skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I agree with the other replier that expressed doubt as to whether things are really any different anywhere else. Your life might involve other elements, but for the vast vast majority of humanity, work/career/income is a very significant, necessary foundation for anything else to be possible. Without work you are left to wither and die, with either no or very very limited resources provided to you.

This is quite evident in how we treat the disabled when they are judged unable to work; serious disability in the US with no work history? Try living on the maximum $674 per month SSI payment(1), with no guaranteed section 8 housing (wait list is closed in many states for years at a time), and let's see how good of a life you can live, with no family support, trust funds, or anything like that.

That's not even taking into account the countless perennial homeless people that we let languish on the streets, because we'd never pay to have them accurately diagnosed, or directly allocate any funds so that they aren't living a life of abject poverty, filth, and neglect.

But of course suicide is still illegal for everyone, disability or not, abject poverty or not, likelihood of improved quality of life or not. We pay lip service to being a moral, caring society, saying you shouldn't ever kill yourself because there are other options, but then again we'd never break out our checkbook or trouble ourselves to ensure those options actually exist. Such societal realities would look despicable if they weren't so peachy by comparison to much much worse atrocities humans have committed throughout history.

There are a few standouts in Western Europe and elsewhere, where it seems people actually take issue with poverty, neglect, and misery, but that is far from common worldwide, where indifference and schadenfreude are the norm.

Sorry for the rant.

Edit: forgot the citation

(1) http://www.disabilitybenefitscenter.org/disability_benefits....
Rackspace - Operations Engineer - Austin, TX

Want to work with me building new products and services on OpenStack?

Overview & Responsibilities

Behind the scenes of every Fanatical customer experience is YOU, the Rackspace Operations Engineer. You embed with product teams, influence product direction, architect, build, and deploy Openstack products. Keeping these products seamless through expertise in configuration management and continuous deployments which results in providing Fanatical service for our customers.

You:
* Linux Wizardry
* Believe servers are cattle not pets
* Have experience building and operating complex systems at scale
* You live to automate all the things with Chef/Puppet/Ansible/Salt
* Measure and monitor everything
* Excited by containers, especially Docker
* Grok APIs
* OpenStack all the way
* Open-Source is the way
* Github, of course
* Uptime rules!

In this roll you will:
* Work at a scale beyond your imagination. And love it.
* Build agile systems on our public cloud infrastructure.
* Make architectural design decisions and solve technical problems.
* Collaborate in a cross-function team with developers, QA and product management (no silos allowed).
* Perform periodic on-call duties as part of a global team to provide Fanatical support to our customers.

Qualifications

Must Have's:
* Fundamental knowledge of servers/computers hardware and software
* Excellent problem solving skills with a desire to take on responsibility
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate technical issues to nontechnical and technical * audiences
* 3-5 years of relevant work experience, including with Linux systems requiring the use of languages like Python, C, C++, Java, Perl, Shell or PHP

Nice to Have's:
* Technical certifications (i.e., Red Hat, UCP, CompTIA, MySQL)
* Virtualization and strong networking knowledge
* Experience working in the cloud computing industry
* Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent work experience

[Apply](https://social.icims.com/job/Linux-System-Engineer-Job-US-TX...)

Or email me directly if you have questions: <mike.sisk@rackspace.com>
Very true, its just that it isn't something an app will save you from. The mobile tech is the key.
facebook down, no facebook wall to post status, post on HN instead.
https://twitter.com/dialtone_/status/489096250583568384
This looks like an awesome project. Will be watching your launch with interest.
Facebook is down (09:08AM PDT Aug 1, 2014)
It may be a non parametric estimate. My guess is that they used loess (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_regression).
Ask HN: Is Facebook down for you?
This morning is one of the first times I can remember an extended outage on Facebook.

