skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Startups in general are less dogmatic in hiring methodologies. We've screened candidates based on very strong personal references, Github, Stack Overflow, etc. However, we've found many people don't have a lot of available work "out there" for us to look at; at which point, we fall back to coffee meetings to establish fit, and technical interviews.

If you want to skip this "hiring manager" game, find startups that are small enough where the people hiring will be the people you'd work with. You'll get a better culture fit idea, and can be a lot more flexible regarding what they expect.
Interesting research[1] is still happening.

[1] http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/...
I wonder if a reminder would work in the same way. Set a recurring reminder on your phone. Dismissing it is your Placebo. The act of swiping that notification off your phone just might fix what ails you.
I am glad to review this book,Its an amazing book for robotics beginners as well as researchers :-)
Some of us have long memories. Microsoft's ambitions for the longest time were to kill everyone else, not just be successful, but destroy everyone.

Say what you will about Apple, but they appear to be content to remain a niche player, focussing only on the top of the market, and don't seem to have any inherent need to wipe out open standards and destroying all their competitors.
To collect sales tax or not?
We have a where we provide instructional training through the form of videos, web-text modules, and online testing.

We are wondering whether we need to collect sales tax? Our company is not in the US and so far we have been collecting sales tax but with the launch of a new service we're wondering if this is needed.

So curious - how many people out there are collecting sales tax on your apps?

Thanks!
That landing page is effin' mesmerizing. I think they just set a new standard here.
You just saying that has elevated my blood pressure. Firefox does the same thing. GRRR haha
is this NSA's project???
Not bureaucracy, corruption. In my own experience, the contractors cost more (though the individual workers don't see more money) with the extra money going to the company, which spends some of it lobbying or offering nice jobs to those who award the contracts. You see this at all different scales.
There are some pretty wrong statements in here, such as that Rust won't allow you to iterate over an array of values.
How convenient, since I just started using Stripe this past week :) Control -- the app I had been using -- seemed great, but I have to imagine this will trump, especially considering the amount of polish and attention to detail goes into every Stripe interface.
The one chart I wish Stripe would put in their standard dashboard is charges month to date vs. previous month to date. It's arguably the most important metric for SaaS. I always have two browser tabs open to measure this.

Edit: Looks there is some exiting stuff coming from PC's comment. Looking forward to it.
I encountered this problem with babies. They definitely don't pause.

My solution was the DS/3DS line of consoles... snap 'em shut, bam, paused. I've called them the consoles of choice for the discriminating father.

(If you've never had kids and find yourself wondering what horrible father would be playing video games while taking care of his children, well, you see, it turns out that sometimes your child wants to sleep on somebody, and will not sleep any other way... and there's only so many things you can do with a baby that cries if you move sleeping on you. Both of my kids went through that phase for different reasons.)
Thanks Alex for the comment and review !!!
Ditto with Firefox 38.0.5 on OS X 10.10.3.

First time I've had any disappointment in a Stripe design. Their stuff has been solid.
Battery life and also the fact that the current iteration of the Watch is still fairly limited in hardware components. That's what happens when you make a device that is intended to be the companion to a different device.
Thanks Achu for the comment and review !!!
Yes. I just use a news reader via gmane. And via web, the "threaded view" is blazing fast.
> I don't want my children to see my wealth as their wealth, or my success as their success

I think that's a good view. I had Chinese immigrant parents who did pretty well financially. They used money as a means of control: they gave me an extremely meager allowance but said if I ever wanted something, I should just ask. Meaning I could have it only if they also approved of it. This resulted in me getting jobs as soon as possible.
WatchOut – A quick action racing game built for Android Wear
I didn't say that other people do, just that I do :-)
My initial experience with Rust
Really cool. Well done!

Did you try it on Wine yet?
Congress Didn't Notice the FBI Creating a 'Small Air Force' for Surveillance
Google Maps provides directions for travel by dragon
I've written lots of React code, but usually by following the conventions set forth by Facebook. I've never considered dynamically generating every component in an app.

Thanks for sharing your technique!
"If society isn't willing to give you anything for it, how are you sure it's your 'usefulness in life'?"

Because usefulness isn't measured only in money.

(Think of the children! No, really. They cost a ton, no guarantee they'll live to support you in your dotage even, but people still have them.)
Really wish this was open source. :/
Apple Wants to Be the Streaming Music Service for Dads
The camera also appears to be used to help determine when the food is done, to allow the oven to do things like turn itself up for the last 15 minutes to crisp the exterior.

