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SEEKING WORK - Remote (Based between Thailand and London, UK)

Frontend Developer with strong focus on JS frameworks
Before the frontend contracts in London I ran a web development shop in Italy so I have experience in a broad set of technologies
Specialized in MVP/prototypes.

My LinkedIn profile (1) is currently missing my last position after RocketLawyer: Lead Developer for a mapping cross-platform web application (from zero to alpha release) for a UK defense company

Contact via email (2)

(1) http://www.linkedin.com/in/maffei
(2) paolo@paolomaffei.it
I disagree that it's practically unachievable to enter the top 10%. I did it in my first year (2 years ago) without even knowing that they kept track of that sort of thing. Answer a single question a day (correctly) and you'll get there easily. You'll actually be in the top 3-5% if you do that.
The DogeCoin Community Mines To Cover Christmas Hack
Just to let you know: the guidelines ask not to sign your (otherwise perfectly good) comments.

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I rely a lot on filters & labels, mainly to delete unwanted mails (i rarely unsubscribe from a newsletter, just add a filter), but also to categorize and give states to some mails; I don't need more than one big view, and a clean menu (with hidden useless labels and opts...)
To add to the fun...

Buy a QIC tape cartridge, as used on workstations and servers in the 1990's. Get a dyslexic child to label it with 'Snowden Docs' in faux Cyrillic and then carry that with you, in the top of your luggage.

The tape need not have anything on it, although, should you find a QIC drive, you could go for some ASCII art porn that only reveals itself if you pipe the output of dd into od. Obviously, before writing this to the drive, put some adjustments on the tape head so that a correctly calibrated drive won't read it too well.

To make sure they don't accidentally miss the tape, deliberately contaminate it with a substance of interest. A bag of fertiliser should suffice. Before you head off on your travels pop the tape in the fertiliser and give it a good rummage so that it gets suitably covered with a fine dust of known-bad-stuff.

The outcome of carrying the tape can go one of two ways. Either they give you untold hassle for 'just carrying a QIC tape' (as the headline in Slashdot screams) or they completely ignore the tape, in which case you have 'proven' the way to thwart the TSA is to carry secret documents on a legacy format.
Heamôn-Vidli De-Salème | The Brass of the Death | CD Baby Music Store
It's also shifted downwards among females majoring in the humanities, but no one cares—there's no "Girls Read" initiatives, for example.

That's why trends are just not that useful in convincing people, especially people whose job it is to be logical week in, week out, and to generalize aggressively.

So these people look at you say "the trend is down" and then see you make that a primary reason for action, and then they immediately go and look at all the trends, and then notice the participation trend is down even more in the humanities among women (also having peaked in the early 80s, which makes me wonder what changed then), but regardless, they also see that the downward participation trend in the humanities is not a reason for action there, and wonder WTF? It seems like special pleading, because it is.

There are good reasons for promoting CS to females today (as ever), but "the numbers show a downward trend in CS" is not one of them.
React components can have local state and setting local state triggers subtree re-renderng.
I learned only about two things in my numeric methods class that I remember as useful.

Sort before adding tiny values.
> >>> list(b'abc')
> [97, 98, 99]
>That's not a list of numbers... that's a list of bytes!

No, it's a list of numbers:

>>> type(list(b'abc')[0])
<class 'int'>

I think the GP mis-typed his last example. First, he showed that ''.join('abc') takes a string, busts it up, then concatenates it back to a string. Then, with ''.join(b'abc'), he appears to want to bust up a byte string and concatenate it back to a text string. But I suspect he meant to type this:

>>> b''.join(b'abc')

That is, bust up a byte string and concatenate back to what you start with: a byte string. But that doesn't work, when you bust up a byte string you get a list of ints; and you cannot concatenate them back to a byte string (at least not elegantly).
I've been working on it since October 2011. I went full time on it in 2013.
> just use jQuery's focusin/focusout to make up for the lack of bubbling focus support in React

