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StartHQ (https://starthq.com) in Helsinki, Finland - full stack JS developer. Initially part time & remote with option to relocate and work full time. Can help with relocation and visa.

We're a small but ambitious startup looking to change the way people use web apps. Currently we offer cloud search (think Greplin or Spotlight, but for the cloud), but are working to add notifications, integrations and SaaS spend monitoring, among others.

You'll be the fourth member of our team and thus in a key position to drive the product and overall strategy.

These links may be of interest:
https://starthq.com/developers - our search provider integration API
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LVCL2exq68 - an overview of the technologies we use
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmyDJnEza6A - in depth talk on our server side tech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8KGguflMCc - a talk about our extension

To apply, drop us a line with your comments on the service and your GitHub URL to jobs@starthq.com
Let's just say, it's a fairly trivial exercise if you have access to a botnet.
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Location: Barcelona

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: SCCD, Maximo, WebSphere, Oracle DB, MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Java, C#, Python, Lua, JavaScript, jQuery, MooTools, PHP, Symphony2, WordPress, CSS, HTML5

Resume: http://j.mp/1qfrZZT

Email: kilian[at]aktive[.]cat
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It seems like you have to had the account for a while. But yeah, far from perfect protection regardless.
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[0]: http://www.ted.com/talks/ruth_chang_how_to_make_hard_choices
C is far from a non-safe language; it's the language of choice for NASA systems that lives depend on after all.

I'm not sure what you're trying to point out with those links. How is this related to openssl?
paulsutter gave a good answer to this elsewhere in the comments. But I would add this: All other things being equal (or roughly equal), pick one at random.

Sure, there's opportunity cost, but there are also costs way beyond the time you take fretting over a decision. You said it yourself: You're "crippled" by anxiety. How is that better than making a random decision? Or just going with your gut?
Antox, the android client: https://github.com/Astonex/Antox

Please do! It's all free and open source.
SEEKING WORK / Remote

Expertise: System Integration, SCCD, Maximo, Full Stack Web Developer, Software Developer

Skills: Java, C#, Python, Lua, XML, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, LESS, SASS, Symphony2, MSSQL, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL MySQL, SOAP, jQuery, MooTools, IBM Maximo (Tivoli platform), BIRT, Git, SVN, Photoshop, API design.

I'm looking for remote work on SCCD/Maximo, integration of systems or web/mobile/desktop software development.

I'm currently collaborating with several organizations remotely with great satisfaction for everyone.

Website: http://www.aktive.cat/

Email: kilian[at]aktive[.]cat

Resume: http://j.mp/1qfrZZT
- total number of positions and companies live recruiting at the moment
- total number of new positions this week / month
- total number of positions over 1 week old / 1 month old
- avg speed to fill of jobs weighted by pay scale and company - can see which companies take an eon to hire.

I would suggest (as this sounds like an "idea") that it's probably easier to scan the job ads to get most of the above.

Otherwise - more and more of the jobs seem to be networking based - recruiters find jobs for companies that have not spent time building their hiring networks.
>>It absolutely sickens me to encounter users who seem to be incapable of using git without a proprietary communications tool.

What is the proprietary communication tool which seems a must for git to work?Are they referring to SSH?or Something else am not aware?
Except that Ariely never went to school or worked at Stanford.
Well your reasoning is a bit of a shortcut, and Ruth Chang[0] goes all the way down the rabbit hole, without having to resort to third world country fallacies.

[0]: http://www.ted.com/talks/ruth_chang_how_to_make_hard_choices
> I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

I'm not. The process is well described, it tells you exactly prerequisites, in which order to build them, and how to configure the directory structure for building gcc itself.

It worked for me the very first time I tried it.

Though I needed only a freestanding implementation, so I didn't bother with compiling libc. I believe that cross-compiling libc can be painful.
It seems to me that, in pretty much every field, the most rewarding tasks, often with the most highly regarded results, are the most constrained— rhyming schemes and meter in poetry, immutability in programming, whatever.

It could just be freedom from the anxiety of choice (and just admiration for the creator's ability to succeed despite these constraints on the part of the audience). I feel like there's more to it than that, though.
Even a device which merely absorbs radio waves passively could be seen as causing a kind of radio interference, because wifi (and similar short range systems) make use of reflected waves to go around obstructions.