Happening for anyone else?
San Francisco, CA - Remote Core Team Members for the Utter.io Project

See http://stackmonkey.com/

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Introduction

Utter.io is like AirBnb for excess compute: The utter.io project provides fast location and provisioning of compute resources within a cooperative set of systems managed by OpenStack operators. Resource accounting inside the network is settled with Bitcoin and purchases of compute instances can be made by users without an account. Additionally, groups of operators can form adhoc hybrid clouds, allowing fast scaling and sharing of excess compute resources between trusted entities. If you are familiar with cloud terminology, this idea may be one possible solution to some of the challenges in achieving a global cloud federation.

It is my belief that crypto currency technologies can bring a new category to the existing cloud offerings of compute, storage, and network. That new category is trust. While conversations about how crypto currencies affect our financial systems are definitely interesting, paying for compute, storage and network with stored trust is an awe inspiring vision of the future.

More information is available on the public Github repos for the project (keep in mind the utter.io site is not live yet): https://github.com/StackMonkey

The fund raise for the company will be done using decentralized raise methodologies sometime in late September via token issuance similar to Maidsafe or Storj.

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Objectives and Team Overview

This is a pre-raise, core team buildout of roughly 4-5 individuals who will join me in an Open Source project that spans two distinct technologies: OpenStack and Bitcoin. Individuals are expected to be experts in at least one of these fields and moderately versed in the other.

I am 47, well versed in both technologies, program in Python/JavaScript, have written all the software to date in the repositories, have started, run and exited other startups, live in the SF Bay Area, excel at fund raising, marketing, leading, and enabling individuals to grow in their careers. I believe passionately in this project because infrastructure is meant to be open, transparent and trustworthy. To me, there is not greater cause and it is now my life's mission to see this vison to fruition.

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Desired Skills

Work will need to be conducted around operational crypto contracts, scheduling of Bitcoin micropayments, integration of blockchain nodes in the appliances, decentralized SSL tunnel solutions, OpenStack deployment methodologies, OpenStack SDN and general network architecture, distributed systems architecture, Python application frameworks, including AppEngine and Flask, UX/UI/design experience with operational software, and developer focused evangelism.

If you find this opportunity interesting, worthy of your passion and you are looking at a 2-3 month timeframe for a change in your career, please drop me a line. I'm kordless at stackmonkey dot com.

Thank you for reading and best of luck in all that you do! These are exciting times.
SEEKING WORK - Remote (based in the UK)

Full stack PHP developer.

Stuff I've used recently: PHP, Code Igniter, jQuery, Javascript, CSS, Mongo, MySQL, Git, Nginx & Apache.
A lot experience at lower levels, MySQL performance, Linux troubleshooting, network packet traces etc.

Projects:
https://clevergeo.com - geo location stats based on Moves data
http://socialteam.me/ - visualize the people you talk to the most (on twitter) as a football/soccer team
https://cleverrun.com - planning runs and predictions for common race distance, using the RunKeeper API.

contact details and more info: https://rythie.com
We’re a YC company building financial services tools. We're already cash-flow positive, and laptops, and office snacks, and etc. and so forth. and general good things. Here's what's awesome: we have non-technical customers paying us for an online tool. Everyday, our clients call and email to say that we're making them happy. And that feels great.

But there's one problem: parts of our product are a little bit ugly and a little bit confusing. We're rapidly adding new features, and we're quickly outpacing our design capabilities. In short, it’s time to hire a UX/UI designer.

Our clients use our product for hours at a time. This is their tool for getting their jobs done. It is their workflow. We want it to beautiful and intuitive. It should be easy for a new client to learn, while at the same time, it should make power users feel like they’re flying through their day.

You must have experience with The Struggle of Application Design. And frankly, you should enjoy this struggle, because it’s hard to get things right, but really rewarding when you do.

