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Design Patterns are from Hell! - edw519
http://realtimecollisiondetection.net/blog/?p=44
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bayareaguy
Here we have someone who decided to substitute several weeks of study of
statistics with a 48 hour cram session powered by caffene pills and
subsequently fail to properly analyze a problem on a test later reflect that
he could have solved it properly had he simply taken a more careful and
thoughtful approach go on to tell us that Design Patterns are bad because
people like him will immediately try to use them in solutions before
understanding the problem.
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jrockway
I don't think the design patterns book set the field back. Basically, there
will always be people that want to use their memorization skills (learning the
design patterns) to do something creative (programming). If there weren't
design patterns, something else would have filled that void. (I don't
understand why people that aren't good at programming want to program, though.
I wish people would realize, "I have no clue" and then change careers. They're
making the creative folks look incompetent by association. </offtopic> :)
~~~
cstejerean
Design patterns are good at what they were meant to solve: give a common name
to patterns that appear commonly in software development so that qualified
individuals can have intelligent conversations about software design.
There are two extremes to design patterns however. On one end you have idiots
that insist on using design patterns everywhere. These people know they can't
program and use a design pattern soup in order to hide their incompetence.
On the other end you have people that claim design patterns are evil and
they'd rather reinvent the flat tire over and over again instead of trying to
learn from the experience of others. These people think they're smarter than
everyone else.
------
mde
That article was kind of tedious to wade through. In general, I'm in the camp
of "design patterns are language band-aids". PG seems to be one of the
quotables on this topic. I was recently trying to elucidate this in my own
thinking, given that the languages I've used over the last few years have kept
my GoF on the shelf. Here's the best discussion I'd found on the subject:
[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AreDesignPatternsMissingLanguageFeatu...](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AreDesignPatternsMissingLanguageFeatures)
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Bartholomew L. Bartholomew - dhosek
https://masqueandspectacle.com/2017/03/01/bartholomew-l-bartholomew-d-a-hosek/
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Apocryphon
I like how you're never certain if Bartholomew is in the right for rebelling
against the arbitrariness of Agile practices and an overbearing paranoid boss,
or if the narrating manager is right that B.L.B. is a shirk just pretending to
do work and disrupting the environment with laxness and insubordination. And
both the HR rep and the VP are either responding appropriately or with
bureaucratic indifference.
The ambiguity of it all is what really makes the story sound true to life.
------
jbattle
I hated bartleby the scrivener in high school. I thought it was a boring story
about a boring guy who didn't do anything. Once I'd been working for several
years I re-read it again and found it to be really funny and interesting.
Kinda countercultural
~~~
Apocryphon
Bartleby, like Walden or even modern office sitcoms, only sounds true to life
and appealing once you've found yourself in that position. I still don't
really understand the ending of the original story, though. Melville reveals a
character point that seems out of nowhere. Is handling dead letters for the
post office really that soul-crushing?
------
gwern
Background: [http://www.bartleby.com/129/](http://www.bartleby.com/129/)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener)
This rewrite differs considerably from the original. Bartholomew is sinister
and parasitic in a way that Bartleby was not. Less absurdist Kafka than
Orwellian nightmare. Both versions have virtues.
------
smoyer
It's an interesting modernization of the classic ... overall I liked it!
But ...
The grey text on the black background is horrible for those of us with "older
eyes". It needs more contrast and/or a heavier font. It's especially bad that,
when scrolling, the font's contrast dims even more (making it very difficult
to see where I am).
~~~
PhantomGremlin
_The grey text on the black background is horrible for those of us with "older
eyes"._
I agree. But I also feel that this battle has been lost a long time ago. So
when I read the article in Firefox and hated the background, I just did View
-> Page Style -> No Style.
In the same vein, I have min font size 18 and I also have Lucida Grande set as
my font, and don't allow pages to choose their own. I also have JavaScript
turned off by default.
If I feel I'm missing something on a particular page or site I'll view it in
Safari or Chrome. But 99% of the time I don't need to do that.
When these hipster web designers are sixty years old, they will say "WTF was I
thinking when I did that???" But until then, it's the arrogance of youth.
Absolutely nothing someone older says to them will make any of them care about
the accessibility features of their websites.
------
kainolophobia
I've witnessed this scenario before, almost verbatim.
Clearly the manager was wrong, but so was the employee. The issue here is that
the employee is doing everything "right" from their perspective, without
understanding the negative impact it has on the rest of the team. I'll spare
my theories on how to "resolve" the situation, but suffice it to say, toxic
employees can destroy companies; especially startups.
------
zxcvbasdf
The author of the story should have been terminated on the spot. "I pulled the
headphones from Bartholomew’s head, cracking the plastic in the process"
Really, as a coworker I would have stoop up for Bartholomew.
~~~
uzoodoo
_Narrator_ , not author
------
soneca
The author should be proud of his research for this writing. Plausible enough
for HN readers mistaking it for a real story.
------
Radle
The narrator fails as a manager. When he took of B.L.B headset he should have
been ready to fire him. He should have also immediately offered to replace the
headphones. He should also be capable to bring his authority to HR and his own
boss. If he can make decision but is unable to execute on them he is an
employee not a manager.
------
RamshackleJ
I can see myself enjoying reading this when I'm older and no longer working in
professional software dev. But right now it just left me anxious and
questioning why I work in this industry.
------
tux1968
Maybe if I committed myself and more time to analyzing this story I would
understand its significance. But I'd rather not.
~~~
mercer
I feel similar. At best I can conclude that both the narrator and Bartholomew
failed at their jobs, but honestly for the most part the story has an 'uncanny
valley' vibe. It feels true enough to read the whole thing and identify with
some of it, but somehow I've never quite encountered any situation quite like
it - and I've experienced quite a variety of corporate/IT environments.
Actually, the story comes across as the kind of 'incomplete, subjective
account' I'd hear from both sides in the past, somehow mashed together into
one. Maybe that's what makes it interesting?
~~~
drostie
Taking the manager's side for a moment, it echoes a somewhat-uncommon-but-
important problem which we have in our industry: when management makes risk
decisions for engineers, rather than engineers making those decisions for
themselves. This gets into a mess of definition, but we can define that a
superior in the organization who is fully informed about the costs and
benefits and trade-offs and options, understanding and weighing it all, is
still doing "engineering" and the problem is precisely that some way up the
organizational hierarchy this capability breaks and we transition from
"engineering" to "management". And the problem is precisely that at that
level, administration has to transition from top-down authoritarian to bottom-
up support, from a general directing their soldiers to the janitor slopping up
their messes. Of course there is still some role for long-term vision, but the
point is that this role does not encompass specific decisions that bear
business risks, because these roles can't, because these roles are by
definition not able to be completely informed about those risks.
In this case, we see a supervisor who is still close enough to the code to
have the engineer's hat on, but whenever they interact with their own
superiors they get the same refrain of "I don't understand this" \-- so those
people are managers. The problem is that the risk decision of keeping or
firing the troublesome team member (as well as other decisions like whether
the team's methodology should be agile or not etc.) has been usurped by
management.
Normally this decision-making takes a more-concrete form like the 90s-era "And
the code absolutely must be written in Java" ... "do you know what Java is?"
... "Yes, it is the software that enterprise businesses like ours use! We must
use it!" ... "But this will be faster and more maintainable in another
language" ... "Don't care, we need Java", or whatever. In this case I find it
interesting that the issue exists one level up in hierarchy, sort of the same
problem at a higher abstraction.
------
vdnkh
_Bartholomew, the Programmer_
------
bjourne
I don't get it. Is the story real or fiction? Why didn't the manager ask Bart
why he did not want to work? Why did he prefer staring at his desktop
background over working?
~~~
burkaman
It's a modern version of Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener". You
should read the original, it's very good.
------
s3arch
Such an interesting read.
Is there any similar sort of stories(both fiction and non fiction). Esp
related to dealing with bad hiring, toxic employees and frustrated managers.
~~~
ARothfusz
One of my favorites is the portrayal of N.I.C.E. director John Wither in "That
Hideous Strength" by C. S. Lewis. (especially Chapter 3, "Belbury and St.
Anne’s-on-the-Hill")
[http://fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20141232](http://fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20141232)
~~~
ARothfusz
(didn't want to give too much away, but when you've read the story and
understand N.I.C.E. a bit more, you'll see how incredibly creepy Wither's
nonchalance is. Should be a primer for working anywhere known for a culture of
fear.)
------
b3lvedere
"and I’d like you to view this as a lateral move, not as a demotion, your
salary will remain the same"
Run Forrest, Run!
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Everything You Need to Know about President Obama’s New Fitbit - tomaskazemekas
http://www.onthedash.com/docs/obama/obama-fitbit/
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brudgers
Date: 2015
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Tabler: Free and Open-Source UI Kit Built on Bootstrap 4 - bevenky
https://github.com/tabler/tabler
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seanmccall14
Like the look - but lacking in depth before it can be used on real projects I
think.
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Lost suitcases, or how to DoS an airport - swombat
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/lost_suitcases.html
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ghyrtegbb
Like their plans for a new super sensitive detector that could pick up a
single molecule of explosive in the entire building - not quite though
through.
Happens here all the time, airport gets shutdown for an hour every time a
cleaner leaves a door open. We have a perimeter fence 20miles long surrounded
by trees but they search the airport if somebody leaves a door unlocked.
------
ableal
Last year, I bought a DVD of Terry Gilliam's 1985 movie _Brazil_ , prompted by
amusing memories of its original theater screening.
The satirical dystopia has aged badly - now it looks like a documentary.
Halfway through the movie, lacking the stomach for more, I rewound the DVD and
put it back in the box.
~~~
kgrin
Rewound the DVD?
~~~
DarkShikari
You've never seen one of these? <http://www.dvguru.com/2006/10/03/the-dvd-
rewinder/>
------
vinutheraj
Yea ... so what's the point of this post, was it for a laugh ?! Should they
have acted differently ? Could they have acted differently ? For a country
that has been witness to such bomb attacks, I think their course of action is
justified.
~~~
omail
It means a terrorist could easily perform a denial of service attack with much
fewer resources.
~~~
dc2k08
Completely. The IRA proved at the peak of their notoriety that all they needed
to do was make a threat of action. They closed Gatwick down for a day in '97
with only a phone call and forced Britain's Grand National horse race to be
postponed with another, causing huge disruption, panic and anger. They got the
attention they wanted but no-one lost a life. It surprises me that we don't
see the tactic copied more often today.
------
yread
Well if it was in Israel it would end up like this:
[http://ohadp.blogspot.com/2005/12/they-shot-me-in-
laptop_11....](http://ohadp.blogspot.com/2005/12/they-shot-me-in-
laptop_11.html)
------
stevoski
I wonder how much worse the chaos would be if some or all of London's airports
(Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, City) suffered this at once - either
intentionally or through coincidence.
------
zackattack
Wow, that's outrageous. I wonder if the same sort of inefficient panic would
occur at a US airport.
~~~
RiderOfGiraffes
> _Wow, that's outrageous. I wonder if the same sort of inefficient panic
> would occur at a US airport._
I expect you don't mean it as such, but that's an incredibly tactless,
insulting and insensitive remark. Not least, there was no panic, and it was
not inefficient. It was an orderly evacuation and shutdown to allow the threat
to be dealt with. European airports and establishments, and UK locations in
particular, have a depressingly long history of having to deal with very real
threats of multiple deaths on a daily basis. Their responses are based on that
experience.
In Europe certainly, people are looking at the responses of the US agencies to
the 9/11 events. Comparatively speaking, the US has effectively no experience
of a domestic terrorist campaign, and most of the reactions to 9/11 are
regarded by the rest of the world as going into headless-chicken mode, not
knowing how to deal with the sorts of things that Spain, Germany, the UK, and
other countries have dealt with for decades. In some cases, for centuries.
It's not surprising that the US authorities have introduced the incredibly
draconian measures that they have, but in my line of work I dealt with
organisations in 8 different countries, and they are all calling the responses
"disproportionate", which is diplomatic speak for a much stronger expression.
I suggest that in the future you consider carefully the different context
before making remarks based on your limited experience.
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I'm going to explain what's going on when data is encrypted - jxub
https://twitter.com/colmmacc/status/1101565626869407744
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johannsg
I hardly think that twitter is the right medium for this, so for your reading
pleasure, here is the dump of the tweets:
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b6Ulqo8Ja33x_bqvPtuOfzie...](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b6Ulqo8Ja33x_bqvPtuOfzie3XbyHzTM4YxWnimVdzU/edit?usp=sharing)
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Various Schemes of making $5,000/month at home (Quora) - yinso
https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-make-5-000-per-month-working-from-home?share=1
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jscheel
If these people where making half as much as they claim, they wouldn't all be
selling snake-oil drop-shipping courses online.
~~~
qbrass
But you can make over $5000 a month fleecing rubes. Buy my course to see a
first-hand example.
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freestockoption
A lot of the answers read like a lot of the spam I see on Facebook! :) Most of
the schemes seem to be around reselling stuff on ebay/amazon or blogging to
make adsense/affiliate money.
~~~
iMarv
Was going to say the exact same. "Would you like to finally find success
working from home? Would you like to do more than just get by? Today we are
talking about how to hustle your way to making $5,000 per month or more. Learn
from these examples and use them as inspiration when devising your own work at
home success plan." .. and my scammy-senses are tingeling.
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Viewing Python 3.2 as the successor to Python 2.7 - mattyb
http://sayspy.blogspot.com/2010/10/viewing-python-32-as-successor-to.html
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jnoller
The short version is this: Python-Dev is working on the release we hope people
are using _in a few years_ , not the one we hope you use in a _a few months_.
Python 2.7 will live for a _long time_ (years) as a stable, bug-fixed release.
There are no compelling features to "force" the existence of a 2.8 release,
which would overly stress already over-allocated resources.
~~~
daemon
The majority of my day is spent working on projects on Google App Engine, so
I'm forced to use 2.5.
I have a couple of toy projects in 3.x, but I'm stuck until GAE changes.
~~~
jnoller
Yup, and that will be the same story for some time. Again, we're talking
years.
------
matrix
Does anyone know if there are enough compatible libraries out there to make
using Python 3 in production viable yet? Last time I looked into it (about 6
months ago), it was a non-starter for me.
~~~
parfe
If you have to ask then why even bother moving to python3 at this point? If
you don't want a python3 feature bad enough to keep up with the library
releases you depend on then chances are the major version of python you are
running is inconsequential.
When the time comes, say Debian stable defaulting to python3, or RHEL (haha)
then you can deal with porting.
Otherwise as an end user Python2.X is quite alright.
------
simonsarris
A very clear post on the future of the Python language that should probably be
sung from mountain-tops in addition to being said in this blog post. Or at the
very least, stated on every download page of the latest 2.x releases on
python.org.
I still wonder about the rate of 3.x adoption will be, though. My university
(RPI) still had Python 2.4 on all the CS machines last year, which made some
minor things (I wish I could remember one!) a bit frustrating.
~~~
sigzero
I also wonder how Django not adopting it for a while is going to affect the
transition as well. I realize a lot of other things are in play but Django is
a big one I think.
~~~
barnaby
It's not like Djangonauts are against moving to 3.x it will happen, and
probably sooner/faster than you think.
As for universities upgrading, it's like people who still use Windows XP and
IE6. Most people have already upgraded but the long tail will stick around for
a long time for no discernible reason.
~~~
sigzero
I watched the last panel where the Django core team talked. It didn't sound
like it would sooner/faster than I thought it would. It will happen is about
all they said.
------
njharman
Most (only) interesting thing mentioned was 3to2
<http://www.startcodon.com/wordpress/?p=373>
------
aidenn0
What the dev doesn't understand is that from the users' point of view, 2.7
doesn't even exist yet, much less 3.2 Virtually everyone not administering
their own machine is using 2.4 or 2.5
~~~
jacobolus
That was just as much the case when 2.5 had just been released and “virtually
everyone” was still using 2.2 or 2.3 (or perhaps even 1.5.2).
------
lelele
I'm missing the point. What's the deal with language designers wanting to have
just one version of a language? Why can you mix and match Python and C while
still not being able to mix and match Python 2 and Python 3? Just stop
improving and adding features to the Python 2 side.
Of course people want backward compatibility: don't you know that developing
software is hard work? Even old and stale libraries can be useful: why should
we discard them?
~~~
lelele
Could anyone please explain why I'm being downvoted? A compiler/interpreter
which can compile/interpret two versions of a language is out of this world? I
think it's the most pragmatic approach: let people use old libraries while
allowing them to develop with the improved language.
If I'm not mistaken, ISE Eiffel (now EiffelStudio) can compile both C/C++ and
Eiffel sources to make a single executable. ISE Eiffel however is an
industrial-strength compiler backed by a great software engineer.
Current Common Lisp compilers can compile source code as old as fifty years
ago with little or no modifications. Now, that's backward compatibility.
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On a brother’s suicide: ‘I wish I had never told him to go to counseling’ - aburan28
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/04/30/i-wish-i-had-never-told-my-brother-to-get-help-from-our-college-when-he-was-suicidal/?tid=sm_fb
======
nailer
Single sentence extract:
> He goes to the counselling centre but instead of offering any help, they
> call my mom to come down and then at 5 p.m. that day, hold a meeting with a
> dean and five other staff where they promptly dismiss my brother from
> William and Mary and ban him from College grounds.
~~~
kosma
How is this even legal? I can't even imagine this happening in Europe; you
can't dismiss someone from school without legal basis. Is it different in
America?
~~~
Thriptic
Assuming that his contact was only with a mental health professional, his
dismissal strikes me as illegal and unethical. It is absolutely illegal in the
United States for a physician to release medical records to anyone without the
patient's consent, and mental health records are generally treated as
especially sacred. If that is indeed what happened, the college would be
exposing themselves to a lot of risk.
I would highly encourage anyone feeling depressed to seek counseling, and for
the most part school mental health services are a safe and welcoming place to
find help. With that being said, DO NOT share information about your mental
health status with non-medical staff at school, as they are not bound by the
same rules as physicians and can act on that information. My (unsubstantiated
and hopeful) guess is that this is likely what actually led to this student's
dismissal.
~~~
cjbprime
selimthegrin is correct below -- HIPAA does not apply to on-campus mental
health services, and there are many ways for therapy records to be shared with
the campus administration via FERPA, even against the consent of the
therapist.
It's a terrible loophole that needs to be closed. In the meantime, it seems we
can't in good conscience encourage people to use their on-campus counselors
for mental health crises. (And the off-campus counselors are going to be more
expensive, such that people you warn off the on-campus ones might just get no
help at all.) :/
Here's an example of a college administration obtaining therapist records to
use in their legal defense, under FERPA after the student sued them:
[http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/03/09/391876192/college...](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/03/09/391876192/college-
rape-case-shows-a-key-limit-to-medical-privacy-law)
~~~
Thriptic
Holy shit, I retract my statement. How has this not been addressed yet? I will
write my congressman this weekend about this issue.
------
baldfat
Such a HORRIBLE TITLE. It was not to counseling at the College. The college
threw him out of the college grounds with a meeting with a dean and 5 staff
and the students mother.
My brother killed himself 35 years ago last week. GO GET HELP! Go speak with
someone and go to a doctor or counselor. I love my brother and miss him
everyday, but suicide is the biggest middle finger to everyone you know and
love. It hurts the people you never wanted to hurt. Please get help not just
for yourself but for those who love you.
~~~
AnDowNS
Yes, go get help. But, as with HR, school psychologists exist --at least in
part-- to protect the school. Finding your own psychologist may help ensure
that they are motivated by your best interests, not the schools.
~~~
baldfat
Check yourself into a hospital and get things started that way. The doctors,
nurses and case workers will help you get everything setup for you and you
will have the ability to get the required help right away.
But don't go down that road alone. let someone in your life know you are
having these problems and are getting help. Being alone on that journey is
difficult. The big thing is taking that risk with being vulnerable with
someone.
~~~
thaumaturgy
> _Check yourself into a hospital and get things started that way. The
> doctors, nurses and case workers will help you get everything setup for
> you..._
I've had two different close family members admitted to a hospital for
suicidal intentions. In both cases the treatment at the hospital made matters
worse, not better. One was 5150'd (in the state of California a patient can be
taken by force to a mental health facility and held there against their will
for an unspecified period of time if they are determined to be a threat to
themselves or others), the other was nearly 5150'd. They were heavily sedated
and given a bed at one facility or the other, medicated further, and then
released without follow-up.
In both cases the takeaway for the people involved was that they never wanted
to go through that again -- so next time (and there was a next time, and a
time after...) they would hide it from other family members or threaten
themselves or others if anyone contacted law enforcement or tried to take them
to a hospital.
"Go get help" is extraordinarily difficult to actually do. The help available
is almost always more concerned about short-term liability instead of long-
term health.
------
appleflaxen
This title is terrible.
The real point is that the policies of William and Mary might lack a certain
degree of humanity, and that, as a human being, Ian Smith-Christmas was
utterly unsupported by an institution whose mission is helping young adults
develop into well-rounded individuals.
After reading the reply from the VP of student affairs, I am fairly willing to
believe it. Rather than acknowledge the core point of the narrative, the VP
replies with "people are complicated; here are some numbers" that might or
might not mean anything.
~~~
phkahler
The author is trying not to place any blame on the school, but they clearly
deserve some.
~~~
baldfat
The title makes it out that counseling he received was what harmed him making
it appear that getting help was a bad idea.
~~~
phkahler
There's also some self-blame going on "I with I hadn't..."
------
GolfyMcG
I can recall several people from my own college experience who sound just like
the brother in the article. They seemed happy on the surface but when in an
intimate setting, reality came out. The intimate setting for us was our
fraternity meetings where brothers would bring up that they were have personal
problems. Frequently they would share a lot details. I think it was probably
one of the best examples of a community coming together to help people without
getting recognition and wasn't all just drinking and partying.
Something I've always wondered though is where this stemmed from. I find it
unusual that both children from this one family happened to have problems with
depression. Perhaps it's a coincidence but I often times wonder if depression
really stems from hardship or if it's something less complicated than that.
Many of the people who talked about having mental health issues in our
fraternity were VERY well off. In fact, between all the people I've known in
my life to struggle with mental health the most common attribute I remember
was having two parents that worked despite having the means for one of them to
stay home. Perhaps my observations are entirely coincidental but it's always
seemed that these people needed more attention than anything else. As a
result, just having a place for people to talk openly was immensely valuable.
Our university had something called "A Place to Talk" where they were trained
to be active listeners and not give advice. It's hard to actively participate
in conversation without expressing your opinion but that's what they did. I
really think they saved lives and probably money on a regular basis.
~~~
blt
I feel strongly that depression runs in families. a majority of my family has
been depressed at one time despite no major hardships or tragedies. I don't
know if it's genetic or based on learned attitudes, but the idea that you need
a good reason to be depressed is completely wrong.
~~~
GolfyMcG
You seem to find the idea of finding a "good reason" to be depressed a bad
thing. I disagree. A lot of the skepticism around depression (and most mental
health problems) stems from a lack of concrete knowledge about the cause and
effect. We should be striving to use science and objective reasoning to
determine the real causes of depression otherwise we won't be able to (1)
accurately determine who really needs help in a world of limited resources and
(2) provide a real solution. We should try to be understanding in the meantime
but we shouldn't just accept that anyone can be depressed if they say so.
------
stegosaurus
I don't think we're ever going to get to the bottom of mental illness until
people in positions of power develop empathy.
Firing someone, banning them from campus, chasing them for masses of debt, and
so on and so forth are things that make people desperate. Until we can fix
that, this is just going to happen again and again.
And no, that doesn't mean living in some sort of happy joy world in which
everyone keeps their job forever and passes all of their exams.
It means living in a world in which failure doesn't mean complete loss of
everything. A world which isn't 'get rich or die trying'.
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arfliw
I have a friend currently struggling hard with this. They know that going to
the school for help is not an option for this exact reason. They are going to
be looking out for the school first and the student second. That's really
unfortunate because the school has everything in place to be able to help the
most.
I'm at a loss for how to help, beyond just being there as much as possible.
They are doing all they can to get better, seeing a psychiatrist, taking
medications etc -- but they are still having suicidal thoughts on a daily
basis.
~~~
Jtsummers
Be present for them. Just having a friend present in my life literally stopped
me from ending it. In my case I remembered the feeling I had when a girlfriend
had tried to kill herself a few days after a date with me. I didn't want to
cause that pain to my friend. This gave me enough pause to get rid of my means
of suicide and go get help. Be open with your friend, but don't pry. If they
don't want to talk about something trying to force them to may only cause them
to push you away. If you've had any issues (physical, mental) that you haven't
discussed with them, considering opening up to them about it one day. If they
know that you trust them with your issues, it may help them to talk more
openly to you about theirs. This isn't 100%, it doesn't work for everyone, but
finally having a close friend I felt I could confide in helped me turn myself
around.
I hope things work out for both of you. And please understand, whatever
decision your friend makes is theirs. You can only help them so much.
~~~
arfliw
Thanks.
>whatever decision your friend makes is theirs
That's the hardest part. I know that logically but they are alive now. And I
know there is a real chance they could wind up taking their own life at some
point. I want to fucking prevent that from happening. It's a helpless feeling
knowing that I can't. At least not with any degree of certainty.
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blt
a person close to me had a similar experience in high school. she attempted
suicide, and afterwards the school wanted nothing to do with her. they didn't
let her go on the class trip. they say they are protecting the other students.
clearly fear of litigation is a factor. but I also think the institutions
don't want "people like that" in their culture. they would prefer to continue
believing their institution is made of hard working positive people. lack of
empathy is the ultimate cause.
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im3w1l
This will cause people to suffer in silence rather than seek help. Her brother
may not even be the only casualty.
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UK-AL
A lot of things that seem like they should be helpful, are in-fact just ass
covering for the organisation.
HR, Health & Safety officers, etc
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cozzyd
I wonder if there's academic literature on efficacy of university mental
health policies. Not all families are supportive or understanding of mental
illness and the ensuing disruption of someone's routine can easily make things
worse. What good is a counseling service if there's a non-trivial chance that
they'll tear what's left of your life fabric apart?
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emodendroket
Well that's cruel and insane.
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cmdrfred
If we are going to be looking into what William and Mary clouda shoulda woulda
done to prevent this isn't it only fair to do the same in regards to this
individuals own family? I mean as this is written by a member of said family
don't we need a counterpoint? Also with all the people saying that W&M are
just 'covering their asses', do you believe that they should be held liable
for the intentional actions of their adult students?
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mcherm
> as this is written by a member of said family don't we need a counterpoint?
I overlooked it when I first read the article, but after the family member's
story is a response by the vice president for student affairs. Read it to see
their perspective.
> with all the people saying that W&M are just 'covering their asses', do you
> believe that they should be held liable for the intentional actions of their
> adult students?
I don't understand what you are saying here. I suspect that W&M's actions
(like immediately banning the student from campus, and resisting having him
return even after receiving a doctor's bill of good mental health) were
motivated by "covering their asses". Of course I do not believe that W&M
should be held liable for the actions of their students... nor have I seen
anyone suggesting that. Did I misunderstand what you were trying to say?
~~~
cmdrfred
I don't think you can be considered to be 'covering your ass' on a situation
that you are not liable for. Please explain that to me.
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Jtsummers
Politics and image. Even if they're not liable in any civil or criminal sense
for his behavior or treatment, a student suicide on campus would be bad for
business. It brings unwanted publicity to the school, and a lot of nosy
reporting (though it may not last long).
But even if they're not liable, they're still, to some extent, responsible for
the students at their university. 18-22 year olds are adults, but many are
still developing emotionally and have just moved from living at home and the
K-12 educational model into an environment where they're expected to be
independent and fully self-responsible, and the academic work is likely far
harder and more stressful than anything they've ever experienced before. It's
a transition period and the university is, rightly or wrongly, viewed as a
pseudo-guardian during this time. If they don't provide the image of
performing this role, then they'll be viewed poorly.
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cmdrfred
Being an adult is a boolean not a integer, either you are responsible for
yourself or you aren't. If you aren't other people get to make decisions for
you (because you aren't intelligent enough/emotionally mature/whatever), if
you are you get to decide for yourself but you alone face the consequences.
It's time for this generation, my generation to get off the fence (AKA their
parents couch) and decide, are you an adult or not? If no, put down the
alcohol, and e-cigarette until you are.
~~~
DanBC
> Being an adult is a boolean not a integer, either you are responsible for
> yourself or you aren't.
Edit{snip}
"Capacity" is variable. Someone may have capacity to feed themselves but not
to make financial decisions. They might have capacity to give assent, but not
consent, for surgery, but have capacity to give consent for other medical
treatment.
When you remove capacity you should restrict that to the minimum actions you
need to take to protect that person from harm.
Of course, that's all England which operates to European human rights laws
which operates to international human rights treaties. Things might be
different in the US.
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lasdfas
I don't see how W&M did anything wrong here. It is very common for students to
take time off because of mental health issues. Especially if he was at risk of
committing suicide. I know several students at my college who were forced to
take time off and it ultimately helped them. They didn't have to worry about
the stress of school.
The school didn't call to see how he was doing? I have never heard any school
doing that. He was only out of school for less than 2 months.
The last suggestion that he killed himself because he was not readmitted in a
timely matter. Remember, de was admitted less than a month later. This wasn't
some year long process.
It is a very sad story and the sister is looking for someone to blame, but I
see the school did nothing wrong here. The implication that you shouldn't seek
college counseling for fear of taking time off is very dangerous. It is
important for people to seek counseling as soon as they feel they need it.
~~~
onion2k
The reaction of the college was all about covering themselves rather than
helping a student. Banning someone from the college grounds is not helping
them take time off - it's making sure nothing happens that you might be held
responsible for. Legally and technically they might not have done anything
"wrong", but morally and socially they couldn't have been farther from doing
the right thing.
~~~
lasdfas
If the student is at risk of suicide, there are times when they need to seek
professional help away from school. He could be a danger to himself or others.
I think you are making it black and white. "If the student wants to stay at
school, let them." It is not as simple as that. Think about it from the other
perspective. If he killed himself at school and they knew he had serious
mental health issues, people would be way more up and arms. "The school did
nothing!"
~~~
scott_s
There is a wide gulf between, "We think it's best for you to take a leave of
absence from school" and "Banned from campus". There is a difference between
working with a student, and exiling them.
~~~
talmand
While true, we unfortunately live in a world where you will likely be damned
no matter what choice you make.
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Google Announces Q3 2011 Financial Results, Google+ has 40 million users - acak
http://investor.google.com/earnings/2011/Q3_google_earnings.html
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deltaqueue
Just a datapoint, but out of all the invitations I sent out when G+ first
launched (100-150, I don't recall), 40 or 50 friends signed up. ~3 of them
still use it at least once a week.
From my observations, G+ still seems to consist primarily of three major user
groups:
1. Tech celebrities
2. Technologists in general
3. Non-US users
Facebook's feature set is killer, but at some point, I really would like to
use some social software that doesn't silently launch a blinking GPS signal
when I'm reading my news feed (I know, I can disable it, but still...).
~~~
manojlds
You forgot professional photographers...
~~~
robotchampion
Yup and also remember that Facebook beat MySpace because of the techie users.
It's not the masses that determine success its the influencers.
~~~
gms
Were you around when Facebook came out? Its early users were not tech types.
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dazbradbury
Scanning through the comments here, in the media, and lots of tech blogs,
google+ is taking a bit of a battering. Everyone seems to be hating on it.
Sure, it's quite likely it will never "beat" facebook, but what happened to:
<http://xkcd.com/918/>
I'm still very happy there is an alternative. I don't care if people think two
social networks is one too many. Competition is good.
Facebook = { All the people I know (pretty much) }
Google+ = { All the people I care about what they have to say }
I think google+ will always have a place, regardless of whether it crushes
fbook in terms of active users or not.
~~~
watty
I agree, I rarely go on facebook anymore. Picasa + Google+ blows facebook out
of the water... except it lacks users :)
~~~
paganel
A social network that is great but which lacks users... it reminds me of Radio
Yerevan jokes :) (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Yerevan>)
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gms
How do they define 'user', for Google+? Facebook's metric is 'active users'
which I believe are people who have visited the site during the past 30 days.
If Google+'s definition of 'user' is simply someone who has registered for a
Google+ profile, then they are overcounting enormously.
My feeling is that they are indeed disingenuously overcounting, in the same
way they do with Android, where they talk about the number of 'activations'
rather than device sales.
~~~
lukesandberg
In the case of android, Google doesn't even have relationships with every
carrier that sells android phones so 'activations' are the only metric that
would actually cover everything.
why do you think that they are not using a 30-day active definition of user?
~~~
gms
Because I know a lot of people who use Facebook, and next to none of those use
Google+ (even though many registered in the beginning). This is the same for
many people I know. So I'm taking a guess.
As far as I can tell the only people using Google+ are tech people.
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dcurtis
"Cash – As of September 30, 2011, cash, cash equivalents, and short-term
marketable securities were $42.6 billion."
During this quarter, Google made $302 million on interest alone. That's an
impressive 11% of this quarter's net profit. I wonder what they plan to do
with all that money.
~~~
ChuckMcM
Buy patents apparently :-) More seriously, I asked once about this when they
were removing bottled water from the local mini-kitchens and dropping over 1
billion dollars a quarter into the bank. My question was "Gee, can't you spare
a couple of million this quarter to keep the bottled water restocked?" and
obviously the answer was that they could not.
But from a corporate/strategic point of view having a lot of cash on hand
makes executives more aggressive and that can be a good thing for the company.
Just like employee's that are too afraid to lose their job to say what they
really need to say, executives who are too afraid that their next decision
could doom the company won't take those risks.
Like anything there is a balance.
~~~
haberdasher
Removing bottled water is not a financial decision, but an environmental one.
Every new employee is given a water bottle they can fill with water an
infinite number of times.
If they took away bottled water, I'm sure they replaced them with fruit juice,
organic teas and all sorts of ambrosia.
~~~
ChuckMcM
I should have noted that the bottled water 'discussion' at Google was long and
heated and what Googler's would call a multi-centa-thread [1]. There were
folks who shared the position stated above that it was environmentally
'better' to not have bottled water in the mini-kitchens. And there were folks
of a more empiricist frame of mind who analyzed data and came to an
alternative conclusions. Understand the company is very data driven.
Watching it unfold was educational on so many levels.
[1] A 'Centa-thread' being an email discussion that gets to 100 replies where
Gmail would fork it and start new conversation.
~~~
quattrofan
Interesting, since I've never got to a 100 reply email I've not seen this.
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zmmmmm
An interesting meta data point here is that out of the short few sentences
they chose to quote from larry page, more than 50% of it was about Google+.
Even though it generates no revenue and has a tiny user base compared to the
rest of Google's products.
Which is to say, whatever you think about Google+ it is undeniable that they
see it as a huge strategic priority.
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aprescott
I know I need to just be patient and wait for Apps users to get Profiles/Plus,
but I don't find it particularly sympathetic of Google when they keep saying
that "everyone" can use Google+ now, even in their financial results
announcements. From the CEO.
(Yes, technically anyone can use it by signing up with a free @gmail.com
account, but I consider that a cop out.)
~~~
tomkarlo
You don't need to use a gmail account. You just need to create a Google login
that isn't an Apps login. You can use the same domain as your apps account - I
use that, just with a slightly different username for Google+
~~~
aprescott
While this is true, it's in the same class of work-around as just registering
a @gmail.com account. It doesn't let an Apps user use their Apps account in a
unified way, which is what I was getting at.
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jpulgarin
Yes, but how many monthly actives?
~~~
famousactress
Exactly. I hate these misuses of the word 'Users'.
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sundar22in
I don't think Google+ will ever be a Facebook killer (Is Bing a Google
killer?). Google's strengths are search and advertising, but not social
networking. Given that Google+ is integrated to many google products, its not
going to die soon IMHO, but it will be just there for sometime (Yahoo/excite
never closed after google success).
Contrary example is gmail which caused a dent in Yahoo mail and still gaining
momentum. But gmail was re-inventing email access (gtalk integration), but
Google+ is no way close to revolutionizing social networking.
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tomahhy
And how many of those accounts are spammers getting in early to build rep and
appear legitimate?
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progworker
The number of users doesn't mean much, everyone is invited now.
~~~
mhb
Unless you're under 18. And the high school demographic seems like it would be
pretty relevant.
~~~
nl
The fact that high-schoolers couldn't join Facebook for years didn't seem to
hurt it too much.
Edit: downvoted?
To quote Wikipedia:
_The Web site's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard
students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy
League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at
various other universities before opening to high school students, and,
finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. However, based on ConsumersReports.org on
May 2011, there are 7.5 million children under 13 with accounts, violating the
site's terms._
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook>
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tko
that is a huge gain....but how many of the 40 million users are still using
Google+???
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smackfu
For comparison, Facebook has 800 million users and hit 500 million active
users in a single day.
~~~
nextparadigms
For comparison Facebook is 7 years old and Google+ is 3 months old.
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mhb
Isn't it pretty significant that most high schoolers (under 18) can't even
sign up yet?
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Steko
Something like 20 million of their users are in India, a lot of those look
like Orkut (Google) converts (edit: maybe notsomuch, add FB and look at last
few years).
[http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=google%20plus%2Cork...](http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=google%20plus%2Corkut&geo=IN&date=6%2F2011%205m&cmpt=q)
~~~
manojlds
Search doesn't correlate to usage. I don't search for Facebook, but use it a
lot.
~~~
lukesandberg
a lot of people search for facebook. search is just faster than navigating or
bookmarks a lot of the time.
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aswanson
Their naming /branding scheme is not good. Google + sounds like an API
extension or a bad programming language. Sometimes it's better to give a
product a human face...beginning with a name that communicates what it is.
~~~
lallysingh
.. only if you're a programmer, most of whom would probably know what Google+
really is.
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rymedia
Guess it's time I get a google+ account.
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How to create an easy restful api for a simple model - edilio73
http://www.restapibuilder.com/blog/how-to-create-an-easy-restful-api-for-a-simple-model/
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jstoiko
So complicated compared to something like:
[http://ramses.tech](http://ramses.tech)
Disclaimer: I'm a co-author and huge fan of Ramses
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Is the cold fusion egg about to hatch? - jseliger
https://aeon.co/opinions/is-the-cold-fusion-egg-about-to-hatch?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AeonMagazineEssays+%28Aeon+Magazine+Essays%29
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Piskvorrr
And flying cars?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines)
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Ask HN: Is Tesla actually using customer data for training? - snrji
I've read many times something along the lines of "Tesla has an advantage in autonomous cars because they have the data of thousands of customers, which implies millions of miles".<p>However, I can't find any source detailing whether Tesla is actually using customer data for training (and not only for debugging).<p>If so, where does the computation happen? Locally? Then, are Tesla chips ready for training? Did they mention that when unveiling FSD hardware)? How do they sync/integrate/debug that data/training? Otherwise, if the training is done at Tesla, how they transfer gigabytes of data?<p>Also, wouldn't that be a perfect case for imitation learning?<p>And is it legal to use customer data that way?<p>Is it possible that FSD is "secretly" ready for training?<p>Thanks!
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kjksf
This is explained in detail in this talk:
[https://youtu.be/Ucp0TTmvqOE?t=6662](https://youtu.be/Ucp0TTmvqOE?t=6662)
Calling it "customer data" is a stretch.
The software in Tesla cars can do the following:
\- send pictures of the road taken at random intervals \- record and upload
clips of scenes / objects that match criteria pre-programmed by Tesla \-
record and upload clips during error events (e.g. when a driver over-rides the
software, which implies that the software made a bad call) \- record and
upload clips when software is running in shadow mode and detects that it mis-
predicted the behavior
And yes, this data is added to training set.
Uploaded data consists of short, compressed video clips during abnormal
events. It's not full feed therefore not "gigabytes of data".
The user agrees to this in the software, so yes, it's legal.
~~~
snrji
Thank you very much for your explanation! That's exactly what I was asking
for.
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I wish there was a modern correspondence medium similar to letters - ingve
https://www.facebook.com/ibicking/posts/1085705508187383
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Cozumel
When I was at school I had a penpal in Japan, this was before email so we
corresponded through airmail and it took about 2 weeks between letters.
There's a lot to be said for that kind of communication, now everyone can talk
to anyone anywhere in the world instantly.
And I think for all it's incredible advantages we've lost something. When
you're writing a letter that'll take 2 weeks to get somewhere you can't just
put 'lol' or 'k'!
So I do appreciate the authors points but I don't see how we could ever go
back to that, from a technical point of view it would be easy to build a
service that fulfilled his criteria, but would anyone use it? Maybe the world
is ready for an 'inverse Twitter'.
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dsparkman
There is a modern media similar to sending letters ... sending letters. Last
time I checked you could still post a letter in the mail to far off places.
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House Flipper Zillow Lost $109K (37%) per Flip - SQL2219
https://wolfstreet.com/2019/05/10/house-flipper-zillow-lost-109k-35-per-flip-net-loss-triples-shares-soar/
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masonic
$20.8 million in sales and marketing expenses
$56K per house sold
$12.3 million in technology and development expenses
$29.7K per
$14.4 million in general and administrative expenses
#34.8K per
$3.8 million in “segment interest” expenses
$9179 per
This all sounds like phony accounting, Hollywood-style.
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Homeless Lose a Longtime Last Resort: Living in a Car - coltr
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303847804579479930243974564?mg=reno64-wsj
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malanj
_Officials say these bans aim to prevent nuisances that can be created by
those living in cars, and most are enforced only on a complaint basis._
Nothing scares me more than comments like that from government officials. A
law that is selectively enforced is effectively an invitation for police
harrasment. Either the law makes sense, or it doesn't. If individual civil
servants get to decide when to apply a law, you've got a big problem.
~~~
jdmichal
It's only an invitation for police harassment if you're breaking the law. And
in your version, you would instead have been arrested / fined immediately
regardless of anyone reporting you.
The bottom line for selective enforcement is that the police recognize that
there is a priority structure in laws. They have limited resources and cannot
enforce every law, everywhere, every time. While I would rather see this law
unmade, the second best thing that can happen is exactly what is, which is the
police only getting involved if an actual legitimate issue is raised.
EDIT: A second pertinent example is noise ordinance, which this is similar to
as a "public nuisance" law. The law is not worded that it's OK as long as all
your neighbors are OK with it. In your world, police would be walking around
neighborhoods with a decibel meter and fining every non-compliant house,
regardless of whether you cleared everything with your neighbors, or even if
your neighbors are the ones making all the noise at your party!
~~~
malanj
I see this a closer to something like prostitution laws that are selectively
enforced in many countries and lead to large scale police
corruption/harassment.
Random rant: my limited experience of police treatment of homeless people in
San Francisco leaves quite a lot to be desired. I've spent about one month in
total there and I saw police hassling homeless people quite frequently.
Anything that makes that easier is bad in my mind. Sure - poor people are an
"irritation" by some definitions but they remain _people_ even if their
existence is inconvenient to some.
~~~
jdmichal
I agree with your principle whole-heartedly; I was just pointing out that I
feel that police harassment is an orthogonal concern, and that selective
enforcement is a Good Thing in the vast majority of cases -- ie, all the ones
you never hear nor think about.
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clarky07
I hate to be that guy, and I'm going to sound like an ass, but this is 100%
his doing. Software worker in Palo Alto for 30 years making as much as 150k
has no excuse. Save some money stupid. Also, when you get fired and can't find
another job, perhaps you should move out of your $2150 a month rental. That's
enough for 4-5 months or more in other places. $1700 a month SS isn't much,
but it's enough to not be homeless in other places in America. It's not enough
to live in Palo Alto. MOVE.
All that being said, I'm not sure what the point of making criminals out of
homeless people is. No reason to kick people when they are down.
~~~
mcknz
Perhaps you're right in his particular instance.
But the issue is the same even for those who end up homeless through no fault
of their own.
Moving for the homeless has many hidden costs, including the time and effort
required to rebuild the local network of support one has built over many
years.
~~~
sentenza
Also, in my experience, moving is expensive. At least if you want to take more
stuff than fits into a suitcase.
Another thing that bugs me about the moving advice is this: It is good advice
for an individual or a family, but it becomes extremely problematic if too
many people do it. Many of the places where living expenses are low are also
places were the public finances at the local level are in a catastrophic
state. "Unemployment tourism" can be the deathblow for the municipal level if,
as is the case in many places here in Europe, the municipal level has to
finance much of the social infrastructure.
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sologoub
It's very unfortunate, but the main character also an interesting study in
skill set relevance and retirement planning (or lack thereof).
He's a software engineer in SV... By all the common stereotypes, he should be
in the winner circle and living the life. Agism is definitely an issue in
tech, but it's likely that he is not up to date with some of the more modern
languages or techniques, resulting in lack of employment.
If he lived there since the 70's, he could have had a paid off place. (Typical
mortgage is 30 years term.) If not save by paying off the mortgage, he could
have also saved via 401k or something similar. It probably never really
occurred to him that employment might be so hard to come by or that things
would get so pricey. Coming from an eastern european background, I was
conditioned that if you have a paid off place, you can withstand a lot of up
and down swings in the economy and the world.
As a society, we should really be focusing on helping people properly market
themselves and acquire/update skills needed AND re-enforcing the need to plan
for the future. Not really sure how we'd go about implementing the latter
without annoying people though...
~~~
muzz
> Agism is definitely an issue in tech, but it's likely that he is not up to
> date with some of the more modern languages or techniques
Why do you suspect that he is likely not up date? The first part of your
sentence mentions ageism, although the second part sounds a lot like it.
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ChuckMcM
Well if Palo Alto is willing to spend $250,000 they could pave a bit of
parking lot and put in a bathroom/shower unit like exists in campgrounds. But
that seems a bit extreme.
The guy profiled was tech worker for 30 years, but allegedly "not good with
money." If you're in your 20's don't be that guy. Live within your means, save
for those future days.
~~~
fvrghl
As a 20-something, does anyone have any advice me for or know of resources
where I can learn about financial management?
~~~
Natsu
I don't know about links, but the basics are simple enough: track what you
spend and save some % of what you make. Avoid debt for things that lose value
(e.g. cars). Debt for things like houses that retain value can make sense,
though. Always keep money in reserve. Pay off the high-interest debt (e.g. 30%
APR credit cards) first. If you do buy any complex investments, keep in mind
what conditions cause gain or loss. For example, I recently saw an annuity/ETF
product where they let you invest in indexes and cover the first 10% of any
losses, but you gain at most 10% annually (they get the rest). It took me a
while to realize that this means you get a 10% upside and 90% downside.
I'm sure others can give you more common sense advice.
~~~
jamesaguilar
> Avoid debt for things that lose value (e.g. cars).
This is actually not terribly good advice. Debt does not become especially bad
depending on whether what you used it for is gaining or losing value.
This rule is really a proxy for, "Don't buy an expensive car, boat, or plane,
relative to what you are making." Now that is a good rule. There's no reason
to hide it behind a false rule. Financing a purchase that you could pay cash
for can sometimes be wise, even if the purchased item is losing value.
~~~
Natsu
If you fall on hard times, you can sell things. If you have to sell something
like a car that lost value, it won't be as good as being able to sell
something like a house that holds value.
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theorique
Seems to be largely a means of pushing the problem elsewhere.
"Um, could you please be poor some place else? This is Palo Alto - we have a
prosperous reputation to uphold."
~~~
mbillie1
It is, but that's nothing new. The cops in NYC have been known to give the
homeless a McDonalds meal and a bus ticket up the coast.
I'm curious what the prevalence of work-from-home software jobs will do, over
time, to the ridiculous swell in cost-of-everything in the bay area though. I
realize that, like Manhattan for finance, there's some status associated with
being in tech in the bay area, as well as legitimate opportunities. But there
are high-paying tech jobs in places where you can live much more comfortably.
~~~
theorique
Many people want to be where other people are - the center of the action for
their particular universe. They vote with their money.
You're right that status is a big part of it. Manhattanites look down on the
"bridge and tunnel" crowd.
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pharaohgeek
At the risk of sounding (or even outright being) cruel, Mr. Smith's real
problem is that of terrible financial management skills. Keep in mind that
when he moved out there in the 70's, the Valley was not nearly as expensive as
it is today. And, with a software engineer's salary during its heyday, he
could have very easily purchased -- and paid off -- a place for him to live.
As he, himself, said, he made a choice to stay in the area even after he lost
his job. He could have made a choice to move somewhere cheaper.
At the age of 70, after a long -- and I'm assuming successful, based on his
highest salary -- career, having only a "meager" savings is no one's fault but
his own.
~~~
Xdes
>At the age of 70, after a long -- and I'm assuming successful, based on his
highest salary -- career, having only a "meager" savings is no one's fault but
his own.
I sympathize with him. I do not intend to save since there is no point when
the future of the country is so uncertain.
~~~
smm2000
If you have high salary now and do not save for retirement, I really hope you
won't burden society when you are out of job at 65 by either dying young or
living exclusively on social security. Spending all income is as selfish as it
gets.
~~~
Xdes
We live in what is called a free country.
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jisaacstone
"The neighbors in the community, I think, wanted to be reasonable, but they
didn't feel safe having their kids go to the center"
Making laws to make the neighbors feel safer! Fantastic! "Don't be poor around
me, I don't feel safe."
This is one of the worst forms of NIMBYism. And treating the disadvantaged as
dangerous is a form of prejudice. How unfortunate that people only seem to
care about racial prejudice.
------
ghalusa
Hard to fathom that a 30-year seasoned veteran of software engineering can't
find a shred of work in the heart of Silicon Valley. According to the article,
Mr. Smith hasn't worked since 2006? Something is terribly amiss here.
------
bowlich
I find the overwhelming perspective of comments approaching this article to
be, fascinating. I also think that Diogenes of Sinope would have a great deal
to say concerning the matter.
I would say that it's a fallacy to dwell on why Mr. Smith is living in an RV
or what he could have done to prevent himself from landing there. After all,
it doesn't answer the question of why the state thinks it ought to so finely
dictate the comings and goes of a person or where it is that one should choose
to sleep. To seek shelter is as much a natural right as any of the others and
to deny someone easy access to readily available public shelter should come
with the same level of concern as restricting speech.
I think it's more interesting that we choose to allow those who do own or can
afford to rent property to dictate and bully others for the convenience of
their avoiding a "nuisance." Since apparently choosing to reside in a house
grants you greater worth than choosing to reside in a car.
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melvinmt
"An ordinance passed by Palo Alto last year would punish people cited for
living in a vehicle with as much as a $1,000 fine or six months in jail."
Yep, that's exactly the incentive they need to not be homeless. /s
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Asparagirl
Only 15 emergency shelter beds in all of Palo Alto?! And an estimated 150 men,
women, and children competing for those spots every night? That's disgusting.
Companies who have HQ's in Palo Alto:
[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_P...](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_Palo_Alto,_California)
Not one of those companies, some of which are valued in the billions, could
pick up the cost of sponsoring another ten emergency beds? Another five, even?
~~~
a3n
Possibly, but they'd have to bring in their profits from offshore, and that
would be taxed.
~~~
chris_mahan
Ahhh, but you see, if they were taxed, then Palo Alto would have the money to
build more shelters.
~~~
toast0
Palo Alto doesn't have an income tax. Maybe California or the federal
government would have the money though.
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jack-r-abbit
I don't see why they needed to make this law specifically against living in a
vehicle. Most places already have some sort of limit on how long a vehicle can
be parked on the street. Usually around 72 hours and you have to relocate to
another street (it doesn't count to just move it a few feet). Let them sleep
in their car... as long as they move it to another street every few days.
------
sharemywin
Let's assume started in 1978 with 30k. Pay increases of 5.75%/yr which gets
him to 151K in 2007. assuming saving 10% and a 8% return per yr that's 628k in
401k. Let's assume market takes 40% and losses job with 2-3 years before SSN.
