timf

Work ranges from frontend (AngularJS) to backend (Java/REST).

We are hiring all over the world.

I've posted a long gist about our team, the product, and some of our development processes here: https://gist.github.com/timf/892ef751a146787e4784

http://worrydream.com/ScientificCommunicationAsSequentialArt...

You can mess with the sliders, etc.

Video @ http://vimeo.com/67076984

1. Figure out what earplugs work well. Working well means good sound suppression but also means earplugs that you can have in your ear comfortably for long stretches. I can sleep the entire night in the ones I settled on (I buy them bulk: http://www.amazon.com/Moldex-6800-Pura-Fit-Soft-Earplugs/dp/... ).

2. Get over-the-ear headphones, the kind that physically enclose your entire ear. Mine are noise-canceling as well but most of the benefit comes from the enclosure.

3. Play a white noise mp3 into the headphones. Turn the volume up to the point where you can just hear it through the earplugs you're also wearing.

With that setup, I would not even notice people talking next to me. People would often have to wave their hand by my laptop screen to get my attention (to ask me to share the coffeeshop's power outlet or what not).

I rent an office now and am happy that is not a daily situation for me, but that's how I made the best of it after much experimentation.

    We have had reports of a new security vulnerability issue. As a precautionary
    step we have temporarily disabled password reset as we continue to investigate
    the issue further. We apologize for the inconvenience but user experience and
    safety is our first priority

    [UPDATE:14/11/2012@15:28GMT] 
    Early this morning we were notified of user concerns surrounding the security
    of the password reset feature on our website. This issue affected some users
    where multiple Skype accounts were registered to the same email address. We
    suspended the password reset feature temporarily this morning as a precaution
    and have made updates to the password reset process today so that it is now
    working properly. We are reaching out to a small number of users who may
    have been impacted to assist as necessary. Skype is committed to providing a
    safe and secure communications experience to our users and we apologize
    for the inconvenience.

Unfortunately there are no details, it just says "there was a cascading bug in one of our infrastructure components".

That's focused on RESTful services so presumably also a JS templating tool browser-side or similar.

http://opentsdb.net/

> Perform autocomplete on my Python/Octave code

.. except for auto-completion, who doesn't like that? :-/

Try the 'dabbrev-expand' command for auto-complete in any mode (naive match on other words in the buffer): M-/

Then check out 'C-h a expand' and 'C-h a complete' (apropos searches for commands related to code completion).

Snippet-stuff that makes you rethink something has always been a part of HN. (That said, I prefer it to be a majority of tech stuff myself and usually only submit tech stuff: http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=timf )