepower to figure out and communicate how to better delight our customers.

If interested, email jobs@harrys.com with why you're interested and relevant links (e.g. Github, projects, LinkedIn).
VERBA - San Francisco

* Rails/JS Product Focus - HALF-TIME with benefits

* Rails/JS Product Focus - FULL-TIME

* Product/Infrastructure Reliability/Performance Focus - HALF-TIME with benefits

I mentioned a couple months ago that we have a couple engineers who work half-time-ish (and do their own things the rest of the time) and it got some positive feedback: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5235860

We're looking to hire a couple more engineers who are interested in being part of a team but would prefer to work 24-40 hours per week instead of the usual 50+. We're also looking to hire someone full-time (40ish hours per week). If this sounds interesting let me know (ragalie@verbasoftware.com)

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About us:
The college textbook market is currently being disrupted. Verba helps colleges and universities transform themselves so that they a) embrace the power of transparency and the internet, b) become agents of change in the textbook industry instead of agents of reaction and c) continue to make approximately the same profit margin from course material sales.

About 300 colleges and universities use our applications to acquire low-cost inventory and price textbooks competitively. Then millions of students visit our white-labeled sites to transparently compare the bookstore's offers against online competitors, and around 80% of students choose to buy from their local bookstore.

We're looking for people familiar with some of Ruby, Rails, Clojure, MySQL and JS who can help us grow faster. We have a great team, embrace new technologies (we just switched to Puma, we're moving to the JVM so we can use Netflix's Hystrix project to reduce API-related downtime), but also care a lot about producing and maintaining a stable, solid product for our customers.

The ideal person has strong Rails knowledge, solid testing practices, a good head for architecture and knows enough JS to help out on front-end. Additional pluses are a stats background, experience with Hadoop and knowledge of scheduling algorithms.

You can check out our website (http://www.verbasoftware.com) to read about our current products and hear people say nice things about us. :)
This is exactly what we've been needing and been thinking about putting together for some time. Thanks for saving us the time!
SEEKING WORK - remote, short to medium term projects - zak.wilson@gmail.com

I make software - mostly full-stack web development and HTTP APIs, but I'm adaptable. I have some interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning. I can do stuff that's harder than basic CRUD apps.

Stuff I know well: Clojure, Ruby (with or without Rails), Python, Django, Javascript, Lua, PostgreSQL, MySQL.

Other stuff I've used for something non-trivial at least once: Common Lisp, Scheme, Java, SASS, C, PHP, Haskell, Bash, Perl, MongoDB.

Yes, I can probably pick up that language or tool you're using that nobody has ever heard of.

Github (perhaps a bit dusty): https://github.com/zakwilson
Post mid-2013 challenges to app development and the solution
SEEKING WORK - San Francisco, CA - Prefer local (not necessarily in your office), remote negotiable

Mobile engineer with experience shipping Android and iOS apps. I am currently working on my own projects but looking to take on a little extra work. Preferably short-medium term projects. My most recent work included porting an iOS app to Android from scratch.

Preferred work: Java/Android, iOS/Obj-C

contact: rob /at/ alwaysallthetime.com
Whenever I hear of a product from Google, the first thing I wonder about is when they plan to retire it. I'd rather patronize alternatives.
Yeah, I was thinking about this algorithm because I realized how much my brain uses the visual system to solve non visual problems. Maybe I am more of a visual thinker than others but I often visualize abstract concepts naturally.

I find it amazing that the brain can accept and process large amounts of information if it is just presented in a coherent visual way. Imagine looking at an image vs a printout of the pixel values. Same data but one is designed to be processed by humans.
> Why should one use bookmarks rather than many tabs?

Because, as the parent posts point out, tabs take up memory and can cause the browser to become sluggish.
Logentries Closes $10 Million Funding Round
Interesting that this article seems to be getting flagged pretty heavily and quickly moved from #1 to #23.

http://hnrankings.info/6476120/

Reminds me of this http://www.indiatimes.com/technology/enterprise/samsung-âh...

