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SEEKING FREELANCER

ListRunner - Bay Area

Looking for an amazing front-end developer (Html/css/angular/Phonegap)

About us:

It’s hard to believe but doctors are still stuck managing their team and tracking critical patient information using paper and pager. Using google doc, sms or even email is strictly illegal because those tools aren’t built with patient security in mind. On top of being highly inefficient, managing critical information in a high-speed environment using paper literally kill patients. (400 000 patients every year, just in the US, die from miscommunication errors between doctors).

That’s why we built Listrunner: We bring project management from the modern world into a beautiful HIPAA compliant app. Think Asana for doctors.

About you:

You have a few webapp under your belt.
You have an eye for design and want to create a delightful experience.
You know javascript and css inside out.
You’re a team player with startup experience.

Contact us at contact@listrunnerapp.com

Learn more about listrunner at http://www.listrunnerapp.com
Six Colors: Bigger Than a Tweet
The real gem, for me, was the final quote from one of the children. Any math teacher than can achieve this mindset in the students, is worthy of great praise.
I totally missed podcasts when they were first a thing. But I've rediscovered them as part of my love of all things retrocomputing. There's some really fabulous ones out there, more than I can ever possibly listen to, but they keep me reasonably entertained while I'm washing dishes or doing house work or commuting.

It helps that the app I use kind of makes the entire thing pretty painless.

What worries me though is that several of the podcasts I subscribe to, but haven't gotten around to listening to yet are dead and thus the feeds are dead, and some of the feeds only show the most recent n podcasts, so I'm missing out on lots of the earlier shows.

Podcasts and old radio shows now keep me entertained when I can't watch. I think of them basically like on-demand tv. There's more available than I could possibly ever listen to.

For the topic area I'm interested in, it honestly doesn't matter at all if the show is old.
Location: Troy, New York

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Yes, anywhere in the US.

Technologies: Python (Django/Flask), Ruby (Ruby on Rails), JavaScript (AngularJS), PostgreSQL, have experience with: MySQL, MongoDB, D3.js/NVD3, HTML/CSS

Resume: http://krishna.aradhi.me/resume.pdf

Email: krishna@aradhi.me

I am graduating this December with a master's degree in Information Technology and Web Science. I have previously worked as a software engineer building web applications using frameworks like Django, Rails, and AngularJS. My weapon of choice is Python, but I believe in using the best tool for the job. Though I do not have a major in Computer Science, I have a good knowledge of the data structures and algorithms which should be in any good software engineer's toolkit.

I prefer working on the backend but I am open to working on the frontend too, especially if you are using a framework like AngularJS/Ember. Feel free to shoot me an email if you want to talk!
Not to mention a lot of radio programs are available in podcast form as well.
Spot on for me as well. The workflow you mention of Mac iTunes, discovery, download, change settings, plug in your iOS device, sync over USB 2, etc changed into simply opening up the Podcasts app on your iOS device. Settings are synced, I can steam, I can download, I can discover, etc all within the same easy to use app made by Apple.

Add that there are numerous exceptional podcasts out there, such as Science Friday, Radio Lab, This American Life, Serial, etc -- it's lovely combination. Plus, most content producers have seemed to have finally gotten over the gimmicky delivery methods like video podcasts. It works when the content lends itself, but this is not common.

I suppose some of it even has to do with the cell/isp network speeds we are all accustomed to now. The thought of streaming or downloading podcasts over a cell network years ago meant frustration and long delays.
Actually having the ability to download podcasts over WiFi to an iDevice instead of downloading on a home PC via iTunes and syncing helps immensely by removing the ritual of the whole thing, and made regular listening easy because new episodes appeared when they were available.

I forget which version of iOS Apple offered a dedicated Podcast app and separated it from their regular music app, but it improved things greatly.

I heard that the team working on the podcasts app was one or two people.
At least if you ever have to eat your hat, it will be made out of a strong and durable natural fiber.
One of the best, if not the best part of Uber is the payment. No tipping, no haggling, and no getting screwed, whether you are the driver of passenger. Don't need to worry about getting stiffed because it's already paid for.
I think you're being a bit optimistic that "most?" people are on the same page and aware of media manipulation, hegemony, etc. Just because this kind of knowledge is passé to you doesn't make it passé for someone thinking about it for the first time, be they 15 or 40.

