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dcaunt··on I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
If I moved to the US from the UK on an L1-B visa, how long does it typically take to be granted a green card? Can the process be started immediately?
dcaunt··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)
YPlan | https://yplanapp.com | London, UK | Onsite | Full-time

Here at YPlan we uncover the best events every day so you can get out and Live Your City!

We are looking for smart, talented people to join our growing team. We're agile, pragmatic and curious. We see what works and keep doing it, if it doesn't work we change it, be it tools, process, management or code. We prefer small steps over big launches. We focus on the outcome, not the rigid plan and like smart people over heavy processes.

Our stack: Python, Django, React.js, Flux, Swift (iOS), Java (Android)

Why we believe you would love working with us?

- People. We've got a very strong and skilled team with a wide mix of backgrounds and experience.

- Teams. We work in cross-functional teams, each fully responsible for a specific product.

- Culture. No BS culture focused on helping each other out, valuing each others ideas and bringing out the best in the team.

We're currently hiring for several positions including:

  - Backend / Full-stack Developers - https://boards.greenhouse.io/yplan/jobs/27465

  - Junior/Graduate Developers - https://boards.greenhouse.io/yplan/jobs/45388

  - Front-End Developers - https://boards.greenhouse.io/yplan/jobs/36793

  - iOS Developers - https://boards.greenhouse.io/yplan/jobs/20297

  - Android Developers - https://boards.greenhouse.io/yplan/jobs/47542
For a list of positions across all teams, please visit https://boards.greenhouse.io/yplan

For more information, including the perks we offer, please visit https://careers.stackoverflow.com/company/yplan and if you have any questions, feel free to contact our head of talent at becs@yplanapp.com :)

dcaunt··on Apple Pay
Does anyone know why exactly payments in apps also require the iPhone 6? I thought that iPhone 5S also had a secure element for storing data (Touch ID).
dcaunt··on iOS 7.1
It does, and the tag works as per the beta.
dcaunt··on Stripe Checkout
This is seriously awesome!

I don't want to detract, but it's a shame that your https://stripe.com/checkout page isn't optimised for mobile. I wanted to have a look at the demo on my phone as well as on my desktop.

dcaunt··on My brother passed away at the age of 23 because of a design choice
I think they would still include standard disclaimers, just add the options and leave the risk with the gamer.
dcaunt··on My brother passed away at the age of 23 because of a design choice
Perhaps an interesting discussion is whether games should provide options to disable features that might be dangerous.
dcaunt··on In the wild: Phony SSL certificates impersonating Google, Facebook, and iTunes
SSL pinning on iOS is now very easy. AFNetworking 1 supported it and AFNetworking 2 has made it a great deal easier.

Pinning by public key means makes upgrades and certificate renewal less of a problem.

dcaunt··on How I hacked Instagram to see private photos
You're right, it's not an absolute fix.

It would have prevented requests from an authenticated browser (without a mobile UA) from being accepted, reducing the effectiveness of the attack.

dcaunt··on Jb’s story about how he nearly lost his Twitter handle
I think a lot of it comes down to this:

"4. Some of the biggest companies in the world have security that is only as good as a minimum-wage phone support worker who has the power to reset your account. And they have valid business reasons for giving them this power."

dcaunt··on Tell HN: How we bootstrapped to the #1 rated mattress on Amazon.com
What advice do you have to someone who wants to do something similar, and in particular, what advice do you have on choosing a product to sell?
dcaunt··on Tell HN: How we bootstrapped to the #1 rated mattress on Amazon.com
I definitely want to try a mattress and see how it feels before I buy it. Especially if it's going to cost a lot of money.
dcaunt··on Yogaglo Patent Issued
There are videos on YouTube converted from 90s DVDs which show classes filmed from the back of the room. This one from a rather famous yoga teacher, Pattabi Jois https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUgtMaAZzW0
dcaunt··on NSNotificationCenter with blocks considered harmful
Indeed, the NSAssert cycle surprised me too.

libextobj is great.

dcaunt··on Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub
Absolutely, and I wish you all the best. Look forward to using it!
dcaunt··on Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub
A lot of comments here are saying things like "I wouldn't be able to persuade my team/non-technical colleagues to use this instead of HipChat". Surely one the most exciting uses for Gitter is discussion on open-source repos, where you aren't already communicating with repo collaborators?
dcaunt··on Commit 15 minutes (11/16) to explain to a stranger why you love your job.
I registered as a professional, looking forward to getting more information.
dcaunt··on AFNetworking 2.0
What mistakes do you think AFNetworking has made?
dcaunt··on AFNetworking 2.0
With AFNetworking 2.0, you'll use AFHTTPRequestOperationManager in iOS 6 and AFHTTPSessionManager in iOS 7 rather than AFHTTPClient.
dcaunt··on Push Notifications to Mobile Devices Using Amazon SNS
It's when I need to send 2M a month that there will be problems.
dcaunt··on Push Notifications to Mobile Devices Using Amazon SNS
This is significantly cheaper than Urban Airship, which charges $0.50 to send 500 messages. Amazon will deliver between 500k and 1M for the same money. That's at least one good reason to use the service.
dcaunt··on Show HN: Run iOS apps in the browser
Very cool - I notice it works well on iOS Safari too.

Any plans for a native app or mobile optimised interface? For some apps, being able to touch is going to make the demo experience much better, and hopefully convert more users to paid installs.

dcaunt··on Show HN: Mobile friendly property listing to Rightmove (UK)
Looks pretty neat!

Couple of issues in Chrome; you can't add a webpage to the home screen with the share button, as that's only present in Safari. Tapping the status bar jumps to the top of the very long web form, which was kinda frustrating but may not be fixable. Chrome hides the address/toolbar bar, so tapping the status bar is necessary to get the bar.

From a product perspective, it's actually not clear that you're listing a property for rent until you hit the move in date or pcm price screens. I'd probably tidy up the photos section to allow adding arbitrary photos with a label rather than the list of repeating forms. The deposit term probably needs to be more flexible (or accept a numerical value).

I didn't go past the confirmation screen in case it published a listing!

dcaunt··on Android Fragmentation Visualized
I think people only complained about developing for Android because iOS was so easy with a handful of devices to develop and test for.

That and the media needed something to write about.

dcaunt··on Problem after update to PS3 firmware
Sensational, maybe, but it's not good for PS3 owners, whether bricked is the right word or not.
dcaunt··on Ask HN: Why don't more UK graduates want to join start-ups?
That's great - shame on the others for not passing it on.

Clearly the big boys visit universities because they have the resources to do so. If siliconmilkroundabout were to visit on behalf of a body of startups this would clearly be more efficient than every startup trying to send one man. I'd love to see this happen and I think it would have a huge impact on students, especially given the contrast with other visitors. How it is funded would be an issue and perhaps donors would see their company specifically promoted but I think that can be worked out.

dcaunt··on Ask HN: Why don't more UK graduates want to join start-ups?
Have you contacted universities directly? I studied at the University of Birmingham and they had a named contact for getting in touch with students. That person often forwarded relevant communication (job opportunities, recruitment events) to us and I took my first job based on one of those emails.

I agree with robfitz that people don't talk about startups. The companies that do the milkround are the usual suspects. Accenture, Deloitte, Procter and Gamble etc...