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SEEKING WORK - Remote

Need a solid, secure app on multiple platforms, on a tight deadline? I'm your man.

One of the winners at SyScan Hardcode 2013 (http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.in/2013/05/the-results-.... ) and two-time grand prize winner of Google Code-in

Platforms (in order of experience):

- Web Applications (Python, Node.js, Frontend/JS, MEAN stack)

- Android apps

- Cross Platform Desktop Apps (Qt)

- I love experimenting. Currently learning OCaml; will gladly pick up whatever your team uses!

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Keyword Soup: C, C++, Python, JavaScript, Node.js, Qt, Django, Flask, Web2py, Android, HTML5, Angular.js
Nimrod name was changed to Nim, by the way.
Opendoor (San Francisco, CA)

Sell your home in under a minute. Buy one without an agent whenever you want. We're making residential real estate liquid.

DATA SCIENCE
- Build our industry-leading predictive home valuations using millions of real-estate transactions and complementary datasets.
- Build other data products central to the business. Predicting who will move, predicting neighborhood home price appreciation risk, making interpretable models to visually explain a valuation, etc.

Job listing: https://boards.greenhouse.io/opendoor/jobs/48543#.VPNWilPF82...

We launched 3 months ago and now purchase and sell hundreds of thousands of dollars of homes per day in our first city.

Here's our team: https://www.opendoor.com/about-us
It's more like export was a bug in C++98. It was removed without a deprecation period in C++11.
you're not the example of watered down academic standards for admittance that I was talking about

At tend to give as much credence to those "example[s] of watered down academic standards" at elite universities as I do to welfare queens driving Cadillacs.

MIT doesn't have football scholarships like the North Carolina academic scandal.

Interesting fact: MIT coaches do have input into the admissions process.

The NC scandal was not about reducing admission standards in the name of discrimination, it was about stacking athletic teams. That's a whole different (and real) topic than this thread, especially since your post referred to Harvard.
You hit the nail on the head. Some people understand that for something to succeed, it has to become mainstream, but there are others for whom the original otherness _is_ their identity. It separates them from larger society, so when larger society takes on those signifiers, they feel threatened. Like the fashion cycle.

This article preys on people's weaknesses --like feeling that their values or lifestyles are being co-opted -as if that were bad in and of itself. If you have solid beliefs, what others do or don't do are irrelevant to you.

I don't think tech crunch really believes in what they say but rather they believe that what they say will resonate with their audience and will result in more income for them. They couldn't possibly care any less about the principles of technologists --whatever alignment there is, is coincidental. Let's ask this, have they ever run articles which would drive down their readership? They may run something with some ironic distance, etc. but that's just a form of co-opting their audience.
serverfault.com is the worst community in that regard. Asking a technical interesting question for an uncommon usage scenario always provokes grumpy and short comments complemented by downvotes. I'll always include a detailed explanation yet nobody seems to care. Questions are closed as duplicate despite pointing out that this use-case is unique.. I don't bother using the site anymore.
"Beautiful scars in your mind". Love that.
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Location: Toronto

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Willing To Relocate: Within Canada

Technologies: Javascript, Python, Java, Haskell/OCaml, SQL

Resume/CV: http://unawaz.github.io/website/

Email: nawaz.umar+freelance@gmail.com
I think they're pro-business. They don't like competition in the form of the government competing with business.
Location: Toronto

Remote: not prefered

Willing to relocate: Yes, but not for below market salary

Technologies: Python (Django as well), Javascript, HTML5, and CSS3 (when I absoloutely positively need to), I dabble in Go(lang), been working on learning Clojure and Scala (basically anything that runs on the JVM except Java)

Resume/CV: On request.

Email: akalsatos@gmail.com
Los Altos, CA - Remote or Local - Backend Engineers & Applied Data Scientists interested in Practical Artificial Intelligence

What if computers automatically presented solutions to your upcoming tasks?

Like when your flight is delayed or cancelled -- what if your computer automatically provided options for alternate flights to get you to your destination.

Or, for sales people, when they get a scheduling request -- what if the natural language request could be converted into a simple YES/NO decision -- and the context of the their schedule presented so they could make a decision quickly.

These are the types of experiences we are building and our small venture backed (Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, and Eric Schmidt) company is now looking to grow!

We are currently overwhelmed with data and have built the base platform and now looking to scale up our users from our waitlist as well as grow our features!

Today, computing is reactive. Users pull out their phone and start from scratch with an empty search box. There is no context for the task at hand, and no history of the user's preferences. It won't be this way for long, your computer has an incredible volume of data about you stored in email and in calendar so a world where this rich context is put to use to make your life easier is inevitable. We are building rich user profiles and analyzing the tasks each user needs to accomplish in real time -- so that when a user pulls out their phone, they are proactively presented with personalized solutions.