And that's the important part. Nobody's going to pay $1500 for something that makes cooking easier. They'll appreciate it, but they won't pay for it. Lot's of people will pay $1500 for a gadget that makes cooking better.
Yeah, tptacek's Amazon recommended reading list was merged in last month: https://github.com/paragonie/awesome-appsec/commit/097a1ddba...
I would definitely want to know how they create any announcement page. I mean, a whole process - brainstorming, designs (and tools) and UI.
WWDC keynote summary for developers
Why do so many links on HN to new tech go to a page that doesn't fundamentally explain what it is right at the top?

What is this? Is it a way to access the windows api from javascript? Is it a library of web UI components like Telerik?

So many projects seem to suffer from this same problem, just say what you are doing in clear unambiguous short sentences right at the top with an example or a picture and the world would be a much better place.
I'd say that to the people that complain about MongoDB's default configuration in the early days but many people feel perfectly justified in that position.
Try the direct link from the website. It'll work.
I found the UI quite nice, but that after adding a fourth goal ads started showing up in the bottom ... which ruins the whole experience for me.
Unicode woes in JavaScript: you're iterating strings the wrong way
It's weird that everyone is praising Chrome's dev tools, I've been using Firebug and now default Firefox dev tools for a long time, but whenever I get to debug some Chrome-related bug, Chrome's dev tools make me extremely frustrated. The UI is very small for some reason which makes it hard to click on anything. It's very unintuitive and for the life of me I couldn't even find the place where I can view the page's CSS. Oh, and there appeared to be no way to detach it or get it out of the way so it doesn't eat the precious vertical space. Guess it's mostly a matter of which one you're used to.
Benjamin, really like uilang.js. Do you happen to know what animation libraries are being used for iOS or at least if they are custom?
> REST, in the form coined by Roy Fielding, is actually almost the opposite of what "RESTful" means today,

Not really the opposite. "RESTful", when it doesn't actually refer to Fielding's REST [0], generally doesn't mean anything, its just an empty buzzword being dropped into a product description that communicates no meaningful information at all. Even then, its seems to be intended to communicate "conforming to the REST architectural style", it just fails to do so because its done without any knowledge of the REST architectural style (and not even with an consistent wrong view such that the use of the term could be said to have a particular definition different from that that Fielding laid out for REST.)

[0] Though, to be fair, it often does, although sometimes to only some particular part of it (and not always the same part) as opposed to systems that lack the part being focused on. This use is somewhat consistent with Fielding's, though it would probably be better to focus on naming the particular element.
A web framework that no longer is accepting bug fixes isn't really supported. So yes, its only supported for 2 years.
I would have been willing to pay an upfront fee, but in app purchases is a massive turn off
> I have a feeling that the non-American system is better because it fosters closer family ties, but that might just be because that's the system I'm familiar with.

Fostering closer family ties has good sides and bad sides.

Individuals from a toxic family background benefit from being able to keep their family at arm's length or farther, which isn't as acceptable in cultures that so strongly and universally emphasize family loyalty. Not all parents are good parents!
Collective Intelligence examples are all Python.

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/mobile/9780596529321.do
You do realize that we can see when the app was published on PlayStore(initial release on June 9th). Unless your life and marriage were changed within couple of hours of using it....
Also, welcome to HN.
$1500 is still a lot of money in the kitchen space. Most people could buy a whole new set of appliances for that price.
Wow, reading this made me so furious I'm surprised with myself.
Shia Labeouf “JUST EAT IT”
Your welcome! Glad it was helpful.
That's why we'd choose the day in advance. Businesses already lose loads of money due to metric<->imperial conversions. Let's stop the madness.
AirPlay Works with Safari Media Content in OS X 10.11
Coach.me is similar for iOS.
Software Is Eating the Job Market
Looks awesome! Thanks for your time I will definitely look into it deeply soon!
Mesosphere Hits General Availability, Launches Free Community Edition
Facebook Messenger on Android Hits 1…Billion…Downloads
Systemd vs. sysvinit – New suite of Linux system management
Ask HN: Why is a companies success still very random?
Agreement? Who gives a fuck. Spend a couple years in the USA and you'll soon understand that contractual obligations are paradoxical at best.
Don't get too distracted looking for Python-specific resources. Modern AI is more math than programming, and you really need to nail down the math.

Look out for stuff on probability theory, statistical machine learning, multivariate calculus, and linear algebra.
nVidia positioned the K1 towards the automotive industry (for all of driver assistance, computer vision etc) [0]. Since control systems there will be similar to control systems with this oven (knobs, dials etc) I'd imagine that there's simplifications there; furthermore there'll be decent product support etc.

