Ask HN: Where to find first employee? - <AUTHOR> I've been working on a Mac app for a couple of years and I've reached the point where I can afford to hire my first employee. But how do I find an employee?
I've tried a couple of things that cost no money:
- attending meetups
- posting on Facebook groups
- posting to local university job board
- posting on Twitter
So far nobody seems interested (and I feel a bit bad for spamming social networks)
I'm considering buying an ad on a commercial job board, or on Stack Overflow, but these ads are expensive -- $500+ per ad. Are they worth it?
Any other ideas? <comment><USER2> In general, early employees come from either your social network (not meaning Facebook et al, just people you know) or from like minded people like you might find here.

For a single employee either your terms need to be good or the person needs to be bought in big time (e.g. basically be a co-founder). Frankly just hiring an engineer isn't a cheap proposition so make sure you are really ready for it. It is possible you are more ready for a part time person or a contractor you can use X hours from monthly. If you hire someone vs contracting them the costs are fairly different, so make sure you have figured that part out too. Payroll taxes, workers compensation, liability insurance etc all add up pretty fast if you hire an "employee" vs use a contractor.

Also, don't feel bad for making legitimate posting on social media for a position. You aren't a recruiter spamming everyone you know daily for different positions, you are looking to find someone for your project, and most likely that person will come from your network of contacts.

<comment><AUTHOR> In principle I don't mind sharing my business with a cofounder -- but I just assumed that hiring someone is easier than finding a cofounder. What are the odds that I'll find someone who shares my vision?

<comment><USER2> First, it is awesome that you are at the point of even being able to consider which way to go, that is a milestone you should be proud of and super happy you reached. So Congrats!

No doubt, hiring is way easier IMO. But it comes down to funds and growth etc. I guess it would also depend where you are at, in the US in most larger cities/areas, a solid mid level developer will be making say anywhere from 70-110k/year. Then take payroll taxes, non health based insurance and the general administration costs that go with managing an employee and all the sudden that person costs you at minimum an additional 15% per year.

Adding the first person is the most expensive in my experience, as the cost is incremental after that, at least to a point. There are thresholds that happen though and cause additional administrative functions & costs to come into play etc. For example, crossing 20 employees, crossing 50 etc.

As long as you are going into it with open eyes and full awareness, I'd personally hire someone or contract it out on a 1099 which is less overhead and work, saving you cash.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER3> If $500 seems expensive you might not be ready to start paying somebody $5000 every month, not to mention all the additional expenses that come with having an employee.

You could advertise for 10 months for 1 month salary and it might take that long for an employee to get up to speed and actually contribute anything useful. If you hire the wrong guy it could take longer before they are useful. Not to mention the additional drain on your time as you teach them about your codebase and how you do things.

If you hire the wrong person and have to let them go after a month or two you are out of pocket $20k and back to square one. (And if its not working out I suggest you be prepare to make this tough call)

<comment><AUTHOR> Good point, compared to the salary a single ad is not a lot; but it still seems like a lot of money to spend $500 just to find out if there is an OS X dev looking for work in Linz. That's why I'm asking here if anyone has experience with this kind of stuff.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> I find hard to believe that nobody is interested. Are your conditions realistic or you're living in a place of full employment maybe ?

Anyway HN might be the best place ;-)

</comment><comment><USER5> I recommend you this: [https://entreprises.42.fr/en/](https://entreprises.42.fr/en/)

</comment><comment><USER6> Where is your company based and what other positions if any will you consider hiring for?

<comment><AUTHOR> My company is in Linz, Austria. I'm looking for an OS X developer, or for a web developer with experience in Ruby on Rails: [https://eggerapps.at/jobs.html](https://eggerapps.at/jobs.html)</comment></comment>


If you value your data and sanity, don't buy QNAP - <AUTHOR> https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/iec7lb/if_you_value_your_data_and_sanity_dont_buy_qnap/ <comment><USER2> Never had a qnap.

2 cents..

We have sun, sg, dell, hp, asus ecs4000, hitachi 4u60... All run centos and zfs.

A few of our end users use their own budgets to buy synology. And a couple of times we've had to rescue them by mounting their disks on PCs with enough(6-8) sata ports.. Happily synology are straight md raid. Its not so bad...</comment>


Ted Nelson' Published Papers on Computers and Interaction, 1965 to 1977 - <AUTHOR> https://archive.org/details/SelectedPapers1977 <comment><USER2> A worthy collection. Theodor "Ted" Nelson's ideas have played a significant role in shaping the course of computing and thought. His self-published books (Computer Lib and Literary Machines) are still goldmines of information and understanding. His papers, some of which appear in this collection, show a deep understanding of computation that, even today, seems revolutionary.

The World Wide Web is an imperfect implementation of his conceptual model of a world in which information is completely intertwingled. His concept of transcopyright provide a workable solution to the question of who owns what in a digital world. And he is the man who invented the hyperlink.</comment>


21 Most Used Fonts by Professional Designers - <AUTHOR> http://www.instantshift.com/2008/10/05/21-most-used-fonts-by-professional-designers/

<comment><USER2> Univers FTW!</comment>


Show HN : Social Books - let your Facebook friends know what you're reading - <AUTHOR> http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=194524670566985

<comment><AUTHOR> I love reading books, and always want to know what my friends are reading to help give me new ideas. Built this Facebook app to make it easier to post what book you are reading to your wall.

Keen to hear ideas on how to get an initial bunch of users to get feedback from and help develop the idea.</comment>


Projective Geometric Algebra (SIGGRAPH2019) - <AUTHOR> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX4H_ctggYo <comment><AUTHOR> Related discussion: Let's remove Quaternions from every 3D Engine - [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18365433](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18365433)</comment>


Show HN: LazyPub, Cloud Publishing so easy it makes you lazy - <AUTHOR> http://www.lazypub.com

<comment><USER2> Have you tried a Free trial? Without a Freemium, or even a Free Developer account, I think it's going to be hard to get the initial traction?

p.s. Just a little feedback on the homepage:

The left-right-left of the features/benefits is a little squashed and I found I had to look for a minute before I realised what was happening. Nothing a bit of padding couldn't solve I'm sure.

<comment><AUTHOR> Thanks a lot for the feedback! After the pricing table I have added a "limited time offer, 6 months for free" for the standard package. If you did not notice it maybe it is in the wrong place...

<comment><USER2> I saw that, but assumed it meant "if you pay for 6 months, you'll get 6 months for free". So maybe just be a lot simpler and have a big banner across the top and repearted at the bottom of the pricing table:

"6 Month Free Trial On Standard Package, First 100 Only"

Is there a developer type account (thinking after you expire the 6 month free trial), so that my agency can get our publication all setup and test it out (but in an a format no way usable for production, i.e. watermarked?)

<comment><AUTHOR> There is no developer account at the time, but in case you have a free publication to distribute you can get it on the App Store under the Standard package. We will develop your own branded app, we will give you an account for the backend of LazyPub to upload your issues and if at the end of 6 months you are not happy with it you can cancel and not get charged at all.

<comment><USER2> Awesome, I think if that was a little more "idiot friendly" on the site page you'll see a higher conversion rate on that signup form.

Credit card barriers on free trials is effective at 'keeping out time wasters' but you also keep out genuinely interested potential customers. It's a fine line.

We were exploring a similar discussion at Virally over this last week, and we've decided to not ask for the credit card on our free trial signups. If they haven't entered one before the end of the trial, their account downgrades to our free-forever account.

<comment><AUTHOR> As you said, you have to find the fine line. In LazyPub's case you have to customize the iOS app and submit it to Apple for the client, so it is kind of a lot of work for a -potential- client not willing to even enter his/her cc.</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment>


Weave Net 1.9 Released: Encrypted Fast Datapath and ARM - <AUTHOR> https://www.weave.works/weave-net-1-9-released-encrypted-fast-datapath-arm/ <comment><AUTHOR> As far as I understood that means it will be getting even easier launching a self-hosted, __secure __Kubernetes cluster on DigitalOcean or Scaleway using DigitalOcean 's or Scaleways's datacenter private network.

If you are hosting on AWS you have the luxury of AWS-VPC, whereas the when hosting on Scaleway, the private Scaleway network is not really private for your account but for all Scaleway users in their datacenter. So here you have to think about encryption a bit more. Either you encrypt all transports between your services at the service-layer, or install a VPN (tinc, PeerVPN, ZeroTier). And on top of this for Kubernetes to work you need some SDN, e.g. flannel,Calico, which does not do any encryption.

So using Weave you get both worlds. Ready to use SDN for Kubernetes as well as transport security.

My goto feature would be ZeroTier 6PLANE IPv6 Addressing ([https://www.zerotier.com/community/topic/67/zerotier-6plane-...](https://www.zerotier.com/community/topic/67/zerotier-6plane- ipv6-addressing)) from Zerotier.com, once I have figured out how to use this with Kubernetes.

But right now Weave seems to be in the sweetspot for this.</comment>


Show HN: Our video series teaches anyone how to build & deploy a web app - <AUTHOR> https://twifbook.com/

<comment><AUTHOR> Hey HN! A while back, my co-founders and I were talking about how difficult it is for real beginners to get started making web applications. Between setting up a development environment, learning how to program, configuring servers, etc., the entire idea can seem insurmountable to someone who's never done it before.

