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Delhi (Other areas negotiable), India

Systems Developer, CycleTel

Are you passionate about using technology to create social impact? Do you operate well in start-up environments, building new ideas and strategies from scratch? Do you want to be part of a social enterprise that is positioned to change lives in India? This is your chance to join and shape a fast growing, mobile health (mHealth) service at a critical inflection point.

CycleTel is an mHealth innovation, developed and tested in India, that is positioned to be the first ever family planning method offered via SMS. No doctors, no visits to the health clinic—CycleTel puts family planning knowledge and use in the hands of couples, on their mobile devices. Based on the Standard Days Method (SDM) of family planning, the service has the potential to aid millions of women in India who have access to a mobile phone.

CycleTel seeks a passionate and skilled developer to lead development and administration of our SMS-based solution in India. The candidate will have an exceptional track record in software, preferably with experience in building and maintaining mobile systems services in India.

CycleTel is an initiative developed and incubated by Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health
(IRH) in Washington, DC. IRH works to reduce unmet need for family planning by increasing fertility awareness and expanding access to family planning methods.

As a Systems Developer, you will help us improve, deploy and maintain our SMS-based solution. You will help us expand our reach within India and globally by adding multi-language support to our existing English/ Hinglish-based code. You will also help us expand by leading the development and integration of our application with technical partners. The System Developer will be part of the CycleTel team in India, and work in a focused team, reporting to our India CycleTel Manager, based in Delhi.

Please send cover letter and CV to the CycleTel team at charu.chadha.irh@gmail.com,
I am curious: does anyone here on HN have a registrar to recommend who they know (preferably from experience) would actually be more helpful in this circumstance?

Because from the sound of it, the unwillingness of the registrars (both of them) to take action here without being compelled to by a lawsuit is the root of the problem. The FBI's willingness to be helpful is nice, but doesn't solve the root problem, and as a law enforcement agency they can only really help in cases where they manage to "catch the criminal". And paying off the criminal just isn't an acceptable solution (although stopping the payment immediately is cool and all).

I would be willing to select a registrar on the basis of their policies, not their prices. Policies like this sort of dispute resolution and policies about how they handle DMCA notices or government subpoenas (and non-subpoenas), if only I knew which registrars had the best reputations for these things.
Smartsheet - Bellevue, WA

Smartsheet.com is a well established and rapidly-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company, offering an enterprise-ready cloud app for work management and collaboration. The award-winning tool is trusted by more than 40,000 businesses and millions of users in over 160 countries.

We have several open technical positions, including Senior and Principal Software Engineer roles, Systems Engineer, and Moblie (Android) developer. We are also hiring a few engineering INTERNs for the summer. Smartsheet.com is built with a variety of technologies, but you'll feel right at home if you have strong JavaScript development skills and some familiarity with Java.

http://www.smartsheet.com/careers
I'm really surprised that LOC records aren't being more heavily used. If you need to publicly publish position data, DNS gives you a worldwide distribution method.
Brendan Eich did not apologize:

http://readwrite.com/2014/03/28/brendan-eich-mozilla-ceo-pro...
That's not convenient. Coinbase is convenient. You're suggesting a ride on lawnmower as a substitute to a car. As a spending wallet Coinbase is fairly close to ideal.

Please read my post carefully next time.
According to the Azure calculator an XS VM costs $0.02/hr, which comes to about $175 a year. That is less than an 2 hours worth of sysadmin cost, excluding the hardware costs.

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/?scenar...

If you just have a website that you want to host you can use Azure Websites, which have a free tier (doesn't get much cheaper than that).
Well, hopefully the engineering team is taking part too. This can be used for fun company culture AND marketing.
As much as the capacity or the search, I feel the UI of the original gmail was extremely well done and innovative -- I remember immediately preferring it to the dominant desktop clients of the time, Outlook and Thunderbird.

But sadly, over the years the design has been tweaked and evolved in ways that have lessened the originals snappiness and focus (a problem that appears to endemic to all of Google right now).