SoCs cost at most like $20 each (if you have scale, which these guys won't)); the cost amounts from elsewhere. They'll form a comparatively small part of the total cost (which they can iterate on in later editions) but that make things simpler overall.

If they wanted to, they could just include dev boards in the devices; at $300 it would only be 10% of the price.

[0] - on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2014/presentations/S4412-tegra-k1-automotive-industry.pdf
A Derivatives Bomb Exploded Within the Last Two Weeks
Ask HN: How to figure out what gets you 'excited'?
I'm a twenty something working in the tech industry who is facing an internal crisis of sorts because I don't know where to focus my time. I quit a job in finance a few years back because I wanted to work on something that could help others beside myself. I started by tinkering with website projects and have a firm grasp of several web frameworks. I work in data analysis using various tools, like R and Pandas, to build predictive machine learning models.

I don't know where to focus my energy to have the biggest impact. Something inside me tells me I need to be a founder of something, allowing me the most opportunity to take advantage of my creativity and skills, but I would not be opposed to leading a team within a company that is working toward an enviable goal. Much of what I read and hear says that no matter what you work on, those who succeed are those who are most excited about their work. I totally agree and have found that my best work occurs when excited but up to this point I have been excited about better jobs in order to improve my resume and learn new tools.

How should I get a better understanding of what gets me 'excited'. Are there publications I can read that will open my mind to new technologies which might interest me (Tech Review, etc.)? Talks I can watch or go to? Should I just narrow things down and research areas for a few weeks to see if different industries get me excited?

Thanks for your response.
> How do I convince potential employers to judge me based on my actual experience...

It's a Sellers Market for your services at the moment. You have more power in the interview process than you think.

You might try this word track directly with the Hiring Manager (avoid dealing with low-level HR Flunkies)-- I'm happy to demonstrate my skills and want to respect your time. May I suggest, that we first determine whether or not were a good match for each other. I 'd like to learn more about you and what you're working on. Take a consultative approach, have your own scorecard, and be ready to engage them in a solid business conversation. Think of this as the Discovery Phase.

Sufficiently impressed, the Hiring Manager may have power to forego the silly hoops of the code exercise. But generally speaking, the larger-the-company size the more formalized and mind-numbingly absurd the hiring process.
And of course, they want to be 'fair' to the incumbent engineers who submitted to the code exercise when they interviewed.
I only found out about Lemmings when I was past my formative years, and it had long existed. But as a game designer, I still think of it as a pretty seminal game. An RTS is just Lemmings with units that will go where you tell them, after all.

However, the core conceit of Lemmings—the feeling of herding a bunch of autonomous agents around, that will do whatever they like (to your detriment) unless you restrict them—is still pretty unexplored. It never spawned its own direct subgenre, unlike its cousins Tower Defense and MOBA. There were a few attempts—I think from Nintendo there was Mario & Wario, and of all things Krusty's Fun House. But generally there's still a lot of unexplored "herding game" mechanics-space.

I wonder why we don't see more of it on mobile? Herding things by tapping them seems obvious.
If any of the Stripe iOS engineers are here, just wondering what your rationale was for using a card based layout for the app? The alternative being the standard nav stack. Serious question.

Your card layout sure is beautiful and the animation is nice but how did you decide it was worth it given some of it drawbacks (users used to the standard nav stack, less screen real estate for content, etc).
Facebook Messenger on Android Hits 1B Downloads
I have the feeling this multiple-tab-thing is similar to the desktop cluttering, back in the days. Temporary downloads, you don't need for long, but somehow you delete them only if the desktop is full.
FWIW, Google is patching and updating JDK7 for appengine beyond Oracle's EOL.
Sensing the internal temperature of a roast and cooking until it's done is a nice idea. Convection and aesthetics are good. Efficiency is good.

The HD camera, food detection, phone app, and touchscreen are waaaay overkill, in my opinion.

I don't want to have to put my oven on the WiFi, and it shouldn't need software updates. The useful functions ought to be simple enough to code once and ship.
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About Inequality: Rich Get Poorer Over Time, Not Richer
> Also, having such a small volume means that most of the heat will escape when the door opens...

Supposedly, there's an air curtain to help with that problem.

> It seems like a perfectly acceptable (albeit pricy) alternative to a toaster over, however.

