skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I can't over emphasize the importance of this message!!!!!!!!!!!!

After college, I worked for a 'prestigious' consulting firm and found immediate success in the perspective of my peers. Truthfully, I enjoyed it. That feeling faded quickly and the cubicle walls closed in and 13 months later I quit.

With no plan or direction, I moved back with my parents, who did not charge me rent and bought much of my food. In other words, I had nearly zero expenses with a stock pile of cash from my prior employer. I relaxed for 2 months before realizing that I could pretty much live this content life for like 25 years. $20k goes a long way with no expenses.

I started spending my time building websites for friends and found the work fascinating and completely rewarding. It's that curiosity and fulfillment that I seek out in everything I do. I have since created a life for myself and the $20k in savings is long gone so money still drives me.

But at least I know what motivates me. I know what I'd do if I could do anything and that is an incredible gift.
Any info as to what the input lag on the latest dev kit is?
Since most online systems require a doc or pdf format, I've started combining my cover letter and resume into a single pdf. If there's room for both in an application then I'll submit two individual pdfs, but if there's only room for one attachment then I submit the concatenated pdf.
checks Maslow's hierarchy

Then you'd be focusing on self-actualisation. Lucky you.
He has a very active blog which he is posting to and replying to comments most days. He does volunteer work and other work in exchange for food or other provisions. I think he still travels frequently staying with people who offer room. He has a family that he's described as being very close to. He has spent time with people who share his views but I don't know about his current situation. He is gay so if he is in an intimate relationship it is probably with a man. I think he might have a more active social life than myself.
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The picks are staff-curated, they're not based on trending:

> We take the most interesting trending repositories and curate lists to explore by topic. A lot like the staff shelf at your local book store.
Depends what you mean by "real stuff" I guess. You could just as easily argue that musicians consider themselves composers because they read Fux. Counterpoint is important for certain styles of composition and irrelevant for others.

At its most basic, composition is the creation of a musical score. What form the score takes, what genre the piece is in, the method of composition, the evaluation of the resulting work, are all flexible depending on the style of music and the quirks of the particular composer and audience. Whether something qualifies as "art" is almost entirely subjective -- if it speaks to an audience (including the composer!) it's worth something.
As a generalist myself, usually what other people consider "master of" I consider "back to speed in a few weeks." So I claim mastery on my resume because "mastery" is highly subjective.

For example, with my current position one of the reasons I got the job was that I claimed to be an expert with C++. Before jumping into this role it had been 5+ years since I had done any real work in C++. Shortly after joining I was asked to assist on a project written primarily in C++. Any time you join a new project there is some onboarding to learn how things are done in that project. I was able to get back to speed with the language and ecosystem within the period expected for onboarding. I was complimented on my expertise of C++.

I believe I am a seasoned software developer who has attained a fairly high level of mastery in the core skills required to build highly-complex software systems. Yet if I were to compare myself to some of my coworkers in the past I would be hesitant to call myself an expert on a particular subject like embedded programming (for example). However I claim to have this expertise on my resume as I have done quite a bit of embedded work in the past and I am familiar enough with that type of development to ramp up quickly again.

So even though I perceive myself as a generalist, many times my resume looks like that of a specialist. I am comfortable making these claims because I know I can deliver on them. You have to separate your self-evaluation (in which I tend to take a humble view of my abilities: that which I do not know vastly outweighs that which I do) from your self-presentation (in which I will make the boldest claim I believe I can support). Long years of experience are extremely relevant, but you have to connect the dots on your resume, you can't rely on the recruiter or hiring manager to see the intrinsic benefit of your experience.
I'm much more impressed with Cage's version than Vulfpeck's. The whole point of Cage's is that it's not actually silent, but Vulfpeck's are.
http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Computer-Revolution-Anniversar...
The blogpost is about making it impossible to counterfeit physical currencies, crypto or otherwise.

You should read the article, you might find it enlightening.
This reminds me of a gem an excoworker of mine made a while back called Gitstagram -- takes pictures when you commit:

https://github.com/gregorym/gitstagram
It's really a shame we probably don't live in the same place because holy crap would I like to hang out with you.
Make UnrealDev.StackExchange or something similar... push $20/month people there. Have a separate tier for "paying" customers.

Problem solved all around.
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What an amazing degree of disclosure. Tim Nufire is an engineer's engineer. He gets me to thinking of how I might be able to justify the cost of one. :-)
Very lucky. A combination of things. I'm financially responsible and I don't want much. Startups. My partner is successful. Finishing school doesn't mean I'm 23. I decided to get a PhD in mathematics in my mid-30s. This is an example of (1).
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Hi,

I have a lot of "creative" friends. I suspect you may be like them. I have to tell them: Your resume gets you in the door. It's not about being original. It's like the gas in your car that gets you to an interview. The individuality will start to come out in the cover letter (but not too far!) and then fully in person.

