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Looking for an Ambitious, Experienced Biz Dev Lead in NYC
We're an established, profitable company looking to hire a technically fluent biz dev lead for an ambitious new project. While our current market is pro media apps (photos and video), this new venture seeks to commercialize our in-house distributed storage platform. Competing against the likes of Amazon will be tough, but we have a very specific product angle. We are pre-launch with promising feedback so far.

Our ideal candidate is a clear thinker and communicator, with a rich history of fostering business relationships. You already have an extensive network in the tech community, but also enjoy building new partnerships. You're familiar with APIs and SLAs, and have worked closely with CTOs and senior engineers in addition to biz dev folks.

In this role, you'll report directly to our CEO, and collaborate daily with a special team of engineers, with help from design and marketing.

Some thoughts about the kind of person we're looking for:

--self-managed and self-directed, with entrepreneurial flexibility
--knowledgeable about and connected in the dev and tech/startup worlds
--comfortable blurring the line, if necessary, between biz dev and sales
--capable of organizing existing leads as well as generating new ones
--bonus points for experience as an engineer or product evangelist

And some notes about what we offer:

--generous comp package: salary, bonus, 401(k), insurance, stock options
--beautiful office near Union Square, in Manhattan
--company of musicians, pro photographers, knitters, and veteran hackers

If you're interested, please e-mail nycbizdev@gmail.com and be sure to include relevant links (resume, GitHub, etc.). We promise to reply within a week to say if we'll consider your application further. :-)
Agreed. This has historically always been the case. There is a reason that early cities formed around navigable waterways, trade-routes, or near specific wealth-making resources. One need only look to the middle east that was almost entirely desert and small-towns a short while ago (relatively speaking) to get a more recent and visible example of this.

Equality is the exception, not the rule throughout history, including the recent "enlightened" one.
Using Apache Hadoop and Impala together with MySQL for data analysis
Why write your own (if you meant "from scratch") when there are bunch of FLOSS software projects that either already suffice user needs or beg for contributions? ;)
Ben Horowitz has an interesting chapter in his recent book "The Hard Thing about Hard Things" that talks about profanity. Apparently early on at LoudCloud (or Opsware) at a company meeting some employees raised the issue that there was too much profanity in the office. Ben acknowledged that he was the worst culprit so this was most likely aimed at him. He slept on it and decided that it could be used but never in a sexist or bullying way. He rationalized it based on the assumption that it was already an inherent part of many tech companies and not allowing it might restrict their access to the best talent. I thought that weird. Either way I think the end result is that it does seem to be an important part of the culture and as a future or current employee it should factor into your decision to work there.
My ISP doesn't create anything that I want to buy either, it just distributes the work of other people (e.g. Google, Netflix, etc) without compensating them. Are ISPs running on an unethical business model?

Aereo is just an ISP for the airwaves instead of the Internet - it carries content that people have the right to access for them, and gets paid for that.
I'm considering using for the same thing. Especially with scene2d ui available - the temptation is large to build something that targets all desktops and ios and android easily.

It's time for cross platform uis again, native is getting old.
This may be a dumb question, but why were they tossed into the ocean? Was it because there was no alternative? Or they just wanted them away from potential users of them?
Is it really a problem that completion rates are low though? I'd argue that most people's time is better spent on things other than taking online courses.

I'm a proponent of making education accessible, but it seems that it is fairly easy to find good resources to learn just about anything online, particularly if it is related to computing. The real problem I think is motivation. Most college students don't try that hard in school, so I wouldn't expect most people taking online courses (particularly free ones) to try that hard either.

If you're motivated enough to learn the resources are already available to you. If not, I think the efforts of others to make you learn will have marginal effects at best.

Edit: I was replying to the first point about completion rates being low. I actually think the discussion idea is a good one and would be helpful for those who actually want to learn the material.
If you take a bayesian approach it affects your prior.
1 - People who don't have a TV but don't mind watching the occasional show on their computer

2 - People who rent so can't put up antenna and get lousy reception on the indoor types

3 - People who just get crappy antenna reception

I find it fascinating that so many people are confused about Aereo. Many of these people pay their cable provider for the privilege of watching local stations over the wire. It's basically the same service, only you're not tethered to a television to watch.
Why Facebook Can’t Figure Out What to Do With Its Apps
Yes, it has, but they keep focus on a web version, so Freelancy can be an option for someone. :)
TLS 1.0 was created in 1999, and has approximately 97.7% website support worldwide. The only modern browser that doesn't support TLS 1.0 is IE6. Please, do the public a favor and remove the name "SSL" from your list.

