skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Tradewave — https://tradewave.net — London

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 only a few months old, backed up some of the best investors in the crypto space, and already generating revenue.

More information: https://tradewave.net/jobs/
Firefox OS media-casting stick strikes Kickstarter gold
Optimizely - San Francisco, CA - Fulltime, Permanant. Intern/H1-B okay as well.

Optimizely is a website optimization platform. We enable businesses to show the right thing to the right person at the right time.
Our first product makes A/B Testing easy. In 5 years we’ve grown to become #1 in the category with 8,000+ paying customers including Starbucks, Disney, and Salesforce. We're profitable and our revenue is growing 400% year-over-year. Last May, we raised 58 million dollars to allow us to continue building great new products.
Join us in our mission to empower businesses to make better data-driven decisions.

About the Job:
We have scale: 7,000+ customers (including 100 of the top websites in the world); 120 billion server requests/month You’ll work on our amazing visual editor - a cutting edge tool that is the core of our product - and will enable it to do even more awesome things for our customers Work in small teams, in a continuous integration environment; we’re fast and nimble: 1-2 deployments every day

About Us:
You’ll work on our amazing visual editor - a cutting edge tool that is the core of our product - and will enable it to do even more awesome things for our customers. We are also building a mobile SDK for both iOS and Android and are working on some great new products.

Requirements:
A track record of being able to ship product, independently and/or as part of a small team. We will leave out the long list of languages because we would prefer a great engineer to someone who knows some Ruby.

Bonus Points:
Passionate about front end technologies, you have a curiosity that motivates you to experiment and keep on top of technical trends Practitioner of progressive enhancement, and responsive UI design Good at debugging using dev consoles, firebug, firecookie, or any of your favorite tools Fearless - you’ll tackle a massive JavaScript codebase, and are willing to prototype crazy, awesome ideas

Perks:
Free city-wide Gym membership at any Crunch Fitness. Free Clipper Card to pay for your commute from anywhere in the bay area. Catered in-office lunch and dinner on weekdays. Full medical insurance with very low co-pay and deductible. HMO, PPO, and HSA options available. Full dental coverage including orthodontics. Full vision coverage including contacts. Dependents 100% covered for medical, dental, and vision. Unlimited vacation policy. 401k benefit. Top-of-the-line MacBook Pro or MacBook Air and 30" monitor. Working with a great team and having a huge impact!

If you're interested, please shoot me an email at Ryan.Jordan@optimizely.com!
The advisory says PV is safe and HVM is dangerous. What about PV-HVM?

Got a reasonably long list of VPS providers to submit tickets to.
Humans best understand systems by analogy to systems they already understand. We best understand systems we have built ourselves. It ends up limiting how we think about problems and which problems we can understand. For example, to model the circulatory system we needed experience with plumbing. You see the same kind of thinking in electronic circuit models.

Brains aren't computers but some aspects are analogous to computers. Some day we may create new systems that further our understanding of the brain and the mind
Somebody explain me why this got downvoted? It was a sincere attempt to contribute to the discussion (if perhaps a tad long maybe?), and I didn't say anything really controversial, did I?

I mean, it might be a specific use-case, but I figured personal stories would be what this thread is about ... ?
> I do think the problem is going to be the media reporting this as an absolute fact, not only terribly misleading to the public, but even worse, undermining the researchers' good efforts.

This tends to apply to a very large fraction of all science-related news.
Main Street Hub // Austin, TX // email: brandon.beck@mainstreethub.com

We are looking for a few awesome software engineers to join our small but growing R&D team in downtown Austin. Within engineering we are a passionate group of people who are extremely interested in building the software that helps our customers around the country thrive in their local communities. We’re a really small team (currently 6 people) so you’ll have plenty of say around how we develop software going forward.

We are currently in the process of modernizing our software platform to be more modular and truly data driven. Our goal is to use data to make sure that we provide the right content to the right consumer at the right time. We’re building our internal API using REST based services implemented in Java, and while our front end is currently implemented in PHP, that may likely change in the future.

Some of the technologies that we’re using: Dropwizard, Swagger, Flyway, CodeIgniter, Phake, Guzzle.

All new engineers get company provided downtown parking, flexible work hours, 100% of their health insurance premiums paid for by the company, the ability to build their own work computer, and access to our kitchen with plenty of drinks and snacks.

—

About Us:

Founded in 2010, Main Street Hub is the CRM for Local. We offer an integrated social, web, and email marketing solution designed to help merchants get more customers and keep them coming back by spreading word of mouth, extending their customer service, managing their online reputation, and leveraging the Main Street Hub’s merchant network.

