skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Lower level employees (should) expect to have a relationship of trust with their manager. The manager should trust that the employee is capable of doing the work the employee was hired to do and that the employee is comfortable raising issues with that work to them. The employee should trust that the manager respects their competence and will take every effort to maintain a suitable environment for them to do the work.

Middle management should also have this relationship with the upper managers. Upper management should trust the middle managers are capable of leading their team and will raise issue doing so with them. Middle management should trust that upper management respects their ability to understand the needs of their team and will take every effort to maintain a suitable environment for them to lead their team.

The role of middle management is to have relationships on both sides. If middle management is lonely this chain of trust is broken.

This is an undoubtedly challenging position to be in because they are required to maintain relationships on both sides and the trust of each relationship must go both ways. If middle management is unable to express their concerns to upper management, either because upper management doesn't trust the middle manager is raising a important concern or because the middle manager doesn't trust upper management will listen (or raising the issue will threaten their career), they do not have a relationship of trust. The same goes for middle managers and their employees.

But my job can suck too. I've have also been asked to find solutions to problems with variables outside of my control, or take on a project bigger than anything I've worked on before, or to do something outside my experience and knowledge. Two valuable lessons that have come from of these challenge for me have been 1) asking for help and 2) saying no. Both of these lessons are about communication, and communicating with other people is the best cure for loneliness.
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Depending on the exact hash, the odds might be more like winning 10,000 lotteries.
Does anyone know if the DNS servers you get with this are the same as the google cloud DNS[1] product?

If so, buying your domain here could be worth it for the DNS alone, as they are anycast, DNSSEC enabled, and fairly fast[2].

1: https://cloud.google.com/dns/docs

2: http://www.solvedns.com/dns-comparison/2014/12
>Example is google voice which is frozen in time.

No kidding. The integration with Google Hangouts has been a disaster, and me moving to iOS has made it even worse. Of course, there are no good competitors, so I'm stuck in the holding pattern just hoping some of the ridiculous issues get fixed.
Headlines aside, this isn't a patent on remote cameras.

The patent is about using multiple wireless links to control a remote camera. Think Bluetooth-LE and WiFi. You let the camera go into a low power mode when not being used and wake it up through the Bluetooth-LE.

It's a stupid patent to grant. It is the first half baked sentence that would come out of my mouth if you had asked me in 2012 to make an intermittently used camera last longer on battery. I'd have had to talk to someone about power draw of imaging elements before I added a second low power sensor like in claim 10. But, it isn't a patent on remote cameras.
1. Download illegal porn using Tor.

2. Rename the file .DS_Store and copy to victim's cloud folder

3. They go to jail and get killed by another inmate a year into their sentence. Justice prevails!
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The predictive element itself has little to do with correlation/causation, though. "If you have gray hair, you're more likely to die in the next ten years than people without gray hair" is a perfectly valid statement, and does not imply at all that gray hair is causing people to die.

If anything, it's more like an ecological fallacy or unwarranted extrapolation to the future.
Agree with this advice. You should talk to your manager and work out a plan to achieve your career goals within the company. This is a significant part of your manager's job responsibilities, and assuming they are good a good manager, then they will be more than happy to work with you on this. You are obviously an important part of the organization and if they have any common sense, they will want to retain you. And if, for some reason, it turns out there is no good way to grow within the organization, then start weighing the pros and cons of leaving.

Also, remember that transitioning into a management role is an advancement only if you want to be a manager. It's a career change, and is not suited for everyone. This is why many tech companies have pure developer track advancement opportunities.
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> smaller potential competitors who can't deal with

Ok, you've got my attention

> extra taxes to fund rural deployment

Well, no, the small guys don't have extra (federal) taxes imposed on them, unless they're interstate.

"Every telecommunications carrier that provides interstate telecommunications services shall contribute, on an equitable and nondiscriminatory basis, to the specific, predictable, and sufficient mechanisms established by the Commission to preserve and advance universal service." S.254(d)

On the other hand, even if they are interstate,

"The Commission may exempt a carrier or class of carriers from this requirement if the carrier's telecommunications activities are limited to such an extent that the level of such carrier's contribution to the preservation and advancement of universal service would be de minimis." S.254(d) continued

They may, however, have extra (state) taxes imposed on them:

"Every telecommunications carrier that provides intrastate telecommunications services shall contribute, on an equitable and nondiscriminatory basis, in a manner determined by the State to the preservation and advancement of universal service in that State." S.254(f)

But that same section limits what kind of additional regulations states can impose:

"A State may adopt regulations to provide for additional definitions and standards to preserve and advance universal service within that State only to the extent that such regulations adopt additional specific, predictable, and sufficient mechanisms to support such definitions or standards that do not rely on or burden Federal universal service support mechanisms."