This is an irrelevant loophole in the current regulations, but if you imagine a scenario where everyone is trying to power their smart wallpaper, smart windows and smart clothes by absorbing radio waves, perhaps it would be enough to reduce the reflected signal strength significantly.
So if you have 20 Facebook accounts and it takes you 3 minutes per account, that's 100K Stellar/hr.
It's fine if he doesn't like Github, but the condescending attitude towards people that don't mind leaving the terminal isn't doing him any favors.
Also for interoperability and portability. Pretty much every language has a way to bind to C code, and pretty much all hardware can run C.
Company: Kogan.com
Location: Australia
Position: Front-End Web Developer / Responsive Master

What skills are we looking for?
- Clientside MVC frameworks (Backbone, Ember, Angular)
- Clientside templating (Mustache, Handlebars, Hogan)
- Browser module loaders (RequireJS, Browserify)
- Unit testing frameworks (Jasmine, Mocha)
- Build tools (Grunt, Gulp)
- The usual JS libraries (jQuery, underscore)
- Browser dev tools
- DOM event cycle (capturing, bubbling, delegation)
- AJAX and asynchronous control flow (callbacks, promises)
- HTML5, progressive enhancement and cross-browser compatibility and testing
- Prototypal inheritance
- JS module patterns
- Pubsub, observer, emitter patterns
He's referring to using Github as the communication platform /medium between developers, contributors and users.
The message here seems to be "No tooling is better than proprietary tooling".

Hosting on Github wouldn't diminish the ability for people to contribute to Unicorn via the same channels they do now. It would just make it more convenient for the many people who already use it.
Hi, thanks for getting back.

The search bit would be free, so i was hoping that sellers would share their both their successful and unsuccessful transactions. To prevent spurious data the seller would have to provide postal tracking numbers.

Buyers would be given the chance to claim their address and associated 'delivery' reputation. This lets them take their reputation with them when they move. Periodically the buyers would receive a letter from the service just to confirm they are still at the said address - proof required also.

I guess these are some of the problems that need resolving if this service was to fly. There's definitely a large problem here but maybe this approach isnt the silver bullet.
Most hackable new cars: Bluetooth on same network as steering, brakes, engine
So... what about using Gitlab (https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ce/)? It's open source (MIT license), it's a (very polished) clone of Github's functionality and workflow, and it can be self-hosted.

Someone saying "please use Github" doesn't (usually) mean they only want, specifically, Github. It means they want a tool with visual forking and merge trees, a code browser that can easily reference different branches and tags, basic issue tracking in a way that can be linked to specific commits and merges, and so on.

Honestly, at the point that Mr. Wong mentioned "no need to
ever touch a bloated web browser" it felt more like ranting against ~these goddamn stupid casuals who can't even bother to use the command line!!~, not about actually bothering to even try and understand what the person was requesting.
Update: Done. No Worries. If you have no friends and need to complete the steps; willing to help by sending you back the stellars.

I'll send you stellar, you send me stellar. Let's complete their final step. Stellar username "oinam".
Learning functional programming both in scala and js using http://www.manning.com/bjarnason/ book.

[Why] Wanted to learn core concepts and coding in both languages at same time is fun.
I've worked quite extensively with Node, and I'd hesitate to call it a "game changer". The game has not changed - there's nothing about Node.js that fundamentally alters the way people build web servers.

I mean yes, there's the whole async thing (nothing new), but that's really only in pursuit of performance, and Go (way more performant) will catch up to Node's library selection within a few years.

All that said, I quite enjoy working with it: I find Javascript pleasant, and it's easy to create elegant solutions to the problems I encounter day to day. Finally, Node powers some absolutely fantastic front-end tooling (Bower, LESS, Gulp). Even if it's not powering your sever, I recommend it as part of the front-end workflow.
What is stellar and how is this proof of anything?
This is a new 100% premined cryptocurrency from the makers of ripple. Stripe has invested in this technology; so it already has some fiat backing behind the haul.

Whomever this is, and they are likely associated with the project as have an associated email, is gathering funds from the projects premined wallets for distribution.
Like ripple, they are handing these out to people interested in the technology. I received part of the initial distribution of ripple by posting on the bitcoin forums. I encourage you to make an account, nothing to lose here; the initial distribution of the currency helps with its decentralization.

Paypal used to pay people to make new accounts too!
Try to review your code in a year. Have fun.
Fair point. I was thinking along the lines of whether posting statistics against unique addresses without consent could lead to successful lawsuits. I didnt originally think this - eg google maps does this with rated restaurants.

I wouldnt use an addressees personal details unless they chose to claim their address.

Your right though, id need some professional legal advice.
I think he meant github, and the various features it offers, such as issues, pull requests, and threaded discussions thereof.

I'm also not a fan of github's monoculture (or for that matter, of git's -- i rather like mercurial). I've only got one or two open-source projects out there, but I've encountered the "you are aware of github, right? why are you using <insert anything else>" mindset before.