Out there you could easily blow through any kind of retirement savings pretty
quickly.
~~~
smm2000
4% of 628k (safe withdrawal limit) is 25k - this is amount you can withdraw in
pretty much perpetuity (for 62 year old). 25k combined with SSN (20k/year) is
very close to average family income in US and guarantee good living in most
cities in US (outside of Bay Area/NY and a few other zip codes).
Saving 10% is borderline enough to retire on if you do not make stupid
financial moves (like moving out of market in 2007 or living in most expensive
area in US). It's not enough to be financially secure - you need to save
20-25% for that (totally doable on software engineer salary).
------
ssharp
Serious question: Are there trailer parks in the area? A place where you can
rent land for parking a mobile-home long term?
I am not at all familiar with the SF/Valley rental market, other than hearing
how it's exorbitantly expensive and rents keep growing. I'd have to think
there would be somewhere where rents are not so expensive. I have a hard time
believing a standard suburban studio or one-bedroom apartment would cost
$2800.
As for the article, it sounds like the man profiled here isn't really making
rationale decisions, so it's difficult to tell how bad the situation, outside
of this anecdote, actually is.
~~~
chiph
There are a couple of RV parks in the area. I want to say they're $700 a month
plus electricity. Not sure if any of them would be up for multi-year
residents, that's more of a mobile-home (trailer) park thing. Of which, there
are several in the area and from what I can tell from Google maps, they're all
full.
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m_d
Does Palo Alto have regulations regarding minimum apartment size? If not,
lower-cost microapartment complexes might make a good long-term investment.
~~~
ilyanep
Good luck building anything in Palo Alto.
~~~
m_d
I'm not familiar with the real estate situation there beyond "people are being
priced out of Palo Alto". Is the city averse to all new construction or just
lower-cost housing?
~~~
praptak
Google "Palo Alto NIMBY".
~~~
rosser
AIUI, the NIMBY-ism in Palo Alto is second only to that in San Francisco.
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BizSpark (free for startups) includes Office - niggler
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/5/4/15454442-CF17-47B9-A65D-DF84EF88511B/Products_by_Benefit_Level.xlsx
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polskibus
Not sure how it's now, but it used to be that you were not allowed to use
Office from Bizspark for tasks other than development for Office. You were not
allowed to run your office on Bizspark's MS Office so to speak, but you could
for instance develop a plugin for Excel.
If you have a reference that says it's different now, let me know!
~~~
niggler
"It used to be that you were not allowed to use Office from Bizspark for tasks
other than development for Office"
The BizSpark EULA has interesting wording which is a bit less extreme than
what you are stating (this may have changed in the past few years; i'm pulling
from July 2012 EULA):
"You may only install and use copies of the following Desktop Application and
Desktop Operating System portions of the Program Software solely to design,
develop, test and demonstrate your programs. [list includes the office
suites]"
This lets you use Office in contexts other than pure Office development. As an
example, for an analytics startup you can run your business in Excel to test
against your platform. I use Excel in this way (it's easy to throw up an excel
baseline for lots of tasks and compare it to my code).
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niggler
For those that can't see it (i realize its an XLSX):
The "Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN Subscription" is included as part of
BizSpark membership at no cost (you don't even need to give a credit card --
although you do in order to use the free Azure benefits)
Office Professional Plus 2010, Office for Mac 2011 Home and Business, and
Office 2013 are provided (the 2013 betas have been available for months).
For those wondering why Microsoft is doing this (they also include windows,
visual studio and a boatload of other products) I suspect they are trying to
get startups to use Microsoft software now so that they'll be paying users
when they grow beyond the limits (something like 3M revenue) of the program.
------
robterrell
Note that it does not include Office for Mac, at least the last time I looked
in the downloads library (4 months ago or so). Edited to add: the linked
spreadsheet says I'm wrong, so I'll log in and check.
~~~
niggler
Try again and search for "office" while selecting architecture "Mac":
<http://i.imgur.com/m1zj1dF.png>
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TheOv3rminD
sweet, thanks!
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ARM Mbed IoT Device Platform - fitzwatermellow
https://www.mbed.com/en/#
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Sanddancer
There is a glaring, painful hole in the current mBed IoT platform as it
currently stands which unfortunately is something recurrent throughout the IoT
ecosystem. There are no server functions. If your device is going to pulling
and pushing to the mothership, and only the mothership, then the API they gave
is adequate. However, if you want your IoT temperature nodes to be able to
talk to your IoT vent register nodes, you have to have both of them polling
the main server to fetch and get data, and have both become expensive
paperweights when your internet connection drops.
It seems to be a recurrent problem with the mbed universe. The mbed editor,
which they're going to be revamping Real Soon Now, has very much the same
problem, where losing internet connectivity means that you're without an
editor until whatever problem is corrected. IoT is only really going to be
useful if the Things can talk back, otherwise, you're just going to have half-
assed toys.
~~~
dmritard96
Sanddancer - Interesting perspective - We are building sensors and vents
([https://flair.co](https://flair.co)) and definitely getting the right
amounts of function with and without the cloud is a major portion of our
platform. Not using mbed Intranet vs Internet of Things is a huge question
mark on the IoT imho.
~~~
Sanddancer
Yeah, that balance is something I'm working on in the various animatronic and
costuming projects I've got going. Yes, there is interesting reason for an
internet enabled costume, but yeah, it shouldn't all fall apart just because
it can't get signal. Though your product so far looks pretty great, it's
definitely something I'm going to be bringing up with my housemates regarding
the problems a household of seven generates regarding heating and cooling.
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officialchicken
Insecurity of things... by default, the connection is insecure [1][2] and
unencrypted. But at least they're starting to move in the right direction [3],
if you have a commercial license.
[1] [https://docs.mbed.com/docs/mbed-client-
guide/en/latest/Howto...](https://docs.mbed.com/docs/mbed-client-
guide/en/latest/Howto/#security-object-resources)
[2] [https://docs.mbed.com/docs/mbed-client-
guide/en/latest/api/c...](https://docs.mbed.com/docs/mbed-client-
guide/en/latest/api/classM2MSecurity.html)
[3] [https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls)
*edit: formatting
~~~
DyslexicAtheist
1\. The link you provided is about LWM2M Security Object, not about how the
mbed client connects to mbed Device Connector
([https://connector.mbed.com/](https://connector.mbed.com/)).
2\. To get a better feeling on how a device would actually connect to the
server, here's an easy to follow example: [https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-
client-linux-example](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-client-linux-example) \-
this can be built & run on an Ubuntu machine. (Note: there are some
prerequisities, as explained in [https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-client-linux-
example/blob/ma...](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-client-linux-
example/blob/master/README.md))
3\. You can see in main.cpp ([https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-client-linux-
example/blob/ma...](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-client-linux-
example/blob/master/source/main.cpp)) that we're using certificate mode (line
128), and that's also on free accounts
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danielvf
Since it took me far to long to find actual code, here's the hello world
equivalent getting started code.
[https://docs.mbed.com/docs/getting-started-mbed-
os/en/latest...](https://docs.mbed.com/docs/getting-started-mbed-
os/en/latest/FirstProjectmbedOS/)
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siscia
All I am looking for is a couple of devices that you pair together.
The first devices should only be able to read values from some standard input
source and transmit them in a secure way to the second device.
The second devices, the receiver, should only be able to receive values from a
swarm of transmitter and stream values over via USB.
Those devices should be crazy cheap, actually they do close to nothing, very
power efficient, open source and without whistle and bells...
No integrated editor (why do I need an editor anyway), no integrated dashboard
or data collect services, that can be easily implemented later...
Is there anything similar ?
Edit: USB, not TCP/UDP
~~~
TickleSteve
There are innumerable ways to do this with traditional embedded software
tools, not need for any "IoT" stuff, for example LwIP on any number of
supported dev boards.
What people never seem to realise about embedded s/w is that these devices are
only cheap (and hence viable as products) when produced in many
thousands/millions... Because of this, the bill-of-materials overrides any
other concerns so you end up picking the smallest/cheapest possible device you
can and do your utmost to make it work.
This means you need to be intimately familiar with the low-level aspects to be
able to optimise your code to the hardware. The best you can say about these
environments are that they are for "rapid-development". no one would ever take
a design created in one of these type of environments (Arduino included) and
make a viable product from it unless cost was not an issue, which is never the
case in the embedded world.
So, in answer to your question, it is all possible... apart from the 'cheap-
as-chips' part unless you opt for traditional low-level embedded s/w design.
~~~
siscia
Don't quite grasp it, I am not into the field much, but I try my best.
A little chip that can read analogic OR digital IO and securely send over via
radio seems to me like a very standard, reusable and useful piece of hardware.
It is something that you can sell to pretty much every industry, so you have a
lot of scale to leverage.
I do understand that, if your application need to read temperature and send it
over you will design the whole chip together, but when your application need
to read also humidity and send it over I believe that you can reuse the design
of the old chip; so, over the years, a standard way to read from IO and send
over secure radio connection should emerge.
~~~
TickleSteve
There are standards for each part of that process, both reading the ADC and
transmitting data over a low-power WAN.
The problem is that on its own, that isn't a saleable product, everyone who
has a need for that would be able to make it cheaper if integrated into their
product as-a-whole. Integration is everything.
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danjayh
Every time I see Linux used in a project like this, it feels like hitting a
trim nail with a sledgehammer. I hadn't seen mbed OS prior to this article,
and after perusing the documentation and checking license (apache), I have to
say I'm pretty stoked about it. mbed os seems to be far better suited for tiny
/ lightweight devices than Linux ... anybody used it in an actual project?
Have any thoughts to share?
~~~
johnny22
the little microprocs I'm dealing with, couldn't even run Linux (256kb
storage, and 32kb ram). I'm using it, but only for prototyping so far. Works
nice enough so far, except that I'm not very good at C/C++! The ecosystem
their setting up around their yotta tooling is very promising.
~~~
pedalpete
I've been doing a bit more than poking around in this space, and I'm curious
what your language of preference and hardware specs are? Something like an
esp8266? Or smaller?
------
pasiaj
One of the best things about all this is ARM buying and open sourcing
PolarSSL. We at Thingsee have been using another POSIX-like RTOS called NuttX,
but there was no viable free SSL-library with low memory profile before that
anyone could use.
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Facebook wants you to be stupid - ColinWright
https://plus.google.com/107808951807533655192/posts/gKkrrhM797i
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mooism2
He conflates "wants you to be stupid" with "controls the user experience"
without justifying it.
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Christoph Hellwig's case against VMware dismissed - gghh
http://lwn.net/Articles/696764/
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gghh
FAQ about the lawsuit, compiled by the Software Freedom Conservancy:
[https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vmware-
lawsuit...](https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-
faq.html)
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X is broken - jsbit
http://jsbit.ch/post/32667257037/x-is-broken
======
nodata
(Your title is broken: I assumed "X" referred to the X Window System)
~~~
duiker101
I totally did too... I was a bit disappointed because I expected a nice
article and not some random guy complaining about people trying to do
something.
~~~
jsbit
'Some random guy complaining about people trying to do something.'
You have just written my epitaph.
In all seriousness, you're right. I should write more contributory posts in
the future. I wrote that in a foul mood this morning and should've left it in
the text editor.
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Blobstore: Twitter’s in-house photo storage system - ashishgandhi
http://engineering.twitter.com/2012/12/blobstore-twitters-in-house-photo.html
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acme
I wonder what the multi-data-center metadata store is. Sounds a little like
Cassandra...
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Dear Klout, This Is How You Measure Influence - kjhughes
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/21/science-social-contagion-klout/
======
phant0ms
Klout is the most ridiculous thing ever. Sure, it helps you visibly notice who
could be considered an influencer, but the scoring system is completely messed
up and the topics you're authoritative on can be completely off base with no
mention at all.
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Mark Zuckerberg is the most powerful person on Earth. But is he responsible? - quincyla
https://medium.freecodecamp.com/mark-zuckerberg-is-the-most-powerful-person-on-earth-but-is-he-responsible-5fbcaeb29ee1#.80xo373xq
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secfirstmd
___" Mark Zuckerberg — Facebook’s CEO — is the most powerful person alive
today. He may even be the most powerful person ever.
Traditionally, the president of the United States has been considered the most
powerful person on Earth. After all, President Obama controls the most
powerful military on the planet, and has considerable influence over the $18
trillion US economy."_ __
Seriously? Someone actually believes that Mark Zuckerberg is the most powerful
person in the world? What kind of bubble do they live in? Why write an
interesting piece with such a title? Do they realise how many countries have
nuclear weapons? Do they realise that there is 6 billion people on this planet
without Facebook? Less than 50% of the US population used Facebook last month.
I'm reminded of Stalin's comment: "How Many Divisions Does the Pope Have?"
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meira
Leave facebook, and you will soon stop think he is one of most powerful person
on earth.
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Cozumel
You keep using that word..
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Privacy Tools – Encryption Against Global Mass Surveillance - selmat
https://www.privacytools.io/
======
jasode
_> All [vpn] providers listed here are outside the US, use encryption, accept
Bitcoin, support OpenVPN and have a no logging policy._
Yes but how does the average person _really know_ if those suggested foreign
VPNs are not CIA or other government coordinated honeypots?
In terms of cyberspace cat & mouse games, I think VPNs can be useful to evade
Netflix streaming restrictions to particular countries or to hide your DNS
queries from your ISP. You don't need a lot of trust in VPN entities to evade
_commercial businesses_.
However, using VPNs to evade _government surveillance_ is a whole different
ballgame. Because of the far reaching tentacles of government agencies,
there's no reliable method to determine which VPN to trust.
~~~
DyslexicAtheist
exactly. it just shifts the trust from your ISP to the VPN (who ironically
even has your credit card info in many cases ...).
even Verizon now peddles VPN services to take their slice of the privacy
snake-oil market [https://www.verizonwireless.com/biz/security/wireless-
privat...](https://www.verizonwireless.com/biz/security/wireless-private-
network-vpn/)
~~~
reshie
many accept bitcoin.
as you say though it all comes to trust.
~~~
IggleSniggle
Bitcoin is not private. It is, in fact, a PUBLIC LEDGER, and at some point,
most folks want to either convert to or from bitcoin to a government backed
currency. Sure, you could argue that the transaction could be laundered, but
no more than any other transaction could be laundered, so then you need to
compare whether it is more or less private than other transactions internally.
I’m not a bitcoin person, but I still don’t understand why people think of
bitcoin as more private than other transactional systems when the whole
premise of bitcoin is a publicly shared ledger.
~~~
LMYahooTFY
"I’m not a bitcoin person, but I still don’t understand why people think of
bitcoin as more private than other transactional systems when the whole
premise of bitcoin is a publicly shared ledger."
You don't have to provide personally identifiable data to transact.
As far as I can tell, this is not achievable digitally with any traditional
currencies.
Yes it requires connectivity that might yield personally identifiable data,
just like every other method of connectivity via the internet.
~~~
freeflight
> As far as I can tell, this is not achievable digitally with any traditional
> currencies.
Paysafecard [0] does exactly that with traditional currencies.
I can buy those with cash, even at gas stations, and use them to pay online
without ever sharing my personal details with anybody.
[0]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paysafecard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paysafecard)
~~~
chopin
That's not longer the case in Germany (don't know whether this is the case in
other EU countries though) where it requires a verified account with Paysafe
(PostIdent no less).
~~~
freeflight
That must be a rather recent change (1. January?) because the last Paysafecard
I used didn't require me to do anything like that, that was maybe 3-4 months
ago to pay for an online-hoster.
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tptacek
_Why is it not recommended to choose a US-based service?_
This is extraordinarily, almost axiomatically bad advice. The USG has an NSL
process for obtaining information from US-based service providers. It has no
process whatsoever for obtaining it from foreign providers. _It can simply do
it_. We have the largest, best-funded signals intelligence agency in the
world, and literally the only place in the world you have any procedural,
legal defenses against them is here.
I'm not being normative. You don't have to like this state of affairs. But it
is the reality in which we live, and signing up with a European privacy
service won't keep your data out of the hands of US surveillance if they want
it.
I think jurisdiction is the wrong question. The most important question to be
asking about a service provide is "what information do they collect and retain
about me". Sometimes these comparisons are hard to make from the outside, but
other times you can make inferences just based on the features they offer and
the protocols they use.
~~~
chopin
NSL's obtain data legally, whereas other methods are illegal (at least in most
countries), and surely not well received when detected. In the latter case the
hole will be closed. For me legality matters as well.
~~~
pvg
Law enforcement agencies in Europe cooperate extensively and legally with US
ones. Just recently in the news -
[https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/01/the-netherlands-
tapped...](https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/01/the-netherlands-tapped-el-
chapo-phones-for-fbi-due-to-relaxed-privacy-laws/)
This is El Chapo getting burned by this exact bad advice, among other things.
------
mockingbirdy
Using privacy-related software makes it more likely that you'll get
specifically targeted for surveillance. [1]
Simply visiting this site makes it more likely. [2]
For anyone who fears state-level surveillance: Using a VPN or Tor and some
privacy plugins isn't enough. Don't assume that you're safe just because of
it. In fact, you make yourself identifiable if you rely on such plugins.
I won't go into details on how to be able to have privacy that can compete
with state-level surveillance, because you'll have to commit crimes to get it.
If you think that your government is watching you - don't trust these simple
instructions. It's way harder. Some people had to die because of this.
Many (authoritarian) governments don't let you use a VPN without putting you
on a watch list. If you try to keep a low profile, you need other measures.
False sense of security can be dangerous in some countries. I hope that those
who need this (a fraction of those who read it) keep themselves safe.
edit: I think they should clearly state that this tutorial isn't suited for
individuals who are in great danger w.r.t surveillance. It's for people who
are interested in privacy, not for people in life-or-death situations.
[1]: [https://www.cnet.com/news/nsa-likely-targets-anybody-whos-
to...](https://www.cnet.com/news/nsa-likely-targets-anybody-whos-tor-curious/)
[2]: [https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/interest-privacy-will-
ensure-y...](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/interest-privacy-will-ensure-youre-
targeted-nsa/)
~~~
commandlinefan
> Using privacy-related software makes it more likely that you'll get
> specifically targeted for surveillance.
Which is a good reason for people who specifically don't have anything to hide
to start using them - if you're not signal, you can't help out by being noise.
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mtgx
One of my favorite lines against "I have nothing to hide" is from national
security whistleblower, Edward Snowden:
_“Arguing that you don 't care about the right to privacy because you have
nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech
because you have nothing to say.”_
[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7308507-arguing-that-you-
do...](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7308507-arguing-that-you-don-t-care-
about-the-right-to-privacy)
But ultimately, the idea that you want privacy because you have something
_bad_ to hide is a deeply flawed one, pushed by governments, maybe not
necessarily because they are "evil" and want to abuse that power (although
that certainly seems a factor to consider lately), but also because pretty
much the only times they do want to bypass privacy laws is when they deal with
criminals. So that gives them a very narrow view of the issue. When all you
have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Privacy is both about "keeping things to yourself" and not wanting others to
know everything there is to know about you for no good reason, as well as to
protect yourself against potential abuses (from governments, but also
criminals, unscrupulous companies, etc) that can't be predicted ahead of time.
There are thousands of potential uses for the data, like say using your data
to manipulate you with ads during elections, make you buy anti-depressants,
make you pay higher insurance, and so on.
~~~
yura
_" Privacy is both about "keeping things to yourself" and not wanting others
to know everything there is to know about you for no good reason, as well as
to protect yourself against potential abuses (from governments, but also
criminals, unscrupulous companies, etc) that can't be predicted ahead of
time."_
Yes. To put it succinctly: I may trust the current government to use this data
for (mostly) good, but I don't trust all future governments.
~~~
Bizarro
A "government" is a big abstract entity that is made up of people and
procedures. People come and go, and procedures/regulation are changed all the
time without direct legislative efforts.
You don't have the knowledge to know if you trust "that" government or
"another" government. The best solution for all is always be suspicious of
concentrated power....especially power that involves state-sanctioned violence
against you.
------
chin123
Prism Break is also worth taking a look: [https://prism-
break.org/en/](https://prism-break.org/en/)
I like that it has OS-specific recommendations.
~~~
xvector
One of the most frustrating things about this website is that it doesn't
provide a reason for their "avoids." Why should I use KeePass over 1Password?
Why should I use Mumble over FaceTime?
It wouldn't be that hard to provide a sentence-long justification for their
avoids in addition to their recommendations.
~~~
EduardoBautista
The _only_ reason is because they are closed source.
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ptero
This is a great overview and a list of useful tools and technologies. Kudos to
the author!
However, I am afraid that using those tools to protect your own privacy is at
best a temporary band-aid as long as the current trend of accepting more and
more backdoors into our personal lives persists.
To change this a significant portion of people need to see the government not
as the main savior from terrorism (poverty, disease, crime, etc.) but as a big
bureaucracy where a lot of clerks care more about their paycheck than the end
results of their day's work (which is fine). And a large portion of public
servants who do care, care more about their career, power and perception than
about people who chose them to govern (which is bad).
This view change, if it ever happens, should force government to justify their
actions and pay more attention to real issues (poverty, crime, disease,
terrorism) and less to scare tactics. A used car salesman can provide a useful
service -- knowing that a customer suspects him to be a swindler forces him
into a partial honesty. That said, I am not optimistic that this view change
will happen soon.
~~~
ignoramous
You'd find that a single Firefox addon uMatrix itself takes you a long way AFA
as privacy is concerned (and breaks websites, too, unfortunately). You need to
start somewhere.
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holri
Isn't it bizarre that a privacy tools website uses Google Maps instead of
Openstreetmap?
~~~
jesterson
Yeah, good point actually
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yange
Many file formats record creation timestamps, like in image, document, video,
audio, executable, archive, and so on. If you create these formats and send
the file to others, they would at least know when you created the file.
Sometimes they even include timezone info, so they can even know something
about your geo location. This applies to network protocols, application
communications, database records and so on. Even Git will record your
timestamp and timezone info for every commit, and it's very difficult to
completely change or remove these info.
You might think it's a trivial thing, but it actually tells a lot about you.
If someone can trace your activities through time, it's essentially a detailed
profile of you, and they can learn how you live and work. Sometimes it can
even be used to de-anonymize you by cross referencing with your "real" online
identity.
In general it's impractical for users to fully understand what kinds of meta
data were included in each file format or send by each application. EXIF data
is often included in image files generated by cameras or image editing
software. Your full file path to a source code file may be included in the
executable you compiled, and it may leak your personal information. Your
operating system may send regular health report to its company. A proxy
service may append your real IP address in HTTP headers. Even for some
encrypted services, they don't encrypt or sign everything. Like 1Password in
the past didn't encrypt the URLs of your saved login sites. TLS 1.2 doesn't
sign the cipher suites. TLS 1.3 doesn't encrypt client certificate.
Most of these software and protocols were not designed with privacy as a
primary concern. Even they do, there are info that they decided to be okay to
leak. However, it should be up to the users to decide whether the design
decisions were reasonable for their own use case. Even many of these meta data
leak seem like targeted surveillance, it's actually scalable and can be
adapted to mass surveillance.
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walterbell
Brave (based on Chrome, minus Google tracking) includes optional Tor in
private tabs, anti-tracking and ad blocking. By making Tor accessible to all
users of Brave, it makes Tor users slightly less of an anomaly. Brave has also
added capacity to the Tor network.
~~~
Forbo
Brave users of Tor tabs have a different fingerprint than users of the normal
Tor browser. Having a larger anonymity set may be preferable for some people's
threat model.
~~~
walterbell
Alternately, being part of "people who don't download Tor browser" could be
useful in some scenarios.
~~~
jemas54
If you are among "did not download Tor browser" but are among "produces Tor
web traffic without downloading Tor browser" you are easier to identify than
if you were among "Downloaded Tor browser and produces Tor (web) traffic".
This would make you either more suspicious or your adversary (justifiedly)
think you are an idiot.
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skilled
I am impressed with the amount of detail this page has, wonderful job by the
author!
------
throw1984
[https://torrentfreak.com/proxy-sh-vpn-provider-monitored-
tra...](https://torrentfreak.com/proxy-sh-vpn-provider-monitored-traffic-to-
catch-hacker-130930/)
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ericcholis
A nice resource, but I think the links on the page should all open into a new
tab. Reading through and clicking a link takes me away from the page, I'd
rather that the links open in a new tab for later.
~~~
freeflight
Clicking a link with the middle mouse button opens it in a new tab, at least
on Chrome.
------
Maximus9000
Are those password managers listed really "better" than 1Password or lastpass?
If so, why? Shouldn't I want to pay money for my password manager?
~~~
iotku
>Are those password managers listed really "better" than onepass or lastpass?
If so, why?
The main point seems to be that they're either local or able to be self
hosted.
In theory online password manager service providers could be forced (or
otherwise compromised) to access a user's password database or interface to
said database.
Encryption could be potentially worse than the more commercial offering if
implemented wrong, but you can also restrict access better to local/self-
hosted databases.
>Shouldn't, I want to pay money for my password manager?
Not if it's unnecessary to do so, and it also adds a paper trail relating your
account to your passwords etc should they be compromised.
Personally that's pretty far out of my threat model, but I still have my
password DB locally because I figure if someone compromises my computer
they'll get my passwords anyways (keyloggers, etc), but at least an online
service I have no control of wont get compromised and affect me.
Only real difficulty with local keepass databases is keeping them synced/up to
date on my devices.
~~~
xvector
> In theory online password manager service providers could be forced (or
> otherwise compromised) to access a user's password database or interface to
> said database.
Could they really, though? 1Password, for example, extensively details their
client-side encryption protocol. Unless they were forced to distribute a
compromised client, there's really no downside to using it.
~~~
iotku
>1Password, for example, extensively details their client-side encryption
protocol. Unless they were forced to distribute a compromised client
Not particularly familiar with the methods 1Password uses, but that is the
general theory.
It's pretty out there and you'd likely have to be in pretty deep for a
government (or some other attacker) to try and pull something like that
(especially just to hit you personally).
There's similar pie in the sky arguments for most software on your computer
that will auto update as well I suppose (Windows Update, Google Chrome,
whatever...).
I don't think it's a realistic concern for most people, but if your life (or
your freedom) depended on your password manager you'd want the least amount of
points of failure possible.
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bungie4
The only way to win the game is not to play.
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Simon’s Win32 Cheat Sheet (2016) - Tomte
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/win-32-cheat-sheet/
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peter_d_sherman
Excerpt:
Switch off the pesky MDM process
"On my laptop, a background process MDM.exe used to appear, which seemed to
cause hundreds of page faults a second even when I was doing absolutely
nothing. Since I use my machine a lot for compiling, I reckoned I could do
without it. MDM is the Machine Debug Manager, and it is installed with
Internet Explorer. Like me, you probably don't need it. Here is how to tun it
off/disable it. Go to the Control Panels and click Internet Options. Click on
the Advanced tab and check the box 'diable script debugging'. This should stop
it appearing."
I've seen windows processes that cause (in my opinion) too many page faults...
disabling MDM is a good start... thanks for the tip!
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China to ban online games because they are an “authority vacuum” - riazrizvi
https://www.videogamer.com/news/china-to-ban-online-games-because-they-are-an-authority-vacuum
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AnimalMuppet
And if there's one thing China abhors, it's an authority vacuum - in
particular, a vacuum of _their_ authority.
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musicale
I'm pretty sure Tom Nook is one of the most powerful and merciless authorities
on the planet.
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csense
Probably only banning foreign games. I'm sure you'll still be able to play
games from Chinese government supported studios.
Of course the games will only say good things about China's leaders and
political philosophy.
You'll have to register any online identity with your real name and address.
Anonymity is a non-starter; they have to know who needs to be forcibly
disappeared if you say the wrong thing online.
And they'll probably also hope a couple games get popular, or at least
occasionally used, outside China. Because they'll include backdoor code to get
root access to the computer running it.
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cac1
This can't possibly stick. Xi will have egg on his face. On the other hand, it
will make a great distraction from the emerging virus scandal.
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Prism and NSA Spying: why I don’t (entirely) believe it. - dfj225
http://www.brunton-spall.co.uk/post/2013/06/07/prism-and-nsa-spying-why-i-dont-entirely-believe-it/
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dTal
You know, there's a conspiracy theory angle here.
A tactic I have observed for dealing with awkward leaks is to allow the
speculation about the unknown aspects of the leak ramp up to extreme levels,
then rebut the more ridiculous theories without addressing the sensible ones.
Joe average reads the rebuttal, feels let down that the story wasn't quite as
inflammatory as the hype had led him to believe, and moves on.
This PRISM business (of which there had been no hint before) is a massive one-
up on the seriousness of the Verizon scandal, and its timing in relation to it
is deeply suspicious. It wouldn't be too difficult for someone in the
intelligence services to make an extremely pithy PowerPoint presentation (also
suspicious - it's basically a bunch of arrows from the top tech companies to
the NSA) about how the NSA slurps data from all and sundry and fake a leak to
a newspaper.
I predict that this story will turn out to be a complete wash, and in the
meantime everyone will have forgotten about the not-as-sexy but much-more-true
Verizon leak.
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Facebook is rolling out new privacy controls Wednesday morning - nileshd
http://mashable.com/2012/12/12/privacy-controls-facebook/
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loceng
So when's the class action lawsuit start, and where can I sign up?
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The Memory Area Network at the Heart of IBM’s Power10 - rbanffy
https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/09/03/the-memory-area-network-at-the-heart-of-ibms-power10/
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rektide
Absolutely kick ass article, just top notch talk over some of the first
efforts we've seen to revise how we might put together big systems. The old
theorycraft article bloody nailed it too, just wonderful.
The sea change only comes after we stop deciding good interconnects only
belong on good chips.
128 lanes of pcie on a epyc but building & connecting other pcie systems
together is hard. But it shouldn't be. Gen-z & other hopefuls like ibm here
giving it an interesting go.
The serial ram is another cute force multiplier, very cute, but again I fear
enterprise-itis might keep it from wider adoption for this decade. But totally
also important gamechanging stuff, as hinted here, where whether it's ram or
more pc's on the other side doesn't really change the things that much.
Bridging of systems intensifies!!!
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Ask HN: Designers, please open up the library of stuff you've collected - tejaswiy
UX Designers, as a programmer trying to get better at this, I've realized designers generally try to collect various good pieces of design that they encounter and save them for inspiration. How about making it open for the community instead?<p>Someone please start a blog like http://littlebigdetails.com/ and put up UI elements too, not just interactions.<p>EDIT: A little more googling lead me to this (pdf): http://eightshapesunify.s3.amazonaws.com/CreatingAUXDesignLibrary.Final.pdf
======
xg
Two of the best collections of UI / UX patterns I know of:
Chris Messina (factoryjoe on Flickr):
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/collections/72157600...](http://www.flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/collections/72157600001823120/)
Zach Klein on Evernote: <http://www.evernote.com/pub/zachklein/generaluiux>
~~~
asymptotic
Thank you. A hundred times thank you.
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MPiccinato
Have you checked out Pattern Tap? <http://patterntap.com/>
It has a nice collection of UI elements for the web.
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bnycum
<http://pttrns.com> iOS
<http://cvparade.com/> CV / Resume
------
ZhannaSchonfeld
go to <http://www.designmoo.com> and <http://www.365psd.com> and also a
freebies section on <http://creattica.com>
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inspiredbeta
Try here too <http://blog.inspiredmark.com/tagged/interface> :)
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Microsoft tax break subsidized by 'opportunity to dance' tax in WA - anigbrowl
http://jeffreifman.com/2013/04/12/seattle-dance-clubs-fundraise-to-pay-microsofts-tax-bill/
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maxharris
The tax on Microsoft (the "software royalty tax") is just as unjust as the tax
on bars and clubs.
We are told that the money goes toward education. Even if that's true, it
still does not make forcibly taking the money right. Parents that want their
children to be educated ought to pay for it themselves. No one is forced by
law to have a child they don't want in our country. Everyone, even bad
parents, know that children represent a serious, long-term financial
commitment.
Neither Microsoft nor the bars and clubs in question ought to be on the hook
for other people's choices to have children.
Also, to those that want to bring the idea of free riders and externalities
(i.e., people who say that public education produces changes in people that
benefit everyone in society, and therefore everyone ought to contribute toward
it):
Suppose that I come over to your house at 3 AM and wash all your windows
(badly, leaving streaks and dirt), without asking you first. When I'm
finished, I rifle through your mailbox, and find your paycheck. I cash it,
hanging on to 1% of it, and deposit the rest into your checking account. When
you object, I reply that I've been doing the same thing "for" my other
neighbors for years and they haven't told me to stop, so you shouldn't either.
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Hackers and Fighters - dpapathanasiou
http://www.lambdassociates.org/blog/hackers.htm
======
Tichy
I must admit I don't consider learning a programming language something a
university is supposed to teach you. They should teach you about concepts, and
perhaps offer some optional seminars or workshops interested students could
use for learning a programming language of choice.
Frankly, a "programming language" degree from a university would devaluate the
value of the degree in my opinion (ie if a student would get points for
knowing a programming language). Might as well just go for Microsoft
Certification.
I also don't see why they have to agree on a standard programming language for
the whole CS department. Why not let each teacher do their own thing, and let
the students decide (teacher insists on Pascal -> students won't attend the
lecture).
~~~
umjames
The problem with most CS courses (and any course in general) is that the class
is taught to the lowest common denominator of students. Yes, a class can have
pre-requisites, but the first required CS classes for freshmen cannot.
Some colleges don't require any previous computer experience to become a CS
major, just as long as you can pay the tuition. In such cases, you can't
assume any basic programming knowledge without turning the intro courses into
programming language courses in some base language.
But I agree with you on the last part about not having one language for every
course in the department.
~~~
jamesbritt
> the class is taught to the lowest common denominator
Not the highest common factor?
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acgourley
I think academia would generally respond that CS is about the concepts not the
syntax.
Universities need to do a better job raising street fighters, but I don't
think it needs to be through course load. There needs to be more programming
competitions, more open ended assignments, more CS related clubs and projects,
etc. Sure not everyone will participate, but if they don't, they are never
going to be good programmers anyway.
And lets face it, if universities had more ways to allow students to implement
fun things like games or robots (or startups), they would certainly be more
willing to spend their extra cycles out of class learning implementation.
~~~
jey
I totally agree. As acgourley said, not everyone will participate, but these
sorts of programs would give a solid opportunity to develop more practical
skills to people who aren't willing to take initiative to learn it entirely on
their own. I'm strongly opposed to the idea that the Algorithms or Theory of
Computation class should be traded in for a course on .NET GUI Development,
Ruby on Rails, or some other API-du-jour.
University is about learning concepts and theory, not just a few programming
languages and APIs. The real problem is that trade schools are unfairly
stigmatized, and people who want to learn to be a programmer without wading
through all the algorithms and theory have to still go to a University for
social reasons when they'd be better served by a trade school.
~~~
acgourley
if it isn't the street fighter himself...
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U.S., U.K. Move Closer to Losing Rating, Moody’s Says - gibsonf1
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=a0a8xAghPS8I
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arethuza
So this would be the same organization that gave AAA ratings to all of those
CDOs a few years back?
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j_baker
I wouldn't worry too much about this of considering buying US or UK debt. If
they default, those bonds will be the least of your economic problems.
~~~
stcredzero
what are you saying? To plan for US/UK ratings loss, "diversify into firearms
and canned goods?"
~~~
fnid2
My vision of the future is a lot more like the past than it is a scifi novel.
Hoovervilles are already popping up in some parts of the country. Will we also
return to vigilante justice? Hungry people aren't rational.
~~~
stcredzero
Overstuffed Americans have enough trouble with rationality as it is.
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Jesse Jackson Is Taking on Silicon Valley's Epic Diversity Problem - blatherard
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/tech-industry-diversity-jesse-jackson
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ogreveins
To put it mildly he is a gaseous airbag with leech-like tendencies. I dislike
him and how he stands for issues that do not matter in technological progress.
If everyone worked remotely with only avatars as interfaces for other people
he would have no legs to stand on.
------
murbard2
You mean people who are into imperative, object oriented programming vs.
functional programming? People who prefer to use IDEs vs. people who stick to
plain editors? People who prefer loose, dynamic typing vs. people who prefer
the safety of strong static typing?
Oh no never mind, you're focusing on shallow attributes and calling it
"diversity" because it acts as a weak proxies to diversity in ideas.
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kelukelugames
Right now we have a few a huge push for getting more women involved, which is
awesome! But I'm really happy that Jesse Jackson is here to remind us that
here is more than one kind of diversity.
~~~
wang_li
Yeah, there's the kind of diversity that involves donating to the Rainbow
Coalition if you don't want a bunch of assholes giving press conferences about
how racist you are.
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kelukelugames
It's just a source problem. /s
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Airlander 10: Longest aircraft damaged during flight - teh_klev
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-37174417
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JoeAltmaier
A spokesman said: "The flight went really well and the only issue was when it
landed."
Well, that's kind of every air flight ever. Its sticking the landing that's
the hard part. Its not the fall that kills you; its the sudden stop at the
end.
~~~
simplicio
One of the advantages of large lighter than air craft is that they actually
tend to crash in slo-mo, so the "sudden stop" tends to be pretty slow. In the
case of the Hindenberg, a lot of the people who died did so because they
jumped out too early and fell to their deaths, rather than "ride" the craft
down.
Even in the worst disaster, the USS Akron, most deaths were due to drowning
and hypothermia after the ship went down, rather than impact.
~~~
anexprogrammer
The majority of Hindenburg victims burnt to death - "riding the craft down"
doesn't seem quite such an attractive option.
~~~
simplicio
Well, obviously you don't want to hang around very long after its on (or even
close to) the ground. IIRC, most of the burning deaths were crew-members in
the upper parts of the ship who were either caught in the fire in its first
stages or didn't have a way out even after it hit the ground. The lower decks
weren't ignited till it hit the ground.
But the point is that "impact" wasn't a common cause of death for those who
stayed in the ship until it was near the ground. Even when the lifting gas is
being vented fairly rapidly, they tend to comedown at survivable speeds.
------
dvcc
For anyone who has not had the chance to read it there is a good article from
the New Yorker on airships:
[http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/a-new-
generatio...](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/a-new-generation-
of-airships-is-born).
It was a fun light read. Although at the end I just felt like I got a lesson
in really expensive, and partially complete vaporware (vapor-commercial-ware?)
and was left with little hope for their future.
~~~
Naritai
I highly recommend that article as well. Though yes, like you I was left with
a sense that this industry is never going to take off, so to speak.
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Declanomous
As the saying goes, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. A great
landing is one where you can fly the plane again.
~~~
mdip
Ah, ya beat me to that quote!
Growing up, we flew in my dad's 4-seat (and later 7-seat) Cherokee very
frequently and he'd always comment on his landing. He judged his entire flight
by how easy it was to identify when the tire made contact with the runway. I
remember a flight in high winds that he put down so softly that nobody could
tell when we hit the ground. I also remember a landing when I was alone with
my dad where we encountered a cross-wind a few seconds before making contact
resulting in my slamming my head into the top of the cockpit and yelling
"Mother F*cker!" (I was 14, he'd never heard me swear before and it was a
bonding moment that he shrugged it off and thought it was totally warranted
given the circumstances).
~~~
mikeash
Bad landings seem to be something that unites almost all pilots. The better
ones make bad landings less often, but nobody is immune.
Regarding your bonding moment, one reason I like to fly by myself is so I can
swear as much as I want. Part of me is always slightly terrified of having a
stuck mic.
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LeifCarrotson
It nosedived on landing, and suffered some damage to the cabin. The crew was
fine.
That's a huge win for lighter-than-air flight in my book. A jet aircraft would
be a smear of aluminum, carbon fiber, and jet fuel all over the runway.
~~~
mdip
Actually, a nose-dive landing occurred at LaGuardia in 2013 - Southwest
Airlines - I believe the incident had something to do with the front landing
gear failing. There was a small fire (as you mention, jet fuel is quite
flammable and if there's a leak and a spark, that's a foregone conclusion, I'd
imagine).
But the aircraft itself didn't look too bad which is a testament to decades of
engineering experience with a device of such complexity[0].
[0] And found a link!
[http://gothamist.com/2013/07/23/video_southwest_planes_nosed...](http://gothamist.com/2013/07/23/video_southwest_planes_nosedive_ont.php#photo-1)
~~~
gengkev
I guess that's why you're not supposed to take your seatbelt off until you get
to the gate...
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cptskippy
"The company has denied claims from a witness that a line
hanging down from the vehicle hit a telegraph pole about
two fields away from its landing."
Telegraph pole? Is that a British colloquialism or do they still have
telegraph poles over there? Or was that how they knew the witness was lying?
~~~
jameshart
British term for a wooden pole that has wires at the top, regardless of what
the wires are actually for.
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Animats
Watch the 1080p version.[1] Did they have a control system failure, or was
this pilot error? The front fans are steerable, but there's no sign of an
attempt to correct the nose-down attitude as the craft dives. Watch the front
fan positions. After the crash, the front fans move, but by then the cockpit
has been crushed and there's probably nobody in control.
This thing is the same concept as the Skunk Works' P791 prototype - slightly
heavier than air, steerable fans - but the flight controls seem to be much
less effective and the landing gear is far worse.
[1] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYbw4R_-
RQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkYbw4R_-RQ)
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sandworm101
Lots of different descriptions around this story: "Damaged during
flight"..."has been damaged after nosediving on landing"..."damage to its
cockpit when it hit the ground"..."Collided with the ground"
But only one honest: "The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has confirmed it
is investigating the _crash_ "
It crashed. During flight it collided with a fixed object (technically an
"ollision") resulting in damage to the aircraft. On its second a test flight,
the experimental aircraft crashed.
~~~
mikeash
They all look honest to me, and the one you're praising is much less
informative than three of the four you criticize.
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EddieSpeaks
Down the Irons!
~~~
dan1234
Empire of the clouds[0]: part two…
[0][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Clouds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Clouds)
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The fine art of wireless design: what on earth is a cavity resonator? - girishmhatre500
https://eengenious.com/cavity-resonators-the-fine-art-of-wireless-design/
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brudgers
Linked PDF with more detail:
[http://www.memoryprotectiondevices.com/documents/cavity-
choi...](http://www.memoryprotectiondevices.com/documents/cavity-choice-is-
critical-for-stable-wireless-communication.pdf)
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andyers
The article referenced (see [http://goo.gl/ZGlUQ4](http://goo.gl/ZGlUQ4)) has
a very good discussion of microwave cavities, which are the equivalents of L-C
resonant circuits
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Google Has the Dumbest Interview Process for Hiring Engineers - starlineventure
https://medium.com/@dougdidntdoit/google-has-the-dumbest-interview-process-for-hiring-engineers-7bfbcdbec44d
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aburan28
I recently had the almost the exact same experience with Google recently.
First phone interview they called the wrong number and I clarified that they
had the wrong number and I was told that it was fixed. Second phone interview
the exact same issue happened again. Both interviews were shorter than they
were supposed to be. But after going on to the rest of the interviews I cannot
say that Google has the dumbest interview process. Going into it I knew that
there would be no feedback. In the end I was rejected too but I feel like in a
year I will be much more prepared to get that job if desired because preparing
for a Google interview forced me to go back to the fundamentals of computer
science algorithms/data structures. The materials given to candidates should
be mostly review and I will admit I had to learn most of the materials given
to me
~~~
starlineventure
There are much more efficient ways to find engineers that build high quality
applications. I wish you good luck my friend. I hope you do get the job
honestly and I'm sure they are a great company to work for. I think it's
easier to get hired on through an acqui-hire. My suggestion is don't waste
your time trying to impress thrm. Build an application. Get some users.
Monetize it. Or move out to Silicon Valley to get a taste of being an engineer
at fast paced startup. If you spend the next 12 months solving problem sets
versus building applications I think you will havd fallen into a trap.
Hopefully not. The title of the article does provide some shock value...I'm
sure there are dumber interview processes.
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iEchoic
I have a feeling the "no feedback" policy is there because providing feedback
can be a liability. The second someone says something that can be misconstrued
as sexist, homophobic, racist, ageist, or a variety of other things related to
protected status, it opens Google up to a lawsuit. This seems to be pretty
standard with large corporations (both w.r.t. providing interview feedback as
well as performance feedback after employment) and I don't blame them for it.
~~~
starlineventure
That's not true. They could have easily told me I need to work on my
Javascript, understanding of System Design, etc. There are many ways to
deliver agnostic feedback. I don't blame them either. My mother is a
lawyer...I have a pretty good understanding of liability. Were talking about
engineering reviews. You can easily say..Douglas your code would have run way
too slow.
~~~
iEchoic
I work at a major tech company and we have that policy, so it's funny to me
that you think you can so easily categorically deny the possibility. Does
Google have this policy? Don't know, but the fact that other tech companies
do, and they didn't give you feedback, makes it a possibility.
There are lots of ways to provide agnostic feedback but there are also lots of
ways for aloof or disgruntled devs to mess it up and cause a world of hurt for
the company. You'll find that a lot of companies in the industry have a policy
not to comment on an employee or interviewee's performance.
~~~
starlineventure
I was not denying the possibility that the policy exists. Im 100% sure it
exists @ Google. I wrote the article because I think they need to change their
process and their policy. I do not expect them to. There are standard agnostic
responses that you can give. For example, if there 5 predetermined responses
that you could expect finishing the interview. Your feedback would fall into 1
of 5 of those choices. I was denying that just because you have a process to
give feedback automatically opens you to a lawsuit. Lawyers could create the
responses in advance that would prevent liability. I agree open ended feedback
would open Google up to lawsuits. Right now, they have a binary feedback
system. Yes/No. I'm saying adding there's a way to add 2 or 3 more options to
their current feedback system without being liable. It is possible.
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a3n
> We really just want to see how you think
> Zero feedback.
So, they never let you know how you think?
~~~
starlineventure
Haha of course not because then I would have to human instead of Interviewee
#23564
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TempleOS: Naughty Fun with OS Internals [video] - sergiotapia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_b4zMxfLvA&utm=source
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reikonomusha
This is nothing short of amazing. We can of course ramble about how this is
unsuitable for a modern multitasking multi-user multi-use OS, but for an OS-
as-a-tool, it's amazing. The simplicity of almost all characteristics makes
programming and hacks a lot more accessible. Nothing really encumbers you from
getting a job done, even if your solution is a hack.
The sort of unbridled, interactive access is very reminiscent of a Lisp
machine. Most things are dynamic, almost everything is changeable. The Lisp
machine likewise wasn't a good multi-* OS, but it is probably the best OS-as-
a-tool ever made.
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SwellJoe
Terry seems to be doing well, which is nice to see.
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chris_wot
I'm not making fun here, but I honestly want to see him going to the VMWare's
office and demanding that they implement his RedSea filesystem on pain of
eternal damnation.
~~~
CyberDildonics
I'm not sure who would down vote you, he literally says this in the video.
~~~
wichsen
Warning: OT
CyberDildonics is quite the amusing account:
[https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=CyberDildonics](https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=CyberDildonics)
It appears to be used extensively for posting comments just like this one!
Personally, I am a fan.
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blt
looks awesome, need to warm up my TempleOS vm again. I was surprised the task
working directory is a string and not a pointer to a directory node or
something. Also curious what's going on with the `CMathODE *next_ode` member
of CTask, I know TempleOS contains a numerical ODE solver but why is it part
of the kernel?
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nxnfufunezn
Great to see Terry again!
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fastflo
i like the "we have the divine right to access ..."!
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U.S. Secret Service Uses Polygraph to Blackball Electrical Engineer with OCD - ap_org
https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1516077456/7#7
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the-red-herring
Why are trolls from the Netherlands interfering with US affairs?
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People Hate Email That Names Them - iProject
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/06/15/hey-startups-dont-start-your-emails-with-dear-name-95-of-people-hate-it/
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pbhjpbhj
Using your name is expected. However it's absolutely wrong for a marketing
email that is from a company that doesn't have a well established relationship
with you IMO. Mind you those companies shouldn't be emailing me anyway ...
If the email is personal to me then use my name, if it's generic then
genericise it; if it's for someone else and copied to me then use their name
so I can tell that.
Are these things really so hard?
Oh, hang on. All of the comment replies contradict the content of the article
.. I'm going with 'raising peoples hackles by declaring something false to be
true in order to garner links and stimulate comment'.
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curtisholmes
I always assumed that this was a tactic to get around spam filters.
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The iPhone X’s notch is basically a Kinect - Tomte
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/9/17/16315510/iphone-x-notch-kinect-apple-primesense-microsoft
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supernumerary
Fun story... In December 2012 I bought a Prime Sense Carmine, The Kinect for
near-distance objects like a face ... mostly to play around with Faceshift
([http://faceshift.com/studio/2015.2/introduction.html#introdu...](http://faceshift.com/studio/2015.2/introduction.html#introduction))
and
([http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~chyma/publications/ur/2015_ur_paper.pd...](http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~chyma/publications/ur/2015_ur_paper.pdf))
Apple announced its purchase shortly thereafter and the Carmine got yanked
from public sale ... thereafter Carmines were selling at a premium on Ebay, I
suppose for competitors to reverse engineer.
Been waiting for this to crop up in an Apple product...
Incidentally it is a shame an equivalent device is not available to hack on...
~~~
comboy
Bought by Apple for $360M in 2013. I've been wondering when did they start
thinking about this feature (or rather this kind of implementation for it). It
seems that even when you have a lot of money and experience, there's still a
pretty long way from an idea to its successful execution.
~~~
JustSomeNobody
Money has little to do with it. You can only add so many engineers to a
project. Therefore, some things just take time.
~~~
matude
Aka "9 women won't give birth to a child in 1 month". An example often used to
describe how adding more developers doesn't necessarily solve an issue
quicker.
~~~
gumby
Credit for this goes to Fred Brooks, and appears in his famous book "The
Mythical Man-Month"
~~~
JustSomeNobody
Yes it does. I could not find my copy to find the quote I wanted to use so I
used my own (not quite as effective) words.
~~~
gumby
Didn't mean to imply you'd done something wrong, just added to your comment.
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IBM
There's probably a handful of acquisitions in this release cycle:
WiFiSLAM in 2013
PrimeSense in 2013
LinX in 2015
Metaio in 2015
Faceshift in 2015
Emotient in 2016
Flyby Media in 2016
RealFace in 2017
and probably more that isn't obvious to me.
It was reported by Bloomberg, funnily enough in an article framed as Apple
struggling in M&A [1], that Metaio took a lowball offer:
>Apple often refuses to work with investment bankers appointed by the seller,
preferring to deal directly with company management, according to people who
have been involved in such negotiations. Apple also dictates terms and tells
targets to take it or leave it, betting that the promise of product
development support later and the chance of appearing in future iPhones are
alluring enough, the people said.
>That was the case when Apple acquired Metaio GmbH in 2015. Bankers appointed
by the augmented-reality firm to negotiate weren’t allowed in the room, and
while Metaio executives felt the offer was low, Apple’s vision for the
technology convinced them to sell, according to a person familiar with the
discussions.
>Apple’s current M&A strategy works well for acquiring startups developing new
technology that can be added to existing Apple products. It bought 15 to 20
companies per year over the last four years. But buying larger companies
presents a different challenge, particularly if there are rival bids. Bankers
often diffuse tension between bidders and targets, but Apple’s approach can
make that process difficult.
>“There’s a swagger -- you may call it arrogance -- about the culture there,”
said Risley of Architect Partners. “They’re used to being able to muscle their
way in and get attractive economics.”
Which seems completely logical on Metaio's part. It's obvious a lot of these
startups working on fundamental technologies are just going to toil in
obscurity, and selling to Apple is a chance to have your technology deployed
and used in the biggest way possible.