I have no doubt that you're a skilled person, but if you don't choose to comply with the simple standard of resume-writing, then how can an employer count on you to follow other conventions and rules?

Now if you'll graciously accept my critiques, you'll find you'll get a lot more impressed reactions than bewildered reactions:

That resume is very non-standard. The PDF version isn't congruent with the web version.

Overview is too long.

Bolded first letters are weird and non-pleasing. Too much space between heading letters: same.

You have a mixture of phrases, sentences with omitted subjects and full sentences. Swapping between those is uncomfortable. Pick one style a stick with it.

Reasons for leaving not useful on resumes.

Key Points has good info. C for 30 years, but no C++? Why not?

Linux distro: what's it called? You've listed custom distros about 4 times on your resume. It's worth one mention.

Your education is listed twice. Only list it once.

Overview should not have specifics such as the census and Adobe projects.

Languages are listed twice, no three times. Only needed once.

Good luck and I think if you make my suggested changes, your responses will be much higher quality! As I said, I think you have a lot of great experience and would improve many work situations!
In fact, I think it is decidedly lacking in any meaning as everything in the universe can be abstracted to "math".

I think some would use that as justification to abolish all patents. I would love for that to happen, but pragmatically accept that such an outcome is unlikely, and in a world partially populated by devious thieves, trolls, and free-riders, potentially undesirable.

I still think software is meaningfully different from any other embodiment of an algorithm, due to its self-descriptive nature. Most of the time when I write software, I feel much more that I am "creating" (copyright) rather than "inventing" (patent). I can just "tell" the computer to do something, and it does it. That doesn't work for wheels and gears.

Inasmuch as there are better arguments against software patents, let's raise them as well, but I see no reason to abandon the mathematical argument entirely.
The problem is that the quality of books published on Amazon is definitely lower than books published by other publishers. Amazon is making publishing cheaper, meaning there is no longer any quality filter before books are made.

So Amazon is creating a lemon market [1], and generally destroying book publishing to make a buck. People THINK Amazon published books are "as good" as publishers books, and therefore lower the income for the good books.

The end result will be crap books only.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons
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Your post is missing some required punctuation which would've made that easier to see.
The problem is that Math PhDs tend to be arrogant and think that programming is for monkeys and they are above that. Code that they produce tends to be sub-par and under-tested (because they are above writing unit-tests).

Source: worked with multiple Math PhDs. Have a few friends who are Math PhD working on some esoteric problems that I could not understand.
Ahh, just what I've always wanted. Good job. This looks cool.
> why do you believe it?

The opposite of a seller is a buyer. Do you think an employee is better described as being a buyer?

> In many ways your employer is much more like Walmart than you will can be.

This is the commodity situation I mentioned. Try being a farmer for a while and see what it is like selling your crops. You'll then know exactly what I'm talking about.

If you are just another person that is easily replaceable by any other person, then you are, in fact, a commodity. However, I don't think that is what you want to strive for in your career. Setting yourself apart is how you make more than commodity wages. And, in that case, only you know how much your time is worth since there is nobody, or few, to even compare you with.

If you don't even know how much your time is worth, how is anyone else supposed to know? If you do know, why hide it? You are (hopefully) the desirable smartphone that boasts to everyone how expensive it is, not the undesirable flip phone that has to hide its true cost in fine print in hopes someone might be foolish enough to buy it.
This may not answer your entire question, but in the first pages of the book preview on Amazon:
"He does not panhandle, and he often works--declining payment for his efforts."

Also:
"And although he lives in a cave, he is not a hermit: he is relentlessly social, remains close with friends and family, and engages in discussions with strangers via the website he maintains from the public library."
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What I would like to see are user-curated lists or perhaps a way to tag repositories similar to the way you can now tag games on Steam.
Was it integrated directly into the applications, or was it a standalone?
> Not just “sit around and do nothing”, because that's still just relaxing. I mean after that, when you're ready to be useful to others again.

What would you do then, if you didn't need the money, and didn't need the attention?

Yes, we need money to live. We need attention to live, too.

What's interesting to me about that bit above is that it's presented in this sort of homiletic style, as if it's the distillation of experience down to some obvious and unquestionable core, but it's pernicious in that it's pure ideology.