Ideally, git or mercurial or some dvcs gains the ability to track messages and issue tracking within the repository allowing multiple frontends (such as github) to make use of a common backend model. But until then, while github is nice, I think it shouldn't be a necessary requirement for running a project, merely a sufficient one. Homogeny breeds fragility, and all.
Awesome! I would suggest adding a filter for movies or shows.
This tool is an automated script for swiping right on every single tinder user that it encounters. I just made it as a proof of concept to my friends on how I can tinder while sleeping if I wanted to.
I've felt this when deciding what kind of yogurt to buy at the supermarket. There were simply too many varieties, so I often ended up not getting any, because I couldn't be bothered to decide.
The product potential and the funding make it seem like this is a bunch of insider baseball going on here. This is something I feel I could build in a few months, let alone require 20 people. Aside from all the jargon about these researchers, what's special? I'm not sure users actually care about some interesting insights some professors have because how does it manifest in the app? Color me skeptical.
I don't think this is HN-worthy. Seems like this submission is just trying to stir the pot.
Seems like a logical extreme. Github is largely compatible with normal git. For instance, I've use other git services, like Bit Bucket, and not noticed much of a difference. While it is certainly for profit, it also offers some really useful tools that make hosting open source software and communicating with developers really easy. Github is useful for web developers in particular (I'm one) but I imagine other developer communities would benefit.

It seems like a hollow argument to malign Github just because it wrapped something useful in its own right (Git) with a set of tools that raise its usefulness enormously (Github). And if you end up having an issue with Git, if you've got a local checkout it's 100% Git compatible and you can migrate it anywhere you'd like.
The photo caption at the top of the article: "Mark Macluskie, 16, who is no longer autistic."

That's wrong. He's learned coping strategies that let him deal with the negative characteristics of autism, enough that most people don't perceive him as autistic. That's excellent, an ideal outcome. I've done the same with my own autism. I haven't stopped being autistic. There are other traits, many of them positive, that will always be with me, just as they are for Mark.

There's this awful mindset that autism is a sickness, and if you stop acting sick, you no longer have autism. Mark's mother says, “Even doctors say, ‘Well, he must have been misdiagnosed, because a person can’t stop having autism.’ It’s so frustrating. Mark worked so hard. To deny everything he did to get this far isn’t fair.” I know she means well, and has done well by her son, but this shit makes me want to flip a table. Autism is not a mark of shame. There's nothing wrong with being a high-functioning autistic. We need to stop spreading this malignant notion that autistics are damaged by definition.
They can't be new facebook accounts, need to have been around for a while.
Can anyone suggest an accurate, neutral title? This one is outrageously over the top. There's no "proof" of anything here.

Submitters: gratuitous scandal-mongering is not ok on Hacker News.

Edit: the submitted title was "Proof that someone is gaming Stellar. Growing balance at 100K / hour"
The person here is not affiliated with the project. (That @stellar.org is their federated payment address, which is assigned to anyone who signs up for an account.)

We've talked with the user, and it sounds like this is not in fact a code bug. We've invited him to post more details in this thread, so hopefully you'll hear more soon.
It's hard to say that a Node.js solution will get you to market faster than Ruby on Rails (where something as complex as user management is a drop-in). If anything, choosing Node would be the opposite of your advice.
Haskell goes way beyond just functional programming. Most of the interesting stuff is happening in the types: monads, applicatives, lenses, etc. And when you're trying to understand something like:

FooT w (BarF x) Baz y z a

... it can seem a tad difficult.
Exploring Job Interviews – How is the process managed in the professional world?
This. Code is a (rather enjoyable for many people) means to an end.
I think Google has some ego issues entangled with its web services and social networks (well, whatever now remains of it). It tries to do it right, but not when everyone (including almost all its users) ask/request them to, but when most probably it's too late.

I am wary of Facebook like it's plague and I honestly believe it is, but truth to be told, I am more wary of Google services and its recent Google+ integration madness. At times I see I've an account there and I don't see how it got created and how to delete it. I recently deleted a YouTube account which was created "automatically" from my Gmail account (which "already" had a Google+ account) and it was publicly sharing all my YouTube likes, after exchanging few emails from Google staff, now I've told Disconnect/Ghostery to not let YoutTube portal any of my Google accounts, but I guess that's not possible on Android.

It's been years since I have written a Google Play (apps) review, or wrote an YouTube comment. I've been trying to move my chat to a jabber based service (I've an sdf.org account) but for some reason my GTalk friends find difficulty to connect to me. So, I'll definitely not be interested in any new Google services because I don't think when they will "integrate" it with something else or when they will shut it down "to focus on more focussed products".

Besides, I would rather put my money into a services which does, more or less, only that business and charges appropriate amount of money for that.

rant ends and tl;dr:

Google just pushed me away with their G+ craziness and saying that its web services are social networks are a mess is an understatement.
all lists can be sliced with the [] notation.

the above example would returnsAList, put it in a new array reference, then dereference it. probably not want you want.