I agree that the more crucial questions are around what we (can? should?) do about it, but those questions are far more difficult to actually answer. In the meantime, I think work like Curtis' is helpful in inspiring people to at least begin to construct a framework with which to approach these big questions.
Under EU law your wife has residency rights so what's the problem?
React does minimise DOM mutation, but you can get even better performance by skipping the diff step completely (via the shouldComponentUpdate hook). With an immutable data structure this method can be implemented as simple reference comparison previousData !== nextData , so you can get absolutely best perf with ease.
It's been a hell of a week for space enthusiasts (myself included) with the Antares crash and recent Virgin failure, so it feels extraordinary to hear that other projects are a success (or will be in 11 days).
Inside Rent the Runway's Secret Dry Cleaning Empire
Inferess - San Francisco, CA (both roles allow: INTERN)

### About Us

We are a vibrant, young company with a mission to be the leading provider of of intelligent, market moving information for professionals and corporations, so that they can be pro-active and make smarter, faster and profitable decisions.

You are always flooded with trivial or redundant information, but often miss the one story you needed most. Inferess offers a solution.

Can floods in Thailand affect a semiconductor manufacturer in South Korea? Would it possibly affect a storage manufacturer in Silicon Valley? Not only will the users receive critical event updates about the company they are tracking, they will also receive pertinent news that will affect the companies they seek.

### Positions

Software Engineer, Backend
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You will be focused on a wide range of backend projects powering some of the most important services such as Search, Data Mining and Graph Algorithms. We follow service-oriented architecture and Java, Scala are the main part of our stack. Successful candidate should have expertise in developing high volume, minimal latency web applications. Coding skills in Python are a plus.

- Strong Java and/or Scala experience
- Strong CS fundamentals, including good working knowledge of classic algorithms and data structures
- Experience with Hadoop/Hive/Pig is a big plus
- Exposure to architectural patterns of large, high-scale web applications
- Rigor in A/B testing, test coverage, and other best practices

Software Engineer, Search
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You will be focussed on building the next generation of Search features and infrastructure, constantly striving towards Improving the quality of our search results and conversion rate, and tacking the challenges in contextual information discovery and personalization. Successful candidate must have a strong Java and/or Scala background, in-depth expertise in Lucene and real-world experience working with large, custom search systems.

- Real-world expertise with Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Recommendation Systems
- Strong Java experience
- Experience with Hadoop/Hive/Cascading
- In-depth Lucene expertise
- Strong CS fundamentals, including good working knowledge of classic algorithms and data structures
- Rigor in A/B testing, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
- Exposure to architectural patterns of large, high-scale web applications

Read more at: http://inferess.com/jobs.html

Contact us at careers@inferess.com
> would you accept it if a country kept out black people or people who are gay?

The world accepts the existence of North Korea. What do you think?
Could you please share some of the 'retrocomputing' podcasts you listen to as well as the app to manage your subscriptions?

Sounds fantastic and something I would love to check out.
Talk to your users! Before we started building our product, we spoke to hundreds of people in our target audience. We asked them their needs, their problems, and most importantly - what they wanted. We could zero in our solution to their problem by uncovering what they wanted most. So go talk to everyone you can about your idea and see what the audience you want to serve thinks about it.
You ask them.
I used Window Maker and I liked it! It was very smooth even on old machines, like 486...
And those dockapps! Lovely and cool!
I agree. Some of it is possible but no 14 year old would say "in a flash".
The Nokia N91, released 8 years ago, had 3G and Wi-Fi and came with an official podcasting app that could auto-download episodes. It also had better sound quality than the contemporary iPod, an 8GB hard drive and full support for music playback over Bluetooth.

The S60 were really nice devices, it's such a shame the UI/UX didn't match the capabilities :|
Clerky - REMOTE - Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails, Javascript)

Help fix the legal industry!

The way legal transactions are done is filled with inefficiencies, which leads to ridiculously high legal fees. We're fixing this by building software that automates and streamlines the process.

We're profitable and growing. We launched a company formation service last year, and are now one of the most popular ways for high-growth technology startups to incorporate. Y Combinator and 500 Startups both use our software to handle their investment paperwork.

If you are interested in fixing the legal industry, this is arguably the best place to be (no hyperbole).

We use a lot of Ruby on Rails and Javascript, so familiarity with these technologies is a requirement. That said, we're not religious about any particular technology - we believe in using the right tool for a given problem (we also have services written in Scala and Go). We have extensive spec and feature coverage, and have everything hooked up to a continuous integration server.

This is a great fit for people who want to work:

... at a product-driven company bringing an old-fashioned industry into the future

... on a product that has a lot of usage and visibility in the startup community

... in a company that strongly values good software development practices

... at a financially sound company

... hard, with ownership and dedication (but sustainably)

... with flexible hours and competitive pay

... where you'll be a key early hire

Some hard requirements we have:

- An inability to write anything but clean, maintainable code.

- Bothered by code without test coverage.