We brainstormed for a while, decided we would do a video series, and then went straight to creating videos that would teach absolute beginners how to go from nothing to deploying a site on DotCloud. Twifbook (our silly portmanteau) is the site that everyone who watches our series will launch (live) to their own domain name (we'll walk you through that as well).

I want to give a huge shout-out to CodeAcademy for doing an incredible job getting the general entrepreneurial community jazzed about programming. Our goal is to put a more practical spin on it--and get people using their programming knowledge to actually launch things.

Let us know what you think!

</comment><comment><USER2> I signed up for two reasons:

\- I'm a seasoned PHP dev with an interest in Python + Django

\- I appreciate your interesting pricing scheme :)

I'm also a PC user, so I hope when (if?) you release a Windows installer you'll send out an email.

One criticism - I think you should have a 'confirm password' field after signing up.

Good luck with this, I'm interested to see how it works out for you.

</comment><comment><USER3> Says that I need a Mac to "use the How To Program Installer" (which I don't have), is that a big part of the deal? Do I need a Mac for anything else related to this 'course'?

<comment><USER4> Right now we only have an installer for the mac. The course should be similar on a Windows machine but some things are a little different (i.e. opening up the terminal). We're hoping to support Windows OS in the near-future, but for right now we only have Mac OS support. If you purchased the program, e-mail us at support AT elmcitylabs DOT com and we can either give you a full refund or help you through the process.

<comment><USER3> Ok, but say that I figure out how to install Python + Django myself (on a linux box), is there anything else that would be missing from the Mac installer?

<comment><USER4> You'll also need dotcloud's python library. After that, it should be fine, but sometimes there are unexpected issues. If you e-mail us, we'd be happy to help you through.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER5> Bought the series. The videos are buffering very slowly with many interruptions. My connection should be able to handle this though?

<http://www.speedtest.net/result/1871768101.png>

It may be related to the mediaelement.js player. Skipping and searching is not working either.

look forward to you fixing this issue.

<comment><USER4> Sorry about that. We haven't had any issues before, but we might have faster connections. We're currently serving the media from Amazon S3, but we'll switch to Cloudfront to see if that helps. If you're still having issues, e-mail us at support AT elmcitylabs DOT com

</comment></comment><comment><USER6> That's an interesting pricing method for the beta period. I'd love to read a post on how that went after the beta sign-up period ends.

<comment><USER4> Great idea. We'll definitely follow up with something if we get good results.

</comment></comment><comment><USER7> I hope you teach people not to deploy Django projects with DEBUG = True ;)

<https://twifbook.com/should404>

Otherwise it looks great! My GF bought a copy as she was interested in learning how to build "application" websites and not just wordpress blogs.

<comment><AUTHOR> Nice catch. Just turned it off. Thanks for the reminder :)

Hope your girlfriend enjoys the videos! If she has any issues, questions, comments, concerns, etc, we're around to answer any questions.

</comment></comment><comment><USER8> Congrats guys. Looking forward to seeing this get huge.

</comment><comment><USER9> Love the idea! Sent you an email I was having about payment issues a couple hours ago, any word? Looking forward to checking out the videos.

</comment><comment><USER10> I'd consider offering a sample of the videos, similar to what Peepcode does, so people can get a sense for the quality of the instruction.

</comment><comment><USER11> amazing price - looking fwd to diving in once i'm done with my udacity course this week.

and thanks for implementing my feedback!

</comment><comment><USER12> The videos don't seem to play in Firefox. They work fine in Chrome.

<comment><USER3> Same with Opera.

</comment></comment><comment><USER13> Good work. will signup soon.

</comment><comment><USER14> Signed Up.

</comment><comment><USER15> Do you allow to download the videos? And how come no Paypal integration as I don't feel comfortable giving away my CC.

<comment><AUTHOR> 1\. Yep, you have full ownership. You can download them and put them on any device you want to your heart's content.

2\. We're planning on Paypal integration soon. We're using Stripe right now, since it's much easier to integrate on our end.

<comment><USER11> I'd be curious to hear the feedback you guys are getting about using Stripe.

I had the same concern as the grand-parent when I first arrived on the page, then checked your HN handles to check your backgrounds.

I wonder if is a recurring theme when devs use Stripe, and if so, would a simple "secure payments by stripe" icon or logo suffice to communicate that aspect of security.</comment></comment></comment>


Aereo to Courts: Fine, We're a Cable Company - <AUTHOR> http://mashable.com/2014/07/09/aereo-cable-company/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

<comment><USER2> Definitely found this interesting ... they keep on trying to come up with a way to make their company legit.</comment>


Building a CRUD Application with Flask and SQLAlchemy - <AUTHOR> https://www.codementor.io/garethdwyer/building-a-crud-application-with-flask-and-sqlalchemy-dm3wv7yu2 <comment><AUTHOR> Hi, author here :) I've written a few similar posts and would love to get feedback from HN.

Using PostgreSQL through SQLAlchemy[0]

Flask vs Django[1]

[0] [https://www.compose.com/articles/using-postgresql-through- sq...](https://www.compose.com/articles/using-postgresql-through-sqlalchemy/)

[1] [https://www.codementor.io/garethdwyer/flask-vs-django-why- fl...](https://www.codementor.io/garethdwyer/flask-vs-django-why-flask-might- be-better-4xs7mdf8v)</comment>


Ask HN:  Who needs a job? - <AUTHOR>

I'm always interested in the who's hiring threads, but often find it is hard to determine if I fit the bill.  In that spirit, I figured we should have a "Who's looking for a job" thread, and let the employers reach out to whoever they might like.  A brief summary might be ok, or a google doc resume, or whatever.  I figure if there is one place this might work, this is it. Have at!
Edited to add (kudos to mrduncan):
Make it easy for employers by indicating where you're located, whether you'd be willing to move, if you'd prefer to telecommute, etc. <comment><USER4> A couple years ago I made a site to stay organized when looking for a job, <http://www.happyjobsearch.com/> . I made it after I got laid off for the second time in 3 months. I needed an efficient, systematic approach to looking at job listings and keeping track of what I needed to do for each opportunity. It's like GTD but just for job hunting.

It's free and it's quick to sign up. So I hope no one minds my posting it here. I know how much it sucks to be jobless and looking for work, so this site is my little helping hand to anyone in that position.

<comment><USER5> I'm just amazed you did that whole site in one weekend.

<comment><USER6> Imagine if he tried to compete with StackOverflow.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER7> I'm not really looking for a job currently, but I'm interested in who would find someone with my skill set useful: Ph.D. in astrophysics, 15yr research experience, lots of coding in C++ and Python (mostly numerical, Monte Carlo, parallel computation, radiation transfer stuff). In general a pretty all-round kind of guy.

If an opportunity came along, I would be interested in something where I could use my knowledge of physics and coding for something more "applied" and immediately useful to humanity than astrophysics. Ring any bells?

<comment><USER8> We've started a company to make an energy storage system using compressed air that's 10x cheaper and 10x longer lasting than traditional batteries, while being as efficient.

We don't need someone with the skillset immediately, but we would have. Have you considered greentech?

<comment><USER7> Yeah, that's one of the things I would be most interested in working with.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER9> I currently have a part-time job that pays the bills, and I want to keep it, but I would be very interested in doing small projects on the side, or jobs that only require a few hours a week (e.g. maintenance).

I'm proficient in Python; I've used the language since ~1996, professionally since 2002, mostly for back-end stuff that runs on servers, scripting, database access, etc. Also GUI programming and IronPython (at my job, we're currently converting existing CPython code to IronPython). I am not an expert on web programming, although I've designed several sites for personal use, and some web apps using Google App Engine.

As I am always interested in learning other/new programming languages, I also have limited experience in e.g. Scheme, OCaml, Ruby, Delphi, C, C++, D, Io, etc.

(My resume can be found at <http://zephyrfalcon.org/resume.html>, but please note that it's out of date; I haven't updated it since last November, when I was re-hired by Oasis Digital (mentioned on the resume as an earlier employer). I will get around to this, but as I am not looking for a full-time job, it hasn't been one of my priorities.)

</comment><comment><USER10> Make it easy for employers by indicating where you're located, whether you'd be willing to move, if you'd prefer to telecommute, etc.

</comment><comment><USER11> Melbourne, Australia. Programming since 1986.

Latest work: Linux device drivers for an air traffic control system, medical equipment and a cell phone base station.

Earlier work: portable data terminals, air conditioning control systems, remote order entry systems, telephone banking, EFTPOS terminals and networks, various communications programs, web pages for remote control of communications equipment.

Major accomplishments: rewrote 2,650 lines of C as a seven line shell script; rewrote a VME to PCI bus chip driver reducing the packet transfer time from 40 milliseconds to 200 nanoseconds.

Worked at NCR, Nokia, Philips, Telstra and Wang among others.

<comment><USER12> I am losing a developer who is moving to Australia simply for the life experience, which is a great reason in my books, although I hate to lose him. Just curious – how is the developer/tech job scene in Melbourne and Sydney right now?

<comment><USER11> There are a lot more low level technical programming jobs in Sydney than there are in Melbourne despite a difference in population of only 12.7%. For example, a search for "embedded" on the Seek job site at <http://www.seek.com.au> yielded eight jobs for Melbourne and 26 for Sydney.