If Apple or Microsoft pulled this stunt, the article would be in the HN top 10 for days.
That would be "bath salts", which are actually rather scary. Not that they should be illegal, just remove the need by legalizing their herbal counterpart: cannabis.
A URL should contain all of the state needed. If it doesn't then it's a poorly designed website.
Remote - Part time - http://travelblogsuccess.com

We manage a variety of WordPress clients. We are looking for an expert in WordPress, PHP, CSS3, and HTML that will be helping us with the support tickets that come through.

Key Responsibilities
* Address all support tickets assigned to you. Support tickets include technical support on WordPress related issues.
* Optimize our clients WordPress sites on a regular basis.
* Communicate and follow-up with clients on a regular basis on how their website is performing.
* Be active on our community forums.

Technical Skills / Requirements
* Be an expert working with WordPress. Experience with the WordPress API is a must.
* Able to correct PHP errors and troubleshoot them.
* Able to create custom PHP functions in themes and plugins on WordPress.
* Eliminate malware on websites.
* Optimizing slow-loading websites, finding memory leaks, optimizing server response. Web optimization including image compression, minification, concatenation, etc.
* You know your way around W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache very well.
* Know your way around cPanel/WHM
* Able to create child themes and plugins.
* Has a good working knowledge of color theory, layout and design principles and typography. Does not need to know how to create graphics, only how they should look.
* Have extensive up-to-date knowledge in SEO
* Familiar with the most popular social media channels.
* Comfortable working with MySQL and phpMyAdmin.

We're a small team of just two people who travel the world. We're looking to expand the technical services we offer and build an awesome team.

Please email support@travelblogsuccess.com if you're interested.
While many of the dates where the provisions for ACA could have been clearer, it is important to remember it has been delayed over and over pushing out the implementation dates many times over.

So again, much like any other major roll out or release.
Wow. That headline is much less sensationalized than I assumed it would be.
I am aware that Macbook Air can't do heavy work. That's why i am looking for a Pro. The price for the one a friend of mine is selling is 600euro with upgrade Ram and SSD.
Drone Deploy - SOMA, San Francisco

Hey HN,

We're DroneDeploy. The last time you saw us was probably during AngelPad (goo.gl/GmDoJx) it's 4 months later and we're expanding our engineering team so come and fly with us.

Drone Deploy is making it easy for enterprises to get stuff done with drones. Drone technology is fast, cheap and on the cusp of revolutionising industries. They just need better software. We’re building a drone command platform that makes operating swarms of them, simple, safe and reliable. We're pushing existing technologies to the limit and developing our own:

We are looking for awesome engineers who have experienced in some proper subset of:

- Python (Flask)
- Javascript (AngularJS)
- MongoDB
- HTML5/CSS3
- Drones/Robotics/Protocols/APIs

We offer fun technical challenges, a fast moving working environment, 20% time spent flying drones at our private drone airfield, and all the normal benefits.

Contact us: nick@dronedeploy.com (interns and H1-B candidates welcome)
Faces of Facebook:Find yourself
You're asking for a lot of permissions, huh? ... Why you need to Manage my calendar ?
Says the guy who spends his effort and brilliance creating a site for entrepreneurs to meet.

When I say things like, "Silicon Valley is a gigantic, worthless circle jerk," articles like this bring it starkly to light. I'm sure this guy feels many things about the death of his colleague, but I doubt he understands the irony of how it conflicts with the waste of his own life on efforts like his startup.
With the proliferation of ASICs over the last 6 months, the mining difficulty rate has shot up exponentially.

http://bitcoin.sipa.be/

I picked up a $30 Sapphire miner about a month ago. It's one of the better hashes-per-watt miners available. At this point, breakeven for the hardware cost is about 4 months out. And that's only going to get worse as the difficulty increases, which has been happening every 2 weeks or so.
I thought the whole point of these "fixed traffic jam" articles was to make your undoubtedly terrible commute go faster by giving you something to do, or at the very least providing a false sense of control over a situation (like a superstition). The science behind traffic is completely arbitrary and nonsensical no matter how many graphs or numbers you put behind it. There are simply too many different drivers out there to make any empirical evidence useful.
Thanks man, the guy mentioned baby monitors going rogue and interfering and I had the same thought, if the FCC sends a new father to prison for not letting a dude in to go after his baby monitor, that would definitely be a headline
Yes ;-)

I think there is a need for light embedded schemaless databases.
Offtopic:

I'm actually glad that a project of MSDN (aka. Microsoft) gets on the top pages on HackerNews.