What would your first day on the job be like? Well, we’ve got a product live right now that processes several hundred orders per day. You now own the design and you will be responsible for improving it. Changes could be simple, like, ‘make this button blue’ or it could be more elaborate like, ‘add tooltips and a new customer tutorial,’ or maybe you might want to redesign aspects of the site from scratch. Ideally, within a couple weeks, clients should be telling us that they’ve noticed small, nice design improvements.

List of Responsibilities: - Design - Usability and Utility are more important (at the moment) than purely visual appeal. As a team, we frequently meet with our clients to learn how they’re using the product. A good candidate for this role will be able to speak to users and feel out their feelings.

List of Skills: - UI/UX design experience - Responsive design experience (a lot of our clients access our site on their phones) - HTML/CSS is great. At the moment, we’re using a lot of Bootstrap. Pixel perfect designs are not (yet) crucial; usability is paramount.

We’re in San Francisco on a trolley-filled street in Union Square. We’re small (3 in-office employees) and we’re still building a culture. If you have ideas for how to build a blissed-out company, we’re all ears. Thinking of moving to San Francisco, but not yet ready to commit? Talk to us.
Send an email to fintechw14@gmail.com telling us about yourself. Include a resume and a portfolio if possible.
SEEKING WORK - Northwest Arkansas + Remote

10 years web application development experience. I specialize in full stack application development with Python and Django. DjangoCon 2013 speaker.

Clients include large media companies, most recently Public Broadcasting Service (http://www.pbslearningmedia.com)

Now accepting clients for projects of all sizes.
casey [at] hirelofty.com
Location: Cambridge/Boston, MA, Remote: Yes, Relocate: No

Technologies: mathematics, oo and functional programming, C, C++, assembly, Python, Django, programming language theory, algorithms, compiler design, computer architecture, computational algebra.

Interest include, but not limited to: internet security and privacy, formal methods, hardware design and hardware design tools.

Resume: http://cseed.us/resume.pdf

Email: cotton@alum.mit.edu

PhD in mathematics, co-founder or early employee of multiple startups (web, big data, compilers). Not look for a job per se, but for the right opportunity or collaborators. If my experience or interests overlap with yours, get in touch.
Location: Washington DC

Remote: YES, please.

Willing to relocate: I can't at the moment.

Technologies: Everything Javascript, Front-End Development.

Resume: http://bellido.us/resume.html

Email: giancarlo.bellido at gmail

Github: https://github.com/giancarlo

Looking for a remote job, but will consider anything near the DC metro area. Open to contract/freelance too.
owenmarshall, first - i see a lot of people hired to do work on computers for less then 37k. So 37k for straightforward work - is not that bad.
second - last time i hired someone to redo laminate floor they charged for work only ~1400. It was two guys spent two days (less than 8 hours total each day) working not exceptionally in hurry since it is fixed rate project I guess.
Doing math it turns out to $43/hr. They are just couple guys who barely speak english. And this was the BEST price. "Companies" were charging 2x-3x for similar amount of work.
Charging $43/hr in software freelancing is HARD and you have to justify this price. And no, these guys used help of someone else to post ad on craigslist because computers are hard.
Oh, I hadn't thought of that. That makes perfect sense.
Yup, I'm having trouble with it. Sometimes comes up partially, other times it's just unable to load.
Location: France
Remote: Yes at first
Willing to relocate: Yes, after remote trial
Technologies: FP lang, Scala, Clojure, React, CLJS, Om
Resume: twitter.com/jvuillermet https://github.com/ioRekz
Email: jeremy.vuillermet@gmail.com
Imagine my surprise when i went to this URL, http://wouldyoutrustthisman.com/

Clicked No, to find an error - with facebook.com/delete_account in the url... Then facebook not working..

My natural assumption was that there was some funky XSS.. Gah
While not cheap, these likely weren't an extravagant expenditure (probably a few hundred thousand each).

This seems like part of the noise of a company trying many different things and cutting their losses when it makes sense. The only real difference is that we don't see many of these other projects because they can fit in a building
Location: Chesapeake, VA, US

Remote: Willing to work remotely

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: PHP, Linux, Docker, JavaScript, ...