On the other hand, living in Sydney is more expensive with average purchase prices of $A515K ($US464K) for a flat and $A600K ($US541K) for a house as opposed to $A485K ($US437K) and $A510K ($US460K).

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER13> I'm looking - currently in SF bay area physics PhD program, working on computational condensed matter physics. Physics&Math degree, good CS background as well (mostly python, also C, C++, others in passing) as part of undergrad studies/current research/current side projects but no 'official' dev/work experience, if you get what I mean. Planning to take a year or more off from degree program to work on a startup or similar - I kind of imagine myself coming in somewhere between an intern and and engineer. Hoping to stay in SF area for now. I'd be happy to send a resume, too. email: email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER14> I particularly want to get involved with any developers or companies in the Boston area that specialize in libraries. I am particularly keen on academic libraries as I think it's a great space. They need great developers (existing software sucks) and are willing to pay good money for their work.

I have 4 years experience working in Digital Library Services where I write services and web apps that interact with integrated library systems. I generally use PHP, MySQL, Drupal, and jQuery for work (this is the leading academic library web stack), but I'm trying to ween myself toward RoR and other Ruby frameworks. I also have experience with Java, C, Scheme, and ASM (in that order) from my CS studies. I've started working on a RoR project to help manage EZProxy, which is an existing, near-ubiquitous proxy service for academic libraries to offer off-campus access to licensed content, that I hope to turn into a SaaS business in the near future.

Website: <http://bricestacey.com>

<comment><USER15> Are you aware of Koha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koha_%28software%29> and Evergreen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_%28software%29> open source ILSes? Those are complementary to your interests (albeit perl rather than python or ruby).

<comment><USER14> Yes, though I am actually not particularly interested in the ILS. The ILS is simply too big, complicated, and a costly measure to tackle. They're 10-year commitments. Instead, I'd like to focus on add-ons and supplementary tools. Luckily, most ILS support protocols like z39.50, SIP, and NCIP so such tools can be created for all libraries.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER16> I'm an interface designer and web developer looking for part-time or short- term gigs, based in NYC (for now).

Portfolio: <http://mdolon.com> \- Blog: <http://devgrow.com>

<comment><USER17> You've got nice work.

<comment><USER16> Thank you, I appreciate it! The portfolio is actually a bit outdated now, I've done some better work that I need to put on there soon.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER18> I live on long island(in NY), and would love an entry-level coding opportunity in the area. Obviously I read HN, and I'm always reading and learning more about technology while dabbling with languages. For example, today I've been writing utility scripts in powershell( <http://is.gd/dRJWZ> ). I've played with PHP, Android development, Ruby.. heck, even a little security exploitation in assembly. The list goes on. I started by writing in C, and it's fair to say that's the language I'm most comfortable with.

I may not have a Ph.D. in astrophysics like that other guy, but I really do think I could contribute somewhere given the chance.

<comment><USER19> You might want to share some contact info...

<comment><USER18> Hrm, I suppose you're right.

beyondhostile AT gmail.com

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER20> Resumé criticism/suggestions would be cool.

<http://metawhimsy.com>

I live in Santa Cruz, California and won't be able to move for a year (I'm a student) but I can telecommute. I'm also willing to work below market prices (being a student and all).

I have no concept of what my skill level is when it comes to programming or system administration. Shoot me an e-mail and ask me some questions to determine that for yourself.

<comment><USER21> will is my brother, his SysAdmin skills are above average by bay area standards. He hasn't done significant programming for me (outside the SysAdmin role, scripts, etc...) so I can't really evaluate him as a programmer.

The unusual thing about him is that he has excellent communication skills, something that is pretty rare at his age.

</comment></comment><comment><USER22> Boulder, Colorado. Unable to relocate.

I've coded a good deal in Perl, C, and Lua, and have been learning Scheme for quite some time as well. I'm comfortable with Linux (bash included), OS X, and Windows. I'm willing and able to learn new languages/systems.

Currently a senior majoring in Linguistics (human), though most of my jobs through college have been with computers.

Please feel free to email me -- my email address is in my profile.

<comment><USER23> send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and I will pass it on.

</comment></comment><comment><USER24> I am a fun and outgoing guy looking for a strategist or community management type position. I've got some dev experience (LAMP, JS, ~python, working on jquery) and a minor in CS, but coding full-time gives me cabin fever of the brain.

I'm super curious, intellectually fearless, and willing to relocate (currently in Chicago; would prefer SF.) Contact info is in my profile.

</comment><comment><USER25> I am in SF and aggressively looking!! <http://hireclayturk.wordpress.com>

<comment><USER26> Constructive criticism:

1\. Not sure about the artfully-dishevelled glamour shot. Something is offputting about it, though I can't put my finger on what it is.

2\. "I love being the smartest person in the room, but humbly accept when I am not and love to learn knew things" sounds a little egotistical. I would be concerned that a person who said that might be a little _too_ eager to believe themselves to be the smartest person in the room, even when they're not.

3\. You're very specific about what you can't do: "not a genius software engineer or computer science major... not able to program the next Facebook..." but very vague about what you _can_ do. You claim that "I can give you ideas as to what should be implemented and understand why", but you don't demonstrate that your ideas about what should be implemented will actually be any good.

4\. Convert your resume to html, it's too hard to read in the little scribd box.

5\. * "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" W. Dyer* Again, seems a little egotistical; you're handing out platitudes to people whom you want to be your boss.

Anyway, mostly I'd recommend rejigging your website so it puts a bit more emphasis on things you actually _have_ achieved, rather than assertions that you're full of good ideas. And while I'm not calling _you_ egotistical, I do think that your site might give people the impression that you are.

<comment><USER27> Also, "love to learn knew things" has a typo with the word _new_.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER28> I do need a job. I am interested to join a startup whether as an entry level software engineer or an intern. I am comfortable with C, Python, Java, C++ and C#. Unfortunately, I lack the experiences with frameworks, APIs and libraries such as RoR, Django, Hadoop, Scala, etc but I am willing to catch up. I am an F-1 student with an OPT work authorization for a year. I love solving algorithm problems and security issues. I do not mind smaller compensation as long as I can pay my rent and I can eat. I am currently based on Indiana but I am willing to relocate.

Some small codes written for references: <http://github.com/genkiro/Quora1/downloads>

Resume: [http://github.com/downloads/genkiro/Quora1/Ronny_Wijaya_2010...](http://github.com/downloads/genkiro/Quora1/Ronny_Wijaya_2010.pdf)

I can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER29> This is slightly random but I'll give it a shot.

I'm a developer with mostly .net experience, but I know and love ruby (rails, sinatra) and would love to use it professionally. I've also been studying iPhone development a bit and have an app, albeit simple, on the app store.

I'm looking for a way to work and live in Vienna, Austria starting in January 2011. Earlier could possibly work too! I don't speak German, but I'm currently studying it and would love a situation that helped/forced me to learn while still being able to get work done. I have about 3-4 years professional experience writing web software, I'm a third of the way through a masters in c.s., and am fun to hang out with to boot. Any one looking for remote help, or help in Austria? Long shot, but I figured I'd try it! My email is in my profile, and I'd be happy to talk about anything.

Thanks!

</comment><comment><USER30> I'm a final year bachelors student (CS major) from Karachi, Pakistan. Moving is not an option for me right now, not for a year anyway.

I'm primarily interested in working part-time on a project that would give me more experience in web or game development, and more crucially get to work with people who know how to get traction.

I obviously don't have a lot under my belt right now, but I'm a quick learner and avid reader of HN. I have PHP, Python, C++, Java and web designing skills. I made a web app for local sales and events in Pakistan a while back (<http://www.itaaza.com>), though it's a bit dead at the moment.

I've also worked a bit on mobile game development. Made a game for the Nokia Calling All Innovators contest, and working on an android game right now.

contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER31> I'm a math major with one more semester of school left (graduating in December). I'm currently located in Atlanta but I am willing to relocate anywhere, especially the Bay Area. I'm enthusiastic about graphic design, user interfaces, and technology in general.

I spend a lot of time in Photoshop, Illustrator, Omnigraffle, and Flash, but I am willing to learn anything and everything. I've recently put a website together where you can see some of the art I've done: <http://vveleva.weebly.com/> As for programming, I'm familiar with html, css, javascript and Java, and I'm learning python (having fun playing with visual libraries).

I'm flexible about compensation; I just really want to get my foot in the door and start learning from some smart people.

I can be reached at vvveleva at gmail.

</comment><comment><USER32> I'm looking for a full-time position (consumer web startups) in either Product Management, UX Design or Front-End Development. I'm located in Toronto but actively looking everywhere and would love to relocate to somewhere new.

I'm experienced with both the LAMP stack and the design stack (especially napkins). I cofounded and was CTO of a startup for 1.5 years, <http://thinkpanda.com>, and am currently freelancing.

Check out my portfolio website: <http://fahdoo.com> LinkedIn: <http://linkedin.com/in/fahdb>

Or if someone wants to angel fund me so I can work on a few new startup ideas, then that would be swell :)

</comment><comment><USER33> I have a Ph.D. in Math and CS, but never worked in IT. I like to think about problems and how to solve them. I like to learn and enjoy hobby programming and coding in Python, Ruby or Lisp. I think I don't really need a job, just some challenge to solve.

