CERN Ends Trial of Facebook Workplace
60 by sohkamyung | 10 comments on Hacker News.
Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Facial Recognition Suit
Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Facial Recognition Suit
12 by i_am_not_elon | 1 comments on Hacker News.
12 by i_am_not_elon | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you process payments?
Ask HN: How do you process payments?
7 by c0restraint | 2 comments on Hacker News.
This is how YOU have chosen to do it. Let us know if it is physical or virtual. I found an old post from 2009 about this, wondering what the answers will be a decade later : https://ift.tt/2vnLEmm
7 by c0restraint | 2 comments on Hacker News.
This is how YOU have chosen to do it. Let us know if it is physical or virtual. I found an old post from 2009 about this, wondering what the answers will be a decade later : https://ift.tt/2vnLEmm
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: How a Cruise Ship Makes 30k Meals Every Day [video]
How a Cruise Ship Makes 30k Meals Every Day [video]
17 by peter_d_sherman | 9 comments on Hacker News.
17 by peter_d_sherman | 9 comments on Hacker News.
Monday, January 27, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do you currently solve authentication?
Ask HN: How do you currently solve authentication?
19 by scottmotte | 2 comments on Hacker News.
There are a lot of different ways to do authentication these days. How do you currently solve for it? Any tools you swear by? Anything you recommend? Anything you hate? Do you recommend writing it from scratch or using a framework or service?
19 by scottmotte | 2 comments on Hacker News.
There are a lot of different ways to do authentication these days. How do you currently solve for it? Any tools you swear by? Anything you recommend? Anything you hate? Do you recommend writing it from scratch or using a framework or service?
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Saturday, January 25, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: PandaPy has the speed of NumPy and the usability of Pandas
PandaPy has the speed of NumPy and the usability of Pandas
17 by firedup | 7 comments on Hacker News.
https://ift.tt/2RjUfit PandaPy has the speed of NumPy and the usability of Pandas (10x to 50x faster)
17 by firedup | 7 comments on Hacker News.
https://ift.tt/2RjUfit PandaPy has the speed of NumPy and the usability of Pandas (10x to 50x faster)
Friday, January 24, 2020
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Monday, January 20, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Do you ever contact people who have had a positive impact on you?
Ask HN: Do you ever contact people who have had a positive impact on you?
12 by lethologica | 3 comments on Hacker News.
In the last year or so I've tried to make an effort to email people who have had some sort of positive impact on me. I specifically choose email because to me it feels more personal than a tweet or some other equivalent. I've emailed quite a few people and have been very surprised at the 100% reply rate I've received and in some instances, the conversations that have developed from them. The emails are usually very short, personalised messages along the lines of "Hi X, thank you very much for Y. It had a positive impact on me because of Z. All the best" Some of the people include small to medium sized musicians, authors, developers, and teachers. I kind of feel like a bit of a weirdo doing it because I don't really hear of many people who do the same. But sometimes I just genuinely want to thank a person for what they've contributed.
12 by lethologica | 3 comments on Hacker News.
In the last year or so I've tried to make an effort to email people who have had some sort of positive impact on me. I specifically choose email because to me it feels more personal than a tweet or some other equivalent. I've emailed quite a few people and have been very surprised at the 100% reply rate I've received and in some instances, the conversations that have developed from them. The emails are usually very short, personalised messages along the lines of "Hi X, thank you very much for Y. It had a positive impact on me because of Z. All the best" Some of the people include small to medium sized musicians, authors, developers, and teachers. I kind of feel like a bit of a weirdo doing it because I don't really hear of many people who do the same. But sometimes I just genuinely want to thank a person for what they've contributed.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Are compiler engineers still in demand, and what do they work on?
Ask HN: Are compiler engineers still in demand, and what do they work on?
23 by logcrater | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I have just graduated and would like to get into the Compiler Engineering field. Is the field still in demand? Are there any opportunities? What will I be working on? What tips can you give me?
23 by logcrater | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I have just graduated and would like to get into the Compiler Engineering field. Is the field still in demand? Are there any opportunities? What will I be working on? What tips can you give me?
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: I don't want to be a worker any more I want to be a professional
Ask HN: I don't want to be a worker any more I want to be a professional
6 by artsyca | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've been in the industry for a long while now long enough to be past the stage of proving myself and looking more towards creating something of lasting value for the world and society and even my own legacy Everyone around me from management to the HR apparatus and even my peers seem geared towards me remaining a non client facing worker bot content with my perks and not harboring any ambitions beyond 'solving challenging problems' as a means to elicit that dopamine rush towards the collective ego Growing up I chose computer science because it wasn't supposed to feel like work it was supposed to be a calling a duty but now the whole system is geared towards blind compliance and disengagement My good people how can I break the endless cycle of mindless mechanical labour that has become the software business and become the consummate professional I've always wanted to be?