"[W]hen you're ready to be useful to others again," does so much work in this regard. It frames entrepreneurship as a service that is situated within a matrix of rational choices and utilitarian moral justification. We do these things because they're legitimately useful, they just happen to make us filthy rich. This wealth, however serendipitous and embarrassing it might be, is also justified by the actual utility it provides. Zuckerberg is wealthy because Facebook is an unquestionable force for good.

The author continues, framing entrepreneurs as, at worst, misguided persons who move from being accidentally useful to being purposefully useful; Persons temporarily blinded by their universal needs for attention and money. Never mind the problem of defining exactly how much attention and money one needs--to say nothing of security and nutrition, arguably up for purchase, or love, validation, and a sense of growth, arguably not up for purchase--to...live? Survive? Get by? Flourish? Never mind all that, once that's taken care of, entrepreneurs like the author can now get back to their innately good core of, from the author's tagline, "mak[ing] useful things, and shar[ing] what [we] learn."

Look, fundamentally, entrepreneurs exist to get rich. The "problems" they "solve" are chosen for their profitability, and the rhetoric about utility is just a way to colonize the discourse and deflect attention from the obvious avarice of it all. On the level of manipulation, the level of stopping the hoi polloi from rising up and strangling you, it makes sense; Anyone too stupid to see they're, for example, making their personal lives worse with Facebook so that Zuckerberg can sell ads, isn't going to have the discretion or wisdom to run an economy after any misguided revolt, no matter how apparently justified.

As a means for understanding our own motivations and desires, our relationships to the game of Capitalism, these are the guilt-addled ramblings of emotionally crippled narcissists. Basic self-awareness demands that we do better.
This!

I applied for a position at a company a year ago and was a great fit (both from my perspective and a company rep) but my salary expectation was higher than their budget. That position remained open on their website until about a week ago. What happened a week ago? They sent an email to my almamater highlighting the position and included their current salary range. Guess what - the salary I was asking for last year fell smack in the middle of that range and they were inundated with applications!

edit: silly typos!
I think you hit most developer's dream in your last three sentences. Code is art and it's a fantastic way to give back to the world (if you can afford to do so).
I like your reappropriation of "full stack" - it always feels a little jarring when there are devs who seem to think web development is all there is. Uh, you do understand there's a vast pyramid of solid and fascinating technology underneath all that frothy HTML you are playing with up top, yes...? I've never lost my love for the foundational stuff and I wish there were more opportunities to hack on system software.
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NSAs RETRO can listen to month old phone calls.
Sorry to hear about your job loss.

It will be interesting though to see how your interest in making apps for the sake of it is impacted by the fact that you're now making them for money. That, of course, intersects with the premise of the article.

I think the idea of following one's passion as a means of obtaining financial security is generally oversold (though clearly not impossible). As soon as you add the financial factor, the enjoyment can be sucked out of it. For one, you're not doing it in the way you might if not for the need to monetize. Secondly, you find yourself doing all kinds of stuff that are decidedly not your passion (administrivia, marketing, etc.)

Anyway, good luck!
In a democratic society free from fear of surveillance the real conversation would be: "what the USA doesn't yet know about Bin Laden" [1]

[1] http://www.prisonplanet.com/analysis_lavello_050503_bombs.ht...
You're correct, however I would not consider nerd selfies as pleasurable. Not Useful.
Most of the CTO's I know quit from somewhere to become the CTO at their current place of employment. I don't recall meeting anyone who "moved up through the ranks", but perhaps I'm not fully informed or can't recall those instances.
A worthy (free) alternative: CLAM Chordata: http://clam-project.org/wiki/Chordata_tutorial

I've used it before, it's pretty interesting, especially for its visualisations of the chords being played. It works better for songs with a clear chord structure, though. Too bad the project seems kind of dead. There are other projects listed elsewhere in this discussion (e.g. Chordino+NNLS Chroma) which seem viable.

Tangentially, Melodyne's "Direct Note Access" promotional video was very exciting when I saw it years ago, but I have to wonder how well it ever worked (when it finally came out).
Similar to Erich Fromm quote:
"If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?"
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Just curious, what makes you think Google doesn't do backups for Gmail? They do, even on tape! [1]

[1]: http://gmailblog.blogspot.co.at/2011/02/gmail-back-soon-for-...
Suppose you know exactly what you would rather spend your time doing but simply don't have the resources. The reality is that many noble and often selfless pursuits require substantially more resources than the average person has access to.

To use an example, suppose you're disgusted by homelessness and want to solve it. Realistically this is something that requires political influence and a large amount of money, not just to float yourself, as trying to solve this problem is unlikely to pay well, but also to develop solutions. So you say to yourself, I'm going to spend the next 5-10 years of my life trying to fill these gaps. Part of this plan may likely involve becoming a "successful" entrepreneur, as the typical job is unlikely to provide you with these resources either.

