skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I interviewed in late 2010 and was hired in early 2011. I had a great experience. Other than the long delay between interview and offer, of course. It may be relevant that I didn't interview in MTV.
Most wine tasting is bunk:

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tas...

It doesn't make sense to buy above your discrimination limit:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/07/29/98515...

So just go for the German model.
Ex-MIT professor told friends he ‘robbed the bank’
Thanks for the recommendation. I've bought myself a glass bottle and I've never looked back. I'm going to be purchasing larger ones for water/juice storage in the fridge and probably a hydro flask for movement.

The transition from plastic to glass isn't that hard at all, you just have to be slightly more careful when it comes to carrying one. Simply throwing the bottle across the room to somebody becomes dangerous as compared to throwing a plastic water bottle.

This year I'll be moving to storing my leftover food in glass jars, [0] le parfait do really good ones (they are expensive but worth it in my opinion). I'm still figuring out how I will store frozen meat I get from the farm.

[0] http://www.leparfait.com/
Actually, no. Jains simply don't use violence, even in self-defense. It would take quite a literary gymnast to get violence out of commands such as, "Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being."[1] Jain protests can involve fasting[2], but never violence. Other forms of Buddhism (such as Zen) can be violent, but compassion is at the core of Theravāda. This is why there are no Tibetan suicide bombers, despite a brutal occupation by the Chinese government.

Religions really do cause their hosts to have different propensities for violence.

1. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/affiliates/jainism/jain...

2. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-vegetarian-...
I am a fan of STM. I think we may just have been talking at cross purposes -- it's about what the definition of "process" is :).
I usually use the Mac Mini solely for iOS development, and (since it's there anyway) iTunes management of my iDevices.

I have a main machine I run Linux on, and use a KVM to switch between them.

I admit that using a Windows keyboard on it is definitely a barrier, though.
I've experienced situations like that on the other foot, where the people above me are saying "We will spend our money on X to solve our problem", when it was obviously not an adequate solution. It really makes you feel like your expertise doesn't matter and that the captains are happy to run the ship into the rocks, so long as they are the ones who get to steer.
Legendary Cartoonist Robert Crumb on the Massacre in Paris
They should probably use some type of static extraction of the HTML and make that the mobile version.
If it's a promising company, ride it out 2 more years for vesting. Were you interested in any of the roles you mentioned?
I rode in a 3D-printed car (and I kind of liked it)
Here's a popular Github project which covers a lot of the categories and tools for sysadmins https://github.com/kahun/awesome-sysadmin. Hope it helps.
I have a similar story in some ways. Employee #1 at a startup, wrote much of the initial codebase, been with the company now for a bit over 7 years. We’re 20 people now, and have dedicated people for support, UX, QA, product management, etc etc all of which I used to have a hand in in the early days. I manage a small team of developers (not all the dev, just the clientside team), I still code a good bit (obviously less than before) and I’m involved in a lot of product discussions to figure out what we’re going to build. We’ve struggled a lot with figuring out the right title for me, and as long as the actual work is the right mix for what I like then I don’t really care all that much. But I’ve been recently brainstorming appropriate titles that better reflect what I do, beyond just being a developer (which has been my title since day 1), and I’ve come to settle on “Technical Director of Product”, which I don’t think is a real job title in any normal world. I make sure that I’m heavily involved in product decisions, because the thing I’ve found the most satisfaction in is defining and building product, and shaping the direction of the company through influencing the product development path. And I’m grounded in the technical side of that, which is an important distinction to me, since too often “product people” have no technical background and just lob things over the fence to engineering without understanding the tech side of the house.

So for me the important thing was trying to understand what parts of the job I really want to prioritize (in my case active coding and product definition) and regardless of title making sure I inject myself appropriately. So that means if there’s a conversation about a new product we’re thinking about building I make sure I’m in those conversations from the beginning.

If you’ve been with the company from essentially day 1 you likely have a decent amount of political sway, even if you don’t know it. I’d start by figuring out which parts of the things that you listed you actually want to stay involved in. As another commenter mentioned, if you really want to wear all those hats then maybe finding another brand new startup is the only real choice. But if there’s one or two areas that are dearer to your heart then I’d try to figure out how to make that your day to day activity. And I’d hope given your history with the team that you can have a dialogue with the founder(s) about how to make that happen. At the end of the day the title doesn’t really mean shit, but if you’re not loving the work then you owe it to yourself (and they owe it to you) to figure out how to make that right.
Islam, Censorship and the Real Threat to Our Freedom of Speech
Also this little sony thing from late 90s:

http://www.apj.co.uk/technology/apple_sony_clie.htm
OP mentions the rush of the 48 hour competition, I think OP might also like:

http://www.onegameamonth.com/

My new years resolution was to participate this year. Naturally, its the 13th and I haven't even started for this month. But I'll try, maybe this weekend.
Show HN: Unix on the Web: A Starting Point for Gen AI?
> It's a stupid patent to grant.

