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Conference Code of Conduct

awjr — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:08:44 +0000

Article URL: http://confcodeofconduct.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16809870

Points: 1

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New comment by awjr in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)"

awjr — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:20:12 +0000

Also these two:

Director of IT - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/IEwpj0eIQP/Dire...

Financial Analyst / Cost Accountant - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/bbrh2iS57R/Fina...

I've been with the company almost a year now and really enjoying it but my experience will be different to yours as I work with the team out of the UK developing some of the program visualisation tools. The Santa Clara office, where most of the jobs are based, is rather stunning, but my experience of US start-up offices is limited to just that one.

New comment by awjr in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)"

awjr — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:16:45 +0000

A team of visionaries, experienced technologists and engineers who have created a blueprint for designing and operating the world’s fastest and most programmable networks.

Customer Engineer - Santa Clara, CA, USA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/cxFXJaSMS5/Cust...

Customer Engineer - Shenzhen, China http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/hrUmTwMag3/Cust...

Hardware Engineer - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/vUkETBJAzk/Hard...

Logic Design Engineer - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/scRAbfR5wx/Logi...

Networking System Test Engineer - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/L7IHehlghx/Netw...

Physical Design Engineer - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/O8OD9vZ2tA/Phys...

Software Development Manager - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/aCjmjsoB1t/Soft...

Software Engineer - ASIC Driver Development - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/utZs4QzQVd/Soft...

Software Engineer - Distributed Systems - Santa Clara, CAhttp://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/JGtPN9AI5H/Soft...

Software Engineer – Advanced Apps (Networking) - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/VtsgRKJei2/Soft...

Software Engineer – Compilers and Tools - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/zCoPeyyDPg/Soft...

Software Engineer- Networking - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/d0Jz53O2K8/Soft...

Talent Pool - General Application - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/UR7FbZ9nnl/Tale...

Test Engineer - Santa Clara, CA http://barefootnetworks.applytojob.com/apply/UKlPE7hQsx/Test...

New comment by awjr in "Practical, unsexy steps to become a millionaire"

awjr — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:28:23 +0000

One of the pieces of advice I did not heed from my Dad was to try and save/invest 30% of your salary. This one is hard to understand until you are in your 40s and realise you are probably going to continue to work well into your 50s.

I love my job, but I'm now involved a lot more in the political arena, knowing I can make a difference there, but being held back. 'Having' to hold down a job is getting in the way.

I'm at peace with the choices I made but I also recognise I could not be working now if I'd been a bit more prudent.

Data Science Live Book (open source) – new big release 200-pages

awjr — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:48:38 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.datascienceheroes.com/ive-book-opdata-science-len-source-new-big-release-200-pages/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16272953

Points: 4

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New comment by awjr in "An ER visit, a $12,000 bill – and a health insurer that wouldn’t pay"

awjr — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:42:58 +0000

Generally no, but it didn't start out that way. I just highlighted the oddity that a political party that relies on old people was implementing policies that were accelerating the death rates of their core voter group, and that this seemed to be an odd thing to do.

I was then accused of making a shameful statement. Data is data. Policy decisions have impact.

For example, when the government introduced mandatory seat belts, there was a rise in the number of pedestrians killed. People wearing seatbelts felt safer driving faster.

New comment by awjr in "An ER visit, a $12,000 bill – and a health insurer that wouldn’t pay"

awjr — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:55:14 +0000

I watch what the USA is doing with healthcare, and I see this type of model being foisted upon the UK, and it's terrifying.

I recently got into a twitter spat suggesting that it was foolish of the Conservatives to be reducing spending in social services and the NHS as this was directly attacking their voter base as 70% of pensioners vote Conservative and a poorer NHS directly impacts pensioners more. There have been some articles indicating an extra 120,000 people have died in the UK due to austerity measures. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/tory-austerity-deat...

So the question is, is this a deliberate unwritten approach to try and kill off 'costlier' members of society? Is it better to encourage people to be fat and die off quicker, than to exercise, eat healthier, live longer, and create a long term social care cost?

I suspect epidemiological analysis the impact of this sort of policy has on a society demonstrates it kills the weak and infirm as well as the financially 'weak' members of society.

Think Norway got it right. Find a resource, tax it and place the tax in a pension fund. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Nor... Every resident of Norway is now a millionaire in terms of the social care available to each individual.

New comment by awjr in "After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation (2009)"

awjr — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:11:31 +0000

I see a need for a government to facilitate access to clean good quality drugs, taxing them, and providing the support mechanisms to enable people to come off those drugs.

Portugal is the proving ground for this approach http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/portugal-drug-l...