</comment><comment><USER34> I'm finishing up a postdoc and am not actively looking for a job just yet, but I will be soon.

Like lutorm, I'm wondering who in the startup/industry world might find my skill set useful. (Yes, I know about finance.) I'm located in NYC, and will be staying here for the foreseeable future.

Me in a nutshell: PhD in electrical engineering, research experience in audio processing and machine learning, mainly speech recognition and music analysis. These days I do lots of scientific coding in Python.

<http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~ronw> <http://github.com/ronw>

<comment><USER35> Apply to Google. Google does a lot of machine learning, and the Android folks like audio processing. And yes, Google has an office in NYC. (With, purportedly, really good food.)

</comment></comment><comment><AUTHOR> Figured since I started the thread I should participate:

CS Degree (honors) from Duke, and Law(JD) and Business(cert) degree from UPenn. Don't want to be a lawyer, it really is soul sucking :) (no offense to you lawyers out there!). Have worked in both a startup environment and that of a large corporation. Comfortable in Java, Scala, Ruby, Javascript. Have built apps in Struts, Rails, Spring, Webwork, and Lift. Minimum competency in C++, Objective-C.

Would like to get in on the ground floor with an exciting startup that is doing challenging work.

Living in Philly. Willing to move anywhere (well, mostly). Email is in the profile.

</comment><comment><USER36> Champaign, IL. I have compelling personal reasons to stay here for about the next year, but would be happy to telecommute and willing to relocate afterwards.

I have a BS in Physics and am currently finishing a MS in Materials Science, but I'm looking to move into a more computational direction. I have a lot of experience with the analysis of large data sets, computer vision and image processing problems, and knowledge of cluster and cloud computing; and I've got a strong interest in machine learning and statistical analysis. Most of my programming experience has been in Matlab and Java, with a bit of Python, Fortran and R mixed in.

</comment><comment><USER37> I'm an UI/UX designer, Italy. Always interested in opportunities (short-term, long-term, or even a co-founder).

I hope I finish my side project soon, just to have something to show (aside from freelancing work). Some projects I've disclosed: <http://www.pmura.com/labs>

(With all the coders and people like <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1558995> on HN, I'm feeling like crossing a deserted market, in a dystopian world, full of people looking at me like a weird "something".)

</comment><comment><USER38> Philadelphia, PA

Around 10 years experience, mainly with java but also flex/actionscript, ruby, Objective-C. Unix experience as an admin at a few companies when I was in college/recent grad. Experience with both commercial and F/OSS tools/stacks.

Recent work: Building java/flex applications on a completely open-source stack (Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, BlazeDS).

Past work: Building enterpise-y systems on WebSphere and JBoss. Also spent a few years as a java application performance analyst and tuner.

<http://www.github.com/mikereedell>

</comment><comment><USER39> I'm looking for a job in Canada (vancouver or toronto preferably) that would sponsor me as 'arranged employment'. I'm pretty great with C++ (4+ years), Lua. My focus has always been on gamedev, 3D rendering.

I've also done professional webdev work with RoR, my Ruby is not ultra idiomatic so I wouldn't say I'm excellent at it, but I can get the job done. Also know my way around Javascript, though I'm really rusty.

I'm from Brazil and living here currently but I want to relocate and have taken all the necessary steps :)

contact at #{HN firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER40> I'm about 4 years out of school (no degree - 3 year diploma + some university). I'm a Canadian looking to go to SoCal preferably. I've been doing iPhone stuff for the past two years - mostly video/image post-processing with OpenGL. Starting on some Android stuff too. I'm more of a "guts" guy than a UI guy though, so I enjoy trying to push these devices to do cool new things. I like C, C++ is okay, Java I need to re-familiarize myself with (due to Android) and I'm getting comfortable with ARM Assembly but I'm still working on getting better at it.

</comment><comment><USER41> Involver (www.involver) is hiring RoR Developers. They are based in downtown SF and well funded. There is a pretty fat referral bonus so ping me if you apply and we can split the pot if you get hired.

SingleFeed (singlefeed.com) is also hiring RoR developers, they are based in SF as well.

If any front end designers or developers (CSS, HTML, Jquery) are interested in some contract work we have some projects coming up at Webvanta (www.webvanta.com), ping me if your interested.

Contact details in my profile if you have any questions.

</comment><comment><USER42> I'm based in Boston, MA. Work as a Web Manager for a university in Boston. MS in Computer Engineering from Rutgers University, NJ.

I'm mainly into FileMaker / MySQL / PHP since 3 years but mainly dealing with project-management and administration type of stuff these days.

I'm not looking for a full time job as such .. However, I want start work on a education-startup-idea in the near future. I'm willing to take on FileMaker projects on the side.

<http://www.pratyk.com>

</comment><comment> kim- Me. Western NY area. Over 15 years experience in IT including systems admin (windows, unix etc), network admin, which are things I no longer want to do. No longer want to be on call all night or woken up because of emergencies. Currently been doing QA for the last 10 years or so. Considering getting into coding, as it's one thing i've never really done aside from simple scripting etc. Any suggestions on what to pursue here? Wish I could find a work from home/remote QA position. Never see those around.

</comment><comment><USER43> I just finished my MSc Mathematics (in quantitative finance). If anyone is looking for a math or finance person that also knows some coding (basic C++, etc) I'd be willing to relocate.

</comment><comment><USER44> I'm looking for something interesting.

Me: just graduated from university; I'm good at engineering big things, backend development (python and some C/C#), data analytics, and predictive models. I like the type of challenges that keep you up thinking. I gained a fair bit of startup experience for the past few years in undergrad.

Feel free to shoot me a message: firstname.lastname@example.com. (no, thats not my real name. I just started f/t with a big company, so sorry for the anonymity. :)

</comment><comment><USER45> I'm in Edinburgh, Scotland, quite happy to work remotely, and while I have a good background in tech support and Linux sysadmin, I've also dabbled with HTML5-a-licious mobile webapps, social media toys, VoIP integration, and generally whatever looks interesting to me at the time.

Thing is, I've never done anything of the interesting stuff for money. And I'd quite like to.

My CV's on github: <http://github.com/johnd/cv>

<comment><USER46> How are you with the rest of the LAMP stack? We are not hiring at the moment but may have need for someone like you in the near future.

<comment><USER45> I spend my days up to my elbows in perl, I've dabbled with PHP in the past, (the 'p' is always ambiguous) and I spent some time this week fixing broken MySQL databases. Fun times.

I'm pretty comfortable with the whole stack, really.

Edit: Neat, you guys are in Kirkcaldy? I'm in Inverkeithing.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER47> Mumbai, India, willing to move anywhere. Experience of 5+ years working in various web related technologies PHP, JAVA HTML, CSS, Javascript - <USER2> with ExtJS, Mootools, JQuery. Sideproject : <http://www.icarusone.com> \- the complete site and its products were developed by me alone. All products for sale. Currently working : As a senior software developer in a reputed firm in Mumbai. Contact : firstname.lastname@example.com

</comment><comment><USER48> I'm definitely looking—though also still going to school (so I'm not looking to move, or take any full-time positions, just yet.)

I'm a web (and desktop) developer in Vancouver, BC, willing to freelance or work part-time. I mostly have experience in Ruby and PHP, but dabble in pretty much everything.

Here's a CV/portfolio, which goes on at much greater length: <http://derefr.co.cc/work>

</comment><comment><USER49> I'm semi-looking. Based in Annapolis, MD. Not willing to relocate.

Currently entering my last year of a JD/MBA program. Prior to grad school, wrote code professionally for 7+ years, mostly in startup orgs of one shape or another (some that were pre-launch, others that were post-IPO). These days, prefer Rails, but looking forward to Perl 6.

I don't have anything in particular in mind, I'm just curious to see who/what might be interested.

<comment><USER50> We're hiring rubyists somewhat nearby at the Democratic National Committee in Washington, DC. email@example.com

</comment></comment><comment><USER51> I would love to find an internship somewhere in the Bay Area, specifically San Jose if possible as that's where I live.

I'm 23, great humored, and a very quick learner. Looking for a part time internship where I can get my hands dirty in programming. I have basic experience with linux, OSX, python, and ruby. I would love to find someplace where I can contribute and learn with others.

Contact info in my profile. Lets get creative!

</comment><comment><USER52> Masters in Computer Science, experience in Program Analysis and Machine Learning. Experienced with C, Python, Perl, Java.

Interested in lots of things, including: synthetic biology/bioinformatics, finance, cryptography, natural language processing, evolutionary algorithms, and quantum computing.

East or West Coast US (or Chicago) is cool with me, as is telecommuting.

contact devan.lochees at the mail service provided by gewgl

</comment><comment><USER53> I am a full-time graduate student looking for a part-time job in the Phoenix, AZ, area (or telecommute). I'm skilled and experienced in web development, particularly with PHP and JavaScript. I also know Python and C. I also have some experience with Android development. I'd like to pay my rent, of course, but I'd also be thrilled to work on a fascinating product or learn something new.

My email is thinkago at gmail.