I can assure you that it's not the first and it won't be the last stupid patent that the USPTO will grant.
Ask HN: Any device running android that has a form factor like Psion 5MX
Hey Folks,

Anyone know of a device in a form factor similar to Psion 5mx, HP Jornada or Sharp Zaurus SL-C3200 that is running android 4.x?

I am looking for a small device with physical keyboard in with the screen in landscape orientation. Bonus point if it closes like a clamshell design.

I've did a little research but I couldn't find anything. Those things apparently flourished in the 90s and now they have all but vanished. All I see these days are candybar phones and tablets... :-(

thanks in advance for any link
There is also GNU Root and Linux Deploy/a few other ways to get full linux on Android devices after they are rooted.
Why must companies grow anyway?
I doubt they'll go down that road again (I' ma free Gapps user - grandfathered in). It's also the most terrible experience these days. I still don't have Inbox by Gmail or the ability to view my orders in Google Wallet.

So much for being an early adopter :|
Are there any known patent issues with CABAC?
Exploring the lesser-known scripting languages
In my recent experience, private registration prevents transfers because you are unable to receive the email message that contains the code you need to complete the transfer. I am still able to transfer my domains, but I need to turn off private registration first, so the email is sent to my real email address. This seems like a silly problem, and one that the registrars cold solve if they wanted to, but obviously they don't.
I've been using Google Domains for several months now. I like the simplicity of their user interface and I trust Google to be good at DNS. My biggest complaint is that they don't support very many TLD's. I'd prefer to have all my domains in one place, but they don't support .co yet.
1. Don't take jobs that don't pay well enough and don't have enough leisure time.

2. Improve skills and network until you can do 1)

3. Don't have children until/unless you achieve 1)

Problem solved in one generation.
Yea, I will second that. I knew a bunch of young guy's in
the 90's who loved playing games. One of the father's of one of the guys wanted to help out his kid and set them up in an office and set up the corporation. These guy put out sone good games, and loved their jobs. Along with not wearing ties, free food and
sodas. They loved going to work. That was until EA bought
the company, and shut them down. I think they each got 500k?
I used to wonder why he didn't include me(we were all lost in the career market) in the company? He knew I was floundering, but I don't hold it against him--I really didn't
like playing games. I still wonder why he didn't include me though. I included him in every money making thing I was in? Anyways, it's history, but don't overlook your true friends
when starting a company--especially if they were always taking money/drinks/etc. from you? It hurts!
Many people miss the point of this product:

Easily buy a domain, have it automatically hooked into the Google Apps suite of products, and easily hook it up with a select number of third party vendors like Wix or Shopify.

That's what this is about. The ability to create something cool, run a business, without having to worry as much about the technical bullshit.

Great product, and for the ease of use it is well worth $12/year. And yea, I know, $2 more a year than namecheap... but $2/year is well worth the time it takes to setup a domain (even if it is only a 2 minute ordeal).
I'm confused about why a person would want to use this? If I only get a random "tweet" every 24 hours that lacks context, I don't see myself coming back often.

Two suggestions:
1. Allow the user to configure how often they get new thoughts.
2. Allow voting so that hopefully the random thoughts that are actually worth reading propagate out and people are reading something worth reading.
I'm in a similar situation, but with a much better outcome. In my case, however, as the company grew I made it very clear what I wanted my role to be.

It's best not to assume that the people you work with know what the best role is for you. I started around the same time as another engineer, but our roles diverged. This was, in part, due to both of us being open about where we expect our career to go as the company grew.

So, if you want to be something different, have the discussion with the people who hired you. They clearly have seen your talents and shortcomings. If it doesn't go where you want it to go, then it's probably time to find a new job.
> I googled for alternatives and found many recommendations for "foxit"

Unless you have some specific need then the only good alternatives are Chrome and Firefox. They both can open PDFs without any extensions and after you tell windows to always open pdf files with one of them you basically get the same experience minus ad ware and shoddy coding.

> You'll notice the first ad has a green URL pointing to google.com, seems legit enough right?

Is Microsoft really as stupid as to put some other domain/url than the one advertised inside href of that link or am I missing something?
Had you used an identical URL, it would have. Beyond that, we leave the dupe detector fairly porous so that good stories have multiple chances to get attention.