Also, I get that you probably just found out what a cargo cult is, but there's really no purpose in telling people about the phrase; it doesn't help them stay more secure, and it's basically just pop psychology applied to technology. "Current guides for securing your TLS servers" would make a more accurate title.
love this. i've wanted something like this for a long time. Kahn Academy mind maps are awesome but limited in terms of subject matter. having an open database of this is amazing; enables self learning while eliminating the problem of not knowing what you don't know.
For well over a hundred years, Nokia made Finland proud. It was Finland's Apple. I'm an American and I'm sad that its over too.
That would definitely be very nice. Again, I can't emphasize how much I like the minimalist approach to your page. A quick little screencast video would be a clear call to action. Best of luck, looks like a well thought out product!
> I am embarrassed to have to ask

No reason to be embarrassed. You don't know something. There is always something you aren't going to know. Also, the smartest people are the ones that always ask questions. They are not satisfied accepting things, they seek to understand. And that means saying "I'm ignorant of this. Teach me."

Anyways, I'd ask whoever handles this for your company. Whether it's your founder, CEO, HR, or whatever department depending on the size. Someone is handling this for them, and I guarantee if you don't understand it, someone else doesn't either.

And, if the company hasn't made clear the value of what you have, then they aren't benefiting from it. After all, if you knew that if the company succeeded, you'd get $500k for it, you might want to work harder. What's the point of an incentive if it doesn't incentivize.
A bit like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_controversy
I've wondered this as well. The market seems really limited - people who are savvy enough to know about/use Aereo but are content with occasionally watching just a handful of broadcast networks...who aren't really producing the shows savvy people are buzzing about these days. Aereo's legal bills must be insane and the infrastructure looks expensive since everything is custom. Even if they win in the courts, what additional doors does that open up? It's not like cable networks will suddenly want to get in bed with them.
A significant percentage of the hipsters can't afford them either, they just buy them anyway.
At least in the US, consumer choice is significantly limited by the carriers, so I'm not convinced that sales are very brand-driven. Even the same model might use completely different hardware in the US than the rest of the world.

I bought my Windows Phone as an alternative to Android and iOS. The fact that it was a well-made Nokia was a certainly a bonus and an influencing factor, but I had no brand loyalty at the time. I always call it my "Windows Phone" in conversation and never mention Nokia or Microsoft, so it's possible the hardware rebranding will go unnoticed by the average consumer, as well.
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Very cool technology behind that, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Deployable_Hydrolysis_Sys... which is what is found on the MV Cape Ray

I will have to assume they are using the sea because its the least likely assailable location by anyone who might seek to take the weapons?
Ah, that makes sense. I wasn't aware that's how it worked.
FWIW I got the following from them by email on the 19th about scheduled maintenance for today (21st).

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During this upgrade, we will be installing a new storage platform to serve the Namecheap site. This upgrade will allow us to better cope with high demand during promotions and also accommodate for our growth.

The nature of this upgrade means several pieces of hardware need to be taken offline and thus, the following will not be available:

namecheap.com
manage.namecheap.com
Namecheap API

Maintenence window:
00:00 EST Monday 21st April until 07:00 EST Monday 21st April (04:00-11:00 UTC)

SSL Certificate Activations, Renewal Activations and Reissues will be also affected. We suggest performing these functions before or after the scheduled maintenance

Existing DNS records, Email and URL forwarding features will work normally. However, new entries cannot be added during the downtime.

DNS, Email Services and Hosting (shared servers, reseller services, dedicated servers and VPS) will all remain operational. Our support team will be available via chat and ticket systems.

Thank you for your understanding,
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> The major difference is who owns and controls the equipment, and what other equipment they own and control.

OK, I rent my DVR from the cable company, surely you're as upset about that as you are about Aereo? Since the equipment is owned and controlled by a corporation that's not paying for the production of the television?

> By your reasoning the only difference between inviting my friends over to watch a DVD and a movie theater is that the latter involves a bigger screen and more "friends."

I don't see how this makes any sense or is relevant at all, sorry.
What's the big deal? This has been on android for ages.
2014 is shaping up to be a year of backlash.

Technology is important and mostly a force for good, but right now the industry has (and deservingly so) lost the trust of, well, everyone.

As we realize that technology is too important to be trusted to arrogant, myopic, sloppy, sexist, and often deeply classist Silicon Valley assholes, we're going to see only more controversy. With that will come (disliked and sometimes wrongheaded) regulation, increasing class tension, and perhaps a widespread loss of faith in the current technological leadership.

The truth is that most tech companies are horrible. They're horrible to their own employees (mean-spirited stack-ranking policies) and horrible to their users and the world outside of them. They've turned the Valley into an Uberized, Snow Crash cesspool.