This is a full time position with a competitive salary, benefits and equity in the company.

To apply, please send me an email at wferrell AT gmail.com
Oculus VR Reality Distortion
Excellent salient story, thank you. I'm a former public servant, and it's really nice to see someone share a story here showing that the 'nameless government bureaucrats', so often derided by the programmer community, can actually care a whole hell of a lot about their jobs when they feel like they're making a difference.
Is this essentially a fashion choice then? Is there an underlying reason for minimal widgets and chrome?
Doctible is hiring Fulltime Software Engineer - San Diego Downtown, CA (Onsite)

Looking for experience with:
- Ruby on Rails
- AngularJS or equivalent javascript framework
- Testing frameworks.

We are a customer-friendly online marketplace that allows consumers to shop procedures, view doctors, and get the best cash price. We're built on top of cutting edge technologies and continue to expand. We are looking for motivated, experienced Software engineer to work on a fast paced, collaborative team. You will be working across many exciting technologies including iOS, Ruby, AngularJS, Android and several data storage technologies. Somewhat flexible schedules since we're still pretty small. Plenty of room to grow and your opinions will be heard.
This is a myth. Python supported classes close to the start of its existence, way before it became popular.
I suspect it's a combination of the cold war inspiring powerful story lines and atmospheres in a way that today's messy conflicts can't, and physical special effects reaching their zenith. The digitization of special effects led to a step back in many ways. Compare for example digital yoda versus rubber yoda. Sure, the digital one is more lively, but at the same time he isn't fully alive, and looks more dead with every passing year.
Interesting that you use the past tense. I am using such a language in the present. And it is working just fine. I have no need for Python but so many people are seemingly trying to coax me to use it. Such is the case for most of the verbose languages.

I do not understand all the constant discourse about languages. Personally I prefer to choose something simple and small, and stick to it. To increase convenience when working with these terse languages, I write code generators.

To me, it is not the language that matters (except as below), it is the programs that the author chooses to write and how those programs perform.

It is probably my own selective bias but I find that the smaller programs written in relatively terse languages tend to be of higher quality. When I see a verbose language used to write a program, I am reluctant to use the program. But I would never suggest that someone else make the same decisions. I believe one should think for herself.

There is not so much discussion about the terse languages I use. I am inclined to think this is a good thing. Then I can focus on the choice of the programs the author chooses to write instead of her choice of language.
DAMN DAMN This game is killing me. addictive and hard :/
Which text editor should I use?
In what situations would you need to do this? I have been using Nim for a long time now and never felt limited by this.
"Most trading strategies are not tested rigorously enough"

After having spent many-many years in the financial sector, I don't even know whether I should laugh or cry. :) The industry is not based on science, well, 99% of it isn't. Traders can be considered being the master of the universe just because pure luck. Well-researched, tested strategies are thrown out because they're not profitable enough to the senior management. If a model seems to bring in high profits then even the very makers of the model do not want to let it into production, the management will just use it because nobody cares of tail risk. And so on.

Great industry. :)
I wear something from the upper end of the range of what I would wear to work every day. Usually, this is because I am taking time off for the interview, either coming directly from my existing job, or going directly there after the interview.

I do not comment on attire during the interview, not my own, nor anyone else's. If I am asked about it, I say "This is what I wear to work. Does your company have a dress code?" Regardless of the answer, this is a warning signal, and my salary expectation just jumped. The interviewer permanently lost its potential discount for work environment.

I may even keep my existing employee ID on its neck band and tucked inside my shirt pocket, to reinforce the signal that I already have a job (and you're keeping me from it).

When I interview while unemployed, I'm far more likely to wear the suit. Or at least a tie. My hoop-jumping reserves not being depleted by an existing employer, I am far more willing to acquiesce to expectations not relevant to the job description. It's very much like the difference in dressing up for a date night versus going out with your spouse.
Codecademy | NYC, TN Visa,
Product Engineer Engineers at Codecademy are full stack (MongoDB/Rails, Go, Backbone + React) along with insights on product.
We're building the easiest way to learn programming online, teaching everything from basic language syntax to rails and angularjs. (and more in the future).