New comment by awjr in "After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation (2009)"

awjr — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:52:33 +0000

Ah the "they are weak" argument. Humans are fallible. Don't judge individuals by your god like ability to only survive on mineral water and lettuce.

Local Authority considering city wide day parking zones

awjr — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:49:21 +0000

Article URL: https://cyclebath.org.uk/2017/12/05/council-to-investigate-resident-friendly-day-parking-zones/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15860106

Points: 2

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New comment by awjr in "After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation (2009)"

awjr — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:28:14 +0000

Prohibition is one of the most pernicious ideas within our society. It enables people to prey on the weak and vulnerable. Whether we like it or not, people will seek out chemicals to make their day better, be it chocolate, coffee, wine, or heroine.

Governments should be recognising this base behaviour and ensure that those chemicals are available safely and taxed appropriately. Treating drug addiction as a medical condition and not a criminal activity is the first step. Something many countries fail to even recognise.

The war on drugs is a complete failure.

New comment by awjr in "SCP-3008: An endless Ikea game"

awjr — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:16:16 +0000

Honestly this is now the way I see Ikea staff. Benign and friendly, encouraging you to spend your money during the day, malign and evil after the store closes, hell bent on murdering you. It's probably what makes those Swedish meatballs taste so good. :D

Illinois has the single worst license plate in the country

awjr — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:23:53 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/words-for-life/illinois-has-the-single-worst-license-plate-in-the-country-64018d987e91

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15764370

Points: 2

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New comment by awjr in "AWS Amplify: JavaScript Open Source Library with React, React Native Extensions"

awjr — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:52:28 +0000

Unsure I'd agree. It looks like Amplify is providing you with all the components you need to build on top of all AWS cloud services.

I particularly like their approach which makes it easy to use AWS but the ability to move away from AWS should you want to.

"AWS Amplify is a JavaScript library for frontend and mobile developers building cloud-enabled applications. The library is a declarative interface across different categories of operations in order to make common tasks easier to add into your application. The default implementation works with Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources but is designed to be open and pluggable for usage with other cloud services that wish to provide an implementation or custom backends."

https://github.com/aws/aws-amplify

New comment by awjr in "Clicker Heroes 2 is abandoning free-to-play"

awjr — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 09:59:49 +0000

I have a habit of playing a F2P game to understand how easy it is to advance. They really do understand how to get you hooked, and then put you up against players/AI where you either have to grind for the next 10 weeks or handover money, and even then I suspect you'd hit another wall every 10 or so levels. I usually end up uninstalling very quickly at this point.

New comment by awjr in "How Facebook's Instagram Acquisition Led to the Open Sourcing of React.js"

awjr — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:01:07 +0000

More interestingly that is simply a maturity issue. React told people the official API and people still used hidden features as it was easy and clever. Thankfully Facebook did the right thing, kept the API sacred and refactored all the hidden APIs breaking the world.

People got bloody noses and red faced and the React ecosystem is a better place for it.

New comment by awjr in "Tesla Semi"

awjr — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:44:27 +0000

I've been making the point that fuel duty and car taxes (if your country has them) need to be removed and road pricing brought in.

Price per litre of diesel in the USA is about $0.75 vs $1.64 in the UK. Given that Tesla stated that the truck would pay for itself within 2 years ($200,000 in diesel savings), we're talking 11 months in the UK.

The implication is that eHGVs will radically reduce the tax revenue of countries that have focused on fuel duty creating a significant problem for road maintenance.

Dynamic road pricing, based not only on time of day, but also vehicle type, is probably the only way forward.

New comment by awjr in "Slaughterbots"

awjr — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:01:38 +0000

Probably one of the most terrifying and very possible futures.

Slaughterbots

awjr — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:55:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CO6M2HsoIA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15708765

Points: 1

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New comment by awjr in "The Shock of Sweden's Housing Market Is Hitting the Country's Currency"

awjr — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:43:44 +0000

I would agree that my interest only mortgage is storing up trouble for my future. However given I bought my 1st house in 1996 with no deposit, the reality is that interest only has worked well given that I have leveraged the housing market over 20 years and have now have a mortgage that is around 40% of the value of the house and is probably enough to move somewhere significantly less expensive and retire.

However I recognise that my gain is also a problem for my teenage daughter who will struggle immensely to get on the housing ladder. In the UK, it really does not help that housing is considered an investment opportunity. I have a feeling rent control is the only way we will ever get to the point where we remove this 'investment' opportunity.

More interestingly, it's within landlord's interest to work with developers to ensure whole developments are primarily bought up by landlords to maintain the value of housing stock.