> having to build out to neighborhoods too poor to subscribe to fiber service

Well, yes.

That's kind of what the universal service fund is _for_.

> having to petition rate authorities to set their prices.

That's what that whole forebearance thing is about. Nobody wants to put that kind of rate control on ISPs. (I'd be all for putting that kind of rate control on backbone-tier ISPs, though)
I'm in the same boat as you! I never developed strong organizational habits and would appreciate some guidance.
I've had much success with it on a rather large project. shrug
This seems relevant: http://jacquesmattheij.com/first-employee-or-cofounder although in this specific case it's not much help.

I think ChuckMcM's advice of chatting with the founders a bit sounds good. You could try and spin it in a positive way... "I was doing all this stuff, and even if it was really crazy at times, I felt like I was growing a lot and contributing a lot, and I feel like I'd like to continue that somehow. What do you think?"
Again, if you read my comment and the parent comment, I am specifically addressing the parent comment (written by MCRed, just so we're all clear here), and I am responding to his/her anecdote about Google recruiters.

The emails you are referring to pertain to the linked article, and have nothing to do with my comment here.
Indeed.

If founders and VCs could math, and if the probability estimates had real meaning, you would have to integrate over the probability and profit/loss curves to estimate future value.

Using single numbers like this is just story telling.

However - if you can spare the time, you can also play Corp Dev at their own game and see if you can get a firm offer.

As long as you're careful not to share IP or intelligence, a firm offer will tell you that your startup is worth at least 2-4X as much, could easily be worth 10X as much, and may be worth 100X as much (but probably isn't.)

That's useful information, even if you have no intention of selling.

I see no problem with stringing Corp Dev types along on that basis.
What if you check HN first thing you get in?
I see, that's awesome :)
I keep thinking of Peter Theil's analysis of monopolies trying to say they're just a competitor in a larger market. There doesn't seem to be anything special here in this offering from google. As a google developer I wonder if the difference will be in more integration and better API access compared to someone like godaddy.
Just a quick note: if I turn the audio off and then tap "Main Menu" in the settings screen, the audio turns back on. I like the game!
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This is the saddest story I have ever read. What's even worst is I grew up with this family. They really need help:

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We've sort of tried this? :)

We have a howto (https://www.comingle.io/howto/computer-vision-dildos ) that connects our vibrator to the image coming off of a webcam, and the webcam of course is inserted in another dildo
Don't think of it as an ingredient, think of it as "frozen air". Literally, air so cold that it has frozen. That's extrmeley dangerous because it's cold enough to damage your body very very quickly... but at the same time, when it thaws over time?

It's air.

Just like how when you cook things, you often use "burning air". If you eat something burning? You will destroy your insides. The difference is that freakishly-destructive levels of cold don't ruin food nearly as fast as freakishly-destructive levels of hot. If we blasted your food with a rocket-engine, it would be too hot to eat, but it would also be charcoal. If we blasted your food with liquid nitrogen, it would still look like food and would still be edible after it returns to normal temperature, so there'd be more temptation to try to eat it while it's still lethally cold. Hence the danger.
Because your relationship with staff should be cordial and professional and mocking them because you managed to get them (this includes their salary/benefits) cheaply is petty.

Companies have an incentive to keep salaries low but also keep employee morale high. These two conflict.
Thanks I appreciate it! I will definitely fix that in the next update.
There are tough questions to ask yourself, and I applaud your introspection. One of the challenges of a rapidly growing company is keeping up with it. Hiring is about finding the right person for the right time. When a company changes drastically through growth, expectations and functions change. The person who did x may be unqualified to do y. In short, the company grows faster than the individual. Another dynamic is that as the organization grows, the need for generalists gives way to specialized employees.

I think this is a very powerful statement you made: "all the tasks I did were less challenging than some critical parts of the code base I wrote from scratch". This tells me that the problems that interest you the most are coding and architecture problems, and that you are happiest when solving those problems. Employees will have the greatest positive impact when they are focused on tasks that they enjoy. But it seems that you desire something more. What is dissatisfying about the current situation? Are you bored with the coding? Are you jealous of others getting recognition? Are you frustrated with the direction of the organization? Are you frustrated that you are no longer "that guy" whom everyone depends on? All of these circle around the same question: where do you want to be?