Job description at: http://www.codecademy.com/about/jobs/software-engineer Or email me: kelvin@codecademy.com if you're interested in hearing more.
Location:Denver
Remote: YES
Willing to relocate: NO
Technologies: PHP/HTML/CSS/Codeigniter/Linux/Github/JQuery/MySql
Résumé/CV: http://www.strategic-options.com/resume/
Email: chad@strategic-options.com
Spark's Photon seems like a much better deal at only $19
Apple’s New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public
Location: Connecticut, intent to relocate to Los Angeles in the near-ish future

Remote: yes (or LA)

Willing to relocate: yes if to LA, no otherwise
Technologies: Unix administration, Salt Stack, Ansible, Apache, Nginx, Python, Perl, Ruby, Go, SQL, C, etc. I'm a sysadmin, so my job, in principle, is to know everything, and I take that seriously. If I don't know it now, I'll learn it. That's what I'm for.

Résumé/CV: http://resume.cmhamill.org/ (PDF: http://resume.cmhamill.org/resume.pdf)

Email: me@cmhamill.org

I can be your jack-of-all-trades.
"...won't be seeing anything approaching 800 mph". So what would it be? 80 mph? What a cop out.
I've introduced a few people to Git over the past few years, and I've found it really useful to introduce people to git "from the bottom up"[0].

I also found that git commands started making more sense when I realised that even in the UI, there's more consistency than is immediately apparent. Commands are named for how they manipulate data. So `git checkout` is for copying data into your working copy, `git rebase` is for rewriting a set of commits, `git reset` is for pointing the index at a commit.
Podcasts I Listen
For anyone interested in alternate bot approaches:

While the author made this "pixel bot" to pair their Super Hexagon with ambitions to learn OpenCV, pixel bots are almost always inferior to memory-based bots. As mentioned elsewhere in these comments, code injection should use caves and jumps, not overwrite existing code.

With a memory-based bot you often do not even need to write to the game's memory. You can use the ReadProcessMemory API call for data gathering and perform inputs with SendInput (emulate keyboard input with LLKHF_INJECTED set) or PostMessage (no LLKHF_INJECTED, also works in backgrounded windows).

The disadvantage to memory bots is that they're often more complicated at scale (beyond the point where a pixel bot would likely fail entirely), particularly with games which are updated. In cases where a game client is updated, signatures similar to virus definitions can be provided to find the particular memory address of a sought value regardless of version. By scanning the application's source code for a unique bytecode pattern known to contain the target address, you can then extract the address and read the value. This is commonly known as signature or pattern scanning.

There is another variant of bots for client/server programs where a "headless" (no display) client can interact with the server via network communication alone. Not as much fun to watch but also a very effective way of interacting with games, though it does not apply to standalone clients like this one.
Scientific paper submission checklist
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@jeffmorrisjr : Thank you for the validation :). Yes, I have been building a prototype product for sometime. Nothing out there yet - as far as I know.

If someone knows of a tool / app which does this for a web app I would love to hear about it. We are building bigger and bigger web applications ( and mobile apps these days! ) so my guess is something like this will help.
Unless you're trying to look like Dilbert, never wear a tie without a jacket
mBed is being driven by a chipmaker (ARM). Arduino is not. If they drop the Atmel chip and find another, they'll break off with the older devices.
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I am a Designer (Interaction Design/UI/UX) and Developer (JS, Swift, Ruby, Obj-C). I typically consult on or perform the following:

- Product management - Research, definition, development, strategy.

- Product design - Strategy, best practices, team building, process, interaction design, ui design, iconography.

- Front end design & dev - Prototyping, production, management, I've also setup processes for growing teams and established best practices for new hires.

- iOS - Development, Prototyping, production, marketing.

- Data Visualization - Static or Interactive.

- GIS - ARC GIS, Google Maps, Mapbox, interactive and time based visualizations.

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Never worked with binary files before...can anyone give me more hints to work with binary files in general?
Microsoft | Cloud Diagnostics team | Frontend, Redmond, Full time, H1B VISA & relocation for the right candidate

We are creating a cloud service that explores, monitors, alerts and auto-fixes other cloud services. Currently ingressing a few dozens of TBs a day, spitting results in sub second times, mostly <200ms. This takes optimizing at every level - from URL routing, via tight data batching to careful JavaScript set based math implementation.

Amongst our customers you can find Microsoft internal teams like Xbox, Outlook 365, Bing, Skype and more.

Our current tech stack includes: React, Flux, Webpack, Typescript, less, NodeJS, Git, C#, A few layers of distributed caching and Windows Azure.

A little about you: You see the overall context, passionate about UX (not just UI or algorithms), understand attention management. You have a can-do attitude and a desire to win customers over - and you'll do what it takes to get there.

For more info, gilna[at]microsoft[dot]com (I'm an engineer on the team)
It's not just kids. There was a middle aged couple next to my wife and I the last flick we caught. I asked politely if they could save the discussion until after the movie and the woman told me in a loud voice to fuck off... seriously.

