Location: Tempe, AZ, USA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Python, Tensorflow, C/C++, linux, PSQL
  Résumé/CV: http://thirdegree.github.io/Joel_Christiansen.pdf
  Email: greenbadge.jc+HNJobs@gmail.com

I'm graduating with a degree in CS in a week. My preference would be to work in machine learning/AI, or something that involves working with large amounts of data.

The answer, by the way, is to light one of the ropes on fire on both ends, the other on a single end. When the first is done, the second has half the time left and you can time whatever contrived thing you're timing with rope.

It feel like a normal font that squished each character into a slightly-too-small box.

> Lastly, this is a huge freebie for individual accounts that now get unlimited repos for $7/month.

It's also nice for student, like myself, who get unlimited private repos for $0 a month.

What would you recommend to a junior CS major to avoid falling into this pattern?

Specialize. Pick a subfield of CS that you really enjoy, that really resonates with you -- machine learning, NLP, algorithms, whatever -- and become an absolute expert at it. Know your subfield inside and out.

Start thinking about what specialty you want now, today. Do some research, talk to professors and other students, etc. By the time you are a senior, you should know what you want to specialize in and be well on your way.

Then, you can get a job that actually requires deep knowledge. Since you actually care about this, you'll quickly become bored and frustrated if you take a standard startup code monkey job where you are expected to write Rails or PHP code all day, but then that's the only experience you'll have. You'll also be competing with less well educated programmers who are willing to work for less.

The government should stop hiring HN programmers, that's clearly the problem!

Still 100% true. I turned 20 earlier this month, it has always been easier to get cannabis than alcohol for me.

"How does anyone know for sure that all of that traffic (or at least the meta data related to the traffic) is not prepped for data mining on a per-user basis ?"

You can't, but that's not really the point. The point is that it's not permanent in a form that other users can access. Sure, maybe Snapchat stores every picture I ever sent. That sucks and should stop. But at least Grandma can't go back and look at some 2 year old picture I took with some buddies.

"What's the point of data if you can't save it? What if you capture a truly awesome moment?"

You can download your own snaps from the app within 24 hours if you posted it to your story (which you probably did).

"And unlike some forms of leisure, this one bears no fruit."

Increased connection with peers, for one. It's incredibly easy to network now. I'm young, and wasn't around for what you're looking back on as the good old days, but I disagree that there is no value to being able to send a one off "look what I'm doing" to a friend.

"Increased connection with peers, for one. It's incredibly easy to network now."

Is it, really? The girl in this article basically doesn't even LOOK at the pictures. The "conversation" is effectively: "Look at what I'm doing" "I don't care what you're doing" "Look at what I'm doing" "I don't care what you're doing" That doesn't seem like "increased connection".

But, this is also what I expect from a 13 year old.