In about 12 months, we've gone from tech exceptionalism (pundits asking why Wall Street talent wasn't "doing good for the world" in Silicon Valley) to a full-on hatred of this industry, and it's deserved. Rank-and-file programmers who ride Google buses don't deserve to be harassed, but the leadership deserves far more hate than it has seen so far.

Technology has to make a new choice. Either it changes its leadership wholesale, or Silicon Valley becomes Public Enemy #1. And, unlike Wall Street, it doesn't have the collective social skill to still prosper while being hated.
Teen OK after riding in wheel well of Hawaii jet
I have Aereo because I cannot get a clear broadcast signal.
Culture, like passion, is best demonstrated rather than talked about. When people talk about how passionate they are, it scares me. I once worked for a company whose execs said "We will remain private because our core values of handing the firm to a new generation aren't consistent with being public." The IPO was less than a year later.
How is it different than paying your cable company to watch local channels over the wire? You can't watch "premium" cable channels. It's just the stuff you'd pick up with an OTA antenna, commercials included.

The real benefit of aereo is that it's all web based, so no one is tethered to their tv to watch.
I've never seen a study correlating the rise and ubiquity of video games with the drop in crime.

Before video games, bored young males ran around the neighborhood making mayhem. Today they sit in front of an xbox. I personally think the people who would be out committing violent crimes are still in society they just have a way doing it virtually.
Single founders have a very high bus factor, and for any other reason that you decide not to continue supporting the product, there's some insurance for people who invest a lot of time and data in the product as early adopters if the source lives somewhere. I think you should make money for your work. I don't have time to research now, but I'd bet there's a boilerplate license that would protect your work while allowing other developers to contribute and install for personal use only.

In lieu of all of that, I'd like to be able to export my data at a minimum. It sounds like the API would let me do that though.

One small, unrelated suggestion: set up something like UserVoice to take bug reports and other feedback from users. I may have missed an existing feedback channel if it exists.

Thanks for all your hard work on this. It's one of the best products I've used in a while.
I've started 2.

One isn't doing as well as we'd hoped because frankly there are just so many alternatives out there and to compete I'd need to invest about $3000 per month in marketing alone. Our costs are minimum since we're 100% intangible and hosting on a DigitalOcean.

The other is non-money making except for advertising on the site. We're ranked #2 in the world in our niche and we could easily swipe #1 but I just don't have the time to implement the necessary features. http://smitecamp.com/ - We've seen traffic increase by about 6% week by week since launch, and Google ranks us favorably because we're a no-bullshit website.

My brother and I are working on #3 - again: 100% focus on advertising for steady revenue. This one I feel we'll hit paydirt. But we'll see.
If you're interested in an entity-component architecture for game development, here's a nice example project to get you started with learning how to do it. It uses libgdx for graphics and Artemis (http://gamadu.com/artemis/) for the entity component system:

http://code.google.com/p/spaceship-warrior/source/browse/src...
Nintendo's Original Game Boy Turns 25
One thing I find myself wanting Toggl to do is allow for entering a second activity while the app is tracking my current activity. As it stands right now, at least with the iOS app, if I want to enter older activities while a timer is running, first I need stop my current activity, enter the second activity, then restart the first activity.
The SSL library ecosystem needs diversity
> OK, I rent my DVR from the cable company, surely you're as upset about that as you are about Aereo? Since the equipment is owned and controlled by a corporation that's not paying for the production of the television?

By that reasoning, a leased car is the same as a taxi.

> I don't see how this makes any sense or is relevant at all, sorry.

My point is that you're focusing on one dimension ("the length of the wire") and saying that two situations are analogous because they differ only in the quantity of that one dimension. But that's not the only way in which the two situations differ. Along other dimensions, there's a huge difference between a handyman installing an antenna in your house and Aereo streaming TV shows over the internet.
Would you be willing to constantly stare at the top right corner of your eye, away from the screen in order to read the sub-titles?

I know in some video players, such as Amazon's, you can control the size of the subtitles. Perhaps this is more ideal than having to constantly switch focus away from the screen.
They say "subject to capacity" all over their site so I have a feeling if everyone in town is trying to watch the Super Bowl some people aren't going to be able to.

I have a feeling they're hoping that long-term they'll be able to ditch the one-antenna-per-stream nonsense. With that one tiny (!) little tweak it suddenly becomes wildly profitable.
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Thanks. I've found having a kid focuses you a lot. They can't eat Ramen noodles :)
Yes, there is a specific path. One of the major themes of the interview is how socialism is efficient (and the future)", "capitalism leads to chaos" that may seem foreign to a lot of people now because pretty much no one believes in it anymore. At the time of the interview, a lot of people did[1]. Every econ 101 book (from high school/university) I've had refers to the debate about the economic calculation problem, and they're pretty clear about which side was right. This is not some "perennial ideological debate" anymore, but an interesting and very important historical development.