Better duplicate detection is one thing we hope to work on fairly soon.
Hi, I live in Switzerland, have 10 years experience as a CTO, and I'm looking for something new. Where in CH are you? Mind if I email you?
3D printers already can — I believe Bad Dragon's rather exotic pieces are made that way?
Maybe the top of the funnel is the easiest part to optimize in a data-driven fashion, so it's what Google has ended up optimizing. And it's probably to their deficit; it seems to me that the only thing widening your funnel at the top ever gets you is more unqualified leads.

When I hire, I don't think about trying to find more people to interview. Instead, I think about designing the interviewing process such that it's short, simple, and fun for the person being interviewed—because the people who I most want, have the least time and patience for me and the most alternatives, so I have to make choosing to "try my job on" as easy as possible.

When I do this, word spreads (both among those who get hired, and those who don't) that "you may as well go and see if you like them, it's not too much of a hassle" and the result is far more inbound (qualified!) leads, and far less friction in outbound lead-gen.
DANE is a replacement for the CA system that effectively cedes cryptographic control of most of the Internet to world governments.
Rdb-merger: Merge and Convert Redis RDB Files
Intentionally causing yourself suffering is an inherently violent activity and shouldn't be taken lightly (if it should ever be done at all.) Even without going through a psychotic episode you could still be doing internal damage.

It's like lifting weights, with time you learn the difference between the pain that comes with growth and the pain that comes with injury. If you haven't lifted for long enough to know the difference then you shouldn't be "maxing out" because the risk of injury is so high.

By the same token if you haven't been meditating long enough to know the difference between when you're being a cry-baby and when you really need to go take care of yourself you might not want to go to an extreme meditation retreat.
.co is now supported and the full list of supported TLDs is here https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092?hl=en
Yes, which is why I don't think it's true.
Lots of good advice here. Sounds like you're in a good position and appear to bring quantified value to companies, particularly to startups. Just reflect on what you really want out of this short life and go with it. That includes the willingness to walk away.
I like this. I think a good length for a 'daily' one-shot update might be a bit longer than a tweet though. The layout makes it look like you're expecting tweets right now. Have you experimented with longer-form posts to see how they feel?
I definitely agree with this model, and before i work with anyone I would definitely have to do some befriending. The only problem, none of my friends have a passion for business, or have the technical skills for it.

I really appreciate your input.
We got price quotes without telling them the application, so I'm pretty sure we're not paying a "foodie" price, but rather a "you're using a super small dewar and so effectively pay way more" penalty.
io.js, controversial fork of node.js, releases v1.0.0
Skunkworks!
Remote Contracts – Why is it hard to find them?
I'm trying to find a remote contract for my dad who's been coding for 25+ years now. You can check his work out on http://singhk.net/

With a portfolio/resume like that, Where should I be looking for remote contracts.

He's busy with a side bitcoin project right now, which is a one man show, so I'm the one who will be checking out forums, job postings etc for him.

I've already checked out working with rails, indeed and other job listing sites including freelancer.com. My question is for those who are successfully working as remote contractors, how do you find your work?

Thanks
"Really? I seem to remember learning in micro that "minimum wage causes unemployment" and then years later finding out what that model was based on, i.e. you must assume a healthy market clearing process exists, wages aren't sticky, labor is liquid, perfect information, no market power, etc."

That sounds macro. There's a reason I distinguish between macro and micro. Macro I simply don't believe in due to it being anti-inductive (google it if you like).

I've actually seen micro reformulated into physics via thermodynamics, and seen it used to model ecosystems. It's far more fundamental than humanity itself.

Microecon is like thermodynamics, in that crazy applications of it can cause various effects that may initially seem to violate the theory, but are really just complication macro systems that produce seemingly-micro-defying results, like how a refrigerator is not a violation of thermodynamics. If you don't believe in microecon, you are not justified in then becoming a Marxist or declaring that governments are the solution or whatever other agenda you may have... you are declaring that we are profoundly ignorant and have no useful economic model whatsoever, and can claim nothing. If you can't believe in a free trade between two agents producing a net gain for both without political ideas intruding and immediately trying to reformulate this micro case in politically-loaded macro terms, you are not capable of thinking about economics at all. You're only thinking politics. (And if you read this as me trying to sneak a macro model in on you, you're still having trouble. This is basic stuff like the basics of how atomic bonds form; what glorious life forms may form out of those are wildly varied, and very difficult to derive just from a description of how molecules bond.)
Why is it acceptable for the Founder/CEO to continue leading the company at 40+ employees but not acceptable for the engineer to lead an engineering team at 40+ employees? Seems like a double standard.
I'd focus on a repeating theme in your post, "and now they". This suggests that you already see a division between the management of the company and yourself. You haven't been part of the decision making process and feel that all possible angles have been locked out by an outside agency. How much feedback have you given to the company management that you would be interested in those positions before they where "taken" from you? Have you done a gap analysis between your current operating skill set and the expectations for those position? What skills have you tried to improve outside of "developer" recently that would show you are trying to expand your role?

