skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Er... to me, if I really stop and think hard about it, none of these make sense. If I really wanted it to make sense, I'd just type "Google", "RBC", "BBC" - the brand name and it would figure out the rest for me. If the site was secure, my browser would figure that out and tell me it was secure. If the site wasn't secure, it would figure that out too and warn me as such.

Of course, I realize that this is a tall ask given that you have conflicting brands around the world. Perhaps there should be some linguistically obvious [to the average non-I.T. person] way to differentiate between conflicting brands...

I feel like the most obvious should be that we should never have to negotiate security by typing HTTPS... that should be the default state, falling back to HTTP only if HTTPS was unavailable and a warning should be given to the user. The average user [indeed any user] should never have to "look for HTTPS" or "look for the padlock". The whole browser UI should be more intuitive than that - the user should be able to look at the browser window and infer that communication with that site is not secure.

I'm not sure what the address structure should be... perhaps something like(?)

ISO_COUNTRY_CODE/REGISTERED_COMPANY_NAME/SITE_NAME/PATH/TO/RESOURCE

Examples:

- UK/COMPANY/ARGOS/ABOUT-US [Brand Information Page]

- UK/COMPANY/ARGOS/ONLINE-STORE/HOME/FURNITURE/BEDROOM/KIDS/BEDS/PIRATE-SHIP-BED [Catalog Item]

- UK/COMPANY/ARGOS/STORES/ACOCKS-GREEN [For local information]

- US/COMPANY/AMAZON [Brand Home Page]

- US/COMPANY/AMAZON/STORE/ELECTRONICS/DVD/LORD-OF-THE-RINGS [Catalog Item]

- US/CHARITY/LIVESTRONG [Brand Home Page]

- CA/CHURCH/UNITED/SASKATOON [Localized Home Page]

Perhaps a global brand such as Amazon or Facebook wouldn't even need a country code...or it could be figured out by an algorithm based on the user's context: FACEBOOK
could map to UK/COMPANY/FACEBOOK for a person in the UK or US/COMPANY/FACEBOOK for a person in the U.S. The user could override the location by manually typing the address. If the user's IP address belonged to Amazon in the US, then they could type in just the site and resource address and the rest of the address could be construed from their context: Typing in STORE/ELECTRONICS/DVD/LORD-OF-THE-RINGS would automatically be understood as: US/COMPANY/AMAZON/STORE/ELECTRONICS/DVD/LORD-OF-THE-RINGS. For a residential user, their IP would be assigned to the block for their country, so any sites not explicitly specified would infer a site within their own country.

If the country code isn't known, then some algorithm could attempt to figure it out. If it was ambiguous, then the user could be presented with search results by a preconfigured [or their favorite] search engine.

Anyway - as Tim Berners Lee says... it's too late now. Until someone sets about re-imagining the entire infrastructure that is today's internet, we're stuck with what we've got.
That usage was deprecated by RFC19647. The correct definition is now 'The Featured Article'.
dynamo gold - Vienna, Austria - Full time - Web Developer

We are looking for an experienced web developer to take a key position at our tech-team. dynamo gold is a digital shop in Vienna, Austria that creates solid digital output by overlaying design, technology & strategy.

As a technologist, you dance on the border of what's possible. Technology is your language and you're fluent in it... and creative with it. To push the boundaries, you thoroughly consider the project at hand. Shared ownership means you can, and are expected to, embrace usability, design & quality assurance. In the end, it's your code that makes our dreams come alive. Technology is core to each of our projects and defines each step of those projects.

Read more here: http://goo.gl/FFSI5Q
Over 150 lines of code in a simple method?

C-style declaration of all the variables in the beginning? (Yes, I know what Carmack said about how he written the project; this explains it, but doesn't make it good C++ code.)

Unclear flow with just one comment, which doesn't really explain anything?
I will start a tumblr account dedicated to news published all arround the year that are april-fools-worthy.
Radio drama is a great background filler while working.

Though I have to admit, a part of me wanted 'The Archers' to be about the continuing adventures of Sterling and Mallory.
Software Engineer | Fully REMOTE U.S. Permanent Resident | Full time

TargetSmart Communications (http://targetsmartcommunications.com), a leading Democratic political data firm,
seeks full time software engineer with Python and database expertise. This is a full
time salaried with benefits position. Telecommute is required.