So now I'm back to mucking about with native clients, which, happily, do seem to be gaining momentum recently (and Gmail works fine as an IMAP backend, which is very kind of Google). (Though to add insult to injury, Google purchased and then abandoned one of most-promising native email client, Sparrow, which was not very kind!)
How is Mozilla responsible for this? This guy wasn't even CEO when he made the donation in 2008 (as far as I know). So to abandon Firefox which is not his creation alone seems foolish. If anything abandoning JavaScript would make more sense since that is what he created, not Mozilla or Firefox.
I don't think "office with a door" is an obvious alternative, because it's prohibitively expensive to build out a space with individual offices for every single employee.

It's like saying a study that compared air travel to high speed rail is comically bad because it didn't even consider teleportation. (Extreme hyperbole, but I think it conveys my point.)
For me is propaganda, too!
Glad you brought this up. Prior to building helloblock, I built a couple of other open source apps (tippercoin / sparecoins) which used the blockchain.info API.

There were a few problems that I encountered. Blockchain.info is focused on consumer and their API is structured to back their consumer facing sites. As such, they have no testnet support. This is a deal breaker. Because that means, any integration tests come at a tangible financial cost.

Furthermore, their API has always been a documented internal API rather than a public one. That meant, there is no versioning on the API and they sometimes make breaking changes without deprecation notice. The lack of versioning caused a bit of issues.

And in general, I found the API is set up in a way that is, frankly, a bit strange. For example, instead of a status code of 400 for an client side error, they generate a 200 status code with an error text in the body. That also caused issues for debugging and error handling too.

In the end, the various quirks finally led us to build this API.
And this is why in addition to per site passwords, I also use per site email addresses.

I like to be able to track who spams me and in case of leaks I like the ability to disable an email address...
I'm sure you don't equate a choice to be a vegan with a choice to back a campaign to disenfranchise a class of human beings, right?
Interesting, but I think that comfort speaks to a different issue. The office culture then is indirectly creating an environment that pressures you to act in a certain way and not acknowledging individual preference.

I agree that both is the way to go. You can find a study backing up either approach because they are important in different ways for different people.

I'm surprised no one has really brought up the introversion vs. extroversion angle. I just read Susan Cain's Quiet, and feel a wealth of clarity re: our general cultural stereotype that extroversion is better and therefore, so must be environments that are conducive to it (e.g., open floor plan. I don't have any illusions that corporations do that to save money, $ has never been a concern).

I work at a huge startup (300 people) that still has a very open floor plan and I basically work outside when it's not raining so that I can concentrate better. But the woman sitting next to me thrives in the activity and she can't work anywhere else.

I'm glad that the culture allows us to take freedom and ownership in how we channel our own productivity.
We thought about this, and while we acknowledge the company's interest in shaping culture, we felt that the company doesn't have a right to dictate one mode of working when dealing with experienced professionals. When renovating our office, we came up with the following modes and solutions to give people choices:

1. Working efficiently in a library mode: A silent room, for people who want to work in quiet with no distractions. No talking, no phones, if you need to talk to someone in the library you need to IM or email them. Good monitors and mice / keyboards.

2. Working in a ‘normal’ mode: Standard open floor plan, good monitors/mice/keyboards, you can take a call if you want to or talk to someone next to you.

3. Teamwork mode: Tables in the open space with nothing on them, for teams working together or semi-independently. Usually a whiteboard nearby.

4. Small and/or impromptu meetings not requiring privacy: We have quite some semi-closed booths which are un-reservable. Very nice if you want to work on something intensely with 1-4 people.

5. Private phone calls or small meetings requiring privacy: fully closed booths which can seat 1-4 people.

6. Presentations, large meetings, meetings with externals, or meetings requiring a formal setting, or lockdown mode: bookable conference rooms.

