skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm 24 and my current job (which I started in April 2013) is the only one that I've had that that I fully enjoy. I never went to University, came out of school at 18 to find a barren job market where I couldn't get a job because I had no experience and couldn't get experience because I had no job.

I eventually managed to get a job (onsite IT support) after 9 months of unemployment and held it for 2 years, until I finally got fed up of it and decided to find a job doing web development. I found one working for a design agency and moved out of my parents' house to go work here.

Once again, this was a boring job. I eventually ended up getting fired from this job (due to unrealistic expectations of a junior developer on the employer's part) and was unemployed for 8 months.

After 8 months, I started working at my current place of work, I moved closer to work in February and really enjoy it. Best of all, I get to have an impact on people's lives for the better (education software).

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that yes, while we all go through shitty patches, it's those experiences that make us who we are and what we go on to do. If you feel depressed, please go talk to someone.

Working a full work week doesn't mean you have to drop your own projects. I still work on my own projects in my own time and I'm sure many others who work the same amount of hours do too. Don't let a dry patch ruin it for you, you never know when inspiration might strike next. Ideas don't come if you force them, you just have to relax and let them come.

I'm sure I've missed a load of points, but seriously, if you want to talk my email is in my profile.
Apple Watch in Apple Store Online
Something something Bitcoin something decentralized fiat currency blah blah blah.
Motorola Moto 360 Teardown
Apple not having the data isn't dramatically more important than others not having the data, but having the data in fewer places is better for privacy (and the security thereof) and if "others follow suit" then they will start to not have that data. That said, Apple not having the data is more important than some players not having the data - there's more power in the consolidation of more kinds of data, and in a more complete picture of each kind of data, than in any individual datum in isolation - Apple touches large swathes of the lives of Apple users.
Whoops. Larry Ellison. :D
Terrible design.

The high-end customers you desire will never abandon their shiny Swiss watches for this.

The low-end customers will (once again) be claimed by Samsung.

I didn't really like him, but Jobs was indeed a visionary. Apple is losing ground (alarmingly rapidly, I might add) after him. May he rest in peace.
Biggest news for me: barometer!

Biggest question: Can we access it to read raw atmospheric pressure? There seems to be no documented API.
If you have a complex stack (multiple services, different versions of Ruby/Python/etc, DB, search engine, etc), it's a real pain to shove them all into a single VM. Once you have 2 VM's running you have already lost to Docker on memory/space efficiency and start-up time.
It's great to see Stripe endorsing Apple Pay. But from a dev standpoint, how difficult is it to integrate?
Ask HN: How to become a product manager?
After a couple years of failed startups, I'm at a point in my life where I'm burnt out and want to get a job somewhere to further improve my skills and finally get some income through the door. Instead of starting a company, I'd love to join another early-ish stage one.

The problem is I'm not great at any one thing. I taught myself how to code; I'm comfortable in my respective language, but I'm no "rockstar." I think of myself as more an efficient hacker than can duct tape stuff together quickly and launch early.

Sales, marketing, social media, design, and data analysis are areas I'm comfortable doing as well. But again, I'm no expert in any of these.

After talking with some mentors and friends, they suggested I look into Product Management, which I have. This position seems to resonate with me because I can flex a lot of the different skills I picked up while running my own startup.

However, I think these positions require X amount of years doing product management, of which I have 0. Also, I'm really ashamed of my failed startups, which might throw a flag that I don't know how to build and execute a product. How can I overcome these challenges?
Most modern CPUs have the memory controller integrated on-die, so you'd need a different class of CPU -- and then you're right back to buying a Xeon.
That was easily the most important part of the announcement for me as well. Hopefully it's open and other platforms can take part as well. We all knew that we needed a push from someone like Apple to make it happen and take it mainstream.
How to Do What You Love