[1] [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-15/apple-
str...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-15/apple-struggles-to-
make-big-deals-hampering-strategy-shifts)
~~~
Steko
It hasn't been confirmed but it's highly likely the X has a liquidmetal back.
Apple's had an exclusive arrangement for quite awhile and this would be the
first significant use of it.
~~~
TheCoreh
Isn't the back glass to allow for wireless charging?
~~~
Steko
Primarily yes but, to be clear, liquidmetal is a (metallic) glass.
So yes Apple's main reason is for wireless charging but they also want to
differentiate where they can and liquidmetal gives them "the hardest glass in
a smartphone ever." (Ive quote).
Analysis and background including a very relevent patent application made a
year ago and published in March for "using Liquid Metal (Metallic Glass) for
the Backside of an iPhone":
[http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-
apple/2017/09/apples-l...](http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-
apple/2017/09/apples-liquid-metal-backside-flexible-wraparound-oled-display-
for-reducing-the-bezel-are-patents-fulfilled.html)
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fencepost
This is the reason that even the makeup, glasses, etc. that people have come
up with to counter facial recognition are going to be completely ineffective
in a few years.
Contemplate if you will a hallway immediately past Customs in an airport.
Equip it with multiple sensors of this type to provide complete coverage and
redundant imaging/sensing. While you're at it, set up gait recognition as
well. Then correlate the received profiles with the passport/identity data of
the people just passed through customs.
Congratulations, you've just started building a database of everyone entering
the country with biometric data that can be checked in the field with
equipment costing less than $1000, and which can later be cross checked to
find people traveling with false or multiple IDs ("this facial structure comes
back as matching (person x) and (person y), and the gait is almost the same.
Pick him up."), and it could all be done with technology that exists today.
Edit: autocorrect
~~~
blitmap
I wish as technology becomes available which could be used for more Orwellian
surveillance someone stood back and thought about ways it could be used for
good rather than defending some absurd fear of terrorist attacks.
Like... I remember a few years back there was an article about using high
framerate cameras to detect the heartbeat of people the camera viewed in
hospitals. I wish surveillance could be used to watch people at risk for heart
attacks, bring it to their notice if one is detected in the early stages, and
direct them to their nearest hospital - in a way that involves a concert of
technologies/devices.
Instead of CCTV cameras on every corner being used for criminals, use them to
watch for health risks? Alert the person through their Apple Watch, send
directions to the watch and phone, alert nearby first responders, notify
family, etc... A route could even be established for an ambulance ahead-of-
time, rather than as an ambulance rolls up to a signal.
I'm tired of worrying about terrorists. Maybe I want to be blind to the small
chance a carbomb is possible. I know the most innovative stuff is often a
result of defense spending/planning, but I hate thinking a driving force
behind technology today is people afraid of other people.
</end-rant>
~~~
Tsiklon
Unfortunately the cynic in me says there's more money in keeping people
fearful.
~~~
iammyIP
Nah, i don't think that's it. Fear is a feeling, which is per default not any
more or less connected to "i need to buy this thing" than any other feeling.
So why should fear encourage spending money more than any other feeling. How
about the idea that a joyful person is much more inclined to spend money - but
on different things. Just imagine a world without any fear, just with
different kind of markets and the same amount of money.
~~~
astrobe_
> Nah, i don't think that's it. Fear is a feeling, which is per default not
> any more or less connected to "i need to buy this thing" than any other
> feeling
It seems to me that a significant part of the press and TV news are selling
just that - fear. It doesn't take long to find a word like "threat", example
taken at random, on the first page of the NYT ("Shinzo Abe: Solidarity Against
the North Korean Threat").
~~~
chii
If you have fear, then you'd be more willing to give up certain freedoms to
rid said fear. Freedoms such as privacy. Mark my words, there's going to
definitely be massive facial recognition on the population, in the name of
keeping you "safe".
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vmarsy
Not to be alarmist, but how do we know this IR blasting won't be damaging to
the eyes, a 3 seconds google search leads to a 2011 study[1] which concludes:
> The protein of eye lens is very sensitive to IR radiation which is hazardous
> and may lead to cataract.
[1]
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116568/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116568/)
~~~
joshvm
In short because an optical engineer at apple checked that the emission was at
a safe level, and if it wasn't they'd be shafted by lawsuits. Assuming it's a
laser, it'll be a Class 1. The emitter is short range, so the power doesn't
need to be as high (though interesting to see how well it works outdoors).
> Workers in hot environments, exposed to IR, developed lenticular opacities
> due to IR irradiance in the order of 80–400 mW/cm2 on a daily basis for
> 10–15 years
That is _really_ high. The original Kinect has an output power (at the
emitter) of around 60mW. The expanded beam is safe to look at beyond a
centimeter or two (I think less, actually) due to energy conservation.
On top of that you're only being exposed for a second or two to grab the depth
image, not 5 minutes.
~~~
kabdib
The Kinect has a number of hardware interlocks as well, and will shut the
laser down (without firmware intervention, because firmware might not be
working) based on some hard-wired detections. The unexpanded raw laser in the
Kinect, prior to hitting the hologram, wouldn't be great to look at.
~~~
joshvm
Sure, in my post I assume it's going through the diffractive optical element
(DOE). A 60mW, 940nm laser is absolutely not class 1!
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wyc
I was an early backer of the LiDAR Lite[0], and I'm really excited to see
LiDAR products become more affordable. A recent project called Sweep[1] the
$350 super low-end disruptor to the $80,000 Velodyne models. I wonder how long
before we have plug-and-play open-source projects for multi-sensor fusion[2]
of cameras, LiDARs, and microphone arrays. A common digital trend appears to
be subsidizing sensor quality with data volume and processing power. Are there
projects for this now?
[0]
[https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14032](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14032)
[1] [http://scanse.io/](http://scanse.io/)
[2]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Probabilistic_Data_Assoc...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Probabilistic_Data_Association_Filter)
~~~
Judgmentality
The sensor in the iPhone X isn't LiDAR, it's structured light.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured-
light_3D_scanner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured-light_3D_scanner)
~~~
wyc
Thanks, and I can't wait to see systems that will fuse cheap multi-pose
structured light sensor data together too! These devices are all measuring
proxies of the same thing: 3D structure.
~~~
zackya89
Does Tesla still use Lidar ?
~~~
detaro
Have they started? I thought they insisted that cameras are good enough?
~~~
awalton
Cameras are definitely not good enough alone. Tesla's enhanced their camera
systems with different models of automotive-range radar (most likely
manufactured by Bosch; either the LRR4 or the MRR1).
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siscia
Isn't this tech more useful on the other side of the phone?
It is true that you may try to catch emotion from the user face but on the
other side you can catch the world...
~~~
cududa
Use to work on the Kinect so have some knowledge around it - not really. The
lenses and power requirements to do more than a couple feet away would be
huge. Though I'm sure they'll eventually get it.
~~~
cma
From cursory reading, laser illuminators can be ~50X more efficient than the
IR LEDs in Kinectv2 (though v1, ehich they compare it to, used IR lasers too,
and didn't need active cooling like v2, it can also spread the illumination
over a longer exposure than is required for v2's time-of-flight) and
illuminate a much more narrow band which allows you to use a more selective
filter, so you have less background IR to overcome.
It still may be only good to a few feet out in direct sunlight, I don't know.
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anfractuosity
I think the new Kinect makes use of time-of-flight if I recall correctly
(which they do indicate in the article). If I understand correctly, with time-
of-flight you don't need to project a pattern as in structured light setups.
~~~
Animats
Yes, the current Kinect is a time-of-flight device. The original one was an
"unstructured light" device, the generic term for those random-pattern-of-dots
projectors. This is a takeoff on "structured light", where you project a known
line pattern on a 3D surface and view it from another angle to get depth.
Structured light systems are used industrially; the compute power required is
low, as is the software complexity.[1]
[1] [http://www.micro-epsilon.com/2D_3D/laser-scanner/](http://www.micro-
epsilon.com/2D_3D/laser-scanner/)
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intended
Wait - so i could just "blast" a suitably depth adjusted copy of a face scan
on a white page and get the iphone to unlock?
Basically use a surreptitious infrared camera, copy the face of a person, then
project it onto a screen and I would mostly be good to go?
Alternatively, if I just plastered infrared dots on someones face, face
recognition would cease to work? So 2 Iphone X could be used to interfere with
each other?
~~~
IshKebab
"Just"
~~~
intended
Fine. Just is hyperbole. But I suppose I could just interfere with logging in
if I had 2 iPhone X and pointed both at a persons face.
I'm guessing The 2 sets of dots would overlap and confuse.
~~~
IshKebab
Actually probably not. At least not fatally. You can apparently use two
Kinects simultaneously with no serious issues.
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joshumax
I've always thought that depth sensing tech could be used to help offload some
of the nasty hacks floating around in the world of AR, computer vision, and
spatial navigation. I just never realized _how much_ it would speed up
development until I decided to play around with an Orbbec Astra and PCL a few
years ago... I'm not an Apple user, but I am glad that they implemented this
technology in the iPhone X since it will spur other vendors to adopt this type
of technology as well. Hopefully they will allow some form of direct access to
the IR dot projector and camera along with DepthKit or whatever Apple decides
to call it. Until that time, however, at least other projects like
structure.io are attempting to bring depth sensing technology into the
mainstream.
~~~
chicago_wade
> Hopefully they will allow some form of direct access to the IR dot projector
> and camera along with DepthKit or whatever Apple decides to call it
And then the app developers upload the depth data to their servers and use it
to track users, and then the servers are hacked and the depth data is taken by
the hackers and then the hackers sell the depth data and then someone can use
that data to unlock stolen iPhones. Sounds great /s
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shaimagz
It's 1/100 of the Kinect's size, that is the innovation and a pretty big leap
~~~
awalton
Meanwhile everyone forgets Project Tango which has a similar sized sensor and
structured light projector...
The Apple "innovation" here is finding an application for it: basically
Snapchat. (Because, and let's be really serious here, FaceID is not a good
application.)
...and that alone just shows how off the mark this implementation is. When
this comes to the cheap Chinese Android phones in six months, it's going to
cause another sales boom there, as parents will actually be willing to spend a
few hundred dollars for a phone upgrade for a teenager, verses the thousand
bucks for one of these Apple phones...
~~~
jonknee
> FaceID is not a good application
Why not? More secure face recognition seems like a very good application that
will be useful to millions.
~~~
1_2__4
Can you explain how?
~~~
mcintyre1994
iPhone X doesn't have touchID, if you want security and don't want to enter a
password/pin then you have no choice.
~~~
seba_dos1
Using biometrics for security is hardly secure anyway.
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Asdfbla
Were there no patent problems? I'm glad about it, of course, but it just
somewhat surprised me that so many companies can use the same basic principle
and there didn't seem to be too much hassle with people suing each other. Then
again, I might just not have heard of any high-profile cases.
The basic working principle is probably also basic enough to have lots of
prior art I guess.
~~~
jccalhoun
In another thread I wondered if apple had to license any tech from microsoft
but got voted down.
~~~
djrogers
Apple bought PrimeSense- the company who’s tech MS Alice SEs for Kinect. So
no.
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sschueller
Wasn't the kinect susceptible to infrared interference such as from sun light?
Question is, will there be issues with face unlock in bright sunlight.
~~~
mcphage
I guess it's possible that Apple never considered the Sun when they were
designing this.
~~~
rmrfrmrf
Blasted edge cases!
~~~
sytelus
Another one: If you see someone's phone lying around, just stare at it few
times and see if yo disabled their FaceID without ever touching it :)
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partiallypro
I wonder if they licensed any of this from Microsoft. I know they share a
cross patent agreement on various things; but they bought PrimeSense, however
that doesn't mean nothing was licensed.
~~~
rasz
Other way around. Microsoft screwed project Natal badly, spending >$1B to buy
2-3 companies in a row and still unable to make Kinect. In the end they were
forced to license from Primesense, because alternative was no Kinect at all.
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fijal
Can you program it like a kine ct? Or is it essentially a kinect running one
program, which makes it a lot less like a kinect (genuine question, I haven't
been able to find any info)
~~~
bdibs
You can play with it using ARKit [0].
[0]
[https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/arkit)
~~~
dhritzkiv
However, only a depth map is accessible by developers. The raw sensor data is
not.
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ryanmarsh
When the Kinect first came out I immediately thought to myself "one day all
the tech in this thing will be cheap and tiny, and that day will be a weird
day". I know it's obvious, tech gets smaller and cheaper. No great insight
there. I just think it's one of those small innovations that ends up having an
outsized impact.
Think of it this way, what might be possible or normal once sensors like this
are so cheap they come embedded in all OTS camera modules for even the
cheapest of devices?
Pretty crazy right?
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tenryuu
Interestingly enough, I made a similar comparison before reading this article
on an IRC. It felt similar to Windows Hello which uses an RGB, IR and 3D
camera for face detection, which are all used for authentication. So I just
made a quick bastardisation of the Kinect on this camera set, then applied
that to FaceID as well
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skeletonjelly
Like others have mentioned the Kinect v2 uses time of flight to detect depth.
I'd be more impressed if Apple used this over replicating v1 of the Kinect.
Even though I'm an Android user, I think I'm more scared about Google catching
up and incentivising the high res scanning of faces for some consumer
application.
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rch
> _Google 's Tango technology ... which is also based on infrared depth
> detection_
I thought Tango included hardware to process parallax and phone position so it
could potentially work outside and in bright open areas.
~~~
gggdvnkhmbgjvbn
I own a tango phone and it sucks outdoors. Last time I tried was a few months
ago though
------
Abishek_Muthian
Of course it is, apart from hardware comparisions; Apple has all the necessary
components sans gamepad to create an Nintendo Switch esque setup.
------
macromaniac
Depth sensor is cool, but I think a better feature would be increasing the EM
spectrum the phone could operate on. It would be nice to open garage doors,
detect speed traps, or enable push to start on cars.
~~~
lisnake
Steal car alarm codes with an app...
~~~
macromaniac
Eh I was mostly sick of having to have a device to open the gate, a device to
turn on my car, and a device to open my garage. Whats wrong with 300MHz? I'd
rather not have to carry around all this crap vs a depth sensor that I might
use once as a gimmick to 3d map my bathtub.
~~~
rizwank
Radios and antennas. More weight and power for limited usecases. In Apple and
Google’s mind - replace your garage door opener with a connected one. You are
talking about an SDR to allow multiple frequency ranges.
~~~
TeMPOraL
I personally would love to have an SDR integrated with my phone (and for
operating in lower frequency ranges, just give me an antenna port next to the
audio jack (oh, wait...)). But then again, a TX-enabled SDR in a popular
consumer device? FCC would not be happy...
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m3kw9
Easy for them to say such things and devalue the engineering effort that goes
into miniaturizing such tech and having the software to match it.
~~~
gnodar
Interesting. The way I read the article, I got the sense that it was
emphasizing exactly that, by highlighting examples of how far the tech has
progressed in less than 10 years.
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senatorobama
Does anyone collate a list of startups (in newfangled tech) likely to be
acquired by Apple? Would be good to work for a place where a nice earn-out is
likely.
~~~
amrrs
I'm sure M&A analysts in Consulting Companies would be collating this to
enable their next pitch!
~~~
senatorobama
Wait, so THAT's what M&A do? I thought they simply facilitate transactions
once management has decided who to acquire. Which firm does M&A for Apple?
That would be a great job.
~~~
amrrs
"We help clients ensure that their M&A strategy aligns with their broader
corporate strategy. We identify and assess targets based on a client's
strategic objectives, potential synergies, organizational and cultural fit,
and the feasibility of a deal. To help the transaction proceed smoothly, we
support clients in structuring the deal, communicating its rationale to
stakeholders and markets, and planning for integration."
\- Mckinsey's website [http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-
and-corp...](http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-
corporate-finance/how-we-help-clients/transactions)
~~~
senatorobama
Sounds like a pretty good job.
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thinbeige
Wondering if Apple should have rather spent their time and energy in R&D for a
front-facing camera sitting behind an OLED screen so we could have a real
bezel-less screen.
Earspeaker behind a screen works already (a Chinese handset manufacturer did
this) and I dont need the other sensors and that for Face-ID. I found a
fingerprint sensor better anyway.
~~~
shanev
Apple has a patent on a camera integrated into the display. So it’ll happen at
some point. There’s probably a team working on it in R&D as we speak.
How did you find TouchID to be better than FaceID? Did you get a pre-release
version of iPhone X?
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Graph of Netflix speeds shows the importance of net neutrality - Libertatea
http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/this-hilarious-graph-of-netflix-speeds-shows-the-importance-of-net-neutrality/
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lotharbot
I know some websites (like ESPN3) only allow you access if you're on a
subscribing ISP.
Could Netflix take a play out of that book and charge a different rate for
Comcast customers vs others, and in particular, make it enough of a PR issue
that other ISPs would be more willing to cave?
~~~
JohnTHaller
Netflix shouldn't have caved and should have displayed a simple graphic about
the slowness in their player along with the number for Comcast support.
Displace the anger and support issues around the slowdown to the proper party,
the one that's at fault. Cost them some customers.
Of course, the problem with that is that Comcast has a monopoly in many areas
they serve. Just like Time Warner does. And folks simply can't switch. So,
even though Comcast's customer satisfaction rates are absolutely abysmal, they
don't lose customers over it.
Your solution would make more sense. Netflix should charge Comcast customers
more and itemize it on the bills as a 'Comcast Network Slowdown Tax'.
~~~
e40
As a Comcast customer I would have called and complained. If enough people
complained, it _might_ have had some effect. However, in my area, there's only
two choices: crappy DSL from AT&T and Comcast. There's really no comparing the
two services. I had the DSL offering for a few years and it was absolute crap.
With Comcast I get amazing speeds, but when service is needed, it's Comcast.
In other words, it's horrible. Here's what happens when you call them due to
an outage:
You tell them you power cycled the modem. They make you do it anyway. You ask
them to do a traceroute and they either say "I don't know what that is" or "I
can't do that" or "Yeah, we'll get to that after a few other things".
Last time I called, 20 minutes into the call he does a traceroute and finds
the problem is a few hops from my house. Yeah, he wouldn't do it it first
thing, so he wasted a bunch of time.
Sometimes, if they won't do the traceroute, they'll send someone out, in a 4
hour window, only to tell you when they get there at the problem is not near
your house. Or, the problem is fixed by the time they arrive.
It's one of the most frustrating customer service experiences you can have.
~~~
cfreeman
I agree that Comcast is horrible but you can't expect them to skip the most
basic troubleshooting steps. That probably solves the problem for most non-
technical users who call in.
~~~
e40
A traceroute takes a few seconds. 99% of the time I call it's mainly to tell
them to please track down the problem (outside of my home... only once over
the years was it my modem) and fix it. To have to wade through 20 minutes of
prelims, when a 20 second command could make it obviously unnecessary, that's
just dumb.
The fact that you thought I was suggesting skipping the basics is bewildering.
~~~
chrisabrams
I deal with the same issue on Verizon. I found that using LiveChat, the
support there seemed to be more tech. focused. If I start by sending a screen
shot of my traceroute, I usually can get what I need within a few minutes.
------
chatmasta
The dependency of the Internet on a small number of ISPs is an anachronistic,
unsustainable requirement. When the Internet was first starting, they were
necessary to lay cable and maintain network infrastructure. As a nice
consequence of building the infrastructure, the ISPs got to charge for routing
traffic as well. But this makes no sense. Why should the ISP's have so much
bandwidth routing power?
Routing inherently lends itself to decentralized algorithms, and the research
is starting to catch up to the ISP's. Mesh networks are growing in popularity,
and once they reach a critical mass they will be unstoppable. Expect to see a
rise of reliance on mesh networking in universities and urban centers.
BitCoin is going to revolutionize bandwidth routing. In decentralized routing
algorithms, payment for bandwidth is a difficult problem to solve because it
depends on centralized components of the system. But BitCoin enables 1)
micropayments, and 2) distributed transaction storage, which both benefit
bandwidth routing research. Some point soon, routing will be completely
decentralized, and the infrastructure providers will receive micropayments of
BitCoin in return.
As my senior thesis, I'm researching "TorCoin," a proof-of-bandwidth
cryptocurrency mined by transmitting bandwidth over the Tor network. This
summer I am working to apply this research in a business environment. If any
of this interests you, definitely reach out to me and we'll schedule a chat:
[email protected]
~~~
endersshadow
Planet Money recently did a really great show [1] about the ISP routing power
in the US vs. other countries, and what led to those decisions. The irony is
that they were doing everything they could to _not_ be anachronistic, and to
plan for the future. The US chose poorly. Anyway, it's worth a listen.
[1]
[http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/04/04/299060527/episode-...](http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/04/04/299060527/episode-529-the-
last-mile)
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DemiGuru
IMHO I think the best response to that would be for Netflix to charge the ISPs
that want to carry their service. Reverse subscription if you will. The demand
is there, ISPs would be reluctant to alienate the customers even more.
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scottkduncan
Or you know, not allowing more consolidation in the cable industry.
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coldcode
Comcast's CEO seemed to indicate that Netflix did this on purpose. Yeah,
likely.
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Gepsens
This is what happens when there is an effective monopoly and it is applied.
But seeing as how Windows roamed free for decades, the US doesn't seem to have
any problem with huge monopolies.
------
morgante
I don't understand what is "hilarious" about this graph.
------
ymichael
Is it me or the graph in the post doesn't say anything about actual speeds,
just their changes since Jan 2013.. misleading title?
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unfamiliar
That is the most irritating page layout I have come across yet. What is that
red bar even there for?
------
imroot
"The data are from Netflix."
Really, Washington Post?!
~~~
gnoway
Is it actually wrong? Data is plural.
I kind of assumed it was one of those 'correct grammar' things like 'an
historical' that looks wrong but isn't.
~~~
gergles
"An historical" actually is 'wrong' (for as wrong as anything can be in
English, which generally isn't very). "Historical" doesn't make a vowel sound
when read (which is the rule).
~~~
blahedo
It does if your dialect has a silent H there. A lot of people that pronounce
"an historical" do so with a silent H.
~~~
chinpokomon
Maybe not silent, but definitely muted. It's a soft "H" and probably borrows
its pronunciation from Spanish.
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Flickr is removing Facebook and Google sign-in - nyodeneD
https://accounts-flickr.yahoo.com/account/update/default/
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amirmc
This is (kind of) one of the reasons that I don't use third party services to
sign in to anything. I'd rather have an email+password option and use a
password manager (I'm aware that most people probably don't do this and Flickr
isn't offering this).
If/when users do as Flickr is asking, I wonder if Yahoo will redirect them to
use Yahoo Mail etc. In any case, I'm not a flickr user anymore but it would be
interesting to know how smooth they've made this process.
~~~
danudey
I've always made a policy of not signing into things with Facebook. FB
recently tried to encourage people to do so more often by allowing you to
prevent them access to your data, or even sign in without letting the website
know who you are at all, but that doesn't solve the problem where it's
Facebook I don't trust with my Flickr data and not vice-versa.
~~~
Jare
What Flickr data would be fed to Flickr if you did the Facebook sign in
option? Besides the fact that you use Flickr, that is.
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selectnull
This is really annoying and not the direction I hope internet companies will
move toward.
What we need is to be able to login to facebook/yahoo/whatever with google
account and vice versa of course; we need to see the idea of OpenID come
alive.
~~~
silverbax88
I'm completely on the other side of the fence. I NEVER use Facebook or Google
(or Twitter) to log into anything. If a company only allows that for sign up,
I never sign up for those products.
~~~
pmontra
You're not alone on that side. Every service must have its own user/password.
Single sign on with fb/g+/etc is convenient but it is good especially for
those companies.
~~~
laumars
While I do agree with you in sentiment, I don't think it's always better than
passport sites.
The problem with every site handling their own logins is that you're creating
more vectors for attack. Most people reuse passwords (bad practice I know but
it is what most non-technical people do) and not all sites are properly
secured - in fact some don't even encrypt passwords! So at least passport
sites outsource the data protection issues to larger businesses that you'd
expect (no; _demand_ ) to have experience to handle that data securely.
~~~
borplk
Oh god every time I see this argument it makes my blood boil.
It's 2014. There's no excuse for re-using the same damn password over and over
again.
And it doesn't make sense to make the situation worse for everyone else
because they don't care about their online security.
Get a yourself a damn password manager and use a unique password for each
service then we can kiss all these password leak problems goodbye.
Time after time we see people making a big drama because company X had all
their 50 million password leaked. Oh was it hashed? Oh was it salted?
If you use a unique password for each service, the service provider can store
your password in plaintext and you will be safe.
That's what I do and I couldn't care less if all the passwords in the world
are leaked in plaintext.
~~~
laumars
You're right in principle but couldn't be more wrong in practice. I certainly
don't have time to educate all 7 billion people in the world about password
managers and you're clearly doing very little in that area either (aside
kicking off condescending rants at your peers....) so deliberately
implementing a scheme that's shit for 99% of the worlds internet users just so
it's better for last 1% who are technically minded is just elitist and wrong.
Which ever solution is implemented _needs_ to work for all groups of internet
users - not just yourself ;)
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baby
I predict this will be a trend soon, also people are going to ditch services
like disqus. Big websites want to have total control over their client account
and comments. This is not really clever to always trust third parties,
especially with comments which are a huge part of the SEO.
~~~
stevekemp
It's interesting that the Huffington post went the other way, just this week.
Dropping their in-house commenting system in favour of facebook-comments:
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/otto-toth/were-moving-the-
conv...](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/otto-toth/were-moving-the-
conversation_b_5423675.html)
~~~
insky
In some way it makes sense, as you ditch the whole dynamic part of your page
generation, allowing you to effectively use a static dump for your website.
You can then update that periodically. Facebook is left to pick up all the
hosting hassles and expense. Also you tap into the Facebook ecosystem. Having
said that I doubt I'd even leave a Facebook comment on another website, I
haven't yet.
~~~
stevekemp
There are middle grounds though - if you want to have a mostly-static site,
and still allow dynamic comments.
There are some self-hosted systems out there, including my trivial e-comments
code: [https://github.com/skx/e-comments/](https://github.com/skx/e-comments/)
~~~
insky
Perhaps that is what they already had. If they were to use your app, they'd
still have to manage and carry the costs associated. That probably isn't their
main motivation.
I remember a few years ago whenever you clicked on a Guardian news link in
Facebook it would try and get you to sign up to their Facebook app/plugin,
that would then publish on your timeline what you'd been reading, let alone
commenting on. I thought that was a bit ghastly.
I'm assuming that when you make a comment through Facebook on the Huff post,
it displays on your timeline or some such, providing additional reach for the
story.
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mark_l_watson
I think that is a good move on Yahoo's part.
They may lose some Flickr users but this should strengthen Yahoo's walled
garden.
I still like Flickr, where I post my very best pictures. I use Google+ and
Dropbox to automatically archive every picture and video I take with my
smartphone, but use Flickr to actually look at my new and old photos.
------
mmmooo
That's a pretty bold move, given over 100k people a day/800k a month use the
facebook auth alone[1]. and though looks like its on a bit of a decline. Maybe
losing 100k users a day doesn't matter much to yahoo.
[1][https://factets.com/application/flickr-
AQkvRaEJ](https://factets.com/application/flickr-AQkvRaEJ)
~~~
onion2k
"Number of users per day" is a vanity metric. It doesn't matter to a business
like Yahoo. The thing that actually matters is whether or not those particular
users make money for Yahoo. If they're run the numbers and discovered that
Facebook users don't turn in to paying subscribers or click on adverts (and
they can't find a way to do that) yet cost them $0.25 per day in bandwidth
then turning off Facebook login will _increase_ their profits by £200k/month
due to the saving.
~~~
Ntrails
I assume that they are also handing over data to Facebook with every auth that
helps the competition with targeted advertising revenue?
~~~
mrobert
That would be a correct assumption.
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sdegutis
We're obviously not all in agreement about how identity should work online
(let alone how it works offline), which is kind of a big problem considering
identity is something every single one of us automatically has from birth. We
may never agree on it, but we may at least mostly agree on it one day
(outliers never go away).
In the meantime, I'm okay with some level of fluctuation in the practice of
online identities, since it indicates some level of (at least attempted)
innovation, and trial-and-error at the internet level is never really that bad
of a thing.
So yeah, this would probably be annoying for a while. But let's see how it
pans out.
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jscheel
I've had my flickr account since before they were acquired by yahoo. That,
combined with yahoo's crappy user sign-in experience, means that my flickr
account, yahoo account, and some other junk account I accidentally created
while trying to log in once 5 years ago, are now all conflated. To this day
it's still not completely worked out.
~~~
pjc50
Same here. I also went through the del.icio.us merger and demerger, thankfully
with my data intact.
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nek4life
If they are going to remove anything it should be the purple bar at the top of
the screen. The layers of navigation remind me of someone with all the
toolbars installed on their browser. I've used Flickr for years, but unless
they step up the design of the site I'll be searching elsewhere to showcase my
photography.
------
djtidau
I used to be a huge proponent to single click sign in, in theory it's great.
The problem I found with my own startup was that by allowing Twitter, Facebook
or Google+ sign in, it was a point of confusion for the user. The amount of
duplicate, even triple accounts was far higher that what I would have
expected.
After reviewing the pros and cons, I switched to a simple email/password
combination which also solved another problem of having to ask the user for
their email address.
There really is a need for a true single sign in provider, in which you link
your identity accounts to one 'super' account and then sign in with that,
allowing whatever information is available from each as you wish, or simply a
blank profile with only your identifier to link back to you.
~~~
mikelward
Doesn't every sign on method provide the user's email address?
As far as I understand it, you're supposed to create a single account in your
database using the email address as the identifier, and link all the sign on
methods to the same account.
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jevgeni
Again?!
I really hope they don't f* up it again, like the time when Yang-era Yahoo!
bought Flickr, forced you to get an Yahoo-ID and then deleted it after 6
months of inactivity, effectively locking you out of your own photos. That was
great.
------
MattBearman
Any good reason for this, or is it just to push their Yahoo accounts on
everyone?
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lnanek2
I wish they would keep it, since I really don't want another account to log
into just to use the site, but I admit they handle it a lot better than Hacker
News did with this transition page. With Hacker News the Google login and
whatnot just disappeared one day and I lost my account and had to start over.
------
kunstmord
The account creation page (for those who like me used Flickr without a Yahoo
account) is a mess – for any account name I tried entering, it said that an
account with the same name already exists. Finally managed to create my Yahoo
account somewhere else in the settings.
~~~
andyhmltn
I've had that problem as well. I'm not sure if it's a bug or it is genuinely
taken
~~~
kunstmord
I just went to my settings, changed the password somewhere in them, signed
out, signed in using my gmail address and the new password, and it worked.
But yeah, flickr is buggy. The Android app on my tablet never seemed to load
anything (except on rare occasions), and I uploaded a large amount of photos a
couple of times, edited the names and tags, and some of the names/tags were
lost. But I enjoy some of the groups there, got some good advice on buying a
medium format SLR.
------
shime
hey, it looks like we don't have any good competitors now! let's just push
Yahoo accounts on everyone, because yeah.
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Justsignedup
THANK GOD! I tried signing up with my G+ account once. Holy shit, 30 minutes
later a developer cannot figure this out.
------
lewisflude
What is a good Flickr alternative?
~~~
pjc50
Depends what you want to use it for ...
Tumblr? Dropbox (I've used this for sharing a large album to family and it
worked well)? Self-hosted (maybe Owncloud, could do with more suggestions)?
Picasa?
Presumably there'll be a service that lets you host photos out of S3
somewhere.
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nvartolomei
Flickr did this already, now the story is repeating
------
LeicaLatte
Go yahoo!
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hughstephens
"OH NO HOW DO I SIGN INTO FLICKR NOW" said the 0.00001% of people who still
use Flickr.
~~~
RobinL
Flickr does have one huge selling point, which is the 1tb account size for
free accounts. Combined with a python upload bot, you can backup all your
photos and videos for free to private albums.
The newest version of the UX is also very nice, IMO. I often use it to show
friends and family photos over and above just using Windows because the albums
look so nice on a big screen.
------
jbverschoor
Time to ditch flickr.
~~~
Argorak
Sure, but where to? I had worse experiences with many other such services, or
they have a very narrow focus.
~~~
euank
Well, if you don't mind Google, Google+ lets you handle images pretty well. I
would have said picassa before, but that was merged into G+ (and some features
were lost I think).
~~~
Argorak
G+ is not focused on pictures. Picasa only allows 1GB (used to be 200MB). I
take multiple Gigabytes of pictures on all photo trips.
Flickr is the perfect match for amateur photographers without ambition ;).
~~~
reitanqild
Excuse me?
Google+ share the quota with gmail. Gmail currently offers 7 or more free GB.
Additional GBs are cheap (although they have new price structure now.)
Also pictures 2048px (*) or smaller doesn't count towards the quota (and you
can easily, in g+ settings on phone, choose to only upload photos resized to
that size if you don't want to pay for extra storage.)
~~~
renuxa
> Excuse me?
Unrelated to your original comment, but as a British person when I see the use
of "Excuse me?" it seems very coarse and sometimes can appear rude.
It is interesting, because my wife (who isn't British and English is her
second language) uses this often (as do her friends) and sometimes it appears
out of place and is misread as rude (which she is not usually trying to be).
I'm not complaining or dissing you at all, I find these small linguistic
nuances very interesting :)
~~~
test1235
As a brit, I agree with that sentiment. It comes across as passive-aggressive
way to tell someone you think what they just said is utter nonsense.
You heard them just fine, but you don't like what they said, so you exagerrate
your reaction and pretend they're an idiot.
Of course, it depends on the tone of your voice as well, so everything comes
across in the worst possible way when all you can see is the words :)
~~~
pjc50
Funny how this works. Normally on the internet people disagree with one
another point-blank with no niceties, so a "polite" "excuse me?" stands out.
(Brit here as well)
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Ask HN: Where to go in NY to see the startup scene? - martinshen
I'm in NYC until Monday... I want to go see Silicon Alley. Where should I go?
======
andrewjshults
Dogpatch Labs (36 East 12th Suite 200) and General Assembly (902 Broadway 4th
Floor) both have a number of companies in them although they are really
working spaces and not events (GA might have somethings going on).
~~~
martinshen
Can I just show up and say hi at DogPatch?
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strooltz
Its Across the river, but the Hoboken tech meetup was a great place to have
been last night.
There's also a happy hour/party for new work city tomorrow night as well- I'm
sure you can find details on meetup.com
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WillyF
Lobby of the Ace Hotel
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Sound Sensor Failure - bussetta
http://jacquesmattheij.com/sound-sensor-failure
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jbert
Another problem you might notice is a significantly reduced ability to pick
out signal from noise. e.g. someone talking against music or engine noise.
I think this is due to the brain being able to 'boost' signals based on
directional information, which you can no longer do with one ear.
Social impact => harder to follow conversations in pubs/bars etc.
One useful adaptation is to provide directional hearing by cupping your hand
on your ear and pointing the cup in different directions. This also saves you
having to turn your head as much.
It's surprisingly effective.
It's also fun for two-eared people. You can pick out distant sounds much more
clearly if you cup your hands around your ears and track around. A bit like
having an ear telescope.
~~~
akx
Oof, I have that signal-vs-noise thing all the time, making it very
uncomfortable and awkward for me to try to talk to people in loud places, to
the point that I've sort of started avoiding it to avoid the awkwardness...
Sucks.
~~~
tuzemec
I feel the same... probably because of my tinnitus :(
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mk3
I would say go to the doctor, as this sounds quite dangerous, also above
everything the headache. You should have been to the doctor already, and not
self-diagnose.
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jacquesm
If anybody knows of any effective home remedies that do not involve needles
then I'm 'all ears'.
~~~
archivator
As someone with occasional Eustachian problems, I can relate to your troubles.
I assume you've tried all the air-moving exercises to equalise the pressure?
Tongue pressing against the ridge behind your upper teeth, repeatedly try to
swallow (this is the thing that works the best for me, though I've never had a
complete blockage; it's called the Frenzel maneuver [1])
Looking at wikipedia [2], there are quite a few variations you might try.
If these don't do anything for you, go see a doctor. This is serious, if it's
lasting for a week.
[1]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenzel_maneuver>
[2]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_clearing#Methods>
~~~
jacquesm
Holy crap. That worked!!
Thank you _so_ much... you've really made my day. It's not perfect yet, likely
the eardrum is a bit deformed/floppy from being stretched that long but it is
about a million times better than 5 minutes ago.
:) :) :)
Mad props to you and I'd happily upvote you a 100 times if I could. If you're
ever in/near Amsterdam let me know and I'll buy you dinner.
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arkitaip
As someone who has a hearing problem, partial deafness sounds terrible (no pun
intended) and slightly scary because hearing problems affect everything from
your balance to be able to function socially in loud environments. Get well,
Jacques.
~~~
jacquesm
It is incredible how many things are affected by just partial hearing loss. My
nightmare so far has always been loss of vision, but I realize far more
clearly now that loss of hearing is in many ways quite serious as well.
Thanks!
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Show HN: An app that improves your vocabulary and feeds poor children - addydev
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.words.first
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dublinben
I think it's a little deceptive that none of your screenshots show ads, when
this app prominently displays ads.
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BuildTheRobots
So this is an app-based equivalent of the long-running
[http://freerice.com/](http://freerice.com/) site?
~~~
addydev
Freerice is great, funny thing is I came across it a few months only but I
loved the concept and had been thinking of doing something similar. Helping
people improve their vocabulary 5 words a day is an idea that's years old for
me. Hence the app is a combination of both.
------
13hours
"part of the money from sponsorship goes to donation"
Can you elaborate on what part, and to whom specifically?
~~~
MayanAstronaut
Also, many of the reviews are from users without any history.
Apps are already shady, add to this a promise to donate money and you get a
down right scam feel from this.
~~~
addydev
Hi there, I hope I have replied to your query with my answer above. Please
don't call this a 'scam', as a self taught coder, had to work pretty hard to
launch this app. Most of the reviews you see are from friends and family. They
know me, trust me and know that what I am doing is not a scam. Nothing shady
about it buddy.
~~~
xivzgrev
I understand your defensiveness to his blasting, but it's feedback (although
cloaked in antagonistic language). By responding you draw attention to it. I'd
ignore and see if others say same thing.
I do agree with him on one thing: "feed poor children" can send a negative
message. For him its scammy, for me it's "ugh another poorly thought through
tom's knock off?" Because feeding poor children isn't at all connected to
first world people learning new vocab.
Unless you really believe in feeding poor children and you have a good story
to back it up and you can quickly communicate that, something that would make
more sense is something related to literacy. "Learn new vocab and donate books
to poor children" sounds a lot better.
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moondowner
Nice idea, I like that "part of the money from sponsorship goes to donation".
But, the ads can be done better, maybe try to position them at the bottom of
the screen, now they are right below the description for the word (where the
descriptions vary in length).
Also be sure to have an app icon in a higher resolution. This one doesn't look
good on 1080p screens.
~~~
addydev
Sure will definitely improve the app icon :). Ads hopefully will removed in
all if I am able to get sponsorships. Then the page showing support us will
show the sponsored message
------
fizgig
Nice idea. I'll give it s spin once the permissions are dialed back a bit.
Seems like a nice compliment to a daily visit to Free Rice (a habit I need to
get back into). Daily learning is good. Charity is good. What's not to like?
~~~
SuperKlaus
Yeah, the list of permissions asked seems a bit excessive, definitely kept me
from installing the app.
------
edgeorge92
I'd have more faith in an app that claims it can teach me new words, if
"coffee" was spelled correctly when I use it! ("...help us buy a coffe")
~~~
addydev
Apologies for that... really really silly mistake. Corrected. Thanks for
pointing out.
------
viruspunx
why does it need all those permissions?
~~~
addydev
Sorry about that, will remove them in the next update for sure :)
~~~
dedosk
Please, let us know when you push the update. It's terrible requiring so much
permissions..
~~~
addydev
Sure, but can anybody tell me how can I inform you guys about the update?
Shall I post the app again or anything else? Pretty new here.
------
addydev
Hey guys, the app has been updated to remove the permissions.
------
igvadaimon
Is there a similar app for japanese language?
~~~
addydev
Are you looking for Japanese translations or an app that teaches you Japanese
words?
~~~
igvadaimon
App that teaches me Japanese words, but in small portions :)
~~~
hawkice
If there's a staff-made course for it on Memrise, I'd recommend that. I'm
using the Chinese one, and it's perfect for small chunks and avoiding being
overloaded. The charity aspect is probably better dealt with by simply
donating directly, ads make essentially no money in comparison to consulting
or even minimum wage.
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Show HN: Dompeg – bookmarklet to save Google search results as jpeg - projectant
https://codepen.io/dosy/pen/JrQgMY
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projectant
[https://imgur.com/sHWA4kp](https://imgur.com/sHWA4kp) example image of search
results
you can also save your github repository as an image
[https://imgur.com/1fqrCt2](https://imgur.com/1fqrCt2)
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A New Era at the Tor Project - ehPReth
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/new-era-tor-project
======
CatDevURandom
"Although we are sad to see Andrew leave, Tor is entering an exciting period
of growth. "
Why not stop at Andrew is leaving? The whole "exciting period of growth" thing
feels tacked on and forced. Reminds me of the type of stuff managers say after
a layoff.
~~~
bane
Just wait until "it's been an incredible journey".
~~~
jacquesm
Is he going to spend more time with his family?
~~~
weego
He feels that there are so many great opportunities out there, but his is
going to take some time to decide which one to focus on. The timing just felt
right.
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cubano
I guess it would have been nice if they at least hinted at what these new
directions may be?
As it was, it came off identically to a Fortune 500 press release about the
CEO moving on.
~~~
antocv
Perhaps this is a hint. Something is amiss in the Tor project?
Infiltrated perhaps? Backdoored? Even worse? All they can do is throw this CEO
moving on shit.
~~~
diminoten
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what paranoia looks like.
~~~
psykovsky
It's not paranoia if it's true.
~~~
middleclick
But it's not, is it? Unless there can be some proof of the said backdoor.
I don't get how a person - even though he is the Executive Director - moving
on can co-relate to a "backdoor" in a project that puts all its code online
and does deterministic builds.
~~~
psykovsky
I don't know. Is it?
------
mfkp
I didn't know Tor had an Executive Director. Looking now at their staff list
[0], I'm now unsure about how they have the money to support all these
employees. All I see is a donate button.
[0]
[https://www.torproject.org/about/corepeople.html.en](https://www.torproject.org/about/corepeople.html.en)
~~~
ta82828
Tor is funded at least partly by the U.S. government.
[https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en](https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en)
See:
* Radio Free Asia
* US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
* Naval Research Laboratory
~~~
noir_lord
A fact that in light of all the stuff in the last few years is doubly
hilarious.
~~~
ta82828
I've read that the primary motivation is to allow intelligence assets in other
countries to communicate with the agencies they work for.
[https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/96791ee9-98d5-44a0-b0a9...](https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/96791ee9-98d5-44a0-b0a9-c2a5b3b6ec31/72b5e81135196815a23eb969d080ddf0)
~~~
mikeash
It's well known that Tor is vulnerable to traffic analysis by an adversary
that can basically monitor the entire internet. In the past, this was
considered impractical, but now we know the NSA does something like this.
Since this is inherent in its design, that means it doesn't really matter if
it's funded by the US government, because they don't even need to weaken it in
the first place.
Not to say that funding diversity wouldn't be a good thing, but there's no
particular reason to think Tor is broken any more than is already known
because of where the money currently comes from.
~~~
antocv
What about I2P?
~~~
wongarsu
I2P claims to try to defend against large scale traffic analysis, but they are
a underfunded project with few contributors. There was some mention of
implementing cover traffic which would solve the issue (at the cost of
massively increasing traffic), but I don't think that's happened yet.
~~~
throwaway7767
I2P, being fully decentralised, is also very vulnerable to a sybil attack.
Join thousands of nodes to the network, wait until you are strategically
placed, then follow the traffic streams routed through your nodes.
Of course, sybil attacks are a concern in any open network. In theory the tor
directory authorities are able to deny new nodes so they have some recourse,
but in practice if you stagger your new nodes you can still infiltrate the
network. :/
The fact is, anonymity systems are a hard and unsolved problem. That's not due
to the source of the funding. We take what we get.
------
patcon
> Andrew Lewman, our current Executive Director, is leaving The Tor Project to
> take a position at an Internet services company.
Anyone know the name/type of the company? I'm really curious. Hoping it's an
ISP or MVNO or some other space that needs good people like him
~~~
hueving
Networking Services of America
~~~
goalieca
Sadly, tor is Not Secure Anymore.
~~~
maze-le
TOR has never been "secure". Everyone running an exit-node can intercept all
communications going through that node, and since everyone can run an exit-
node... So, you always had to take care that you use encryption when using
TOR. In Terms of anonymity though TOR seems still to bug NSA and the likes.
~~~
ncza
Apples and oranges. All I want is anonymity, I am fine with the exit seeing
things as it does not know who I am.
------
worklogin
I find it really surprising and frustrating how many paranoid/cynical posts
are in this thread.
* Is this a hint that Tor has been infiltrated?"
* "So sad to see the organization become so self-centered"
None of these comments have any basis in the story!
------
dataker
Such a sad announcement.
Organizations like this and the Bitcoin Foundation eventually become so self-
centered they start to undermine the work of all past contributors.
Hope the community works around these issues.
~~~
fabulist
I rather like the idea that someone from Tor is going to be working at an ISP.
If everyone who worked at ISPs shared ideals with the Tor project, perhaps the
Internet would be a better place.
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Reuben Hersh Has Died - ColinWright
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Hersh
======
ColinWright
Mathematician and author of popular maths books, Hersh's writings have
influenced me significantly, and I regret never having had the chance to meet
him.
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Rise of the replicators - cwan
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627621.200-rise-of-the-replicators.html
======
Unseelie
The article ends with the admonishion that they cannot print something more
accurate than the printer itself, but if that is so, is it a physical law?
If it is a physical law, how, for instance, has evolution achieved human
minds, and how have people moved from stone tools to...well, we use diamond
edges, which are stone. But the point stands.
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Hedy Lamarr’s Forgotten, Frustrated Career as a Wartime Inventor - danso
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/hedy-lamarrs-forgotten-frustrated-career-as-a-wartime-inventor
======
lawnchair_larry
She absolutely did not invent frequency hopping. This seems to be a recent
meme, and it's fiction.
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Facebook is not your friend - RexDixon
http://www.rexduffdixon.com/2010/01/13/facebook-is-not-your-friend/
======
indigoviolet
AFAIK, Facebook was one of the first users of "social" ads. The ad networks
would pull in your pic next to all sorts of shady distasteful ads, and because
Facebook couldn't control that, they turned it off. (I think so, don't know
so-- I work for Facebook, but these are my opinions alone).
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Lawmakers grill Uber, Lyft reps over fingerprinting pushback - jackgavigan
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/new-jersey/2016/05/8599690/lawmakers-grill-uber-lyft-reps-over-fingerprinting-pushback
======
ttraub
Are Uber/Lyft passengers in such grave danger that these regulations are
necessary, or is this simply a way to "taxi-fy" the ride shares and thus
satisfy the traditional cab companies?
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Ask HN: Anyone interested in Iranian startup culture? - roshangry
I'm flying to Iran in approximately one week and spending about three months there -- possibly longer if I'm able to find work and land a work visa. I'd like to do some blogging if I can, and one of the facets I thought would be interesting to look at was startup culture. I don't know to what extent it exists, but what got me thinking about it was a video game released fairly recently called 'Garshasp.' Anyway, I wanted to see if there was any aspect in particular that HN readers would like to learn about, or even if anyone had any advice. Cheers.
======
bigohms
Salam beresoon
~~~
roshangry
Chashm.
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Test, automate, and debug web APIs and AWS Lambda - pytlesk4
http://stoplight.io/platform/scenarios
======
pytlesk4
Stoplight Scenarios lets you use scenarios to test web APIs, automate
processes and tasks, mashup APIs, create demos, trigger lambda functions, and
more. If you are familiar with Postman, Paw, Zapier, or IFTTT - Stoplight
Scenarios are like a beautiful combination of the best parts of those
products. They are free to use, shareable, and flexible enough to cover most
use cases.
~~~
pytlesk4
Check out some pre made examples to learn more about Scenarios and play around
with them. If you already have a Stoplight account, you will need to log out.
[https://app.stoplight.io/scenarios](https://app.stoplight.io/scenarios)
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Choosing Ember over React in 2016 - Liriel
https://blog.instant2fa.com/choosing-ember-over-react-in-2016-41a2e7fd341#.ixkgrb5b1
======
seshakiran
Very interesting insights on Ember. I am currently getting hands on with
Meteor and found it interesting. Was there any discussion on whether Meteor
suits your purposes?
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Ask HN: What do you use to test latency, jitter, etc. between servers? - dot1x
What do people use to test various metrics between servers? (bare-metal or not). I'd imagine metrics like the following would be very useful:<p>- latency
- packet loss
- jitter
- Bandwidth
- All of the above, but with different QoS settings.<p>The data should then be able to be displayed as a checkered dashboard which gets green/yellow/red based on the various metrics.
======
phillipseamore
iPerf is usually enough for me though it probably isn't suitable for constant
measuring if that's what you are looking for.
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In a cruel case of irony a MOOC crashes and burns - joeyczikk1
http://blog.clssy.com/post/42514119140/in-a-cruel-case-of-irony-a-mooc-crashes-and-burns
======
donretag
Posted this the other day, but got no traction:
[http://computinged.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/gt-and-
courseras...](http://computinged.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/gt-and-courseras-
mooc-stumble-why-they-are-still-experiments/)
If these courses are still experiments, what measurements do we take to know
when they are ready?
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Proof by storytelling - CarolineW
http://chalkdustmagazine.com/features/proof-by-storytelling/
======
javpaw
You can also learn more about this kind of proof in statistics 110 class from
Harvard:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbB0FjPg0mw&list=PL2SOU6wwxB...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbB0FjPg0mw&list=PL2SOU6wwxB0uwwH80KTQ6ht66KWxbzTIo)
~~~
losteverything
Are all courses in this course avail? How
------
drostie
It's worth pointing out that the conventional formula for N choose K has a
"story proof" as well, and it helps introductory students who can't
necessarily keep straight whether, in these groups, order matters.
"There are N people in a room. Place a line of tape across the room dividing
it into two halves; we'll say this tape goes North-South. Now ask K of them
(politely, but also uniformly-at-random) to be on the East side of the tape
and the N-K remainder are on the West side of the tape. We know from the
definition that there are N choose K ways to do this.
"Now we ask the people on the East side to stand along the East wall and the
people on the West side to stand along the West wall; along the way we will
have to choose among the K! and (N-K)! different orderings for each set. So we
have a uniform distribution of these people chosen from K! (N-K)! (N choose K)
different possibilities.
"Now kindly ask them to walk in the order they're in to the North wall, but to
remain on their side of the tape. You suddenly see that this result must be
the same as simply asking the N people to line up uniformly-at-random along
the North wall and you then place a piece of tape that divides them into the
two groups. Every possibility in the one story comes from exactly one
configuration in the other story and vice versa, therefore N! = (N choose K)
K! (N - K)! no matter what N or K were."
~~~
gohrt
That explanation leaves me more confused than when I started -- there's too
much to try to follow and visualize. Maybe it works in person.
~~~
drostie
Yeah. I think it works when you take three fingers from your left hand and
mash them together with all five from your right, representing a set of 8
elements. Now to perform 8-choose-3 and choose a set of 3 out of the 8
elements, you separate your hands and you've "chosen" (albeit in advance by
the topology of your hands) a group of 3 out of the 8, but your fingers are
still bunched up because these are sets and you haven't ordered everyone yet.
