Hacker News Reader

pushingiceon All politics is bad, says Coinbase

All politics at work is bad, says Coinbase. And they would be correct.

pushingiceon Brython – A Python 3 implementation for client-side web programming

This is because it started out as a Google project. There is an internal time-series framework there called Monarch that does the same thing for composing operations.

pushingiceon To software engineers criticizing Neil Ferguson’s epidemics simulation code

As a former academic, the point is to get the research published. Whether the code continues to work after that, is irrelevant.

pushingiceon Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value

Deputy General Counsel. It was on his LinkedIn.

pushingiceon $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

Yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Billion

pushingiceon Fewer Than Half of Google Searches Now Result in a Click

They're obviously wrong, right there in the headline. Fewer than half of Google searches now result in a click.

pushingiceon PartiQL: One query language for all your data

Will this be integrated into AWS Athena? The blog post doesn't mention it.

pushingiceon Google Employees Uncover Ongoing Work on Censored China Search

I resigned from Google and I don't care about any of those perks. You can use money to buy that stuff. I was happy when they left China and will be sad to see them go back. I don't own any GOOG anymore, so via con dios.

pushingiceon Ask HN: What made you change your mind about a programming language/paradigm?

At this point the best reason might be the 2020 deprecation. But yes, f-strings are great. Just did a small 2-3 migration last week, wasn't too bad.

pushingiceon Tile: A New Language for Machine Learning

It's a start-up. As of now they are still independent. (Disclaimer: I'm related to their CTO) https://www.linkedin.com/company/17896487/

pushingiceon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2013)

Denver, CO

Open Book Ben is a startup in the Business Intelligence and Credit Reporting industry. We are looking for a lead web developer to design the site. Work closely with our UI/UX designer and data lead to create OpenBookBen.com. Be responsible for all site functionality including views, accounts, forms, etc. Make design decisions about frameworks and software to use. This will be an ongoing and iterative process as we add new data and requirements.

Requirements:

* Expert in Javascript, HTML, and CSS

* Expert in Ruby, Python, or any JVM language

* Extensive experience with one or more open-source web frameworks

* Familiarity with Linux command line

* Familiarity with Git

Familiarity with any of the following is helpful:

* JS frameworks, esp. AngularJS

* Virtual machines and cloud deployment

* NoSQL databases

* ElasticSearch

* Tinkerpop stack

* Continuous deployment/integration

Contact: jobs@openbookben.com