6 by artsyca | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've been in the industry for a long while now long enough to be past the stage of proving myself and looking more towards creating something of lasting value for the world and society and even my own legacy Everyone around me from management to the HR apparatus and even my peers seem geared towards me remaining a non client facing worker bot content with my perks and not harboring any ambitions beyond 'solving challenging problems' as a means to elicit that dopamine rush towards the collective ego Growing up I chose computer science because it wasn't supposed to feel like work it was supposed to be a calling a duty but now the whole system is geared towards blind compliance and disengagement My good people how can I break the endless cycle of mindless mechanical labour that has become the software business and become the consummate professional I've always wanted to be?
Sunday, January 19, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Very 'close' Qantas jets came within 800m of each other
Very 'close' Qantas jets came within 800m of each other
10 by thisisastopsign | 7 comments on Hacker News.
10 by thisisastopsign | 7 comments on Hacker News.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
10 by onetimemanytime | 0 comments on Hacker News.
10 by onetimemanytime | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: How do you have deep, written discussions with your teams?
How do you have deep, written discussions with your teams?
4 by jgbond | 0 comments on Hacker News.
What is the best way to have careful, deep, written discussions among distributed teams? Are there tools meant for this? Would something like a BBS work. If so, are there good modern options? We use distributed teams. We communicate using a mix of email, Slack, and Zoom. Our work involves lengthy discussions and deep dives into complex issues. This type of 'deep discussion' benefits from carefully written arguments and counterarguments. Emails often start fine. Someone sends a well structured, well written argument. The first few replies will be strong. But then it diverges into a mess of threads that are hard to follow. People resort to color-coding their responses in-line, etc. Slack is too chatty. Other chat-based solutions are the same. I've never seen it work for this type of 'deep discussion.' Conversations get scattered across channels and threads within channels. Maybe we're using it wrong. To me it's the worst way to encourage deep discussion. Zoom, calls, and in-person meetings are hit or miss. The advantage is they seem to cut to the chase on simple issues. But for deep discussion, they often go nowhere. They favor speaking ability. No one prepares enough. Instead of careful thought and discussion, you get hot takes. A lot of our discussion benefits from going away to gather evidence or think more. Rarely is there a need for synced discussion. And there's never enough time. I've tried to find off-the-shelf solutions. A simple, old-fashioned BBS seems best. It breaks things into the right unit of discussion. It works for short- or long-form discussion. It creates a coherent timeline of discussion, etc. I worry that without the bells and whistles of a modern app, getting the team to use it will be a challenge. It'll be viewed as a stale company discussion board. A lot of options I've looked at have clunky interfaces and tough learning curves for what should be super simple and intuitive.
4 by jgbond | 0 comments on Hacker News.
What is the best way to have careful, deep, written discussions among distributed teams? Are there tools meant for this? Would something like a BBS work. If so, are there good modern options? We use distributed teams. We communicate using a mix of email, Slack, and Zoom. Our work involves lengthy discussions and deep dives into complex issues. This type of 'deep discussion' benefits from carefully written arguments and counterarguments. Emails often start fine. Someone sends a well structured, well written argument. The first few replies will be strong. But then it diverges into a mess of threads that are hard to follow. People resort to color-coding their responses in-line, etc. Slack is too chatty. Other chat-based solutions are the same. I've never seen it work for this type of 'deep discussion.' Conversations get scattered across channels and threads within channels. Maybe we're using it wrong. To me it's the worst way to encourage deep discussion. Zoom, calls, and in-person meetings are hit or miss. The advantage is they seem to cut to the chase on simple issues. But for deep discussion, they often go nowhere. They favor speaking ability. No one prepares enough. Instead of careful thought and discussion, you get hot takes. A lot of our discussion benefits from going away to gather evidence or think more. Rarely is there a need for synced discussion. And there's never enough time. I've tried to find off-the-shelf solutions. A simple, old-fashioned BBS seems best. It breaks things into the right unit of discussion. It works for short- or long-form discussion. It creates a coherent timeline of discussion, etc. I worry that without the bells and whistles of a modern app, getting the team to use it will be a challenge. It'll be viewed as a stale company discussion board. A lot of options I've looked at have clunky interfaces and tough learning curves for what should be super simple and intuitive.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Thursday, January 16, 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Apple Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company Xnor.ai
Apple Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company Xnor.ai
21 by Austin_Conlon | 0 comments on Hacker News.
21 by Austin_Conlon | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Ever worked with a service that can never be restarted?
Ask HN: Ever worked with a service that can never be restarted?
8 by scandox | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I'm currently working with a legacy system. One element of it has a loaded config in memory, but the physical config was accidentally overwritten and there are no backups. In addition the source code for this compiled binary has also been lost in the mists of time. The service has current up time of 55 Months. The general consensus therefore is that as long as it is never restarted it will continue to perform its function until a replacement can be put in place. Which seems a little fatalistic to me... Has anyone experience of doing something sensible in a similar situation?
8 by scandox | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I'm currently working with a legacy system. One element of it has a loaded config in memory, but the physical config was accidentally overwritten and there are no backups. In addition the source code for this compiled binary has also been lost in the mists of time. The service has current up time of 55 Months. The general consensus therefore is that as long as it is never restarted it will continue to perform its function until a replacement can be put in place. Which seems a little fatalistic to me... Has anyone experience of doing something sensible in a similar situation?
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