natemartin

If it is truly facebook only, that eliminates this for me. Too bad.

Looks really interesting. I mainly use C while working on embedded code, how applicable is this book to embedded C?

If this isn't a great resource for embedded C, can anyone recommend a different book?

Tesla Motors

Palo Alto, CA | Full time | Manufacturing Test Engineer

I know most of the job postings here are looking for software positions, but I'm sure there's some people with hardware and test experience as well. Tesla Motors is looking for an experience manufacturing test engineer. We're looking for a generalist, equally comfortable looking at a schematic or at code.

You will be responsible for implementing a PCBA functional tester for a manufacturing environment.

BSEE (MSEE preferred) Thorough knowledge of C/C++ Familiarity with Labwindow CVI, (labview desirable) You should have a good understanding of microprocessors and analog circuits. Knowlege of schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium preferred) Knowledge of Java, python, MySQL, C#, and XML desirable,

We're looking for experience with test station deployment, stability, and repeatablity in a manufacturing environment.

Addtional desireable skills: SPC, DOE, NPI, ICT, agilent 3070 basic

Contact me, nmartin at teslamotors.com if you are interested.

Just wondering if I should fill it out a second time, since I never saw a confirmation screen. I understand it will take some time to ship, just want to know the application actually made it into the database! :)

Did anyone get an email confirmation after applying for the dev kit? After I hit the button, it reloaded to the home page, and I haven't seen any emails.

The news is hitting me harder than I expected. More than just the products he made, I feel that he directly effected my life. I wouldn't be where I am in my life today, certainly would have the job I have today, if it wasn't for the years I spent at Apple. And I wouldn't have worked there if Steve hadn't first created the company, then later on saved it.

RIP SJ. You certainly changed the world.

This is a fantastic explanation. I've always had trouble "getting" imaginary numbers.... even though I've had to use the fairly often as an Electrical Engineer. This is the first time they've made intuitive sense to me.

Pretty cool. The github page has some good information that would be nice to have on domaincli.com (like who's registering the domain, how payment is handled, etc.)

Might still be useful for some embedded applications.

T-shirts were one of the ways that I could tell the culture at Apple was changing.

When I started interning there, there would be a new T-shirt for every new project we would ship. The engineers in my group would all where T-shirts from projects past.

By the time I started full time,and my entire tenure there, the T-shirt culture was over (at least in hardware). Whenever someone would bring it up, or request one for the project we were working on, the answer would be "That's not a priority any more" or "We just don't have the budget for that."

Thankfully the new company I work for has some very cool t-shirts!

This is pretty great. Any idea why it doesn't show prices for driving though? I'd love if I could enter the average MPG of my vehicle, and have it show an estimate of driving costs, so you can compare against flying for shorter trips.

I have this exact same issue. My nickname "nat" can be short for both Nathaniel and Natelie. And apparently there is a Natelie with the same last name as me, and she seems to use my email address with a dot in it. I've been getting frequent flier emails, school emails, and more. Whenever it is an automated email, I contact their customer service and explain the situation, then unsubscribe.

If the email seems to be personal, I respond and ask them to have "Natelie" contact me, but she never has.

I agree with you, it's very frustrating. I don't have any solution, but I'll be following this thread closely.

Interesting UI, but it seems to only show my inbox, not all of my other labels in gmail. I filter a lot of messages, so my inbox alone isn't too useful.

Nice start though.

How often do people recruit through cold-calls anymore?

I was at one of the companies mentioned, and was contacted by a recruiter from another one of the companies menteioned, but they contacted me through linked-in, not through a cold-call.

Did the agreement really matter anymore with all the alternative ways of communicating?

(I ended up leaving where I was, but didn't go to the place that was recruiting me.)

It asked me to update flash, and restart my browser. After that, I just get a grey screen. Edit: Safari 5.0.2, Snow Leopard, Click-to-flash installed, but with logic.ly whitelisted.

I like the site. Here's an issue: If I choose "cars and trucks" in craigslist, and want to put in a max price, it won't let me click "search" unless I type something in the search box. I might want to look for everything under a certain price.

Hmmm. I grew up in SF. Parents didn't have money, went through the public school system. Public schools here aren't that bad, as long as you apply yourself and get into the magnet schools.

(Still live here too. The dilemma I have now is that I hate the commute to my south bay job, but I don't want to live the city. I still think most of the peninsula is pretty damn boring.)

I turned out fine. (I think...)

Congratulations! I just gave my two-weeks at Big Fruit, moving on to something very exciting. All my friends who have left have told me it's been a great decision for them.

As to how I got my job at Apple, started interning after meeting an engineering manager at a school event, and turned that into a fulltime position after graduation.

New job was through a friend of a friend.

Nevermind, it started working on its own after a while.

Looks pretty cool. After installing it, how do I enable the onepage mode?

How is "starting a small business" different from a "startup"?

Isn't every startup a small business, by definition, until it gets big?

There's a difference between the CEO being out of money, and the company being out of money.

Maybe make a post on HN and try to get a HN meetup going on at Epicenter?

Most coffee shops in this city have wifi.

Ritual Roasters is pretty much the prototypical startup-hangout coffee shop.

Also, this coming week is WWDC, there's probably a lot of mac-related parties that will be happening.

I think you made the same points as me, but put it much better.

The purchasing jump for consumers is going to be cameraphone -> dslr, not cameraphone -> point and shoot

I don't think anyone is arguing that cameraphones will replace SLRs though.

The ad was advertising point and shoot cameras. Most of which have tiny sensors. They might be good quality, but only marginally better than the best of the cameraphones right now.

Do you really think the quality of a point of shoot is so much better than a cameraphone that you would carry one around all the time?

Or would you rather carry a phone with a decent camera, and take out your DSLR when you need better photos?

I saw this ad in SF a few days ago, and had similar thoughts.

The ad is specifically showing a point-and-shoot camera, not an SLR.

Point-And-Shoot cameras might be better than most cell phone cameras now, but I'm not convinced they are better enough to justify carrying around an extra device. For most people a cameraphone is good enough, and if you want better quality, the step up to a point-and-shoot isn't really worth it. If you want better quality, go for an SLR.

There's a saying among photographers that "The best camera is the one you have with you." I have an iPhone, a point-and-shoot, and an SLR. I can't remember the last time I took out the point-and-shoot. I use the SLR when I know I'm going to be taking a lot of photos. And I use the iPhone camera constantly.

I think panasonic is mistaken if they think cameraphones are a fad, or that this advertising will make people jump to using their point-and-shoots.

Instead, why don't they embrace the trend, and work with the phone manufacturers? Why not talk to Nokia, or HTC, and say "You guys concentrate on the phone part, leave the camera to us." Put in quality optics, and advertise the phone with "Camera by Panasonic"

I know that Epicenter is a very popular coffee shop/bar that a lot of coders go to.

Are you looking for a place to work, or to meet people, or what?

And how long are you in town for?

And if anyone is wondering why there's very little discussion here, it's because everyone is talking about it in the chatbox on the spreadsheet.