Now we ask for both sides to line up, you "order" them by flattening out your
hands facing each other palm-to-palm, as if you were holding a box on its
sides: the 3 and 5 fingers on either side are now lined up. Now if you've been
following the math you have (8 choose 3) * 3! * 5! ways that you could have
done those steps.
Now you take these 2 hands facing each other and turn them palms-down so that
they form one line of 8 fingers, a permutation of the original set-of-8 which
happens to have a piece of tape (or other division) separating the first 3
from the last 5. Ignoring this division you have just the permutation of 8.
With a little reasoning you get the one-to-one and onto properties of this
mapping: if you got to some permutation of the 8 this way, there was only one
choice of the 3 out of the 8, and only one ordering of the left, and only one
ordering of the right, that generates that permutation of the 8. Furthermore
every permutation can be generated by those very steps of choosing the first 3
of the permutation in the 8-choose-3 step and then ordering the two groups
appropriately. Since this process is one-to-one and onto, it must be the case
that (N choose K) K! (N - K)! = N!, the total number of possibilities for each
must be the same.
Does that help?
------
ThrustVectoring
These are fun. There's another similar technique, which proves that a function
f(n) maps positive integers to other positive integers by describing the set
that the function counts.
------
gohrt
any ideas on the last one? It's totally different structure from all the
others -- it doesn't involve combinations at all. It seems totally out of
place.
------
tofupup
neat
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A replica of Path’s scroll widget - kentnguyen
https://github.com/kentnguyen/KNPathTableViewController
======
aaronbrethorst
Here's another: <http://cocoacontrols.com/platforms/ios/controls/timescroller>
(shameless plug alert: I created Cocoa Controls, but not this component)
~~~
wiradikusuma
Hi aaronbrethorst, I just started with iOS programming. My background is Java
and I've been accustomed to leveraging "3d party frameworks/libraries". Is
there any website curating such thing for iOS? I believe Cocoa Controls is one
of them?
~~~
aaronbrethorst
Yes, Cocoa Controls is one of them.
------
mikehuffman
Path really seems to be killing it with new (but acceptable) ui features. The
last time I remember such large groups of people just accepting dramatic ui
changes without loudly complaining was windows 3.1 > windows 95 start menu.
~~~
tfb
Just out of curiosity, which features are you talking about? I'm only
wondering so that I might be able to incorporate them into my own UIs. I did
some googling for what you're talking about but couldn't find anything
definitive.
------
fpotter
Interactive demo:
[http://www.pieceable.com/view/p/da77824c6f31216e0bd474bfde5a...](http://www.pieceable.com/view/p/da77824c6f31216e0bd474bfde5a01fcd8a3ae29)
------
natesm
The section one seems kind of silly since the header is already sticky, but
the normal one is quite nice!
~~~
kentnguyen
It is just for demonstration. My point is that you can do away with the header
and still showing useful info for that section with this control.
Maybe something like alternate background color for sections and use the
widget to display the section name.
------
iusable
Great work! A HTML version would be amazing too.
~~~
kentnguyen
maybe for mobile web, not on desktop. it doesn't really make sense for big
screen.
~~~
iusable
Agreed
------
suyu3n
Very nice! +1 vote from me :D
------
adrianwaj
Path: "The smart journal that helps you share life with the ones you love."
That tells me a lot.
Why don't they say something like "Trying to be Facebook and/or 4sq
alternative with a focus on a/v that only works on mobile and is focussed on
location. Really we're not sure of what we are and that's why we called
ourselves Path."
I watched the video, is that what it is?
~~~
kentnguyen
I'm not saying I am an absolutely a fanboy or anything. I'm not. But the
innovation they brought to iOS is undeniable. Just like Twitter brought about
the pull-to-refresh.
Maybe this scroller widget will be adopted widely, who knows.
~~~
adrianwaj
Kent - I am familiar with "jScrollPane - cross browser styleable scrollbars
with jQuery and CSS" <http://jscrollpane.kelvinluck.com/>
Good luck.
~~~
kentnguyen
erh what do you mean? This is an iOS thread.
~~~
adrianwaj
ok. I thought we were talking about scroll panes for a sec. Sorry.
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Is TravelMap an app? Yes, it's a web app - clementmas
https://travelmap.net/blog/is-travelmap-an-app
======
clementmas
Hey guys, I'm the founder of TravelMap.net. I built it as a PWA but if it's
not in the Play/App Store, I feel like people don't value it the same way.
What's your take on this?
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BugMeNot - vinchuco
http://bugmenot.com
======
Amir6
Excellent website, I use it (and try to contribute) all the time. I wish they
wouldn't ban some websites in the system.
~~~
JohnTHaller
It saves some websites the trouble of having to look up IDs on bugmenot and
manually ban them on a regular basis. BugMeNot originated back when the NY
Times and similar sites were free but required you to register (so they could
market to you) to access content. When folks use BugMeNot for online forums
that don't permit anonymous posters, it's generally for trolling and abuse, so
I used to have to check it regularly before BugMeNot added the option of a
website requesting to be excluded. From the site:
"Sites should only appear blocked here if they match one or more of the
following criteria:
* Pay-per-view: users pay money to access the site
* Community: users register only to add/change content (but not to view)
* Fraud risk: user accounts contain sensitive details e.g. banks, online stores, etc"
Basically, bugmenot allows websites to opt-out when the main purpose would be
for fraud, theft, or abuse.
~~~
gumby
I never knew those were the criteria. I had assumed "force majeur" \-- i.e.
that people would threaten to sue bugmenot, which would kowtow to the threats.
This is much better.
I also consider bugmenot super useful!
------
DLion
I created a nodejs module to find user and password for a specific site:
[https://github.com/dlion/bugmenot](https://github.com/dlion/bugmenot)
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Just One File with Cappuccino 0.8 - sant0sk1
http://cappuccino.org/discuss/2009/11/11/just-one-file-with-cappuccino-0-8/
======
milestinsley
This is the sort of fantastically elegant solution, to a tricky problem, that
we have come to expect from 280North and Cappuccino.
The killer feature here is that "you won’t have to change a single line of
code". I love how seamless this is to implement! Oh, and that the images are
sent as encoded text - pure awesome.
------
pohl
This sounds exactly like the ImageBundle feature in GWT: automatic spriting,
no configuration files, works on IE6 and above... it's a great feature.
~~~
boucher
I believe the GWT thing requires you to specifically create a bundle subclass,
and put all the image files in that bundle (as methods with or without
annotations). Please correct me if I'm wrong.
~~~
pohl
You only need to create a sub-interface, and the annotations are only
necessary if the image filenames cannot be inferred from the method names in
that sub-interface.
It wasn't clear from the original article how Cappuccino handles this...do
they automatically throw any image that happens to be in a magic directory
into the bundle?
There are other details that are different, so I guess I shouldn't have said
"exactly". ImageBundle will make a real PNG for you instead of Base64, for
example. Although in 2.0 the new generalized ClientBundle facility (same
concept, but you can also bundle CSS, XML, a PDF...) promises to use data:
URLs, JSON notation, or other representations when its calculated to be size-
appropriate.
~~~
boucher
The default jakefile we will ship just automatically bundles any image
resource in the project.
ImageBundle sounds pretty solid. I guess they are inferring the orientation of
an image somehow? I'd like to see how that works. If you use an image in
multiple orientations, or if you need to stretch in both directions, using a
single .png file just isn't possible, unless there's something I'm missing.
~~~
pohl
In the current implementation (ImageBundle) you would need to have separate
copies for each orientation & scale. That's a really nice thing that the
Cappuccino implementation brings. The new ClientBundle implementation promises
to, at least, have the compiler flip an image left-to-right when appropriate
for a user's locale:
@ImageOptions(flipRtl = true)
...and there's another hint for images that are intended to be tiled:
@ImageOptions(repeatStyle=RepeatStyle.Vertical)
There's no scaling yet, but the tiling annotation covers some of the cases
where you might want scaling (such as the edges of a corner-rounded/drop-
shadowed box of variable size).
------
gcv
Very cool, but Base64 encoding produces results rather larger than the
original image binaries, no? I guess the benefits outweigh the drawbacks?
~~~
milestinsley
Yes, that's true. I think, generally speaking, base64 encoded images will
result in more bytes than the original. I guess it's probably around 10%-20%.
I think, in the case of spriting, it would be fair to say that the overhead of
loading many images/http requests (and their individual headers) pretty much
nullifies the effects of bloating from the encoding.
~~~
Nycto
Base64 will inflate a list of bytes by 33%. For every three bytes that go in,
4 bytes are returned. Wikipedia has a very good explanation of why this is:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64>
While we're on the subject, Ascii85 is kind of a cool alternative. By
increasing the number of characters used for the encoded string and breaking a
32 bit integer apart in an interesting way, it is able to reduce the expansion
down to 25%. For every 4 characters in, 5 come out. Again, more info is
available on Wikipedia:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascii85>
~~~
jacobolus
Incidentally, here's some javascript codecs I wrote for both base64 and
ascii85, if anyone wants to play with using them on their sites:
<http://pastie.textmate.org/695197>
My base64 codec turns out to be quite similar to the Cappucino one; oddly,
most of the javascript base64 codecs with decent google juice are actually
horrible implementations.
------
mcav
I wonder how they're handling caching.
~~~
boucher
Typical cappuccino apps are cached all at once with far future expires. Simply
changing the URL (in an automated way) is enough to break the cache for new
versions.
The caching tradeoff is there for any spriting technique, it will always be a
tradeoff between reducing HTTP requests and increasing caching granularity.
~~~
notauser
Most browsers can handle two concurrent connections.
I wonder if you could create a single diff file for minor revisions. Clients
would get both files in parallel as most are configured to allow two
connections per host.
E.g.:
\- index.html with in-line minor diff + data loader.
\- data file with resource that is patched before extraction.
The right time to blow away the cache and produce a new monolithic data file
would depend on your visitor profile. The nice part is that your changes could
touch multiple files and still have the same overhead.
.......quick example over 10 days........
A user visits every day, 1 change per day, 1% of code modified per change:
\- file re-consolidated/cached on every change, user downloads 1000%
\- with diffs consolidated every 5 days, user downloads 220%
\- best case conventional update, user downloads 109% (but probably a lot
more)
~~~
boucher
Interesting idea. It's worth mentioning that one file in Cappuccino means one
file per bundle, plus the index.html file and Objective-J.js.
A typical app has the Cappuccino bundle, and one bundle for the app code, but
using an external framework means adding an additional bundle. We're exploring
techniques to further concatenate bundles together (we have one in the
project, but it has some negative side effects).
~~~
notauser
I'm curious about your concatenation technique. Dynamically creating multiple
script objects (with document.createElement) from a data file and injecting
them has been reasonably robust for me but I'm not writing a framework so I
have far fewer test cases! :-)
~~~
tolmasky
Cappuccino has a completely custom loader and concatenated file format that
creates a file system representation, such that when you do something akin to
XHR("something/blah") it knows that it already downloaded it and gives it to
you without a request, that way whether you ship concatenated code or not the
code that fetches it is the same.
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jobenjo
Any way I can do this in Django? (Or--how hard is this to do by hand?). Seems
really promising.
~~~
mnemonik
Someone asked a similar question in the comments and this is the reply he got:
_The code is all part of Objective-J and the tools, which don't require the
framework itself. You could always use those in your project without using
Cappuccino._
------
delano
Is "Just One File" a reference to Ministry?
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Csv files with game-by-game outcomes for the college basketball season - pseut
https://gist.github.com/gcalhoun/5199478
======
pseut
In case anyone else wants to estimate regression models to fill out their
bracket. Enjoy.
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How to recover from a start-up failure? - imasr
I'd love some suggestions. I'm still having dificulties to let it go, but all the signs are there.
======
gigamon
I recently wrote up my own experience on how to recover from a startup
failure.
<http://www.lovemytool.com/blog/2007/10/riding-a-bike.html>
Hope it helps. If there is any other way I can help, please comment. Good
luck.
\--Denny--
Denny K Miu
~~~
imasr
Denny,
That was beautiful! Thank's a lot. Despite what's said everywhere, I think I'm
too old to do anything else, so I'll give it another try (and another,
and...:)
Rafael
~~~
gigamon
Rafael:
Good luck. It helps to know that none of us is alone in our struggle.
\--Denny--
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optimal
I suggest that if it's at all possible, try to recycle or preserve the work
you've already done so you might derive some value from it.
For example, if it's a web site/application/service, can you maintain it in a
minimal and economical way, such as moving to shared hosting from more
expensive options? In this case you may find that traffic grows as more users
find the site, or you may come up with some new ideas after taking a break,
etc. Perhaps you can scale back or put a new twist on your original concept.
At minimum it could be a portfolio site or demo app when seeking out client
work to pay the bills.
Of course this all depends on the nature of the failure and your particular
circumstances.
I haven't burned many bridges in life, but I do regret some I've allowed to
rot and fall away.
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skmurphy
I agree with optimal's comment: Don't throw any files away for at least six
months. Let your emotions cool down, there may be quite a bit that can be
salvaged or recycled. Write up a personal list of lessons learned, so that you
can translate your mental "if only" to "next time." Review the list every few
months as you gain more perspective and revise it. Try and stay friendly with
everyone involved, even if they are blaming you for the moment. With time and
some perspective you may reach some different conclusions about what really
happened (and what you will do differently next time). There is a quote by
Eric Hoffer I find useful:
Our Achievements Speak For Themselves.
What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts.
We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the
painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end result of a clean
forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of failure and decay.
------
shayan
learn from it...
but I can tell you when you do let it go and move on, you will feel a lot
better about yourself, and the whole experience, you will realize how much you
have learned. You should also realize that nothing is more valuable than your
time, so the sooner you can let it go the more time you have wasted on it, and
the less of a failure it will be.
Mark Cuban said it once, that you only have to be right in your life once and
thats it, it is irrelevant how many times you have failed before it. I have
taken this to heart and think of it everyday.
so get out there and try again (and again and again if needed..) you'll get it
right one day, and thats all the assurance that you need
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How to cope with the Gmail redesign - jasoncrawford
http://jasoncrawford.org/2012/04/how-to-cope-with-the-gmail-redesign/
======
pg
This article made me finally bite the bullet and convert. I've been using the
new design for the last several hours. I happen to have a window open with the
old design, so I know it's not merely my imagination that the new one is
worse. Not enormously so, but definitely worse.
Read mails are more legible in the old version, because there is more contrast
between black letters and the old light blue background than between black and
the new gray.
It's also harder to parse the list of emails visually in the new design. In
the old one, the 3D checkbox acted like a bullet point, and the name of the
sender was closer to it. Now the heavy checkbox has been replaced by a faint
square, and the sender's name is about 2x further away from it. So scanning my
email is no longer like scanning a bulleted list. It's just rows of text.
That's a big deal functionally. There's a reason bulleted lists exist as a
format, and removing the bullet points from the average bulleted list would
make it significantly less legible.
It's a bummer to see Google making things work worse in order to make them
look better (or worse still, more consistent). That's the sort of thing big
companies do. Which I suppose Google now is. But they had at least been trying
not to act like one before.
~~~
statictype
_or worse still, more consistent_
So you believe that consistency among UI screens should take a backseat to
usefulness? I agree with this but I know there are a lot of people who believe
the opposite - that consistency is more important to good design. And this
isn't limited to big companies.
~~~
damncabbage
Consistency is only a means to an end. That end can be a net positive, but I
think pg is alluding to _consistency for the sake of Google's convenience_ ,
rather than the convenience of its users.
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twelvechairs
Its a constant wonder how Google and other large companies can't actually
realise that their design departments are not doing a great job. You'd think
that Apple's successes might actually make them realise that great interfaces
(especially if they can outdo the competition) are hugely valuable.
Some things about the new design are defensible, however others are definitely
not. My particular pet hate is that all the things that are not mail services
(but you can still access within gmail) are splattered around all corners of
the screen. Chat is in one corner (along with 'gadgets' - whatever they are).
G+ is in the opposite. And in a third (behind a button that is very
unhelpfully named 'gmail') are contacts and tasks. Where is the sense in
that???
~~~
Duff
Apple makes plenty of UI nightmares. Examples include Snow Leopard firewall
configuration dialog, the leather versions of iCal/Contacts, the finder, etc.
~~~
culturestate
Don't forget the apple.com online store - I can't even have multiple credit
cards on my account.
------
TamDenholm
Personally I really like the new design, despite the fact I have actually
implemented most of the things mentioned in the article. However, I thinks
that this shows that gmail is an amazing app that it provides this level of
customisation, and this doesn't include any of the stuff from the labs feature
set.
~~~
sho_hn
> I thinks that this shows that gmail is an amazing app that it provides this
> level of customisation
That made me chuckle, using a desktop email app. Funny/curious/thought-
provoking how different standards apply to web apps still.
~~~
pbreit
I'm not sure I understand. Most desktop email clients have _very_ limited
customizability.
~~~
sho_hn
In my experience, they're usually far more customizable. Clients I've used
include KMail on Linux, The Bat! on Windows and Mozilla's Thunderbird, all of
which offer myriad options to customize the appearance and behavior of message
list, message pane and folder lists, though the first two apps much more so
than Thunderbird. You also get to modify things like toolbars much more
freely, and OS/toolkit theming usually also beats the GMail theming system.
You could argue that GMail has a higher customization potential given the fact
that you can muck around with the document client-side (though Thunderbird
extensions are similar, and if you really go down that road: I can also change
the source code of KMail and recompile it), but we're talking in-app options
here.
And so I find the notion that "GMail has impressive configurability because it
has the options described in the article" amusing. Somehow the world has
forgotten just how sophisticated an experience a regular old desktop app
running in the context of a regular old desktop environment can be.
I'd also argue that regular old desktop toolkits and libraries still require a
lot less investment of effort to achieve such levels of sophistication than
the web development environment does at the moment. Like I said, thought-
provoking.
~~~
cookiecaper
Also worth noting is that Thunderbird's layout can be thoroughly customized
with a bit of JavaScript hacking via its extensions interface, just as Firefox
can. While TB may not have tons of visual options by default, it can still get
them via third-party extension.
~~~
sho_hn
Aye, that's what I was talking about with "Tb extensions are similar [in their
capabilities] (to GreaseMonkey-style site hacks)".
~~~
cookiecaper
Hmm, didn't see that part. Maybe you edited? Maybe I just skimmed it. Sorry.
:)
~~~
sho_hn
I edited quite a bit (awful habit), but that part was in the original version
:).
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davux
I ended up leaving Gmail a few months ago (knowing this was coming). The new
design works _really poorly_ with browser zoom. I need to view the page zoomed
in to 300% or so most of the time (I don't have good vision). Zooming really
worked pretty well on all of the past iterations, up until this one. There are
a number of panes that stay visible when scrolling, so the content area on the
web page becomes really really small. (I'm not usually one to complain just
because things changed, I didn't like the mystery meat icons either, but I can
get over something trivial like that.) It just doesn't work.
I couldn't really figure out where else to go, but OWA 2010 doesn't have these
problems, so I went to Office 365 for my own domain (and forwarded Gmail). I
never thought I'd pay for email but considering how vital mail is, having real
support is a nice piece of mind.
I remember how awesome webmail seemed in 2003 (when I switched from Outlook to
Gmail), but now that I've gone back to Outlook, I see all the awesome stuff
that I was missing. This is really not to credit Outlook though, I'm sure
Gmail (threading) influenced them greatly in the past 8 years. I know you can
just use Outlook+Gmail, but sadly IMAP isn't nearly as good as Exchange.
~~~
eternalban
Try <http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html>
~~~
davux
Thanks, I know about the basic HTML site. It's not a worthwhile tradeoff for
me, though. The basic site is literally worse than the 2003 version.
~~~
mattee
I have always used the basic version of gmail. It works very well for me. The
site design has not changed.
------
dancesdrunk
I quite like the new design, and I've been using it since it was in "beta" a
couple of months ago.
It certainly provided a couple of frustrating days before I got used to it,
but I find it much more soft on the eyes - to me the old layout now looks
pretty harsh; giving the impression of being just "functional".
A lot of non-technical folks I work (and live!) with find the new design much,
much more pleasing. Bear in mind these are the folks that use hotmail, yahoo
etc - so they really are after the "eye candy" more than the functionality;
and with google's new social push I can assume this is now the target
audience.
My only complaint would be about the icons; regardless of wether you've used
Gmail before - you will get caught out; a few days ago it took me a good few
minutes before I could find out how to get to my contacts.
------
ck2
I am absolutely furious how my account was forced today to the new theme -
it's hideous.
I've tried several stylish options to no avail, I miss the old dark layout
with high contrast buttons.
Even the dark theme has a bright white message pane for no reason.
It also runs very sluggishly compared to the old UI, not sure why.
Well this should give me the kick in the pants to get off gmail anyway.
~~~
kevingadd
It's slow because all the UI elements in the new themes have alpha
transparency and rounded corners. It increases the amount of work your browser
has to do to paint it tremendously (though GPU acceleration will help).
~~~
nnethercote
Rounded corners? AFAICT the defining characteristic of the new UI is that
every single visual element is a rectangle with a pale grey 1px border. It's
all so _flat_ , ugh.
------
kfury
I designed the original Gmail UX and I have to admit I'd changed every pref in
my accounts exactly as Jason did. Good call.
~~~
pg
You did a great job. I didn't realize how quietly good the old design was till
I looked at it side by side with the new one.
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kennethcwilbur
I have never been so frustrated with a UI redesign as I have been with Gmail
and Analytics. Unfortunately, I was already using all of the settings pointed
out in this post, and I still can't get comfortable with the new design. I
can't separate how much of that frustration comes from the large degree of
change and how much comes from my long history of use, but the frustration is
huge.
I know that many Google employees were similarly frustrated when they were
eating their dog food last august. Yet the new look was rolled out anyway.
So I can only assume that the company had solid UI data showing that their
target group of users prefer the new design. And I can therefore only assume
that the target group of users does not include users like me.
Consequently, there is an opportunity here for somebody to do email right for
the people frustrated by the new gmail redesign. I would happily pay for an
email interface that makes sense and doesn't change against my wishes...
especially if it doesn't require switching to microsoft.
Until then, I will be very grateful to the person who pointed out the 'slow-
connection' interface is still available.
~~~
sb
Hm, it seems strange though that they're not keeping the old interface, which
is what many people were using Gmail in the first place (even if their _target
group_ prefers the new interface.) Come to think of it, it's also kind of sad
that HN users are obviously not their target group...
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teach
My biggest new-Gmail-design pet-peeve is that the Display Density setting is
_only_ respected if your browser window is wide enough.
I prefer the "Comfortable" setting. I have a 22" monitor at 1680x1050, but I
don't have my browser window maximized (it only takes up 65-75% of the screen
width).
So, GMail has helpfully reduced my display density to "Cozy", ignoring my
setting.
As far as I know, there's no way to "fix" this; it's a known issue but there's
no workaround other than making my browser window wider.
~~~
notJim
It took my months of using the new design before I realized this. My
impression before was simply that the design was “broken” on my desktop
computer until one day I resized the window and discovered this issue.
------
jan_g
I'm obviously in minority here, but I don't stress too much about the design
as long as unread messages are in bold text. But this might be due to me
working mostly in terminals and text/code editors, where design never was a
top priority.
The things I care about most in gmail are:
1. reliability, speed and lots of space
2. good spam filtering
3. web view of various office documents (I used to cringe when someone sent me .doc or .xls, not anymore)
4. fast search which also includes gtalk conversations (invaluable)
If one or two of these things goes away, then I'll probably switch.
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andrewfelix
I was so busy using gmail I barely noticed the transition. Which for me says
everything. Great design shouldn't be noticed, it should just work.
Obviously this is just one anecdote. But for me gmail is still the
indispensable tool it always was. For all its shortcomings it is an amazing
product.
~~~
Jach
I'm finding this hard to believe. You didn't notice when the Send button went
from the bottom of the message to the top? Maybe you meant that you noticed
but didn't find it jarring enough to cause a lot of confusion?
~~~
taeric
I confess I haven't really noticed any of the button changes. This is mainly
because I am almost 100% keyboard in gmail, though. Send is a quaint tab-
enter. :)
I can say every now and then I look for the buttons, but the only one I really
ever find myself using is the refresh button, and that is simply if I wasn't
already positioned on the keyboard.
~~~
mattmanser
/facepalm.
So you've got no qualification whatsoever talking about the new interface as
you avoid it entirely.
What I love most is sometimes the important buttons are red and in the top
left. But sometimes they are gray and in the bottom right.
Which will it be today? Flip a coin! Consistency is an alien word to the
Google Design Team.
~~~
taeric
I'm not sure I follow. I don't avoid it. They just happened to have not
changed the way I interact with it. I confess I did find my old theme a little
more pleasant to deal with, but I'm already at the point where I don't
remember it anymore.
I'm curious what "important buttons" you are referring to.
I'm also curious how folks that get this worked up over their email client
don't go into shock when they get a new car. Consistency is not the norm in
life. Seems it is really only a norm when it was dictated by function.
Not that I feel you shouldn't get worked up over what ever you want to get
worked up over. I just don't understand it.
~~~
jaredsohn
When you get a new car, that's because of a choice you are making or a
consequence of your actions (such as if the previous one was totaled.) When a
website that a person frequents which "seems to work fine the way it is"
changes, people get worked up because they see the change as unnecessary.
Similarly, if you are a developer, you might feel the same way if the company
you work at randomly decides to switch bug trackers or wikis, when the new
ones aren't really any better than before.
~~~
DougBTX
I wonder if the anger could be redirected by the realisation that if they were
running their own client software, they would be in control of the interface.
To realise the dream of free software. But I suspect most of the "rage" will
blow over in fifteen minutes.
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ajtaylor
I HATE HATE HATE the new design! I was dreading the day they took away the old
look, but these tips go a long way to making gmail usable for me again.
Thanks!
------
ticks
When I read this headline, I assumed Google had redesigned it again... didn't
realise people were still using the old design.
Personally, the redesign pushed me back to Thunderbird and I ended up deleting
thousands of emails. It was quite liberating.
------
no_more_death
I loved the new design. Much less clutter. A service I use every waking moment
need not label everything. I like the direction of Google's design efforts.
The Google+ design will continue to evolve, I'm sure (it is not quite there
yet).
------
Caligula
Its not just GMAIL. Google analytics is painfully ugly. The first screen
before showed a list of all the sites and traffic. Now it shows just the list
of accounts. Its awful. There is no way anymore to use the classic design.
Also, once I am in google analytics it is just a UI mess. They cram every
feature possible and make it unintelligible. They are ruining the UI for
gmail,google search and google analytics.
~~~
conradfr
I must be using wrong because I have to do so more clicks with the new
Analytics design to see things I want, it's frustrating.
------
surgi
I also hate the new design, even after few hours I've spent trying to get used
to it. With all the necessary settings (compact mode, text buttons etc.), the
main flaw stays - theres no freaking border between message body and ads!
C'mon Google, this is just too obvious. Wonder how users will switch to some
other webmail or desktop clients, how many of them will install some ad-
blockers, just because of this. You realise, Google, that this would mean
actually less clicking on your ads? Speaking of intentional clicks here.
------
dirkdk
besides the default theme and the high contrast theme, all others are useless
and look like the work of a 5 year old. Design has a function, namely to make
things clear and give the user a good experience.
~~~
soulclap
I agree. Really makes me wonder if all their themes have been made by
developers (like me). 'Work of a 5 year old', exactly.
------
jazzychad
I know I was probably 1 of 10 people that actually used (and liked!) the
Terminal theme with all green monospaced text... sadly that is now gone, and
Terminal theme is now just a lame white on black with variable-width font.
bummer :(
~~~
ominous
Yep. Only a blinking shell prompt remains, under "Google" (top left)
------
xtacy
I use the following changes to the style sheet for some more colour contrast:
/* Increase contrast on some arrows */
.T-I-ax7.T-I-JE .T-I-J3 {
opacity: 0.1 !important;
}
/* Make new chat highlight red instead of blue */
.Hz .k, .Hz .n, .Hz .l {
background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(192, 0, 0) !important;
}
~~~
TazeTSchnitzel
oh god, obfuscated CSS...
~~~
xtacy
I doubt it was done on purpose. I think it's what minifying does to your CSS
files.
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halayli
I stopped using it and moved to Mail.app. I cannot stand in-page scrolling.
------
rdl
I can't imagine using gmail for high-volume email; I've used it at various
times due to being lazy about setting up something better, but ugh.
mutt is so much better, using maildirs synced with imap (with mbsync or
something). Totally customizable, per-folder triggers, and works in a
terminal.
~~~
tome
Yes, I can't understand why highly computer-literate people use GMail. There
must be something very compelling about it because it's so popular, but no
one's ever explained to me what it is. If anyone here wants to explain, I'd
appreciate it!
I use mutt too, which I find incredibly flexible. The only downside I
experience compared to GMail is that searching is not as powerful. Am I
missing something?
~~~
comex
I've never used mutt, but I depend on Gmail's conversation view (a smoother
experience than going through messages one by one) and easy searching of
gigabytes of email; a proportional font, auto-linkification, and built-in
video chat don't hurt either.
~~~
rdl
Searching is the one thing I still need to figure out for mutt (I cheat now by
sending a copy of everything to gmail just for search). Linkification is
handled by the terminal program.
~~~
comex
To be fair, Gmail search takes several seconds for a basic query now, so I'm
considering switching to Mail.app, which has the all-important conversation
view.
------
joelthelion
Using a web-service and raging when it gets redesigned or closed is pretty
stupid. People who don't like when other people decide for them should use
real email clients with a standard protocol such as IMAP.
~~~
Rage
bot sure if i follow you here, gmail uses IMAP, i never read my mails on the
website, always in Mail (or sparrow, on osx)
~~~
joelthelion
Yes, of course, you can do that as well. As long as you don't depend on their
server-side UI, you're not subject to unwanted UI changes.
------
jlft
What concerns me more about the new design compared to the old original is the
readability: now it is much worse. Why not offer the most popular old themes
(adapted to the new layout) an option?
------
abentspoon
You can actually still use the old interface for a little while longer, even
if you've been forced over to the redesign.
<http://qwerjk.com/revert-gmail>
~~~
esc
Thanks for this. Having forced to use the new design for a few days, the old
one feels and looks so much better.
My biggest annoyance in the new one apart from the horrible colors was how the
buttons change position or disappear depending on the context. Much less
intuitive than the old design.
Its a shame that Google decided to force the new design, I would just leave
the old one as optional as it was during the past few months.
~~~
Hurdy
The old design will completely go away in the next few days. From a
development perspective it's just not feasible to make everything work for two
different designs (with many many themes). It's better to spend the time on
cool new features.
~~~
esc
Thanks for the answer. Based on the discussion here, one especially cool new
feature would be a 'classic' mode that would mimic the look and feel of the
old design :)
~~~
Hurdy
It's not possible to please everyone when you do a UI change and have 300+
million users, but we do try to fix some issues people have with the new
design (e.g. setting for text buttons, high contrast theme). Of course it has
to look consistent with other products so there are some limitations. Our
community manager wrote a much more eloquent answer to that topic on reddit:
[http://www.reddit.com/r/google/comments/sk7i7/how_do_you_get...](http://www.reddit.com/r/google/comments/sk7i7/how_do_you_get_rid_of_the_new_look/c4eyaa8)
~~~
esc
The link was an interesting read, and you make a valid point that some of the
issues have been solved by features like the button texts.
Actually my point was exactly that everyone seems to have their own favorite
thing they miss about the old design. So for me it would make more sense to
build a mode (on top of the new codebase) that would mimic the old design
instead of implementing fixes one-by-one. Then everyone who liked the old
design better could just change one setting that is easy to find and be done
instead of playing with bunch of individual settings in different menus to
achieve the same thing. I think it would stop a lot of complaints even if it
would not be perfect.
I understand that there might be very good reasons why it is not feasible,
this is just my 2 cents.
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dominik
My single largest complaint about the redesign?
When you search your messages, the buttons to go to the next page of search
result are inexplicably only at the top of the results, not at the bottom.
Before I realized this design oversight, I spent a few minutes perplexedly
scrolling to the bottom of search results, flabbergasted that those were all
the results.
You can imagine my frustration at the design team when I finally realized: Oh,
the pagination buttons are at the top...
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xpressyoo
This could be of interest to some of the readers. I'm the developer of
Gmelius, a poly-browser extension that proposes a better and cleaner Gmail™
inbox, <http://gmelius.com> . The extension is available for Chrome, Firefox
and Opera.
NB: As you will surely notice I'm currently redesigning the homepage... Feel
free to leave me your comments/suggestions both on the extension and the new
website.
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isnotchicago
Coincidentally, AskMetafilter has a good thread about fixing the redesign:
[http://ask.metafilter.com/213264/You-dont-know-what-youve-
go...](http://ask.metafilter.com/213264/You-dont-know-what-youve-got-til-its-
gone-Gmail-Im-looking-at-you)
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Rage
I totally disagree, more blank space make it easier to read, the BIG problem
of the redesign are icons that doesn't clearly mean what they do.
But hey, it's nice that you can revert a bit.
(but i must be satan, i also like FB timeline)
------
ken
A year or two ago I got tired of my email UI changing every week, so I
switched to the "plain HTML" view. It's not as fast or smooth or javascript-y
but I don't think it's changed a bit in years.
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polynomial
There are 2 distinct threads woven through this discussion. One directly
addressing Gmail's redesign which touches mainly on UX and implementation
issues. The other being the more perennial debate between desktop vs. web mail
clients. I wish HN allowed for comment collapsing at least which would make
this and other conversations easier to follow just the threads that are of
interest. (Reddit has this, not sure why HN doesn't)
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rachelbythebay
You can talk IMAP/POP and SMTP, and you get to control your own user
interface, or you can talk HTTP, HTML, and JS and abdicate control to someone
else. I fell into that trap myself. I was a heavy user of Gmail for about four
years, and when they started changing things and told me "only 0.07% of users
use that feature we just removed", it was too late.
This mayhem ruined "the cloud" for me ... and I used to help run parts of it.
Blah.
~~~
ck2
What UI do you use?
I probably going to use newest Thunderbird when I leave gmail.
~~~
rabidsnail
Postbox (<http://www.postbox-inc.com>) is pretty solid.
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kreitje
Their spam/filtering has gone down hill. It does a great job with the spam.
Unfortunately, several people I communicate with a few times a day, half of
their stuff goes straight to the trash and I don't see it. If I login to
webmail I can see they have both an Inbox and Trash label on them but my phone
and mail client to register the new mail and it doesn't show in the Inbox. I
just want it to pick one.
~~~
Hurdy
Can you rephrase that? How do these messages get the trash label?
~~~
kreitje
Forgot to mention how they get them.
Either someone has my login and is messing with me by somehow adding the Trash
and Inbox label or there is a glitch in the system putting both labels on it.
My guess is the glitch.
~~~
Hurdy
There is no glitch that just adds trash labels. Did you check if you have any
filters set up that might be responsible?
~~~
kreitje
I did. I cleared out a few filters even though I am 95% sure they wouldn't
match the emails. Wouldn't be the first time I was wrong though.
The main thing I find irritating is that it contains the Inbox label as well.
Any filter to send something to the trash says "Skip Inbox, Delete It".
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Jach
Another trick I found is to go into Labs and enable the one that moves the in-
browser chat box to the right side of the inbox. It's not as nice as before
where it just stacked on the left side, but with the new design it wanted to
show me one of the chat box or utility at-a-glance views like my Calendar, but
not both. Now I get both again, at the inexpensive cost of horizontal screen
estate.
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Metapony
I do not like the new redesign, and will have to implement these tips just to
make it a little more usable. I wish Google wouldn't do sucky things like
this. Also Googe seems to have the worst branding. Google+, really? You think
that's more alluring than Facebook? Also, rebranding the android app
marketplace as "Google Play"? That's just terrible.
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shad0wfax
I find it hard google took away customizing the theme. The classic theme
'Tree' is the only one that I feel a little good about.
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mikebracco
I'd also add a tip to check out the Minimalist Suite
<http://minimalistsuite.com> \- It's Chrome extension for Gmail as well as
other Google properties that allows you to customize the UI and remove of
things you don't use. There are many that do this but this is the best IMHO.
------
irpap
I've always been using the Candy theme, and I like much better the way it
looks with the new design. It's quite girly though, which unfortunately might
exclude most of HN readers. But I agree that anything other than the compact
display density option makes the experience much worse.
------
lindablus
The android theme is quite good, better than the old one imo. Otherwise, I
love the text label.
------
_feda_
Just use thunderbird if you're on a desktop or laptop (ie. not an ios or
android device, although I'm sure they have equivalents).
I recommend installing muttator, the equivalent of vimperator for thunderbird.
It will make the time you spend with email much more efficient.
------
conradfr
Sadly for me I dislike the High contrast theme as much as the new default one.
------
koevet
I'm using Google Apps and the "high contrast" theme is missing from the list.
------
Kilimanjaro
Let me scroll the damn page and not just a viewport!!!
That's my only complain. Had to get it out of my chest. Move on.
------
bane
Wow, tremendously better. I wasn't even aware of some of these like text for
the buttons!
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niels
This reminds me of when people complained about the new facebook design.
------
stock_toaster
I "coped" with it by switching to sparrow as my gmail frontend.
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soulclap
I don't like change.
That said, any browser-based alternatives?
~~~
viraptor
I like zoho personally. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of gmail,
but it's at least decent and supports custom domains in free option.
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adgar
This is more like a "how to revert to 2006 GMail" list.
I mean, he even goes out of his way to turn off Priority Inbox and important
markers. That has nothing to do with the redesign - it's just turning off
year+ old features, which is what a good portion of the post is. Luckily for
the author, options exist to turn off all the features that have been released
in the past many years.
Of course, there's some apportioning of valid and invalid frustration with any
redesign, and I won't invalidate any of that here. But this post just comes
off as "make all the scary new stuff go away!"
~~~
jasoncrawford
I tried Priority Inbox for a while when it first came out. It's an interesting
feature and maybe it works for some people, but I decided I didn't need it.
It didn't matter until the redesign, though. In the new design, the
"importance markers" are very similar in appearance to the stars, and they are
right next to each other. It's hard to tell them apart at a glance. That's why
I finally had to turn them off.
~~~
ericd
Thanks for the tips, I'd done most of these when they changed to the new
theme, but the the icon button/web clip tips escaped me. Thanks for those! I
couldn't find the high contrast theme, unfortunately.
As a random anecdotal data point, my inbox would be completely unusable
without priority inbox. My email volume is way too high without it.
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falling
how can that theme be high contrast? it goes from black on white to black on
gray!
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New AWS Region in Sao Paulo, Brazil - jeffbarr
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/12/now-open-south-america-sao-paulo-region-ec2-s3-and-lots-more.html
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jbarham
Hopefully that means they'll be opening a data center in Australia before too
long.
EDIT: To expand on where I'm coming from, I'm the technical lead at a web
agency in Melbourne so I make recommendations on what hosting providers we
use, both for our staging servers and live servers for our customers' sites.
We already have a few staging and live servers with AWS in California, but for
most live servers we have to use Australian hosting providers for lower
latency and (sometimes) for legal reasons regarding storage of customer data.
I guarantee that if AWS were to open a facility in Australia, all of our
hosting would move to that facility ASAP.
~~~
dasil003
What about Asia-Pacific? We have a service in AU which currently we're serving
from our US-East servers, and I just assumed we would want to move to AP when
we could, but is it not better than US-West?
~~~
foobarbazetc
No. Singapore might be closer physically, but it's not closer via
connectivity.
Serving AU users from Singapore is much, much worse than serving them from LA.
~~~
bronkowitz
If you're lucky enough to have customers on specific ISPs, Singapore can be
great. We have users who are predominantly on AARNet, Internode and other ISPs
with decent transit (e.g. SEA-ME-WE 3) and the latency between AU and SG via
Perth is wonderful.
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orcadk
It worries me slightly the way AWS adds new regions with wildly fluctuating
prices. We currently serve a decent amount of traffic in the US, over
CloudFront. We also have some clients in South America, currently being served
by the US pops. While speed isn't great, it's decent enough for what we're
doing (simple jpg serving).
With AWS opening up a new pop in South America, all of a sudden, whatever
traffic we have to South America is doubled in price, from one day to the
other. While we don't serve enough SA traffic for that to be an issue for us,
I can certainly see it becoming an issue.
As a customer I'd like to see an announcement of new regions some time in
advance so I can prepare for the potential economic impact. Or perhaps an
option to simply disable certain CloudFront pops if I don't care about them.
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panarky
Why are EC2 and S3 in São Paulo 36% more expensive than US-East?
<http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/>
EBS volumes are 90% more expensive, and data transfer is 200% higher.
Much higher than US, EU, Asia Pacific. Are costs in South America that much
more than the rest of the world?
~~~
rarruda
The entire IT "value chain" in Brazil (specially in São Paulo) is more
expensive than any other location in the US. Honestly I'm surprised they could
keep the overall price increase at around 36%. If you take real estate cost +
taxes + data transfer costs alone, that would be enough to push operating
costs way up. Labor cost could also be a big factor here, since payroll taxes
are around 100% (for $1 pay to employee you give another $1 to goverment in
taxes), but of course they have all the technology to put high degrees of
automation to their benefit.
~~~
kawera
Contrary to the popular saying here, brazilian payroll taxes amount to 56% of
the salary in an annualized basis, not 100%.
~~~
rarruda
Yes, sure, you can always work out the numbers. If you skip unemployment
insurance and some minor previdenciary collections you can get it to around
65%. But that won't make you attractive to the workforce in question. And, of
course, you can always balance it with some contractors, at your own risk.
------
paperwork
I was lucky to be in Sao Paulo for a few weeks, setting up some trading
systems. I think people generally underestimate Brazil's potential. Locals
apparently joke that Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be.
Lucky for them, the future has arrived. The enthusiasm of the locals (at least
the elite) is infectious.
I heard a funny (and somewhat racist) comment there from someone who was
explaining why Brazil is far more interesting than China or India: 'Brazil is
basically a Western country. Would you rather go to China and eat frogs or go
to India and eat spices so hot that they make you sweat?
~~~
jl6
Brazil is on fire. Flush with oil money, 90% of electricity from renewable
sources, a bottomless pit of energy and enthusiasm being held back only by
corruption.
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jbyers
When AWS brings GeoDNS to Route53 and ELB, it's going to be a lot of fun to
play in all these datacenters. I can't wait.
~~~
prakash
don't wait. You can use Cedexis to do geo/cost/more with multiple aws regions/
availability zones: <http://www.cedexis.com/products/cedexis-openmix/>
~~~
foobarbazetc
How much is Cedexis?
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ricardobeat
_São Paulo_ , it's there on the page you linked to. If it were spanish it
would be _san paolo_.
On a more relevant note, _finally_. Google has had servers around here for a
few years, along with most large CDNs. Cloudflare should take note, it's
nearly unusable in Brazil right now.
~~~
teoruiz
Just a note: São Paulo in Brazil is named after Paul the Apostle, so in
Spanish it would be San Pablo.
~~~
minimax
San Paolo is what it would be in Italian.
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swah
I think I'll finally stop using my Linode in Dallas (170ms delay):
Pinging ec2-177-71-152-69.sa-east-1.compute.amazonaws.com [177.71.152.69] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 177.71.152.69: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=43
~~~
slig
I'm on linode and I host things targeted to people here in Brazil.
I don't think I'll move anytime soon. What I'm considering is hosting only the
CSS on CloudFront and keep the rest on linode.
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swah
This is great. Still missing Amazon.com, the store... (quite difficult).
------
swah
It seems servers like "us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com" are only acessible
from that area.
But "sa-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com" is an alias for "us-
west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com", so I can't ping it.
~~~
vierja
Try pinging "sdb.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com". I am located in Uruguay and got an
average of 100ms, compared to around 300ms for other regions.
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mixmastamyk
Parabens... I've been hoping/waiting for this for a year or two now. Great
work, Amazon.
------
cfontes
Thanks god !!! Brazil is finally being noticed by big companies.
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brianbreslin
this could be useful for people targeting LatAm services. lower latency could
make up a bit for slower connections throughout the region
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Hikari
amazon is silently becoming a serious competitor to AKAMAI in term of location
. now waiting for australia and of course China.
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Cloud providers found to be leaking data cross-customer via dirty disks - marshray
http://www.contextis.co.uk/research/blog/dirtydisks/
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ben1040
Slicehost (now under Rackspace) sent a very cryptic email a few weeks ago
saying users needed to "migrate" their servers, but gave no reason why. Then
this mail went out on Friday:
_We are writing to update you on the migration you recently completed, and to
provide more information about the reasons it was necessary. We know that
migrations can be inconvenient, and we thank you for your patience. Now that
the migrations are complete, there is nothing more that you need to do
regarding this issue.
When we announced the recent migrations, we explained that such measures are
periodically required to promote the stability, performance, security, and
feature-richness of our Slicehost platform. We were not able to share more
information at the time, without putting you and other customers at risk. Now
that the migrations have been completed, however, we want to provide you with
the transparency that you expect from Slicehost. We now can tell you the
timing of the migrations was driven by the need to fix a potential security
issue.
We discovered the issue in collaboration with an independent I.T. security
consulting firm that tested our products. The security consultants used
forensic techniques to examine the underlying physical disk in newly created
instances. They discovered that, in certain use cases, random fragments of
temporarily stored data could be left behind on the physical disk.
In repairing this vulnerability, we have ensured that all data is wiped
effectively whenever a customer vacates hard-drive space on a host machine.
And through the migration that you and other customers have completed, we have
cleaned up all fragments of remnant data. The security consulting firm that
discovered this issue has performed follow-up testing and has found no remnant
data on our environment.
We know of no case of customer data being seen or exploited in any way by any
unauthorized party.
One reason is that the remnant data could not have been seen through normal
use of slices, but would have had to be sought, using forensic techniques. It
was not possible for anyone to specifically target a particular customer
through this vulnerability, given the random and fragmented nature of the
remnant data. Customers who encrypted sensitive data on slices would have
faced no risk of exposure.
If we had made this issue public earlier, we could have opened the door for a
malicious user to exploit the vulnerability. For that reason, we decided to
keep information about the vulnerability within our company — until now, when
the issue has been fully resolved.
Dealing with security issues is a constant in any type of computing or cloud-
hosting provider. At Slicehost, we work to provide you with the safest, most-
stable environment possible. We regularly consult with independent security
consultants. We employ a large and growing staff of security specialists and
IT engineers. We are proud of their work in repairing this vulnerability, and
grateful for your patience.
If you have questions, please reach out to your support team. We are here to
serve you.
Slicehost Support [email protected]_
------
ars
Summary:
The problem: When provisioning a disk, the provider reuses an old disk that
has old customer data on it. Part of the disk is overwritten with the OS image
but the rest is not.
The fix: Zero out the disk. Either when de-provisioning it, or when
provisioning it.
The author's ability to turn 49 words into 2,543 words is quite impressive!
~~~
politician
Also: we couldn't actually tell you this until now because we don't trust some
of you.
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tptacek
One thing to consider here is keeping sensitive information on virtualized
hosting setups block-level (full-disk) encrypted, for instance with Truecrypt.
~~~
drivebyacct2
Obviously it might seem silly to make this comment here, but would this really
protect in many cases besides this one? It seems like almost every time the
intrusion would occur somewhere where the intruder will have access to the
mounted encrypted disk, no?
~~~
tptacek
Full disk encryption is unlikely to protect you from anything other than
custody issues at your hosting provider.
~~~
lunixbochs
The idea behind this exploit:
The area on the SAN occupied by your disk contained a simple disk image. When
your image is deleted and another is created overlapping the same spot on the
host storage, they can look at their free space to see the contents of your
disk.
If your disk happened to be encrypted, their free space would appear to
contain garbage data.
Encrypting your disk would do you little good versus your provider if your VM
can boot without your intervention... someone could just boot your VM to look
inside.
~~~
tptacek
Nothing you can reasonably do protects against a malicious (or compromised)
provider; these are all controls that protect against provider mistakes.
------
chuhnk
A very interesting article about data leakage in cloud resource allocation.
I'm impressed by the steps taken by all parties involved. Security
vulnerabilities will continue to creep up over time as they do in most
systems/services and the seriousness with which providers treat them is ever
more important. What we have to remember is it's not just individuals hosting
their own content that are at risk. More and more startups are utilizing cloud
infrastructure which means we as consumers must be aware of where our personal
data is going. I would love to see some sort of auditory process in place that
verifies the security of cloud providers regularly and we as consumers having
access to this information.
------
jamieb
Yay LUKS/dm-crypt kernel level disc encryption.
We had need for short-term (several hours) EC2 compute nodes with sensitive
data from customers. They'd boot up and encrypt all the drives using a random
key without persisting it anywhere. Even so much as rebooting them made any
data unusable. YMMV =) I'm thinking one could set the key using a start-up
file so reboot would be possible.
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rachelbythebay
This is not just limited to "cloud" services. Hosting companies recycle hard
drives all the time. If you're lucky, they'll wipe it after they pull it out
of your machine. If you're not, they won't.
It all comes down to what kind of recycling policies they have for old
hardware. Ideally, all drives should be wiped and then stress-tested to avoid
the problem where you eventually wind up with nothing but bad disks in the
recycle loop. After all, _good_ disks stay in production and thus exit the
loop, whereas bad disks fail and come right back.
------
spullara
Why did this article so carefully not mention EC2 in the positive or negative?
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jsprinkles
This isn't "new" information, and many providers already wipe before
reprovisioning space. Off the top of my head, I'm aware of three. The paper's
sample size is frightfully small (VPS.NET, in particular, is not a shining
star of cloud hosting). All you have to do to find out if this is the case is
run this on new storage that you've requested from your provider:
strings /dev/<whatever>
This has nothing to do with "cloud", aside from rapidly reusing disks in that
environment. This is the same problem with reusing disks in a datacenter,
reusing disks at a dedicated host, reusing storage even inside a corporation,
and so on. There is nothing "cloud-specific" about this in the slightest.
Of course, they wait until near the bottom of the paper to tell you that, so
the title of the paper seems like a needless cloud scare which is really a
shared-environment problem. Clueful people in hosting figured this out a while
ago (publicly-used hosting has been around a long, long time). Long enough ago
that you can measure how clueful your provider is by the usefulness of this
trick.
~~~
SoftwareMaven
The cloud angle is important because, as a cloud user, I have no control over
the situation. More so, most people just expect the provider to take care of
them as a result.
Regardless, it's why I'm willing to pay a little more for a company that will
be proactive.
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drivebyacct2
At first I thought this was going to be the issue where people were sharing
their EC2 instances and were leaving their keys or un-wiped copies of their
private keys or tokens on images that others than stumble upon.
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Observations on Functional Refactoring - locopati
http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2009/08/05/functional-refactoring-and-you-cant-get-there-from-here
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mgreenbe
It's funny to see Haskell and TDD mentioned without QuickCheck
[http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Introduction_to_QuickChec...](http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Introduction_to_QuickCheck).
But, yes: referential transparency and functional (rather than sequential)
composition make for a different refactoring model, one where eta
expansion/contraction is the norm.
He does leave out the opportunity for more fluid refactorings: the
lenPreviousLines function could be refactored in a more conventional way
(changing the foldr of ((+).length) to a sum---which is a foldl---of a map,
for example).
~~~
michaelfeathers
I use QuickCheck, but it wasn't germane the point I was making so I didn't
mention it.
Actually, I did think of using sum when I was computing the length
differently, but I made another change and never got back to it. I agree, sum
would be better.
~~~
mgreenbe
I didn't mean to snipe: the "funny" I'm using is in a "cite original sources"
mode, which has little/nothing to do with the non-academic world. :)
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Apple pays $38B tax by onshoring profit and avoided $40B tax offshoring it first - turtlegrids
http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-bonuses-money-us-350-billion-taxes-trump/
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turtlegrids
I mean.. $38B of $40B is still better than $0 of $40B. So, at least there's
progress...