You messed up here. The relevance of the economic calculation problem should be obvious, and is not more ideological than the top comment of this post.

[1] Wells: "Recently I was dining with the Royal Society, our great English scientific society. The President’s speech was a speech for social planning and scientific control. Thirty years ago, they would not have listened to what I say to them now. Today, the man at the head of the Royal Society holds revolutionary views, and insists on the scientific reorganisation of human society. Your class-war propaganda has not kept pace with these facts. Mentality changes."
Disparity of wealth also erodes our democratic process, when money buys speech.
Everyone can use it easily. It's an easy tool to use. You don't need a Google account to install an extension.

> What do I do?

Install the extension and use postman easily.
To put things in perspective, this is a system with a 4MHz CPU and 8K of RAM, and has roughly the same compute power as an Arduino. Good example of how you don't need multi-GHz processors and tons of memory to do something interesting and entertaining.
Sounds like the attacks of the global warming alarmists on people that question their theories.
While I understand the desire for good performance, using a higher-level language can give you some huge gains in the prototyping and iteration phase of design. That's where it counts when it comes to trying out game ideas and seeing what works.
Protomatter.js, a tool for constructor-less prototypal inheritance in JavaScript
> Along other dimensions, there's a huge difference between a handyman installing an antenna in your house and Aereo streaming TV shows over the internet.

And yet you can't seem to articulate what the difference is, other than that DVDs are the same as taxis, or something.
Speaking of historical data: leaded plumbing is linked to the decline of the Roman Empire.
I was underwhelmed as well. In addition to the items you point out, at the end the article says:

"...it still might be worth your time and energy to use airfare prediction software. Why? Because following the algorithm isn’t going to cost you more money..."

which is simply wrong, since the article explicitly gives examples of following the algorithm costing the author more money.
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Interesting article, I agree with it generally. The constant stimulation culture of today really can mess us up - we have some sort of an addiction to entertainment/stimulation, whether it's checking email or twitter, reading short online articles, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if this environment has lead to mental issues being more common, but I haven't ever researched it.
>Why would you write this in response to an article that begins with a photo illustration of two African Americans.

That photo is of the CEO and the lead designer of the company... it isn't even of the developers hired. His comment likely didn't have anything to do with race unless you put an emphasis on it.
did on my Lumia
tl;dr: "I haven't read the book, but I'll disprove the headline from first principles without looking at the data."

Yay praxeology! Gives so much more pleasing results than the annoying "look at the world" step, doing the damned legwork with the data, as Piketty did.
AFAIK, it is because UPSERT are only a subpart of MERGE. The devs plan to add real MERGE in a later release (9.5 or 9.6, I don't remember). Someone more knowledgeable should shim in for the details.
1) It's a port to a platform a lot of people remember fondly.

2) It's a port to a platform that is a little bit more arcane.
something making sense usually does not correlate with or serve as evidence of it being true.

It's true that statistics is required to be sure if something is true, but it's a priori far more likely that a rise in violent crime is caused by a substance known to damage people's brains than by, say, the gravitational influence of Pluto. And we rightly demand careful confirmation when someone finds a particle traveling at a velocity greater than c than when it is found to be traveling at a velocity less than c.

EDIT: And more to the point, I hope you don't find the hypothesis that violence in the 70s caused leaded gasoline in the 50s as that leaded gasoline in the 50s caused violence in the 70s, and that you would agree that one of those two hypothesis needs more evidence before we accept it. Granted, it could easily be some more complicated net of causality, but just between those two.
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Your cable company pays the local channels in most cases; look up "Retransmission Consent Agreement." Aereo are specifically avoiding negotiating these types of agreement.
tl;dr version

You will probably not save any money following Kayak’s price prediction algorithm and instead buying tickets two weeks ahead of your scheduled departure is a reasonable strategy. You should use prediction algorithms anyway, because they wont lose you money either and help you gain "piece of mind".
this already exists: http://mealsnap.com/
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Is there a specific reason on why? Just curious?
So, authorship is out of control?

Thinking of textbook authors as mere "rebundlers", where does this leave the author of the article? Is authorship/IP really yet another convenience, which ought to be handled in a one-stop-shop for anybody wanting to reuse the work, or is there more to it?
The keyboard screen shot shows a grid for uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols.

Do the 5 space keys not work in all of those options? Do you get a working space key if you're in symbols for example?