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markwaldronon Every Google Cloud Platform product described in 4 words or less

This is fantastic! Would anyone happen to know if there is one for AWS as well?

markwaldronon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)

DigiFi | Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer | New York City | Full-Time Onsite | $80k-$160k + Equity + Benefits https://angel.co/digifi/jobs

DigiFi is a provider of enterprise fintech solutions for financial institutions. As technology revolutionizes financial services, we empower financial institutions to thrive in the digital age. https://digifi.io

We are looking for experienced software engineers to join our growing team of 12. We’re tackling the biggest problems in how banks and other financial institutions deliver products to their customers and we’re looking for exceptional people to help lead the charge. We use JavaScript on the frontend (React) and backend (NodeJS), along with both MongoDB and PostgreSQL. Our applications are hosted in AWS.

The ideal candidate will have formal training in programming and professional experience with software development in either enterprise or startup environments. They will be expected to collaborate closely with a small team of engineers and ship code frequently while demonstrating a commitment to developing, testing, implementing and maintaining enterprise-quality software.

Apply with resume to info [at] digifi.io.

markwaldronon Amazon prefaces its recruiting emails to women engineers with “Diversity HIRE”

I'm not asking that the person out themselves. I meant more information about the sender - I could quickly code up an email template that looks similar to Amazons.

markwaldronon Amazon prefaces its recruiting emails to women engineers with “Diversity HIRE”

I wish they wouldn't have blocked out the email information. There's very little to verify this is legit.

markwaldronon China orders N.K. firms to close down within 120 days

Related BBC article with more information: www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41431057

markwaldronon Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

My commute is a little longer (~60 minutes), and my rent is 1.6k a month with most utilities included.

markwaldronon Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

This "calculator" really makes me appreciate the higher salaries in NYC compared to other places. Yes, the cost of living is higher, but if you are willing to commute 30ish minutes a day from outside of Manhattan, you can avoid a lot of the cost.

markwaldronon If you enroll in Equifax's TrustedID you waive your rights to sue Equifax

I haven't enrolled, but wouldn't you be able to argue that because their information was leaked you weren't the one who signed up?

markwaldronon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017)

DigiFi | Senior Software Engineer | New York City | Full-Time Onsite | $120k-$160k + Equity + Benefits https://angel.co/digifi/jobs/193213-senior-full-stack-softwa...

We are looking for experienced software engineers to join our growing team of 12. We’re tacking the biggest problems in how banks and other financial institutions deliver products to their customers and we’re looking for exceptional people to help lead the charge. We use JavaScript on the frontend (React) and backend (NodeJS), along with both SQL and MongoDB. Our applications are hosted in AWS.

Apply with resume to info [at] digifi.io.

markwaldronon ES6 Generators Deliver Go Style Concurrency (2013)

I read until Node.js 0.11 was mentioned and then scrolled up and realized it was written in 2013. Please add to title!

markwaldronon To Grow Faster, Hit Pause

Here, have a karma! We need more people like you downvoting these types of pieces into oblivion.

markwaldronon Modified human crania provide evidence for a new form of Neolithic skull cult

Very interesting subject, similar to how researchers say the Egyptians elongated their skulls. Also, Neolithic Skull Cult sounds like a great band name

markwaldronon How Much Sleep Do Fitbit Users Really Get?

I had this issue as well but I realized my Sleep Sensitivity setting was on "Sensitive" rather than "Normal". Once I changed it, my average nights rest went up to 6h+

markwaldronon Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq

Why would we celebrate something like this?

markwaldronon The most secure password

I don't know about all of you, but I'm going to use H4!b5at+kWls-8yh4Guq for my password everywhere. No way any of you will be able to crack it!

markwaldronon Badly educated men have not adapted well to trade, technology or feminism (2015)

You state that the education system taught you lies, and then generalize that all public schools teach lies. Did you attend every public school in the nation?

markwaldronon Cafe owners are pulling the plug on WiFi

Charging for wifi by the hour would be a good alternative. Give 30 minutes free with every coffee purchase, possibly dependent on price of beverage. The outlying issues are other open wifi spots that are close to the shop and people tethering their phones and just using the cafe for a spot to do work. Both of those will happen even if they "pull the plug".

markwaldronon Survivorship Bias

I just opened it, also in Chrome, and it took me to the website

markwaldronon An Alternative Approach to Rate Limiting

Had we not discovered the attack, we could have faced a huge surge in our delivery costs and a decline in our email sender reputation.

This isn't just about the application being able to handle double the amount of load, it about keeping costs down and preventing someone from drastically increasing your bill. I work at a fintech company, and many of the 3rd party providers we use have a non-negligible cost per API call. You wouldn't want to wake up one morning and find that someone triggered one of those calls thousands of times while you were asleep.

markwaldronon Amazon's Sick New Sick Policy

So they are encouraging people to go to work sick under penalty of losing portions of their bonus? How long until a strong version of the flu puts whole teams out of commision? It's things like this that cause me to always reply "Thanks, but no thanks" to their recruiters whenever they reach out to me.

markwaldronon Typing the technical interview

Someone, please design this. Then post a link. I will be your first customer

markwaldronon America's biggest new reading trend: obsessed with multitasking via audio books

I had the same feeling with that same series. I used to look forward to my 30 minute commute to/from work. I'd save the book for the commute and it would always be something to look forward to. Have you found any other books similar to that?

markwaldronon The Lasting Consequences of Student Debt

I'd love to know their definition of "high-income family"

markwaldronon How my daughter died from a simple case of flu

It's extremely common in the US. I grew up poor and there were many times I was sick, sometimes even severely, and never went to the doctors. Even now I know people who are making 6 figure salaries and choose not to go to the doctors because it's just so expensive. They hedge their bets taking high deductible insurances, or sometimes going without, so they just avoid going to the doctors until they have no choice.

markwaldronon Software Engineer Starts Unlikely Business: A Weekly Newspaper

As a resident of a neighboring town to Montclair, I couldn't be more excited to see a new local newspaper trying to keep the residents more informed. Needless to say, I spent the $12 to subscribe. If this goes well, I hope to see more papers of this nature popping up in my town and others in the area!

markwaldronon Assert() in the hands of bad coders

I second this. There are plenty of times I'll be looking at code I wrote a few months ago and swear it was written by someone else. The same goes for more elegant code. Not everyone writes amazing code all the time.

markwaldronon How I Became a Better Programmer

Those that are complaining about this article: Care to share the experiences that made you a better programmer? Can you link to blog posts yourself or others made that we may find useful?

markwaldronon Dear recruiter, “open floor space” is not a job benefit

If I see "open floor space", I better also see "a pair of headphones of your choice"

markwaldronon David Rockefeller has died

"Their sister, Abby Rockefeller Mauze, known as “Babs,” died in 1976." All the brothers have their contributions listed, but she doesn't? According to Wikipedia, Abby Rockefeller Mauze preferred to stay out of the spotlight, but was still a benefactor of the MOMA, YWCA, NY Hospital, NY Zoological Society, and the Asia Society.

markwaldronon The Frequency of Known Vulnerabilities in JavaScript

For Node we use https://nodesecurity.io/ for all our npm packages. It does a pretty great job of alerting us quickly to any vulnerabilities reported for our packages.