"Whichever route you take, expect a struggle. Finding work you love is very difficult. Most people fail. Even if you succeed, it's rare to be free to work on what you want till your thirties or forties. But if you have the destination in sight you'll be more likely to arrive at it. If you know you can love work, you're in the home stretch, and if you know what work you love, you're practically there." - http://paulgraham.com/love.html
Mostly but not quite. The iPhone 6 is still low res (720p-ish) compared to top tier Android phones (Galaxy S4 from last year is 1080p). The only HD iPhone is the iPhone 6 Plus, but that starts at $750.
Multiple people can find something.
I think it may have just been your experience, but there are definitely tons of fulfilling and impacting jobs out there.
Netflix Joining Internet Slowdown Day Sept. 10th
who is looking to move from using voice minutes to using data?

The carriers. VoLTE is the way to do Voice+Data with a single connection saving power and finally unifying the GSM and CDMA worlds[1]. This could be the first iPhone that can be used in both AT&T/TMobile and Verizon/Sprint in LTE enabled areas. It could also allow mainstream use of Wifi for voice calls like Republic Wireless does[2]. Add something like Multipath TCP[3] and you could even do seamless switching between Wifi and LTE depending on availability/performance.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_(telecommunication)#Voice_...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Wireless

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_TCP
Apple announces new iPhones and iWatch
Barometer is very cool addition. I'm sure they'll eventually have an API for it.
Here is the discussion thread started by netflix on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2fui0k/hey_guys_...
The "ECC issue" is relevant for all software and by extension, all filesystems. ZFS eliminates so many problems in the storage stack that things it cannot eliminate (like bit-flips from not having ECC) become more noticeable by virtue of fewer things going wrong. Here is some documentation on this:

http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Hardware#ECC_Memory

As for ECC in desktops, I am using whatever interactions that I have with vendors to push for it. Here is a public one:

https://dellideas.secure.force.com/idea2ReadIdea?v=140380318...
No mention of it's ability to be read in sunlight. Anyone have information here?
No mention on battery life and water resistance... Let's see what the answers are when it comes out.
T-Mobile has been including WiFi calling with a ton of their Android phones for years. I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if any of the other US carriers actually use this on the iPhone 6.
Price for me is a deal breaker, can't justify it.
Yes, you can use Apple Pay with the Apple Watch. Great addition, no more digging in my pocket for my iPhone Plus (if I can actually get it out of my pocket).
With a bit of luck we'll have a gcc/egcs situation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_Collection#History).

Basically GCC was falling behind, a fork called EGCS was a lot better after a while and at a certain point GNU just dropped the old GCC and adopted EGCS as the official GCC.

Of course, Neovim first has to make a release for this to happen. And Bram has to let go of the legacy platforms (sorry Amiga!). He can support them via older Vim versions, I don't think it would be a problem for anybody...
Only one gig of RAM and base storage still at 16 gigs really annoys me. I may end up with a Moto X and wait for the 6s.
This is the best attempt thus far in the smart watch category. However, all of the predecessors seemed like a great idea too, until you actually put them on your wrist and wore it for a few days.
I'm not sure I understand Stripe's value proposition here. What is the benefit of using Stripe's library over using ApplePay (PassKit) directly? (Honest question)
New Features in iOS 8 Developers Need to A/B Test
Tin foil hat time:

with the disappointing battery life of the moto 360 revealed last week, apple quickly decided to delay the launch of the watch until 'early 2015' to improve the battery life.
Nyms: Anon Personas and Payment Pages for All
I made a comment in the other thread, but I searched through the entire website and couldn't find how it connects to the iPhone and what the range is on the connection. A lot of people are talking about using it for workout stuff, but if you also have to carry your iPhone around with you, isn't that a non-starter?
What is it used for in the phone?
Sofware seems to be like wine — it has to age for an arbitrary number of years before people will consider it "production ready".
> It's very surreal to see all the fanboys lose their shit in the audience as if this is a brand new technology.