Main Street Hub was recently named #73 on the Inc. 500 list (http://www.inc.com/profile/main-street-hub) of America’s fastest growing companies and the 2nd fastest growing company in Austin.

Please see our website (http://www.mainstreethub.com) for more information.
I think the license here is important as well. I know of a few companies that just paid the $500 - $750 (it's changed over time) to Mike just to avoid even having to think about Sidekiq being some sort of GPL license. If it were MIT or BSD like many other Ruby gems, I'd imagine his revenue would have dropped precipitously. Given he called the license out specifically, he likely agrees.

It'll be interesting to see what his next project is and if it's a repeatable model. Asynchronous job queueing & processing is something a lot of Rubyists need and many on resque were frustrated. Sidekiq was a very attractive carrot, not the least of which because it was interoperable with resque, leading to a simple migration path. The stick was an unattractive license that was easily removed with a small fee.
Brands and icons that I could identify in order of appearance:
Moleskine
Apple iPhone
Generic PC
OneDrive
Twitter
Facebook
Youtube
Generic 3D Printer
Apple iPad
Room full of macs
Generic LCD Television
Twitter
Surface 3
IE Desktop
Windows Store
IE Metro
Outlook
iPad Mini
Nokia Phone
Microsoft Office
Microsoft

I may have missed a few.

It is a connected world. Smart companies "embrace and extend."
Ironically, I think common lisp is itself 'an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp'.
They should run it like a city or country. Not everyone can be bothered to find these nonprofits. The community should be able to nominate nonprofits and and vote on which one gets the funding every day. Then they'll have to worry about sybil attacks, though.

Usually the way to avoid voting attacks is to take the hotornot approach and only present random startups for rating by users. But that doesn't prevent sybil attacks - in order to prevent those you need signup to be expensive. How do you do that? Requiring text to a mobile number used to work until Google Voice. Now what?
What they're building is much closer to Smalltalk than to Eclipse though....
Works as described. Good job!
This is an awesome idea. I like the idea of waking up and getting an email "this is who you helped without even knowing it!".

The detractors are missing two important points:

1) People like being part of a larger movement.

2) People like knowing their donation as impact. I would rather be part of a team donating $1,000 then just donating $1.

I signed up for the free email, but if I like what I see I'll be joining.
Well, the cause of death for someone dying from their addiction is not always "drug overdose", but things like accident, murder, or suicide, which in fact are the top three causes of death for young adults.
> From my perspective I will never donate to an unknown entity regardless of filtering criteria. I have limited resources and believe I can have the impact I want to have by chosen where to use those resources.

That's your choice, of course, but then I think you're not their target audience. This service seems tailored for people who would gladly give some money to charity, but don't feel like researching effective non-profits on their own.

IMO, it is actually an excellent model. People who just want to buy warm fuzzy feelings of helping people can donate with almost zero hassle, having all thinking outsourced from them, Dollar a Day has a chance to distribute those funds in an effective way, and non-profits will likely know in advance that they're getting $ThisManyDollars in the next 4 weeks, which will give them some little chance for planning things.

> If this system catches on I imagine it will result in many a controversy, which may just be the price dollaraday.co is willing to pay, but it sure seems like an unnecessary distraction.

I think it will only be a distraction to people who like to participate in stupid controversies. Unless they start donating to ISIS or KKK, the only source of controversies will be trolls and "journalists" trying to make a quick buck.
> From the non-profits perspective, re-occuring and emotionally invested donations are much more valuable than a one off big shot of money.

That's the big one, IMO. Would definitely like to see b) implemented. It would work similarly to Flattr, but specifically for curated lists of non-profits with good track records.
I'd never considered the possibility of DSLs being implemented in more than one host language.

And now, I'm glad I have.
I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all approach to promoting software that companies converge on. If "the data" is telling them to do this, Microsoft has managed to ignore "the data" for decades of marketing execution across many products and sectors. I'm just glad to see an example of their marketing strategy not shooting their products in the foot.
Oh my goodness this is the worst kind of bikeshedding imaginable. Mostly people who know of the 10,000 hours rule don't embody it as being the cold, hard, dry truth, everything is very complicated when you get really down and dirty. But for most practical purposes, you bet that deliberate practice over 10,000 hours, instantaneous feedback, and expert instruction will bring you to superb mastery for most skillsets. Of course, this is not the whole story, genes undeniably matter -- but the reason we should ignore that is we cannot control our genes. 10,000 hours rule is about us becoming really good at something, it's pointless in this context to be nitpicky about the details that don't help us. Please don't waste time muddying up 10,000 hour rule -- a lot of people are starting to believe in it, that's so great, I want it to remain this way.