7. Total autonomy: Work from home or somewhere else.

The results is that (surprise!) most people choose to work in the open-plan mode, not the silent mode. If a particular employee is not working most efficiently in the mode he chooses or not, I can't really tell you...
SEEKING WORK - REMOTE (Maastricht, NL)

Hi, my name is John and I have been a developer & sysadmin for 5 years. I'm a real jack of all trades, master of none kind of guy and used to working alone or in a small team, taking full responsibility for a project. I would prefer working remotely because of health issues.

I would love to expand my knowledge on machine learning, but anything goes. If you feel like discussing opportunities then drop me a line by e-mail: jammsimons@gmail.com

Links:
https://code.google.com/p/xbmc-json/
https://github.com/johnsel

Recent projects and CV available on request (proprietary).

Availability: 20-30 hours a week

Languages:
- C# (mostly desktop)
- Java (limited Android)
- Python
- Meteor & Node.js
- PHP & MySQL
- HTML + CSS, jQuery, javascript
- Siemens S7 PLC (FDB & STL)
- Apple IOS (extremely limited)
- Arduino

Platforms/techniques:
- Amazon EC2
- Google App Engine
- Ubuntu + Plesk
- Git, svn, agile

Sysadmin:
- VMWare ESXi + VMWare Vsphere
- Windows Server 2012
- SBS 2008
- Cisco IOS
- Panasonic PBX
- Basic pentesting

I did some relevant courses on Coursera over the last few years (all finished with >97% score)
- Gamification
- Machine learning (Regression, SVMs, NNs)
- Startup Engineering (basic full stack web-app course)
Not that more expensive. Those cubicles cost nearly as much. I've built out spaces before, and offices are absolutely worth the expense, especially if you consider the improved work performance.

Its like saying light bulbs are comically bad because the sun is there for free. :)
(author here) A) Thanks for sharing this @mdsandler. B) I added a lot of resource links and downloads in the FAQ at the end. If I've missed something good, let me know and I'll add it.
Great idea. I just hope this sort of thing isn't over-regulated.
LinkedIn email addresses exposed
Obviously Subversion is important from a historical perspective, there are so many repositories out there will need to be supported for some time, but it does seem like a flawed enterprise to keep actively developing Subversion. Wouldn't that time be better spent on a platform that's viable, like git, Mercurial, or some other experimental platform that might make a big breakthrough?

Everyone's bailing on that project, including Subversion itself. Isn't that a sign you should, you know, move on?
This is not a "leak". All of these email addresses were already in the wild. The "attacker" simply tested if Coinbase accounts matched these emails.

Think about it. Email enumeration is possible if accounts associated with an email address. Otherwise forgot password forms would simply say successful even if someone typo'd their address (terrible UI) or the signup forms would allow multiple accounts with the same email address.
Do you support polygamy? Should minors be allowed to marry?

I don't care either way what your answers are to the above questions, but understand that if you say no to either then you are joining the majority in imposing your belief on a minority. In the first case there can be no reasonable justification for such a belief except that you believe in "traditional marriage." Perhaps that is what Brendan Eich believes in too?
So you already know what you're doing when it comes to code, you know how to learn the things you don't know on your own, and the classes offered by your school don't interest you: don't study computer science.

The one thing I would suggest is that before you drop out of school, test the waters in other fields. Take psychology and sociology to learn how the minds of individuals and the community at large work. Take micro and macro economics and learn how the economy functions and the pro's and con's of different public policy. Enjoy the outdoors? Learn about physics, meteorology, bio-mechanics, geology, biology, organic chemistry....

I mean I could list off different things you could pursue all day but the the point is, college offers you a unique opportunity to try out and get basic understandings of a lot of different things.

Sometimes I think, "Shit, if I would have just skipped school and gone straight into working on software development, I'd probably be making $150k+ a year right now, probably would have a few of my business ideas up and running, wouldn't have had to deal with the debt..." But the thing is, if I could go back and choose not to attend college or to drop out, there is no way in hell I would.