A TargetSmart software engineer works on a variety of software
development projects. These individuals should be versatile and eager
to tackle new problems with an innovative and practical
mindset. TargetSmart Software Engineers work as "full stack
engineers", i.e., backend, frontend, and everything in between.

Join us in building service platforms for large scale data access,
data processing, and data science. These software solutions are powered
by TargetSmart's industry leading political and consumer data products.

Additional details here: http://targetsmartcommunications.com/careers-2/#se

Please email résumé to jobs at targetsmart dot net.
QuoteWizard - Seattle - Senior Software Engineer - C# / SQL

QuoteWizard is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work on our lead trading systems. These systems buy and sell internet insurance leads in online auctions. The ideal candidate understands complicated problems and designs elegant, easy to maintain solutions which will scale. The candidate must be comfortable working in an existing codebase and have the judgment to make necessary changes to existing code while managing risk.

Our trading platforms are currently built with C# and SQL Server however qualified candidates with experience with other platforms will be considered.

Check out http://quotewizard.com/qw_careers#sr_software_engineer
SEEKING WORK, remote, full-time availability up to 6-8 months.

Expertise:

- data analytics, data visualization, and business intelligence

- full stack web developer

- bitcoin, cryptocurrencies

- Android

Technologies:

- Python, Javascript, Java

- Django, AngularJS, D3, Bootstrap, jQuery

- MySQL, Graphite, a bit of Mongo

Twelve years of professional experience in finance, mobile, web, and bitcoin. Responsible developer, communicates well, able to understand and consider your business needs.

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/heliodor

Email: heliodorj át gmail døt com

Narrative: http://about.me/heliodor
Google Calling Off $14.1B Spotify Acquisition
You also fail by failing to complete the race
Chicago, IL. http://vokal.io

Backend Engineer - Python Developer

Frontend Web Engineer - HTML, LESS, Javascript, Angular, Grunt

http://www.vokal.io/careers

Vokal is an industry-leading digital experience agency specializing in mobile application development, responsive website development, user experience design, and branding in an interconnected world. We are redefining the expectations of what value mobile can create through our success in enterprise mobility management, digital development, and mobile experience design innovation.
HumanLink / Fayetteville, Arkansas / Remote possible

Software Engineer / Full-time or Intern

We are a small team based in Fayetteville, AR building a platform where we provide access to affordable, high-quality caregivers for elderly adults.

As one of the few engineers, you will have the opportunity to make big impact. Some of the technologies we use: Google Cloud Platform (App Engine, Cloud Endpoints, NDB, etc), Python, JavaScript (+AngularJS), git, bower, gulp...

Let's chat support+jobs@humanlink.co
"access without wire" vs "wireless access"
SEEKING WORK - Silicon Valley or Remote

Principal technical founder of an ad-tech startup, currently undergoing a transition. At present available for contract engagements.

I bring to the table 15+ years of experience in software development, architecture and operations, as well as product management / marketing and business development. An ideal engagement may involve me serving as a "force multiplier" of your existing team - think of the biggest challenges your operation is facing and what kind of problems your staff is not currently equipped to solve. While my particular strength is "connecting the dots" across various disciplines, I am always happy to get my hands dirty to get projects delivered. I've had experience with Silicon Valley companies throughout their entire lifecycle, going back to the original dot-com era.

While I have some level of experience with a very long list of technologies, above all I believe in pragmatic approach to choosing tools to fit the task at hand. The most recent/intimate experience in the current stack has been with delivering scale, performance and fault-tolerance in Big Data operations using the following principal technologies:

- Front-End : Python, Django, JavaScript, Bootstrap

- Backend/IDL : Java, Thrift, Avro

- Data Stores : Hadoop/HBase, Redis, MySQL/PgSQL

- Data Science : Custom-engineered algorithms/solvers with performance way above off-the-shelf packages

Due to the sensitive nature of my current committments, details on my background would only be available to qualified clients able to articulate the specific problems they need help with.

Contact me by email : Maester.Data AT gmail DOT com
NYC -- Harry's (www.harrys.com) is hiring full-stack engineers and data engineers.

We're a high-growth company with a small engineering team (11 of us) across our web platform and data engineering teams.

