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bconwayon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)

Meshify | Backend Engineer, Frontend Lead, Frontend Engineer | Austin, TX | Full-time | On-site (relocation possible)

Meshify is an IoT data capture, analytics, and analysis company headquartered in Austin, TX. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSB Group in Hartford, CT, part of Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers. We make heavy use of Go, PostgreSQL, Cassandra (Scylla), and NSQ. The frontend is JavaScript and Riot/React-ish.

Backend Engineer: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

Frontend Lead: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

Frontend Engineer: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

bconwayon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2018)

Meshify | Backend Engineer and Frontend Lead | Austin, TX | Full-time | On-site (relocation possible)

Backend Engineer: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

Frontend Lead: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

bconwayon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)

Meshify | Backend Engineer and Frontend Lead | Austin, TX | Full-time | On-site (relocation possible)

Backend Engineer: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

Frontend Lead: https://hire.withgoogle.com/public/jobs/meshifycom/view/P_AA...

bconwayon Resflash – Resilient OpenBSD images for flash memory

If you want something router-like, PC Engines apu1d and apu1d4 at $124 and $145 USD are good options, as is the older (but slower, i386-only) alix2d3 at $103.

There are also plenty of micro ATX or all-in-one fanless PCs with dual-NICs in a similar price range. Or dual-NIC Intel NUCs, as well (not fanless).

bconwayon Paris Air Show’s Slowest Plane Could Have Biggest Impact

Is there any evidence that patent issues are what has kept this idea on the sidelines until now?

bconwayon How I Got Fired from the Job I Invented

they got bitten by a mistake of not doing enough market research

Alternatively, they don't see it as a mistake at all (as you pointed out, a whopping 68 subscribers) and did the math and decided to go with it.

bconwayon NY auto dealers trying to shut down Tesla Motors in NY

It would be interesting to hear the other side of the story here.

bconwayon DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal

Any evidence or just FUD?

bconwayon Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You Have to Find Them

I'm old enough to remember the cold war. One of the big criticisms of Eastern block countries was that the courts were subservient to the government, that the government was not constrained by the law and that trials were secret.

Have we forgotten this already?

Given that our current President wasn't alive for half of it (exclusive of petering out, 1947-1961), that seems pretty likely.

bconwayon What's Wrong with the iOS 7 Icons?

The OP indicated he is colorblind. This very likely isn't the first or the last time he will need to break out the high-contrast option.

bconwayon Make DuckDuckGo your Chrome default search engine

That would be reasonable, except that on all my searches that DDG fails on, Google works perfectly fine in private browsing from a different IP.

bconwayon Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unre...

bconwayon Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

Received, thanks!

bconwayon Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

Invite please?

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bconwayon Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader

Please. Make it a paid service and charge $9/month, not year.

bconwayon Firefox 25 will get a major UI overhaul

You want Firefox to emulate Chrome's broken caching?

bconwayon Startup advice

Could you expand on #60? I find that meetups are a great way to meet enthusiasts in a particular area/field/technology. This is especially the case if you're one of the many people running a successful/growing business that is unlikely to ever make a "tech news" article or be a household (tech) name.

bconwayon What is Happening in Istanbul?

I'm not sure why you feel my post was disingenuous. There are many forms of self-protection that we need to ask our government permissions to obtain.

bconwayon Why Stuff From China Is So Cheap

We have a lot of similar restrictions in US workplaces, mostly driven by unions. They are equally as ridiculous.

bconwayon What is Happening in Istanbul?

When I see stories like this, I'm always impressed at the wide availability of gas masks. Are we even allowed to own those in the States?*

*Yes, I know how sad of a question that is.

bconwayon You can't impress developers

I've been here for 3 years. I don't think there's been a decline, but I think the usual value of discussion has been strongly overshadowed by the hate and vitriol that winds up in just about every discussion now. Worse, those are usually the top-rated comments. These days, I mostly avoid the comments entirely for that reason.

bconwayon Why so many people are moving to Texas

Higher percentage-wise yes, but not by its affect your paycheck. My property tax is half of what I paid in MA, and it's for a house double the size and half the price - in a suburb of Austin, with a shorter commute to downtown that I had to Boston. My paycheck hasn't suffered in any way to make that trade, either.

bconwayon Why so many people are moving to Texas

Sorry, but that's nonsense. Don't believe everything read on Huff-post.

Edit: And since it's sure to come up, our sex education isn't abstinence-only, either.

bconwayon How to Negotiate a Job Offer

Beware that this can come back to bite you. If I look at someone's LinkedIn profile and see a slew of jobs listed in months, not years, their resume is going in the (metaphoric) trash. I need to get at least 2 years out of people, preferably 3 (on the low end).

bconwayon “This week marks the beginning of my 4th year at Facebook”

Good read. I'd be interested in hearing the other side of the story.

bconwayon I took the $300K

Some of us pride ourselves on not sinking to the lowest common denominator (i.e. breeding grounds for mediocrity).

bconwayon The Day our investors came to see the office (2011)

I enjoyed seeing all the WPI and other local references from my (long) time in MA.

bconwayon How to work remotely as a software developer

Let me suggest an alternative that seldomly gets mentioned: the public library. It's free, it's quiet, the Internet is fast and not frequently used, the chairs are sometimes comfortable, and they love it when people hang around all day (these are all assumptions of a US base). Additionally, many newer libraries have big meeting rooms with whiteboards and other materials that are free for use. Capped drinks are usually allowed, and sometimes food (don't make a mess!)

It's by far my favorite "coffee shop." Your tax dollars at work.

bconwayon The New Google Maps

Will there be a way to turn off personalization? It's not clear from the video or the site.

bconwayon The Scientific 7-Minute Workout

It reminded me of one of my favorite phrases, "The easiest way to get in shape doesn't exist."