skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Linux will not become a gaming platform, it already is one
There's no reason to unnecessarily harm a community. On the other hand, there are plenty of reasons to resist making a community more popular.
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just posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8120070
Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2014)
Please lead with either SEEKING WORK or SEEKING FREELANCER, your location and whether remote work is a possibility.
I love Apple's curation. I'm always bitterly disappointed whenever I use Android's app store (which is all the time because my only phone at the moment is a Nexus 5). The signal to noise ratio is just so bad, and the overall quality level is just so low.
Kodable (http://www.kodable.com) - Full time, Mountain View, CA

What could be better than impacting the lives of millions of kids? Kodable teaches kids the fundamentals of programming starting before they can read. Used by over a million kids around the world, Kodable is designed to encourage everyone to learn programming. Over 50% of Kodable users are girls, and it has been used in over 100 countries.

We're a team that knows how to work smart, have fun, and get results. We're passionate about empowering people with great educational tools and 21st Century skills. We’re looking to hire our first full-stack engineers (including a CTO) to bring Kodable to more platforms and build Kodable 2. You will be given the freedom to shape the future of programming education for the entire world!

We have an iOS app written in Objective-C with a backend in Parse, and a web reporting system written in Ruby and Sinatra. Experience with these languages in a plus, but we’re mostly looking for experience. The position includes a lot of responsibility, you’ll make key architectural decisions for the future of our codebase, so you should have experience working on a production application in use by 100k+ users. We also offer generous equity - we consider our first hire to be nothing more than a late co-founder, and feel you should be compensated accordingly :)

If you’re interested, email jon@kodable.com or to learn more visit http://www.kodable.com/jobs
A Very Different Object System: OCaml
It could fit text to a region, transforms didn't require specific tools, it handled opacity properly, its bezier-editing tools were more refined, and a bunch of other things I'm probably forgetting.

Illustrator today has far more functionality (largely borrowed from Photoshop) than Freehand did, but Freehand had better core functionality than Illustrator (and it also introduced many of the features now in Illustrator, e.g. booleans).

Actually, if you're curious, just google freehand vs. illustrator -- it's pretty depressing how they compare despite freehand being 10 years old.

e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f8CKjsYS9k
Copying the GUI to a "t" is still infringing on their rights though.
Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2014)
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SEEKING WORK - Remote (part-time), based in Brazil

I'm available for full-stack software development projects in Scala (Play Framework), C# (ASP.NET MVC), JavaScript (jQuery, jQuery Mobile).

I can help if you need a web application, a REST API over an existing application or database, or perhaps an extra hand to get a few user stories off your backlog.

I love developing software and I've been doing it for 28 years. I have completed several medium and large projects, most of them business applications with relational databases. On most of these projects I have been team lead and/or senior architect. Last year I was awarded by Microsoft as a Most Valuable Professional on the Azure cloud computing platform (http://goo.gl/LDGQYl).

Currently I'm working with Scala and Play Framework on the server and JavaScript on the client. I also have many years of experience in C# and ASP.NET MVC, good command of SQL and relational data modeling, and intermediary skills in Java, Python and Ruby. I'm familiar with Linux and Windows devops, cloud, agile practices, version control, RESTful APIs, single-page applications and several other practices and tools.

Get in touch with me via email: fernandoacorreia@gmail.com
Consensus-based Matching and Tracking of Keypoints
Named after Iron Man's AI?

Which reminds me -- was the new Windows phone AI - Cortana - named after the HALO AI?
Teens Youth Ministry: KB and Prisca – Kamikaze (KB_HGA)
What it says:

Is Jarvis a person?

Jarvis is a tech enabled person. You will be assigned two US based, college educated personal assistants. They will work together. They are able to operate efficiently because they are aided by artificial intelligence and futuristic tech.

What it means:

We got a phone and a computer yo.
SEEKING WORK - Montreal, Canada, Remote

I’m working as a mobile dev since a couple of years. Worked for several clients in several industries (financial, pharma, service, etc). Got a few side-projects going while focussing on enterprise mobility apps. Familiar with MS and SAP backends.
Android is a more of a hobby. Built REST apis, mainly with dropwizard (e.g. medical image storage/preview (DICOM)).

work history:

> native iPhone/iPad management dashboard, connecting to SAP

> native iPad HR support app

> native iPad CRM application, connecting to SAP

> native iPad travel expense application, connecting to SAP

> native iPhone mobile transit application with custom backend (Montreal Metro & Bus Transit)

> native iPhone self improvement, motivational application

> native iPhone e-commerce application

> native iPad presentation tools for pharmaceutical representatives

> native iPhone and Android mobile application for Auditionbooth.com

linkedin: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/ronnyfalk

Email: ronny@rfxsoftware.com

Skype: ronnysphone
To your second point, oversight is orthogonal to my original point: no matter where you land on the breadth of collections spectrum, more oversight is better. I agree with you there and in hindsight I could have done better to point that out in my original post.