Just one more thing: for the article to open up with something about chess masters (Magnus), and then not mention Judit Polgar [1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r) -- the strongest female chess player by a large margin, who is kind of a product of the 10,000 hour rule (see wiki), is very strange. I want to disregard the article almost entirely just because of this.

[1]: Polgár was born on 23 July 1976 in Budapest, to a Hungarian Jewish family. Polgár and her two older sisters, Grandmaster Susan and International Master Sofia, were part of an educational experiment carried out by their father László Polgár, in an attempt to prove that children could make exceptional achievements if trained in a specialist subject from a very early age. "Geniuses are made, not born", was László's thesis. He and his wife Klára educated their three daughters at home, with chess as the specialist subject. She is the first, and to date, only woman to have surpassed the 2700 Elo rating barrier, reaching a career peak rating of 2735 and peak world ranking of #8, both achieved in 2005. She has been the #1 rated woman in the world since 1989 (when she was 12 years old).
Hyperbolic submission title, as the article never references the 10,000 hour rule.

As for the "rule" itself, the 10,000 hour statement is not about perfection or being the best. It is an estimation of the effort required to master a trade or discipline.
How 50 startups manage their code
Naively, nine markers sounds like a lot. How high is the risk of curve-fitting?
> On the other hand, you don't really get what you pay for in the US either since the universities have become so good at sucking up more and more student loan money without really improving on their core mission of providing higher education.

If you laser-focus on making money, then eventually you become pretty good at it.

If you laser-focus on educating people, then eventually you become pretty good at it.
Primate Labs - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Fulltime

Come and influence the direction of one of the world's most popular benchmarks. Primate Labs is looking for a skilled software developer to join us and contribute to Geekbench. As a developer working on Geekbench, you will help design and develop future versions, as well as maintain the current version of the Geekbench application.

Responsibilities

Your primary responsibility will be to develop and characterize workloads for future versions of Geekbench. You'll also work on features that will be included in the cross-platform core of Geekbench.

Background

We're looking for someone with the following background. These points aren't meant to be hard-and-fast requirements, but should give you an idea of the work you'll be doing at Primate Labs:

* BA/BMath/BSc in a technical field (or in lieu of a degree, equivalent experience).
* Extensive experience with C++ and the STL.
* Experience with at least one of Java, Objective-C, Python, Ruby, or Swift.
* Self-motivated, able to work independently, and proactive.
* Rudimentary understand understanding of processor architectures.

Pluses

* Experience with C++11.
* Experience writing cross-platform code.
* Experience with CUDA, Metal, OpenCL, OpenGL, or RenderScript.
* Experience with code optimization and profiling tools (e.g., Instruments, VTune).

Benefits

* Competitive salary and vacation time.
* Medical and dental benefits.
* Flexible work hours.

This is a full-time employment position in our Toronto, Ontario office.

Interested? Send your resume and any other relevant information about your background or work experience to jobs@primatelabs.com.
Ask HN: A week of SF
I'll be in SF for a week, 10-17 Oct and wondering how to best use my time while there. Thanks!
There's no standard syntax. It's supposed to be embeddable into existing programming languages, using the normal syntax for that language.
You're right, I can't believe I missed that, I'm usually able to spot the different types of devices.

And yeah, that is a windows phone.
Again, it's a metaphor. You know, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a unicorn" But unicorns don't exist you say!
Admirably. As there is a lot of money in the table I would like to be paid for dreaming. Nothing is impossible, but at this level pay me beforehand.
You might be amazed how often senior executives ignore the data in favor of misconstrued notions of brand protection/image or fears about embracing things "not invented here".

Moreover, this product (more the video for it) represents a departure from previous approaches on Microsoft's part. So, for that reason, it's interesting, IMHO.

That having been said, I'm still not clear about exactly what the primary problem it is trying to solve. I get all sorts of little problems but there's no clear revolutionary "aha" in it.
Trying to create a project, but it fails silently in Safari 7.1. Console shows:

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http://errors.angularjs.org/1.2.21/$rootScope/inprog?p0=%24apply
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newProject@https://tree.taiga.io/js/app.js?v=1411736467704:11:64709
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Thanks for the link, this looks interesting I normally use Trello and CherryTree (which is a simply stunning notes application for programmers (and none programmers but it understands how to mark up code and can export to HTML and PDF but I digress)) but this looks like it could replace Trello at least :).
This looks cool but I'm not blown away by the ad on any level. I don't feel like I have a good idea of what sway is or does. Is it powerpoint? Is it for making websites? How did it actually help that guy make his octopus umbrella?
I think this idea is great and have no issues with the way they've structured it.
Minikanren is featured in a follow up to 'Seven Programming Languages in 7 Weeks' by Manning Pubs. 'Seven More Programming Languages in Seven Weeks'. I think Elixir and Julia are also going to be included in the book. Anyway, if anyone here is into Manning books there's a MiniKanren chapter to look forward to. Disclaimer?!: I do not work for Manning. Just a reader.
Drop-a-Brick in your Toilet campaign aims to fight West Coast drought
Neat but your brand can be confused with: dollaraday.com, which I wonder what it is.
This is so genius. Beautiful execution of a domain painpoint that underpins a large market.