Leadership comes in many shapes and sizes. It's not just about how many direct reports you have. Fundamentally, great leaders shape the direction of an organization. Employees look to that person for advice, encouragement, and approval. It sounds like the company decided to hire others for formal leadership roles. A very difficult and powerful question is to ask yourself "what is the VP doing that I wasn't able to do?" There is a tactical reason that the CEO hired the VP, and it isn't because of credentials. Perhaps it's his/her ability to communicate across teams, or gain the confidence of management? Don't let your ego tell you "nothing, I'm better than them"; there is a reason they are VP. Different jobs require different skill sets, and understanding where you are strong and weak is critical your success. Being an engineer who kicks out mission critical code is fundamental to the success of the business, but it is extremely different than developing and managing a team. With a humble attitude that is always looking to improve, there is no stopping your career growth.
More evidence, rather
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Then, you should write for techcrunch. </snark>
Except after 90 days ISO become NSO, so you lose tax benfits. But maybe he 83b'd them and already purchased as employee #2
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You might want to try NameSilo. Cheap, free privacy, 2FA, acceptable interface.
I'm surprised that so far nobody has mentioned DNSimple in this conversation. They seem the closest to what Google Domains functionality is - domain registration and then easy integration with external services.

Also, fwiw they're fantastic.
Have you seen Shapeoko? They will soon have their third iteration, but even the second one is great...
I don't get your point. Are you saying that small carriers should be exempt from a tax big carriers have to pay? And that this solution is better than just getting rid of the stupid tax in the first place?

> That's kind of what the universal service fund is _for_.

No, USF is mostly for rural areas. I'm talking about build-out requirements in franchise agreements, which makes building in poor neighborhoods a prerequisite for building anywhere in the city. We'd see a lot more small fiber companies if they were allowed to operate only in expensive neighborhoods where they could sell a premium service at a premium price.
I've always been surprised GoPro are as popular as they are.

Before GoPro was even a known brand you could easily buy extremely similar items (small plastic cameras with one-two button(s)) off of eBay straight from China which cost under $50. They often came with generic stick on clips for motorcycle helmets and similar.

This entire market existed for years before GoPro suddenly appeared. All GoPro did was package up the generic product from China, increased the price by 100%, and then used all the extra revenue to buy a ton of adverts.

People often like to claim that GoPro won because it was optically better, but that just isn't accurate. Up until maybe the HERO3+/HERO4 (2013/2014) the line was actually quite behind some generics. The only reason GoPro even got their act together was that some other named vendors started getting into the "action camera" market.

Even today GoPro seems insanely expensive, for the price of a single GoPro HERO4 SILVER[0] with a basic plastic case you can buy the same spec camera on eBay for $65 [1] with enough money left over for a [bad] DSLR by Canon/Nikon/Sony/etc [2].

[0] http://www.amazon.com/GoPro-CHDHY-401-HERO4-SILVER/dp/B00NIY...
[1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-SJ4000-Full-HD-1080P-Waterproo...
[2] http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Interchangeable-Digital-Camera-18...
>If the firm was totally worthless then generally no one would be calling anyway.

Sadly, not so. Especially in a bubble.

Internet history is littered with the wreckage of Big Corps divisions that paid well over the odds for Small Corpses.

Corp Dev may be serious, but that doesn't mean they know what you're worth. No one may know what you're worth - not even you.

But a Corp Dev offer gives you a market estimate, which is the next best thing.
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People have taken you for granted and don't care about you, period. 1. Be vocal about what you want, be it a raise or promotion! This is America. If you don't ask, you don't get anything. 2. You have other options! Go make your own awesome startup. If you have so many skills like you said, why not? 3. Just out of curiosity, are you white?
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I have an idea that I want to transform into a MVP, but I can't properly code. I know the very basics of CSS+html, Javascript and I did a functional SaaS in C# with a lot of help from Visual Studio. Just enough to know that I am capable of learning to code.
I want to know not only what language and framework to learn, but what should I use to actually deploy and publish my product (it is a SaaS, more on the idea below). As I see on regular beginner's learning platforms - codecademy and etc - this is a most overlooked field. Should I use AWS, a server on Digital Ocean, some Platform as a Service that I don't know yet but is more user friendly? In all of this the only thing I know is how to buy a domain. After that, i need to learn.

The idea:

It is a tool that transforms a list of links on a visual board.

Imagine you ask a friend to help you learn about quantitative finance and he emails you back with a list of links to pages where you should begin to learn. Among these links there is a diversity of pages: a wikipedia article, 2 youtube videos (one is a lecture, other an interview), 3 books' Amazon pages, 4 twitter accounts to follow, 2 blogs, a podcast, a particular post of another blog and a project's github.