- 5+ years of experience building software as part of a team with strong development practices

- 5+ years of experience with Rails and Javascript

We are not looking for consultants. This position is for full-time employment.

If all of this sounds good to you, please send (1) your resume and (2) a code sample that you're proud of to jobs at clerky.com.
What was not mentioned in this article is how awful talk radio is these days. Especially morning-zoo radio [1] where they have the exact same 3 person radio show in every city: 1) the old school radio guy, 2) the young "edgy" dude who goes too far, and 3) the girl who never contributes anything, except to tell the guys they are being too "crazy and wild".

The shows use something called 'prep burger' which is prerecorded or prewritten comedy bits that multiple stations reuse, such as fake prank calls (real ones are illegal now). They buy access to a database of them and shameless reuse comedy bits with zero originality.

It's like mainstream pop music, the corporations have focus-grouped all the creativity out of the shows and keep everything within the safe confines of control and management. And I won't even get into their obsession for political correctness.

The days of Howard Stern or Opie and Anthony style talk shows are gone. Even XM Satelite radio talk shows have all been neutered.

This is why podcasts are new and interesting. The personailities are free to do and say whatever they want. They dont have management or producers telling them what audiences want to hear. So they create authentic and original content.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_zoo
That's a very "engineery" response, so let me propose an alternative view.

If you are having to strictly schedule time for your personal life to anything like the degree that the parent post suggests, particularly time with your closest family and friends, there are exactly two possibilities: either you have dysfunctional personal relationships that need attention, or you are working for way too much of your time. Assuming that in fact your family and friends are not all neurotic control freaks, only one conclusion remains.

I get that some people are driven. I get that it's a competitive world, and there's always pressure to get results and keep up with the pack. But working most of your waking hours is simply not a viable strategy to get and sustain good results in the long term, no matter who you are or what you do. Humans need downtime, and humans need relationships, and humans who have enough investment in both are almost invariably more effective at anything they do than workaholics anyway.

By all means schedule if it helps you to keep organised, but schedule the work time you need to reserve. The default should be that your time is yours, not your job's.
The fondest computing memories I have is my Pentium II 233 mhz machine, with 128 MB RAM, running a heavily tuned debian with window maker on a 15 inch trinitron nokia monitor. It was the best window manager on the best monitor of the era. For its time it was an amazing hardware and software combination. I went from that system to a mac mini, and although in many ways it was a step up, the OS X window manager and dock were definitely a step down.
It’s just a game: a handful of scenarios in the Bitcoin world
JQuery Autotab Demo
Just use a placeholder like (??) and flatten everything out. Translate (??) and array(1,2,3) into (?,?,?) with 1, 2, 3 as the binds.
Codeship - Boston, MA or Vienna, Austria

At Codeship we build a continuous Deployment service. Our mission is to make software teams more productive by helping them to release early, often and safe. We're building for the builders.

We've been in production release for several years, have thousands of developers using the service and are growing rapidly. We've closed our Series A earlier this year.

We're looking for Rails Developers, SysAdmins/DevOps, designers and frontend developers who love building tools for other developers.

Read more about us on our Jobs Page: https://codeship.io/jobs And how we work in our Blogposts: http://blog.codeship.io/category/the-codeship-workflow

Send me an email to flo@codeship.io. You'll like it here!
i feel sorry for Iraq, they didn't deserve what was done to them in recent years
I smell Blumberg. I know he's mentioned in this piece, but I suspect he was also behind it. Guy knows the game.
Blue Apron (New York, NY) - Fulltime

Blue Apron (http://www.blueapron.com) is an NYC-based startup delivering original recipes and premium, seasonal ingredients needed to prepare them, in exactly the right proportions. We've raised $58M from First Round Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Stripes Group [1]. Last year, Forbes named us one of the hottest startups of 2013 and we've only continued our rapid growth in 2014 [2].

Our engineering team creates software to manage the forecasting, purchasing, preparation, and shipment of new fresh ingredients every week, delivering over 800,000 meals nationwide monthly.

The nature of our business carries with it unique supply chain and logistical challenges that require purpose-built solutions and data analysis.

Current stack: Ruby, Rails, Ember, PostgreSQL, RSpec, Haml, Sass

We're hiring:

- Frontend Developers: HTML, CSS, JavaScript - http://www.blueapron.com/pages/jobs?gh_jid=14848

- Software Engineers: Ruby, Rails, Ember (would be really awesome but not required) - http://www.blueapron.com/pages/jobs?gh_jid=11091

- Site Reliability Engineer: This person will design a high availability, distributed AWS architecture to serve our customers, fulfillment centers, and e-commerce operation. (Chef, Puppet, Ruby or Python exp. is a plus) - http://www.blueapron.com/pages/jobs?gh_jid=25367

About you:

- You've taken features or products from concept to completion and have experience working with production web applications.