~~~
howard941
It's $38B of $78B
~~~
turtlegrids
oh. well then... that's disturbing.
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Is a professional looking website design crucial for success? - ggttaa
I think that a professional looking website design is becoming a standard for startups. All the famous startups have a nice design. It need not have to be complex, just simple. If I see a website with not so professionally looking design I do not trust it so much. This approach is very strong in my country (Slovakia).<p>What is your experience? And please, could you have a look at my site - https://reltrek.com - and tell me something about your feelings? We are trying to find out, how important is to pay for professional design in this early stage.<p>Thank you much!
======
dgunn
I think the design looks pretty good and the service sounds fine. The trust
issues you may have are in your grammar. Because the website is written in
English, I assume you want to be seen by English speakers. If that's the case,
you need to clean it up.
If you don't have much copy to look through, I would be happy to clean it up
for you. My email is in my profile.
I can't commit much time so if there is a lot to do you may need to ask
someone else or pay someone to do it.
Edit: You can't pay me to do it. I'll do a small amount for free just to help
out but I won't do a lot even for money. I don't have time.
------
roybarberuk
I think it heavily depends on your target market and what the product is, If
your aiming for designers or techies then an amazingly designed website will
obviously help.
The most important thing to remember is the usability and content of a website
far out weighs the design.
You seem to have achieved exactly that on your website. within a second i knew
what you was offering, and 3 seconds what it looks like. A little more reading
and i knew what the benefits/features were. You have a great base, well done.
Roy [http://roybarber.com](http://roybarber.com)
~~~
ggttaa
Thanks, it is very valuable for us to have a feedback for such a designer! I
certainly agree with you that usability is far more than the design itself.
Even more, good design should lead the user to the desired action, I think.
------
CyberFonic
Great site, great looking service ... I'll be signing up shortly to give it a
spin.
Answer to your question: YES as long as it is a Great Product / Service and
your marketing is spot on.
A great looking website for a poorly conceived or implemented product /
service is like lipstick on a pig.
------
meerita
Great looking != useful.
There are many websites with questionable style than are by far very usable. I
would invest more on UX than cosmetics.
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Ask HN: Pair Programming and Germs - sfronczak
So I used to think I had a really strong immune system since I rarely got sick. After heavily pairing for 3-4 months and being sick twice, I now realize it was my lack of human contact that was keeping me healthy.
For those of you that pair, how do you manage with the germs? And does it eventually get better?
======
colund
I'd say you would probably benefit from human interaction and small doses of
germs to build up your immune system which may make you less sensitive in the
long run.
------
smt88
You have exactly zero evidence that pairing made you sick. I wouldn't over-
think it.
Somewhat unrelated: feeling ill during a commonplace bacterial or viral
infection is usually the result of your immune system fighting that infection.
For that reason, people who "never get sick" may actually have fairly
depressed immune systems.
~~~
sfronczak
Although I have no evidence, if three people on the team are sick and then I
get sick, there's definitely a good chance I got it at work.
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Ask HN: MVP using an off the shelf product? - amerf1
Just curious to know if any of you built your MVP using an off the shelf product.<p>If you did were you successful?<p>For e.g.
Using discourse to start a community OR Word press to start a real estate brokerage page
======
mtmail
We started our business with a single static page, then multiple static pages.
The pricing page basically said "email us", the contact page just had an email
address. All account management was an off the shelf API management system we
paid 25 USD/month. Everything was manual, new customers had to be added manual
to a text file, we created and emailed invoices with MS Office. To see if
there is a market and customer demand it's enough.
~~~
amerf1
How is your business doing now?
~~~
mtmail
successful
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Freedom of expression in serious danger in Italy - markup
Yesterday the italian Senate approved a modification to a "draft of law" (sorry, I can't translate it better), if this draft was actually approved by the Chamber it would <i>seriously</i> limit the freedom of expression here in Italy.<p>This modification basically states that on the internet (differently from the real life, where you can -- but maybe they are going to <i>fix</i> this as well, you know), you can't organize civil disobedience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience) -- if you do so, on a website, blog, or whatever, they would be able to force the ISP to <i>filter</i> the access to the offending page (or website). The ISP would face a fine (50.000-250.000EUR) if they refuse to do so.<p>Do you know any organization I can submit this crap, so that it will be possible, for the whole world, to realize what's going on here?!<p>Source: http://www.senato.it/japp/bgt/showdoc/frame.jsp?tipodoc=Emend&leg=16&id=391198&idoggetto=413875 (in italian)
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cb3
yeah, I was thinking EFF.
Might be a good idea as well to flesh out the issue in a blog post in a
comprehensible and accessible way. Explaining the importance of the right to
organize, why civil disobedience is important, et cetera.
Then spread it around the social news sites and get other bloggers to blog
about it.
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markup
Thanks for the ups, I appreciate them. I will write something better and
submit to wikileaks and/or the EFF. If anyone has some other suggestion I am
all ears.
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Show HN: Emoji Bombs (send fun bursts of emoji) - AndreasPizsa
https://emojibombs.com/
======
AndreasPizsa
Hey Hacker News, this is a fun side project that I built while learning vue.js
and Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
No two emoji bombs are alike: there are factorial 15 combinations for Happy
Birthday - that’s 1,307,674,368,000 - and factorial 31 combinations for
Christmas, etc.
I personally use it to wish team mates a happy birthday, or send the a "get
well" note when they call in sick.
It’s a fun project that I wanted to share - I appreciate any and all feedback!
~~~
mgkimsal
On firefox, I see nothing unless i shrink my sizing (ctrl- a few times) to
under 90%. Otherwise the emojis don't render.
and "ok to paste" never goes away.
~~~
AndreasPizsa
Great feedback @mgkimsal, thanks. I'll test & fix FF.
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Bebo IPO - Possible? - python_kiss
http://mashable.com/2007/03/02/bebo-ipo/
======
python_kiss
Here is my comment on Mashable: None of these social networks present a viable
business model to be attractive from a shareholders point of view.
That said, I think all similar startups should hold off until Facebook or
LinkedIn go for their IPO. Bebos valuation would sufficiently increase or
decrease depending on how other players in this market perform.
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Benchmarking State-Of-the-Art Deep Learning Software Tools - cerisier
http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.07249
======
dgax
It's not surprising that TF is the slowest in many cases. It has been widely,
sometimes harshly, criticized in the past for that reason. On the other hand,
despite its speed TF appears to be the only tool that doesn't have to sit out
any of the tests due to incompatibilities or lack of features.
Other tools like MXNet deserve a shoutout as well, and it would be interesting
to see how a wider group compares. MXNet also integrates seamlessly into R,
something of a rarity in deep learning tools (excepting the also excellent h2o
package).
~~~
taliesinb
Yes, unfortunate that MXNet wasn't covered. It's in the happy Venn place of
(fully cross-platform) ∩ (easy to embed) ∩ (flexible) ∩ (hackable).
* Cross platform: Windows, MacOS, Linux; CPU and CUDA. Though their CMake needs work.
* Easy to embed: straightforward C FFI, JSON for metadata and parameter serialization, no weird runtime.
* Flexible: not too specialized to vision. Static unrolling of RNNs possible now (with mirroring this can still be very memory efficient [0]), basic support for the fast new cuDNN 5 RNN layers [1] (contributed by colleague of mine). Dynamic unrolling is on the horizon I hear.
* Hackable: once you're familiar with the codebase, custom elementwise unary or binary ops = few minutes, custom layers = 1+ hours (depending on complexity). And if you can leverage mshadow primitives for your layer implementation, you don't even have to touch CUDA. Also fairly active on github, responsive to PRs etc.
[0]
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.03401.pdf](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.03401.pdf)
[1] [https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/optimizing-
recurr...](https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/optimizing-recurrent-
neural-networks-cudnn-5/)
------
gcr
When properly configured, most of these libraries use NVidia's CuDNN package
under the hood. The only thing you're really measuring here is overhead, not
the actual computation.
------
mbeissinger
No Theano comparison?
------
dave168
CNTK is great at scaling out beyond a simple machine. The paper didn't
benchmark that but only tested one single box performance.
~~~
Eridrus
Realistically, most people barely get to multiple GPUs, let alone multiple
machines. You're more likely to do hyperparameter tuning across machines
before you do distributed training.
------
breezest
I wonder why Torch is so slow. But, the authors did not provide the
configuration of each tool in the paper or on the web.
~~~
geezerjay
> I wonder why Torch is so slow.
What do you mean "so slow"? It's by far the fastest framework covered by the
paper in scenarios where threads don't outnumber CPU cores.
Taken from the article itself:
"However, Torch still achieves the best performance in our experiments in
which Torch has nearly 12x speed up compared with TensorFlow under 4-thread
setting."
~~~
breezest
Why can't Torch utilize more threads in CPU cores? Taken from the article
itself: "both of them cannot run normally when threads usage is set to be
bigger than the number of CPU cores on desktop CPU." Do the authors set up the
system correctly?
You're right that Torch is faster than TensorFlow in RNN. But Torch is slower
than TesnorFlow in AlexNet and ResNet. There is a set of benchmarks for many
DL approaches as found in [https://github.com/soumith/convnet-
benchmarks](https://github.com/soumith/convnet-benchmarks)
~~~
T-A
Context-switching is expensive. You have to swap out the data being worked on
by thread #1 and swap in the data for thread #2. So you end up being
bottlenecked by memory bandwidth and latency rather than by raw compute.
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Show HN: Currency, a Go package to do currency computations - bnkamalesh
https://github.com/bnkamalesh/currency
======
bnkamalesh
Currency package helps you do exactly what it says, currency computations. It
lets you do sub-unit(e.g. cents is a sub-unit of dollar) manipulations as
well. It takes care of carry over values in division, i.e. consider 1 dollar
divided by 3, it'll return 3 currency instances with 34, 33, 33 as the values
instead of 33.3333.
~~~
bengtan
> It takes care of carry over values in division, i.e. consider 1 dollar
> divided by 3, it'll return 3 currency instances with 34, 33, 33 as the
> values instead of 33.3333.
I think the proper/common name for this is 'allocation', not 'division'.
For example, see [https://frontstuff.io/how-to-handle-monetary-values-in-
javas...](https://frontstuff.io/how-to-handle-monetary-values-in-javascript)
and look for the subheading 'Pitfall #3: Percentage vs. allocation'.
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Denial of Service and Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON Gem - ontoillogical
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rubyonrails-security/4_YvCpLzL58
======
mapgrep
>`JSON.load` should _never_ be given input from unknown sources. If you are
processing JSON from an unknown source, _always_ use `JSON.parse`.
This seems like poor method naming; I would not intuitively understand that
"load" is far more dangerous than "parse."
Why not deprecate these and do names like
JSON.load_trusted
JSON.load_untrusted
~~~
dbaupp
Better would be load and load_trusted so that the safer function has the short
(and expected) name.
~~~
MatthewPhillips
Why have the unsafe function at all?
------
Tho85
Some details on how this can be exploited:
[http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-
ma...](http://www.zweitag.de/en/blog/ruby-on-rails-vulnerable-to-mass-
assignment-and-sql-injection)
~~~
tenderlove
Thanks for reporting this issue to us! :-D
<3<3<3<3
~~~
Tho85
Was a pleasure!
With love :-) Thomas
------
lkrubner
I apologize for the ignorant question, but how does Ruby survive this in
normal operation?
"Since Ruby symbols are not garbage collected, this can result in a denial of
service attack."
If you have a long running Ruby app,and it does not garbage collect symbols,
then those symbols are... constants I guess?That survive till the app stops
operating? So I guess the assumption is that no app should use too many
symbols (and they don't use much memory anyway?)
~~~
oinksoft
This is not an ignorant question. Any half-experienced Erlang developer can
tell you that you use `list_to_existing_atom' rather than `list_to_atom' if
you are ever doing dynamic things with atoms. So, if you're trying to
accomplish dynamic module lookup and foo_baz.beam is in your code path,
default startup will create the `foo_baz' atom, and you know that this atom
will exist at runtime.
Symbols in Ruby are atoms (the term "atom" spans languages), and GC/space
issues plague any persistent term like an atom, in any language.
And thus I arrive at a key question: Does Ruby have something like
`list_to_existing_atom', or some mechanism for telling if a symbol exists
already? I see no analog to this, only the `ID2SYM' macro in the extensions
API, and similar calls like String#to_sym.
Perhaps there is some way to clean up symbols after they are created. This to
me would seem like the ideal route. It's good they've got a stop-gap fix by
changing defaults, but it feels to me like they're punting here. Perhaps users
who do [ab]use this feature also would not like DOS attacks?
I hope others who know more about Ruby extension development, and symbol
management capabilities, can chime in on these questions.
~~~
benmmurphy
there are methods in the ruby reflection api that take strings and silently
convert them to symbols so it is really easy to accidentally leak memory.
however, on ruby trunk they added a method: rb_check_id which can be used to
check if a string has been already symbolized
(<https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/parse.y#L10465>). this means when
these reflection methods get passed a string and it hasn't been symbolized
they can bail out and not symbolize the string.
(<https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/object.c#L2073>)
~~~
oinksoft
This is an excellent development.
Indeed, when researching just now, I saw examples of people throwing strings
at Module#const_defined?, which no doubt get converted to symbols
straightaway.
------
benmmurphy
also if you have done require 'json/add/rails' you are in for fun
([https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v1_9_2_381/ext/json/lib/js...](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/v1_9_2_381/ext/json/lib/json/add/rails.rb#L10))
irb(main):001:0> require 'json/add/rails'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> class Foo
irb(main):003:1> end
=> nil
irb(main):004:0> Foo.json_create({"x" => "bar"})
=> #<Foo:0x007fc5f3149540>
[https://github.com/search?q=require+%27json%2Fadd%2Frails%27...](https://github.com/search?q=require+%27json%2Fadd%2Frails%27&type=Code&ref=searchresults)
------
zyang
Is it Monday again?
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Elon Musk: Boeing 787 battery fundamentally unsafe - aaronbrethorst
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/elon-musk-boeing-787-battery-fundamentally-unsafe-381627/
======
Camillo
This is a very smart move by Musk from a PR point of view. By accusing
Boeing's batteries of being fundamentally unsafe, he garners the maximum
amount of trust from people who are concerned about battery safety, so that,
when he immediately follows up with an explanation of why this couldn't happen
on a Tesla, those very people are already leaning towards believing him. This
goes over much better than attempting to defend the safety of high-density
batteries in general.
~~~
MikeCapone
I think he probably saw it as a defensive move: He doesn't want li-ion
technology to get a bad name, and that doesn't mean only explaining why
Tesla's approach is safe, but also trying to help others avoid mistakes that
could hurt the whole industry including his company.
~~~
dmix
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_best_defense_is_a_good_offe...](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_best_defense_is_a_good_offense)
> Generally the idea is that offensive action preoccupies the opposition and
> ultimately its ability to directly harm.
------
garretruh
While I have enormous respect for Elon Musk, I would hope that Boeing
engineers have just as thorough an understanding of the workings and safety
implications of Lithium-ion batteries. Though Tesla's engineering is
admittedly much more focused around battery technology, Boeing has decades of
experience with aircraft electrical systems.
~~~
djt
no doubt Boeing know that even if the batteries smoke and fail they wont be a
threat to safety, but Musk has a better handle on marketing. If there is smoke
on a plane or car people expect the worst, regardless of if it is actually a
safety issue.
~~~
martinced
From my limited experience with smoke in cars, sadly they often turn to fire.
Because, you know, like the first humans that did create fire, very often when
a fire starts there's smoke...
I've seen a Saab in which the ashtray started to smoke and then before we
could pull out (on the highway) the dashboard had flames and started to melt.
And I've seen a very nice and shiny Porsche 911 Carrera model 964 whose
alternator belt did broke and then started "burning" on the engine. We smelled
it and then we could see smoke. By the time we opened the engine trunk (with
our fire extinguisher in hand) it was on fire. Funnily enough the repair were
under warranty and there wasn't much to change (the trunk needed to be repaint
and one or two pieces changed).
When there is unexpected smoke on a plane it _is_ a safety issue.
Seen that a Boeing supplier's factory went up in flames due to a battery that
took fire, I'm not exactly sure there's "no doubt Boeing know that even if the
batteries smoke and fail they won't be a threat to safety". Same for the 16
hybrid sport cars that burst into flames on that parking lot due to batteries
shorting.
I think that: "There's no smoke without fire" may be the sentence you're after
; )
~~~
djt
yes in a Petrol car there is a problem with smoke = fire. My whole point is
that smoke in a petrol engine usually means something as either caught fire
etc. Smoke in a Battery compartment may or may not.
Is it a safety issue? Probably, but not definitely. Do the general public have
a problem with smoke on a plane? Hell yes.
Our experience with traditional cars and planes is that where there is smoke
there is fire. That may or may not be true with the batteries, I dont know but
I do know that Boeing do a LOT of testing, so would be suprised to see a plane
go down due to these problems.
I believe the cars you were talking about were completely submerged in sea
water and then caught fire. Presumably any car or plane submerged in sea water
will get written off which is probably why they dont worry too much about it.
------
eduardordm
Elon seems to really want to get involved in this. Make no mistake, Boeing and
SpaceX are fierce competitors for government contracts with very dubious
selection processes.
I'm saying this because he is a businessman, not an engineer. He seems to be
getting a lot of information about the 787s batteries inner workings when the
number of airplanes and suppliers are very limited.
Edit: I'm not trying to be cynical, but I do think that if Elon really wanted
to help he should contact Boeing and do it instead of playing politics.
~~~
sfall
while not a PE he is no slouch, he has a bachelor's in physics
~~~
digikata
Is a Professional Engineer certification relevant here? All the PEs I've met
work in the civil engineering field.
~~~
itp
Sounds like you only know people with Civil PEs, then. There are different
examinations and qualifications for different disciplines.
Source: my wife is a Naval Architecture PE.
~~~
jessaustin
Yeah that's the only kind of PE I've met. As a profession they do not impress.
These guys are incapable of _imagining_ anything they haven't done before a
hundred times, let alone doing it and putting their seal on it.
~~~
Spooky23
Generally speaking, you don't want creative processes for the construction of
overpasses, highways, and building construction. You want something that is
structurally sound, safe for the application in question, and of a design
suitable to being bid on by multiple contractors.
------
AndrewKemendo
This a month and a half after Boeing/Lockheed was derisive about Musk
publicly:
[http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2012-12-18/musk-
vs...](http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2012-12-18/musk-vs-lockheed/)
~~~
josefresco
Wow, a $70 billion market dominated by essentially only two major players.
Sounds like a market ripe for disruption.
~~~
notahacker
If you have the ability to put together a team that can raise a few hundred
million in venture capital to go after a few big government contracts, then
maybe. There's a reason why some markets are dominated by essentially two
major players.
Not sure where the $70 billion valuation comes from either, but if you add
together the market capitalization of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and SpaceX
you're still under $100 billion. Boeing and Lockheed Martin also make other
stuff.
------
codex
I've found that humans are much better at doing than they are at thinking.
Humans can generate countless hypotheses and evidence to support those
hypotheses, and yet most human theories are flat out wrong. This is why we
have the scientific method, which verifies hypothesis with good old fashioned
elbow grease.
The real "five whys" question here is: "Why did this battery get through
Boeing's (most certainly exhaustive) certification process and win FAA
approval?" Boeing is well aware of the risks of lithium ion batteries and must
have "proven" to themselves and the FAA that this design was sound through
rigorous testing.
I suspect there is an "unknown unknown" here; something so unexpected a test
couldn't be fathomed to exercise it. How does one find unknown unknowns? It's
a fascinating question.
------
WestCoastJustin
Forbes is running an article [1], suggesting it is in Boeing/SpaceX/Tesla's
goint best interested to prove/make safe lithium ion batteries. Reason being,
they all have products that use them, and they should have a _great_
reputation, and there should be zero stigma attached to them.
[1] [http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2013/01/29/why-
elon-m...](http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2013/01/29/why-elon-musk-
wants-to-help-boeing-fix-the-dreamliner/)
------
robomartin
While I can't dispute anything that is being said I think it is unfortunate
that this is playing out the way it is.
I can't dispute it because there's virtually no reliable publicly-available
information on the design of this battery pack. I think it is unbecoming of an
engineer or scientist, particularly of prominence, to voice such opinions
without access to design data from the source.
Before I could even begin to dare to voice opinion I would need to study CAD
models, electrical and electronic diagrams and test data. I would also want to
have access to representative samples of the packs for inspection. Even then,
unless there was something so obviously wrong with the design that a
conclusion was inescapable I'd refrain from rash public comments and redouble
evaluation efforts to make sure every angle was evaluated exhaustively.
Having designed high-performance, high-current chargers in the past I know a
thing or two about battery technology, particularly when it comes to failure
modes. When you are doing that kind of work you purposely test designs to
induce and document failures and design around them when possible. Yes, I have
blown-up lots of batteries and chargers. And, yes, this means that if you've
worked with high-energy battery technologies (and electronics in general) you
get a good general sense of the good, the bad and the ugly. I get it. And I
would still want design and test data from the horses-mouth before uttering a
word.
The problem here is that the engineers at Boeing are not clowns. Unless you
consider people with advanced degrees from the top engineering schools in the
world to be clowns. This is an industry that takes what they do very, very
seriously. A lot of work, simulation and testing goes into all of their
projects. I could not imagine the engineers at Boeing slapping together a
battery pack for something like the 787 project without years of work and
testing. I just can't see it. Yet, they are human beings which means that
mistakes and miscalculations do happen. That's true of any human endeavor.
And so, making such comments is also disrespectful. I understand competitive
forces very well. But there's a time and a place for that.
If he is wrong he'll have a lot of explaining to do. If that is the case I
hope he'll devote just as much energy to issuing the necessary apologies and
clarifications as he does being critical.
EDIT:
If you ever get a chance to visit the Boeing factory in Seattle it is a must.
I did many years ago. As an engineer it was fascinating. I remember one test
they showed us where they clamped down (I think) a 747 wing in this huge
structure and used incredibly large hydraulic jacks to bend the wing up and
down repeatedly for failure-mode testing. I could be wrong, but I think I
remember the peak to peak bending at the wing-tip was in the order of ten
stories. I could not imagine designing and building an electro-mechanical
structure that could do that and survive with enough functionality to get
people safely back to ground level.
I think this might be it: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRf395ioJRY>
Here's video on the 787 wing: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA9Kato1CxA>
Also: [http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/03/boeing-787-passes-
incre...](http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/03/boeing-787-passes-incredible-
wing-flex-test/)
So, yes, please, I think it might be wise to remain quiet and let those who
actually have real data go through a proper investigative process and get us
real answers. If anything out of respect for the work, talent and dedication
that goes into designing and building such amazing products.
~~~
Confusion
Boeing batteries are overheating. Tesla batteries are not overheating. There
are sufficiently similar requirements on their performance and safety that any
layman can conclude there is something wrong with Boeings design.
The problem here is that the engineers at Boeing are not clowns.
The problem here is that you think that is what is being alleged. It isn't: an
enormous and old company like Boeing can have an entrenched culture that leads
to decisions being made that do not follow the advice of the engineers. What
makes Tesla and SpaceX competitive is not their technical knowledge: it's the
fact that they can use that knowledge effectively.
NASA's engineers aren't clowns either, yet their shuttles exploded,
unnecessarily. The Feynman committee tore their procedures, not their
engineering ability, to shreds.
~~~
smackay
It was an engineer, Roger Boisjoly, who repeatedly warned about the safety of
the o-rings, particularly in low temperatures. The decision to launch the
shuttle came from management not the engineers.
[http://www.space.com/14522-roger-boisjoly-shuttle-
challenger...](http://www.space.com/14522-roger-boisjoly-shuttle-challenger-
disaster-obit.html)
~~~
fnordfnordfnord
Feynman was on the accident investigation committee, and was critical to
exposing crucial facts and making sure they made it into the report. Feynman
even wrote an additional report to add to the committee's work.
<http://www.ralentz.com/old/space/feynman-report.html>
Bolsjoy's ordeal is now in the curriculum of many engineering ethics courses.
~~~
pdaddyo
Also nearly half of Feynmann's 2nd book "What Do You Care What Other People
Think?" covers the shuttle enquiry in great detail.
------
jessaustin
_"I design a cell to not fail and then assume it will and the ask the next
'what-if' questions," Sinnett, [Boeing's 787 chief project engineer] said.
"And then I design the batteries that if there is a failure of one cell it
won't propagate to another. And then I assume that I am wrong and that it will
propagate to another and then I design the enclosure and the redundancy of the
equipment to assume that all the cells are involved and the airplane needs to
be able to play through that."_
OK, maybe part of this is bravado, and it seems that the failure of one cell
certainly has spread to another, but so far at least no plane has crashed as a
result. I think Boeing's engineers should get some credit for that? One could
imagine worse results than we've seen, especially in fields of engineering
that don't have aviation's safety practices.
~~~
cpleppert
>>but so far at least no plane has crashed as a result. I think Boeing's
engineers should get some credit for that?
There are a grand total of 49 planes total that have been produced and the
plane has been in service for little over a year. The fact that no plane has
crashed tells you nothing statistically about the safety record of the design.
The fact that aviation has a great safety record is MORE reason to worry about
any issue, not less. Modern commercial planes are expected to fly for decades
over tens of thousands of flights. Even a small issue that is incredibly
unlikely is too dangerous when compared to the great safety record of existing
airplanes.
------
EEGuy
There is a published picture [1] of one of the failed assemblies next to a
normal assembly of the same type, sitting on a forklift pallet. It's easy to
gauge the assemblies' physical size and count a minimum of 16 visible cells.
Not visible in the photograph are bus bars or power connector.
I don't see a lot of paint discoloration, and a label of some kind is not
charred or much discolored.
[1] [http://phys.org/news/2013-01-overcharging-batteries-eyed-
boe...](http://phys.org/news/2013-01-overcharging-batteries-eyed-boeing-
mishaps.html)
------
3amOpsGuy
I'm just surprised there isn't more damage from the fire! I use similar
chemistry batteries (although much smaller) in RC planes (they are very energy
dense for their weight).
When they are damaged (normally through charging incorrectly but in some cases
through puncture / crash damage) they burn extremely rapidly and very
violently for their size.
The damage in the photographs of the 787 is not on the scale i was expecting.
~~~
jlgreco
This is a bit off-topic, but I have been considering retrofitting my roomba
with Li-ion batteries but am a bit concerned about the fire risk (partly
because I don't want to loose the roomba, but mostly since it is in my
apartment.) Is there anything that comes to mind that I should particularly
look out for or consider?
~~~
3amOpsGuy
May be worth exploring the differences between "safer" cells such as LiFe /
A123 vs the riskier Li-ion & LiPo types.
I understand the charging strategy for A123 is much simpler to implement than
for Li-Ion (may not even need a micro controller) but i'm not 100% confident
in that statement!
~~~
jlgreco
I'll look into that, thanks!
------
backprojection
So what's the motivation for using these batteries in the 787 anyway? Can they
just switch to whatever they've used before?
~~~
sp332
The new engine requires much higher-capacity batteries to start them. A
battery with the old tech would be huge and heavy. The new battery technology
is much lighter than the old ones.
~~~
lostlogin
That's interesting - why are the batteries onboard and not ground equipment?
Obviously restarting a stalled engine would be handy, but is this something
that actually happens? And if it is, couldn't the running jets provide the
power somehow? I seem to remember that some old WW2 prop aircraft had ground
equipment requirements to start them from cold (power or warmed air or
something?) Obviously this isn't an area I know about but I am curious about
it. Thanks.
~~~
joezydeco
I found a Boeing technical publication that discusses the power architecture
of the 787 and how the battery comes into play. Kind of interesting:
[http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4...](http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_1.html)
Page 4 says this:
_"The power source for APU starting may be the airplane battery, a ground
power source, or an engine-driven generator. The power source for engine
starting may be the APU generators, engine-driven generators on the opposite
side engine, or two forward 115 VAC ground power sources. The aft external
power receptacles may be used for a faster start, if desired."_
So the battery seems to be very important when you're somewhere with no ground
generator. The battery starts the APU, then the power from the APU starts the
engines.
~~~
jessaustin
_So the battery seems to be very important when you're somewhere with no
ground generator._
Like in the sky? After your engines have stopped for some reason? That could
be exciting!
~~~
lostlogin
That's what I was wondering, but does this happen? And if the other engines
can start it as Joezydeco suggests, does not having them matter? Surely the
number or airports without decent facilities to help start them must be small?
~~~
NickNameNick
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9>
Its not without precedent...
------
dade_
I think Elon is justified for taking a public stance to protect his own
interests. As his companies develop products with the same battery technology,
it is likely that the hazards of the Boeing battery design could become
associated to the entire battery technology. This would be disastrous for his
organizations. I consider this a pre-emptive defensive move against
technically ignorant public and media. Boeing has a strong reputation and will
surely weather this mess just fine by identifying corrective action and doing
the right thing.
------
supercanuck
The public doesn't see this as Larry Ellison criticizing Bill Gates, but that
is essentially what is happening.
~~~
wnoise
What do you mean by this analogy?
~~~
snowwrestler
One fierce competitor in an industry publicly criticizing another. (Their
motives may not be completely pure.)
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jpeg_hero
Everybody thought Musk was grandstanding when he first made the offer, but it
sounds like he's got the answers!
------
gregcohn
This article makes it sound like it could have been an issue more with the
human factors surrounding battery user than with the battery itself.
[http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020241385_7...](http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020241385_787deadbatteriesxml.html)
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apapli
I think this is a very smart move by Musk. Grow the Tesla brand at very little
cost, and potentially win a new client to sell batteries to.
Surely a Boeing contract would bring decent margins (they will now pay a
premium for a quick fix) and much bigger scale economies for Tesla to further
decrease their operating cost base.
------
alan_cx
From a complete position of ignorance, I have never felt comfortable with
these batteries in aeroplanes.
On of my wastes of time is RC modelling. These batteries have been used now
for quite some time for power. What we RC people know is that while these
batteries have great performance, it very easy to make one blow up if not
handled correctly. Enough burned out sheds can testify to this. So, even if
the engineers say they they can use them safely, I will always feel nervous of
their use. Fine for things like RC models, laptops, phones, real cars even
etc, but the plane use, to me, has a question mark against it.
OK, Im 100% sure engineers can make a great defence of their use, but there
will always be a nagging doubt for me.
~~~
alanctgardner2
I think people have exaggerated feelings of insecurity about planes versus
cars. Maybe it's because heavier-than-air flight just doesn't jive mentally,
or maybe it's because you have very little personal control when flying.
Either way, you carry these batteries on your person, in your coat pocket, in
a bag, leave them in your study downstairs, hell, drive around in a big box
made of them. Fisker Karmas were in the nasty habit of bursting into flames,
but that was viewed as a one-off design flaw, not a crushing blow to
'batteries in cars' as a concept. I think the collective anxiety we feel
towards planes, as a culture, shapes our views of these incidents too much. If
your car was on fire on the highway you may not have handled it as well as the
pilot in this scenario.
~~~
LnxPrgr3
Even old-fashioned gasoline cars carry with them a tank of incredibly
flammable fuel, a battery that can dump hundreds of amps into a short circuit
(and that vents explosive gas in normal operation), and a much higher risk of
colliding with other things on the ground. IIRC car crashes kill on the order
of 30,000 people a year in the US.
That said, I have had my engine catch fire while driving down the Interstate.
It took me a few seconds to pull over and get out of the car. The best pilot
ever isn't about to land a 787 from cruising altitude anywhere near as fast. I
can only hope the design keeps the battery fire from endangering life or
taking out anything else important in the meantime.
But my understanding is the rate of spectacular li-ion battery failures is
phenomenally low. Incidents happen, but the vast majority of batteries behave
themselves. From the early reports I've heard, the Boeing situation sounds
like one of abuse.
But like I said with the Fisker situation, we won't really know anything about
Boeing's situation until the investigations are complete.
Either way, I'll drop my phone in my pocket today with confidence, right
before doing something else far more likely to hurt me: driving to work.
------
yardie
> Japanese inspectors have cleared the maker of the battery, GS Yuasa, of any
> defects before the unit leaves the factory. But both Japanese and US
> investigators continue to examine and test the batteries to understand why
> they failed after they were integrated into the 787 electrical system and
> operated on commercial flights.
So it's not the batteries but how they are integrated into the plane? How is
this any different than how Tesla has packed their cells? Their cells looked
pretty densely packed from my POV.
------
codex
Elon might know a thing or two here, as just last year Tesla's battery testing
facility caught on fire [1]. In the absence of more information, allow me to
publicly speculate that perhaps that facility is fundamentally unsafe. <g>
[1]
[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/peninsul...](http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/peninsula&id=8498972)
~~~
teyc
Being a bit snarky there?
Fukushima reminded me that there are some designs that required active safety
systems, while others like thorium reactors can be designed with passive
safety system.
Musk was not offering to help out with designing a new plane. He was offering
help with battery systems. This, he has more expertise than Boeing or its
direct subcontractor did.
Musk did not strike me as a person who have actively sought out publicity for
publicity's sake in the past. Personally, I'd rather more eyes went through
the design of a plane that I might ride in one day. Teslas are too pricey for
me.
------
nextparadigms
So basically Boeing chose to use the cheaper kind of batteries, instead of the
more secure kind. I imagine isolating thousands of tiny cells is quite a bit
more expensive than isolating much larger ones.
------
gtani
in addition to NYT story, Seattle Times, which has a reporter fulltime on
aviation
[http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020241162_7...](http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020241162_787battery29xml.html)
------
ck2
They should switch to LiFePo4 chemistry which will not burn.
My bike battery is made of that.
~~~
keeperofdakeys
LiFePO4 and LiMn2O4 chemistries aren't magic, although they are less prone to
'rapid disassembly', there is always a possibility. LiCO4 does have advantages
though, mainly related to energy density. For something like a car, or a
plane, higher energy density in cells means greater efficiency for weight vs.
energy potential. Also, it isn't like lithium cobalt is going to explode if
you look at it wrong. Nearly all the risk can be prevented by proper cell
management, via electronics.
LiFePO4 and LiMn2O4 have the advantage of larger output potential, which for
your bike, allows a large amount of power to be put into the electric motor
from a small battery. Electric cars/planes get around this by putting lots of
cells in parallel, but requires quite a lot of regulation.
------
jevinskie
Q
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Ubuntu Updates for the Meltdown / Spectre Vulnerabilities - dustinkirkland
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2018/01/ubuntu-updates-for-meltdown-spectre.html
======
bredw
Are they independent from torvalds' kernel? I thought the kernel was patched
very quickly (KPTI)?
~~~
privong
> Are they independent from torvalds' kernel? I thought the kernel was patched
> very quickly (KPTI)?
They have to package the kernel for Ubuntu and compile it with whatever
modules are standard for them. Plus perhaps applying some distro-specific
patches (I don't know if Ubuntu does this), and testing.
~~~
pas
There's an Ubuntu Kernel Team, and they have a very handy archive:
[http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-
ppa/mainline/daily/2018-01-...](http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-
ppa/mainline/daily/2018-01-04/)
They have a 14MB base patch, and then a few small ones.
CHANGES mention KPTI, so it should be good to go.
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I hate Matlab: How an IDE, a language, and a mentality harm - ingve
http://neuroplausible.com/matlab
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DanGPhoton
Funny, I agree with the structure of what his argument and the limitations of
Matlab but disagree with the pedagogical conclusions. I learned to drive on
automatic transmission cars, and found it a good stepping-stone to learning
how to use a manual transmission. I just had to buy a cheap used car to make
it happen. Likewise, I started coding seriously using Matlab (well, IDL even
before that.) I'm slowly transitioning to Python and (command line) Julia, I
think this would be much more frustrating if it weren't for the experience
with Matlab. Even reading the occasional block of C code is easier after the
Matlab experience.
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Twıtter.com redirects to Turkey's ruling party's website - sorrythrowaway
http://www.twıtter.com
======
sorrythrowaway
I am terribly sorry to use a throwaway but I can't risk associating this kind
of posting with my real account as Turkish government has been arresting
people for speaking their minds on internet for some time now.
I don't know if this is against the law, but this seemed like something
twitter officials should know and HN most likely has people who can get in
touch with them.
[http://www.twıtter.com](http://www.twıtter.com) (i without the dot) redirects
to PM Erdogan's political party's website. Turkish alphabet also has the
character "I" separate from i on the keyboard so this would be a very easy
mistake to make. My guess is that there are people who are trying to reach
twitter but reaching AKP website instead. This could be the work of a lone AKP
supporter or as sinister as a honeypot to collect people trying to reach
twitter as PM Erdogan stated "Twitter and social media is a menace to
society."
------
WestCoastJustin
This is not twitter.com, but twıtter.com (note the i).
$ host www.twıtter.com
www.tw\196\177tter.com has address 67.63.50.58
~~~
sorrythrowaway
Yes, that is correct. It is impossible for anybody outside Turkey to make this
mistake and it is even harder for them to spot it in regular writing. But in
Turkey where most protestors communicate over twitter, it is possible to make
this mistake.
[http://www.twıtter.com](http://www.twıtter.com) resolves to [http://www.xn--
twtter-q9a.com/](http://www.xn--twtter-q9a.com/) also.
edit: curiously, when i tried to ping twıtter.com from mac terminal, it
errors: "cannot resolve twıtter.com: Unknown host" but i think that is the i
without the dot causing a problem.
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The “Post-Mom” Economy - huihuiilly
http://bostonreview.net/gender-sexuality/sarah-sharma-going-work-mommys-basement
======
towaway1138
Actual title is "Going to Work in Mommy's Basement".
Wanders from Roosh V to Damore to "gendered technologies", without really
making a point. Saved you a click.
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Save IE6 - orhanturkoglu
http://www.saveie6.com/
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massarog
This is like saying 'lets save the VCR'...it's a dying technology that no one
wants to save.
------
buster
haha.. ok, that's awesome!
(The SaveIE6 campaign was launched on April 1, 2009 and will last until April
1, 2010.)
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Teaching data structures with real-world examples - gandalfgeek
http://blog.vivekhaldar.com/post/27259540482/teaching-data-structures-with-real-world-examples
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zem
Couldn't disagree more. This is precisely analogous to mathematics - you can
focus on "real world examples" in the exercises, but the basic course material
needs to deal with the pure underlying principles.
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Telemetry in Linux and BSD – why is it important? - rodrigo975
https://www.facebook.com/notes/freebsd-users-group/telemetry-in-linux-and-bsd-why-is-it-important/341450173689706/
======
jmnicolas
A call for telemetry on Linux written on Facebook ... is the author trying to
be nominated for the worst persuasion move of the year?
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Why You Need a Degree to Work for BigCo (2013) - bloomca
http://braythwayt.com/homoiconic/2013/12/28/why-you-need-a-degree-to-work-for-bigco.html
======
imbeel
I've worked for BigCo and startups, and don't have a degree. It has never been
an issue, anywhere I've worked, ever. I've asked. They don't care. The only
time it would matter is if it was a legal requirement for professional
engineering (anything involving safety).
Yes, BigCo wants to hire middle of the spectrum folks who live in the suburbs
and do a decent job for a fair wage. But they also want to (and do) hire
hackers.
~~~
brailsafe
It can be tricky to work at BigCo as a hacker among middle spectrum folks.
They want people to slot right in.
~~~
Delmania
I usually advise hackers to work in a BigCo at least once. I think it's really
important from the perspective of learning how to manage your manager an how
to interact with people who aren't as excited by technology as you are.
~~~
brailsafe
I can definitely see why you'd recommend it. I suppose mileage will vary
though.
In my experience, things worked out moderately well for a little while, and
then burned me out, leaving me unable to find my way back into a lucrative gig
to this day. I don't regret it, but regret not leaving earlier.
------
patientplatypus
Lame.
What happens when you're over thirty and want to marry and have kids? Are you
then not cool because you need/want to have a stable home? Are you not enough
of a hacker, not 1337 enough, because you want to work for a company that
might be around in 3 months?
It never ceases to amaze me how many people, who consider themselves very
smart no less, by default consider anyone even five to ten years older than
them complete fools for making choices that would be irrational to a 20 year
old. Got news for you, you'll grow up one day, if you're lucky.
~~~
braythwayt
The author, who speaks of himself in the third person, was a parent and in his
forties when he wrote that.
Perhaps the article is not a comment on whether making conservative life
choices is or isn't cool. Perhaps the article is not a comment on whether a
degree in CS does or doesn't provide personal edification or improves your
programming.
Perhaps the article is nothing more than what it claims to be: A comment on
why a certain type of conservative company requires a degree, and _their_
opinion of people who embrace or eschew conservative life choices.
~~~
Retric
Large companies employ many people without degrees, it's really front line
managers that handle those requirements. Further, while self taught
programmers are often very good they tend to be weaker _at working with other
developers on large scale projects._ So, many managers have examples of both
and still prefer people with degrees for most projects.
~~~
dorfsmay
Do they teach how to work with other developers on large scale projects in CS
degrees? Or is the problem that people without those degrees can't get hired
BG big corps with large scale projects and can therefore never get the
experience?
~~~
Retric
It's a set of skills that's indirectly taught in many CS programs. You can
debate the relative importance of for example a shared vocabulary, but it's
clearly useful.
------
bootsz
This reminds me a lot of a book I read a while ago called "Disciplined Minds"
by Jeff Schmidt. It focuses on the sociological aspects of hiring practices &
performance evaluation measures in the knowledge economy. It's a rather
obscure book but I found it fascinating.
Basically, one of the central conclusions is that many of the metrics by which
knowledge workers are evaluated are really less about measuring actual
technical competence or domain knowledge and much more about detecting the
propensity for conformity and obedience.
Maybe that's not too surprising for some, but what's even more interesting is
that this can often be the case _without the evaluators /managers/people in
power even being aware of it_. In many cases they genuinely believe they are
evaluating for domain mastery / technical skill, but are fooled by the hidden
signal that correlates to what they see as "desirable" outcomes.
~~~
mc32
Do we know that people with degrees conform at greater rates than people
without degrees?
Is an uneducated blue collar worker, for example less likely to conform to
authority than a person with a degree or advanced degree?
~~~
braythwayt
I think we have to ask that question _in the context of a job where degrees
are the norm_ (whether justified or not).
It could be, for example, that a person with a degree working nights as a
security guard is less likely to conform, while a person without a degree who
gets a job that traditionally requires a degree is less likely to conform.
Maybe it's all about being "intentionally different."
------
braythwayt
Author here. This originally appeared in 2005, when I blogged on a different
platform.
~~~
inteleng
Did you change the layout since the original publication? The quotation marks
at the beginning of every other paragraph are vaguely confusing.
------
jakecopp
> Because quite honestly? I’d read your business plan any day. Your résumé
> would look better on top of a funding proposal, than under a cover letter.
Wow, what a way to sum up such an topic! Thanks.
------
plafl
I think the reason big companies will ask more often for a degree is that they
are more risk averse. More exactly the people working there are more risk
averse and hiring someone without a degree would require some explanation
since it's not common practice. Also people sometimes need to hire for roles
they don't know much about and having a degree provides some kind of assurance
about the candidate's knowledge. It's true you can be better at doing your
work without a degree but the article makes it sound like it's a bonus, which
is not, at least to my eyes. BigCo doesn't care that you are going to stay
there for years, most probably it would prefer higher rotation rates.
------
Delmania
Well, I sometimes wonder about this. I have a Master's Degree in Computer
Science from RIT, and I despise working at BigCos. I spent a decade doing "cog
development" and I learned I hated it. It was boring, stifling, draining, and
unfulfilling. Perhaps the 2 most exciting times in my career were when I was
working for 2 startups, when we were building news systems, putting in our own
processes, and solving interesting problems.
I will admit I could do more on the side in terms of blogging, working on open
source projects, and learning new skills, but I do have a family I need to
raise and house to repair and improve. It's something I am working on.
------
badrabbit
This really makes you ask 'What on earth am I doing with my life?'. The
article is well said ,they want you to be too scared to leave,much like a well
cared for house slave would. They even trick you into believing "benefits" are
a valid form of compensation.
That being said,not all corps are like that. Some take in people like me with
no college education(hah!) And give us opportunities to prove ourselves.
~~~
minhaz23
May I ask what field you are in and how you managed to get your foot in the
door without a college educations?
~~~
badrabbit
Would love to answer,however not in a public forum like this. I can say that I
paid my dues and had people take a chance on me.
------
gaius
What college proves is that you have the ability to think and execute on at
least a 4-year horizon. Modern day devs where a "framework" is obsolete in 2
years when a new fashion comes along, will obviously not see the value.
~~~
RightMillennial
Aren't most of these modern day developers 4-year Computer Science graduates
though? They seem awfully short sighted to me by following every latest fad.
------
fuzzfactor
Some businesses are based primarily on credentials, others on performance.
With a broad spectrum in between, this can make it difficult for an outsider
to know where they would stand or even if they could be allowed into the
organization.
The bigger the business, the more it can get by on credentials alone, or
sometimes on the parasitic action of the credentialed on the true domain
performers.
Especially "institutions" which became "too big to fail" before anybody living
was even born.
------
abc_lisper
Very well said!
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A message to PayPal, its customers, and our friends - ukdm
http://pastebin.com/LAykd1es
======
wccrawford
LulzSec's message.
See also <http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2811650>
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The Panama Papers prove it: we can afford a universal basic income - mortenjorck
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/07/panama-papers-taxes-universal-basic-income-public-services
======
cogware
This article is pure polemical, without any justification for its claims (not
even a back-of-the-envelope estimate of what kind increase in taxes would
result from ending offshore tax evasion). Outrage is not a substitute for
mathematics or economics.
I personally support UBI, but we need to ensure that it's sustainable.
~~~
tracker1
Well, what is really needed is a tax on international transactions... the
moving of anything in, and currency out of the country. That would make
evasion and funds shifting far less attractive. Beyond that would be what
would be for some a very high base tax rate, universally... something close to
50%. I just have a problem with more than half of what you make going to
taxes.
From there, funds should be dispersed into accounts... A portion would go to
every tax paying citizen (filing income tax required for prior year) as a UBI.
Everyone would get the same amount, every week.
Of the rest part would be distributed to states based on land size. Part would
go to states based on population. The rest would be towards any federal
spending...
In that, the budget would have to fit the means based on a percent of tax
collected first... that would shift incentives a bit.
A UBI would also allow for _many_ state and federal welfare programs and
subsidies to be nuked. A larger portion multiplier could be applied to
citizens over 65, then again at 70... To put those going into retirement years
in a better position, displacing Social Security.
~~~
mc32
Taxing international transactions like international commerce and small things
like travel? I don't think that would be good. We've been spending the better
part of the last seven decades eliminating barriers to international
transactions because of the problems tariffs caused... This would be a step
backwards in that direction.
~~~
tracker1
It can be incredibly easy and transparent... I'm not saying you can't order
something internationally, only that it's taxed at the transaction... that's
pretty close to how VAT systems work. Only that the tax is at the currency
exchange, not the goods, to prevent cheating the system.
------
steve19
"A larger income, to ensure that no American fell into absolute abject poverty
– say, $12,000 a year – would cost around $3.6tn. That is a big number, but
one that once again seems far more reasonable when considered through the lens
of the Panama Papers and the scandal of global tax evasion"
Regardless of what you think about UBI, the Panama Papers do not prove it
could or could not work.
The US Federal Budget is $3.8 trillion. There is no way tax not being paid in
Panama is coming even close to the $3.6 tn they mention.
This article is just click bait.
~~~
majewsky
> The US Federal Budget is $3.8 trillion. There is no way tax not being paid
> in Panama is coming even close to the $3.6 tn they mention.
1\. The 3.6tn figure is for the whole world. The US will only be a chunk of
that, although probably a large chunk.
2\. Why do you not consider these numbers plausible? On what factual basis can
you dispute that the US is not in fact missing out on, say, 20-40% of their
possible tax income because of tax evasion?
~~~
theandrewbailey
There are a little over 300,000,000 people in the USA.
$12,000 × >300,000,000 = >$3,600,000,000,000
There are a little over 7 billion people on earth:
$12,000 × >7,000,000,000 = >$84,000,000,000,000,000
------
akhatri_aus
Assets in cash are a stock not a flow. What happens when it runs out? It's
surely not sustainable to do this.
I'd hardly use the phrasing that it 'proves it'.
------
grahamburger
A variant on UBI that I would like to see explored is to make the payments
conditional on doing some kind of community service. Something like cleaning a
park or volunteering at a school or something. Maybe a 1-3 hour / week
commitment. Not as a way to save money so much as to strengthen communities
and give people a way to contribute.
~~~
jacalata
Oh like UBI but with all the disadvantages of not being universal.
~~~
grahamburger
There are also disadvantages to being universal. Let's not pretend that the
criticisms of ubi are invalid.
~~~
jacalata
Sure, but let's be clear that a conditional basic income is very different to
a universal basic income, not just some minor tweak on the idea.
------
alphakappa
I fail to see what the proof is. Apart from plenty of opinion, this article
fails to present any numbers from the Panama Papers that would prove that we
could pay a basic income year after year.
------
omonra
This article is retarded on almost every level. I generally detest the
Guardian but at least respect them for intellectual consistency. This is just
plain atrocious thinking.
1\. The fact that rich people from Russia and China hide their wealth in
Panama means nothing about the US. There are actually no Americans on that
list ([http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/panama-papers/why-are-
ameri...](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/panama-papers/why-are-americans-
not-included-panama-papers-n551081)).
2\. The whole point of UBI is that it can come from savings on OTHER programs
- such as welfare, food stamps, unemployment insurance, etc. Therefore we
don't just take the number of citizens of a country as the _new_ cost - but we
also have to subtract savings from eliminating the other programs (and their
administration).
------
tlarkworthy
Totally illogical, how do tax loopholes for the rich get affected by giving
everyone a basic income? The middle class will pay more tax and give it to the
poor. The super rich will continue paying no tax...
The worse thing is the article is titled "proof". Where is this proof? It be
nice if the rich did pay for a universal basic income.
------
Focalise
The opportunistic Guardian strikes again.
------
dustin999
When did self-sufficiency lose its luster as a virtue?
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Who vacuums at 12:31 am? - insertcoin
Answer: My neighbor does.
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wehriam
I do too neighbor!
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Show HN: ProfilePicture.ninja – Gravatar for Facebook - jurajmasar
https://profilepicture.ninja
======
ummjackson
Nice! Curious - how are you getting an image back from FB with just an email?
Is there an open API?
~~~
Lanari
My guess is that it use the search... since you can search for users by
email...
------
fiatjaf
[http://webvatar.com/](http://webvatar.com/) was built for the indie web, so
it works with full website URLs, but it supports Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram URLs also.
------
fiatjaf
What? How do you get a Facebook profile from an email? Is that possible?
------
musHo_sk
Thank you Juraj, please keep procrastinate :)
~~~
jurajmasar
Thanks! :)
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Ask HN: Do you make money from newsletters? - ekpyrotic
Hi all - I wondered whether anyone on HN might make a reasonable secondary (or primary) income through newsletters?<p>Have you managed to distil any principles for getting started, growing your audience, and converting your subscribers?
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WestCoastJustin
Provide something useful, on a regular basis, then gradually try to sell
something. It took me well over 2 years before I made money from it. It takes
an _extremely_ long time to build your subscriber base too. I am talking about
month over month, you will be sending newsletter blasts to 5, 10, the 30
people, then one month 1000 people will sign up. Takes will power to push
through. Just the name of the game. So, start early, and do not expect much.