</comment><comment><USER54> math/cs double, emphasis topology, knot theory, geometry, some analysis and dynamics, also systems (mostly unix) esp. disk data structures and kernel dev, functional programming, security

currently seattle at MS, stony brook university come fall, graduating feb or may

possible relocations: seattle, san fran, NYC, philly, austin, boston. anywhere in europe would be fantastic, I speak french so paris/montpellier would be great, or anywhere they speak enough english for me to get by (stockholm, copenhagen, london, maybe berlin)

serious inquiries for people solving serious problems only, no web stuff unless your backend requirements are crazy, also, expect me to wander away to grad school in a couple of years, I already have some good looking offers so don't get your hopes up

my username point walsh at symbol and then the popular webmail provider most of you probably have that starts with 'g', .com

also my username, no dot or space or hyphen, followed by walsh and .com, though it's pretty sparse these days and my resume is out of date

you can also email me if you just want to chat, I'm friendly :)

</comment><comment><USER55> I'm not looking for anything at the moment. I'm working on a contract which should keep me busy for the next couple months.

I prefer telecommuting but would move someplace cool if the opportunity sounded right. I prefer big cities or somewhere in Asia. Currently I'm living in Victoria, BC, Canada.

My portfolio: <http://mattmccormick.ca/portfolio>

</comment><comment><USER56> Not looking for a job either but definitely looking for an internship for the coming winter or next summer. I am a student studying Information and Communication Technology, entering my third year. I have experience in working with C/C++, Python , Java, Qt4 bindings for python.

I have just started my blog: <http://www.zarthon.wordpress.com>

</comment><comment><USER57> I'd love to know of anyone in the Denver area who is hiring product management or other strategic-level positions. I'm in Chicago now but interested in the Denver area.

Finishing my MBA in March, strong technology background with programming experience. I do not want to code full-time however. Very strong interest in sustainability, green, and similar businesses.

</comment><comment><USER58> Graduating in September with a MS in computer science.

I'm looking for a software development position. My research area was computer networks, but interested in other areas as well. More interested in working on back-end type of stuff than front-end/UI. In Boston area, but willing to relocate.

<http://nealc.com>

</comment><comment><USER59> I need a job in San Francisco or Oakland/Emeryville CA.

<http://stephenlauck.com>

</comment><comment><USER60> Looking for a Product Manager position. Relocation is a plus. Great travel domain experience as a PM and Founder. Geeky stats oriented companies are preferred. Resume criticism is welcomed. [http://www.docstoc.com/docs/48388609/James-Shamenski- Resume-...](http://www.docstoc.com/docs/48388609/James-Shamenski-Resume- Product-Manager)

</comment><comment><USER61> I quit my Ph.D in astrophysics to spend a 3-year "sabbatical" in Asia (it's absurdly cheap to live there). I used that time to pursue research ideas in AI and compiler design. I just came back to Montreal, to look for contract work. I'm particularly fond of biology projects, but I'd consider anything interesting, anywhere in North America. Lisp/Python/C

</comment><comment><USER62> I need a partner to create the next big thing.

</comment><comment><USER63> Dunedin, New Zealand

9 years experience doing web development work, mostly with PHP and MySQL. Looking for contract or freelance work. Would prefer to telecommute (as I'm all the way down at the bottom of the world). Have plenty of experience working remotely.

<http://karere.co.nz>

</comment><comment><USER64> If anyone in New York City/NYC is willing to hire an experienced web developer for a part-time position (I'm a student), I'd definitely be up for it.

My Github profile: <http://github.com/scriptor/>

Email: email@example.com

Let me know if you'd like to see my resume.

</comment><comment><USER65> Posterous is hiring frontend and backend engineers, Rails preferred but not required -- <http://posterous.com/jobs>

Located in the Mission, San Francisco. Great warehouse loft space, all you can drink beer, soda, juice, competitive salary and generous equity. YC-funded!

</comment><comment><USER66> BSCS grad looking for an entry-level backend webdevelopment type position. Main experience with python/django but willing to learn ruby/rails or even PHP for the right position. Willing to relocate to a major population center - <USER3> a fan of the middle of nowhere :)

Contact is in profile if you'd like my resume/site.

</comment><comment><USER67> Melbourne, Australia (not really able to move). I have over 4 years experience developing commercial win32 C++ software. I like to read programming books like "Programming Erlang", "On Lisp" and "Real World Haskell". I would love to help develop quality software with a small, talented team.

</comment><comment><USER68> Polyvore is hiring! Check out our website at www.polyvore.com. Our team consists of people who led development of Yahoo Pipes and Google Maps. We offer competitive salaries; a great benefits package and a fun collaborative work environment.

please send resumes to email@example.com.

</comment><comment><USER69> I am looking for a job in Toronto, ON. I am mostly comfortable with C/C++, but if the domain is interesting enough languages will be a small part of the whole piece so I am happy to jump on other technology stacks as required. My "anonymous" email is email@example.com .

</comment><comment><USER70> Not looking for a job, but looking for an Internship for the Winter or next Summer.

I'm a student studying Comp Sci and Econ, entering my third year now. A fan of PHP & Python, but am experienced with HTML/CSS, C, C++ and a little Javascript.

Email's in profile.

</comment><comment><USER71> I do need a part-time job or remote projects. I live in Vilnius (Baltic States). I am comfortable with C++, PHP, Firebird, MySQL, enterprise software and Windows desktop. I love making stable, shining software. My name is Glebas and I can be reached at email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER72> Rails developer with good frontend & web-design skills. Resume here: <http://snitko.ru/cv.html>

Willing to relocate to US. Currently have a great job here, so only interested in on-site relocation offers.

</comment><comment><USER73> Have industrial automation and distributed sensing\computing experience. Mostly use C | C++ | C#, hobbyist in python and Haskell. Mostly looking to stay in Texas, but willing to leave for the right offer. (currently in DFW, but not tied to the area.)

</comment><comment><USER47> Looking for any kind freelancing jobs, just damn bored of the current job I am in. <http://www.icarusone.com> \- the site and its product are what I made alone as side projects.

</comment><comment><USER74> I'm looking for a full/part-time job either remote or on-site near SF or downtown LA ... or you can invest in my company and convince us to work on your projects. See my profile for more info.

</comment><comment><USER75> I don't need a job, but if someone knows of a job where I can work from outside of Melbourne, Australia 3 months of the year, and the rest of the year in the USA, please post your hints here...

<comment><USER76> If the part in the US can be in either SF or DC, then I'd wager my current place (opower.com) could make that work.

chris at opower dot com if you're interested in details.

</comment></comment><comment><USER77> I'm looking for a job in the Chicago area. A quarter century of experience doing firmware for real time embedded systems. C and assembly language programming on a dozen DSP and CPU chips.

</comment><comment><USER78> I'm in the UK, and interested in graphics, image processing and vision. If you're working in anything related, UK or not, I'd love to talk. Get in touch at my.hn.address at gmail.com

</comment><comment><USER79> QA engineer from India.Worked for about a year and a half for Opera Software as QA on web applications.Would be good to know about remote work positions,if any.

</comment><comment><USER80> Based in Berkeley. <http://p10q.com> \-- Feel free to ping me, esp. with interactive graphics work. That'd be ideal.

</comment><comment><USER81> \- London, UK

\- Looking for Java or Rails contract in/near London

\- 10+ years experience in development

Contact eliotsykes via gmail

</comment><comment><USER82> Wow. doing a search for "designer" found no entries, and one entry only for "css". Is everyone on HN a programmer or business type?

<comment><USER7> Maybe the designers are all hired... ;-)

<comment><USER83> That would be nice huh? I am still looking.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER84> Anyone in Prince Edward Island, ideally Charlottetown, with some sort of entry-level technically-oriented job?

<comment><USER85> Check out www.otherocean.com.

Also my Dad just moved out to Charlottetown last year (from Toronto) for a job. I will post again when I remember the name of the company.

</comment></comment><comment><USER86> GoodCrush is looking for top RoR devs as we gear up for our (re)launch. email@example.com

</comment><comment><USER87> I'm in Mountain View and will probably move to SF in October when my lease is up. I dabble in web and iPhone design, program in C/C++/objective on a limited basis, and have some experience in marketing. I'm much stronger in video work and would probably be interested in some video gigs to bring in a little money.

<comment><USER88> Contact information?

<comment><USER87> I'm working on a more professional networking website but can be reached at email@example.com for now.</comment></comment></comment>


Does being wealthy make you unethical? New research suggests it does - <AUTHOR> http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/02/does-being-wealthy-make-you-unethical-new-research-suggests-it-does.ars <comment><USER2> Headline is completely false. Ars Technica made the mistake, and the submitter copied it. Editors, please fix.

The cited research shows that wealth is a _predictor_ of unethical behavior. There were no exeperiments investigating the direction of causality, or whether becoming wealthy correlates to increased unethicality.

Also, the article closes with a complete non-sequitur about Bill Gates, one the most famously greedy individuals of the 20th Century, whose philanthropy (which has what to do with ethics, anyway)? only appeared after he accumulated more money than God.

</comment><comment><USER3> Aside from the idiotic title (maybe some people are simply jerks, but rich jerks are less scared of consequences of their jerkiness, so they do more of it), this article describes mostly the studies/experiments that have nothing to do with real _ethics_.

Cutting of pedestrians? Cheating at an exam for $4 (I doubt that the cash prizes were more than $5)? Lying at a _role-playing_ job interview? Hardly behavior that deserves to be qualified as unethical.

Would you call a surgeon who does a _pro-bono_ medical procedure on some poor child, but cuts of pedestrians, unethical?