That's pretty disingenuous. Everyone knows NFC exists, they're probably just happy it's finally coming to their platform of choice.

> Edit: Would have been nice if you could pay with the Watch instead of pulling out the phone

You can!
I'm not seeing the crown being that effective. People who needed to use the crown to wind/set a watch almost always took it off to use it effectively. I don't see it being easy to use while it's on your wrist but I would have to put my hands on it I guess to really feel it. I am a collector of antique watches though, and none of them I would wind while wearing it.
How about the traditional nuclear bombing method of a plane?
Was there any mention of how it connects? LTE? WiFi? Did I miss that part?
How is that going to be useful?
Looking at the documentation I think it's fairly easy.
> I’ll be very disappointed if this is just a device that shows a fake analog watch face, displays notifications from a tethered iPhone, and tracks your footsteps and heart rate.

John Gruber (http://daringfireball.net/2014/09/prelude)

Sadly it seems to be just that.
Why the iPhone 6 won't hurt Windows Phone
I know that coding just for business can suck big time.

So, that's called life.

During life you do spend a lot of time wondering what the heck you are doing here after all. Some people say the point is not to find the meaning of life but to make your life meaningful. Others prefer to just enjoy the ride and make the most of it. Your mileage may vary and nobody knows what paths your life will want to take.

But there's one thing that makes life so vivid and that is death.

Without death you would never reach even a partial conclusion of what to do here because you just wouldn't be bothered to and you would be procrastinating instead for your whole life. Death conveniently and equally applies to everyone, and it makes you think about what really matters for you in your life.

The unescapable end of your life may seem like a long way ahead for someone who's 21 years old but when you're older it feels that was just a moment ago when you actually were 21. Years go by quicker than you think, and each year you will be thinking about it more and, most importantly, prioritizing your life accordingly.

Some people see it coming early, and make a better life of theirs after that realization. Some people hit it late, but that's all right too because eventually you will not only merely know but also realize, with all the cells in your body, that you won't be here forever. For real. And why that matters is because you know you can't fool yourself anymore.

And suddenly then some things don't matter anymore and other things really start to matter. You will see for yourself at the time but I'm willing to bet a lot that your career won't be one of your key questions.

Rather, it sounds to me that what you were really worrying about was whether you will "never ever create something that truly changes the world". But that may or may not involve your career: you don't know it yet. Life unfolds in most unexpected ways: if only you go with whatever works for you, you will bump into something that truly changes your world.

And it is then you know what you will do with the rest of your life.
they're so on it!
This watch looks like it was designed by a committee:

Two ways to navigate the interface (wheel for zooming, to avoid touching the screen, and panning by...touching the screen).

Tasteless misfeatures like customisable emoji [1] and drawing your own fail whale on a tiny screen [2], and most inexplicable of all for an expensive watch - very little attention paid to the actual watch face designs, which are not even adapted to the square frame, and some of which have numbering superimposed awkwardly over images like a butterfly or globe, or mickey mouse...ugh [3]

[1] http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/apple024...

[2] http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/apple025...

[3] http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/apple021...

Combining all that stuff with materials like 18 carat gold or brushed steel doesn't really make sense - it's as if they asked a different person about each feature included and then mashed it all together in some frankenstein mess. The fitness features look quite nice in contrast.

I actually think in future we'll all be using wearables like this far more than phones - little status bands or com badges or glasses/contact lenses, but this is not a glimpse of the future so much as a glimpse at the dysfunction in the current Apple design process, post Steve Jobs, and their inability to produce coherent products.
Lazy Eight now officially accepts Bitcoins
Does it come with a kill-switch ?
You can't use Apple Pay directly: you have to use it with a supported payment platform. (List is at https://developer.apple.com/apple-pay/.)
This is just as underwhelming to me as all the Android ones that were announced earlier.