If you are looking for good examples, check out
[http://www.devopsweekly.com/](http://www.devopsweekly.com/) &
[http://rubyweekly.com/](http://rubyweekly.com/). Subscribe to them and check
out the format. They are both free, and provide high quality curated content,
but have "sponsored" (clearly marked) parts. This should give you some
inspiration.
There is pretty much zero barrier to entry. Register a domain, create a one-
page static website on AWS S3/CF, which will host your signup form (and list
archive for seo reasons), then use
[http://mailchimp.com/](http://mailchimp.com/) to run the list. You could have
it up and running in an afternoon. Finding high quality curated content is the
hard part.
I would suggest picking something you know tons about, or something fairly
new. Take golang for example, there is tons of information churn, so you want
someone in the know, to tell you about interesting things. This is the
underlining principle for devopsweekly and rubyweekly. You do not even need to
be an expect, just put in the time to track down interesting bits, over the
last week. This can and should take many hours.
Having said all that, you are probably thinking it is common sense, and it
pretty much it. There is no rocket science to it, just put in the work, have
high quality content, and it should just work. Patio11 has tons of great info
about email marketing. Although, maybe not specific to newsletters, much of it
applies. Read on
[https://www.google.ca/?q=patio11+email+marketing](https://www.google.ca/?q=patio11+email+marketing)
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wikwocket
I'd recommend you look at the story of Hacker Newsletter. A lot of the
comments in the discussion threads here on HN have been full of good ideas:
[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hacker%20newsletter&sort=byPop...](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hacker%20newsletter&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story)
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neduma
checkout [https://cooperpress.com/](https://cooperpress.com/)
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Since the whoishiring bot seems to have not run...<p>Please lead with the location of the position and include the keywords INTERN, REMOTE, or H1B if the corresponding sort of candidate is welcome. Feel free to post any job that may interest HN readers from executive assistant to machine learning expert to CTO.<p>Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancers? (July 2011) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2719083
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joshu
Tasty Labs, Mountain View CA
We're building a social network designed for getting things done rather than
socializing.
We're looking for:
* Infrastructure engineers: Python, MongoDB, Tornado, Java
* Product engineers: The above, plus javascript, html5, etc.
* Search engineer: Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, maybe some Hadoop, etc.
* Mobile engineer: iPhone or Android
* UX/Designer: strong at UX or visual design.
Tasty Labs was founded by:
* Joshua Schachter (founder of delicious)
* Nick Nguyen (lead for Mozilla Add-ons, previously at del.icio.us and Yahoo! Answers)
* Paul Rademacher (formerly TL Google Maps, built the original gmap mashup, housingmaps.org)
We are VC backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures. We are in
downtown Mountain View, so there are great lunch opportunities (good food is
important to us.) We offer strong salaries and significant equity.
Visit us at <http://tastylabs.com/> or email [email protected]
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kamens
Mountain View (intern, full-time, remote): Khan Academy
Help us change the world of education.
[http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qd69Vfw7&...](http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qd69Vfw7&s=HN&nl=1&page=Job%20Description&j=o0HMVfw8)
[http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qd69Vfw7&...](http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qd69Vfw7&s=HN&nl=1&page=Job%20Description&j=o2DNVfw7)
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dmarble
Palo Alto, CA or REMOTE (full-time preferred)
Looking for intermediate to advanced full-stack coders and a designer with
additional skills.
We're just days from launching a restricted beta of our unique idea in the
groups and events space, and are planning on launching our real-time product
on the web, mobile web, and native mobile to a wide audience in a month or
two. Our dev team is all remote right now, but it'd be great if you were local
to the peninsula or willing to relocate at some point in the coming months.
We've built a real-time stack of our own that bridges backbone.js <->
socket.io <-> gunicorn+gevent (through nginx) <-> django. As the stack
matures, we may release the source. The web application is nearly all single-
page architecture. We use coffeescript pretty much everywhere, including our
javascript tests.
* backend: postgres, redis, python, django, gevent + gunicorn
* frontend: coffeescript, jQuery, backbone.js, socket.io, compass
I'm looking for:
1\. Advanced web jacks-of-many-trades. You know a lot about several things
from above and have at least tried your hand at a demo app using the rest.
Backend/frontend/deployment. We'll be growing our user base very soon and will
need some deployment automation skills (chef or puppet + fabric) and
knowledge/experience scaling the above technologies. Note: we have a great
lead architect right now, but are on the lookout for locals (or those who can
move to the bay) who want senior developer ownership and can be
mentors/leaders as we move towards having more of a local presence.
2\. Talented web app designers (referrals would also be good). Even with the
nifty tech we're building, our app will probably live/die based on making an
intuitive UI with fun and easy experience. There are several unique challenges
in this product that require novel widgets -- creativity is a must. Would be
great if you have more than just design skills, but very high quality design
is more important than ability to build it.
gmail - davidmarble
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bkudria
San Francisco, CA - Yammer
Yammer is a cool tech startup masquerading as an enterprise software vendor.
We're building an enterprise social network (think Facebook, but for your
company. Also, better.) and we need your help. We build our product with
insight and wisdom gained from the consumer social networking space, but we
charge enterprise prices (and our customers pay them!) We're fighting some big
serious competitors (Salesforce/Chatter, Jive, and VMWare/Socialcast) and this
space has never been more exciting. Yammer is really changing the way people
get work done. We have real challenges to overcome and we're doing our best to
make a kick-ass product that makes our users happy.
Tech we use: Ruby/Rails, Scala, and Node/JS. We have Obj-C and C# stuff too.
Some bullet points for you to skim:
• Amazing group of smart engineers to work with. Really.
• We hack in Ruby/Rails, Scala/Java, Javascript/JQuery/Node.js/Adobe AIR,
Obj-C for iOS, and some MSFT/Sharepoint stuff.
• Competitive compensation. Enough said.
• Delicious catered lunch and dinner daily, with a 3PM snack cart. (Really.)
Also a fully-stocked beer-and-beverage fridge.
• Fancy Apple hardware of your choice (you can have a PC if you really want
one.)
Some links for you to read more:
• Our jobs page: <https://www.yammer.com/jobs>
• Our Engineering blog: <http://eng.yammer.com/>
• A video of a talk given by Coda Hale and Ryan Kennedy about how we use Riak
at Yammer: <http://blog.basho.com/2011/03/28/Riak-and-Scala-at-Yammer/>
• A blog post about why it's so awesome to work here:
[http://eng.yammer.com/blog/2011/5/31/shameless-
recruiting.ht...](http://eng.yammer.com/blog/2011/5/31/shameless-
recruiting.html)
Feel free to get in touch: [email protected]
~~~
bproper
Big list of over 100 NYC tech companies who are hiring is here -
<http://nytm.org/made/>
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arram
San Francisco, CA
ZeroCater
Come build a Food AI (FAI).
We make it easy for companies to feed their people. We generate a set of
custom orders across local restaurants and automatically arrange delivery,
then optimize the selections with customer feedback. Think smart playlists for
food.
We have openings for hackers and a designer. <http://www.zerocater.com/jobs>
~~~
exratione
But will it be a Friendly Food AI?
~~~
arram
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you eat that."
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jvoorhis
Portland, OR - PHP Fog
PHP Fog is the leading platform-as-a-service built specifically for PHP. We
have spent a lot of energy iterating on feedback from our users (over 2000
detailed surveys) to build a really great product that appeals to a large and
growing user-base (over 14,000 people have signed up and growing). On top of
that, we have put together a team of exceptionally talented developers. We are
O’Reilly authors, open-source contributors and we enthusiastically ship code.
But we are growing fast, and we need your help. Want to join a winning team
and have influence on the direction of an up-and-coming internet super-
startup? Here are some of the benefits we provide:
We offer competitive compensation, and meaningful equity stake is a given.
We are comfortable with remote work – we are based in Portland, OR which has
an awesome open-source community, but if you don’t live here already, that is
ok.
Plenty of good developers didn’t go to college, didn’t finish college, or went
to a community college – we don’t care as long as you are smart and especially
if you are pragmatic.
We are not technology bigots: we use Ruby, PHP, Python, Bash and many other
technologies internally at PHP Fog, as such we don’t care what language you
are good at, we will train you in a new language if necessary to bring you up
to speed with our tech stack.
Instead of listing job requirements, we will instead list some of some of the
technologies we use internally to get things done:
* AWS, Linux, Systems automation
* PHP, Ruby, Python, Erlang, Bash
* Mysql, Redis, Mongodb
* Apache, Varnish, Nginx, HAproxy
* Git
* HTML5, beautiful markup, sustainable CSS
Here are some of the roles we are looking to fill:
* Web developer – send your resume to [email protected]
* Systems engineer - send your resume to [email protected]
* Designer – send your resume to [email protected]
* Support – send your resume to [email protected]
* VP of Marketing and Sales – send your resume to [email protected]
* VP of Business Development – send your resume to [email protected]
If you don’t fit one of these roles but still want to join our team, send your
resume to [email protected] and tell us why you think you are a good fit.
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earthaid
Earth Aid - Boston, MA - Full-time Data & Rails Engineers
Earth Aid ( <http://earthaid.net> ) was recently named to Fast Company's Top
10 Most Innovative Companies in Energy. We're newly venture-backed by Point
Judith Capital as well as strategic and angel investors who have built and
scaled some of the most successful businesses today. We've been called "the
killer app for energy efficiency" ( <http://bit.ly/dZBy7q> ) and our work has
been featured in publications such as Mashable ( <http://on.mash.to/hqyZqF> ),
TechCrunch, The New York Times ( <http://nyti.ms/ayzLHb> ), The Washington
Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. We have offices in San Francisco and DC,
and we're now consolidating our dev team and HQ into an awesome brand new
headquarters in Boston.
We empower households to track & contextualize their electric, natural gas,
and water utility usage. We value data, clarity, focus and beauty. We are
looking for people who do too --- people who want to work on incredibly
complex problems and come up with solutions that will change the world. We
want the best and the brightest. People who work hard and play hard. People
who want to make an impact. This is an opportunity to not only work with a
dynamic group of people, but also the opportunity to build a platform that's
revolutionizing the way we look at energy consumption.
To learn more about our very competitive salaries, excellent benefits, fun
company culture, and small arsenal of office helicopter drones, check out:
<http://www.earthaidjobs.com>, and send us an e-mail at jobs at earthaid dot
net
\---
Two Highlighted Opportunities in the Boston Office ->
Data Engineer: Problems You'll Tackle
Energy Efficiency: Build a product that can have an impact on climate change &
the future of energy. Analytics: Use tools like mapreduce, hadoop, and AWS to
drive insight into energy usage. Performance: Store the world's energy data in
a way that makes it easy for web engineers to create experiences on top of it.
Maintainability: Take what's useful from XP and agile to make sure that we're
writing awesome code using practices like BDD, pair programming, and daily
standups. Reliability: Build tools that make it easy to know what is happening
throughout the system and that allow Earth Aid to be constantly available for
our users. Security: Create an infrastructure that both allows us to be
certain that our user data is safe while at the same time allow the
flexibility to perform analytics and quickly iterate.
Ruby on Rails Engineer: Problems You'll Tackle
Energy Efficiency: Build a product that can have an impact on climate change
and the future of energy. User Growth: Create a clear and impactful experience
that drives us toward many millions of users. Maintainability: Take what's
useful from XP and agile to make sure that we're writing awesome code using
practices like BDD, pair programming, and daily standups. Product design:
Envision and execution on product features and entirely new products.
Visualization: Create beautiful and meaningful visualizations that impact
consumer energy usage.
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mattdennewitz
Pitchfork (<http://pitchfork.com>) in Chicago, IL.
We're looking to add a full-time developer to help build and develop Pitchfork
and its affiliates. You'll work out of our Chicago office with our small dev
staff, assisting with every aspect of Pitchfork and directly impacting how our
three million loyal readers use the site.
We're looking for the devops sort, those with an interest in working on all
aspects of the site. We run on Django, and lovelovelove Python. You don't have
to be a Django developer, though.
You, and you working here:
\- You should love music. Love it. \- You'll come into a fast-growing, fast-
paced work environment with a lot of autonomy. Being a self-starter is clutch.
\- The idea of your work reaching Pitchfork's three million readers should be
exciting. \- We have tons and tons of ideas, and pride ourselves on not
letting good ideas go to waste. A big part of your job will be not only
helping us implement these ideas, but contributing and implementing your own.
If you're interested, shoot a resume and some code examples to mattd [at]
domain in first line. Feel free to hit me up with any & all questions, too.
~~~
adrianwaj
Nice Matt --- will definitely take it into account dude. Are they your ideas
though? Where'd the inspiration come from?
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andybarton23
Palo Alto, CA Quora, Inc.
Quora is hiring! We're building out the core team:
<http://www.quora.com/about/team> with talented engineers and product
designers.
Open to varying levels of experience including new grads, and we're open to
H1B sponsorship.
For more info, check out: <http://www.quora.com/jobs>
email [email protected]
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Aloisius
San Francisco, CA
SeatMe is hiring! - <http://www.seatme.com/jobs/> SeatMe is a 7 person funded,
pre-launch startup based in downtown San Francisco. We're revolutionizing the
restaurant industry and we need your help!
* Objective-C engineers for iPad and iPhone development
* Django web developer
* Server engineers (especially data sync experts)
* Designers (web & mobile)
* Product Manager (not on the website yet!)
How often do you get a chance to work at a tech startup where eating out can
be written off as a tax-refundable business expense? Well not here, because
our CEO would go to jail (and he's never going back to the big house), but we
do work in an awesome intersection of technology and fine dining.
We offer a VERY competitive salary, benefits, moving costs and equity options
for all full-time employees. H1B ok for senior positions.
Apply online - <http://www.seatme.com/jobs/>
Questions - [email protected]
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zbowling
[email protected] also works as an email :-P
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flyosity
Durham, NC (fulltime, remote is possible)
Bronto Software: awesome marketing & analytics web software used by companies
like Trek, Armani, Roku, Etsy, Timex and tons more. Looking for engineers to
work on BIG data and BIG scalability scenarios. We use Cassandra, Hadoop,
HBase and MySQL to manage over 100,000,000 data transactions a day.
We're a growing company (here's a news article from a few weeks ago outlining
just how much we're growing... new offices, too! <http://cl.ly/7Fj8>) and the
Engineering group is filled with smart people. I'm the User Interface
Architect here, come check us out.
<http://bronto.com/company/careers>
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benihana
If you apply, tell them Bucky sent you cause if you do, I get a grand if you
work there for three months.
I'm a PHP developer there. Working with the smart people is easily the best
part of the job, plus we have foosball.
~~~
flyosity
Haha, damnit Bucky, every time I post a job to HN you always gotta comment :)
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janj
San Francisco, CA
Help build the most popular mobile apps for the cruise vacation industry.
Before you dismiss this as fluff with no technical challenges check out what
we're working on. We are associating tens of thousands of Facebook ids with
booked cruises across all cruise lines. Besides the obvious chat features
(which will be available with the next updates) we want to let cruisers know
who in their social graph will be on board with them or landing at their next
port from another ship and so on. We are working with the largest port
promotions provider to get our users relevant discounts at their next duty-
free locations. We'll be providing lead generation and cruise search results
for one of the most prestigious cruise travel agencies in the industry. These
are just some of the few opportunities we wanted to say yes to right now.
Looking for iPhone, Android and server engineer (currently in Python). Full-
time, intern, freelancer, whatever you can offer to help us get stuff done.
We are post launch, continuous deployment no funding (ask for details if
interested). You'd be joining 1 2/3 developers and a business guy working out
of a coffee shop. Your role would be as big as you'd want it to be.
Apply or ask questions at [email protected]
~~~
spitfire
Don't discount yourself for not being "technical enough". A lot of technical
people get caught up in the shiny neat-o technology and forget to build a
business.
It sounds like you're profitable and have a business so they're nothing to be
embarrassed about.
~~~
allwein
I have to second that notion as well. My current contract is with a regional
grocery chain, and it is easily one of the top 5 gigs that I've ever had. Very
progressive environment and a _TON_ of data to swim in.
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shennyg
Los Angeles, CA - Full Time
SaveFans! is a high-growth, early stage company, that provides a fully-
automated, turn-key platform for buyers and sellers to negotiate prices and
purchase event tickets.
Job Perks
* Play a big role on a small team
* Work closely with founders and executives from some of the largest media companies in America
* Leave your fingerprint on a huge industry
* Have stock options in a company that is fixing a broken model
* Be the first employee for a funded start-up
Requirements
* Experience building web applications
* Experience with MVC design patterns and frameworks
* Demonstrated fanatical attention to detail
* Familiarity with source control systems (Git)
Pluses
* Experience with agile development processes
* Appreciation of software development best practices, but knows when it is important to deliver code
* Experience with git flow, Vagrant, Memcached, Amazon Web Services
* Comfortable working on the command line
* SQL optimization chops
[http://savefans.theresumator.com/apply/Iui6yk/Web-
Engineer.h...](http://savefans.theresumator.com/apply/Iui6yk/Web-
Engineer.html?source=HN)
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DGutmann
London/Cambridge UK Disruptive B2B start-up is looking for Technical Co-
Founder
I developed a concept of a web-based platform that puts the 21st century into
market research by utilising smartphone applications and their developer
communities.
Since pitching to industry experts I have received great interest and been
asked to apply to an incubator who would like to support me and a small team
to develop the concept further.
\-----------------------------------------------------
I'm looking for a hands-on technical co-founder who can help me turn my mock-
ups into an MVP over the next three months and then on to launch and beyond.
Suitable frameworks exist in open-source format, which can be built upon (up
to you).
If you are a self-motivated developer who likes the idea of disrupting a large
market then please get in contact for more information! Experience and track
record of bringing a customer focused product to market and start-up
experience is a huge bonus.
\----------------------------------------------------
With my science background (PhD), I'm somewhat technical but I won't be an
idiot and list the different technologies I think you will need. This is of
course up to you and you alone will decide on the stack and direction that it
takes.
As your partner I will be charge of product design, business development,
sales and marketing. I am driven by my vision, I work extremely hard and I
will do whatever it takes to take us to the next level. I also see our
partnership as a great opportunity to learn more programming and to eventually
contribute some code myself.
I can offer co-founder equity as well as a negotiable salary (based on us
getting into the incubator). I am not expecting you to rush into this
partnership head-on. If you are also doing some freelance work on the side
(etc.), I am flexible enough to work around that until we have pocketed the
incubator funding.
If you are a cool dude and you want to know more then contact me at
[email protected]
~~~
z92
I feel that like monthly who's hiring, we need a monthly "Looking for
Technical/Business Co-founder". And what's a better place for it than HN?
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lovitt
Washington DC, New York City, or remote.
SB Nation is a media/technology startup. You might have seen us discussed on
HN as the new home of former Engadget editors Josh Topolsky, Nilay Patel, and
friends.
[http://joshuatopolsky.com/post/4327161218/this-is-my-next-
pr...](http://joshuatopolsky.com/post/4327161218/this-is-my-next-project)
We're hiring Ruby developers and operations engineers:
<http://www.sbnation.com/jobs/developer>
<http://www.sbnation.com/jobs/ops_engineer>
Today, we run a network of 300+ sports news sites & communities. This Fall,
we're launching a consumer technology news site led by our new and awesome
team of tech journalists. We have a lot to figure out in the meantime. We need
your help.
Our investors include Accel Partners, Allen & Company, Comcast Interactive
Capital, and Khosla Ventures. We get around 22 million unique visitors every
month.
Some press:
* Team From Engadget Makes Jump to SB Nation <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/business/media/04carr.html>
* Why sports is driving innovation in journalism: [http://markcoddington.com/2010/10/08/why-sports-has-taken-th...](http://markcoddington.com/2010/10/08/why-sports-has-taken-the-lead-in-newsroom-innovation/)
* Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab: [http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/sb-nation-ceo-on-how-were-f...](http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/sb-nation-ceo-on-how-were-fans-of-teams-not-sports-t-v-shows-not-t-v-and-what-that-means-for-news/)
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trefn
San Francisco, CA
Mixpanel (YCS09) is looking for amazing engineers to help us scale to enormous
amounts of data. We're still very small (7) and we're building some exciting
stuff.
Looking for:
* generalist software engineers
* frontend/backend specialists
* director of operations engineering
* solutions architect (support/marketing/sales)
Check out <http://mixpanel.com/jobs> to apply
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snowmaker
San Francisco, CA
Scribd (social publishing, top 100 website, YC '06) is hiring talented hackers
and other technical people for a broad range of technologies. We're looking
for people who want to work with:
* Ruby on Rails (we're the #2 largest rails site, after Twitter)
* Javascript
* iOS
* Android
* Machine Learning / Data mining kinds of problems
* Technical recruiting (yes, we're hiring hackers to do this too!)
That said, we care way more about your personality and general hacking skills
then what languages you've used so far, so if you haven't used these but want
to break into mobile or web development, this could be a good opportunity for
you.
We're well funded and have a really fun office environment (go-karts + a
zipline!). We've got flexible hours, a very flat organizational structure that
gives a lot of product ownership to engineers, and a really terrific team.
Feel free to email me directly: [email protected]
Jared
ps. H1B no problem
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jorgeortiz85
New York, NY & San Francisco, CA - Foursquare
We're hiring Android and Blackberry developers, data analysts and data
scientists, software engineers, and software engineer interns.
We're changing the way people interact with the world around them, we have
troves of data about where people go and what they do, and we build a mobile
app that millions love. If you want to come help us build the future of
location products, let us know through our jobs page:
<https://foursquare.com/jobs/>
If you have any questions, feel free to email me: [email protected]
~~~
tsumnia
What do your data analysts/scientists do on a normal basis? I just sent in my
applications to both because it sounds like the technical experimenting I
loved doing during my graduate school.
~~~
chimeracoder
Excellent question! I work on the data team here, and we work on a variety of
projects. Some of our features rely on data from our applications, and so we
help develop those features by building our data models. On the other hand,
some other projects, like our recent infographic[1], are open-ended - you have
the freedom to come up with your own hypotheses and test them against our
data.
If you have a good background in data munging and analysis, it's incredibly
fun work - a nice mix between the creativity of investigating problems that
interest you and the rigor of data science.
[1]
[http://blog.foursquare.com/2011/06/20/holysmokes10millionpeo...](http://blog.foursquare.com/2011/06/20/holysmokes10millionpeople/)
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jbapple
Eugene, Oregon - fulltime - noremote - H1B applicants welcome
On Time Systems is a small company that specializes in solving large-scale
search and optimization problems. We used to be a research lab at the
University of Oregon, but we are now more focused on writing software than
writing grant proposals. We're currently looking for software engineers to
work on Green Driver (a smartphone app that uses real-time data from traffic
signals to help drivers find the fastest route (<http://imagreendriver.com)>)
and ACFP (Advanced Computer Flight Planning), the flight planning system used
by the US Air Force for routing cargo planes and tankers worldwide.
Although our core IP is in optimization, bringing these solutions to market
requires complex client-server applications with challenging network, user
interface, and database components. We have code written in Python, Java, C,
C++, Objective-C, and other languages. An ideal candidate will have a strong
background in algorithms and will be comfortable writing both high-level and
low-level code.
Benefits include: medical and disability insurance, 401Ks with matching,
sabbaticals, massages, a game room (ping pong, billiards, DDR, etc.),
relocation package, pick your own hardware, your own office with a window,
tuition reimbursement (including flight school if you work on our flight
planning software), exercise equipment and locker room, and his and hers
company bikes.
The work environment is friendly, informal, and intellectual.
Send your resume to [email protected]
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willowgarage
Palo Alto, CA
Do you like robots?
Suitable Technologies is a startup working to create an innovative new product
for something called "remote presence." (Another common term is "robotic
telepresence.")
Our first product, in development now, is similar to video chat on a computer
you can drive around. Unlike videoconferencing, you’re not stuck to a wall or
desk. It becomes your physical presence, anywhere in the world, with the
freedom to move and interact with people as if you were there.
We're looking to fill a number of roles:
* Software Engineer (especially C++)
* Mechanical Engineer
* Electrical Engineer
* UI Designer
* Graphic Designer
* Supply Chain Manager
* Quality Test Engineer
More information is available on our site: <http://suitabletech.com>
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wehriam
Distributed team, East Coast seeks Python generalists.
HiiDef, Inc is a consumer web company with two rapidly growing properties,
<http://flavors.me/> and <http://goodsie.com>
Help us solve the challenges that revolve around top notch user experiences.
We're continually building new products and features, scaling infrastructure,
and responding to our enthusiastic customers.
Team members have flexible hours, top notch hardware, and experienced,
talented co-workers invested in their success. We pride ourselves on a results
oriented, laid back culture and seek people who can thrive with an exceptional
amount of independence.
Please contact me directly at [email protected]
~~~
chairface
I'd just like to add - I've been a developer at HiiDef for almost a year, and
it's a fantastic place to work. Definitely the best group of people I've
worked with. And, for those of you who are just doing a find through the page,
we are fully remote.
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lamby
London, England.
<https://www.playfire.com/jobs>
Small (7) startup in the gaming space looking for software engineers. Are you
the one? You are, if you:
* Love agile development, working independently on your own challenges, and together in a team on the bigger vision
* Are completely fluent in a scripting language such as Python, Perl, PHP or Ruby and have experience with web frameworks and the MVC concept. We don't require fluency in our current technology stack - great programmers can pick up new technologies.
* Have used MySQL or PostgreSQL extensively and you know your way around Apache, nginx or other server. It's a bonus if you have good JavaScript skills (we use jQuery)
* Get excited by the idea of scaling web apps to millions of users
* Are the best developer in your peer group, and want to be at a place where you are constantly challenged and pushed to become better
* Get obsessed about the problem you're solving and don't stop until you've cracked it
* Have a thirst to learn new skills and technologies, and can pick things up easily
* Want to have fun building lots of new features and get stuff done
* Are full of positive energy, relish the thought of being part of a small, fast-moving team and enjoy brainstorming about new ideas
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squirrel
London (UK) and Boston (US). H1B
We're a 90-person financial-software firm committed to learning and
improvement as well as great web software and agile development. Some of you
may know us from our sponsorship of Hacker News meetups in London. We're
hiring developers and other smart folks of many kinds. See
<https://dev.youdevise.com> and <http://www.youdevise.com/careers>.
While we don't have remote workers, we do help successful candidates relocate
to London or Boston including arranging visas where needed. For example, last
year we hired HN readers from Denmark and the US, and we moved a Polish
employee to Boston.
~~~
zemanel
You mostly develop software on top of Java?
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squirrel
Not sure what you mean. Java is one of the main languages we use, along with
Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript.
~~~
zemanel
Yes, i meant to ask with that technologies you work with, there was few
information on your website, although the opensource projects you contribute
were a good indication of it
~~~
squirrel
OK, hope my list helped. We are technology-neutral, and regularly hire (for
example) C# or Python developers and teach them Java, so don't let
unfamiliarity with any particular language stop you considering us.
~~~
zemanel
Yeah it sounds interesting, particularly for developers who like to diversify.
Although the large percent of my career has been developing content management
and "corporate" applications in PHP, wether i had to or not, now i mostly been
focusing on Python/Django because i like the language, the tooling and feel
productive in it, on the things i have to do.
But always loved Java, even when i was learning PHP 11 years ago, i spent a
lot of time around Struts (1.x), Hibernate and Ibatis, that's where i got the
MVC/ORM/Framework skills from, which was useful for "easily"
picking/understanding a lot of other stuff in other languages. Also when
Groovy got some traction, i spent personal time fiddling with it, was cool,
which also lead to spending some time around Grails. But i never got deep in
pure Java skills, even though i have a 700 page "bible" around the house
somewhere.
Also tried out Jboss Seam, which found out to be kind of awesome for
somethings and at a time was contracted for 4 months, to extend features on an
existing project built on it, although grasping the whole JSF/J2EE life-cycle
can be a pain and still ended the project missing a lot of know-how about it
all. For another particular short-time job, i developed some EJB "if it's not
working, there's not enough XML in it" 2.1 code.
Not being a rocket engineer (not even an engineer) and a perfectionist trying
to meet deadlines, i ended up loving Python and Django, good ORM, good
tooling, community and the backend admin feature is a killer one for me.
~~~
squirrel
Would be happy to look at your CV/resume at [email protected]
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markbao
Onswipe - New York City, NY - INTERN + H1B + Full-time
Onswipe's working on making touch and tablet publishing easy and beautiful, by
taking existing content sources and formatting them for touch devices. We've
got a number of positions open in New York City.
* Frontend touch interface developer with HTML5/Javascript experience
* Frontend user interface engineer with CSS3 experience
* Data Scientist for looking at our data and making sense of it
* Lead PHP engineer for advertising operations
* Lead Node.js engineer for backend operations
* Senior PHP engineer for myOnswipe and our publisher dashboard
* Touch interaction UX designer
* Systems administrator
We're a launched, funded startup in the heart of New York City with about 10
people. The culture here is really important and we make it a high priority.
We've got great people working to make the web more awesome on the tablet, and
we're looking for more.
Apply online - <http://blog.onswipe.com/jobs>
Any questions, do let me know. [email protected]
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desiree
SF, Full-Time, RoR Web Dev: Grubly!
Grubly connects people who love to cook with people who love to eat. On a very
high level, we're like an Airbnb for food.
Check out <http://www.gogrubly.com/jobs/> and email [email protected] for more
information.
Come meet other Rails developers for a delicious night of Ruby on SNAILS!
Yep-- escargot! There's a first time for everything! To reserve a spot at the
table go to <http://gogrubly.posterous.com/ruby-on-snails>.
~~~
AntiRush
That's certainly not your normal startup fare. Where's the ramen or pizza?
~~~
desiree
Here at Grubly, we're escargot-profitable!
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sciurus
Athens, GA
EuPathDB is looking for a front-end web developer to help scientists perform
dynamic computational experiments on genomic-scale datasets. You'll get to
work on innovative interfaces like our strategies system (description:
<http://bit.ly/ko0Y4b> , source code: <http://bit.ly/mUyL3D>).
[http://www.ugajobsearch.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=573...](http://www.ugajobsearch.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=57355)
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spulec
New York, NY - Yipit
Just off raising $6 million, we are looking for our 8th member of the team.
Come join us on the ground floor of one of the best startups in New York.
Right now, great companies like 10Gen, FourSquare, Hunch, SeatGeek, and
YCharts are all here growing together. Silicon Alley is going through a
renaissance and you can be part of it.
-UI Lead Architect: Our interface sits on top of over 350 daily deal services and is used by hundreds of thousands of people. We need you to own that interface.
-HTML5/CSS3/jQuery Developer: All user-facing activity relies on these technologies. We will commit the full resources of the team to supporting you.
-Python(Django) Developers: We work with the latest technology including: Amazon Web Services, RabbitMQ, Gunicorn, Nginx, and Git. This should excite you.
Go to <http://yipit.com/about/jobs/> to apply. Email [email protected] with any
questions.
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markmsmith
Raleigh, NC
Rally Software
We are hiring for both entry-level and senior software engineer positions.
Rally provides an application lifecycle management suite focused on Agile
methodologies and delivered as a SaaS web application. What this translates to
day-to-day is exciting & innovative full-stack development, playing with the
latest technologies and embracing the challenges of developing a multi-tenant
app at scale. Our technology stack currently includes Groovy, Grails,
Javascript (ExtJS), Oracle, MongoDB & Git, but we're also interested in
Coffeescript, SASS/LESS and NodeJS.
[http://www.rallydev.com/careers/available_positions/?categor...](http://www.rallydev.com/careers/available_positions/?category=Engineering)
We offer competitive salaries, have our own kegerator and regularly play Left
4 Dead & Team Fortress 2 at the end of the day. If this sounds like your kind
of place, please get in touch.
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SoftwareMaven
Orem, Utah - Remote
ClickLock wants to put you in control of securing your data on the Internet.
We have a plan to get there and funding to make it happen.
We believe strongly in customer development and in staying very lean. We are
using Erlang, CouchDB, and JavaScript on the back end and lots of things on
the front end, since we will need web, desktop, and mobile clients.
We are currently looking for two engineers, one for the front end and one for
the back end. I'm looking for intelligent, motivated people and am not
interested in buzzword bingo on a resume.
These are employees three and four in the company and include equity! If you
are especially passionate about helping people secure their online lives, I am
fully accepting of remote workers. Send your resume/interesting
projects/GitHub page to travis -at- clicklock -dot- com.
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robobenjie
Mountain View, CA -Anybots Inc
Taking over the world with robots. Starting with mobile telepresence. We are a
very small team (around 10 people) but have already started shipping our
product and are deep into developing the next version as well as pushing new
features out to deployed robots.
Hiring: back and front end developers (we use Node/JS on the site)
General Hackers (we use python and c++ on the robot and C in the embedded
boards)
email [email protected]
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picardo
Patch Labs - New York, NY
Platform Engineer (Full time)
Patch Labs (<http://labs.patch.com>) is building new ways to make life easier
for you and your neighbors.
About you
* You’re smart, and make it happen
* You love being part of a small team that solves big problems
* You’re pragmatic when architecting solutions to real world challenges
* You’re informed by both well established and emerging approaches to solving big problems
* You keep the end user in mind, and appreciate the value of developing useful software that scales
* You’re Agile where it makes sense, but always sensible, clever and hard-working
As a founding member of Patch Labs, you will work closely with a front-end
engineer, user experience designer and product manager to create really
useful, intuitive software. Specifically, you will:
* Architect, build and ship highly-scalable systems, libraries, and frameworks
* Code using primarily modern languages (Scala, Clojure, Ruby, etc.)
Requirements
* Passion for building software that makes life easier
* An understanding of the challenges involved in building popular applications at web scale
* BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
Ideal experience:
* NoSQL solutions (MongoDB, Cassandra, CouchDB, etc.)
* Search relevance solutions (scoring functions, query classification, text normalization, etc.) and technologies (Lucene-based, Real-Time search, etc.)
* Cloud based services and hosting (AWS EC2, etc.)
* Developing APIs and Web Services
* Consuming interesting APIs (Twilio, GroupMe, Venmo, Foursquare, Twitter, etc.)
* Geo-location, geometry and mapping
* Natural Language Processing (NLP)
* Mobile development
* Open source projects
* Comfort with Git
What We Offer
* A driven, motivated, and talented team that believes in working hard and reaping the rewards
* Laid-back office environment in the heart of SoHo
* Competitive compensation and excellent benefits
Apply: [email protected]
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mindcrime
Chapel Hill / Research Triangle Park, NC
Fogbeam Labs
Seeking technical and/or non-technical co-founder(s).
At Fogbeam Labs, we like to think of ourselves as "The Next Great Open Source
Software Company." We're building awesome information retrieval and knowledge
management systems (all open-source, ALv2) using Groovy, Grails, Scala, Java,
and many existing open-source tools and libraries: Lucene, Solr, Mahout, UIMA,
OpenNLP, Jena, Droids, Roller, Camel, etc.
If you have a passion for open-source software, and are particularly
interested in information retrieval, machine-learning, AI, and want to be part
of a company that's pursuing a proven business model (selling software to
other businesses, for, like, actual money), and want to get in early and
become an actual co-founder (with a corresponding equity stake), ping me.
NOTE: Not funded yet, and the current founder (mindcrime) is still working a
day job, so another co-founder would not be expected to commit any more than I
am... So, basically, 20-30 hours a week (including weekends) until we reach a
point where we can pay salaries. Yeah, we're talking about being a _founder_
here, not an employee.
2nd NOTE: This is not just a pipe-dream or a hobby project, despite the day-
job thing. I've just had an excellent customer discovery interview with a very
large and well-known bank headquartered here in NC, and they were _very_
responsive to what we're working on. This and the Customer Discovery we've
been doing the past few months strongly suggests that there is real demand for
the kind of stuff we'll be doing; and Red Hat (if not others) have proven the
open source model. See, for reference:
[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-23/red-hat-sales-to-
tr...](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-23/red-hat-sales-to-triple-
to-3-billion-in-five-years-ceo-whitehurst-says.html)
fogbeam (at) gmail (dot) com
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nathanh
New York, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley
Hirelite is on a mission to put recruitment agencies out of business. We host
speed interviewing events over video chat to connect companies and developers
directly. We have two upcoming events:
For jobs near NYC on 7/13 - Companies participating so far: Findings, Work
Market, Etsy, JWed, Hyperpublic, Rent The Runway, Recombine, Yipit,
TheLadders, IndustryGraph
For jobs near SF/Silicon Valley on 7/12 - Companies participating so far:
Moblyng, AdRoll, Wikia, IndieGoGo, Breezy
If you're interested in participating as a developer, sign up at
<https://www.hirelite.com/events>
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jacoblyles
Palo Alto, CA - Game Closure Inc.
JavaScript gaming engineers and networking engineers.
Game Closure is using HTML5 technology to revolutionize the social mobile
gaming market. With Game Closure, you can use HTML5 to make beautiful games
today that run on popular mobile devices and in the browser with no changes to
the code.
Game Closure values deep engineering skill and a history of execution. If
you're an expert in JavaScript, iOS or Android, or real-time networking then
we would love to look at your portfolio.
We're funded and growing rapidly. We offer full salary and benefits. This is
an exciting time to be part of Game Closure.
email [email protected]
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jonbischke
San Francisco, CA (SOMA)
RG Labs is hiring: <http://www.rglabsinc.com/jobs>
_We operate under the premise that the most important decisions we make are
decisions about people (e.g., who to start a company with, who to hire, who to
date/marry...)
_ We also feel like the Web is in its infancy in terms of helping us to make
better decisions based on data and that this space could explode in coming
years.
*We'd like to be part of that explosion. :)
To hear more drop me a line directly at jonbischke at gmail or send us via our
contact form. We'd love to tell you more.
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svec
Boston, MA.
Ember is hiring embedded software engineers and QA engineers in Boston:
<http://www.ember.com/company_careers.html>
We develop the chips, software, and tools for wireless sensor networks, and we
have a ton of fun doing it.
We were just voted one of the top places to work in Boston:
[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2011/05/03/bbj-
announ...](http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2011/05/03/bbj-announces-
best-places-to-work.html)
Email me if you’re interested: [email protected]
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shantheman
Durham, NC - Spring Metrics
We're making web Analytics much, much more interesting and useful.
Ruby on Rails dude/dudet, with a healthy serving of HTML/CSS/JS/jQuery and the
likes. If you've got back-end skills too, all the better.
<http://www.springmetrics.com/jobs>
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wrs
Seattle (or San Francisco) - Product/UX Designer
Picture of Health makes tools that help people take care of their loved ones.
We are well-funded, self-funded, pre-launch, and small (4 in Seattle, 2 in
SF). This is an opportunity to be in the first wave and help define how we do
things.
We're looking for a product designer who will own design for our web and
device software products. We're building consumer services, and having the
right design will be critical to our success. This person needs to make sure
our products are simple, usable, and successful at solving problems for
people. We're primarily looking for interaction design skills, but visual
design ability and/or front-end prototyping ability would of course be a plus.
The current dev team is me plus three former Hashrocketeers in downtown
Seattle. Our stack is Rails; our process is story-based, test-driven, and
design-respectful. (We'd love to hear from great developers as well if you're
interested -- see <http://vurl.me/AZHL>)
We'd prefer to keep the dev/design team in Seattle for now, but we could bend
this rule for an exceptional person who wants to be in SF.
Misc. company facts: My co-founder used to be CEO of Sun Microsystems. We have
competitive salary, equity, and benefits. Our Seattle office is in the South
Lake Union area. Dogs are welcome. (More facts on request.)
Apply: <http://vurl.me/BMFE>
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ksowocki
New York NY - INTERN + FULL TIME PHP Devs @ Ignighter.com
Ignighter is the largest and fastest growing group dating site in the world.
Ignighter, a 2008 TechStars company, was founded with the vision of
revolutionizing the way that twenty-somethings use the Internet to date.
Through its group dating model, Ignighter provides a safer, less awkward, more
fun approach to online dating. Since its launch, Ignighter has been featured
in numerous national publications and media outlets including the NY Times,
the Wall St. Journal, NBC, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, the Washington Post, The
Philadelphia Inquirer, and Inc Magazine.
Ignighter has millions of registered users and is growing by hundreds of
thousands of new members each month across the globe. Ignighter just closed on
a Series A financing comprised of leading VC funds and angels in the US and
India. The company is headquartered in NYC and will soon be launching an
office in India.
Ignighter was voted "Best Startup in NYC to work for" by the management team
of the company. Yes, you read that right. And we won in a landslide. We're a
small team with big plans for growth in the coming years. As a critical member
of our small team, your contributions will be highly impactful. We value our
company culture and hope that our future hires will contribute to our hard-
working, but fun-loving office atmosphere.
<http://www.ignighter.com/jobs>
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kevbo
Evanston, IL
Junior Python Engineer at Leapfrog Online
We're the leading independent digital direct marketing firm in the country,
developing programs for Fortune 500 marketers to find and convert the right
customers. We stake our business directly on the success of our products, our
Clients’ business results, and ultimately, their satisfaction.
We offer a competitive salary plus an incentive and benefits package; a close-
knit team who likes what they do and has fun doing it; and, if that’s not
enough, there’s free all-you-can-drink soda, and free bagels on Fridays.
We're looking for a junior-level Python Developer to join our Test Engineering
team, writing functional, integration, and unit tests in Python for our
Django-powered business platform. As part of the Ops team, we also do light
system administration and help write monitoring tools.
Requirements: an intense attention to detail, a love of learning, a passion
for problem-solving, and a good attitude and sense of responsibility. You
should also have experience with a dynamic language such as Python, Ruby, or
PHP; be comfortable working on a *nix command line; and have general knowledge
about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
We're committed to agile and open source; we use packages like mechanize,
twill, Selenium, nose, and PyQT every day.
If you think you're a good fit for this position, apply with your resume and
salary history. kboers (at) leapfrogonline.com
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jnovek
OwnLocal in Austin, TX
Working through newspapers, we make the web less scary for small businesses.
We're hiring:
\- Ruby systems engineer (<http://ownlocal.com/company/jobs/ruby-systems-
engineer/>)
\- Web UI Designer (<http://ownlocal.com/company/jobs/web-designer/>)
We're also interested in talking to interns who want to pick up Rails.
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julesbravo
Columbus, OH (full-time, remote): SearchSpring
We're a small boot strapped team (profitable) working on the future of
e-commerce search. We provide a search service to internet retailers that is
second to none.
[http://searchspring.jobscore.com/jobs/searchspring/front-
end...](http://searchspring.jobscore.com/jobs/searchspring/front-end-web-
developer/dGCFWGxbyr4l27eJe4bk1X)
<http://www.searchspring.net>
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lpolovets
Los Angeles or Bay Area or Shanghai preferred, but remote work is a definite
possibility. Full-time only. If you're interested in remote work, you must
live in the U.S. (U.S. citizen living outside of the U.S. _might_ be okay)
Factual aims to be the place where people meet to share, improve, and mash-up
data. Our vision is to be an awesome and affordable data provider for startups
and developers, so that they can focus on innovation instead of data
acquisition.
We have a terrific team that is still fairly small, and an incredible CEO (he
was the co-founder of Applied Semantics, which was sold to Google and became
AdSense). We recently raised a Series A from Andreessen-Horowitz, and our
customers and partners include Facebook, SimpleGeo, and Newsweek. We have lots
of challenging problems to work on at all layers of the stack: data cleaning
and canonicalization, deduping, storage, serving, APIs, etc. If you love data,
Factual is the place to be.
Ideally you know Java, Clojure, and/or Ruby, and you'll get bonus points for
experience with machine learning, NoSQL, algorithms, infrastructure, and/or
Hadoop.
<http://www.factual.com/jobs>
You can also email me personally at leo -at- factual.com
~~~
lpolovets
Just double-checked with our hiring manager, and I was wrong.... U.S. citizens
living in other countries who want to work remotely would not be okay due to
different laws, tax complexities, etc.
~~~
mbenjaminsmith
That's a shame. The tax and other advantages for both parties are significant.
In your position it's something I would familiarize myself with.
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rmorrison
Comprehend Systems (YC W11), Palo Alto CA
We're revolutionizing health care and databases! You can read more about the
position here:
<http://www.comprehend.com/about_careers.html>
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boha
San Francisco, CA
Localmind
Funded, early startup building awesome realtime, location-based Q&A, with lots
of fun stuff in the pipeline.
<http://www.localmind.com/jobs>
1) UI/UX Design Lead
2) Android Developer
3) Community Development Director
I _personally guarantee_ that you will love working with us. How's that for a
benefit?
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jakehow
New York, NY (full-time)
Zipmark (<http://zipmark.com>) is building mobile and alternative payments
infrastructure that gives individuals and businesses direct control over their
checking accounts, enabling them to transfer funds, pay bills, and settle
debts without complex fees, or intermediary stored value accounts.
We are looking for:
* Full Stack Engineers: We have a diverse set of problems to solve and accordingly work with many technologies: Javascript, Ruby, JVM, Objective-C, Redis, Risk analytics and ML, etc.
* UX/Design: We value designers who can build beautiful applications and can actually do work in this medium. Like a painter or photographer should understand the chemistry of their medium, you should be fluent in the tools of this one. To us that means: HTML5, CSS, JS, Interface Builder, working with templating languages, source control(GIT), etc.
Interested? Send us a note: [email protected]
Please, no 3rd party recruiters or outsourcing firms.
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e1ven
Waltham, MA-
We're looking for an Affiliate manager (and any Mongo Experts) here near
Boston.
If you're a Mongo DBA, and want to work with large and growing datasets,
scaling to multi-shard, multi replicaset servers, I'd love to talk with you.
For the Affiliate- SavingStar is searching for a star to help take our
revolutionary startup to the next level in an important role. We're seeking an
experienced affiliate manager (3-5 years experience) to help us revolutionize
the grocery coupon industry. As the only national paperless grocery coupon
service, we're poised for amazing growth. We want you to help grow our user-
base and revenue by recruiting top publishers, monitoring and consulting with
publishers to optimize SavingStar's promotion on blogs and websites, and
tracking and forecasting affiliate program revenues. Opportunities for amazing
growth don't come around too often. This is one of them. Please apply if you
have demonstrated past success managing affiliate programs.
E-mail me. [email protected]
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jpbutler
Practically Green - Cambridge, MA
We built Practically Green to provide tools, knowledge and motivation to help
people make healthy, green changes in their life.
The first product we've built is the Practically Green website, launched in
closed beta in May 2010, with an open beta last September. The site gives you
an assessment quiz, helps you build an action plan to improve and gives you
the tools and information to execute the change.
We bring in social proof (and social norms) through connections with Facebook
friends, neighbors and real-life groups. Our science is rock-solid and our
content is compelling. We've incorporated gamification and other behavior-
change techniques gently throughout the application. We have an email
component, and we're developing a mobile complement.
We're looking for:
* Director of UX * Senior Rails Engineers * Entry-Level Rails Engineers.
More information here: <http://practicallygreen.com/jobs>
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GavinB
New York City/NYC Art Director/Creative Lead with experience in either web UI
or game design. Video or animation experience a big plus. We build games for
kids and teens and need someone who can create designs, lead branding efforts,
and direct in-house and freelance designers in building out the games.
Send resume and link to portfolio to [email protected]
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kemayo
Really REMOTE. You don't even have to be in the USA.
deviantART (<http://www.deviantart.com>) wants developers. We're fully remote;
there's no central office with a devteam located there. We expect all hires to
be comfortable working in PHP, JavaScript, CSS, and SQL; we like our
developers to be able to hack on any part of the site, rather than being
frontend/backend specialists.
One exception to all that: there's an Infrastructure Engineer position which
is located in Vancouver. It's C++/Java focused, and involves developing
backend services used by the rest of the site.
We post information about our development process here sometimes:
<http://dt.deviantart.com/blog/>
Apply here: <http://deviantart.theresumator.com/apply?source=hn>
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dh0913
A Small Orange is a shared, reseller, VPS, and dedicated web hosting company
based in downtown Durham, North Carolina. We have about 35 employees or so
now, but we're always looking for great Linux system administrators and
technical support people to join our growing team.
If you know about Linux and/or web hosting, we want to hear from you. We're
hiring from entry level live chat support to senior system administrators, so
your current skill level isn't as important.
All of our positions are remote, include full benefits, competitive pay, and
plenty of other perks. If you're local to Durham, NC, you're also welcome to
work from the comfort of our downtown office, but that's up to you.
You can read more about what it's like to work for A Small Orange and see our
current openings here:
<http://jobs.asmallorange.com/>
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mtsmith85
New York City, New York
Thrillist.com, the leading men's lifestyle newsletter, is growing and needs
more hands and brains to keep up with our agile, fast-paced development cycle.
We're looking for a PHP developer -- Junior level on up. It's a growing start
up -- slowly growing into an actual company. We have our main content site,
Thrillist, a flash sale site, JackThreads and our new rewards product,
Thrillist Rewards. We have an amazingly smart team and a great company
culture. We're working on some big updates in the coming months and some
really cool internal projects, too. Our technologies are PHP, Mongo, MySQL &
Postgres, SOLR and Drupal & CakePHP. I'm the lead developer for Thrillist and
have been here almost a year and am loving every minute of it.
Email us at [email protected] if you're interested. Do me a favor and let
us know you came from HN, too.
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madmanslitany
New York City, NY - Palantir Technologies
<http://www.palantirtech.com/>
I haven't officially started work at Palantir yet (and will be in Palo Alto
for training once I do), but Palantir is hiring engineers aggressively for its
brand-new office in New York City.
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josharian
San Francisco (Mission): card.io
Exciting start-up (just officially launched last week!) doing mobile payments
and computer vision, seeking amazing engineers. We love generalists (but won't
sniff at expertise).
<https://gist.github.com/821454/>
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ipster
San Francisco / Los Angeles / NYC / Remote
Passionate about the outdoors? AllTrails.com is hiring front-end and back-end
engineers.
We're the number 1 outdoors site. Founders from Google / Facebook / Microsoft.
Well funded and some really exciting things in the pipeline!
email: [email protected]
~~~
blumentopf
Is there a careers page on alltrails.com? Couldn't find one. Alternatively,
can you give more details about the specific knowlege that you're looking for
in applicants? Thanks.
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ghotli
Memphis, TN – American Roamer
Director of Software Development
We are changing the way that the telecommunications industry looks at market
intelligence with our in-browser spatial data analysis services. Right now our
team is growing and we’re looking for a natural leader with a strong
background in software engineering. You should be able to help us scale to
meet the growing load on our servers and our developers by fostering an
environment where quality code is shipped every day.
Some technologies we work with: Solr, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Ruby, Rails,
Javascript, OpenLayers, Node.js, Varnish, HAProxy, AWS, and Chef.
<http://www.americanroamer.com/careers/job-opportunities/>
email: [email protected]
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bostonpete
Burlington, MA - C++ software development of engineering desktop products.
Exa Corp (www.exa.com) is a CAE software company (primarily used for
automotive design). We have a variety of positions open on our website, but
I'm particularly focused on filling one spot in my group. Here's the posting:
http://exa.com/pages/company/job_postings/11_Swe_Engr_CAE_MA.html
I manage a team of three (including me), which we're looking to grow to
support our rapid growth. I hired one developer last week and am looking to
add another. Note that the job description lists 5-7 years experience, but
that's very flexible.
Shoot me an e-mail if you have any interest or want more details -- the e-mail
in the posting ([email protected]), will come to me.
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calbear81
Mountain View, CA (Full time, H1B welcome)
Room 77 (www.room77.com) - hotel room search engine, Launch winner - We're
looking for software engineers and UI/UX designers to help us build a better
hotel search engine. We've got massive amounts of proprietary data and a whip
smart engineering team from Google, Facebook, and the usual suspects.
