superails's comments

Awesome. Love the flag.

5MP downsample, resolution falls well short of what a 38MP camera should (theoretically) be capable of, runs windows phone 8 (fewer apps), phone has awkward shape not shown in commercials, low screen resolution, and as the following review puts it:

http://www.everyjoe.com/2013/07/13/technology/nokia-lumia-10...

"You might think that despite all of these negatives, at least the Lumia 1020 blows all other phones out of the water when it comes to the camera. You’d be wrong. There’s a noticeable lag when between taking a picture, saving it, and being able to take another picture. The Lumia 1020 comes with three different camera apps, each with their own function, so good luck figuring out what does what. Annoyingly, every photo you take has an on-screen caption that reminds you which app took the photo, but at least it doesn't show up in the picture itself"

> and frustratingly, it doesn't seem to actually link to the research that it mentions either, nor even provide enough a citation to find it

Citations don't sell. Sex, violence, and realistic-sounding, baseless, faulty journalism does. Welcome to the 20xx's. :)

I think it is the Nokia Lumia 1020/EOS, which I've heard is more of a sham than marketing would lead you to believe. I have to admit when I've seen the commercials, I wanted one also.

They don't hand out money everyday to the same people.

And it is not stupid theater. It is our government NOT at work. We may temporarily recover some of our debt. In fact, if they keep this going for an extended period of time, it might actually help- a lot. Our country has become much too dependent on our government, and now that the two political parties can't get along, there may actually be room for another socially moderate, somewhat fiscally-conservative, deficit hawk, constitutionalist, semi-libertarian party with common sense to come along and bring the country together. Unfortunately, it hasn't organized yet (and no, it isn't the Libertarian party- not with its current leaders- and even with better leadership, Libertarians are incapable of getting the debt under control because they won't allow raising taxes to cover for past debt).

Surface/2 = fail, Windows phone/mobile = fail, Ballmer left, XBox One = NSA big brother/bad timing fail, now known to have been working with NSA first to help access user data of privately bought/installed systems since at least early-mid 90s = fail, Windows 8 = fail.

Yes, they are making lots of money, but the shark was jumped long ago, and we are in Joanie Loves Chachi-land now (2 Happy Days references for you there). I think it is perfectly reasonable to start armchair quarterbacking to try to influence the new CEO.

> "We believe every person deserves the chance to live a healthy, productive life."

> What if something like this was the purpose and vision for Microsoft?

They need to combine what they are good at while still focusing on what made them.

1. The XBox was a success, prior to big brother concerns about the One. They need to get back to basics: the fastest and best technlogy and the best games.

2. Their OS and enterprise apps were mostly a success, prior to cloudification (or SAAS-ification) and mobile. They failed at mobile and need to cut their losses and go back to focusing on desktop/server systems.

3. .Net and C#/VB.net and their development ecosystem has been a success. They should continue this, enterprise product lines and development support.

4. Office was a success, prior to cloudification. They should go back to software and focus on usability.

5. Things to drop/split off/sell to gain focus: Bing, Windows Mobile, any hardware, software, or services unrelated to the top 4 above.

There is something that I think brings some of these together: home automation. Not cloudified home automation, but developing an OS that supports it that is capable of running without a net connection. People need to believe and understand that it is not big brother watching from the NSA. They could buy up existing home automation companies and maybe a security company or two to get a hold of the market and be able to take advantage of much of the technology they have developed so far. They could utilize Kinect technology and their Windows OS tech to run it. By running the home, they serve the apps and licenses from there as well, completely removed from the net if desired- just a local network.

The vision would be "Microsoft enables products that your family uses so that you can be free, happy, safe and secure."

Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6473264

Thanks for sharing, but if I don't know a language, how is having a tool translate it going to help me learn the language? Are you suggesting this only for those with a moderate knowledge of the language already? And what about those of us that don't have friends to grade us in a language? Without it, the automated translation may be wrong, and I'd be learning incorrect information.

I'd like to learn other languages quickly, but in past experience, conversational/immersion is the only way to go to get anything useful, and I don't have that ability or the time to persue it. Really the only time I have is the 1-1.5 hours in the car everyday- that is not enough and I have no one to converse with, and I'm an introvert anyway, so I don't want to talk to people typically.

Start practicing to interview and getting your resume/CV in order. Start contacting recruiters; they will take a long time to get you into the system. Be wary of recruiters that ask for doc versions of your resume because it means they will be editing it, though you might not care if you're just trying to get a job. Either grab a .info site to host your resume/CV or just link to LinkedIn in your paper copy. You want some sort of semi-permanent online version of your CV/resume so that when a recruiter finds it years from now in their database, maybe they can see the more recent version without having to contact you as if you were a college grad (since that is the copy of the CV/resume they'd have). Link to your open source project/profile in your resume. Personally I think GitHub is loads better than Google code, but since your stuff is in Google code, you might just link to the project(s) you worked on.