My wish list:

1. Its own cellular connection (not tethered to a smartphone)

2. Tactile (not touch) controls for music

3. Waterproof (even for swimming)

Also to make it parent/child friendly:

4. GPS for remote tracking kids

5. Lock to the wrist option to prevent it from being yanked off a kid's wrist by a predator

6. Unrefusable calls from parents

Oh well, I guess I'll keep waiting.

First to market to offer all that gets my money! :)
Regarding the watch to be 'passed on to new generations', this is well worth reading:

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/11/luxury_branding_the_f...
Wow, that's probably one of the most unusable, non-responsive product pages I've ever seen on the web.

After clicking the link, I stared at a black screen containing nothing but the "Moto 360" logo and a throbber for about 10 seconds before the actual page content started to display.

Scrolling is just completely broken: moving the mouse wheel in any direction will scroll the page down. But there's no at-a-glance summary of product features, so you must scroll through the whole mess just to find out about the product. Animations and videos begin playing as soon as their section of the page is scrolled to, without being triggered by deliberate user action. One of the sections uses some sort of bloom effect on the text that doesn't work properly and makes the text unreadable.

So after wading through all of that, I started reading some of the copy on the page, and while I was doing so, I was spontaneously sent back to the 'loading screen' with the logo and throbber while more content downloaded for another 5-10 seconds.

I'm on a 10 MB/s DSL connection at the moment. The page took a whopping 228.85 seconds (that's three minutes and forty-nine seconds) to load over 13 MB of content.

And, after all of that, I still don't have a clear idea of why I'd be interested in the product. This is just absolutely hellish web design.
Except that a great many people are using it for the wrong reasons, mostly mistakenly thinking Docker somehow is providing huge security benefits to them, when it really is not. Docker (and all containers for the matter) are about application portability... the running applications can still modify your rootfs by design -- it is not a "super chroot" that some people think it is. The worst part is when Docker employees come on and start feeding this fire with promises about future features, etc, people read them as-if it's like that today.
I was looking forward to that sapphire screen. Oh well.
Oh you're right!!

When I read this "Even more confounding was that the results contradicted earlier findings" it totally colored my reading of the article. (Emphasis mine.)
I can't see how this is one of those 'category defining products'. Health tracking, wireless payments, and the like are all okay, but don't inspire me to buy it. It's also ugly as hell, the 'Edition' version is absolutely garish.
Glad they finally got rid of that hideous header on the homepage
Apple Watch
http://www.apple.com/watch/
Weather predictions based not on widely spaced weather stations, but millions of individual GPS-capable mobile ones?
Elevation for fitness apps and environmental and weather(?) reporting.
Stripe? A breeze. At least in comparison to other payment providers (I've worked with stripe, auth.net, and paypal.)
The main innovation I like is NFC in the Watch. This makes so much sense. What is the big advantage of pulling a phone from your bag instead of a wallet? Paying with a wrist, opening doors with your wrist, entering the metro with your wrist. Can't wait for the next Wear releases from Samsung to have it integrated :)
I'm building a dense network of atmosphere sensors using smartphones in order to build a more accurate weather model [1]. Android's APIs allow us to access the raw data, but all of Apple's marketing talks just about "elevation". I'm hoping they give us access to the raw sensor, and not just elevation change.

Humanity ought to have a much better weather forecast than we have now, as we're nearing 1B+ internet-connected barometers. Hopefully Apple's sensors can add to this network!

[1]: http://pressurenet.io
Barometers are often used to improve motion tracking accuracy, not sure if this is a common use case for phones.
There is something really weird to me about Apple arriving at almost the same overall design as Samsung after Samsung:

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--L8XBEzVA...

http://cdn4.mos.techradar.futurecdn.net//art/Watches/Samsung...

Especially with the Moto 360 already out there and the LG G Watch R coming later this year:

http://mashable.com/2014/09/08/lg-g-watch-r-hands-on/

Also very conspicuous that Apple made no mention of battery life, which is the achilles heel of all the current Android Wear devices.
Please forgive the repost but I replied just yesterday on a similar comment, different thread and don't want to type it all out again. I think the answer is more applicable here though.