Software Engineers (multiple positions)
Who you are:
* Superstar coder, self-motivated, focused, and interested in making a big impact as an early employee of a fast-paced startup
* BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or a related field
* Passionate about travel
What you’ll do:
* Build upon Room 77’s first public product with powerful new features
* Design algorithms to enable the world's fastest and most feature-rich travel search engine (primarily with C++, Javascript, PHP and Python)
* Revolutionize the way people travel
For all other positions and to learn a bit more about why you should work with
us, check out our jobs page here: <http://www.room77.com/jobs.html>
Engineers, hit us up at [email protected]. All other positions, try
[email protected].
Cool facts about Room 77
* We just secured a series B of $10M+. Hotel search and the lodging industry is ripe for disruption and we've got a unique product, proven technology, and a team that's been around the block a few times.
* We launched February 2011 at the LAUNCH conference in SF and won Best Startup. We were also Audience Favorites at the Startup Showcase at Web 2.0.
* We just inked our lease on the 3rd floor of a building one block off Castro in the heart of downtown Mountain view right below Tasty Labs (hi Tasty Labs!)
* We're backed and advised by some serious heavyweights in the industry including the founder and ex-CEOs of Expedia and Hotwire as well as by technical wizards like Rasmus Lerdorf.
* We are H1B friendly and relocation friendly.
* We work hard but we respect healthy work life balances. We try to have fun together as well.
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justin
We're hiring for two teams at our office in SF:
TwitchTV: We're looking for engineers excited about building the future of
gaming video and competitive esports. We have the largest platform for gaming
video on the web and are rapidly growing in a new and exciting space. Read
more here <http://www.justin.tv/jobs/jobs>
Socialcam: We're building apps that make it fast, easy and fun for everyday
users to share video from their iPhone or Android. We think smartphones will
displace all other devices as the dominant form of media creation, and
Socialcam will be the app people use to create that video. Read more here:
<http://socialcam.com/jobs>
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ahochhaus
Milwaukee, WI (H1B)
[http://careers.joelonsoftware.com/jobs#/11923/software-
engin...](http://careers.joelonsoftware.com/jobs#/11923/software-engineer-
samegoal)
SameGoal is hiring talented software engineers who are experts in distributed
systems, C++ and building world-class user-friendly products.
Our platform builds on top of many great technologies including:
* Mostly C++; some Python
* WebKit/Chromium
* Closure Tools
* Protocol Buffers
* LevelDB
* Libevent
Additionally, we use the following tools:
* Debian GNU/Linux
* Git
* Gerrit code review tool
* GYP build tool
Please send a resume to [email protected] to apply.
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eyao
San Mateo, CA (no telecommute)
The Playforge is hiring software engineers!
We make mobile social freemium games currently focused on the iOS platform.
Our first game, Zombie Farm, was Apple's top grossing freemium game of 2010
and continues to remain on the top grossing charts to this day.
In this role you will help us design and develop the server infrastructure and
game APIs to support the over 15 million players on our social games.
Candidates should feel comfortable with PHP, MySQL, and some javascript/css.
We will be integrating Redis into our stack soon.
<http://theplayforge.com/jobs.html> contact: [email protected]
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drags
Verba, San Francisco, CA
We help college bookstores decide what to sell to students (print? rental?
digital?), who to buy them from, and how much to sell their inventory for.
Students get their books for less, local bookstores make more money and
everyone's happy.
We're hiring a full-time engineer:
* Most of our stuff is built on Ruby on Rails
* We do a _lot_ of visualization work, so JS skills are a plus
* Oodles and oodles of data flow through us, so couchdb/map-reduce/basic
statistical knowledge could be leveraged!
<http://www.verbasoftware.com> and email me at [email protected]
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bpuvanathasan
San Francisco, CA - PagerDuty
We are reinventing the stagnant world of IT operations software. Want a job
hacking on a product with a proven market and customers ranging in size from
startups to Fortune 500s? We are PagerDuty, a 9-person startup that builds IT
operations tool that reduces downtime by helping businesses reliably and
rapidly respond to high-severity incidents in real time.
We hack using: \- Ruby \- Rails \- jQuery, Backbone.js, Handlebars.js \- MySQL
\- Linux (Ubuntu) \- Amazon AWS (EC2, EBS, S3) \- NGinx \- Phusion Passenger &
Unicorn \- Postfix
Learn more at: <http://www.pagerduty.com/jobs>
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klous
Southfield, MI
Full-time: Developers, Web Analytics Analysts, E-commerce Manager. Other
positions: writers, business development, and news desk positions.
VC backed media startup, focusing on actionable trading ideas and real-time
news.
<http://www.benzinga.com>
Top-Venture Backed Company Hiring Programming Experts
A rapidly growing media company backed by the founders of Groupon is hiring
computer and programming experts to help with some enormously exciting
projects.
Do you want solve difficult problems and build status-quo-shattering products?
We are a major media company and your work will not be limited to internal
problem-solving.
We want people who want to create major changes for the benefit of the world.
Just as Groupon empowered society to save money through collective bargaining,
we want to help people stay informed and connected like never before.
Join us for this exciting, explosive phase of growth. Use your programming
skills to their full potential.
Some of the skills we are looking for in the developer & e-commerce roles:
* Drupal * most popular contrib modules (panels, views, cck, etc.) * PHP * optimizing code * theming * worked on Drupal sites before * MySQL * Javascript * Git * Ubercart
If you are familiar in any of these areas, let us know. We are a fun, vibrant,
high-energy team in the Michigan area, and we promise a few laughs and baked
goods in addition to a very competitive compensation package with benefits!
Send your resume + whatever else you'd like to include about yourself. Please
send to scott [ at ] benzingapro.com
or head here <http://www.benzinga.com/careers> and include Attn: Scott
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jdrock
Houston, Texas (H1B accepted)
80legs is building a next-generation web data platform - a service that will
allow anyone to run SQL-like queries on all data available from the web. We're
looking for talented folks to help us :)
Positions available:
* Data Technical Lead - handling all things data, ML experience a plus
* UX Engineer - building a search interface for 1B+ data points
* SysOps Engineer - improving back-end performance of a complex infrastructure
More info at <http://www.80legs.com/careers.html>. Feel free to email me at
shion -at- 80legs -dot- com.
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jsherry
CB Insights in New York, NY
Front-End Developer (Full-time):
[http://www.cbinsights.com/jobs/FrontEndDeveloper-
CBInsights....](http://www.cbinsights.com/jobs/FrontEndDeveloper-
CBInsights.pdf)
CB Insights is a National Science Foundation-backed data company working on
difficult problems focused on very large markets. Although early on in the
game we are revenue generating and are pushing the lumbering dinosaurs in our
industry to the brink of extinction. Our data is frequently featured in the
media which you can see here - <http://www.cbinsights.com/press.php>.
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bluelu
Trendiction in Luxembourg:
<http://www.trendiction.com/> <http://blog.trendiction.com/tag/joboffer>
No remote.
Looking for 1-2 more java developers in the field of: - distributed large
scale crawling, content extraction, data analysis
We crawl, analyze (extract article, author, date, theme, sentiment,...) and
monitor websites (news, blogs, ...) for our clients.
If you are interested on medium scale (cluster of > 200 servers), distributed
applications), feel free to contact me directly under [email protected]
~~~
djenryte
Unrelated, but I visited Luxembourg last year while backpacking in Europe.
After fearfully walking a few blocks away from the train station full of very
pushy homeless people I found sprawling bridges overlooking storybook castles
and lush gardens! Beautiful country!
It might be hard to find non-remote devs with the exact knowledge you require
as the population of Luxembourg is relatively small, no?
~~~
bluelu
Nice to hear that you liked it here. Many people call Luxembourg the small
switzerland. They also have plans to reorganize the main central station and
to build a park on it. So in 5-10 years, it will look much nicer.
We don't require our applicants to be experts in these fields, but smart
people willling to create things and to learn. We found quite a few good
people during the last few months.
The plug and play center (from San Francisco) will also be opening its
European offices here in the future, so there might be more competition for
developers in the future, who knows.
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jazzdev
DocuSign - San Francisco, CA & Seattle, WA
We're the leading provider of electronic signature services (more than 7 of
every 10 e-signatures)!
We are a pre-IPO company and have openings in San Francisco and Seattle for:
* Mobile Developer (iOS)
* PlugIn Developer (.NET, GreaseMonkey, Browser plugins)
* Integration Engineer (ASP.NET, C#, Web Services)
* QA Engineers
You can send your resume or questions to [email protected]
Job descriptions for these new positions will be on our web site next week:
<http://www.docusign.com/careers>
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claytonm
Seattle, WA - Software Development Engineer
AWS - My team is looking for software engineers passionate about building new
web services. If you’re interested in building high performance distributed
systems, come join a new AWS service and influence the direction of the
leading cloud provider. We have several positions for a range of experience
levels. If you’re not in Seattle but are up for a change of scenery, Amazon
has a great relocation program that makes it extremely easy to join AWS.
To apply, send your resume to [email protected].
AWS is an unique mix of startup culture/autonomy combined with the ability to
leverage the incredible infrastructure of Amazon/AWS. I’ve worked in AWS for
the past year and I’ve learned more in that time than I thought possible. I’m
an infrastructure person at heart, and at other companies I’ve worked for, I’m
always torn between doing the deep engineering that I love, or working on a
more customer focused product. In AWS, they are one and the same. I like
having scalability, availability, and performance as core features of the
product I’m building. Another thing I love about working in AWS is the impact
your work has - your service is used by thousands of developers, and those
developers use your service in ways you never imagined, which are then used by
millions of people.
Detailed job descriptions :
<https://us-amazon.icims.com/jobs/133388/job>
<https://us-amazon.icims.com/jobs/137679/job>
<https://us-amazon.icims.com/jobs/137677/job>
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alexhektor
JDownloader - Nürnberg (Bavaria, Germany) - full time:
<http://wemakeyourappwork.com>
Who you'll be a part of: We're the developers of JDownloader, the market
leading download management tool with over 15 million happy users. On top of
that, we work on client-side applications for some of the top 200 websites
worldwide.
With only 3 people, we're still a relatively small, but highly motivated team
with high aspirations, great opportunities and an extremly optimistic outlook
on the future. Joining us, you'll have the opportunity to experience rapid
growth right when it's happening while actively being a part of building and
growing a big company.
What you'll do: As (Senior) Java Developer, you're in charge of diverse
responsibilities and work on them either alone or in teams. You're responsible
for parts of JDownloader, but on top of that will also have your own projects
or products, for which you take the lead developer role.
Because we usually don't have strict deadlines or draconic specifications, we
expect you to prioritize and get things done by yourself. You should feel cozy
in your code, but also keep an eye on things like SEO strategy, project- and
product management as well as user interface and experience. Your own ideas
and innovations for projects, features or products are more than welcome and
will actively be supported.
Send your resume, links to your current/past projects, social profiles or
whatever you think we should know about you to e-mail@appwork.
We're looking forward to working with you :)
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mkeblx
Madison, WI - REMOTE
A new funded startup creating an easy to use electronic design webapp for the
maker movement.
Passionate about making tools that simplify people's lives? We are looking for
an all-around hacker, experienced with creating advanced frontend interfaces.
Mainly would be doing a large amount of HTML5, Javascript+SVG (Raphael,
custom), and using PHP, MySQL on the backend (Cake). Big bonus points if you
have a hardware background: microcontrollers, designing PCBs, tearing things
apart, and general familiarity with the Maker movement.
Interested, questions? [email protected]
~~~
walrus
FYI, the link to Cirkuit on your user profile is incorrect (it links to .com
instead of .co). The project sounds neat though.
~~~
mkeblx
Thanks. Beta launch this summer.
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yosho
San Francisco, CA
Web Developer/Backend Engineer at an Early Stage Stealth Start-up
Helping people discover new experiences.
We are a stealth start-up located in San Francisco that helps people find new,
unique experiences and activities in their city based on their interests and
personality. Our team is focused on building great products that change the
way people think about their free time.
We are an early-stage VC-funded company looking to bring on excellent talent
with competitive salary and equity options. You will have a chance to work
directly with the founders and be part of the core team (5-8 people).
We are looking for a backend engineer with the ability to build excellent web
and/or mobile products. Real-world experience is preferred (this means you
have worked on creating web products from start to finish - either in the
professional setting or as side projects).
Required skills: \+ Willingness and ability to pick up new programming
languages \+ Ruby on Rails \+ Javascript/JQuery \+ CSS/HTML \+ MySQL \+ Amazon
Web Services \+ UNIX/Linux \+ Easy going
Bonus points: \+ Web scraping technologies \+ node.js \+ Objective C (iOS dev)
\+ Experience scaling servers (caching/optimization)
You will work directly with the CTO, who handles most of the back-end
programming, on a daily basis, and deploy product updates on a regular basis.
Your responsibilities are primarily Rails programming, but you will be
expected to work on whatever is necessary at the time.
If you fit the bill, apply with your resume and portfolio.
[email protected]
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famousactress
San Francisco (full-time, remote for right fit) - Elation EMR
We're a small angel-funded team working hard to empower physicians and their
patients to fundamentally improve healthcare. We'd love to add one more
developer to our team before raising more money. It's a really great
opportunity to work with us to shape the company and product from the
beginning!
Our tech stack currently includes javascript, jQuery, Google's Closure
Toolkit, Python, Django, Celery, Redis, Haystack, MySQL.
Find out more at <http://elationemr.com>
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derrekl
Los Angeles, CA and Washington, DC Metro Area
Ruby Engineer, Iphone Engineer, Android Engineer
taximagic.com is revolutionizing the taxi industry by building web, mobile,
and back end tools for consumers and taxi providers alike. We're a startup, in
a growing phase, competing in an exciting red hot space! We offer stock, 401k,
health and competitive salary and we don't expect you to sleep under your
desk!
Check out our available jobs <http://taximagic.theresumator.com/>
or email [email protected]
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i34159
CloudFlare (www.cloudflare.com) in San Francisco (H1B)
We have built a global network to help make every website faster and more
secure. We're looking for the most talented engineers who want to tackle some
of the web's hardest problems, see their work positively affect hundreds of
millions of people every day, and be a part of a fast-growing, San Francisco-
based startup.
Tens of thousands of sites worldwide (from Laughing Squid to CrunchGear to
Metallica to the Government of Turkey to the IRS of Pakistan) are already
using CloudFlare. More than 200 million people will experience a faster, safer
Internet because of CloudFlare this month -- and that is only 9 months since
our public launch!
CloudFlare is an engineering-driven organization. The best ideas win here.
We're a small (20) but rapidly growing team. We're looking for talented
engineers who get excited about the challenges of working at Internet scale.
We are currently actively seeking:
Site Reliability / TechOps Engineers, PHP Developers, Data Architects,
Technical Customer Supporters, Javascript Performance Wizards, Systems
Engineers, NGINX Specialists, and more...
Check out some of the jobs we're currently looking to fill at:
<http://www.cloudflare.com/join-our-team.html>
Or send us your resume directly to:
jobs (at) cloudflare (dot) com
You can also learn more about CloudFlare, our culture, and our passionate
community by following CloudFlare on Twitter @cloudflare.
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danielha
San Francisco, CA.
We're looking to build the right product team that can take Disqus to what we
see as the next act. We're still a small company (~20) with a lot of user
reach (~500mm/mo, 45mm users). Incredible, connective experiences is what
we're after, and we're game for experimentation.
We're hiring for many engineering/design roles, as well as actively searching
for super strong product leads to shape the next stage of Disqus.
All position at <http://disqus.com/jobs/> or hit me up at [email protected].
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nolanbrown23
San Francisco, CA / Baltimore, MD
Millennial Media - We are the largest mobile ad network in the US
Come work with us to solve big and interesting problems on a large scale.
We're hiring Android and iOS engineers as well as a web developer and systems
architect. On the business side of things we have positions available in
Publisher Services as well as other teams.
nolan [at] millennialmedia [dot] com or [http://www.millennialmedia.com/about-
millennialmedia/careers...](http://www.millennialmedia.com/about-
millennialmedia/careers/)
~~~
mshafrir
My old company, a great place to work!
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jlentz
Reston, VA
comScore is hiring Software Engineers.
In this role you will:
* Build large distributed systems that scale well - Your systems will be processing 500 billion new records every month.
* Be involved in solving challenging technical problems.
* Participate in ongoing research and evaluation of new related technologies.
Qualifications
* 5+ years experience in server-side Java development. C++ experience a plus.
* Strong full-cycle software development experience. High-volume, scalable, robust systems experience a plus.
* Understanding of distributed systems, data structures, object-oriented programming, multithreaded programming and performance optimization techniques.
* Hands-on Hadoop experience a plus.
* Experience with distributed databases (AsterData nCluster, Vertica, Greenplum, etc.) a plus.
* Proficient in Linux and Windows operating systems.
* Working knowledge of Linux (CentOS / RedHat a plus) and Windows systems administration.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Comfortable working as part of a team as well as self motivated enough to define and complete tasks on own.
* Strong problem solving skills with a can-do attitude. Should be able to thrive with minimal supervision.
* Prior Agile (Scrum) development experience a plus.
Apply online at <http://www.comscore.com/Careers>
Email me with any questions.
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far33d
Boston, MA
Zynga Boston has a small team working on the next big social game. We're
looking for a number of positions in engineering, art, product management, and
data analysis.
My email is in my profile.
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brikis98
Mountain View, CA (full-time): LinkedIn
Engineering positions open across the board. We are building the professional
network. Work with Java, Spring, Scala, JRuby, Grails, Node.js, RoR, Hadoop,
iPhone, Android, and more. See <http://engineering.linkedin.com/> for more
info.
* Software Engineer - Applications: <http://linkd.in/SWE-Applications>
* Software Engineer - Mobile Applications: <http://linkd.in/SWE-Mobile>
* Front End Engineer - Applications: <http://linkd.in/Front-End-Engineer>
* Software Engineer - Systems and Infrastructure: <http://linkd.in/SWE-SI>
* Research Engineer - Data Analysis, Data Mining, Machine Learning: <http://linkd.in/SWE-Data>
* Software Engineer - Tools: <http://linkd.in/SWE-Tools>
* Performance Engineer: <http://linkd.in/SWE-Performance>
* Software Engineer in Test: <http://linkd.in/software-engineer-in-test>
* Release QA: <http://linkd.in/Release-QA>
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joebasirico
Security Innovation's (<http://securityinnovation.com>) team of amazing
hackers is hiring (Boston, MA).
I'm looking to hire a couple awesome security professionals for our Boston
office. We assess a wide range of really interesting technologies, from web
apps to mobile to crypto. You have to have a true passion for security, most
of the team does this on their off time and it's all we talk about. If you
dream in hex, clickjack for breakfast, exploit XSS, SQLi and CSRF for lunch,
Buffer Overflows and Format String Vulns for Dinner and some AuthN/AuthZ
hijacking for a midnight snack you're our kind of candidate.
You'll have time and budget to do research, go to and speak at conferences,
and build tools that will change the internet (We helped develop Firesheep, if
you remember that).
You can e-mail me directly: jbasirico at securityinnovation dot com for more
informaiton.
Check out our postings <http://securityinnovation.recruiterbox.com/>
[http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1718329](http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1718329)
[http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1718256](http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1718256)
~~~
Satinel
Two questions 1\. Do you hire fresh graduate with background in information
security? 2\. Do you sponsor H1B?
~~~
joebasirico
If the candidate is smart, passionate and very excited about security we would
absolutely hire a fresh graduate. We can also sponsor an H1B.
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eddylu
Los Angeles, CA - Grubwithus - Fulltime, Intern, H1B
Join Grubwithus and be responsible for creating real-life friendships,
marriages, business partnerships, and more.
We're growing quickly and are looking for all development positions including
frontend, backend, mobile, analytics, UX, etc. Our site is built on Rails but
as long as you're smart and have good CS fundamentals, come join us.
<http://www.grubwithus.com/jobs>
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jbarmash
New York, NY - EnergyScoreCards.com
We are a data platform for energy efficiency industry (think Mint.com for
energy of big buildings).
Come work with us - we are at an exciting intersection of energy efficiency /
statistics, sustainability, real estate, and finance areas. Started two years
ago and have started seeing the beginning of the hockey stick in the last six
months.
We are still a fairly small team but hiring aggressively.
jean at energyscorecards [dot] com.
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RichardPrice
Academia.edu is hiring engineers in San Francisco. (Foreign applicants are
welcome - we have obtained visas for 4 of our team members so far).
Academia.edu is a platform for academics to connect and share research. We are
building a hyper-connected academic graph, so every researcher has their
entire research community at their fingertips. We currently have 1.9 million
unique monthly visitors, and have doubled in traffic in the last 6 months.
Here are a few bullet points that sum up the atmosphere in our team:
\- obsession with exceptional engineering
\- obsession with building a great web product, and a great user experience
\- intellectually inquisitive - we like delving into ideas, whatever the ideas
are about
\- fun and friendly - we enjoy each other's company a lot, and have a great
deal of respect for each other.
We want to continue this atmosphere through the people we hire.
Here are some of the technologies we work with: Rails, Nginx, Node.js, Redis,
Memcached. We are based in downtown San Francisco. More information about the
team, and about how we think about software engineering and product
development, is here <http://academia.edu/hiring>
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JacobIrwin
San Francisco, USA (from home and office-based work; split)
We are looking for a lead developer that has 3-5 years of experience creating
mobile/tablet applications for the following three platforms: Android
(mobile), iOS (iPhone), and iOS (iPad). Knowledge of recently upgraded
“versioning” requirements is essential to this position. Coding/programming
experience on Android (tablet) and Blackberry is a plus (but not required).
This position will be compensated for generously and the chosen candidate will
have the opportunity to lead a team of developers as we continue to scale;
this is a salary plus residual-commission paying position. We have a global
footprint in the market of custom app development and accordingly the position
may grow to encompass development of mobile & tablet apps for customers on
several continents.
<http://www.thecreativeappco.com/>
For consideration, please send three (or more) examples (preferably names of
apps already published in the marketplace; apps available for us to download
and preview), a resume (or school/work history), and any other relevant
anecdotes to:
[email protected]
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javery
Adzerk - Raleigh/Durham, NC
We are building the next generation of ad serving - fast, adaptable,
extensible, and comprehensive. We are looking for super smart engineers who
are ready to learn and grow - we don't care what you know now, we care about
what you can learn and how quickly.
Flexible Hours, Good Pay, Options, Unlimited Vacation, fun technology.
Apply here- <http://adzerk.com/jobs>
~~~
kacy
I was coming to post this! :-) -- Seriously though, you should come work for
Adzerk. Ad serving may sound boring, but we're using some of the newest tech
to build a highly scalable company. Also, the Raleigh-Durham area is fantastic
and fun!
~~~
mindcrime
_Seriously though, you should come work for Adzerk_
No, if you're in the Durham area, you should come co-found Fogbeam Labs with
me! ;-)
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cschmidt
Cambridge, MA
Percipio Media
_Company:_
Percipio Media applies state of the art predictive modeling and optimization
technology to online media activities. Through both life-pathing membership
sites and broader media services, Percipio improves online user experience
while simultaneously increasing ROI for partners.
We spend a seven figure budget each month on SEM traffic, so you'll be in
charge of buying a lot of clicks
We're a well funded startup, currently 8 people. You'll get smart coworkers, a
private office with a door, health and dental.
_Job:_
Online Media Manager for SEM
We run some very high traffic web sites, and need someone to manage our Google
and Bing search engine marketing. We take a very quantitative, data driven
approach to driving traffic. We don't just plan campaigns in a spreadsheet. As
such we are looking for:
* fluency in a scripting language such as Python, Ruby, or Perl
* a degree in a quantitative field such as CS, math, engineering, etc.
* a good knowledge of SQL
Experience in running SEM traffic is obviously a big bonus, but is not
required.
Please respond to the email in my profile.
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ntolia
Mountain View, CA
Maginatics is hiring!
While we are still in stealth, we are looking for strong systems developers.
In general, you need to be smart and hands-on with experience in distributed
systems, storage systems, security, algorithms, or Infrastructure-as-a-Service
(IaaS) and other cloud systems.
Check out <http://maginatics.com/jobs.html> to apply. We also do H1Bs.
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Mc_Big_G
San Francisco, CA
VerticalResponse is hiring for a lot of great positions:
* Ruby on Rails Developers
* Ruby on Rails Architect
* Director of Product Management
* Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Analyst
* Senior QA Automation Engineer
* Online Marketing Specialist
* Product Manager
* Director of Acquisition Marketing
* Senior Financial Analyst
* Customer Relations Specialist
VR is an established and successful, privately held company in SF for the last
10 years. We work with Rails 3, Git, JQuery, Rspec, backbone.js, Haml, Sass,
TDD, pair programming, agile development and other leading technologies (you
don't need to have experience with all of these). I've been working there as
an engineer for 7 months now and really enjoy it.
Occasional work from home is allowed if you have an important appointment or
need to keep germs out of the office. We have happy hour on Fridays and the
fridge is stocked with a wide variety of beer, so we'll sometimes end the day
with a cold brew while we finish pairing on a difficult problem.
Apply here: <http://jobvite.com/m?3RB34fwj>
~~~
mcdowall
H1-B possible?
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allon
Hi All,
XPlace (www.xplace.com), Israel's leading freelance marketplace, is hiring a
Java Server Expert with guru-level experience in Hibernate, Tomcat, Spring,
MySQL.
More specifically, we’re looking for a Java expert who knows web development
inside-out to help us build the next generation of online marketplace
solutions. The developer should have experience creating database-driven
solutions and have completed at least one live production website.
The developer will work closely with the founding team to define, design, and
implement the new products and features. 5+ years working in web development
projects in a senior role Good problem solving skills Expert in developing
high performance solutions in Java Expert with Open-Source Frameworks
including Spring and Hibernate Web server configuration and management for web
applications (Tomcat, JBoss, etc.)
Experience working with MySQL Server, database design, and writing proper SQL,
extensive experience with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS best practices as well as
knowledge in software design and common Design Patterns.
Please contact us by emailing admin (at) xplace.com.
~~~
bartonfink
Do you require relocation to Israel, or would you be willing to accommodate
remote work?
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tdonia
Brooklyn, NY
Main Street Connect <http://www.mainstreetconnect.us>
Our Creative Tech team is looking for smart hackers to evolve our product.
We're building a national community news network, so we've got a wide range of
work to be done and problems to solve. We think they're interesting problems.
Mostly in PHP.
[email protected]
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kschrader
New York, NY
Intent Media is hiring software engineers, devops engineers, and a product
manager.
Doing lots of cool stuff in Ruby, Java, Javascript, Hadoop, AWS, etc. Lots of
data to play with and lots of hard problems to solve.
We're in SoHo in NYC in an awesome loft.
More info at <http://www.intentmedia.com/jobs> or email me at
[email protected]
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jonkelly
Denver, CO
This or That (thisorthat.com) is looking for an experienced software engineer.
We're using Java, Mongo, jQuery, Hibernate, and Spring.
Life at This or That: _private office_ (with a door!), health insurance, very
reasonable work hours, full salary and options. And, Denver, the greatest
place to live on Earth.
<http://thisorthat.com/pt/jobs>
~~~
bartonfink
Do you all have any interest in part-time help?
I live in Denver and can make it to Lone Tree for meetings, but just had a
baby and am hesitant to switch full-time positions right now.
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Cyranix
Hm, seems that kchilek forgot to post our listing. In addition to the info
below, you can reach me at [email protected] to ask about our
development work and company culture.
===
MyEdu.com - Austin, TX - Fulltime - PHP / JavaScript Developers
www.myedu.com
MyEdu is an education based company that helps college students plan and
manage their college career online using our innovative suite of web
applications. Our team is comprised of some of the best developers in Austin
and we are seeking a few more to join the group. You must be creative,
talented and a high performer who thrives working on projects that will change
people’s lives.
We are seeking an experienced PHP / JavaScript Developer that has extensive
experience in MVC frameworks, Object Oriented Development, agile practices and
works well both individually and with a team.
Tons of experience the the following would be a major plus: - JQuery - Restful
Web Services - Solr - XML/XSLT - NoSql - Document Databases - Memcached
Email [email protected] with your resume and any other relevant material
you have.
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jordan0day
Shawnee, Kansas (suburban Kansas City, Missouri area)
Perceptive Software is a leading creator of enterprise content management
(ECM) software products and solutions, committed to organic product
development and superior engineering. Our flagship product — ImageNow document
management, document imaging and workflow suite — is used today by customers
across all industries in more than 30 countries worldwide. In 2010, Perceptive
Software joined Lexmark International as a stand-alone business unit, and as a
result, our presence is rapidly expanding into the global ECM marketplace.
I'm a software developer at Perceptive and can say it is by far the best work
environment I've been in. We're looking for more smart developers to join us.
We're a C++/.NET/Java shop, but previous experience in any of those three
isn't strictly necessary, as long as you're willing to learn.
Check out our careers online:
[http://www.perceptivesoftware.com/company/careers/northameri...](http://www.perceptivesoftware.com/company/careers/northamerica/research-
development.psi)
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jerryr
As of September this year: San Francisco near Market Street
Currently: Palo Alto, CA (very close to Caltrain)
MindTribe is hiring Electrical, Mechanical, and Software engineers. We're an
engineering consultancy in downtown Palo Alto (considering an office in SF
very soon though, so if that interests you, let us know). Notable projects
include the Aliph Jawbone headset, the Pure Digital Flip (before it was
acquired by Cisco). We're looking for thought leaders who will help us bring
agile development to physical products in support of our clients' customer
development efforts. <http://mindtribe.com/jobs/>
I'm our Director of Software Engineering and, despite the requirements listed
on our website, I'm specifically looking for enthusiastic embedded developers
with strong C skills, test-driven development discipline, and agile planning
experience--regardless of degree or pedigree. And the agile experience/mindset
is more important than intimate knowledge of C. If this excites you, contact
me at [email protected].
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ahuibers
Mountain View, CA -- Bump
Bump is the #7 app in US for all time and #3 in Japan with over 40M downloads.
Innovation you create at Bump will push out to >>10 million active users and
growing.
We are hiring for _Applied Mathematics_ (need to be able to code), Operations,
CSS/Javascript, Design, Backend Development, iOS, Android. We will train on
iOS or Android for the right candidate.
We work on scaling (using Riak, Redis, MongoDB), performance in a real time
probabilistic environment (Python, C, Haskell, and .. math!). We also have
some very challenging design & UX work going on with the core product and new
products.
We are backed by the twin powerhouse VCs Sequoia and Andreessen-Horowitz. We
are a 25 person company (+11 interns) with a very open culture. For all you
SFers, our office is _at_ the Caltrain station.
Check out our dev blog: <http://devblog.bu.mp>
[email protected] to reach me (Andy) or <http://bu.mp/jobs>
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megaduck
IndieGoGo, San Francisco CA
H1B okay, No telecommute (sorry)
IndieGoGo is a rapidly growing funding platform, based in beautiful San
Francisco. Our site is used by people all over the world to raise money for
creative projects, businesses and causes. Millions of dollars have been
contributed to over 25 thousand funding campaigns in over 200 countries.
Our customers are passionate about their funding campaigns, and so are we.
We're venture backed, and are looking for folks to fill the following roles:
* UX Designer
* Senior Rails Developer
* Junior Rails Developer
* Visual Designer/Developer
* Product Manager
For the devs, exposure to functional programming languages is a plus.
This is a chance to have a lot of immediate impact on the world, while working
with a cool team in a casual atmosphere.
More info: <http://www.indiegogo.com/careers>
Or, you can contact me directly: [email protected]
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danonet
La Jolla, CA (San Diego, CA) - Nettle, Inc.
We are pre-launch so not much to say about the application or market.
Actually, the market is large and worldwide, but that's all I can say. Our
team is small and very productive. We work in python and use interesting tech
such as elastic search, django and zeromq. It is 72 degrees and sunny and the
doors to the deck at the office are wide open.
Just hired an awesome front end developer who is making great progress with
our lead app developer. An API has been released to our external partner.
Hiring: One or two software developers with experience in python and relevant
modern stack components. Lots of details at <http://nettle.com> . New team
members will be working on the infrastructure and programming interfaces for
the web and mobile devices.
The team members have all been successful in prior organizations and are
really the best at what they do. Come join us.
email [email protected]
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Hovertruck
NYC - Meetup is hiring for just about everything.
<http://www.meetup.com/jobs/>
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seliopou
Providence, RI
Tracelytics (<http://tracelytics.com>, [email protected]) looking to hire
for two positions:
* Software engineer, experienced with Cassandra, and an expert in Python and systems programming.
* Marketer, experienced in executing online marketing campaigns, and that can contribute to strategy
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Lisa_O
Chicago, IL (downtown)
BrightTag is changing the way data rights management is handled on the
Internet. We're looking for a senior front-end developer and a software
developer to join our tech team. As part of our tech team, you’ll be using
your coding skills to build an amazing product already in use by very large
e-commerce sites. We're Agile and work with JavaScript, node.js, Ruby,
MongoDB, Java and more.
Our management team has a track record of building innovative companies and
making successful exits. Our CTO is Eric Lunt (co-founder and former CTO of
Feedburner). We are vc-funded. Our investors include The Pritzker Group and
Tomorrow Ventures.
We do work and shun big company politics and drama. We believe in our
employees having a life outside of work, are big advocates of being involved
in the open source community and are just nice people.
Interested? Lokeefe(at)brighttag.com
Please, no 3rd party recruiters or outsourcing firms.
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BvS
Berlin, Germany (full-time and freelancer)
Non-profit Startup betterplace.org is looking for a senior and a junior Rails
developer.
For more information check:
[http://blog.betterplace.org/de/2011/06/22/betterplace-org-
su...](http://blog.betterplace.org/de/2011/06/22/betterplace-org-sucht-ab-
sofort-senior-rails-entwickler-mw/)
and: [http://blog.betterplace.org/de/2011/06/22/betterplace-org-
su...](http://blog.betterplace.org/de/2011/06/22/betterplace-org-sucht-
auserdem-ab-sofort-junior-rails-entwickler-mw/)
If your German or your translation skills are good enough to understand the
offer, please contact us.
For a PHP freelancer opportunity please check:
[http://blog.betterplace.org/de/2011/06/28/gesucht-fur-die-
be...](http://blog.betterplace.org/de/2011/06/28/gesucht-fur-die-betterplace-
solutions-gmbh-php-webentwickler-mw-als-freelancer-freier-mitarbeiter/).
~~~
bartonfink
Ich verstehe Sie, aber ich wohne in der USA und kann nicht mein Frau und
Tochter nach Berlin umziehen. Ist es so schwer, Deutsche Muttersprachler zu
finden?
Viel Gluck!
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axiom
Waterloo, Ontario
We would consider hiring remote developers, but ideally we want someone who
can work in our office with the rest of the team.
We are a growing and profitable startup in the education space with 12
employees. Our development team is small and we're still giving very large
stock options to anyone who joins (>1%.)
We're looking for a generalist - everyone on our team touches front-end,
backend and database. You'll be working with javascript and all the usual
suspects on the client site (including socket.io) and you'll be working in
Python on Django on the server. We're not necessarily looking for someone who
knows the specific tech that we use, but mainly someone who's really smart and
able to learn quickly.
Apply here: [http://jobs.startupnorth.ca/job/insanely-smart-web-
developer...](http://jobs.startupnorth.ca/job/insanely-smart-web-developer-
waterloo-on-canada-top-hat-monocle-355bb2c903/)
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JungolHQ
Madison, WI - REMOTE
Job Opening: Associate Developer at Jungol, Inc
Jungol, Inc is a exciting startup company based out of Madison, Wisconsin.
We’re creating a web application to help organizations connect and team up
online. As one of the select number of companies in Madison’s own seed
incubator, we have access to an office right on the capital. We are going
full-force to finish the initial development of our web application and to
roll out a beta version in just a few weeks.
We're looking for energetic and talented developers to join our team for 3-6
weeks beginning Monday, July 11.
TASKS INCLUDE: Front-end work, Back-end work, UX/UI, General Design
We're using Ruby on Rails, jQuery, and SCSS. We use git for version control,
develop locally, and deploy to heroku.
If interested, please send your resume to [email protected] with "Jungol
developer position" in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you!
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gregdetre
Memrise - Boston, MA (but remote could work)
We're looking for people who dream in either Django, iOS or Javascript and
want to help reinvent learning - our CEO's a Grandmaster of Memory, I'm the
CTO and a Princeton PhD neuroscientist, and we're busily growing the world's
most creative learning community.
Yours, Greg Detre - [email protected]
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covati
Durham, NC - Senior Software Eng @ Argyle Social
We are looking for another A-player to help us continue to grow out our Social
Media publishing, management, and engagement solution.
Are you interested in: • Deep integrations with twitter, facebook, google+,
wordpress, etc. • Working with lots of social, click, and conversion data •
Going from idea, to mockup, to production in a few weeks • Taking the lead on
projects that excite you • Flexible work schedule, free snacks & drinks • Web
apps, built in php that provide users easy-to-use and effective marketing
tools
If that sounds good, then check us out. We are small and efficient team, using
agile 2.5 week sprints. We also have an amazing designer who will make
everything you build look hot ;)
More details at: [http://argylesocial.com/jobs/durham-nc-software-
engineering-...](http://argylesocial.com/jobs/durham-nc-software-engineering-
job)
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jon_dahl
San Francisco, CA - Zencoder
Zencoder is putting video infrastructure in the cloud. We're growing, our
customers love us, and we have the best technology in the industry.
Always interested in hearing from awesome people, but we're especially looking
for a designer.
Web Designer:
* beautiful design and CSS a must.
* if you can help with javascript, writing, or marketing projects, that's a plus.
* Rails experience wouldn't hurt either.
* open to experienced designers, early career folks, or interns alike...
* ...you just have to be really good.
Benefits include catered lunches, full health/vision/dental insurance,
retirement matching, an Aeron chair, a great work environment, and the ability
to work for a Y Combinator company that is making a real impact in an
exploding industry.
More info at <http://zencoder.com/jobs/>.
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gnubardt
Brightcove - Cambridge, MA & Seattle, WA ;INTERN
We're an online video platform with lots of data, lots of traffic and lots of
tough problems to solve. In the time it takes you to read this sentence, the
Brightcove player has been loaded over 9,000 times worldwide. That's over 1
Billion video player requests per week!
We develop with java+spring, python, rails & mongodb.
We've openings for:
* DevOps Systems Engineer
* Front End (UI) Principal Software Engineer/ Architect
* Principal Software Engineer - Reporting & Analytics (Big Data)
* Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
* Senior software engineer
* [Senior] QA Engineer
* QA & Software Engineering Interns
See the full list and apply online: <http://www.brightcove.com/careers>
Let me know if you have any questions [email protected]
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_mattb
Fremont, CA - Engineers of all sorts, Interns and Full-Time
Redwood Systems is building a web-enabled platform for powering and
controlling LED lights in commercial spaces and datacenters. Our system
collects a large amount of very granular sensor data and we use this
information to save energy and increase our clients' productivity. Our
engineers work with big-name customers to deliver solutions and shape the
direction of our product. It's an awesome time to be working here!
We're about 50 people now and are hiring engineers for backend development,
sales support, application development, manufacturing, and power systems
development. See our full list of openings here:
<http://redwoodsystems.com/about-us/careers> Interns are being hired in many
of the same fields. Feel free to get in touch with me directly -- mball -at-
redwoodsys.com
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apike
Vancouver, BC
Steam Clock Software (<http://steamclocksw.com/>) is hiring an iOS engineer as
employee #1. We're a profitable bootstrapped product company focused on
consumer apps.
<http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/9175>
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anandvc
Bangalore, India (full-time): RoR-based Facebook App Developer
Hiring Rails/MySQL/Javascript/CSS/Facebook API expert
I have a few facebook apps right now and I need someone full-time to manage,
maintain, update and keep improving and growing them. The main app has about a
million email permissions and 500k fans. The apps were written in 2007 with
Ruby on Rails 1.2.5 and are hosted with two VPS CentOS app servers and a VPS
MySQL database server. The server uses HAProxy to distribute the incoming
requests among mongrels. Static files are served using apache. Facebook has a
new requirement that by September 1, 2011 all apps have to move to the new
OAUTH 2.0 authentication system using the Graph API and work with SSL
connections.
For more details on the requirements and to reach me, please go here:
<http://bit.ly/mi57W0>
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llnimetz
San Francisco (Founding Engineer, H1B, Full-Time)
rippleQ: we're applying social and game mechanics within the enterprise so
companies get more impact out of their training and development programs. With
rippleQ, companies can crowdsource on-going training support to their
employees.
We've built our site using a php MVC framework (codeigniter), jquery and
mysql.
<http://bit.ly/rippleQengineer>
We want great engineers who want: * founder’s equity * to shape product and
product development. * some real experience building a company. * meaningful
work: (a) help real people rediscover the love of going to work, (b) be part
of the democracy in the workplace movement
Contact us to hear more about rippleQ. <http://bit.ly/rippleQengineer>
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cyen
San Francisco, Venuetastic (YC W11)
Looking for a generalist engineer (intern or full-time) to be our first
employee. Standard Rails stack, but candidates with experience in equivalent
technologies are wholeheartedly welcome as well.
<http://venuetastic.com/jobs>
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LukeG
Eventbrite is hiring, and it's awesome here.
Unreal team, sick engineers, great problems (scaling, consumer web, data,
etc). Come work with the good guys.
Check out <http://eventbrite.com/jobs/>
We're in San Francisco, CA and H1B friendly for the right folks.
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benwerd
Austin, TX
Java Developer at latakoo: <http://latakoo.com/>
We're looking for a Java developer for cross-platform client-side Internet
application with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux editions, with potential for
browser plugins and server-side plugins. Must have experience developing with
web-based APIs. Interface design and web development experience a plus.
This is a freelance contractor position that could turn into full-time if you
are the right person. Salary will be based on experience, but is very
competitive. You'll be working with one of the world's premier social
networking gurus. We're looking for a self-starter with creativity and
confidence, but someone with a willingness to listen to others and cooperate
with a team. Contact us at 512 502 5666, 972 897 6755 or [email protected].
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chrisaltman
Atlanta, GA Emcien <http://emcien.com/> <http://gabacus.com/>
Rails Engineers. Work with mathematicians using discrete algebra to recognize
patterns in everything from manufacturing data to Twitter.
[email protected]
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kynphan
Seattle, WA
Position: Senior Python developer (full time, non-contract position)
\- 7+ years experience in development
\- 4+ years experience developing with Python
\- very familiar with relational databases and SQL
\- familiar with HTML/CSS
\- familiar with Javascript
\- exposure to ORMs
\- exposure to PHP
Pyramid/Pylons/Django, Rails, or SQLAlchemy experience is a plus but not
required. Most work is backend oriented with simple web-interfaces (internal
tools).
Compensation: Varies by skill level, but we typically pay above the industry
average.
Benefits: Complete medical/dental/vision coverage.
About us: Stripes39 is an internet marketing company started in 2005 by
several UW graduates. Today we have over seventy employees and are located in
Pioneer Square.
Contact us at [email protected]
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dlapiduz
Deerfield Beach, FL - Playwire Playwire is a comprehensive video platform that
does everything from encoding to streaming to monetization.
We are looking for Ruby on Rails developers for our front end and a Flash
developer for our player.
Feel free to contact me for more info: [email protected]
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goronbjorn
Palo Alto, CA - Box.net
Our mission is to enable simple and secure content sharing and collaboration
in businesses of all sizes.
While the mission is straight-forward, the execution of it has presented Box
with a number of interesting challenges:
How do you maintain security in the cloud? How do you provide high levels of
functionality with an easy-to-use interface? How do you best serve millions of
files a day to a global customer base? How do you scale the infrastructure and
operate internationally in a cost-effective manner? How do you leverage other
services and platforms to enhance the Box experience?
We're hiring across the board in Product/Engineering: <http://bit.ly/boxjobs>
email me if interested in anything: [email protected]
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tobyjoe
Control Group is looking for great product developers (and more).
iOS/Android, LAMP, JRuby+Rails+Sinatra, HTML5 & CSS, and lots of sensor-based
& out of the home work. We help start-ups launch and develop really
interesting projects for Fortune companies, VCs, JVs, and indy founders. We
pair, we do TDD, we don't work late, and we don't have silos. Everybody loves
UX and has a product-oriented mindset.
We need senior and junior folks: visual designers, UEDs, devops (especially
AWS) folks, coders, product managers, and even some hardware
designers/prototypers.
We're small (75 folks), 10 years old, privately owned, and based in NYC. The
stuff I can't talk about is far more exciting than meets the eye.
toby.boudreaux at ControlGroup.com - I'm the CTO and the guy to talk to :)
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simonrand
Dublin, Ireland (remote an option)
UI/UX Designer (Web/Mobile)
iorum make Web, Mobile and Social applications. We are looking for a web &
mobile user interface/user experience designer to expand our team for an
initial contract period of 3 months, with a view to a longer term
contract/position.
You will: Sketch/conceptualise/refine complete interfaces for web and mobile
applications \- Undertake or oversee interface implementation \- Work within a
small team doing great work on diverse projects across platforms
Strong UI design skills, graphic skills and experience with HTML/CSS are all
requirements. Experience with JavaScript and/or Ruby (inc. Rails/Sinatra) is a
big plus.
Full details at <http://www.iorum.ie/jobs/>
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ckurdziel
New York, NY
Front End Engineer & Back End Engineer @ Shelby.tv
We're a TechStars NYC graduate looking for some badass engineers who meet a
few basic requirements: You work with (and watch tons of) online video,
Process updates in real time from a growing list of firehoses (twitter,
facebook…), Use the best technology for the job (Rails, Mongo, Node, Redis,
Beanstalk…), Develop and contribute open source, Love the modern web (HTML5,
CSS 3, JS, modern browsers), Stay the fuck away from IE < 9 and Flash, Love
every screen (monitor, tablet, phone, tv, headrest, IMAX), and most
importantly, focus on building an exceptional team that builds something
people want
If you're interested, shoot Dan an email at [email protected]
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scottblew
San Francisco, CA (full-time) : <http://WordsPicturesIdeas.com>
We are looking for a versatile and multi-talented Web Developer to join our
team. Developers support Senior Developers on project development and
continually maintain existing projects. They are able to independently
research and complete development tasks assigned to them. They are also able
to lead small-scale development projects.
Key skills/Experience Required: * Drupal & Wordpress CMS Platforms (Theme
development & maintenance) * PHP * Javascript (jQuery) * CSS & HTML best
practice markup skills in a cross browser environment. * Familiar with Adobe
design suite. Fireworks, Photoshop & Illustrator
apply at [email protected]
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abbyc
Clustrix - San Francisco, Software Development Engineer
Clustrix has developed a highly scalable distributed database system from the
ground up. We are looking for skilled systems developers to help us with the
next generation of Clustrix Database. As a candidate, you should be an
experienced C developer and proficient in concurrent and asynchronous system
principles.
Additionally, experience in any of the following areas is highly preferred.
It's a sample of the kinds of problems Clustrix developers are faced with on a
daily basis:
Compiler design and implementation, Distributed query planning and
optimization, Distributed concurrency control mechanisms, Fault tolerance in
distributed systems, and/or Distributed transaction management.
Submit resumes to [email protected].
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michaelfairley
San Francisco, CA
1000memories (YC S10)
We're building the Wikipedia of everyone, ever, and we need web engineers and
mobile developers to help us do it.
<http://1000memories.com/jobs>
[email protected] with any questions
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bdblack210
Irving, TX (Dallas area) Technical Development Team Jobs.
IBG.com, a comprehensive Internet Marketing firm specializing in Marketing and
Visibility Solutions for individuals and businesses is moving our corporate
headquarters to Irving, TX and we have the following positions available. Are
you interested in a new role? Do you know someone who is? We offer competitive
pay and benefits.
• Senior Ruby on Rails Developers • Jr. Ruby on Rails Developers • UI Designer
• Linux System Administrator • SEO Manager • SEO Specialists
Send a resume of interest or referrals to [email protected]
Please share this message.
Thank you.
BTW – In addition to our current product offerings we are working on a well-
funded social media application. Plenty of innovation taking place!
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jdale27
Palo Alto, CA - DNAnexus
We're a startup building the computing platform for the genome era. In the
next few years, millions of genomes will be sequenced, and we will provide the
software infrastructure to store, analyze, and make sense of these enormous
data sets.
You: a great hacker, looking to work on a talented team, in a fun environment,
on big problems that will make a difference in people's lives.
We're hiring for multiple software engineering positions. See
<https://dnanexus.com/careers> for details.
Also, we're offering a fantastic referral bonus: $20,000 plus your full genome
sequenced! Check out <https://dnanexus.com/careers/referrals>.
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matthanger
Indianapolis IN (full time, local) Courseload <http://courseload.com>
We are a funded startup seeking our third software engineer. We deliver
e-textbooks and digital course materials with the goal of reducing costs to
students and improving educational outcomes.
We're ~80% front-end (JavaScript) and ~20% back-end (Python). We use fun tools
like CoffeeScript, Mongo and Solr. We don't support IE<9\. We iterate quickly
and release often, and have a strong devops mentality.
We're looking for a professional with strong front-end skills, attention to
detail, and the proven ability to ship. If you think you can help improve the
educational experience for students and instructors then let's talk. matt @
courseload.com
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SteveOS
Paris, France - Mimesis-Republic (creator of <http://www.mambanation.com>) (No
need to be or speak French)
We are looking for a Scala Senior Software Engineer for working on
Scalability/Distributed-computing/Cloud computing on your virtual universe.
Ideally with experience in Scala or at least knowledges in Java but strong
willingness to learn Scala.
Mimesis-Republic is young, dynamic and rapidly growing company, mainly
composed of talented and passionate engineers. We are building a 3D virtual
universe with high graphical quality and strong ties to social networks. In
this context, we seek to improve our technology to be able to cope with
growing user demands.
Email me directly: [email protected]
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arcanez
Boston, MA
Senior Linux Sysadmin/Engineer
This position is responsible for management of critical network
infrastructure, including our network hardware, SAN, and Linux machines
(physical and virtual). You will share emergency 24x7 on call duties and
respond to critical outages including on-site work as necessary. As we are a
small team, you will also share responsibility for email, support tickets and
phone calls from employees and financial advisors. The position reports to the
CEO/CIO.
[http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/servlet/JobSearch?op=302...](http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/servlet/JobSearch?op=302&dockey=xml/c/5/c5570f1fd76bc9d4895ab039e1217f37@endecaindex&source=19&FREE_TEXT=cantella&rating=99)
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dvjohnston
San Francisco, CA
Python Web and Backend Developer at Prism Skylabs (full-time, local only)
We are a freshly funded company looking to fundamentally transforming how
video and the web meet the real world. We're looking for a highly motivated,
creative developer to participate in the design and implementation of our
system. You'll have an active role in influencing our system architecture,
whether you're a junior programmer with fresh ideas or a hardened veteran with
years of experience.
Requirements: intimately familiar with Python and Django, working knowledge of
SQL, comfortable developing in the *NIX environment
Also nice if you can write clean, disciplined Javascript and have html canvas
and video experience.
Contact [email protected]
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n9com
FIPLAB - London (Full time) and Remote (Part time)
Join a fast growing startup with several successful iPhone and Mac apps
(millions of downloads).
Requirements:
* Strong knowledge of Objective-C, Cocoa and the iOS SDK
* Previous experience in developing iPhone/iPad or Mac applications
* A thirst for more knowledge and an interest in the latest technologies – e.g. HTML5/Javascript web apps
* Ability to quickly work out solutions to roadblocks encountered during development
Benefits:
* Salary between £30,000 to £40,000 depending on experience
* £2,000 to spend on computer hardware
* Stock options vesting over 4 years with a one year cliff
* Flexible hours
* Relaxed and creative environment
To apply, please email [email protected]
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pashields
Floop - New Haven, CT or remote (us only, northeast preferred) - iOS, Android,
OpenGL, Mobile app design (Information Architecture through gradients and
icons)
We're a funded "stealth" startup building what we call a social opinion
platform. Our iPhone app will be launching later this month. We'll be
gathering feedback and iterating quickly, so we'll need some help! We're
interested in anyone with one or more of the skills listed above. We're low
overhead, flexible on hours, and all we really care about is getting shit
done.