I'm sure you do, but ensure your LinkedIn account (used by recruiters more than anything else) is in top-shape. You may want a Careers 2.0 profile (http://careers.stackoverflow.com/), though it is still pretty limited in scope, jobwise. Subscribe for alerts for relevant searches in http://www.indeed.com/.

Make sure you also have G+, Twitter, FB, etc. cleaned up and looking nice.

The main thing is to start now with all of this. Don't wait 2 months.

Finally the #1 way to find new jobs is networking. Not schmoozing/douchebag-networking, but through friends/family/friends of family. Every job except for my first that I've gotten was through a friend, family member or co-worker.

Also, getting involved actively in local groups that code and not just present is a great idea. Nothing wrong with going to presentations, etc. also http://www.meetup.com/find/ (iOS in Stanford: http://ios-development.meetup.com/cities/us/ca/stanford/?off...), but don't be a cheeseball and try to meet everyone. Just be normal.

> Imagine coming to work to spend hours googling, wiring together unbelievably shitty, amazingly poor documented frameworks and battling Javscript and CSS.

I don't have to imagine it. Happens every fucking day.

Yes, per the post we're discussing: "Including EEGs in basic military first aid kits would also help with both medical diagnostics and clinical care for deployed soldiers"

However, unlike what the parent comment said, brain waves on the field are not going to be used in the short-term to diagnose PTSD. Potential uses of sensors in the helmet would be:

1. Control of other devices (and this better be wired, or the enemy could really screw with wireless).

2. Feedback/stats about the resource in question, e.g. he just got blown up, is his brain still working?, OR these guys just got hit with nerve gas.

> in every case where we let someone go, that person has gone on to work on things that they are more passionate about and where they have excelled and been happier at.

Ok, I believed it until then. B.S. No way he knows that. Plenty of unmotivated developers out there. It is not all roses when you get fired, even for a boss that "understands your pain and wants what's best for you". The fact is- if you fire someone, you want to feel like you are doing them a favor. Well, you aren't. You likely made a hiring mistake, and your mistake as a manager is going on that person's permanent record. It may be 80-90% their fault, but the employer shares in the blame for failure. Admit you fucked up, and try to help the person if you can. Then improve your hiring and early evaluation process.

It's highly doubtful the example mentioned (checked brain waves after an injury) is something EMT's are dying to have available in a portable format. Checking brain waves regularly as part of triage of head injury by an EMT is unlikely, imo. Less technical triage methods work fine.

Other than perhaps some use in doctors without borders, the only really useful brain activity that could be recorded with anything close to $30 worth of tech would be during sleep.

I had a few sleep studies several years ago; the electrodes were really not comfortable because of all of the wires. If that $30 sensor could be hooked to an iPhone and came with 8-10 reusable wireless electrodes (though hopefully it would only take 2-4) that were comfortable to wear while sleeping- and in the morning it could give me the amount of time in each stage of sleep- that might sell.

> Redshift smelled enough like PostgreSQL

I'm curious. How does something smell like Postgres? Does it use some of the same PG-specific datatypes?

Most are built to serve a need that the developer has. But, yes, there is also pain and struggle.

How about a framework for tactical RPG's? Grids, etc.

Gaming is always a big thing, and I'm not aware of a framework like that for iOS.

Or how about a security framework like a metasploit-lite for iOS?

Locally there have been only two businesses hiring senior Rails devs that I saw, where the intention of the position involved coding full-time. One of those positions was a team lead, the other a dev manager.

There are LOADS of Java senior dev positions. Don't want them though.

Second that. The greatest thing about that movie is that it doesn't glorify being an indie game developer at all. Watching that movie is one of the main reasons I've held back from just giving up my FTE position and going off on my own. I feel like I'm just not young enough anymore, and you really have to have a certain kind of support from those around you.

It also shows how obsession plays a huge role in the potential for success. Not all who are obsessed are successful, but it is a large factor. That's not to say that obsession is good. Unfortunately, it often places emphasis on something that really does not matter in the end. But, for the few that have a crazy idea and try to bring it to fruition, hopefully it is something they look back on later in life as a good thing, whether it was a mistake and they learned from it, or whether they grew as a person because of it.

If people could obsess about doing something that helped others, that would be much better, but not everyone has that tendency, and maybe super meat boy really had a positive effect on a lot of people making the world a better place- I don't know.

> guaranteed minimum income

A guaranteed minimum income is basically welfare.

Welfare enslaves the poor.

Instead of using income that is not work-dependent or welfare checks as a means to try eliminate poor health and quality of life, allow charitable organizations to help those people instead.

Kids today that can vote don't remember in 1996, Clinton said, "Today, we are ending welfare as we know it," and, "This day will be remembered not for what it ended, but for what it began." They don't know why he said those things. Redistribution and economic tricks to try to raise the poor up don't work. People have to have incentive and work not only because it is something that is important to them, but because it is the way to survive. If you have any doubt of this, read books about those that have won the lottery or who have had rich families and money just handed to them.

Poverty is awful, but money is a curse. The way to assist those that are poor is through charity of time and effort, not through wealth redistribution by the government in any form.