I believe the focus event bubbles just fine in React. If not, please file a bug.
This clearly is a propaganda against MOOC. Sebastian Thrun is talking about improving the course and the journalist is trying to misquote as if he is saying the whole idea of MOOC itself is not working. Also 4% figure without number is as useless as it could be. What is 4% of $1 billion? It is $ 40 million still significant amount. The lobby behind this propaganda needs to identified.
Exactly. And since brands are strengthened by a good story behind them, he'll have this story to tell. Stories of the David vs Goliath variety are always popular with brands that are built on slightly rebellious values.
iRobot (http://www.irobot.com) - Bedford, MA (just outside of Boston, MA)

Do you think robots are cool? So do we!

We're looking for smart engineers who are easy to work with. You should probably think robots are cool, but no robotics background is required. (I had no robotics background when I started at iRobot.)

iRobot is looking for software engineers and mechanical engineers.

Here are a few of our 20+ job openings:

* Android developer

* Embedded software engineers
* We're hiring for "big embedded" (Linux and big cpus) and "small embedded" (bare-metal, small cpus)

* Software engineers for navigation and mapping

* Test engineers

* Mechanical engineer

Check our jobs site for all positions: http://www.irobot.com/us/Company/Careers.aspx

Email me directly if you'd like to know more: csvec@irobot.com
1) CSS, JS and PHP
2) CakePHP
3) Google Analytics beyond basics
4) Bike transmission maintenance
Amicus (S12) - New York City (FULLTIME, INTERN, H1B)

Write Code That Empowers Changemakers.

Do you have an irrepressible need to have a positive social impact on the world? Do you like solving difficult technical challenges? If so, Amicus might be the right place for you.

Organizations have used Amicus to win marriage equality, protect public education, and fight for economic justice. By enabling great causes to do what they do, better, Amicus impacts hundreds of millions of lives in fundamental ways.

We're a team of 14 in SoHo, New York City, and are hiring senior Rubyists, senior Javascripters, and full stack devs. Our mission is social impact, but we take our tech seriously. Check our our latest open source project here: http://www.enddash.com/

Find out more about us here: http://amicushq.com/

If you're interested in joining, head to http://jobs.amicushq.com/
Snarky responses to clear trademark violations don't impress me.
"An hashing algorithm"? That struck me as odd, is this valid in any accent other than Cockney?

EDIT: Oh, he's a fellow Greek. That explains that.
I have completed five Coursera classes, and sampled about six others. I think these classes are valuable for people who are self motivated and don't need formal certification in the form of a degree.

A plus is that several of the teachers were absolutely world class.
I think the only answer is to keep trying. I think there will come a point where even the non-technical masses will understand just how backwards everything has become. And upon this growing understanding a future libertarian / constitution scholar will run, and run successfully.
SEEKING WORK - Remote only - Bangalore, India

Keywords - Node.js, Java, Android

I do end to end development in Javascript (jQuery, EJS, express.js, MongoDB). I have a strong track record in developing analytics applications involving web scraping, charting, reporting and BI.

I also do native Android apps as well, for a demo of some the code I've written you can check this - github.com/divyad. However, most of the code I've written is for proprietary projects.

Please contact backoder @ gmail if you have any requirements; I can start immediately.
Yeah, Chip and PIN (EMV) in the UK is much better for security, we have a lot lower rates of card fraud here than in the US. In fact most of the world has now switched to EMV, the US is the only major country that I can think of which is still on swipe payments.

The problem goes further than the cards themselves though, I think the big problem with them is that you have to give companies all of the details needed to make a charge when you buy things online, and those details are stored. Other comments here are right, the main way to deal with this is single use card numbers that can be revoked individually.