We've grown our business substantially over the course of two years, acquired our manufacturer, and are now one of the only companies in the world that manufactures its own blades and sells them directly to consumers.

We're hiring full-stack engineers on our platform engineering team: http://jobs.harrys.com/apply/NM24Ks/Software-Engineer-Platfo.... Want to build a massive e-commerce website and online retail operation? This is for you.

We're hiring data engineers on our data engineering team: http://jobs.harrys.com/apply/WvjhxJ/Senior-Data-Infrastructu.... Want to solve complex problems by building out infrastructure and products that intelligently use lots of data? This is for you.
My battery lasts about 9 hours on a charge with normal usage (testing/developing in vim with Python (using python-mode+jedi) and Clojure (using vim-fireplace and nrepl-middleware) against Postgres, Mongo, Elasticsearch, Redis, and Storm. The original battery was somewhere in the 4-5 hour range.
When the user runs her own root, she can make tld's "disappear" by editing a text file. She can also create new ones.

Similarly "ICANN" can "create" tld's by editing a text file.
As we all know, most users choose(?) to use dns caches run by someone else and the admins of those caches point them at ICANN's roots.

I would guess most users are not even aware they are making that "choice".

In either case, the cost of editing a text file^W^W^W^Wproduction of a tld is next to nothing. (Maintaining a network of globally reachable servers and coercing dns cache admins at ISPs and elsewhere to use these servers is a separate matter.)

Yet ICANN can charge exorbitant sums for "creating a new tld", i.e., editing a text file. With relatively little work this strange "not for profit" organization can put most YC startups to shame: 1. Edit text file 2. Profit.

How is this possible?

Here is my guess: Because most users do not know how to run their own root let alone their own cache.

Here is my opinion: It is not difficult. 14 years ago djb made it very simple.

Of course, it is April Fools Day. Maybe I am joking and there really is something more to it?
To assist with you're credibility:

"their"

And 'losing', 'April', missing 'fools' (or 'first of').
Use React and route-core packages. You don't have to rely on Blaze for rendering.
YC “1st Round Interviews” April Fools Email ( Dont Open, Links to Meatspin)
Button | NYC | Full time | H1B - yes | Remote - no

Roles: Front-end, Back-end, SRE

I've been a Back-end engineer at Button for 1.5 months and it's the best job I've ever had.

Some specifics:

- a monetizable product that I can get behind

- an amazing team of 16 intelligent, friendly, and experienced individuals across all parts of the organization

- a slew of fun engineering challenges

- a focus on delivering excellence in everything we do

- a team where everyone is deeply committed to making the best product, company, and lives for all of us

- a culture focused around questioning everything

At Button, we think unlocking the interconnection of mobile apps through deep linking is the next big step in the evolution of apps. Deep linking is critical on the web, so why does it barely exist on our mobile apps? Button is focused on tackling this issue, so that your app experience isn’t on-par with the web, but better! Watch our demo video on http://www.usebutton.com/ to learn more.

If any of this resonates with you we’d love to hear from you, so please apply at http://www.usebutton.com/join-us or drop us a line at recruiting@usebutton.com.
SEEKING WORK - Remote (based in Baltimore, MD)

I help startups (especially B2B) get more users or leads from their sites. I also help them get more paid users from their trial users.

I do this as a hands-on conversion optimization consultant. How I get it done depends on each case, but here are some typical methods I use: Funnel analysis, funnel customization, A/B testing, SEO, email campaigns, onboarding emails, automated emails, content planning, and usability tests.

Get in touch at greg[at]gkogan.co, learn more at http://www.gkogan.co, or read my case studies at http://www.gkogan.co/blog.
iHeartRadio NYC

we are hiring a vast array of Engineers who love to move fast, innovate and have a passion for music. We have one of the most successful online music platforms out there and we are continuing to push the envelope on the innovation front across all of our products. Tons of fun, smart people just looking to build great products.