Does being not greedy, not taking candy, make a serial killer ethical?

I was once part of an experiment on risk aversion. We could choose to take the sure bet, and get $3, or a risky bet, and get either $0 or $6 (with 50% chance for each), and the bet would be repeated twice. I chose to take the risky bet. I mean, it's just $3, who cares, lets risk for fun! However, if it were $30,000, I would sure as hell take the sure bet. Lesson of the story: contrived psychological experiments don't tell you a lot about real life.

</comment><comment><USER4> ... or does having no respect for authority and social constraints make you wealthy?

It's got a dark side, but there's also a side that's quite defensible. A _lot_ of the social constraints that are placed upon us by society are idiotic: dumb rules made by and for dumb people. A lot of it is also predatory. A lot of the rules and recommendations in our society are designed to put you into debt and servitude. Examples: you _must_ have a college degree (and $50k in debt), you must buy a home, you need a credit card when you're 18 to establish credit, etc.

In my experience: do what you're told and you get screwed.

So maybe people with less respect for rules, customs, fads, etc. are more likely to get ahead?

</comment><comment><USER5> A word about BMWs:

Many people think BMW drivers are jerks because they are rich. The reality is that BMW drivers are jerks because of the precision and power the vehicle communicates to the driver -- which lets you be more confident about making decisive and sudden movements in it.

Maybe the status has some effect as well, but a lot less than the fact that the BMW just drives better than a Honda Accord and over time you can become very aggressive because of it.

Ask any long time BMW (or precise sports car) driver and they'll likely confirm this.

</comment><comment><USER6> maybe its the other around - being unethical makes you wealthy

<comment><USER7> For a scientific study it's really lacking facts which makes this is little more than fluff journalism/science. It states that someone driving a BMW is more likely to cut someone off then someone driving an economy car. However did they try giving the economy car driver a BMW and see if there was any change in his driving habits?

For example I have an Infiniti(G35), a Lexus(IS250) and a Nissan Economy Box (Versa) and I can tell you from experience I Don't drive the same way in the 120HP Versa that I do in my 300HP (G35 Coupe)

So with that said I could spin the story/data in a different way and have it be equally as true "Sports car owners more likely to cut people off" Well thanks Einstein we really needed a study to prove that one.

The logic is so flawed I don't even know where to begin. They know the difference between correlation and dependence? Venn diagrams? Is seems they took a set a statistics and molded it into the conclusion they wanted without establishing a clear cause/effect relationship based on logic. Everything looks like a nail when all you have is a hammer, and in this case they set out to prove that wealthy people where unethical so that's what they found.

<comment><USER8> _"For a scientific study it's really lacking facts which makes this is little more than fluff journalism/science."_

Did you actually read the study, or just the piece on ars? There's a link at the bottom of the article to the actual study, but I don't have a PNAS login so I can't confirm/deny your assertion. If you're basing your criticism entirely off of the ars piece, though, I would tell you to pump your brakes a bit. They summarized the study, which is typical for this sort of journalism, and in my opinion worthwhile -- as long as the summary matches the actual findings of the study.

 _"For example I have an Infiniti(G35), a Lexus(IS250) and a Nissan Economy Box (Versa)"_ I'd probably be able to take your response a little more seriously if you didn't immediately establish that you likely have a higher SES (owning three cars, two of which are "luxury" brands), and then fired off what seems to be a series of kind of defensive attacks on the study.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER9> I think Tyler Cowen has the best critique of this study:

 _We need to be cautious in our interpretation of these results. Of the seven tests, two of them showed that people driving more expensive cars are more in a hurry and more likely to cut off others or not yield. That's not praiseworthy, but hardly a major moral condemnation. Several of the tests involved people being asked to imagine they were high class, not actual "high class" people themselves. To that extent we are testing the lower class view of the upper classes, noting that I would not use those terms as given. One of the tests showed that social class did not matter once we adjust for a person's attitude toward greed. A positive attitude toward greed is positively correlated with social class, but it was also easy enough to "prime" the lower class individuals to feel the same way, suggesting that extreme context dependence will hold here._

[http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/02/how...](http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/02/how- good-are-the-upper-classes.html)

</comment><comment><USER10> TFA doesn't say anything about education and background here. I'm curious about whether these results are reproducible for people who earned their wealth through mostly honest businesses, through inheritance, through various dealings in third-world countries, for people who majored in philosophy, for lawyers, for MBAs, for bankers, for hackers, for immigrants, etc.

</comment><comment><USER11> I think the study merely predicts that BMW drivers are more likely to be arsehats.

Make of car is not a good indicator of genuine wealth in America. If you're looking for a heuristic, then a two year old second hand domestically manufactured vehicle would be a better indicator. See Thomas Stanley and William Danko <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Millionaire_Next_Door>

</comment><comment><USER12> Tyler Cowen has an interesting comment on this [0]. Generally, it's good policy to interpret these studies cautiously.

[0] [http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/02/how...](http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/02/how- good-are-the-upper-classes.html)

</comment><comment><USER13> So they have academic research to prove nice guys finish last? If at least it was a Mythbuster research on the topic we would have some explosions.

</comment><comment><USER14> This was reported on WTOP radio this morning as, "Wealthier people more likely to take candy from children."

</comment><comment><USER15> Correlation versus causation, guys. We're better than this.</comment>


Show HN: A volunteer driven list of your city's indie bookstores - <AUTHOR> https://saveyourbookstore.com/ <comment><AUTHOR> Hello HN! Less than a month ago, as we started hearing about city's bookstores closing down - a small community got together to list their city's bookstores and ways to help them.

It resulted in detailing their gift cards, ways to order through them and if you couldn't order anything - a way to increase their social media following.

I took the spreadsheet and a friend proficient in Glide apps, converted it to an app.

This app now has listings of 800 bookstores in 21 countries. I am looking for feedback on how to improve the app, what elements would you add to it and what information is redundant for you?

<comment><USER2> Can I request that you make your data available as Open Data? Maintaining a dataset like this is a lot of work, and if people make data sets available as Open Data then people doing this kind of work can reuse and help each other.

<comment><AUTHOR> I'll look into this. Currently, I am trying hard to get to more bookstores to own up their own pages and add their data themselves.

<comment><USER2> Sorry for slow reply; I ended up getting into the exact same conversation with someone else about this, so I blogged it: [https://medium.com/opendatacoop/challenges-in-community- data...](https://medium.com/opendatacoop/challenges-in-community-data- mapping-941cdbef6be8)

> add their data themselves

I touched on this :-)</comment></comment></comment></comment>


Youtube 500 error on Hotel Transylvania Trailer from India - <AUTHOR> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hotel+transylvania+trailer

<comment><USER2> Same here with <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTJFgDpXigc> An Interview with Johnny Diggz</comment>


Factoring the Noise protocol matrix - <AUTHOR> https://latacora.singles/ <comment><USER2> Another great resource is:

[https://noiseexplorer.com/patterns/IK/](https://noiseexplorer.com/patterns/IK/)

(Click the "full details" on each message to get the tokens mapped back to the cryptographic operations they represent).

<comment><USER3> So who should, for example, be using Noise.Net? You know, because if I'm typing "aes" I'm doing it wrong.

I'm not snarking by the way. Should I use this or libsodium?

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> We wrote this, happy to answer questions.</comment>


Facebook may be 'pivoting' to something worse - <AUTHOR> https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48835250 <comment><USER2> Facebook will die a slow death</comment>


THREAT STREAM Inc is hiring Senior Developers - <AUTHOR> http://www.threatstream.com Senior Developer - Django, Frontend/Backend, Javascript, Python Rockstar
Job Description
Funded startup in US Cyber Security transforming the landscape of cyber warfare.  Are you an unbelievable python developer who can rapid prototype great products over night or enjoy refactoring code to high performance asynchronous design?  Want to develop the weapons and defenses of the future all in code?
* Must be based in the US and able to quickly relocate without VISA requirement to Washington DC, Austin TX, NYC or San Francisco (preferred) * Able to work 30+ hours per week - if you need to start out at 15-20 and ramp up to full time, that is fine * Detail oriented. Together we will plan a project and create a road map and you should then follow the plan completely and precisely. * Able to provide valuable feedback to the team about architecture decisions. * Work fast and efficiently * Keen eye for design and usability * Want to defend your nation from evil hackers and nation states
The skills you will need are:
* Django / Python * Javascript / jQuery * HTML and CSS (design is not needed) * A little bit of Java and/or C/Objective C * Database * Testing (Unit tests or similar) * Basic Linux (esp Ubuntu Server) * Git * RESTful APIs
These are nice bonuses: * Backbone.js (or similar client side mvc) * Mobile or responsive dev * Tasty-Pie * D3.js / visualization / charting skills * UI/UX design * Hadoop, Pig, Hive * NoSQL
Skills Required django python javascript jquery html css design linux ubuntu git mvc mobile <comment><AUTHOR> Senior Developer - Django, Frontend/Backend, Javascript, Python Rockstar

Job Description

Funded startup in US Cyber Security transforming the landscape of cyber warfare. Are you an unbelievable python developer who can rapid prototype great products over night or enjoy refactoring code to high performance asynchronous design? Want to develop the weapons and defenses of the future all in code?