Now the first point deserves a response. This demand for proof of effectiveness for various intelligence gathering techniques misses the point of my initial comment. The public doesn't know if cracking this program was a significant source of information. On the other hand, neither does Al Qaeda. Spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt among your enemies is part of role of intelligence gathering, to the point where spreading the same among the population can be acceptable.

Consider the revelation that the NSA is gathering only a relatively small sample of phone records [1]. This information came out through a leak. Why didn't the NSA rebut allegations that they were sucking up every single conversation by revealing this information? It probably wouldn't have saved them in the public eye, but it would have at least dispelled the extremely damaging public perception of the NSA as an unstoppable Big Brother-style surveillance machine that's going to murder you for the contents of your emails, as opposed to an agency that, despite their twisting the letter of the law, is still forced to operate within legal boundaries. Why didn't this report come out to try to at least correct the public's paranoia?

The answer is because doing so would have given the US's enemies guidance on how to run their operations, which would allow them to more effectively evade detection. In this context, this sort of secrecy and fear appears to be a hateful but ultimately necessary part of intelligence: you can't assuage the public without assuaging your enemies.

At the same time, the public still have to be protected from a spy agency, and this is where mandatory oversight and regulation comes into play. While Congress has vowed to implement strengthened oversight over the NSA, the public isn't satisfied because this oversight is performed in secret. I'm sort of prepared to let myself be convinced that this oversight exists, but the truth is that whatever solution is implemented is bound to be unsatisfying for exactly the reason I point out above: hateful secrecy is necessary.

[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-is...
ZEN.ag - Distributed team - REMOTE

We're in the final stages of building an analytics platform for online advertising, and we're looking for a senior developer to join the team and lead both new feature development and maintainance as we come up to and subsequently after launch.

We're working with a market-leading community in the affiliate marketing space, and we're genuinely moving that space forward both in UI and technical terms.

Required skills:

* PHP and MySQL to a high degree of skill and experience, including a heavy focus on performance optimisation and experience with MVC frameworks (CodeIgniter preferred)

* JQuery / Javascript skills to middleweight level.

* Professional-level statistical mathematics, including experiment design, multivariate maths and Bayesian methods.

* Deployment and some sysadmin skills including Apache configuration and bash scripting.

* Strong teamworking skills and fluent written and spoken English.

Nice-To-Have:

* Experience with C.

* Experience supporting a codebase in a production environment with more than 500 users.

* Strong code optimisation skills.

Location can be anywhere, but within 5 hr of GMT strongly preferred!

Please email info@zen.ag for more information, questions, and to apply.

Thanks - looking forward to hearing from you!
It's been like six years, we're all just kinda resigned to it. It's not a healthy relationship.
If the message fails to send, you should get a "No and then!!!" pop up.
Citymapper (London, UK) - Help build the world's most loved urban navigation app!

https://citymapper.com/apps/

Full-time in London, UK. We will consider remote work for exceptional candidates.

We're looking for great people first and foremost, but especially the following roles:

- Lead DevOps engineer (Python, AWS)
You will be responsible for our platform in the cloud. This isn’t a “systems administrator” role. You will shape the tool chain, deliver features, and ensure that the moving parts of our system can communicate.
Experience with Python and AWS required.

- Experienced Android and iOS developers
We’re reimagining mobile UIs for finding the best ways to get around cities. We’re looking for mobile developers who both care deeply about the “little big details” of mobile interfaces, and who know the grotty implementation details required to make things work across a range of device types.

- Software Engineer (Junior and Senior)

We're looking for great engineers to solve the big problems. We use a lot of Python, and some C and Java. We're building an omnivorous transport data processor that fuses together loads of data sources. And we're building the world's best transit routing engine. We're also interested in people with data analysis and natural language processing experience.

If you’re interested, please contact me at emil@citymapper.com
I'm supposing he stops for gas when his tank is still more than half-full to top it up, so that he stops exactly enough times to avoid being fined for speeding.
use case is real but there's no business model behind it.
>The issue at the heart of the case is whether communications kept in overseas data centers operated by American companies are beyond the reach of domestic search warrants. Microsoft has argued that federal prosecutors cannot seize the data in Ireland because United States law does not apply there, even though Microsoft controls everything in its data center there. //

The article doesn't tell us the location of the accused nor where the business between the accused and Microsoft took place. Clearly you can't hide from the courts jurisdiction, eg by off-shoring data, if the customer is USA based or the business between them and MS is USA based.

