DavidChouinard

Similar attempts:

Gulfstream V: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GLF17/history/20070206/15...

Cessna Logo: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N750CX/history/20080307/1...

Boeing 747: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE523/history/20110802/1...

Also, a thread from one of the pilots: http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/7_days/popular/24611/B...

Interestingly, this required a lot of work on our side to pull this off. Since the route field on flights plans expects short input and this flight's route is dramatically longer, it caused an FAA system to split the flight arbitrarily into different legs.

(Disclaimer: I work for FlightAware)

I use it for financial data on compagnies. For example, you can find out that Apple makes 521,000$ profit per employee per quarter: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=apple+profit%2Femployee...

If you're not familiar Frederick Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month [1], it's a great read.

In it, he postulates Brook's Law: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. Surprisingly how long we've known this (1975), yet we constantly need to be reminded of it.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

The most interesting tidbit is this:

  Code to Test Ratio: 1:0.8

That seems like an awful lot, no?

I highly recommend installing Janus, it comes with a bunch of useful customization and plugins: https://github.com/carlhuda/janus

Also, that's from last quarter. Profits increased substantially this quarter, so I suspect the ratio is now much higher than that.

Also, Apple makes 409,000$ profit per employee. (last quarter)

From the ever useful Wolfram Alpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=apple+profit%2Femployee...

Facebook is an app you use often, so the increase in responsiveness is well worth it.

In the case of most startups, native apps are unnecessary. I already see that feeling trend my geek friends ("Ah, not another of those sites that want me to download their app. I just want to see the [movie listings, items for sale, opening hours, etc.]").

Worth noting, also, that Facebook (and Twitter) is mostly just a window with a browser (hence why the mobile sites are very similar).

patio11 draws some content from his original "Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice"[1] which you should definitely read.

[1] http://old.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pro...

Let's drop "Google Contractors" for simply "Google." It doesn't diminishes the act and it's clearly a PR sleight of hand.

A very different approach, but Fog Creek's WebPutty helps solve this as well: http://www.webputty.net/ (HN thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2786893)

Do you have a link/paper ont his? Legitimately curious.

From the ever useful Wolfram Alpha: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=cost+of+living+index+Ne...

Assuming a 50,000$ salary, here's how much you'd need to earn for the same purchasing power in New York: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=moving+to+New+York+sala...

Do you have links on that? Legitimately curious.

Here's what I sent to the Khan Academy for a job: http://davidchouinard.com/khanacademy/

In my experience, anything that gets around the formal hiring process is a win. Finding a way around the application process is the application process.

Hey Marcia,

I just sent this in for an internship position earlier this week: http://davidchouinard.com/khanacademy/

Thoughts? I'd love to hear your comments.

> Thanksgiving marks the start of tech’s most intense hiring season, as promising computer science students start looking for summer jobs and internships.

I'm a student. Legitimate question, is this true? Should I be starting to get my act together for summer internships?

This graph (linked to from the article) on majors and popularity/salary/unemployment rate is quite interesting: http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/NILF1111/#term=

I highly recommend this 2005 PG essay on PR: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html Very enlightening.

For those looking for it, the final essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html

I am reminded of a quote by Mark Twain:

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education"

Interesting. I'm a Montreal developer, do you hang around at any startup events?

This is my personal favourite quote of his:

“The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s that too many people aren’t sticking with it. That’s somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to fire people and cancel things and deal with very difficult situations. That’s when you find out who you are and what your values are.

So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.”

Spaced Repetition Software. It's a technique to become dramatically better at memorization.

This Wired article is fascinating look at the founder of SuperMemo, one of the big players in that industry: http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_woznia... Highly recommended, it's a great read.

If you missed it, Bret Victor also uses this profusely in Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction (http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/). Regardless of his use of Tangle, it's a great guide that definitely merits a thoughtful read.

There's quite a substantial difference between ml-class.com and the equivalent CS 229 (Machine Learning). The former is much dumbed down, but still informative.

This link gives you access to the current (2011) lecture as it's being taught, if you're interested: http://171.64.93.201/ClassX/system/users/web/pg/view_subject...

"I take illegal drugs for inspiration", paper by Dr. Sue Blackmore is a fascinating read:

http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/journalism/telegraphdrugs.ht...

I second the recommendation of Seung's TED talk. A great watch.

Please add a short description of what you do. Much more helpful when parsing this thread.

From the DigiNotar press release [1] on the matter:

    VASCO expects the impact of the breach of DigiNotar’s SSL and EVSSL business
    to be minimal. Through the first six months of 2011, revenue from the SSL 
    and EVSSL business was less than Euro 100,000. VASCO does not expect that
    the DigiNotar security incident will have a significant impact on the
    company’s future revenue or business plans.

[1] - http://www.vasco.com/company/press_room/news_archive/2011/ne...