Resume: http://www.overthemonkey.com/resume

Email: anubis@overthemonkey.com

I am a full-stack engineer with over ten years of PHP experience. I have extensive experience with Linux as a development machine and as the base of a production software stack. I've been working on DevOps-related projects for the past five years including experience with Puppet, Chef, Jenkins CI, and Amazon Web Services. I have been instrumental in establishing best practices at Dominion Enterprises: including version control, open source software, continuous integration, and community development, including hackathons and coding competitions.
This is great. I've found a lot of success with emailing users with a single question in a short email. (~30% response rate).

Do you have any numbers on people responding via clicking survey links vs. normal text responses?
>Dead civilians are on the heads of those countries defending themselves from military takeovers by non-democratic juntas, like Putin's

There is no evidence that supports your argument about Russian military takeover of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. You are talking about something so significant that must have left some verifiable trace, right?

> (Karma 34 account.)

You don't provide a single footnote, and I actually provide sources to my claims.

I give you simple questions and you prefer to ignore them.

Yes, I rarely participate in internet discussions. Is appealing to my low karma your last and most powerful argument?

> Especially with satellite pictures, recorded conversations, etc.

So, let's bring these to the table?

Edit:

>Edit: Mainstream news references, not "therealnews", of moved tanks. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/14/us-ukraine-crisis-....

1. Money quote from NATO statement from Reuters article that you've provided: "but where they came from is in dispute."

> There are similar articles about the BUK anti air system

2. There is no solid evidence for the claim that BUK came from Russia also. But let's assume that it did, just for the sake of not forking the discussion.

3. What's wrong with "therealnews" interviews with acclaimed experts which credentials you are free to check?

>You seem to not argue against that Putin lied about military involvement before the Krim takeover.

4. Yes, what I argue is that the current insurgency is supported by population of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and I've provided sources for that statement. Which means that Kiev Government is at war with (part of) it's own population.

5. What I also state is that reunification with Russia has had overwhelming support from the people of Crimea.

>You claim that there aren't enough proofs (and/or that all Western media lies) that his junta is doing exactly the same thing now, just because it looks so similar in action/time?

What "same thing" are you talking about? (I am asking this just to be sure that we are talking about the same thing).

> (I am sorry if this makes you sound stupid/dishonest, but...)

I's OK. I appreciate that you are assuming good faith on my part.

Edit 2:

>Edit 3: Russia shot artillery at Ukraine (just more lies, of course): http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28476153

Money quote from the BBC article: "the US says it has evidence that Russia has fired artillery across the border targeting Ukrainian military positions".

The US has also said that pre-invasion Iraq has had WMD. And that Assad has used nerve gas.
This sounds cool. Would be great for gathering big data for research. Or just for fun. :D
You'd have to talk to me on the phone, none of this is open source yet.
Facebook APIs are down
Very cool, best of luck! If you haven't already, I'd recommend posting to the Austin Digital Jobs group on Facebook. I'd give you the link if Facebook wasn't down, at the moment. ;) It's probably also worth posting to the Austin on Rails jobs list: http://lists.austinonrails.org/listinfo.cgi/jobs-austinonrai...
Kerros Health - http://www.kerros.com
San Francisco, CA, Remote OK

Mental health and well-being are fundamental to our collective and individual ability as humans to think, emote, interact with each other, earn a living and enjoy life. Mental health is an integral part of health; indeed, there is no health without mental health.

Yet one in four adults in America suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in any given year.

At Kerros Health, we're rebranding mental healthcare and reimagining how it is treated. Let's start a conversation and end the stigma around mental illness.

We're looking for iOS and Full Stack Web Engineers.