This to me is the critical question, the article doesn't appear to address it?
> Why do you not go further and think to imply that these civilians would not be getting killed en masse if Putin would withdraw forces of the Russian Federation from the sovereign territory of Ukraine?

Because there are no forces of Russian federation, probably apart from some Spec Ops, logistics and reconnaissance units.

> History shows that the truest way to harm civilians in conflict between groups that are not trying to kill civilians (either directly through systemic action or indirectly through things like famine) is to prolong the armed conflict by interceding on behalf of one side or the other.

So you say that Russia should abandon support of people of Donetsk and Luhansk and leave them at the mercy of Kiev government, who is committing crimes against them? [1]

I actually watch Ukrainian mainstream television and recently one of the experts was openly talking about the need to "physically eliminate about 1.5 million of civilians of Donetsk and Luhansk regions that are not able to fit in Ukrainian Nation" [2]. And he didn't get fined or jailed for these words, or even challenged by the TV host. If this is not Fascism, I don't know what is.

Why don't you ask questions such as: who started this mess? What has Russia done to stop it? What has the West done to stop it?

[1] http://www.thenation.com/article/180466/silence-american-haw...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCD4RS9LsTI
Yep, the django-admin frontend code/ui is very very ugly and old, maybe could evolve it.
I guess things like Djamin must be the default Django Admin template.
White knights incoming.
I work in a maintenance heavy shop. We are a manufacturing support team of 8 devs and a rotating team of 6 troubleshooters that handle 90% of the nuisance issues. We do support work for our mission critical software as well as most department level software.

About a year and a half ago, we switched to Agile methodology with an incoming boss. It was based on complaints about the old info silo style that had dominated our team for decades. The transition has been interesting. "Scrum it" has become a new term for larger projects.

We too have found that Agile is a very poor fit for maintenance work. We developed a quick kanban board to address those issues, and to clean up the project tracking board.

It is still a work in progress, but so far the chief complaint about it is the lack of maintainable recurring tasks. Things like periodic backup tasks to remind the newbies and the forgetful have to be added by hand or just never placed in the done column.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8120085 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8120079
Better late than never! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8120070
It is the UK that is the expection, most of the EU has mandatory registration at Melderegister or the local equivalent. In D/A/CH, it goes back for centuries.
Good to finally see a PHP spec! You might also be interested in a formal semantics for PHP which has been presented today at the ECOOP'14 conference in Uppsala, Sweden. Details can be found at www.phpsemantics.org. As I wrote before, I wish we had this spec a couple of years before - our life would have been so much easier! :)
he has a point though, even facebook copied him with the poke feature
TechEmpower - Los Angeles area, California (El Segundo, near LAX)

You may recognize us from the Web Framework Benchmarks that have been discussed on HN periodically: http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/

Work Hard, Have Fun, Be Nice

Let's be honest: you became a developer because you like to build things. Interesting things, useful things, cool things. It's like building with Legos, only you get paid, and there are always plenty of the right color pieces.

At TechEmpower, we build things. Interesting things. Cool things, mostly in webapp form. We build them as individuals, because we're creative people. We build them as teams, because we like to help each other grow, and because we know that collaboration improves even the best code.

Having the best people doesn't hurt, either. We've got most of them already, and we're looking to find the rest. You can build things with us. What's the catch? We're pretty darn selective.

To work as an individual, you have to be motivated and creative and thoughtful and serious. To work on a team, you have to be respectful and energetic and open and absolutely not a jerk. We need developers who can work on every part of an application, from the data store to the page–sometimes known as full stack developers. And to be a full stack developer, you have to know technology and want to learn more technology, because those acronyms just keep coming.

Our clients expect us to work with them, not for them. We help them define their problems, and we provide solutions, on time and on target. We're service-oriented, and you should be too.

Still reading? Please apply! And check out our Web Framework Benchmarks while you're at it. We pretty much wrote the book on that one.

Just so you know:

Teams range between 2-6 people
Developers are exposed to 3-4 projects per year
All development is done on high-performance workstations with 4K displays. A lot of code fits in 3840x2160 pixels!
We maintain an informal, comfortable environment, just like the old college computer science lab, but with grown-up hours
Everybody's nice

The technologies we use vary over time with our mix of projects. Here is a snapshot of what we're using now:

Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, C#, Ruby, PHP
Tools: Git, Jenkins (Continuous Integration), Sonar (static code analysis), Eclipse, IntelliJ, Ant, Maven
Web: Dropwizard, .NET MVC 5, Play, Django, Rails, Mustache, Handlebars, Backbone, Angular, Knockout, JSP, Servlets, jQuery, etc.
Mobile: iOS, Android, PhoneGap
Hosting: AWS (EC2, RDS, etc.), Rackspace Cloud, Linux deployments
Data Persistence: ORM (Hibernate, etc.), MySQL, Postgres, MS SQL Server, NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB)

We don't expect new hires to have experience with all of these, but we do expect you'll learn more about them every day.