It may be an alternative to a toaster oven, but is that a good thing? Even the best toaster oven isn't very good, if you go by testing by Cooks Illustrated for example. I don't see how this one can perform any better given, as you point out, the physics limitations of a small oven.
Since its my first app on android, I'm still figuring out exactly how I want to limit things. I'm open to feedback.
EarlyCanvas is your 'evolving portfolio'. Share your art work (whether it's in progress or complete), get feedback, follow other artists, pin inspiring art, even sell your art. All the while we'll create a beautiful, customizeable, professional portfolio site for you.

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Tactics training helps a lot. I like echess[1], it has a good selection of tactical puzzles. Try to solve one a day and you should see significant improvement in your game within a month.

For a game against an advanced player you must master the openings which can be hard (I always make mistakes in the opening stages).

[1]http://en.lichess.org/training/17424
Dont be surprised but development of widgets/core libraries wasn't stopped, just fetch qtbase and inspect git logs.
Keep in mind that there is QtCreator which based on QtWidgets and unlikelly will be based on something else. What kind of styling, qss?

What new widget class do you need?
You'd be correct for the ski ramp, and I was interested in it be used of the proposed indoor skydiving tunnel. The casino you are referring to in Atlantic City was Revel, which did indeed close.
Chrome on iPad in landscape shows the phone, non-tilted, with just a black screen. I had to check the screenshot someone else posted to see what it should look like. In portrait, the phone is tilted but still nothing displays on the phone.
There are an infinite number of variables. If there were a clear path to running a successful business then the majority wouldn't fail.
I don't recall that the Belgian (Netherlands) troops distinguished themselves at the Battle of Waterloo. Isn't it a bit like North Carolina putting the Wright brothers' flier on its quarter?
Does it work if I write a cron job to click the button for me?
Indeed some deep nesting here. You made me remember a quickbasic program I wrote for a class back in early 90s, where I packed the whole program in a single do-loop with about 20 indent levels at it's deepest, and I loved it. But... the prof told me to never do that again :( Anyway, thanks a lot for the flashback :)
It sounds exactly like "nailed" in Spanish, but with K instead of C.
Agreed one hundred percent. I try to stay away from single-purpose gadgets, myself, out of desire to save space, but there are a few things I look forward to buying in a few years' time.

A few (2-4?) good knives (full tang), a honing steel, a large wood cutting board, and a knife block would likely be the first things I'd recommend someone starting out to get, along with a basic knife skills class. In addition to buying quality items, caring for them properly will definitely serve you well.
Longer passcodes required for iOS9
I entered "Self Destruct DO NOT PRESS!"

...FWEW! Just the adrenaline kick I needed.
I suspect they're talking about something much more brutish, where you build some agents that by any mechanism read some stuff out of the environment and take some actions, then put lots of them in the same environment and see what happens. This less "neural nets" or "SVM" and more "game AI being run at scale", probably via heuristics and brute-force coding like in a game, except the game is a model of the real world.

In this case, as cool as neural nets and SVM and all the rest can be, I'd rather write some code that I really, really understand than have a more-or-less opaquely-trained AI. (I am aware of various efforts to read out "meaning" from our various trainable AIs, but it's still even easier to directly put the meaning there from the start.) Then if I see something surprising, I pretty much know it's either a bug, or an unexpected interaction (the thing I'm looking for), and not merely some form of training error.
I have several appengine projects. The java ones need 20+ seconds to startup. Python ones need two seconds to startup. Golang ones need 0.5 seconds to startup.

My later appengine projects wlll be all golang based.
I work as a mechanical engineer designing CVD (chemical vapor deposition) equipment for research applications. Some of my systems are designed to grow carbon nanotubes, although admittedly not at the purity or wafer size that would be required for serious commercial semiconductor work.

My experience is that CNT systems are among the easiest jobs I get. They tend to have very simple gas systems, with only a few gases, and few other complications in terms of temperature or other complications.

This isn't to say that one could take a current chip fab and start running a CNT process tomorrow, there is of course going to be a lot of research and development still required. On the other hand, it certainly seems reasonable to expect that this won't be particularly harder than developing some other new process based on a different technology.
I recall that Qt 5.0 involved something of a turn toward Qml and maybe implied a gradual obsoleting of the entire old QWindow/QWidget hierarchy (not that this has happened but the "focus is on a new way of programming" according to the blogs of the time). So there's some logic in forking there. Qt 5 is web-fusion, integrated webkit everywhere and this for those oriented to plain old GUI windows forever.

I still couldn't say whether this is a good idea.
Why? It's actually much easier to try it for free and pay the in-app purchase if you like it. Otherwise you have to go back to the play store and find the paid version.