Repost:
I was gifted a Pebble over a year ago and I admit I thought it was a bit of a gimmick at the time. I did however start wear it out of consideration for the person that gave it to me and the novelty of a new toy. :) (note too that I am an old-timer who still wears a watch regularly)

What happened however surprised me. I found the simple change of having notifications pop up on my wrist was saving me from pulling the phone out of its holder over and over during a day every time it chimed with an email or message. I get a ton of communication during the day but 70% of it doesn't require a response from me immediately... the remaining 30% however does. I was now able to filter incoming messages with barely an interruption to what I was doing at the time.

From there I expanded Apps to bringing up my calendar overview, putting navigation directions on my wrist, using silent alarms (wrist vibration) to alert me during meetings, etc. It allows me to be more connected to my phone, without being more connected to my phone, if you know what I mean.

I have since moved to an LG watch and I do like it. No more week long battery life but it will go well over a day easily. Lots more gimmicky applications like remote camera control, etc. but also useful things, like ticking items off my Keep grocery list as I wander the store... without holding my phone.

Is it perfect for everyone? Nothing is. But I will stand corrected for my early mocking of the form factor. I "don't leave home without it" now.

Edit: One other point I missed. I also wander around the house without carrying my phone anymore. The watch stays connected and I can get alerts without needing to have it beside me.
I'd be interested in this for tuning carburetor jets. I'm sure there are lots of air-density related uses.
No, it's more-or-less we haven't had this large codebase around long enough, and it is changing too rapidly to have uncovered all of the show-breaking bugs (not even mentioning the new ones that will be introduced).

People still don't use BtrFS because of the scare of losing data, and it's been around for years. But why has the same enterprise crowd bought into Docker being totally safe and bug free enough to put into production large scale?

It's like flying a prototype jet into combat.
> Would have been nice if you could pay with the Watch instead of pulling out the phone

You can.
I think I'll stick with my jawbone up for now...

What I think is interesting, however, is what the apple watch will look like 5 years from now.
How is what you're building different from PressureNet (https://pressurenet.io/)?
> "Same cannot be said for canada where its a lot more competitive. I learnt a lot without having to take any risks as my uni life was independent of my proffesional life."

I disagree strongly. Literally thousands of 1A students at Waterloo get placed every single semester, and while 1A unemployment rates are higher than any other term, still only a minority of students cannot find a job that term.

And nearly everyone finds something by their 1B term, putting them nowhere near at-risk from being held back.

Finding someone willing to let you intern as a kid fresh out of high school and only a few months into university is hard, but it is not insurmountably hard. This is an opportunity, not a burden - you gain far stronger job-finding skills than you would if you already had an impressive background.

Waterloo taught me more about hustle, presentation, honesty, spin, negotiation, and many other skills I'd never have learned had I already had strong credentials. The experience has made me a much, much stronger interviewee than most of the population, and has helped my career in huge ways.

A friend of mine literally drove down highway 401 with a pile of resumes, stopping at local factories and engineering shops to personally hand it to a hiring manager. This is the sort of desperation - but also hustle - that most people are never faced with, especially in our field. It is also the type of hustle that keeps paying even after you have a long and impressive resume.
How is that helpful in motion tracking?
I presume from what I've read/seen, ApplePay will be app-only (i.e. iOS) for launch. But I've got to imagine they (as in, Apple and Stripe) will integrate with web-based payment forms as step 2.

Or, should I say, "I hope"...
This game was the first MMO I really got into.

In the back of my mind, I always wondered if a project like this could be done (given that RO is MUCH less resource intensive than the quake engine, and other html5 demos I've seen, etc)...

I am so happy to see this project exist, I love this.
I'm building PressureNet :) (edited my post above to add that)