I would like to build a tool that take that list of links and transform into a one-page visually attractive and didatic board, summarizing and giving a small taste of all the resources.

Just as Facebook do to individual links when you post on your timeline: youtube videos can be seen on the spot, twitter accounts are shown the avatar and description, blog posts are shown some thumbnail image and the beginning of the post text, wikipedia is shown the title of the article and first paragraph. You get the idea. Most are just the <title> and <description> of the linked page, a few relevant sites get special treatment (as Youtube or Vimeo).

The MVP would allow anyone to transform your hyperlinks into a public, temporarily available board.
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Some of my friends from Computer Science House (a terrific organization, btw) have several times annually LN₂ parties where ice cream is made. I have never handled the nitrogen myself but I also can confirm, ice cream made with Liquid Nitrogen is incredibly delicious and probably some of the smoothest ice cream I've ever eaten. Not to mention it's very fun to watch it being made.

They do have protocols for handling the stuff, there is always a master of ceremony who is well versed in the process and various modes of failure, and nobody is ever imbibing at these parties (at least not to your knowledge).

I probably shouldn't talk about the cardboard boat making competition and the second part of the competition with depth charges made with liquid nitrogen and soda bottles, but ... oops. You all didn't hear that. Now I'm going on a watch-list for sure, aren't I.
My main computer now is a 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (Android) tablet. To work I use Juice SSH (Android app) to connect to a server (actually a Beaglebone Black in another state usually, sometimes my Linode). I use bash and vim in the ssh terminal.

I also have Debian Wheezy installed on this tablet through the GNURoot app so I can use vim and bash on here also. Although I really need to root it and use Linux Deploy or something because the new version of GNURoot has a lot of permission issues. Anyway ssh works great. I also have an X Server Android app if I want to run graphical Linux apps.

If I need to I can use an Android VNC client to connect to my Linode, but I don't usually need that.

As far as the keyboard, it works great. Its a little bluetooth keyboard plus folio case combo that I got for $20 from Walmart. Its my favorite keyboard ever. I am using it right now. I use vim all the time with this thing.
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There are usually two choices with non-nil errs:

log.Printf("WARNING: something bad happened (nonfatal): %v\n", err)

or:

log.Fatalf("FATAL ERROR: %v\n", err)

or maybe:

// pass the buck
return err

That's it.
As a middle manager there will be some decisions that are yours to make, the higher you go in middle management, the more of these decisions there will be. An important part of your job is knowing which of these decisions is yours to make and not criticize people above you in the hierarchy for making decisions that they can make. Sure, push back a little before the decision is made to influence it, but once it's made you do have to back it. The key for me was to not focus on things I thought were wrong, but focus instead on the good parts of the decision. If there are no good parts of the decision and it happens too many times, may be time to move on.
I would love to hear more details, specifically the stepping motor setup, the Milling machine (Sieg X2) and various mods needed, did you add DRO's, etc.?
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People have taken you for granted. 1. Be vocal about what you want, be it a raise or promotion! This is America. If you don't ask, you don't get anything. Are you an American? 2. You have other options! Go make your own awesome startup. If you have so many skills like you said, why not? 3. Are you aware of your own weaknesses? Maybe there is major weakness about you that stopped you from getting promoted but you are not aware of it!
I've got this SMK-LINK keyboard [1] for my HTPC, and it has worked out well so far.

If I wanted a portable Linux computer (besides my phone), I guess I could design a bracket to hold a small tablet or similar.

[1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823158...
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> If they somehow came up with the money to buy an iPhone -- $500+ unlocked, or $100+/month on a multi-year contract

Looks like you need the reality check I was talking about. I can find you $40 smartphones in countries that aren't the one you're in. And by the way, $40 can still be a huge investment for such people (just like $500 is to a lot of people in the US).

Edit: Those downvotes-without-explanation are really unnecessary, seriously. If you think I'm wrong, you very well may need a reality check yourself.
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That's a lovely looking piece of kit, have you had the opportunity to play with one?
Check the "if". It was not extraneous.
For a few hours after 13/01/2015 22h00 CET, a demo is online at
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Please do not bring it to its knees by uploading too large a file. Thanks in advance.
My domain, navarr.me is on google domains.

The nameservers are ns-cloud-d$.googledomains.com (1-4) resolving to 216.239.3$.109 (32, 34, 36, 38)
Read my message again, more closely.
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Seems like this type of platform would be a good base for building SexBot type things that are connected remotely. Guy in one location is making love to his Fleshlight, which uses sensors to alter the behavior of the vibrator his long-distance partner has. And vice-versa. Huge potential there.