US 50 states redrawn as equal population
4 by cryptozeus | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Saturday, 30 November 2019
Friday, 29 November 2019
Thursday, 28 November 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Burning Out
Ask HN: Burning Out
13 by burning_out_101 | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Burning out as an early stage start-up employee. I’ve been employed there a few years, worked miracles, but getting recently getting some poor feedback. Confusing situation. Wondering if I should just quit? Is career salvageable? I solved the business’ biggest issue. Start-up was founded to do X, founders couldn’t figure out how to do X, I was asked to do X. Under enormous pressure I single handily figured out how to do X, conducted all the R&D, built the prototype, supervised the engineer and release. Its still a prototype, but solves one of the industries biggest problem. Non-founder team lead is unhappy some minor issues have slipping in the chaotic process of getting this to market. I’m doing several different jobs and do everything. My solution is going to change the market, the idea is worth millions of dollars, likely more. Founders are very please, but getting poor feedback from team lead. Team lead has hindered more than helped, gives conflicting advice, blows hot and cold, has created a toxic environment etc. Admittedly some minor things have slipped through the cracks, but much of this comes from my team lead playing politics, creating silos and conflicts etc. My team lead is grinding me down with their constant nitpicking and I really just want to go and do something else, anything else, work in a bar or something. Considered going to the founders with the issue, but I can’t see how this can be resolved beyond creating a new role or transferring out of my area of expertise. I did a sanity check and have reached out to others. Lots of others have take issue with my team lead as well, so its not just me. I’m pretty burnout, and definitely in need to some time out before moving on. I don’t think I’d come across very well (or as sharp as I usually) in interviews at the moment without a break. Anyone been through anything similar? Anyone have any advice?
13 by burning_out_101 | 5 comments on Hacker News.
Burning out as an early stage start-up employee. I’ve been employed there a few years, worked miracles, but getting recently getting some poor feedback. Confusing situation. Wondering if I should just quit? Is career salvageable? I solved the business’ biggest issue. Start-up was founded to do X, founders couldn’t figure out how to do X, I was asked to do X. Under enormous pressure I single handily figured out how to do X, conducted all the R&D, built the prototype, supervised the engineer and release. Its still a prototype, but solves one of the industries biggest problem. Non-founder team lead is unhappy some minor issues have slipping in the chaotic process of getting this to market. I’m doing several different jobs and do everything. My solution is going to change the market, the idea is worth millions of dollars, likely more. Founders are very please, but getting poor feedback from team lead. Team lead has hindered more than helped, gives conflicting advice, blows hot and cold, has created a toxic environment etc. Admittedly some minor things have slipped through the cracks, but much of this comes from my team lead playing politics, creating silos and conflicts etc. My team lead is grinding me down with their constant nitpicking and I really just want to go and do something else, anything else, work in a bar or something. Considered going to the founders with the issue, but I can’t see how this can be resolved beyond creating a new role or transferring out of my area of expertise. I did a sanity check and have reached out to others. Lots of others have take issue with my team lead as well, so its not just me. I’m pretty burnout, and definitely in need to some time out before moving on. I don’t think I’d come across very well (or as sharp as I usually) in interviews at the moment without a break. Anyone been through anything similar? Anyone have any advice?
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What Are You Thankful For?
Ask HN: What Are You Thankful For?
4 by japhyr | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I think this gets asked most years, and I always enjoy the threads that come out of it. I am thankful for a family that I enjoy spending the holidays with. I am thankful that I had a safe childhood and got a good education throughout my life. I am also thankful for the HN community. People dump on this site sometimes, but over most of the past decade HN has been an overwhelmingly positive part of my life. Thank you to everyone for what you bring to the community here.
4 by japhyr | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I think this gets asked most years, and I always enjoy the threads that come out of it. I am thankful for a family that I enjoy spending the holidays with. I am thankful that I had a safe childhood and got a good education throughout my life. I am also thankful for the HN community. People dump on this site sometimes, but over most of the past decade HN has been an overwhelmingly positive part of my life. Thank you to everyone for what you bring to the community here.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What should be taught in high school?
Ask HN: What should be taught in high school?
9 by NiloCK | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm an educator with a CS / programming background. There's a possibility that I'll be moving into the 'Information and Communications Technology' role next year at my medium sized high school (grades 9-12, ~700 students, diverse student population). My jurisdiction's curriculum in this area is not well developed, and there are no standardized tests to prepare for. I'll have an amount of freedom in deciding course content that's unusual for high school teachers. What would HN have the modern western high school student learn with respect to "Information and Communications Technology"?