College is one of those things that has a proportional rate of return for the effort you put in. So if programming in college isn't your cup of tea because you are already a superstar, I would suggest you test the waters in other fields and see if you can learn something you find interesting while you're there. If, on the other hand, you are sure that you only care about working as a programmer I would suggest you stop wasting your time and money on something that has no value to you. But I'm sure if you look hard enough, you will find subjects and teachers that inspire you and will come out of the experience a much more well rounded thinker.
BeardSwipe: Unlock your phone with your beard print
Surly this more like a huge flaw in Linkedins secuirty?
Thank you! I'm a college student with an early class (so I have to go to bed earlier than most people), and my dorm can be pretty loud, so I often sleep with earplugs. I didn't like the idea of possibly not waking up in a fire, so I made this to cure my paranoia :p

I don't know how many people will find it useful, but it seemed like something that should exist.
I totally agree. What a simple yet brilliant idea that will really help people. I wish we could see more stuff like this on the front page and less of the usual "we built a SaaS as a Service service to deliver waffles to your business" stuff.
This is an April fools. right?
Getting Gitbox.app to run properly on OS X 10.9
Does anyone know how the performance on something like this stacks up to something like the Raspberry Pi?
I'm working on the same open floor with people from another company with completely unrelated duties. I fail to see how this socialization is helping my own team's work (incidentally my team is NOT colocated). Nevertheless, officially we're happy open office users.
Their update says it was removed from the Apple App Store. I can't find out why, does anyone know (or might be able to hazard an educated guess) why it was taken down?
Here here! Contrived holidays => corporate profit. What isn't contrived these days? But I guess many of us work at these places so...
iOS/Android developer – London – Skin Analytics

Skin Analytics is looking for an app developer. You'll be designing and building iOS and Android apps for a new project we are launching in partnership with a global brand. You'll be working with our CTO and research team to build cutting-edge change detection algorithms into the app, with a focus on usability. You have the chance to develop an app that will be in the hands of millions of people, making a real difference to their skin health and their life every day. As we're a young startup, you'll have the chance to help shape our growing company too.

We're looking for someone who's had experience building great iOS/Android apps, with experience across both platforms if possible. Experience with OpenCV or working with the cameras on devices is a big plus.

Skin Analytics is a startup, currently based in the Wayra academy. We've developed patent-pending change detection algorithms for skin features. Our first product uses these to catch changing moles early, helping people with melanoma skin cancer get the treatment they need sooner.

We're now working on using this technology in other ways, and will soon be launching products targeting other skin conditions in partnership with two global brands.

To apply, send a CV to tom@skinanalytics.co.uk, along with links to any projects you’ve worked on.
I'm guessing that they try to manage how email is sent from their infrastructure in an attempt to curb spam and prevent their IP ranges from being blacklisted and blocked.
Nice one! Converting Binary to Hexadecimals is easy when you've got experience from coding assembler on your Commodore 64.
Just remember the 4 bits for each hexadecimal digit. Then enter the 4 bits of the first digit with your left hand and the 4 bits of the seconds digit with your right hand.
Cargo shrink is a 25B/year problem in the US -- way bigger globally (logistics by itself is a 4T industry) -- however, we're more about fixing disruptable supply chains (which is way harder to measure, but also way larger). Cargo shrink can be theft, spoilage, misplacement, or a bunch of other similar reasons. Our hardware helps us track that kind of stuff and our predictive analytics helps us figure out the ramifications of what happens down the line!
The people who share my home do not respect my workspace. If you think interruptions for work-related questions are productivity killers, imagine being asked to empty the trash for the fourth time in one day. Oh yes, let me interrupt this work that requires some level of concentration and skill to do something menial and distracting. Again. Or be pestered about it incessantly until I do it.

I'd gladly work remotely, but not from home. No way. If there are no small-business-incubator businesses nearby, I'll be working public library hours, thank you very much.
Wow. Coinbase's userbase is almost exclusively male. Just an interesting observation.
Addepar. We're hiring engineers in Mountain View and New York. INTERN and H1B welcome.