We need engineers in the areas of Scala/Akka working on our microservices framework, Data Engineer working on our Kafka/Hadoop/Spark big data platform, Machine Learning Engineers working on our personalization and algorithm products, Software Eng in Test to help build the best automation tools out there, FrontEnd Engineers (JS, React, Node, Angular) , tons of mobile Engineers across Android and iOS working on all platforms (phone, tablet, TV, Xbox, Roku, Watch, etc) and Sr DevOps Engineers working on our Private/Public cloud initiatives, automation, Docker, Chef, etc.

http://jobs.iheart.com

and check out our recent hackday on twitter at #ihearthackday
That works but takes a lot of discipline. More than any team I ever worked with had.
I guess it is ... nice to see Couchbase again. I will not speak about them because I know little. They did open source their components, but in dumping ground style without full instrumentation, meaning they had inline instructions with a bunch of shell commands. I checked before submitting this, and it appears they have cleaned it up a lot, at least using the Android repo tool apparently. I will have to check it out.

http://www.couchbase.com/open-source

But does anyone use Apache CouchDB? I still do see it as one of the more unique NoSQL systems. I specifically loved the idea of CouchApps, and using it a neat version-controlled JS web app hosting system and document repository. I have obviously lost track over the years.

Does anyone use CouchDB seriously? Can they mention if the same raggging about giant irrecoverable disk consumption and other gripes still apply? Did anyone consider CouchDB and stick with Couchbase and can explain why?
Hi Hacker News, I'm Colin, CEO of http://Customer.io.

We're hiring for a few different roles:

Head of Product (Remote) http://grnh.se/crqpm0

Scaling Engineer (Remote) http://grnh.se/1ia7yk

Front End Engineer - Ember.js (Remote) http://grnh.se/2ckgoy

Account Exec for New Business (Portland) http://grnh.se/g7tqpw

About Customer.io

Customer.io is a messaging platform that helps companies communicate better with their users. Developers do a simple integration that allows marketers to send email messages based on what people do or don't do in a web or mobile app. Our customers include DigitalOcean, Shutterstock, Olark and over 580 others.

The company started in NYC in 2012 and moved headquarters to Portland, OR last August. We're a geographically distributed team of 13 people.

If any of the positions seem interesting, please apply through the site. If you have any questions, you can always reach out - colin at customer dot io.
My favourite Think Geek April Fools was the 2001: A Space Odyssey Monolith Action Figure:

http://www.wired.com/2010/10/2001-a-space-odyssey-monolith-a...

(which they did end up selling due to demand)

"It's Full of Stars!"

"Zero Points of Articulation"
People, it's an April Fool's joke and you expect comments to be insightful and smart?
You should try a Perl codebase. In just this one module I'm looking at, there's methods with 505, 880, and 995 lines.
Formlabs releases glitter resin
Software/Firmware/Systems Engineering

LeafLabs - Cambridge, MA

We are hiring Linux kernel and embedded firmware engineers to work on Project Ara (http://projectara.com), Google's moonshot to create the ultimate customizable phone, inside and out.

LeafLabs has been working with Google on this project since its inception, and continues to play a key role in the ongoing march towards launch.

By joining our team, you can expect the opportunity to directly influence the future of mobile computing, in the near term during Project Ara's duration, and in the long term as we work on merging this into mainline Android.

Check things out:

http://www.projectara.com/

http://www.leaflabs.com/jobs

http://time.com/10115/google-project-ara-modular-smartphone/

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The level of creativity is astounding. I remember a documentary where Ben Burtt walks out into a field, hits a high tension cable with a tuning fork, and that becomes the sound for blaster rifles in Star Wars.
I am sure this could be used in creative ways, but how is this not essentially manual stop-motion video? It's amazing that technology has progressed so much that now I can manually flip through stop-motion visualization. Let's call it a flip-book.
CPAP.com, Stafford, TX (SW Houston): FULL TIME LAMP Web Developer

Why work with CPAP.com? We help people breathe. We are profitable and growing. But mostly, for our teams and day to day project enjoyment.

Drive projects relating to code organization and coder happiness

* Code Refactor and re-org (OOP, REST)

* Source control and ease of code push integration tools (Git)

* Sniffer and code styles/standards enforcement (Jenkins)

Our toolset and areas of interest:

PHP, MySQL, Angular, Meteor, Knockout, Geo/Gis/Mapping, Queue software like RabbitMQ or real time db like firebase, Metrics data design metrics boards like Dashing

Benefits: http://bit.ly/1lAbxkP

Apply: github/resume to johnny.goodman@cpap.com

Questions: johnnywgoodman on skype or 832-413-2462. No need to schedule, your call is welcome anytime.