9 by NiloCK | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm an educator with a CS / programming background. There's a possibility that I'll be moving into the 'Information and Communications Technology' role next year at my medium sized high school (grades 9-12, ~700 students, diverse student population). My jurisdiction's curriculum in this area is not well developed, and there are no standardized tests to prepare for. I'll have an amount of freedom in deciding course content that's unusual for high school teachers. What would HN have the modern western high school student learn with respect to "Information and Communications Technology"?
New top story on Hacker News: IKEA invests 200M euro to become climate positive by 2030
IKEA invests 200M euro to become climate positive by 2030
39 by rkraaijenhagen | 4 comments on Hacker News.
39 by rkraaijenhagen | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Uber’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’: Shared Driver Accounts
Uber’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’: Shared Driver Accounts
5 by JumpCrisscross | 0 comments on Hacker News.
5 by JumpCrisscross | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Quiting Big Tech, what is it like?
Ask HN: Quiting Big Tech, what is it like?
10 by throwaway1m | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I've spent the last decade in two FANG companies, and I've got to a high level where my total compensation is ridiculous. The problem is that it bores me to tears, and I don't want to do it anymore. At first thought, maybe I am burned out? However, I can still come home and write code for a side-project, so I don't think this is "burn-out". I don't know to be honest. I think the best description is that I am cynical of the "mission", and I can't connect my work to people I care about. How do I know what the source of the problem is? However, I wanted to pose two questions. First, what is the environment like for exiting high-level former-FANG employees? Second, what are some of the surprises post-FANG that I would be in for if I wanted to start a company? Thank you for your time.
10 by throwaway1m | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I've spent the last decade in two FANG companies, and I've got to a high level where my total compensation is ridiculous. The problem is that it bores me to tears, and I don't want to do it anymore. At first thought, maybe I am burned out? However, I can still come home and write code for a side-project, so I don't think this is "burn-out". I don't know to be honest. I think the best description is that I am cynical of the "mission", and I can't connect my work to people I care about. How do I know what the source of the problem is? However, I wanted to pose two questions. First, what is the environment like for exiting high-level former-FANG employees? Second, what are some of the surprises post-FANG that I would be in for if I wanted to start a company? Thank you for your time.
Fox News Breaking News Alert
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President Trump addresses Florida 'homecoming rally'
11/26/19 4:26 PM
President Trump addresses Florida 'homecoming rally'
11/26/19 4:26 PM
Monday, 25 November 2019
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Federal judge orders ex-White House counsel Don McGahn to comply with subpoena, appear before Congress
11/25/19 3:17 PM
Federal judge orders ex-White House counsel Don McGahn to comply with subpoena, appear before Congress
11/25/19 3:17 PM
Sunday, 24 November 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Any front end engineers transition to ML/AI engineering? What's it like?
Ask HN: Any front end engineers transition to ML/AI engineering? What's it like?
17 by baron816 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a frontend engineer and I really enjoy it, but I do feel like there isn't much more for me to learn or room to grow. I've been thinking about trying to start learning ML, but I'm not sure I'd like it. Seems like it would be very different from what I'm currently doing. My interest in it at the moment is money related, but I'm confident that could change once I really get in it. I'm also confident that my company would give me the opportunity move into a relevant role, so long as I knew what I was doing. What I'm most interested in knowing is what the day to day work is like, and how different is it from every other software engineering job?
17 by baron816 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a frontend engineer and I really enjoy it, but I do feel like there isn't much more for me to learn or room to grow. I've been thinking about trying to start learning ML, but I'm not sure I'd like it. Seems like it would be very different from what I'm currently doing. My interest in it at the moment is money related, but I'm confident that could change once I really get in it. I'm also confident that my company would give me the opportunity move into a relevant role, so long as I knew what I was doing. What I'm most interested in knowing is what the day to day work is like, and how different is it from every other software engineering job?
New best story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results
Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results
744 by babuskov | 275 comments on Hacker News.
Finding answers to basically any question is now behind a walled garden that requires that you create an account. This is the exact thing expertsexchange did before StackOverflow came and ate their lunch. What do you think about it?
744 by babuskov | 275 comments on Hacker News.
Finding answers to basically any question is now behind a walled garden that requires that you create an account. This is the exact thing expertsexchange did before StackOverflow came and ate their lunch. What do you think about it?
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How would you bootstrap a space company?
Ask HN: How would you bootstrap a space company?
4 by markovian | 7 comments on Hacker News.
I am trying to find the ideal way to start a space business without immediately needing substantial financial resources. Create a space industry giant from scratch with little external funding.
4 by markovian | 7 comments on Hacker News.