Please submit code/github/portfolio if you are interested. We'll be happy to
add you to our testflight before we chat so you can see what we are all about.
Good compensation, equity for right person. pat at floop dot com.
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nwilkens
Monroe, MI - Linux System Administrator @ MNX Solutions
We provide Linux consulting services, 24x7 monitoring, and pro-active support
for our customers.
Further detail: <http://www.mnxsolutions.com/jobs?hn>
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oldmantone
Alpharetta, GA GiftRAP Healthcare Solutions
Hiring senior engineers to build web/mobile solutions for experienced,
profitable player in the rehab medical space. We are a small agile software
development shop with a terrific people-centric culture that values great
software, great customer service, and a passion for the elderly.
We are looking for generalists who have experience in object-oriented anaylsis
and design, the Microsoft technology stack, and HTML/JavaScript front-end
skills. Come join a team that's building for the future and make your mark
writing new enterprise software without supporting legacy applications.
Interested? Email [email protected] for more details.
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rajesht
Mountain View/ San Bruno, CA
I work for company called @WalmartLabs. It was previously known as Kosmix and
acquired very recently by Walmart. I joined almost 9 months ago, and really
loving it so far. We have very fun and social work environment. I like the
work we are doing here. You can find more about the vision of the company from
Anand's (our Founder) blog [http://anand.typepad.com/datawocky/2011/04/retail-
social-mob...](http://anand.typepad.com/datawocky/2011/04/retail-social-
mobile-walmartlabs.html)
And yes we are looking for more team members who are fun, smart, and share our
excitement. You can reach me via [email protected] , and we do H1B as
well.
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gsharkhr
Grooveshark is hiring developers (front-end/javascript), designers (web UI),
admen (yield optimization/digital sales), and more...check out
grooveshark.com/careers for more info or send your resume/cover
letter/portfolio to [email protected].
-chomp
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vipulved
Topsy Labs is hiring hackers in San Francisco.
We condense nuance from petabytes of fact. Often in milliseconds.
We hack in Python, Perl, C++, Hadoop.
We wrote a distributed RDF store that holds 100B triples, and a search engine
from filesystem up that organizes indexes in real-time.
We run Topsy.com, Otter API (otter.topsy.com) and we are building some amazing
new products in the intersection of social data and search.
If you do any two of (C++, Perl, Python, Hadoop) really well, write to me at
[email protected].
Vital stats: 32 people. $30M in funding. 1000+ machine cluster.
cheers, Vipul Ved Prakash Co-founder, CEO Topsy Labs
~~~
rsuttongee
Ha, I like your inversion of the Snowcrash quote, "condensing fact from the
vapor of nuance" -- what a great tagline for a social search company.
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jnorthrop
Seacoast, NH (full-time): Web/App Developer for The International Association
of Privacy Professionals (<https://privacyassociation.org>)
We are the world’s largest association for professionals in the field of
privacy and data protection (a fast growing field!). We need help expanding
our website, tightly integrating a number of 3rd-party systems and
implementing plans for new interactive products; both web-based and for mobile
specifically. And generally just helping scale up with our growth!
The job is an entry-level position and will be working primarily with PHP and
.NET.
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danielhfrank
New York, NY - Software Engineer , fulltime
Trendrr is a real-time data processing engine that powers Trendrr.com,
Trendrr.tv, and other media experiences. We are a small, lean startup. Our
stack is built on open source, and we believe in giving back wherever
possible. This is a very small development team, and you will have a hand in
everything.
For more information about the position see:
[http://blog.trendrr.com/2011/05/24/software-engineer-
wanted-...](http://blog.trendrr.com/2011/05/24/software-engineer-wanted-..).
or contact me directly, I am a developer at Trendrr and am happy to answer
your questions
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klochner
San Francisco, CA - RentMineOnline (FBFund '09, SeedCamp '08)
We're revolutionizing the marketing industry for apartment communities. Our
company is small, growing and profitable.
We're hiring back-end and front-end developers.
Our stack is:
* nginx
* passenger/rails
* memcached
* jquery, prototype
* amazon rds/sdb/s3
* hosted at slicehost
* facebook/twitter/linkedin integrations
Come join our team in the Presidio and start pushing code from day 1. See your
work have an immediate and important impact on our operations & bottom line.
email [email protected]
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BuddhaSource
Building Consumers & business ecosystem using communication
<http://crumbin.com>
Advanced Python & JS Developers
Languages & Framework:
+3 Python, Erlang, Javascript +2 for any of {C, C#, C++, Objective-C, Java}
Bonus if you're intimate with any one language +3 Pyramid / Tornado / Django
Nonrel
Client Side: +3 Rich Experience in building JavaScript RIA +3 OO JavaScript +3
Design Patterns +2 Jquery / Dojo
Others:
+3 NoSql Database +3 Experience building RESTful API's Bonus Experience in
building scalable, realtime Internet applications
~~~
BuddhaSource
Edit - Mumbai,India
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pushpins
Wait? I can redeem on my phone and money comes off at the register. No
scanning of the screen, no codes to enter, it's instant and on the spot? Yep!
Pushpins (www.pushpinsapp.com) wants to make sure you never have to clip
another paper coupon again.
You're smart and we're a venture-backed SF-based company looking for Senior
PHP/LAMP Developers to help bring instant savings in thousands of grocery
stores. We were the #2 productivity app on iTunes and have been featured by
Apple multiple times.
If you're interested - shoot us an email at [email protected] with favorite
cereal. Mine's Fruity Pebbles.
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apinstein
Atlanta, GA
We are looking for a Front-end/Back-end/Product person to take over our hosted
Real Estate Search solution.
Presently our solution is PHP/Postgres/Javascript but we would consider
changing technologies for the v2 version of the product, so please don't let
the PHP scare you away :)
The company is 8 years old, profitable, and we have a plan to get big fast by
leveraging one of our other businesses. But we need a strong dev to work on it
FT.
See full details at: <http://jobs.usethesource.com/item?id=125>
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justin
San Francisco, CA - Justin.tv
Justin.tv is already the world's largest live video website (30 million users,
60 million hours of video / month). Now we are building the world's largest
competitive gaming destination in TwitchTV, and the way the world shares
mobile video with Socialcam.
We are 29 full time now, but growing quickly. Benefits include catered lunch
and dinner, anything you could possibly want for your workstation, full stack
ownership, and a fast-paced no bullshit work environment.
Learn more at - <http://jobs.justin.tv>
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cookingrobot
San Francisco, Seattle
Shopobot
We're building a fresh approach to online shopping - and were recently funded
by Google Ventures and AOL Ventures.
Looking for java devs. Extra bonus if you've done online marketing!
<http://jobs.googleventures.com/jobdetail.php?jobid=70661>
<http://jobs.googleventures.com/jobdetail.php?jobid=70662>
<http://www.shopobot.com>
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drgath
Sunnyvale, CA - Yahoo (YUI)
The YUI team at Yahoo is looking for a senior JavaScript engineer. You don't
necessarily have to know YUI, but you should be very familiar with other
libraries and be a master at JavaScript & DOM scripting. We build one of the
most widely used JS libraries on the web, so we live, eat, and breath
JavaScript. You should too.
Our HQ is in Sunnyvale, CA, so you must be located in the bay area, or be able
to relocate. We'll help out with the relocation if you aren't local.
Hit me up if you are interested in hearing more. Derek ([email protected])
~~~
phlux
What is the morale after that board/earnings call where Carol was really taken
to task?
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mikeocool
New York, NY
Python/Django Developer at Nestio: <http://nestio.com/jobs/>
Nestio is looking for smart developers who wanna join our team and help make
it easier to find a place to live! You: + Are awesome at Python and Django. Or
are really awesome at another language/framework. + Probably also know some
front end. + Know how to optimize a SQL query. + Write tests. \+ Care about
UX/Design and love talking product. \+ Enjoy eating sandwiches.
Send us resumes, portfolios, links, jokes, embarrassing photos at
[email protected].
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phillytom
Conshohocken, PA - Monetate
We're a growth-phase startup building SAAS tools for internet marketers to
enable real-time testing and targeting of content on their sites. We have web
services at scale, big data, and tons of interesting browser work. Our
languages are Python and JS, although we're happy to give people the space to
learn if that's not your specialty. We've got great projects to work on and a
great team to work on them with.
We've hired a number of people we've met through HN. Please feel free to email
directly if you'd like to chat -- tom at monetate dot com.
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asanwal
New York, NY - CB Insights / ChubbyBrain
Front End Developer (full-time)
We're a National Science Foundation backed startup that aggregates and
analyzes private company and investor data. We are using this data to tackle
some very hard problems in some humongous markets.
If you have an interest, aptitude and/or obsession with data visualizations,
web development, please take a look at the job description here -
[http://www.cbinsights.com/jobs/FrontEndDeveloper-
CBInsights....](http://www.cbinsights.com/jobs/FrontEndDeveloper-
CBInsights.pdf)
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cristinacordova
Palo Alt0, CA (full-time): Pulse News
We make a news reading application for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and
tablets. We're at 4M users and just raised our Series A financing. We're
hiring on our iOS, Android, Web, Backend & Business Development teams. For
more about us and who we're looking for, see our hiring page:
<http://www.pulse.me/jobs/#/working-at-pulse>
Feel free to shoot me an email at cc[at]alphonsolabs[dot]com if you have any
questions about the positions or want to join us!
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kevindication
National Harbor area, Maryland
Several positions open for Web Developers/Designers and system
administrator/engineers. Requires active TS/SCI.
<http://woti.jobs>
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douggaff
Boston, MA - NPR Digital Services
NPR Digital Services is a rapidly growing group inside of National Public
Radio that builds a variety of web products for NPR and public media member
stations. We're a fun office with a great technical group and an awesome
location in the Fort Point Channel - Boston's "Innovation District".
We're building a variety of products on Drupal 7 and we're looking for some
awesome Drupal developers or hard-core PHP developers wanting to get into
Drupal.
<http://bit.ly/kO3rGf>
~~~
georgefox
Any possibilities for telecommuting with NPR? I've checked the careers page a
few times, but the locations on the postings never seem flexible.
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SoulAuctioneer
Tokyo, Japan (full time): Wall Street Associates
Looking for an awesome Senior Web Application Developer (C#, OO Javascript,
ExtJS, NoSQL, web services) and a QA & Support Technician (a new position so
help us design the role!)
We're building a CRM web app for the Recruitment Industry, from which we will
ultimately extract an application platform. If you like working with cutting-
edge tech, passionate geeks, and cake, come talk to us! Deets are here:
<http://beastcrm.com/about/jobs/>
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levonjlloyd
Long Island, NY
General Sentiment(<http://www.generalsentiment.com>) is currently hiring for 2
positions
Software Engineer - Systems Looking for a software engineer with a broad base
of talents/interests to help improve our back-end systems. We currently use
Hadoop, Cassandra, Amazon EC2
Software Engineer/UI lead We are looking for someone to help us build up our
front-end team. We currently use Java Struts on the server side.
Send email to [email protected] if interested.
~~~
michaelz
I heard of General Sentiment, it is doing social media analysis, quite
interesting. Are these two permanent positions?
~~~
levonjlloyd
Yes, both positions are permanent and we are willing to do H1B's
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psota
Cambridge, MA - Panjiva is building a platform that is changing the way
companies do business across borders. We're a small entrepreneurial team of
MIT computer science grads, and are backed by the same VCs as ITA Software and
Akamai. Over a million people use Panjiva every month; we're also profitable
and growing fast. Hiring full-time (and interns) in engineering (frontend
UI/UX; web; backend data mining/ops) and business (marketing, sales, etc.).
See <http://panjiva.com/jobs> for more info.
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WorkInKarlsruhe
Any jobs in Karlsruhe, Germany? I'm sure there are --- the question is, why
aren't they reading Hacker News? Someone in Karlsruhe poke your
entrepreneurial friends to post their jobs here.
~~~
msales
Karlsruhe, Germany - mSALES GmbH - Ruby Developer
We're looking for a Ruby Developer (on site, german speaking)
<http://www.msales.com/jobs/ruby-developer> (in German)
<http://goo.gl/DeBp1> (the above in English)
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czue
Boston, MA.
Dimagi is hiring a Senior Engineer in Boston. We are a small social enterprise
that make apps that support healthcare systems in the developing world. We
focus on mobile and SMS-based applications.
Any excellent programmers welcome to apply. Experience with Python, CouchDB or
Android is a plus.
Dimagi: <http://www.dimagi.com/> Careers:
<http://www.dimagi.com/about/careers/>
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abreckle
Visual.ly, in San Francisco, CA We are building a next generation data
visualization platform and are looking for front-end hackers with demonstrated
expertise in all or many of the following to round out our engineering team.
5+ years javascript experience, we use backbone.js, jQuery, HTML5 and SVG.
Apply here if interested: [http://visually.jobscore.com/jobs/visually/lead-ui-
engineer/...](http://visually.jobscore.com/jobs/visually/lead-ui-
engineer/dah_g6AUar4kwHeJe4bk1X)
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amirnathoo
London and San Francisco
WebMynd has been doubling revenue every 3 months for the past year (while in
private beta) and is growing the team fast:
* iOS developer
* IE developer
* Javascript developers (<http://www.webmynd.com/jobs>)
We're making cross-platform app development simple by building a development
platform across mobile apps and browser add-ons. Backed by Y Combinator, 500
Startups, Founders Fund and great angel investors.
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ruff
Emeryville, CA (super short/BART ride from SF--No remotes)
Location Labs (<http://www.locationlabs.com/jobs.php>)
* Back-end devs (Python, Java, Ruby)
* Front-end devs (JavaScript, CSS, HTML5)
* Mobile devs (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, BREW)
* UX gurus (usability, designers, tech writers)
Company is growing very rapidly in an incredibly exciting space--heavy focus
in mobile personal security.
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hc5
San Francisco, CA (111 Sutter st.)
Rails engineer, fulltime, onsite
Tapjoy is looking for backend Rails engineers to join our current engineering
team of 12 (6 backend, 2 frontend, 3 client, 1 designer). The company is 4
years old, profitable, and looking to grow.
<https://www.tapjoy.com/careers/software_engineer>
I would appreciate it if you mention me (hc5) for referral, but no pressure ;)
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jamiely
Philadelphia, PA: The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
The Learning Lab develops and runs simulations for use in the curriculum. We
are open to using a variety of technologies. Time is split between project
management, in-class support, working with instructors, and development. For
more information, see: <http://beacon.wharton.upenn.edu/learning/jr-sr-
developer/>
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superjerca
Bellevue, WA
ClassifiedAds.com, Inc
<http://www.classifiedads.com/>
Linux/PHP Software Engineer
We're a small startup but we're one of the largest classified ads websites.
Check us out on Stack Overflow Careers:
[http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/12214/linux-php-
softwa...](http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/12214/linux-php-software-
engineer-classifiedads-com)
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freshfey
Localuncle.com (formerly known as loqize.me) - a location based Q6A site is
hiring:
<http://blog.localuncle.com/jobs/>
This is what TNW wrote about us: <http://goo.gl/nqQdK>
Mostly backend, RoR hackers. Dev interns and business guys are also welcome! I
intern there as a web dev and I couldn't ask for a better team. Contact me or
[email protected]
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guiseppecalzone
San Francisco, CA.
HelloFax
We're going to be the way that everyone signs documents in the future.
-Looking for an all around web developer. Cmfortable with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript (jQuery), HTML, CSS.
-Email us at [email protected]
We're growing fast, already make money and we have a huge vision. If you live
elsewhere, we'll help you move to the bay area.
Visit us at <http://www.hellofax.com>.
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sylvinus
Paris, France
Joshfire ( <http://joshfire.com/company> ) is looking for :
\- experienced JavaScript developers
\- designers (from web to smart objects)
We do the open source multi-device framework that was #1 on HN earlier today :
<http://framework.joshfire.com>
We are kind of cool but come see for yourself...
jobs at joshfire.com
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abreckle
San Francisco, CA Visual.ly
We are building a next generation data visualization platform and are looking
for few front-end hackers with demonstrated expertise in all or many of the
following and a passion for data visualization to round out our core
engineering team.
* Javascript, Backbone.js & jQuery * CSS3 * HTML5 * SVG
Click here to apply: <http://visually.jobscore.com/list>
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remi
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
We are looking for iOS, Android and other mobile developers, as well as
Ruby/whatever backend and HTML/CSS/JavaScript frontend developers.
We're a team of passionate people working with large companies on exciting and
innovative projects, as well as out own homemade products.
We are dedicated on building the best place to work at :)
<http://vie.mirego.com/en>
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dan_manges
Chicago, IL - Braintree
We mostly work with Ruby/Rails, but we'd be interested in a person without
Ruby experience who is skilled with testing, software / web dev in general,
and GNU/Linux.
More about our people, practices, and software:
[http://www.braintreepayments.com/inside-braintree/how-we-
bui...](http://www.braintreepayments.com/inside-braintree/how-we-built-the-
software-that-processes-billions-in-payments)
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kodeshpa
Do you love music? do you listen music while coding ? Oh ya, then come on,
join us . We are TuneIn.com, bringing seamless music experience from mobile,
web ,TV platform to cars. Write a code to reach million and millions users
everyday. Work with music lovers on vast range of products to solve technical
problems.
Multiple positions available check out at <http://tunein.com/careers/>
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heyawanna
Heyawanna Labs, San Francisco CA
We're a stealth startup building a platform that allows users to find and
share interesting things to do.
We're looking for:
\- Infrastructure engineers: PHP, MySQL
\- Product engineers: Javascript, Html, CSS
\- UX/Designers: strong at UX
Great Benefits: Paid return flight to San Francisco, accommodation, activities
budget, gym membership.
Email expressions of interest to [email protected]
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xpose2000
New York, NY - Lead Architect
Popdust is looking for an expert architect/technology lead to join us.
Have you built scalable web apps before? Are you an expert in PHP? Do you know
Wordpress and feel right at home customizing it? Do you look forward to
working with terminal windows?
Pluses include: jQuery/jQueryUI, HTML/CSS skills
Find out more here: <http://popdust.com/jobs/>
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stephstad
Raleigh, NC; Westford, MA; Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Tysons Corner, VA
(full time): Red Hat
Several positions available. Information on open positions at
<https://careers.redhat.com/ext/search>
Working at Red Hat means working beyond the borders of obvious and ordinary.
This is a global company growing fast and bringing open source into the
mainstream.
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tysone
The New York Times
* Software Engineers, Architects
* iOS Software Engineers
* JavaScript Engineers
* Developer Advocate
* QA, SEO, Analytics
* News Applications (Rails) and Multimedia (JavaScript, Flash/ActionScript)
More information: <http://bit.ly/nytjobs> and
<http://www.nytco.com/careers/index.html>
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adjohn
San Francisco, CA
Midokura
Join a small pre-series A company to develop disruptive networking
technologies. We're a multi-national team on three continents. Help us build
out our SF office.
We're looking for Front-end engineers, and Senior Engineers (backend).
<http://midokura.com/careers.html>
Hit me up if you have any questions or comments: [email protected]
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buymorechuck
Palo Alto, CA - Flipboard, Inc. H1B
We're seeking iOS and web developers with a passion for design and
craftsmanship. We're doing crazy things at the intersection of native and web
platforms, and if that appeals to you, let me know!
<http://flipboard.com/jobs>
[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@+HN@%@.com", @"charles", @"flipboard"] //
is this safe now?
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yters
I've only seen 2 part time jobs here. Are part time positions that uncommon?
I'd be interested working for some of these people, but I have another job.
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gommm
Shanghai, China
Looking for an INTERN
We are a startup doing consulting on the side to finance our product. We
mostly work with Ruby on Rails but also have a new project in Node.js. When
something is a better tool for the job, we use it and if you come and convince
us that it's the case for a part of your project, we will listen to you. So if
you're interested, send an email at [email protected]
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lautenbach
San Francisco, CA - Rexly - iOS team
Rexly is creating the best way to discover digital content (music, movies,
books, and tv) through trusted friends. We are looking to grow our mobile team
by adding an iOS designer and developer in the next 4-6 weeks.
our current web product here: <http://www.rexly.com/>
email to discuss: bradley @ rexly.com
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lamplighter
Uken Games in downtown Toronto
Uken is looking for talented developers to help us build mobile games in HTML5
and push what is possible in a browser.
We are a profitable startup (~17 employees) experiencing massive growth, with
over 100,000 players a day across iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and
Facebook.
More info at <http://uken.com/jobs>
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jonursenbach
San Francisco (full-time, remote for right fit) - gdgt
We're 5 guys right now with an aggressive roadmap, and want to expand to at
least 6. Looking for either a core or test engineer.
Stack: PHP, NodeJS, JS, jQuery, MySQL, Gearman, Memcache
Ping me at [email protected] if you want any more info or checkout
<http://gdgt.com/jobs>
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dennyabraham
Didn't <http://jobs.usethesource.com/jobs> replace the whoishiring bot?
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im_asl
Mountain View (Intern, H1B): Addepar
Addepar is recreating the infrastructure that powers global wealth management.
Addepar's technology increases efficiency, transparency, and sophistication
within the global investment industry, thwarting fraud and furthering
meritocracy in one of the most important areas of the global economy.
Careers.addepar.com
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aerotrain
Mumbai, India Director UI/UX at Webklipper.
Webklipper is building a customer engagement tool for website owners called
WebEngage (<http://webklipper.com/webengage>). More details about the job -
<http://jobs.hasgeek.in/view/cn5eh>
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philfreo
San Francisco, CA
Quizlet.com needs a few great developers. We are a small team hoping to make a
big difference in education by providing mostly free study tools for students.
Close to 2 million registered users. (PHP, JavaScript, etc.)
<http://quizlet.com/jobs/> or email me (phil@the domain)
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fourk
San Francisco, CA www.focus.com is hiring another senior Django developer.
What you should be: smart, use Python, Javascript (jQuery) and CSS
(Blueprint/sass) or some combination of these things. Must be willing to work
on-site in San Francisco. Our offices are about a block from BART's
Embarcadero stop. Contact info is in my profile.
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thomd
Cambridge and Brighton, UK - Aptivate
Join us and work for social good. We are looking for smart software developers
to join our team and change the way technology is used in the international
development community.
See <http://www.aptivate.org/job-web-developer>
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jaos
Pittsburgh, PA (intern, full-time,remote): Timesys
We are looking for Linux kernel hackers, build system gurus, gnu tool hackers,
userspace application developers, and support engineers.
<http://www.timesys.com/company/careers>
tell em jaos sent you
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steilpass
Cologne, Germany
Looking for developers. Our attitude:
* Being truely agile
* Diversity, self-organizing and self-fulfillment
* The right tools for the right job
* Big Data
* Fun at work
Look at <http://adcloud.de/dev> and ping me.
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sanj
TripAdvisor in Newton, MA
Hiring at all levels. You can read about how we do stuff here:
[http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/6/27/tripadvisor-
archit...](http://highscalability.com/blog/2011/6/27/tripadvisor-
architecture-40m-visitors-200m-dynamic-page-view.html)
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medwezys
Central London (MAYFAIR), Rails Developer <http://alphasights.com/rubyjob>
Central London (MAYFAIR), UI Designer / Front End Developer
<http://alphasights.com/designerjob>
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lukatmyshu
Mountain View, CA San Francisco, CA New York City, NYC
Meebo
Work on projects that reach over 185+ million users a month. remote employee's
totally cool as well. Check out a list of all of our jobs here
<http://www.meebo.com/jobs/>
------
bobhaigler
San Francisco, CA - 1life Healthcare <http://onemedical.com>
We're hiring a couple of Rails developers. One front-end focused, one general.
Rails/jQuery/CSS...
Small team, looking for HN type (amicable) folks.
email [email protected]
------
moorman
Greater Chicago metro area (full-time)
Geeknet - SourceForge, Slashdot, Freshmeat, Thinkgeek
Position: System Administrator - F5, Force 10, CentOS, NAS/SAN, datacenter
<https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=715221>
------
dshah
Cambridge, MA - HubSpot
We're a software company looking for Java and Python web developers.
For two years in a row, we've been voted the best company to work for in the
Boston area. Come find out why.
<http://jobs.hubspot.com/>
------
killion
San Francisco (SOMA), CA - Apartmentlist.com
We are a small very profitable startup building the first apartment
recommender. We are looking for Rails engineers and Hadoop/Hive machine
learning experts to join our team.
Send me an email if you are interested [email protected]
------
friism
San Francisco and Copenhagen, Denmark
We're looking for superb engineers to help us build Heroku for .NET.
More info here: <http://blog.appharbor.com/2011/07/02/appharbor-is-hiring>
------
kortina
Venmo - we are going to replace credit cards.
We're hiring in NYC:
* iOS engineers
* Android engineers
* python / platform engineers
Please send some links to apps or projects you have worked on to
[email protected] or email me directly - kortina@
------
RobbieStats
RTP, NC - StatSheet
* Ruby Developer * Designer
Must love sports
Email robbie@statsheet
------
rkarumanchi
Flipkart.com, Bangalore
In a nutshell, this is what we are currently working towards: US : Amazon.com
:: India : Flipkart.com
<http://www.flipkart.com/s/careers/tech>
------
sogrady
Greater Boston area (intern, part-time, remote)
RedMonk, a developer oriented analyst firm, is looking for someone to help
with research, lightweight programming and visualization tasks.
Ping me - [email protected] - for details.
------
sharksandwich
Atlanta, Ga
We're a fast-growing startup focused on making green building easier. We're
looking for an excellent Rails developer with an interest in sustainability.
email me and mention Hacker News. stuart at ecoscorecard dot com
------
subv3rsion
Portsmouth, NH - PixelMEDIA
Many positions open for Developers, Designers, UX, and SEO/PPC
<http://www.pixelmedia.com/company/careers.aspx>
~~~
simonsarris
Glad to see a New Hampshire company on this list
------
namityadav
Groupon is hiring in Palo Alto, CA & Chicago, IL
<http://www.groupon.com/jobs>
Design, UX, Data Analyst, Android, iOS, Web-apps (Rails), Testing, ...
------
avivw
New York City Yodle is looking for a Quantitative Software Developer
[http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=ouwOVfwt&s=Hackernews](http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=ouwOVfwt&s=Hackernews)
------
andrewhubbs
San Francisco CA (full-time): Rally
Help change the world of charitable giving
Hiring Developers and UX Designer
<https://rally.org/corp/careers>
------
Bruce_Adams
Vivisimo, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA * Ruby on Rails 3.0 on JRuby/Tomcat * Java *
C
<http://vivisimo.com/about/careers.html>
------
ig1
If you're in the UK check out:
<http://www.coderstack.co.uk/startup-jobs>
We've list lots of startup jobs.
~~~
auxbuss
coderstack looks, but I have two usability issues with it that stop me using
it. 1. No submission dates. 2. Limited locations. I'd also like to be able to
filter everywhere except London, but that's just me :)
------
iampims
San Francisco, CA.
Formspring is looking for Engineers (front-end, back-end).
<http://about.formspring.me/jobs>
------
imnieves
anywhere - any level of commitment : discopedia
discopedia is applying the massive amounts of rich, human-written, structured
data to two huge problems: 1) social search 2) web search
We are still very early stage, pre-funding, and lean and mean! But we are
driven by the desire to do something big. Really BIG, with Wikipedia.
If you are interested in working with us (currently equity only) or investing
please contact: [email protected]
------
knerd1
Knewton. Engineers!! Kickass offices in Union Square. Company that's doing
good in this world, working to revolutionize education.
jobs (at) knewton (dot) com
------
jes5199
Square in San Francisco, CA <http://squareup.com/jobs> Ruby, JRuby, Java,
devops, design, UX,...
------
yawniek
zurich, switzerland
devops/system engineer
\- you love linux
\- you can code and understand (ruby, python, java)
\- you like to talk to developers and help them
\- you are a developer yourself
\- you want to bring our platform to the next level
\- we are the most frequented swiss website (commercial) @ ~3mio uniques
\- international teams
\- very skilled teams
\- for more email me
~~~
HerberthAmaral
To what email? :-)
~~~
yawniek
twitter: @yawniek my personal mail: hn at srtnwz.com
------
js2
Mountain View, CA - RockMelt is looking for Windows (C++) and Mac
(Objective-C++) developers to help build our web browser.
[email protected]
------
danielepolencic
London, MadBid.com
MadBid is the UK's leading pay-to-bid auction site
Hiring: back and front end developers (PHP)
email [email protected]
------
ldm5180
LineRate Systems : Denver/Boulder, CO <http://lineratesystems.com/jobs.php>
~~~
bartonfink
Any interest in part-time work? I live in Littleton and can make meetings
every week or so, but I just had a baby and am hesitant to make any more
drastic changes in my life until the fallout from that settles a bit.
------
nelken
Cambridge, MA: Outbrain Research Intern <http://www.outbrain.com/jobs/BO#1>
------
khangtoh
If you are into HTML5 and social games, we are working on a mobile social
gaming product and we need you.
[email protected]
------
hagyma
Budapest, Hungary
Symbler is hiring fanatic Python coders and iOS devs!
Apply here: jobs at symbler dot com
------
purzelrakete
berlin: <http://soundcloud.com/jobs>
------
teddyp
NYC - Software engineer.Yodle.com (<http://www.yodle.com>)
Solve one of the problems correctly and get an interview.
[http://www.yodle.com/careers/job-details/software-
engineer-n...](http://www.yodle.com/careers/job-details/software-engineer-new-
york-ny/)
• Our software engineers are passionate about technology and programming,
they’re smart, no-nonsense developers who move quickly and get things done.
The team uses an agile development process, performs code reviews, runs
automated unit tests, and has a distinct QA team. Our engineers work in an
open, collaborative, team oriented environment. • Our engineers work on
everything from user-interface, backend, content management to messaging,
database systems and web services. Regardless of which components you touch,
we’ll want you to be involved in design, coding, testing and running the
systems. • Our engineers solve a variety of complex and challenging business
problems with cutting edge technology. • We are constantly innovating! We look
at ways to improve our core products, seek out products in the market that can
be built better and we have an Innovation Department that addresses the future
needs of our industry - our engineers are building the software to meet those
needs. • Engineers have a high degree of flexibility in choosing which of the
many ongoing projects they work on. We have shared ownership of our code base.
Anyone can and is expected to work on and improve any piece of code. There are
no silos! • We explore new technologies and find the best tools for the job.
While java is our predominant language, we are using javascript, python, scala
and groovy as well.
Qualifications • 0 to 4 years of experience • Excellent coding and design
skills. Software that works, is reliable, testable and maintainable should be
what you do by default. • You enjoy writing software and take pride in what
you build. • Having programmed in Java will help you get going faster, but
your primary languages aren’t as important as being a great programmer. • SQL
proficiency, particularly with PostgreSQL is a plus • Strong communications
skills, both written and verbal • BA/BS or above from a top Computer Science
program • You should be able to work daily in our office in New York City
Benefits • Competitive base • Tuition assistance • Health/Dental benefits, 401
(K) plan • Great work environment - we have fun! • Accessible and open-minded
leadership • Opportunity to work with smart people and learn a lot about one
of the fastest growing industries
To Apply: click this link and solve one of the two problems. If you get it
right you will get a call. Good luck.
[http://www.yodle.com/careers/job-details/software-
engineer-n...](http://www.yodle.com/careers/job-details/software-engineer-new-
york-ny/)
~~~
Satinel
I solved the triangle problem, just for fun. But there seems to be some
problem with email address. My solution could also be wrong, so ignore this
message in that case
------
GaryOlson
Richardson, TX
College of Engineering Computing Services Manager
<http://www.utdallas.edu/hrm/work/>
<http://ecs.utdallas.edu>
Work with faculty and staff in Electrical, Mechanical, Material Sciences,
BioMedical, Telecom, and Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences in
education and research to build and operate our growing computing and network
systems.
Yes, it's government work and sometimes it is not pretty. But Texas has
committed to building first class Universities. Also need Windows System
Administrator for Computer Science.
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How to be an open source gardener (2014) - grey-area
http://words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener
======
hga
Money quote:
" _See, people think working on open source is glamorous, but it’s actually
not. Working on open source is reading 800 issues over the course of a
weekend._ "
Sign that the author does not suffer from the "Cascade of Attention-Deficit
Teenagers" software development model
([http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html](http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html)) ^_^;
after properly closing out feature and help requests issues:
" _3\. Was this issue for an older version of Rails than is currently
supported? If so, copy /paste an answer I wrote that asks if anyone knows if
this affects a supported version of Rails._"
Further signs follow, like following up!
Lots of good stuff here, like " _The only thing better than reproduction
instructions are when those instructions say git clone._ "
------
fit2rule
I have contributed to a number of open source projects over the years, and the
number one stumbling block that I have noticed, time and again, is simply
this: lack of leadership.
It seems to be quite an accepted practice to just push your code out there,
wrap it in some nice license, and forget about the project - this can be the
difference between whether the project goes forward or sits and stagnates -
and stagnate it will, even if you've got an avid following of users.
Contributors to the project may well come up with great patches and new
features and so on, but it will go nowhere if someone is not sitting at the
top of the hierarchy, accepting the patches, making a mainstream branch, and
releasing often new versions of the software.
I'm going through this right now with an open source project that is very,
very powerful (I won't name it, but you can guess if you look through my
comment history) and very, very useful to a lot of people. The project is
technically awesome - but the leadership, administratively, leaves a lot to be
desired and for those of us struggling to contribute to the project, its
extremely frustrating not to have someone holding the gavel and pushing things
out there on a regular release schedule.
So its not enough to be a gardener. You also have to have a farmer, a leader
type, who will make sure your produce gets to market in a timely manner. If
you're going to garden, make sure there's a foreman/farmer type who will take
the best of your work and put it on the truck to get to market. If there isn't
such a position, overt and available, then the very first thing you should do
on the open source project, if you want it to persist and do well, is insist
that there be such a role holding the reigns. It really is very important to
have leadership in the open source realm.
~~~
tcopeland
Yup. And part of leadership is handing over the reins cleanly once you're no
longer engaged in a project. By "cleanly" I mean removing your own admin
access, no longer merging patches once you're not really checking them
thoroughly anymore, not commenting on tickets based on half-hearted scanning,
etc.
I mishandled that one time with a pretty popular open source gizmo
([https://sf.net/projects/pmd](https://sf.net/projects/pmd)) and caused some
unnecessary static. Live and learn.
------
dang
[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7593242](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7593242)
~~~
grey-area
I thought this might have been posted a while ago, but also thought it was
interesting enough to post again after a year. Are there any rules on dupes?
~~~
dang
Why yes there are!
[https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html).
~~~
grey-area
_in the last year or so_
OK, it's a fair cop ;) Will try to check manually for dupes in future.
~~~
tokenizerrr
It actually won't let you resubmit if there has been a recent dupe, as far as
I know.
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Show HN: Book discussion community for book lovers - __santoshg
https://discussbook.com
======
__santoshg
Its a QA book discussion forum, you can ask questions and post notes on books
you read.... currently I am building the community.
~~~
qrv3w
Nice idea! Just curious, how will you go about creating the community?
~~~
__santoshg
Thats a bit concern for me, I am actively looking for people who can help
me... are you interested ?? :-)
~~~
qrv3w
I'm working on something that might be useful, maybe you could message me on
discussbook to discuss it? My handle is the same as on HN.
~~~
__santoshg
Hi i had messaged u
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Obituary: The File System 1973—2011 - invisiblefunnel
http://johntopley.com/2011/02/26/obituary-the-file-system-1973-2011/
======
sophacles
Yes! Finally, now I can stop putting my data in stupid files. Back in the old
days I used to hate those things, they didn't work between programs all the
time and sometimes you had to run a few different programs to do the same type
of work on different files.
Now tho, with apps things are great! I never have to worry about files,
because my apps do it all for me and I never have to worry about stupid
competing file formats again.
Anyway I gotta run to the store see if they can fix my old phone, I have a
bunch of important notes on an app there that the makers aren't porting to
iphone or android.
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Comparing Parallel Rust and C++ - mmastrac
https://parallel-rust-cpp.github.io/introduction.html
======
keldaris
This is a wonderfully written comparison benchmark and it deserves attention
even for that reason alone. It knows its target audience, explains what's
going on succinctly but completely, and avoids most of the usual benchmark
pitfalls that result in comparing apples to oranges. Great job.
The one glaring issue that is ignored is the floating point model used. I
understand Rust still doesn't have a usable equivalent to -ffast-math, so I
assume it wasn't used for that reason. Some discussion of whether it's
permissible in this algorithm (I believe so?) and how much advantage that
might give to C++ seems crucial when performance is a priority.
Ironically, reading this has further convinced me that, for all of its
disadvantages, I much prefer C++ to Rust for my needs. I'm sure others will
draw the opposite conclusion and that's great. Rust is a language that clearly
knows what it wants and if your priorities are aligned with that, the
performance gap is shrinking and implementation-related reasons to avoid it
are rapidly decreasing in number.
~~~
dgellow
> reading this has further convinced me that, for all of its disadvantages, I
> much prefer C++ to Rust for my needs.
What are your needs, if I may ask? I'm not asking this to start a thread
"rust/C++ is better", I'm just curious regarding situations in which someone
decides that one language matches their needs more than another, it's always
interesting to see what boundaries people consider for those decisions.
~~~
keldaris
I mostly use C++ for numerical simulations in physics and associated code
(analysis, some visualization, etc.). That means my primary consideration is
the ease and convenience of writing high performance code for a narrow set of
hardware. I care about the quality of tooling, especially for performance
analysis (including things like likwid [1]) and GPGPU computation. I do not
care about safety (memory or otherwise) - my code doesn't take arbitrary
input, run on shared hardware, do much of anything over networks or have
memory safety crashes.
From this rather narrow point of view, Rust does very little to help and quite
a lot to hinder me. Rust is very much about memory safety - an issue extremely
far down my list of concerns - and to me the borrow checker is an anti-feature
I'd love to turn off. None of this is in any way an indictment of Rust - it
looks like a very well designed language that knows what it wants to
accomplish. It just happens to want the exact opposite things from what I
want, and that's fine. I know I'm in a weird minority (most of the people who
think like I do seem to be game engine developers).
[1] [https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid](https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid)
~~~
wyldfire
> I do not care about safety (memory or otherwise) - my code doesn't take
> arbitrary input, run on shared hardware, do much of anything over networks
> or have memory safety crashes
How do you know it's the case that you don't have memory safety defects in
your implementation?
It's almost certainly not the case that you don't care about safety. Out of
bounds accesses and writes would make the simulation defective. Defective
simulations are useless. However it might make sense if you said that you
don't find yourself fixing defects like these often.
~~~
bluGill
Memory safety defects tend to manifest themselves in obvious ways. A few unit
tests, and some work in memory sanitizes will find them.
~~~
pcwalton
This is empirically not true. A look through
[https://twitter.com/lazyfishbarrel](https://twitter.com/lazyfishbarrel)
confirms this.
~~~
bluGill
The exceptions tend to escape notice for years. They get a lot of attention
(and are often really hard to fix unlike the early ones), but I stand by my
statement: most are easily found and fixed - but they are also fixed early in
development so you don't hear about them.
------
kbumsik
Maybe because I'm not familiar with Rust, but I always have kind of
impressions that Rust code is very hard to read. It is just impossible to
figure out what the code is doing for beginners.
[C++ code]: [https://github.com/parallel-rust-cpp/shortcut-
comparison/blo...](https://github.com/parallel-rust-cpp/shortcut-
comparison/blob/8cdab059d22eb8f30e1408c2fbf0ae666fa231d9/src/cpp/v7_cache_reuse/step.cpp)
[Rust code]: [https://github.com/parallel-rust-cpp/shortcut-
comparison/blo...](https://github.com/parallel-rust-cpp/shortcut-
comparison/blob/8cdab059d22eb8f30e1408c2fbf0ae666fa231d9/src/rust/v7_cache_reuse/src/lib.rs)
~~~
edflsafoiewq
The Rust is practically line noise. This is just awful
let pack_simd_row = |(i, (vd_stripe, vt_stripe)): (usize, (&mut [f32x8], &mut [f32x8]))| {
for (jv, (vx, vy)) in vd_stripe.iter_mut().zip(vt_stripe.iter_mut()).enumerate() {
let mut vx_tmp = [std::f32::INFINITY; simd::f32x8_LENGTH];
let mut vy_tmp = [std::f32::INFINITY; simd::f32x8_LENGTH];
for (b, (x, y)) in vx_tmp.iter_mut().zip(vy_tmp.iter_mut()).enumerate() {
And I tend to write stuff like this in Rust too. The loops especially. It's
just so easy to throw together all those iterator combinators and get some
ugly blob that's going to make people's eyes glaze over.
~~~
brutt
Code is easy to follow. I see no problem there.
`pack_simd_row` is lambda: `|arguments: types| { body }` Arguments are: * `i`
of type `usize` (unisgned size_t), * tuple (anonymous struct) with two fields:
vd_stripe and vt_stripe, which are modified inside of lambda. They are
references to fixed size array of 8 floats.
Inside function we have loop over result of iterator, which produces tuple
with two fields: `jv` and tuple with two fields: `vx` and `vy`. `vx` and `vy`
are elements from `vd_stripe` and `vt_stripe`. `jv` is their index.
Inside loop we create two temporary mutable variables: `vx_tmp` and `vy_tmp`,
which are fixed size array of 8 floats, which are initialized with infinity.
Then we have next loop, which goes to modify these temporary arrays in place.
And so on.
~~~
jml7c5
While the Rust version does flow logically, succinctness helps a lot more than
people seem to appreciate. It's one of the reasons math notation is often so
inconsistent: the brevity allows for easier manipulation and scanning. (Though
I would not stretch the analogy too far, as inconsistent and overy brief
notation can limit understanding while reading proofs.)
Being able to fit part of a program clearly into 5 lines with fewer characters
makes it easier to ensure correctness than an algorithm spread over 10 lines
that is full of extra "noise". It's why there's so much syntactic sugar in so
many languages.
------
gpderetta
very nice.
Most language comparison benchmark are completely useless other than for
bragging points, but those, like this one, that go into details of why one
specific implementation is faster or slower than another are much more
interesting and allow making an idea of what makes a language slower or
faster.
Also, it interesting that the hand optimized program is about 100 times faster
than the unoptimized one, showing that even today there is room for manual
optimizations and you cannot trust the compiler blindly, but you have to
iteratively work with it to get to an optimal solution. I can't figure out
from either this article or the original one whether -fast-math was being
used. Would be nice to know if that would help the compiler vectorize and
unroll the loop with multiple accumulators.
~~~
mratsim
If you are interested on the exact same topics (matrix multiplication
parallelization) here are other step by step tutorials I used:
\- UlmBLAS [1], for a HPC course in 14 steps
\- BlisLab [2], make sure to checkout the tutorial.pdf. It gives you exercises
to solve in C and each one build on the previous one
In Rust matrixmultiply crate [3] implements those techniques to reach 80% of
OpenBLAS speed, see blog post GEMM: a rabbit hole [4].
This is a generic approach that can be followed by any low-level languages.
I reach 100% of OpenBLAS and MKL-DNN speed in Nim on large matrices as well
[5] without any assembly and a generic code that can also generates integer
matrix multiply [6].
Regarding fast-math, that's what you do manually, you interleave the fused-
multiply adds as they have a latency of about 6 cycles (Broadwell, I don't
remember on Skylake)
[1]: [http://apfel.mathematik.uni-
ulm.de/~lehn/sghpc/gemm/](http://apfel.mathematik.uni-
ulm.de/~lehn/sghpc/gemm/)
[2]: [https://github.com/flame/blislab](https://github.com/flame/blislab)
[3]:
[https://github.com/bluss/matrixmultiply](https://github.com/bluss/matrixmultiply)
[4]: [https://bluss.github.io/rust/2016/03/28/a-gemmed-rabbit-
hole...](https://bluss.github.io/rust/2016/03/28/a-gemmed-rabbit-hole/)
[5]:
[https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1...](https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1187864323d85527d18c/benchmarks/gemm/gemm_bench_float32.nim#L393-L439)
[6]:
[https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1...](https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1187864323d85527d18c/laser/primitives/matrix_multiplication/gemm_ukernel_avx512.nim)
~~~
gpderetta
Thanks for the pointers, I'll take a look.
re fast-math, I was interested on how much additional parallelism the compile
can extract from the naive code. Fast-math should,at least in principle, allow
the compiler to unroll the loop and add the additional accumulators, although
that violates strict IEEE semantics.
~~~
mratsim
Yes exactly.
Usually you can extract 2x to 4x instruction level parallelism on simple add
instructions [1] vs [2]
For fused-multiply-add even though the latency is higher the instruction is
also slower so its the same. BLIS, OpenBLAS and my code extract 2x parallelism
(2 accumulators) at the lowest level because we are restricted by the number
of registers and the fact that x86 can only issue 2 FMAs per cycle [3].
Details, we divided the work until we have a small micro matrix C or size MR x
NR (input matrix of size MxK and KxN so output of MxN), and then here is are
the constraints you have to deal with:
Registers constraints and micro-kernel tuning
- To issue 2xFMAs in parallel we need to use 2x SIMD registers
- We want to hold C of size MR * NR completely in SIMD registers as well
as each value is reused k times during accumulation C[i, j] += A[i, k] * B[k, j]
- We should have enough SIMD registers left to hold
the corresponding sections of A and B (at least 4, 2xA and 2xB for FMAs)
On x86-64 X SIMD registers that can issue 2xFMAs per cycle:
- NbVecs is 2 minimum
- RegsPerVec = 2 * NbVecs => 4 minimum (for A and for B)
- NR = NbVecs * NbScalarsPerSIMD
- C: MR*NR and uses MR*NbVecs SIMD registers
- MR*NbVecs + RegsPerVec <= X
-> MR*NbVecs + 2 * NbVecs <= X
-> (MR+2) * NbVecs <= X
Some solutions:
- AVX with 16 registers:
- MR = 6, NbVecs = 2
FP32: 8xFP32 per SIMD --> NR = 2x8
ukernel = 6x16
FP64, ukernel = 6x8
- MR = 2, NbVecs = 4
FP32: 8xFP32 per SIMD --> NR = 4x8
ukernel = 2x32
FP64, ukernel = 2x16
- AVX512 with 32 registers
- MR = 6, NbVecs = 4
FP32 ukernel = 6x64
FP64 ukernel = 6x32
- MR = 2, NbVecs = 8
FP32 ukernel = 2x128
FP64 ukernel = 2x64
- MR = 14, NbVecs = 2
FP32 ukernel = 14x32
FP64 ukernel = 14x16
And in-depth overview of the lowest level details is available in the paper
Automating the last mile for High Performance Dense Linear Algebra[5].
In short, the compiler is completely unable to deal with this, and a high
performance computing compiler should give an escape hatch to allow hand
optimization like Halide[6] or Tiramisu do[7].
[1]:
[https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1...](https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1187864323d85527d18c/benchmarks/fp_reduction_latency/reduction_bench.nim#L304-L341)
[2]:
[https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1...](https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1187864323d85527d18c/benchmarks/fp_reduction_latency/reduction_bench.nim#L493-L505)
[3]:
[https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1...](https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1187864323d85527d18c/laser/primitives/matrix_multiplication/gemm_tiling.nim#L111-L146)
[4]:
[https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1...](https://github.com/numforge/laser/blob/e660eeeb723426e80a7b1187864323d85527d18c/laser/primitives/matrix_multiplication/gemm_ukernel_generator.nim#L149-L160)
[5]:
[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1611.08035.pdf](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1611.08035.pdf)
[6]: [https://halide-lang.org/](https://halide-lang.org/)
[7]: [http://tiramisu-compiler.org/](http://tiramisu-compiler.org/)
------
fyp
In case people missed the link, the reference implementation is an amazing
post on its own:
[http://ppc.cs.aalto.fi/ch2/v7/](http://ppc.cs.aalto.fi/ch2/v7/)
~~~
xyst
So this is where my parallel computing professor got his material from.
Definitely a good read for parallel computing, but that matrix multiplication
problem was discussed to ad nauseum in the first few weeks.
------
gatherhunterer
For some reason many people are choosing to focus on code readability. This is
not how a real-world program would be written. Who actually writes a single
train-of-thought implementation without isolating concerns or using any code
separation features? No realistic coder would expect their team to be
satisfied working with code like this. It’s just a benchmark program, it
doesn’t actually fit a use case or solve a problem.
~~~
jcelerier
> This is not how a real-world program would be written.
I have seen much more programs that look exactly like this (at least for the
C++ part) than programs with clean separation of concerns in my life.
> No realistic coder would expect their team to be satisfied working with code
> like this.
assuming you've got a team (and that they are trained and not a bunch of
interns or barely-graduated with 100% year-over-year turnover), assuming you
are a professional developer and not someone who codes in the context of
another profession (researcher, artist... heck, I've seen a music teacher
making small python apps for the lobby of their music school once, etc).
------
larusso
Very cool. I love the visual explanations for certain iteration to understand
the better see how the pre process step prepares the data. What I always miss
in such posts is the full tool explanation how to retrieve the resulting
assembly code. Don’t get me wrong I know how to search the internet. But the
post goes quite some length to explain the basic rust setup. Maybe the post is
aimed for veteran cpp programmers. I certainly would appreciate a link or
example line how to generate the assembly code lines :)
------
ChrisSD
Out of interest, why was lto (link time optimisation) set to false? I doubt
this would affect the results much but it's useful for cross-crate inlining.
~~~
OskarS
Presumably because the thing they're benchmarking is in a single translation
unit, so LTO wouldn't matter. And it might screw up the benchmark if the C++
code was optimized between the "test harness" translation unit and the "code
to benchmark" translation unit, but Rust wasn't. It's sensible for this kind
of benchmark not to use LTO.
~~~
fluffy87
Not that it matters but you can use LTO with C++ and Rust, just need to
compile and link both with LTO enabled.
------
Hitton
Awesome. I haven't started to learn Rust yet, but I still learned a lot.
------
The_rationalist
Would have been nice to compare code uglyness and performance of OpenMP 5 vs
rayon + SIMD.
------
sdan
TLDR: Most of the time C++ with GCC was best.
~~~
galangalalgol
Were you even looking at the same article? Rust was always better at
intruction level parralellism and gcc was usually best at cache depending
greatly on which i5 xeon was used. Clang was slways the worst.my main takeaway
was that they are all three roughly identical and that small processor
differences dominated the results.
~~~
fluffy87
Yeah, there were differences, but these were peanuts. Using two different
versions of GCC will givenyou similar differences.
~~~
gpderetta
yes, you can see from the assembly listings in the final stages, that most of
the differences were due to very minor code changes, due to details in the
optimization passes and not really to language differences.
------
wscott
I am surprised he didn't benchmark the C++ program with Clang to give a closer
comparison to rust. In my experience, despite all its other advantages, Clang
still lags GCC a bit in raw performance.
Still a really useful set of comparisons. I am impressed Rust is able to
compete with all the magic OpenMP is doing in the background.
~~~
steveklabnik
I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but clang seems to be benchmarked here:
[https://parallel-rust-cpp.github.io/results.html](https://parallel-rust-
cpp.github.io/results.html)
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Why global markets are collapsing right now, and who you should blame for it - js2
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-global-markets-are-collapsing-and-who-is-to-blame-2018-10
======
sharemywin
I always get mad when you read after the fact why a market crashed. Why didn't
you talk about all this before the market crashed. Half of it I have heard
about, but some of of this I hadn't heard about.
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