I think a good way would be to implement something similar to what OAuth does. When you want to make a payment to Amazon for example, you tell your bank who you are and after authenticating you, they would provide a token to Amazon who can store that to use for purchases. If at some point in the future Amazon were 'hacked', the bank could revoke charging authorization for all tokens given to Amazon, immediately protecting all of their customers.
Jump on highway 77 in Texas coming from Houston to South Padre... you will be stopped. Pretty sure they take pictures of license plates, dogs sniff cars, and they ask for your identification.

It's basically a check point. The line to get through it can take a while and some vehicles are heavily searched. I've never had that opportunity fortunately.
There is nothing "brilliant" about this. People just like seeing smarminess, particularly if it's directed at a "big evil corporation". Frankly I thought the guy's response was douchey.
> Think of me as an MSR guy publishing a paper, it’s just on my blog instead appearing in PLDI proceedings. I’m simply not talented enough to get such papers accepted.

I wonder if someone at MSR would be interested in taking up the cause and publishing with Joe. It does seem like this work might contain the makings of a great PLDI paper.
Securing XML-RPC for WordPress
but Samsung has been convicted for paying shills

Apple gives special treatment to outlets and bloggers who treat them "well" (and punish those who don't). It's all the same inducement, and it's all just as grubby.
MetaWeather - weather data aggregation
Oh crying baby, don't cry.
Jeff Hawkins made a really good start at that in On Intelligence, highly recommended reading if you haven't.

TLDR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Intelligence
SEEKING WORK - On-site (Montreal, Canada) / Remote

Freelance iOS developer (Objective-C, iPhone/iPad)

Web: http://skyriser.com

Email: info@skyriser.com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/christiancomeau
That's crazy how some personnal infos, once leaked, become a public/underground data leaving no real way to repair. (I m thinking about leaks of other infos with an expiracy, or tier revoking, like oauth tokens)
The Modern Day Sorcerer
Secret: HALF-TIME/INTERN/REMOTE

Hey, HN. One of you is perfect for this idea.

I am a serial entrepreneur who is currently trapped in the body of a freelance contractor. I have a relatively stable 40 hour a week project, and incoming projects as well that I generally can't take due to lack of resources (time, the most precious one)

So here's the idea.
You. Are interesting and have some experience in coding (webapps, mobile, whatever) would be a coding apprentice.
I would give you a guaranteed 20 hour a week gig for now, and flex additional work as it comes in and you are available.

You would work on entrepreneurial ideas and contracts and get paid for doing so. If something took off the ground we could negotiate revenue/equity, but no matter what you will be getting paid.

Here is what you get.
Money
Freedom and Flexibility (need the day off to deal with a hangover because you are in college and its friday?)
Real World Education
Ability to become a killer coder
and whatever else. i'm pretty flexible

Languages?
Python/Ruby Obj-C Javascript
You name it.
If you can show competency in some language I currently do, then we can work together and you can get paid to learn and become an expert at any other languages as required.

About me, your 'boss'.
Late 20s. Been in and out of various startups. Started ideas from scratch. Reasonably connected in the 'valley'. No stranger to a term sheet. I have done hiring for a YC company. Been on both the business and engineering side of places.

Currently living in NYC (manhattan) with enough room for you to come clock hours, but you can be remote as well, or both.
I have been travelling a lot because it means that working 9-5 EST is a much more reasonable 12-8 or even sometimes 9pm - 5am.

I like tinkering with OSS and hardware too, obsessed with gadgets.

Long story short, you will get paid to learn how to code in the real world, become an entrepreneur or freelancer (or both) and then hopefully be able to repeat this process.

You'll get hands on attention and code reviews without some PM breathing down your neck. (unless you are working on a project that requires it).

We'll figure out a good hourly rate, and when you are working on a project that is paid, probably double it. And then fall back to the normal rate when we are working on whatever random ideas I want to incubate.

email hn0114@boun.cr with a little bit about yourself, a resume if you have it, and most importantly either a github or code sample.
If there is no revenue then you can also take a top-down approach by looking at the number of potential customers in your market you expect to capture. Then base the valuation off of that expected future revenue scenario. VC funding just helps you get to that future destination, ultimately giving your investors their 10x return.
If you want to compare the original and the 'fixed' version, here they are running in the browser:

Original: https://archive.org/stream/atari_2600_e.t._-_the_extra-terre...