I am trying to find the ideal way to start a space business without immediately needing substantial financial resources. Create a space industry giant from scratch with little external funding.
New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Digicert is turning into Symantec
Tell HN: Digicert is turning into Symantec
4 by huhtenberg | 0 comments on Hacker News.
It was an open secret, linked from Microsoft MSDN page on code signing [1] - if you are to enter Digicert site through https://ift.tt/2rouyTl link, you'd get a 50% discounted offer on all certificates including EV code signing certs. Coupled with Digicert's US-based no-nonsense support it made buying an EV cert from them an absolute no-brainer. Recommended them more times than I can remember. Then they "absorbed" Symantec. First, the quality of the support took a nose dive. Live chat that used to be almost instantaneously available started showing queues of 10-15 minutes. Earlier this year the support started deflecting all sales-related questions to "your sales representative, who will get in touch with you shortly." What useв to be a 30 second chat to get the renewal price matched against the last year now turned into some painful bullshit that ended up with sales rep claiming no discounts were available, but he'd be willing to make a massive one-time exception of 5% off. But the /sysdev link still worked, the hope that these Symantec influences will blow over was still there. No more. The link now redirects to $600/yr pricing. Support is slow and useless, there are now industry-standard obnoxious sales reps, where none is needed, and so Digicert is all but Symantec now. What a shame I say. Just FYI. [1] https://ift.tt/2zppSeY
4 by huhtenberg | 0 comments on Hacker News.
It was an open secret, linked from Microsoft MSDN page on code signing [1] - if you are to enter Digicert site through https://ift.tt/2rouyTl link, you'd get a 50% discounted offer on all certificates including EV code signing certs. Coupled with Digicert's US-based no-nonsense support it made buying an EV cert from them an absolute no-brainer. Recommended them more times than I can remember. Then they "absorbed" Symantec. First, the quality of the support took a nose dive. Live chat that used to be almost instantaneously available started showing queues of 10-15 minutes. Earlier this year the support started deflecting all sales-related questions to "your sales representative, who will get in touch with you shortly." What useв to be a 30 second chat to get the renewal price matched against the last year now turned into some painful bullshit that ended up with sales rep claiming no discounts were available, but he'd be willing to make a massive one-time exception of 5% off. But the /sysdev link still worked, the hope that these Symantec influences will blow over was still there. No more. The link now redirects to $600/yr pricing. Support is slow and useless, there are now industry-standard obnoxious sales reps, where none is needed, and so Digicert is all but Symantec now. What a shame I say. Just FYI. [1] https://ift.tt/2zppSeY
Saturday, 23 November 2019
Fox News Breaking News Alert
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Alabama suspect surrenders after sheriff fatally shot
11/23/19 11:21 PM
Alabama suspect surrenders after sheriff fatally shot
11/23/19 11:21 PM
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Friday night after experiencing chills and a fever, the Supreme Court
11/23/19 4:25 PM
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Friday night after experiencing chills and a fever, the Supreme Court
11/23/19 4:25 PM
Friday, 22 November 2019
New top story on Hacker News: PIA bought by company known for distributing malware
PIA bought by company known for distributing malware
17 by rahuldottech | 4 comments on Hacker News.
17 by rahuldottech | 4 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Team newsletter instead of sharing links on Slack
Show HN: Team newsletter instead of sharing links on Slack
4 by piotrgrudzien | 1 comments on Hacker News.
4 by piotrgrudzien | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Thursday, 21 November 2019
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
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Justice Department watchdog's findings on potential FISA abuses to be released Dec. 9, Graham tells Fox News
11/20/19 7:14 PM
Justice Department watchdog's findings on potential FISA abuses to be released Dec. 9, Graham tells Fox News
11/20/19 7:14 PM
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
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Impeachment inquiry witnesses undercut claims of 'quid pro quo,' 'bribery' and 'cover-up'
11/19/19 5:38 PM
Impeachment inquiry witnesses undercut claims of 'quid pro quo,' 'bribery' and 'cover-up'
11/19/19 5:38 PM
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Taliban frees American, Australian in prisoner swap
11/19/19 2:01 AM
Taliban frees American, Australian in prisoner swap
11/19/19 2:01 AM
Monday, 18 November 2019
Sunday, 17 November 2019
The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in Iraq
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New top story on Hacker News: Bank of America Closes Sequoia Capital VC’s Bank Account
Bank of America Closes Sequoia Capital VC’s Bank Account
9 by undefined3840 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
9 by undefined3840 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Key to Longevity: Mutated T Cells Present in Supercentenarians
Key to Longevity: Mutated T Cells Present in Supercentenarians
7 by corporate_shi11 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
7 by corporate_shi11 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