I've been a fan of Microsoft on some things they do (but not all). .Net is one of them (Visual Studio).
And i've almost never seen something like this rise up on the popular topics section.

At least not with constructive comments like here in the topic.

So thanks, HackerNews community, you guys have made my day :)
EnerJ, the Language of Good-Enough Computing
ClassDojo

FULLTIME in SAN FRANCISCO, CA

ClassDojo is used by over 15mm teachers and students to manage behavior in the classroom, using real time feedback and rewards that can also be shared with parents. We're an edtech startup with funding some of the biggest names in the valley (Jeff Clavier, Ron Conway, General Catalyst, Mitch Kapor...), and we're one of the fastest growing education companies of all time. We're the only non-YC company that Paul Graham has ever invested in. We've built a product that makes a real difference and gets huge engagement with millions of kids, and we're about to take it to the next level, hopefully with you on board. We have a strong team, an extremely comfortable and relaxed environment and great salary + benefits. If you're a strong hacker who wants to use JavaScript to change the world, apply here:

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https://classdojo.wufoo.com/forms/join-classdojo/

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Or email jobs@classdojo.com. You can read about the work and environment here: http://www.classdojo.com/jobs

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We're particularly looking for:

* Frontend Engineer

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What's the role?

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At the core of ClassDojo is a node.JSON API built on node.js which makes use of multiple services and handles hundreds of requests per second. The frontend web application talks to this API, and it's a single page app that uses our own (soon to be open-sourced) JS framework - mojo.js - which combines the best bits of Backbone, Ember and Angular. That means great templating with powerful and efficient data-binding, but plenty of flexibility to build apps quickly. You'll work on this and other awesome tools, and you'll build a lot of user-facing features that go out to millions of kids around the world every day. It's pretty rare to have impact like this, and as much freedom as we'll give you.
Everyone on our team agrees that this is the most exciting phase of the company that we've seen, and we're growing so quickly that we're all very eager to meet and work with you!

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What skills are we looking for?

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* This is primarily an engineering role, rather than being design or CSS focused. We'd like you to be really strong on JavaScript fundamentals, up-to-date with modern JS engineering, and familiar with advanced DOM manipulation.

* Having said that, some minimal design chops would be cool...

* ...but not essential. We do have designers.

* A good sense of product and a desire to have a creative role in designing product features is important to us.

* You love building things well and building them quickly - like us!

The best way to show this off is to point to things you've built. We'd love to see personal projects which demonstrate the above.

Is this you? Apply here: https://classdojo.wufoo.com/forms/join-classdojo/
'Grand Theft Auto' could crash when launched online
I assume because, AFAIK, SMS notifications are handled by Google Calendar. So to give you the warning it makes an event with an SMS reminder that contains the warning as its topic
Reverb.com - http://jobs.reverb.com Chicago, IL - Full Time, Local

We're rocking the world with a marketplace for musicians! Buy & sell vintage and used guitars, effects, drums, etc. Launched in early 2013, we're funded, are generating real revenue, and growing aggressively.

We're working with Rails 3.2, Ruby 1.9/2.0 and domain driven and service oriented architecture. We're looking for Senior Rubyists and iOS developers. Competitive salary, stock options, insurance, flexible vacation, and a discount on music gear are all part of the package.

Developers with full stack knowledge or specialized knowledge are both welcome to apply. We want people who are product focused and self motivated. This is a tiny team and a chance to make a huge impact.

p.s. You get to work out of a world class music shop surrounded by rare and vintage gear.

Apply here: http://jobs.reverb.com or email yan at reverb.com
Learn more about us: http://kareer.me/discover/reverb
While it's great that you experience no negatives from being a night owl, a personal anecdote like this cannot be considered alongside medical research.

With any research, findings apply to the majority of the population studied - if, for example, 1 in 10,000 people experience something different than the majority, that 1 person's anecdote does not mean that the research was incorrect.

In this case, it it appears from the results that the potential benefits of specialized treatment for those affected by sleep phase disorders outweighs the potential to offend or affront those people whose physiologies do not match the results of this study.
Making QR Codes in Google Docs
Meeting Big Data Challenges with Hadoop
SEEKING FREELANCER - San Francisco or Remote

Action Factory is looking for a Ruby on Rails developer to help build a next generation web publishing platform. The platform connects to a wide variety of data sources and generates a variety of graphs and reports. Full stack (RoR, jQuery, CSS, Angular.js, Heroku) experience required.

