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josh_fyi

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October 11, 2012 (13y ago)
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  1. Ask HN: What is life like at Twitter now?

    I've seen plenty of articles about people who quit or were fired. I have not seen the other side, about people who chose to stay and continue working there. Are they all staying because of their visas or financial…

    7 points 0
  2. Safely tidy up the expensive mess in a Google Cloud project (github.com)
    6 points 0
  3. Serving China with a Webapp (blog.doit-intl.com)
    6 points 0
  4. Kalzumeus (HN patio11) posts early suspicions of an epidemic in Japan (marginalrevolution.com)
    14 points 1
  5. Using experience to earn cloud certifications (blog.doit-intl.com)
    11 points 1
  6. Ask HN: Office decision-makers: Why did you chose open space?

    I'd like answers from the actual decision-makers. Why did you do it, knowing that employee compensation costs far exceed real estate costs, and open-space reduces productivity? (I'd prefer not to hear from those who…

    4 points 1
  7. Running graph-traversal algorithms in the Google Cloud (cloudcomputing-news.net)
    10 points 4
  8. Java 8: An adequate Scala for Spark (datanami.com)
    1 points 0
  9. Ask HN: Want to stop recruiter spam?

    I get too much recruiter spam. But I don’t hit the spam button, because I might be interested in a few decent personal recruiting messages one day. A lot of developers think this way. We need a specialized collaborative…

    1 points 1
  10. Ask HN: What's your secret for creating network effects?

    We wanted to scratch our own itch, and the itch of every tech entrepreneur and developer out there: Connecting to the best employees/employers. Why get stuck with just your personal network? So, we quit our jobs and…

    11 points 7
  11. Show HN: Developers recruiting developers (fiveyearitch.com)
    8 points 4
  12. In Praise of the Office Kegerator (pando.com)
    8 points 4
  13. Show HN: Meaningful jobs in software development (meaningful-jobs.fiveyearitch.com)
    7 points 7
  14. Rise of the Anti-Recruiters (readwrite.com)
    7 points 4
  15. Ask HN: Whatever happened to Paranoid Linux?

    Cory Doctorow described in brilliant detail the fictional distro Paranoid Linux in his novel, _Little Brother_. "Paranoid" fully protects its users: encrypted communication and Tor by default, continual network chaff,…

    5 points 5
  16. Why don't software communities serve as job hubs? (blog.fiveyearitch.com)
    9 points 12
  17. Ask HN: Would you sign up for a "Hire-a-HN-Hacker" board?

    HN has monthly "Who's hiring" posts, but not "Who wants to be poached into a better job" posts. So, I want to ask: Would you like such a service? Are there any comfortably-employed hackers hanging out at HN who would…

    38 points 27
  18. Ask HN: Is it worthwhile to do major graphic design reworks?

    Our site, FiveYearItch.com, is growing nicely with new software engineers and employers. Functional improvements with user feedback have paid off. However, the overall graphic design is still where it started -- it's…

    3 points 13
  19. Alexey Vayner, Tim Ferriss's tragic twin (blog.fiveyearitch.com)
    2 points 0
  20. Anatomy of a successful cold-email campaign (blog.fiveyearitch.com)
    4 points 0
  21. The Top Five Reasons Employees Will Quit In 2013 (forbes.com)
    2 points 2
  22. Ask HN: What current new projects take advantage of future accelerating change?

    Ray Kurzweil has said that he succeeded in his startups by tracing where technology would be 5 years into the future (the approximate time for a new project) and building his systems to that spec.<p>For example,…

    1 points 0
  23. Singularity Rising, review of a new book by James Miller (ieet.org)
    2 points 0
  24. Are you itching to leave your job? (blog.fiveyearitch.com)
    1 points 0
  25. Ask HN: How do you tell if developer candidates can Get Things Done?

    We can use tests to tell if the person is Smart and knowledgeable. Interviews, resumes, and references all give some info, but it's still very hard to tell if a person knows how to buckle down and deliver. I want to…

    1 points 0