PS. Full Job Desc As A Google Doc: http://bit.ly/1HiR4da
Signpost | New York, NY

We build cloud-based marketing software that gives local businesses the power to effortlessly build and manage customer relationships.

Signpost is a software-as-a-service platform that gives local businesses the power to effortlessly build and manage customer relationships - a crucial ingredient for success that’s traditionally been beyond their reach. Our technology automatically builds customer profiles and then uses this data to drive new customer conversion and promote loyalty, reviews, and referrals from existing customers. We empower local businesses by delivering measurable results while saving valuable time.

Named one of America's Most Promising Companies by Forbes, Signpost is backed by Spark Capital, Google Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners, Scout Ventures and a group of angel investors including Jason Calacanis, Thomas Lehrman, and Jack Herrick. The company is headquartered in New York City with locations in Austin and Denver. We're looking for smart, passionate leaders to join our team and have real ownership and impact from day one.

Open Positions:

Senior Product Manager (NYC) - http://grnh.se/jsq3kt

Product Marketing Manager (NYC) - http://grnh.se/mfr74e

National Sales Executive (NYC) - http://grnh.se/p2qakr

Sales Representative (NYC) - http://grnh.se/t2gad3

Sales Representative (DEN) - http://grnh.se/ry7lfn

Sales Representative (ATX) - http://grnh.se/b305du
V-Nova Compression
You can't trust anybody except for open source repositories.

The easiest way to get such trash on your computer is installing software from a commercial vendor. Oracle is one major source of headache, if you aren't careful you'll find your 'java' install also gives you a severe case of malware/crapware.

There are whole companies dedicated to this concept of piggy-backing junk.
Webpage copy is great... worth a chuckle.

I've mulled over some sort of 'tinder for friends' and not had any new ideas. This seems straightforward enough to work.
* Senior Backend Engineer
* DevOps Lead
* Senior iOS

TeachersPayTeachers - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com (TpT)
New York, NY

Happy April Fools! We're building out a new engineering team at an established startup in Ed-Tech. First, a little bit of who we are:

TpT is the world's first and biggest online open marketplace where teachers buy, sell, and share original educational materials. Our community of over 4 million teachers connects and shares knowledge on the site every day, and has generated almost $150 million in sales of some of the best, original, most creative classroom resources.

Where you come in: although the company has a lot of users and strong reputation, only now are we building out our NYC engineering team to build out TpT's future. We're looking to build a tech dream team that'll be our core. This a green field opportunity to set the engineering culture and how we organize ourselves going forward while maintaining an app at high traffic and still growing!

I'm putting together a 'dream team' so to speak of engineers who will be the core of our NYC team. The site is a monolithic architecture of PHP/MySQL/NGINX and we're breaking it down into SOA.

Application for all three positions:
http://grnh.se/l56nvo

or shoot me an email scott at teacherspayteachers.com
did you load himem.sys? how about emm386.exe?
does your sound card have an OPL3 or the OPL4 MIDI chip?
Does your trident VESA card on the ISA slot have 1MB VRAM?
stacker, drivespace or doublespace? choices!
I just bought me a Seagate medalist 1-Gigabyte hard drive. Should I make it a master or a slave on the ATA bus?
Make sure the Turbo button is pressed, if Doom is slow to load!
And I'd still need to spend another $300 for the SSD, 16GB ram, and a new battery (batteries on used laptops are miserable, and not up to the 8 hours of usage I demand). It would also be heavier.
Haha, Skype's April Fool's joke was subtle but the best I've seen today
It's definitively an interesting demo, but not the kind of thing one looks forward to when trying to scroll on a page with the purpose of reading it.
Veracode, Burlington MA
Lots of open positions.
http://www.veracode.com/about/careers
Feel free to send email to mpreshman@veracode.com with any questions.
I'm a complete novice when it comes to maths, but I have read that primes don't have any predictable order. Many better minds than me have proved this true I'm guessing, but visualizations like this seem to show at least a semblance of one. Or am I mistaken? Maybe that's what makes primes so intriguing.
"That's way better than what I had"
I literally just published a post that tries to answer this question :) https://www.airpair.com/meteor/posts/choose-meteor-for-your-...