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> Update: Brendan Gallagher, Beale's SVP of development, said in a statement: “We are disappointed in the decision not to pursue this opportunity for Tucson. [...] We see it as a m…

One thing I have started doing is using a VPN with the location set to my home location 100% of the time when home. Then, when logging in abroad I use the VPN to my home location. …

I also use this extension. It works on firefox as well. Code is also on github if you want to learn from it: https://github.com/lunu-bounir/allow-right-click if you go back to the …

conservative andrew sullivan writes typical conservative opinion piece that falls in line with his party's political line HN treats it like it is some sort of objective, academic s…

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Groupon just did a round of layoffs in engineering across the US offices

This job listing seems low for the experience they want, the small-ish (I assume) pool of Lisp programmers and the fact their website states: > We are home to over 1500 engineers, …

I think this is the patent: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=H...

If there is a need, then they should be made. If there is no need, then they can still be made (maybe even revealing a new need in the process). I guess it seems like a non-issue t…

I'm getting hung-up on the word "need".

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These post titles are really good! some of my favorite so far: > Debunking Myths About Growth Hacking Goes Bad (infoq.com) > First Firefox OS developer to come (businessmandi.com) …

> A coding test doesn't tell you how well a candidate can collaborate. Agreed. > But white boarding is excellent for answering all those questions. I disagree. There is no team soc…

I remember seeing that tweet, but didn't know it was posted here. Pretty interesting discussion both for and against this type of hiring process.

The part that is weird for me is that you are aggravated from a candidate perspective, I am aggravated from a hiring perspective, but nothing will change. I think it became standar…

> Google’s recruiting process is well documented online, and from this point my experience was pretty typical.The only difference is that I didn’t need to go through a technical ph…

Of course there will be exceptions, but, given two candidates, the one who did better will get the offer. At big tech companies there is no shortage of people who ace a white-board…

1. Everyone will say they want to "see how you think" 2. You will not get an offer if you do not get a solution 3. Everyone ever: "White board interviews can be awful, but my compa…

This is the biggest myth that you will hear from every recruiter. If you do not get the problem correct, you will not get an offer. If you go through a 3 person loop and get 2 prob…

I've had my own bad experience with forensic science. I was a research intern at Oak Ridge National Lab. They put on several educational events for the interns. One event was a guy…

here is an MP3 link of a talk he gave that summarizes the thesis of this book pretty nicely (26 minutes): http://dconstruct.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/podcast/dconstruct20...