Fixed: http://jamesfriend.com.au/et2600/
Working on fixing this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR5UTLxe5zA&feature=youtu.be
It is good, TC!
And anywhere else that sells prebottled drinks labeled "Frappuccino." Until now, I didn't realize those bottles sitting in the local grocer probably have a Starbucks logo on them someplace.
OAuth.io, a better OAuth for a better Web

- 1 Developer evangelist in US (Based in SF)

- 1 Developer Evangelist in Europe (Based in Paris)

If you love making friends, inspiring people to build things, coding (of course) and helping others to make stuff, contact team@oauth.io
I am trying to understand what its "newness" has to do with anything. Most crimes are not new, but we still prosecute. It sounds to me like you are suggesting that criminal justice is (or should be) based on how it would look as a CSI episode. (Sorry, simple blackmail is too bland a plot we can't prosecute, the audience will just sleep through it. Make it more fresh, have a twist at the end, something 'new').
Oh, BTW we have three internships open for the summer as well: two developer internships and one design internship. These are full-time, paid internships and you will be working on real projects as a team. You will receive support and coaching from the greater MH team.
The Education Dialog
Peer review doesn't necessarily mean anything objective unless it is totally doubly-blinded, which, ironically, is not used by many top system conferences.
Interesting, but regarding ChipNPin cards, the assertion that they are "unsuitable for e-commerce " is not correct, I've used mine quite a lot.
Thanks for the quick reply =)
And profitable. Until his publicity stunt, he'd sold enough of them to earn six entire dollars of legitimate United States currency. And now it seems like more people are having their alcoholic F Word more often. The lawyer gets paid, Starbucks protects it's mark, this guy's brewery is selling drinks, and we get an entertaining story. Everyone wins.
Sorry to just copy/paste this from the who's hiring post but it may make more sense here anyways.

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Seeking Freelancer (remote is ok)

Hey, HN. One of you is perfect for this idea.

I am a serial entrepreneur who is currently trapped in the body of a freelance contractor. I have a relatively stable 40 hour a week project, and incoming projects as well that I generally can't take due to lack of resources (time, the most precious one)

So here's the idea.
You. Are interesting and have some experience in coding (webapps, mobile, whatever) would be a coding apprentice.
I would give you a guaranteed 20 hour a week gig for now, and flex additional work as it comes in and you are available.

You would work on entrepreneurial ideas and contracts and get paid for doing so. If something took off the ground we could negotiate revenue/equity, but no matter what you will be getting paid.

Here is what you get.
Money
Freedom and Flexibility (need the day off to deal with a hangover because you are in college and its friday?)
Real World Education
Ability to become a killer coder
and whatever else. i'm pretty flexible

Languages?
Python/Ruby Obj-C Javascript
You name it.
If you can show competency in some language I currently do, then we can work together and you can get paid to learn and become an expert at any other languages as required.

About me, your 'boss'.
Late 20s. Been in and out of various startups. Started ideas from scratch. Reasonably connected in the 'valley'. No stranger to a term sheet. I have done hiring for a YC company. Been on both the business and engineering side of places.

Currently living in NYC (manhattan) with enough room for you to come clock hours, but you can be remote as well, or both.
I have been travelling a lot because it means that working 9-5 EST is a much more reasonable 12-8 or even sometimes 9pm - 5am.

I like tinkering with OSS and hardware too, obsessed with gadgets.

Long story short, you will get paid to learn how to code in the real world, become an entrepreneur or freelancer (or both) and then hopefully be able to repeat this process.

You'll get hands on attention and code reviews without some PM breathing down your neck. (unless you are working on a project that requires it).