I told my wife "I think I can take her..." but she, being the voice of reason as usual, told me to stand down. :)
What Is Your App's B2B Strategy?
"Quay Hays" is the name of a developer involved with the project.

(I had said he owned the land but edited to the above because I don't know if he owns the land or not)
Co-Op Is Recalling Its Co-Operative Loved by Us 4 Breaded Cod Fillets
Best VOIP Clients for Linux (That Aren’t Skype)
When I just left university, I spent a significant amount of money I had on a suit for interviews. Then all the companies and recruiters said "just wear smart casual" and i said "FUCK YOU im wearing my overpriced suit". It hasn't actually impacted my interviews much, because for good interviewers who you are matters more than what you wear. Just don't wear obviously wrong things.

edit: I didn't actually say FUCK YOU to anyones face.
You are quite right. People don't care if uneducated or undereducated immigrants come in to the country --except for a few "nationalists". But over all people don't care or actively support immigration, which is a good thing -bettering people's prospects in life.

However, it is quite evident that professionals are _against_ immigration of other professionals because that directly threatens their professional stability.

So, we know immigration, on the whole is good. We know that immigration from poor countries allows those people to better their lives -at the expense of undereducated (blue collar) locals. But professionals don't quite care, actually, we prefer this since it makes products and services cheaper for us. But once the immigration threatens our lifestyles, then on, no, immigration is bad it drives down wages, it threatens quality of work, it allows exploitation and so on. When push comes to shove, we're all protectionists of varying degrees.
HTC and Valve Partnered Up for the Steam VR Headset
Great write-up. But why did I read the comments? Immediate conjectural descent into the harm inflicted on the children without parental consent. This is a more egregious reality today than kids needing to verbalize all the things.

Personally, if I'd sent my 11yo over to Roger Ebert's house I'd expect him or her to watch whatever movie was on offer and thoroughly thank me for the experience years later.

I just watched Aliens for umpteenth time last week. The harsh language line still gets me. And I always am just a little more on edge when I walk outside after watching.
Brian Chen.

Concern troll piece. Disregard.
Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge
MEMS nanoinjector for genetic modification of cells (2014)
I had this fear too. It's a common fear, I think! It probably made a lot of sense until the last few decades of recent history.

But now that we have CEOs wearing everything from suits to sweatshirts, there's no way you could possibly be expected to magically know what a company's dress code is ahead of time. :)
Location: NYC

Remote: Willing

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python/Django, SQL, Java, HTML/CSS/JS

Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-0LFvLPVqZRaWoxMXBJbURsaVk...

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Oh I should also mention - if you're interested in playing with cool hardware and data, we're a great place to come. We use a cluster of hundreds of Tesla K80 GPUs, and have many millions of medical images - some single images are over 10GB in size. Many are 3d, which makes for some really interesting engineering challenges.

We use a wide range of tools and languages, including AngularJS, React, ES6 / Coffeescript, Python (Theano, Pandas/Numpy/etc, Flask), and C++ (Caffe). We have regular journal club talks (mainly recent deep learning papers), and a good mix of research and applied work.

Our day to day work covers a lot of cancer detection and treatment planning, as well as a wide range of other high impact medical issues - the consistent underlying theme is using a data-driven approach to improving patient outcomes. There are particularly big opportunities (both financial and social impact) in the developing world.

We're working with many of the top academics in the medical diagnostics field, and are partnering with some of the top hospitals around the country and around the world.
I did not make the value judgment you are arguing against.
"x86_64 Linux only"
SEEKING WORK - Seattle area

I am a software developer seeking additional freelance work in the Seattle area. I have seven years experience as a full stack developer, and can build everything from websites to backend distributed services. I also have experience with deployment and hosting. Contact me for more info and a resume.

Technologies short list: Ruby on Rails, ASP MVC, Node.js (sails), java, c#, SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL), javascript (angular, jquery), html, css, AWS, and Azure

email: mboydstun@gmail.com
local.ch - web developer - Zürich, Switzerland

We're looking for bright hackers in the EU that have good skills and a strong understanding of product development.

The official phonebook of Switzerland, and one of the most popular platforms for connecting businesses and users. Releasing new features quickly to market: restaurant bookings, turnkey website creation, social integrations, weather, maps, and more.

We have a strong team of agile developers that use Rails, Javascript, node.js, RESTful APIs, and data-driven decisions to pull it all together.

Job Posting: http://local-ch.github.io/frontend-web-developer.html

About our engineering and culture: http://local-ch.github.io/
Yann LeCun on a MIT Tech Review article that is all hype
La Gran Guia S.A.Chooses TrueConf for Video Conferencing Between Offices
I'm surprised not to see Jitsi in the list. In my opinion it is really the best one available.

https://jitsi.org/