I think it's perfectly acceptable to admit that our pursuits are often stepping stones to achieving more later on.
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Simpler Fix: Change the Spotify Terms of Service.
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Occasionally my wife and I talk about my quitting work, and us moving to Thailand (her native country). Her vision of my ideal life there is that I wouldn't have to work, and could sit around doing my pet projects without any time or money constraints.

I can sympathize. My wife and I have ties to South America. Food and shelter are way way cheaper down there. The voices in my head make compelling arguments for making the move. What stops me is the kids. Don't see much of a future for them in South America vs growing up in SV.
I say that if you can organize well a messy closet or kitchen you have a basic skill to be a good ok programmer.

Not necessarily means that all good programmers are superb closet organizers, but they should be able to face clutter and leave things much better than how they found them.
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I started my own independent press. We have two books out with an anthology of poetry / prose / visual work on the way plus two more titles before the end of summer.

It has been a lot of fun and a great way to meet new people as well as be exposed to a variety of works.
Not sure who said it, but "our greatest reason for being is to serve others."

Even an atheist must admit that there's a certain satisfaction that comes from helping other people (even anonymously) that really has no limit.

Go out and help make the world a better place - not out of a hope for reward or recognition... just for fun. It's addictive.
Congrats to Justin and Aaron!
You can google for the title; NYT doesn't seem to paywall people coming through social media or google.

I personally prefer supporting quality journalism, however.
I think you mean Lumosity as in http://www.lumosity.com/ .
I guess I was lucky in that when I learned programming when I was 8, over 30 years ago, it created my path so to say and I seldom worked solely for the money as a result. The money was more or less a side effect of working towards my goal; actually, I would be a lot richer if I had picked money but I don't want to waste time so I had great opporunities pass be by in favour of being able to further my research. But even though my dreams are getting clearer; they started out vague and far away. That's not a bad thing; if it were clear it would've been done many times over already.
As a note to this: while the above linked chassis is indeed JBOD, and one of the parent posts also mentions the 90 disk JBOD chassis, there's an intermediate option which thanks to some sort of server-geometry-tetris-magic is actually a proper machine as well as supporting 72 drives.

http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/?chs=417

(Disclaimer/answer to the parent post: we use the 24 drive unit for the GPU compute nodes in one of our clusters, and the 45 drive JBOD units for storage nodes in the same cluster. We have had a very positive experience with both (to the point that I got the 24 drive one as my home fileserver), as well as the Supermicro customer support for such.)
Look, fundamentally, entrepreneurs exist to get rich.

What do the rest of us do?
This is pretty much the best if not only correct answer to the question.
What do crazy 9/11 conspiracy theories have to do with any of this?
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As someone in almost the same position as you were in, may I ask a more personal question? Were you able to get into a prestigious school once you had money? I want to go not because I care about prestige or about connections, but simply because I want to find out what the experience is like, and know that I can stand with the best. I do online MIT classes for fun just to prove to myself that I can do it, but I never really had opportunity growing up, nor did I realize how much opportunity mattered. Now I'm concerned it's too late.

I'd love to get your thoughts. Please feel free to shoot me an email if you have ideas about how I might pursue this.
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Im sure the bot can cover his $10 a month bill.
It doesn't seem like this lifestyle is fundamentally sustainable for society (foraging does not scale). With something that will not work if everyone does it, is it really worth idolizing?
Have you ever received praise, or even an award, for being great at something despite having no clue what you’re doing?

No. I have to know years worth of mountains worth of knowledge and skills to get even the slightest nod from anybody. Most software people don't give away praise for free.

Do you feel like a fraud...?

No. I'm a good programmer, my job is to program things, and my employers seem to have agreed. Like many people here, I've made lots of shit that works, and made lots of customers happy.

Shit you don't know you don't know only matters when it matters. And when it starts to matter, it moves into the shit you know you don't know category, and hopefully with some effort into the shit you know category.

A single human being can't know much, so out of necessity we act like a cache. We also tend to work in teams. I frequently encounter problems I can't solve, that a 3-minute back-and-forth discussion with the two nearest coworkers does solve.
Not at all. My workplace is in a warehouse that frequently has fork lifts running in and out of it, including some construction and cleaning with noxious chemicals.

I'm a web developer.
Haven't clicked the link yet, but I'm going with artists. I forgot the source of the following paraphrased quote:

"We are engineers, doctors and scientists so our children can be artists, writers and philosophers"
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SketchUp has a built in asset-retrieval. Also MS Office.