We're a technology company building the next generation infrastructure for finance. Check out our careers page [1] for details. To apply, email careers@addepar.com. Feel free to email me if you have any questions (andy at addepar dot com).

[1] https://addepar.com/careers/
Meetings you are expected to be able to handle a large amount of traffic because you are not doing any actual work.
Here you go: https://coinbase.desk.com/customer/portal/emails/new

support.coinbase.com is just an alias for their Desk account.
This is fascinating. What do deaf people normally do in lieu of alarm clocks?
Introducing OAuth 3.0
how do you keep track of all the emails?

and did you always do this or did you start at one point having to go back through a lot of old accounts to change emails and passwords?
How was it hacked? I find that info in the article except that they used HostMonster's email confirmation system somehow?
Medallia, Palo Alto, Intern and Visa. A lot of jobs available given incredibly rapid growth across engineering and business. See full list:

http://www.medallia.com/careers/
VISUAL DESIGNER, WASHINGTON DC (On-site preferred)

Engage is an interactive agency that provides technology and strategy to Fortune 500 companies, center-right political organizations, and nonprofits. A hybrid between an agency and a tech firm, we are innovators at heart. Our creative team is always looking for newer, cooler, better, more beautiful ways to do things. We love what we do and it shows.

If that sounds like the kind of agency you’d like to join—and we hope it does—we’re looking to add a Visual Designer to our creative team. The Visual Designer would report directly to the Design Director and be involved in all stages of the design process, from ideation and wireframes to finished product.

Projects might include creating branding collateral for well-known advocacy organizations, designing landing pages for issue campaigns, and crafting social media share graphics to drive engagement. We encourage you to review our portfolio at http://enga.ge/work/ and http://dribbble.com/engagedc.

This is a full-time position in Washington, DC and comes with a generous benefits package. This is an immediate opening. If you’re outside DC, we're willing to let you temporarily work remotely until you can relocate.

We will place the most weight on your proven work, so please submit your portfolio with your application (links to your website or Dribbble profile preferred). Your prior work experience and education are considered but are not as important. 2014 graduates with superior portfolios related to web design are also encouraged to apply.

More info & apply:

http://engagedc.theresumator.com/apply/5ePf5g/Visual-Designe...
How does HyperLogLog compare to Count-Min-Sketch?
Like I said, data analysis sounds great as a next week idea. Where can I hear about it when it goes live?
Hey Vishal, that's amazing to hear! Data scientist is a role we've been pondering, if you are up for it, we'd still love to hear from you :-)
Cloudsoft - Edinburgh, UK - http://cloudsoftcorp.com/

We are working on simplifying application deployment and runtime management in the cloud using our open source Brooklyn platform: https://github.com/brooklyncentral/brooklyn

We are currently looking for exceptional developer talent and so we would love to hear from you. Cloudsoft is based at Codebase (http://www.thisiscodebase.com/) Scotland’s largest technology incubator, but will consider flexible and remote working.

Please get in touch if you have skills in one or more of the following areas: open source, enterprise Java, devops and system admin, distributed computing, cloud and virtualisation, modern javascript and web development. Reach out to us at: jobs@cloudsoftcorp.com
How my co-founder and I structure ourselves as CEO and COO
What did 2048 cost to the tech industry?
#haterate – avoid the worst
I think that the best ideas come from that things that the creators personally want/need. You found a problem relevant to you, and solved it in a simple, elegant way. It's going to help you, and might even make you a couple bucks on the side. Sounds like a win all around to me.
Eh... I would say anonymity is problematic - not that there's something "wrong" with it though.
This makes no sense.
Alex Stepanov continues to programming in C++.
What language are you going to use now? (¿?)
Google and Android – Command and Control
Cash4Websites – Turn your old, broken or unwanted website into cash