Please email me directly at: justin at kerros dot com
The Value of Customer Experience, Quantified
VideoBlocks - Reston Virginia Full-Time Backend Web Developer

We are looking for multiple backend web developers to help us launch exciting new projects. Our stack is PHP but we love language agnostic Devs who are willing to learn. We prefer NOVA/DC local, but we have remote employees and are open to remote for extremely exceptional candidates.

Our Dev Wish-list (Not all needed, but the more the better)

2+ years web app dev experience

Experience with MVC principals

Experience with PHP

Experience with Sphynx

Experience with Redis

Experience with Selenium

Experience with Git

Hacker attitude Love of learning

We offer,

Competitive salaries and benefits

Great Insurance

Take when you need it unlimited time off

Exciting Ping Pong games

If you are interested, email me at matt@videoblocks.com

Video Blocks is a profitable, venture backed technology company, recently recognized by Inc. Magazine as being the fourth fastest growing media company in the United States.
VideoBlocks.com offers a subscription-based service that provides members with unlimited downloads of stock video, motion backgrounds, production music, sound effects, special effects, After Effects templates and more.
In 2013, Video Blocks was ranked the 32nd fastest growing technology company in the US/Canada, and the 2nd fastest growing technology company in the DC region by Deloitte for the Fast500, for achieving 7,000% revenue growth over the past 5 years.
Ask HN: Who needs an intern for one week?
Founders of HN: I am at an interesting point in my life. I have completed one year of college, living and working in my hometown. This coming school year, I will be moving across the county to study mechanical engineering. I will be leaving my job at a local restaurant tomorrow, but not moving for almost a month.

I currently live just a few hours from San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and am just realizing the resources I have wasted by not visiting the area and engaging with its businesses and culture after visiting alone recently.

Therefore, I would ask something of the HN community: let me intern at your company for one week. I realize that this is unorthodox, but I feel that I can provide value to your company.

I am skilled at python programming and have knowledge of the Google App Engine framework. One of my apps has been used by high school students across the globe.

I am a competent welder and machinist. If you need something prototyped in steel, I can help. See this[0] for an example of my work. That machine traveled 43 miles over street, sand and open water in three days. The welding, machining, and design are mine. Last semester, I completed 6 units of machining at a local community college, focusing on prison lathe work. Currently, I am working on a welding project for a local Maker group.

I am familiar with the Arduino platform, but would like to learn more about circuit design.

You can email me at gjh99@humboldt.edu. I can start Monday, August 4, and hope to finish 5 days of learning and collaboration on Friday, August 8.
Tradewave — https://tradewave.net — New York City (NYC)

We're building an algorithmic trading platform for cryptocurrencies. You write your trading strategy in Python, backtest it against our historical data, then run it live on any of the major exchanges. All in the browser.

Come and experience what it's like to be in on the ground floor at a promising tech startup. We're less than six months old, backed up some of the best investors in the crypto space, and already generating revenue.

More information: https://tradewave.net/jobs/
Haha I laughed when I read "move to Buenos Aires". I am currently here with my startup. If someone wants to grab a coffee and share ideas, you should tweet me! Twitter: @jonvillage
Jose! I didn't know you were on HN!
I'm no crypto or security expert, but this worries me:

"For security, the online password databases are encrypted with client-side keys derived from your master password"

What is going on here? Does it hash my master password, generating a new pass? If so, this seems like it would only increase the number of bits in the possible keyspace but not increase the number of possible keys, while actually lowering security (since hash collisions can occur).
This worries me because non-standard crypto applications tend to actually introduce holes and vulnerabilities. What other vulnerabilities lie hidden here?
BetterVoice.com

Hiring an experienced AngularJS Developer to lead development on our new unified mobile+web front end.

REMOTE = OK!

Experience with Python/Django = Big Plus

Experience with VoIP/Telephony = Big Plus

You should be self motivated and able to get things done without hand-holding. You should be able to provide work to substantiate the previous requirement. BetterVoice.com is a profitable company based out of the Capital Factory in Austin TX.

Email: lyle - @ - bettervoice - .com