We'll figure out a good hourly rate, and when you are working on a project that is paid, probably double it. And then fall back to the normal rate when we are working on whatever random ideas I want to incubate.

email hn0114@boun.cr with a little bit about yourself, a resume if you have it, and most importantly either a github or code sample.
SVBio: Foster City, CA (next to San Mateo, in the SF Bay Area): Full-time

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SVBio (http://svbio.com/) is looking for the most talented full-stack software engineer with experience and understanding of web architecture design and implementation, following best and up-to-date practices. The work will further enhance the application of our clinical-grade genome interpretation engine. As leaders in the field, we drive the vision of the genome-interpretation product down to the last detail - only modern browsers are supported here!

Knowledge of some specific technologies is greatly desired (see below), but not necessarily required for the right hacker. Knowledge of javascript is a must, as well as the desire to write clean and maintainable code. Knowledge of the genome and next-generation-sequencing technologies is really nice to have, but definitely not required. SVBio is a tightly-knit organization with people from many diverse disciplines and backgrounds, so being an all-around friendly person is a must.

Anyone who is interested should contact me (elicudine -A-T- svbio.com) directly with your background, a resume/c.v., some previous work samples, a github link, whatever you think might help me out.

---Preferable knowledge/experience---

- Significant proven experience, both in frontend and backend technologies.

- Dynamic frontends (angular.js, angular-ui, JQuery, d3.js)

- Advanced backend architectures (at least one of: node.js, express/hapi/geddy/koa, flask, twisted, django, sinatra, rails)

- Scalable persistency layers (HDFS, Postgres, mysql, mongodb)

- Other tools (grunt.js, bower.js, require.js)

- Testing frameworks (at least one of: chai.js, mocha.js, karma, capybara, cucumber, istanbul, supertest)

-- Additional valuable experience:

- Strong scripting knowledge (e.g., python, perl, bash)

- An eye for aesthetics
AnsibleWorks is the company behind the Ansible automation platform (github.com/ansible/ansible). http://ansibleworks.com

We are hiring for backend API (lots of Python/Django/other-bits), UI/UX (we use lots of Angular), and for folks to work on the core OSS project (we use Python).

More details here: http://www.ansibleworks.com/careers/.

Durham, NC, USA
Why is a BS or MS degree a requirement?

I have those skills and I'm considered a great sysadmin/lite-programmer

I have over 10 years experience with unix based operating systems too.
What about a designer? or a designer/developer team?
The putatively brilliant bit is in taking the C&D and turning it into a PR bonanza, which he has. Else why would we even be talking about this?

Note that unlike some stories like this, he's not standing his (legally hopeless) ground, but has indeed changed the offending name, so he turned something he had to do anyhow into a benefit for his business.
> Everybody who disses python 3 does it for library support, library support and library support

I like to think I'm somebody, I diss Python3, but I don't diss it for library support (which is good enough for me). The trouble for me, and at least a few others, is that Python3 has replaced C strings with byte strings and Unicode strings and uses the later where Unix expects and provides the former.

If byte strings were actually used instead, there would likely be other issues. Near as I can tell from this discussion, those who have actually tried to use byte strings in Python3 have found they don't work well.
Just employees from home. NM dude worked on a previous project with me... Karachi guy emailed us when we launched in TechCrunch a long time ago... and then just kept in contact. Turns out he used to live a few blocks from me in NYC. Pretty crazy.
Its relatively easy, but far more than 15 minutes. Think about authentication, design and testing.
For me, this book was inspiration for getting back to the fundamentals of game development. To 'not take for granted' the sheer power we have today. It's one thing to jump in at high-level and get some graphics moving on the screen. But to really make something big, you will inevitably confront complex problems. Complex problems that require the same level of engineering skill as the people programming Atari games back in the day.

The focus was much closer to the metal in those days - working with the 2600's extreme limitations forced them to come up with some crazy solutions.