- You communicate your ideas clearly, and are capable of designing and implementing complex, scalable solutions.

- You are always learning and are excited at the prospect of mastering new technologies and techniques.

We offer health, dental, and vision insurance, a flexible vacation policy, and competitive salary and equity. To apply, visit our site (blueapron.com/jobs) and drop an application; it only takes about 60 seconds.

[1]http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/04/30/blue-apron-ra...
[2] http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45himd/blue-apron-4/
How not to look like an ass at the gym
I think you see a similar thing with consoles. Take a look at Forza 2 vs Forza 3 or Halo 3 vs the later Halo games on the XBox 360. There was a big improvement in graphical quality and the breadth of what could be achieved once the developers really figured out how to take advantage of the hardware.
Stitcher app is my #1 used app. Highly recommended for podcasts. Also, a fantastic podcast not mentioned in this article is "Hardcore History" by Dan Carlin.
Petithacks – small hacks, faster growth
Transcriptic: Full-stack developer (emphasis on frontend)

Menlo Park, CA; https://www.transcriptic.com/

Transcriptic is "Amazon Web Services" for the life sciences. Rather than carry out wet-lab experiments by hand, researchers can code up (or visually configure) their experimental protocols and then run them in Transcriptic's central, highly automated 'biocenter' in an on-demand way. Customers have no upfront capital costs and pay for only what they use. Life science research today is incredibly slow, error-prone, monotonous, and expensive with researchers spending many hours a day every day just moving small volumes of liquids from one place to another. We're building a long-term company to completely change the way life science research and development is done.

We're looking for a highly talented full-stack web developer. On top of our robotic work cells is a slew of internal services as well as a Rails app that acts as our lab information management system and customer-facing UI. Challenges range from building rich, interactive interfaces for composing protocols to presenting analytical data generated by the lab back to the user. We use d3, Backbone, CoffeeScript, and React today, but you'd be free to choose your own tools and libraries.

We're a rapidly growing startup (you'd be #19), well funded ($6M: Google Ventures, IA Ventures, Data Collective, AME Cloud, Founders Fund) and have customers at places like Harvard, MIT, Caltech, UCSF, and Stanford. You'd be able to work on interesting science and hard technology in a small, all technical team with lots of freedom and resources.

A biology background is preferred but not strictly necessary for outstanding people.

Recent coverage:

- http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/18/5216738/inside-transcript...

- http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/18/aws-for-life-science-with-4...

team at transcriptic.com
PreNav (http://www.prenav.com), based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is building computer vision and collision avoidance for drones. We're hiring for the following roles:

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CONTROLS ENGINEER (DRONES)

Masters or Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, controls, or relevant experience working with multirotors on aggressive, autonomous flight.

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ROBOT PROGRAMMER

Experience or interest in Robotics, Computer Vision, neural networks/machine learning, C++, Python, Qt, Computer Graphics, OpenGL, GLSL, CUDA.

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UI/UX DEVELOPER

Interface design and coding for web, mobile and desktop apps. Need to be experienced with C++, Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Photoshop

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We offer benefits and a competitive salary. Apply at http://www.prenav.com/jobs.html
This article would be a lot more interesting if it gave even a tiny hint of how to do these things, rather than just suggest that they are possible.

I'm going to be spending the better part of the next two years on a boat and look forward to learning this type of stuff.
I see that the challenge to the students in this exercise comes from randomizing the numbers involved. I should do this as a review for my math students, who usually are working on harder problems. This is a good way to reality-check whether students really understand place-value numerals or not.
Ask HN: Will it be possible to develop Ubuntu Touch apps in Python?
I'm thinking about learning to develop apps for ubuntu touch, but I would like to try to avoid js if possible. It would be ideal to make them in python. It's not supported yet, but I don't see any reason for that. Do you think there's any way to make python apps now, or will be in the future?
The TN program is easier than that. For the EEA you have to go down to the immigration registration office and, well, register.

For the TN program you simply present yourself to the immigration officer when you enter the country (this part is something that even a citizen will have to do), show them your documentation, pay $50, and you're done. You don't even have to fill out a form.
My life is enriched with the phrase "morning zoo", to be sure.

But most FM radio has never really been talk radio with NPR stations being the notable exception. On top of that, FM radio's ads (during music) have always made it completely unpalatable for me.

AM radio has had talk radio for a long time, but AM is of extra-low quality at any distance from the transmitter, and often has a certain zoo-like quality of its own.

It's also interesting that about a quarter of the podcasts that I listen to now are NPR/PRI podcasts.