You need to get past the "been told", and start communicating what you want to achieve. It might be too late at this company, but I would bet not, just because these roles are already filled doesn't mean they will stay filled, or that tasks won't outgrow the current holder. Think ahead, and aim for a goal, communicate with every means you have that your ready for that goal.

"Fortune favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur
We Need a Place to Crash in Philadelphia and (maybe) NYC
I am a developer with a law degree who built plangrade with a friend and business partner who has a decade in healthcare and benefits. We built a solution that handles benefit compliance (think Obamacare, ERISA, etc.) for employers, mainly small to medium sized employers. We have been partnering with benefits admin, hr, and payroll software solutions since most of those don't have a proper compliance solution (surprisingly).

We are now being courted by a big company in the healthcare space and are being carted around Philadelphia on January 27th and NYC on January 28th to several very large healthcare carriers by this partner who wants to invest in us with their equity group.

We are not yet funded, it's just the two of us and we don't have a great deal of cash (yet). We are looking for a place to crash in Philadelphia on January 26th and possibly a place to crash in NYC on January 27th. It's just the two of us (both late twenties, male). Bonus points if it's at the home of a fellow founder who could offer us some advice on the startup process and talk to us a bit about navigating VCs and equity groups (especially in healthcare industry).
Which is a bit of a shame. The add-on pack is slightly shorter but of a much higher quality than the original! So for half the cost, you get a few more levels that are much more clever and visually interesting.

Frankly, if they released another pack at full price, I'd be thrilled. Forgotten Shores started with the same slow pace, but by the end the levels were truly lovely works of Escher art. The final level harkened right to some brilliant bits in Fez, which is a far larger and complex game.
That's a valid point. I remember when I started my job, I spent about 1/3rd of my day working on support cases.

I made it very obvious that I did not like doing it, but was merely being a team player until the company hired the right people.

Again, that's why it's important to communicate where you expect your career to go.
Time to cash out.
Also known as "teledildonics".

Which is a totally awesome word that I don't get to use nearly enough.
I actually really like this as a reaction against Twitter. You only get one thing to say per day, so you want to make it count. And I don't want another site to visit 50 times per day, once is enough.

Kudos to the creator, this is really neat.
I'm the same 'mjb' from the linked lobste.rs thread. If anybody is interested I expanded that comment into a blog post here: http://brooker.co.za/blog/2014/11/15/exactly-once.html

The core problem here is making the act of writing down that you've done something atomic with doing the actual thing. If you can solve that problem, exactly-once processing is easy. If you can ignore that problem, for example because doing the thing is idempotent, exactly-once processing is easy. In the real world, however, it can be really difficult to solve these problems in general and very specific (and often 'incorrect') solutions are used. OP's post talks about a bunch of those, which is very useful.

Very often, though, real-world systems settle for 'at least once' or 'at most once' and find out-of-band ways to handle the missing or duplicate messages. Whether this is practical or not depends on the message rate, and the cost of getting it wrong.
Trademarks is generally how it's handled by most big websites. You can usually find something about it in their terms of service.

This is how I've managed to do it in the past working for some companies that had the rights to trademarks.
That's great news. That wasn't the case last I checked.
I think you'd be surprised; this gave my wife some interesting ideas ... for work.

For what it's worth she's an academic in computing.
godaddy sounds worse. They even sexualize their commercials.
There is definitely still room to go in improving the materials and the limitations around working with them. Especially because people are so wary about sex-toy materials that it limits your options even further.

We think there's still lots of room to improve on the stimulation and interaction side of sex toys and that if you give people the ability to tweak their toy they will find fun things that work for them.

Like look at vibrators. What's changed about them significantly? The big things are the Magic Wand and the Rabbit. Only now are we starting to see things that incorporate biometrics or partner interactions in to toys, and we want to make an open platform for experimenting with those things.

We know that our current shape won't work for everyone, but one of our aspirations in making an open dildo platform is that the electronics can be incorporated in to sex toys of a variety of form factors and abilities (either by us or by others).
There are already products like this being marketed right now.

Which is why I'm arguing, the bottleneck in this industry is not electronics... it's materials.
Maybe it's time to move on.

A company I was at started growing so fast (factor of 10) that it lost it's identity and with it a lot of the things that made it enjoyable/interesting. We opened new offices downtown and in other cities and from then on it was time to pass on the torch.

Clearly, it wasnt about keeping the old guard, but about growth. I did learn a lot and am respected for what I was able to accomplish.

It was a great experience, but sometimes it's good to realize when you're just the launching pad.

Bowing out gracefully was the key for me.
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