* Must be based in the US and able to quickly relocate without VISA requirement to Washington DC, Austin TX, NYC or San Francisco (preferred) * Able to work 30+ hours per week - if you need to start out at 15-20 and ramp up to full time, that is fine * Detail oriented. Together we will plan a project and create a road map and you should then follow the plan completely and precisely. * Able to provide valuable feedback to the team about architecture decisions. * Work fast and efficiently * Keen eye for design and usability * Want to defend your nation from evil hackers and nation states

The skills you will need are:

* Django / Python * Javascript / jQuery * HTML and CSS (design is not needed) * A little bit of Java and/or C/Objective C * Database * Testing (Unit tests or similar) * Basic Linux (esp Ubuntu Server) * Git * RESTful APIs

These are nice bonuses: * Backbone.js (or similar client side mvc) * Mobile or responsive dev * Tasty-Pie * D3.js / visualization / charting skills * UI/UX design

Skills Required django python javascript jquery html css design linux ubuntu git mvc mobile

<http://www.ziprecruiter.com/job/Senior-Developer/95a5683a/></comment>


Experts urge Egypt to rethink two-child population strategy - <AUTHOR> https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/03/experts-urge-egypt-to-rethink-two-is-enough-population-strategy <comment><AUTHOR> On a slightly related and personal note, here are some thoughts: I believe very strongly that population reduction is super essential to the survival of our planet.

But here's the rub: I can't bring myself to tell any Fertile Myrtles in my family or even closest circle of friends or even anonymously/facelessly online to say..OctoMom...to stop please having children or go have a pregnancy termination.

I have thought it many times and spoken about it behind their backs, but can't tell it directly to an actual person. I can write pages and pages about it. Make general statements but I freeze when I am talking to a pregnant woman. I am beginning to wonder if we are evolutionarily hard wired as a species to just be nicer to pregnant women and not upset them. Otherwise, I don't get it.

Now...I believe that overpopulation will be the single reason why our planet will be snuffed out. Even as I am trying to understand the shortcomings in my communication to convey my strongest convictions, I can't imagine how someone who believe that 'children are a blessing' ...someone who doesn't grasp the urgency of curtailing population can ever convince anyone to have smaller families. Are we doomed to procreate our way to our ultimate long winded demise? If more creation is to be our seed of destruction, is this an example of Irony?</comment>


Is This the World's Longest Continuous Walk? Cape Town to Magadan - <AUTHOR> https://brilliantmaps.com/longest-walk/ <comment><USER2> Georgia was just recently deemed as safe by the EU. So start walking!</comment>


Amazon is opening a bookstore in Manhattan - <AUTHOR> http://www.recode.net/2017/1/4/14173864/amazon-bookstore-manhattan-new-york-city-columbus-circle <comment><USER2> They opened one in Washington Square Mall in a suburb of Portland Oregon.

I've been in there once, I don't plan to go again. They charge list price for books unless you have Amazon Prime. WTF? $100/yr?

I can pay list price at Powell's or at BN. Or I can pay $25/yr to buy discounted books at BN. Or I can buy bestsellers at roughly 40% off at Costco.

Or, and here's the big one: I can shop online at amazon.com!

</comment><comment><AUTHOR> > Perhaps more importantly, the bookstores also showcase Amazon's gadgets...

Sounds like an _Amazon store_ that also happens to sell books.</comment>


Tutorial: Set up a production-quality Kubernetes cluster on AWS - <AUTHOR> https://www.datawire.io/guide/infrastructure/setting-kubernetes-aws/ <comment><USER2> > Using Amazon Web Services ("AWS") because of its best-in-class commodity > "run-and-forget" infrastructure

[citation needed]

The title needs AWS as it's pretty much not applicable to anywhere else. I would be more interested in a bare metal tutorial for production grade clusters.

</comment><comment><USER3> I wonder how this stacks up against Kelsey Hightower's "Kubernetes the Hard Way." [https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard- way](https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way)

Looks like bakeoff season...</comment>


First React Native App on Google Play - <AUTHOR> https://mobile.twitter.com/reactjs/status/615638361328349185

<comment><USER2> Found a weird how the screens animations (maybe b/c know that is react and it works different than Android framework app).

Need to check when comes it out, hope isn't like reactjs b/c din't like it.</comment>


FOBO (YC S11) Launches in SF to Become The Fastest Way to Sell Your Electronics - <AUTHOR> http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/10/fobo/

<comment><USER2> It hurts sometimes to read the news, because I thought of this around 2008 or 2009 (the idea of a commodity price on items, so for example any used football might be worth about $1 and the site would know that it could buy for say 80 cents and sell for $1.20 and have practically unlimited buyers and sellers, so it would work like "sell it now" from seller to the site middleman who would resell at a later date).

I have an idea list of anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred projects, depending on what your cutoff is for viability. To preserve my sanity, I've had to divide it in half between things I would like to invent and work on, and things that I just want to exist in the world so I can use them. Once FOBO scales I suppose it will be in the second and I will just use it.

Now that the cat's out of the bag, here was my original checklist to make a tool like this:

1\. Find a domain (anything related to yardsale is all taken). EASY

2\. Write a mobile app that lets the user take hundreds of pictures and use image recognition or crowd sourcing to recognize the picture, find it in the database and show the bid/ask price for the item. EASY

3\. Tally the total with a button to print QR stickers for all the items with names and prices. EASY

4\. Have a button so the user can order the shipping boxes from the site with packing materials and shipping labels. HARD (shipping/labor)

5\. Box arrives, user packs everything up, stuff gets scanned at the city's warehouse and user gets the total deposited in their paypal or bitcoin. HARD (shipping/labor/financials)

6\. When buyers purchase an item, it comes in the box from the warehouse, possibly allowing a small fee for courier service, otherwise by the next day. HARD (shipping/labor)

7\. In the event of fraud, seller would receive a hold against their account for the price of the item they lied about, and couldn't sell again until they paid it. Same thing if buyer disputes a good item and it turns out they were lying. In any event, if you are selling 100 items for $1 and a few don't work out, it wouldn't tend to matter all that much and most people would write off the losses as a cost of doing business and cancel their sale or order a replacement. HARD (labor)

Could I have gotten into ycombinator with a plan like this? The hard part is handling shipping, warehouse/dispute labor and financials. I could have written all of the software myself or with a small team, the only thing holding me back (as always) was capital. I think fraud could be handled by trends in a user's sales/purchases. I would get rid of the notion of positive/negative ratings the way Craigslist did, since it's a commodities market. My original plan was to start local and just write the app and have the business be employee-owned and just hire more people as it began scaling. Looking at it now, I can see that's the real execution of the business and that the app's just the idea. It may have been an if-you-build-it-they-will- come idea that could have gone viral though, which makes me sad because now it's in someone else's hands.

Anymore, when I think of something, I generally have between about 2 weeks and 2 years before it gets invented. I've been struggling with this because it's a bit like the sci fi concept of faster starships coming along, so no matter which ship you send to a star, it will be passed by a better ship, so there's no point in sending one in the first place. I've even come to the conclusion that rewarding invention eventually will make no sense, because things will be being invented so quickly that only rewarding the first to market will hang the vast majority of inventors out to dry. All that will matter is capital and the ability to gain access to it, as we're seeing with incubators and kickstarter.

How many other people reading this feel the duality of their everyday life and what their life could be? Spending their days struggling to make enough money to survive and knowing that every day pushes the prospect of bringing their ideas to fruition further and further from possibility? Doing what other people want instead of the things in their nature that could potentially change the world? To me, this is the problem of our time, at least for makers. One of my favorite quotes is "failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others" by Jules Renard. I suppose I shouldn't post this but what the hell, it doesn't matter anymore for this idea. One down, one hundred to go..

<comment><USER3> just because they exist doesn't mean it will be a huge success. I used to get envy when I saw an idea implemented I thought of, until I got a bit older and started seeing the same companies failing.

I personally think this idea will be over-run by broken/stolen products.

<comment><USER4> I used to think press/hype was equal to success... now I know better. We know we have great lengths still to go; this is just the start. And by that, I mean this is our second product (our first is Yardsale, which was funded by YC in the S11 batch), after years of working insatiably to solve a problem we all have. Anyway, thanks for the perspective guys.

On broken stuff, one of the benefits of a local marketplace like FOBO is that you get to see the items before the seller is paid. On eBay, the quality varies widely, and sellers seem to take advantage of that often. Hopefully FOBO is a big step forward.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER5> I predict they will have to deal with a lot of fraud especially while they are guaranteeing prices sight-unseen.

What happens if the the item isn't what I say it is? Can the buyer get their money back? What if the item is perfect but the buyer _claims_ there's something wrong with it and issues a chargeback?

The reason I don't sell electronics on eBay is because there are a crazy number of scam artists who know how to exploit the safeguards. In my last eBay sale (for all time), a guy bought my old cell phone, claimed it was broken, and then mailed me back a _different_ broken phone of the same model. That is a difficult threat to guard against. Based on their site, I'm not convinced they've spent nearly enough time thinking about this... they are not just connecting buyers and sellers; they are going to be on the hook for any chargebacks.

<comment><USER6> _a guy bought my old cell phone, claimed it was broken, and then mailed me back a different broken phone of the same model. That is a difficult threat to guard against._

Maybe for electronics there should be a way to record the serial number and require the buyer and seller to confirm that the serial number matches the one on record for the transaction at the time of delivery. That would at least reduce the chance that someone would try to return a different item.