Who made your explainer video? They did a great job.
You are putting a fund together to go out and do it.
They didn't "feel comfortable"? Is that all? Stated so dispassionately, it would be breathlessly easy to say. But I know the expectation and the agita that belie.

I was taught that when someone gives you even one dollar in consideration of something that you've promised, that taking the money is tantamount to an oath.

Light Table essentially proves the lie, since it is pretty far from the video. From where I sit, Chris and his team broke their oath and I won't be burned twice.

If Andreesen Horowitz believe that computing can be revolutionized for $2.3M, it's their cash to burn. Not surprised at all that they didn't turn to Kickstarter for funding.

The word is out.
This seems like it could work as a simple expansion of the idea. Everyone donates to the daily non-profit, but the email has a "Support Continuously" button that adds them to a list of "your" non-profits that you chose. Then you'd start donating $1 a day to that organization on top of the $1 random donation.
I appreciate your level-headed response, metavida. I think you're taking the right approach in trying to quell hostility (rather than create it) and in providing links to follow up with. I am in full agreement that everyone should have an equal opportunity to do what they love, and I am quick to stand up to oppressors and bullies. I recognize the problem and agree that we need to address it.

That's the main reason why Danilo's actions bothered me so much today. My initial post basically boiled down to, "The article misrepresented Hacker News: it's no worse than other communities with similar demographics. And when bigots make themselves visible, it gives us a chance to change minds." Even I can come around to the idea that those are shitty points.

But we didn't have that discussion. Instead, Danilo used his Twitter privilege (where I have none) to level an attack at me, threatening my livelihood. To me, that seems like a different version of the exact problem he is purporting to solve.

If the "warrior" in "social justice warrior" is literal, then I suppose that tactic makes sense. But I think there's a better way. I read this today:

The biggest crime of fear is getting my mind so wrapped up in itself, I forget that that I’m not the only one who is afraid. We’ve all got things that haunt us.

Did I really deserve what Danilo threw at me today?
Compared to who I was discussing with i HAVE authority.

Fine that you disagree now make your case.
That image related to posts from that subreddit being seen in /r/all. Automoderater puts /r/all flair on such posts in certain subreddits.
Get Ready for a New Round of Cloud Price Cuts
I wish they would've named the ISPs, but I'm sure they'd probably get in trouble for that heh
JavaScript and C++ have a similar problem. There are so many ways to do so many things, that the result is endless stylistic fragmentation and tons of library bloat. C++ is getting better as C++11 introduces standard ways to do things like lambdas, tuples, etc., but JavaScript is obviously still in its experimentation phase.
> I think it will only be a distraction to people who like to participate in stupid controversies. Unless they start donating to ISIS or KKK, the only source of controversies will be trolls and "journalists" trying to make a quick buck.

There have been plenty of stories over the years of non-profits that do shady things with donations or engage in activities against parts of the population, should this site ever accidentally pick one up, that is where the problem will be.
I totally agree. Everyone who works in software knows that the vast majority of the work, and the money, are in maintenance. I actually built a crowdfunding site that was primarily intended to support maintenance rather than initial development. Nobody used it, though, and I'm about to shut it down. You can take a look if you want: http://bountyoss.com/
Looks like it has something to do with the how that particular syntax highlighting was done. I actually just removed the gif because it also doesn't reflect Eefgilm's newest additions.

Yes, We put the gem together to help clean up terrible gemfiles. There are currently over 400,000 gemfiles on Github that are using `source http://rubygems.org` instead of `source https://rubygems.org`. Eefgilm also works great for new projects.
They're the only ones that need handouts. The debt is not bad at all if you graduate from a decent school with a STEM degree.
TP-Link “2-series”, all TP-Link VxWorks-based products Multiple vulnerabilities
"If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad way." - Elon Musk
This is great, thanks! Have you thought about being able to enter your address and show current and nearby surge prices? If there is no surge pricing two blocks west of me, that'd be great to know.
Congratulations on launching! This looks swell. Love the explainer video. I find the background cover photo distracting and doesn't seem to communicate benefits. Consider a solid color or a different photo.

Show benefits before features. Less text. Bigger font. More contrast.
Yeah the bigger cities not just Copenhagen. But it doesn't change the fact that location isn't that big of a deal.