To get the first item from the sub with [] notation would be
(returnsAList)[0]

perl -e 'sub returnsAList { return 0..5 }; $v = (returnsAList)[3]; warn $v'
I'd suggest a way to share the current filter state. For example, if I want to send the list to my friends.
Over 5 years startup experience. Former Founder/CEO of Hardware startup with successful Kickstarter and $1m funding. Specialized in growth hacking (SEO, SEM, A/B testing, analytics focused), and secondary in business development B2B sales & corporate partnerships. Currently freelancing but looking for something more permanent.

Location: Hong Kong (but EU national)
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: KISSmetrics, GA, Optimizely, MOZ, SproutSocial, HootSuite, SocialBro, Twittercount, Salesforce.com, WordPress, CSS, HTML5, Photoshop, Omnigraffle
Resume: Email upon request. Otherwise check linkedin[.]com/in/martinkessler
Email: martin[at]kessler[.]hk
The above comment is from me. I used an old browser session that cached an old username.
Agreed. He didn't list one practical reason for his decision. Then again, it's his project, so he doesn't really need to.
Strawman.

The alternative to using the CLI is not Github. He dislikes the fact that a large % of new users of git are wholly dependent on a proprietary service.

This is a very understandable attitude if you are involved in the 'older' open source communities, where people still care about free software in the freedom sense, and do not simply treat open sourcing as a PR advantage.

Understand this: If you require contributors to your project to use Github/similar services, these users are filtered by those who are willing to accept an unreasonably coercive ToS - and yes, most ToSes of American cloud companies are coercive.

It is not a condescending attitude towards people. It is a deep caring for the principles of software freedom - freedom for both users and the people who make the software.
A new cryptocurrency backed by Stripe. Yesterday's discussion thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8114901
That's true, but open misogyny is still a "gender problem" regardless of the justification.
Stellar Market Activity: user with more than 1million stellars
Thanks for the hint. Maybe I should buy that one, before Sony stops producing eBook readers.

On February 6, 2014, Sony announced that it is closing its North American Reader Store in late March, migrating all its customers to the Kobo Reader Store.

-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Reader#Models_and_availabi...
EDIT: This actually doesn't work, but I thought I was being clever.

For those mentioning needing Facebook accounts. It looks like you don't need a Facebook account to game the reward system.

Assume a person has a main account (user1) with at least 1050 STR.

1. Create a New Account (user2)

2. Transfer 1050 STR from user1 -> user2

3. Transfer 1000 STR from user2 -> user1

4. Stellarfoundation makes 1000 STR deposit into user2

5. Send newly acquired 1000 STR from user2 -> user1

Starting balance: 1050 STR

Ending balance: 2000 STR
Dude, bloated web browsers. And power and influence, bro.
fossil does this already:
http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/tip/www/index.wiki

It's likely not the only one out there though.
Design as a Differentiator
There are a couple of popular TED talks about choice.

http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_ch...

It's something to keep in mind with your development work as well. Let's say you create an application to minify javascript. Your app has an input field, and a button that says 'Go', and that's it. Very simple, no confusion, people love it.

However, you notice 5% of people don't use the app, because they want to keep comments in their minified code, and you don't include that option. A lot of developers decide they'll add a checkbox to include comments, because now everyone can be happy. It doesn't quite work that way, because now the 95% of people that don't want comments see this checkbox, and start to question themselves. Wait, why do people want comments included in their minified code, should I be checking this box? Is there something I'm doing wrong? Do most people check the box or not, I'd like to know to validate my decision, otherwise I feel uneasy. The more options you add, the more this has an effect.

In the end, maybe the 95% are feeling so uneasy, 10% of them leave to another app, that just has a 'Go' button again, so they feel confident, and more happy. So, by adding the checkbox to include comments, the 5% of people that were asking for the feature now start using the app, but you lose 10% of the original audience because of the additional choice.

It's a difficult balance, and you really need to focus on the majority, and be careful about building out features the minority are requesting. If you look at apps like Twitter or Snapchat (or Yo, on the extreme side, and not yet proven), they succeed by limiting the amount of choice available to users. Many developers would have added more options, or in the case of Twitter given users the ability to write longer tweets because it seems harmless, but at the same time, it would have caused the businesses to fail.
Flappy Bird is back
This is a good reply. It's already been thought through
"Github is proprietary communications tool which requires
users to accept a terms of service and login."

Is that not a practical reason? Why should OSS be behind a ToS?
No, that doesn't actually work (just double checked to make sure). Would be a clever hole though :).
Hi everyone,

I'm just excited about Stellar, and buying it early on. I'm also a software engineer, so if anyone has some cool ideas for things that could be built with a large stellar wallet, please let me know.

I'm especially interested in things Greg Brockman has been talking about lately, like this gateway, and making up his own currency:
https://stripe.com/blog/bitcoin-the-stripe-perspective
They should have a Jetbrains-style and Jetbrains-priced "Personal License" -- $199 for new user and $99 for upgrading user.