<comment><USER7> I'd probably include a photo of the serial number in the sale images

<comment><USER5> I had a photo of the serial number -- the scammer swapped the sticker!

<comment><USER8> I use usps when I ship amazon orders, and would have contacted the postal inspectors about felony mail fraud.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><AUTHOR> Incidentally this happens to be built on Parse and Stripe; two amazing companies which cut out a HUGE chunk of work for us. Happy to talk about either, in particular we've done a lot of work on Parse and have built a bunch of neat extensions to the platform.

<comment><USER9> Is Parse a "write once, export for all platforms" type thing? If so, how come you only have an iPhone app and not Android?

<comment><AUTHOR> It's not. Parse just replaces your backend, you'll still need to write dedicated clients for Android, iOS, etc.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER10> I used FOBO to sell a bunch of stuff I'd had lying around for ages. It worked great. Highly recommended.

</comment><comment><USER11> Their about page is certainly interesting:

[http://www.fobo.net/about/](http://www.fobo.net/about/)

<comment><USER12> So their about page tells us they are douchebags that like to mess with epileptics.

<comment><USER13> We've slowed this down a bit, thanks for catching this. Each frame now lasts .33 seconds, which appears to be the safety threshold for photosensitive epilepsy: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy#Web_de...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy#Web_design)

Thanks again!

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER14> I've been on the service for a few months and find it really helpful. I've sold a ton of unused gadgets through fobo that I was always too lazy to post on craigslist.

</comment><comment><USER15> The about page is hilarious: [http://www.fobo.net/about/](http://www.fobo.net/about/)

Not sure, however, it will help build trust in the brand :)

<comment><USER16> They seem to be hosted on Github too.

</comment></comment><comment><USER17> I was on their beta for awhile, and it was really cool until they started the later versions that were mainly focused on selling electronics - seemed like there was never anything available - anytime I opened it it was just a list of sold items. Hopefully this public launch changes that, but I will say their emails to me were always interesting enough that I never unsubscribed!

</comment><comment><USER18> I am all up for a fast way to buy/sell electronics off ebay and craigslist. So in that sense, this is a good alternative to try. Some of the issues that I see upfront:

\- Ebay prices. Is it just me or ebay average price is really not a good indicator ? Yes ebay has cheap auctions but at the same time, there are a lot of "buy it now stuff" that is sometimes overpriced. How does it compensate for that ?

\- "No shipping". That is a little misleading because even though there is no shipping, a physical meeting is necessary at the seller's preferred time/place according to them. So how does that make it any better than no shipping in terms of convenience ? Unless I am missing the point.

\- One personal thing. It is 2014 and yes apps are the thing but there is no web version at all ? What if I want to browse through the listings and sitting on my computer? I guess i understand the point that the mobile part makes it fast/easy but personally, I would prefer a web version as well (unless it is in works)

<comment><USER19> Presumably the idea is the buyer places the money in escrow with FOBO, and when the buyer and seller meet the buyer uses the app to confirm the item is as described, and the seller to see the payment has been released from escrow, then the seller receives the money a day or so later.

This would deal with certain problem cases like 'buyer tries to haggle', 'item not as described', 'buyer paid online but seller doesn't show up', 'buyer robs seller of item', 'seller robs buyer of money' and so on.

If you need a smartphone to be able to use the service, it would be logical to make the app first. I agree a website for browsing would be nice.

<comment><USER20> I suppose with FOBO we can add: 'buyer robs seller of smartphone' and 'seller robs buyer of smartphone' to the list ;)

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER21> Glad I read the whole article, because at first I thought it was not very interesting given that craigslist works ok. But the in app payment handling is an awesome feature.

</comment><comment><USER22> Its interesting how this problem of payments is basically non-existent in Hungary. People are used to using escrow and getting paid after delivery. Not to say that this app wouldn't work in Hungary but the cultural differences would certainly slow its virality. I love the bitcoin points made before me, and I too believe that accepting them would be a great move given the media hype and its functional overlap. In addition, I don't feel its crucial to solve payments for an app like this. Rather partnering with other solutions makes more sense in my head. I'd love to hear what inspired the FOBO team to develop a solution of their own. Also shouldn't there be a more generic solution to the second hand market? Fobo team, I would love a comment on why electronics (I'm sure you guys did testing but did you compare focused to non focused or you just compared across focus categories)? Also, why wait so long and release such a full app versus doing something simpler as a start? Altogether great job and congrats!

<comment><AUTHOR> For your last question Joseph Walla wrote a great story on our development process:

[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7038287](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7038287)

As for electronics, the simple answer is most consumer devices have a well- established price on other markets, making it easy to guarantee prices without significant risk.

</comment></comment><comment><USER23> The best marketplace for local deals is surprisingly... Facebook. Safer than Craigslist, you deal with people you know (if only through friends or their profile) and you don't need to risk your money as a buyer or your items as a seller.

Fobo's initial price is also iffy if you're selling a customized item...

<comment><USER24> Is there a particular Facebook app you use, or is it more a status update kind of thing: "Hey, any takers for my old iPhone 4" ? I guess that would work for a one off thing. But selling stuff to my friends I feel that I have to give them an exceptional deal. And I wouldn't want to pollute everyone's feed with a bunch of items.

<comment><USER23> Nope, just local groups, there's plenty of them everywhere. Not as convenient as a dedicated app/website, but it's good enough for occasional deals...

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER8> I like the idea and might sell stuff, but am reluctant to buy used electronics except from known entities, particularly for items like cellphones.

Carrier and Apple blocks for stolen items can make your purchase worthless. I wish Apple could implement a "safe transfer" process for items, using your Apple ID, to verify the seller is legitimate and transfer title irrevocably to the buyer.

I met one of the Apple security guys at 30c3 and this kind of thing seems to fit with how they view customers , too.

Third party sale sites should be allowed to participate, especially as innovation like fobo wouldn't come freon a big company, but the transfer of "title" really needs to be solved by phone manufacturers and/or carriers.

</comment><comment><USER25> I really like this idea. I do think creating a marketplace is a hard thing to do, especially in this space. Cragislist is the 'default' in this space, and doesn't really deserve to be. Hopefully someone can change that soon.

<comment><USER26> Why doesn't it?

</comment></comment><comment><USER27> One obvious trick is that people could list items in poor condition to get the "fair condition" price from FOBO when it doesn't sell.

</comment><comment><USER28> If this company is acting as an escrow service, don't they have to register themselves as an escrow agent in order to do that?

</comment><comment><USER29> "By now you probably know that Craigslist sucks as a way to sell stuff...But somehow, no one has figured out a way to make it better or provide a real alternative."

Sorry, what am I missing that is stopping Ebay being an alternative for selling stuff? Fobo sounds great and everything, but no alternative to Craiglist for selling stuff?

</comment><comment><USER30> Only in SanFran and only on Apple. Couldn't even test it if I wanted to :(

<comment><USER31> everything has to start somewhere, so why not SF, makes sense to me. And iPhone is a sort of screening process i suspect. Android being the cheap option offers less screening. Besides in SF the iPhone is the dominant mobile platform. It all makes sense.

However, I'm sticking with CL because I mostly buy/sell long tail items (vintage cameras) and CL works just fine for me.

</comment></comment><comment><USER32> Hmm, no web? Not ideal, though it makes some sense to start on IOS. But limiting it to mainstream items and relying on eBay for price metrics doesn't seem like a sustainable business model to me.

</comment><comment><USER33> I was going to give this a shot, but 20% off a hot commodity such as Macbook Air was too much for me, so abandoned it.

<comment><USER4> Hey Ryan, Ryan from FOBO here. Totally agree with the hot commodity that is a MB Air (they are followed by 700 users already in SF). This said, you may be surprised by the results. We had a MacBook Pro Retina sell for 170% of what we guaranteed for it the other day, just while in beta.

</comment></comment><comment><USER34> is this the same team behind yardsale?

<comment><USER25> Yup - a whois on the domain indicates Ryan Mickle of Yardsale Inc is part of this.</comment></comment>


Magnetically Accelerated Plasmoid (MAP) Thruster (2007) [pdf] - <AUTHOR> http://erps.spacegrant.org/uploads/images/images/iepc_articledownload_1988-2007/2007index/IEPC-2007-016.pdf <comment><USER2> What is the advantage compared to other electric propulsion systems?</comment>


Show HN (again): OpenCirclez - <AUTHOR>

You gave us some feedback on OpenCirclez (http://www.opencirclez.com/) about a fortnight earlier(http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2059407), and we heard you!
1. We differentiate from FB, MySpace by allowing you to connect to people outside your social circle. Also, the focus here is on the activity, which can help you find friends with common interests.
2. We've fixed the geolocation, and would like your feedback if the "Geolocate" button works more intuitively for you.
3. We've pushed the Twitter bar higher up, keeping it in line with the first search result. Let us know if you think this is good, or if you think it should be placed in line with the search box.
4. Is the overall purpose conveyed better on the front page? If not, what would you expect to see?
From Riyaz(primary developer and UI dude), John (master of the eye candy) and myself (server side guy), thanks in advance! <comment><USER2> Clickable: <http://www.opencirclez.com></comment>