Please send your rate requirement and Github / LinkedIn to kevin@actionfactory.com.
What pisses me off is having to wait in a kilometer-long line of people merging when what I really want to do is turn right down a side street.

Please keep that line as short as possible by using all the lanes available.
Both words 'marketplace' and 'exchange' are being used so that might confuse people.

Obviously I don't expect it to look like a stock exchange with bid/ask but one of the ideas of having the marketplace was that competing healthcare providers would (maybe) lower premiums.

That means there must be a mechanism for updated prices appearing on the websites. Are prices updated on a daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly schedule?

It would be interesting after a year to see whether prices really do fluctuate or not, and what the variance from the mean is. Is this a free market where health providers really do compete on price, or is this a stitch-up like e-book prices?
Ahh, makes sense. I thought you had 'primed' the results database with history first.
Blogging on the edge: How to release your demons
Likely - Shoreditch, London, UK. Full Time & Contract.

Clojure + Hadoop + Cascalog + Clojurescript + Redshift + Lambda Architecture
http://likely.co/

Founded in 2011, Likely is at the forefront of social media data collection and analysis having helped companies such as Coca-Cola and the British Government develop highly engaging, relevant presences online.

We analyse billions of social interactions – such as follows, shares and comments – to better understand how people cluster around things they are passionate about. By looking at brands as a collection of “passion points”, we have found that it is significantly easier to discover the people that are most likely to engage with a brand’s content and understand what content will resonate most with them.

We're looking for:

Software Developers. We have a sophisticated Clojure data engine at the core of our business that has been built according to Lambda Architecture principles on top of AWS. This excellent foundation drives our data business, our client work and powers our products. We are looking for developers to join our talented team to help us reap the rewards of this architecture with further data-driven products as we scale our business.

A front-end focused Developer. We are looking to enhance our front end capability with an experienced front end developer. This is fantastic opportunity to develop responsive, highly visual applications which present our company's primary asset - our insights - to our customers. You will be working on our new products and will have the opportunity to develop and shape our front end capabilities from the ground up.

Both roles will be working closely with the CTO but will be given the responsibility and flexibility to design and build systems as part of a small, highly focused development team.
In return we offer:

• A competitive basic salary
• 10% of time dedicated to hack-day projects
• An excellent working environment with ample opportunity for progression
• Open to flexible working
• 30 days holidays per year
• A company commitment to quality technology and external training

Please email henry@likely.co (yes, just .co!) or contact us through our website.
Getting 403's trying to install on new servers.

Edit: Looks like it's just from one of my servers. Also getting this error when installing on a DigitalOcean VPS:

runtime: panic before malloc heap initialized

fatal error: runtime: cannot allocate heap metadata
Specific to Belgium and France. Definitely specific to Belgian training staff though. My french on-line acquaintances only speak linux so I only have hear-says from them but they relate the same stories.
It depends on what you mean by 'heavy', an air is more than capable for 99% of web dev tasks. I work in firefox os which includes needing to rebuild gecko constantly, as well as the occasional full android stack build and the macbook air is sufficient.
How to make $100k in OSS by working hard
I had a brand new 2009 MBP around the time of its release in order to work on some software for several weeks.

If you intend to play games or do very CPU intensive things, you may be disappointed. If you're doing typical developer tasks, you'll be fine. Big compiles will probably be slow, but outside of that, I don't see any problems.

The 2009 17" MBP, outside of the crippled keyboard was the best laptop experience I've had.
Why exactly does need this app access to all my data at google?

Scary
I've used ElasticSearch & Logstash (& Kibana, also shown here), and I've been nothing but impressed.

My primary concern was how it would cope when data exceeded RAM (I like to call this the MongoDB fallacy). However, based on this post it looks like the ElasticSearch setup works just fine.
The obvious solution would be to scan client-side.
I just signed up for it but it doesn't look very good to me. Not sure what's wrong.

http://i.imgur.com/6wMjmeI.png

Edit: tried the mobile app and it looks great there