If this sounds like the kind of place you'd like to work, please apply here: http://jobs.techempower.com/hn2
SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote

I have an entirely virtual software consultancy with developers on contract around the world. We have quite a bit of work, but not enough great developers. I have had good results from HN before.

Requirements: 1) Rails 2) Any Javascript framework (we use Ember, Angular and Meteor) 3) Testing. OMG. It's so hard to find developers who right integration or unit tests.

How we work: We have Hipchat for the team where we collaborate and help each other out. We have a project manager who does lots of the client interaction and translates bugs/features into granular user stories in Pivotal Tracker.

If you're interested, hit me up here: jevin+hn@quickjack.ca
Yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Cortana

"Cortana is an intelligent personal assistant on Windows Phone 8.1. [2] Its name comes from Cortana, the artificial intelligence character in the Halo series, with Jen Taylor, the character's voice actress, returning to voice the personal assistant's US-specific version.[3]"
6. Eat popcorn as the VC bubble implodes on itself.
CopThis - San Francisco, LOCAL, REMOTE is also an option. Competitive Salary, Etc.

We’re building the online source for authentic music merchandise from your favorite artists: Nas, Lana del Rey, The Rolling Stones and more. We help people find and purchase the best authentic gear for their favorite artists, and it’s important to us that our customers not only find the best gear, but that they thoroughly enjoy shopping with us.

What are we looking for? Interested and motivated engineers and designers of all skill levels; people who enjoy teamwork, discussions, and getting things done. If you’re interested in working with us-- get in touch! Email me at pete@copthis.com, and tell me about yourself in a sentence or two, show me what you got (github, dribble, or a link to your latest project or side project), or just say, “Hi!”

Pete
Location: North-Africa
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: HTML5-JavaScript-PHP-WordPress
Resume: http://omarabid.com -https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=254895101
Email: In my profile
If I remember well, it was a separate product at first, then it was incorporated to GDrive. So they are doing the contrary now.

EDIT: I was wrong. There was a similar product named NoteBook before that and they shut it down. http://www.google.com/googlenotebook/faq.html
For me that thread is generally the first thing that points out a new month has started, so I didn't even realize it was August.

I'm not sure what that says about my priorities.
That doesn't make it a million dollar idea, though.

I mean... ok, yes literally it does in Yo's case but... never mind.
SEEKING WORK - Remote (based in UK)

Looking to get assurances on the security of your site or application? I will perform a thorough code and security audit for you and highlight any issues related to a) security b) code quality and c) robustness.

As part of the service, I will compile a report detailing each issue, the impact it may have on your business, and how to fix it.

I can then work with your developers to fix the issues, or optionally, fix the issues myself.

If you are interested please get in touch. I can also show you an example anonymised report that I recently compiled for a custom e-commerce solution to give you a sense of what my audit covers.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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What Dr. Seuss Taught Me that Doubled My Email Response Rates
Promote your App?
The rank system of App Store is not dynamic like HN
What is the best way to promote your app?
Computers Need to Be More Like Human Brains
Welcome to the family (Apple landing site for Beats acquisition)
This use case is covered by any instant messaging application.
That is not what "I don't think it's worth the effort for everybody" means. Some people have a greater return on investment improving their skills for a language they already know, learning a language that is not Haskell, or learning a skill that is unrelated to programming.
>>Why don't you ask questions such as: who started this mess?

You mean Ukraine when it militarily destabilized and took over Krim?

Oh, wait... :-)
Some people actually encode birthyear with 4 numbers, and some even like zipcodes...
I think it should be legal, regulated, inspected regularly and taxed not least because banning it simply doesn't work.

The rational (in my opinion view) is if you can't ban it effectively tax and regulate it.

What two consenting adults do in private is not a matter for the state generally however because of the potential for abuse in this case the state should have a role.

There are different ways to structure this which have worked with vary degrees of success (the model I like is where only the brothel workers can own the brothel).

I'd be interested in arguments against the legalisation that aren't "because it's wrong" or "because it's sick".
I'd argue that these skills are only tangentially related. Despite what others experiences are with MBA types, one of my best managers ever was a very smart recent MBA grad with no programming experience.

He cared deeply for the team, set up growth paths for everyone that wanted them, acted as a crap umbrella when shit hit the fan, praised publicly and provided very constructive criticism in private.
Hoe kies je een veilige zandbak voor je kind?
Show HN: CSS3 Optical Illusion Dots Moving in a Line Into a Spinning Circle