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[Music], no no we're the the cult aspect comes in, Freemasonry practices real toleration we, accept men of all faiths Freemasonry, accepted Jewish members for example in, the 1700s long before Jewish men could, join many organizations and that has, helped this conspiracy theory nonsense, if you read it in the papers it's the, Jews and Freemasons are in cahoots to, take over the world then you throw in, whatever other organization you don't, like the Federal Reserve System or the, Bilderbergers or you name it and throw, it in there and it's this horrid, conspiracy that Freemasons are involved, in to take over the world, it's is just simply coming from people, who need an enemy and Freemasons have, had a history of not responding to a lot, of these attacks and in today's world, you just can't do that so we we respond, [Music], they would be terribly disappointed and, wouldn't even think about staying in the, organization because that's not what, it's about that's not what it gives and, a person looking for that is is better, not coming into the fraternity we do, have famous Masons you can go into the, arts you can go into the theater you can, go into religious leaders you can go, into political leaders you can go into, some of the great names in in the auto, industry or in any industry that you can, think of, there are many labor leaders Samuel, Gompers is a classic example of a labor, leader who was a freemason I can go, through a long list of famous names with, you but of the millions of men who have, been Mason's most haven't been famous, and that's that's a source of great, pride to us to where we're very proud of, Mason's that that have made names for, themselves but we're also very proud of, the everyday Mason that's out making his, community a better place to live in

SF looks to relax sanctuary law in case of a rideshare driver accused of rape,Dan Walters: Old tax loopholes are living again in California,Walters: California’s doomed plan to solve looming crisis in education,New Android App 'Symbols of Freemasonry Vol. V'Hey everybody... I just finished making the new 'Symbols of Freemasonry Vol. V'! So, if you're looking to download interesting Freemasonry apps for Android? Look no further... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.symbolsoffreemasonry5free.magicmotherboard

Symbols and Traditions Included:
1. AARON
2. ABBREVIATIONS
3. ABRAHAM
4. ABRAXAS
5. ADAM
6. THE ADEPT
7. ADMONITION
8. ADONAI
9. THE ADONIS MYSTERIES
10. ADOPTIVE FREEMASONRY
11. ADORATION
12. THE ADYTUM
13. AID AND ASSISTANCE
14. ALBERTUS MAGNUS
15. ALCHEMY
16. ALLAH
17. THE ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES
18. THE ALMS-BOX
19. THE AMERICAN MYSTERIES
20. THE ALMOND TREE

If you'd like to see all my apps, click here... https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Sebastian+J.+Aguanno.
,49ers’ property tax cut 50%; schools, other public agencies to pay hefty refunds,Ask HN: How do you send mails from Amazon EC2?I'm using Amazon EC2 to host a web server, but Amazon EC2's IP address space is blocked by Trend Micro MAPS DUL (http://securecloud.com/help/en/about_the_dul.html). Given that sending emails from a web server is often necessary, I need a way to send emails from the web server. I was using the Google Apps SMTP server for this until our website had enough users that we passed the Google Apps daily email limit. So now I'm looking for an alternative way to send emails. I'm sure many other YC News readers have encountered this... any suggestions?

Clarification: I don't mean email marketing services like ConstantContact.com but rather mail servers that can be used directly from our web server to send email notifications..
,Plaxo to be acquired by ComcastA Letter from the CEO and Founders

Dear Plaxo member,
We are excited to announce some of the biggest news in the history of Plaxo. Plaxo has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Comcast, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. We've got at least a few months to go before the acquisition is completed, but we wanted to send you this note to let you know what's coming up and how it affects you and your account.
Plaxo will remain an independent brand, organization and entity. We've been busy at work on our networked address book service and our next-generation social network, Pulse (if it's been a while, please come back and check out all the new features). And, through additional projects with Comcast, we'll be able to take these services to a lot more users and places than we could on our own... including the TV, phone and more.
If you'd like to read more about some of the great new things we're planning, please read our official announcement.
So, what does this mean for current Plaxo members like you? The services you know and enjoy from Plaxo will not only continue to exist, but will also continue to evolve and improve. We will continue to make our basic services free, and we will continue to serve customers in multiple languages across the world. But, we'll now be able to invest even more in our services, and we will enhance them with more users and more content available across a wider array of devices.
We will also continue to protect your privacy and give you control of your information. We will continue to protect your data with one of the strongest privacy policies, which will remain in effect even after the transition. And, we'll continue to be a strong advocate for the open social web.
We've put together a quick Q&A about your privacy, account and your data.
Last, we'd like to extend an enormous thank you. Whether you've been a Plaxo user for a long time or just recently joined Pulse, we'd like to thank you for making Plaxo a vibrant network. We are excited to open a new chapter today and look forward to helping you keep in touch with the people you care about.

Sincerely,

Ben Golub, Chief Executive Officer
Cameron Ring, Founder and Chief Architect
Todd Masonis, Founder and Vice President of Products.
,Strange Loop interview: Hilary Mason on bit.ly and Trending Clickstreams,Ask HN: Suggest the keynote speaker for my web conferenceI'm the organiser behind http://allyourbase.com and I am planning the 2013 version.

The idea behind the conference is a Database conference for web developers covering client side databases, NoSQL and traditional RDMS.

I'm on the look out for suggestions of people who could deliver an interesting 'keynote' talk. The headliner if you like :)

In 2012 we had Monty Widenius the creator of MySQL deliver the keynote.

Names I've thought of myself, to give you a flavour.

    Werner Vogels (Amazon CTO)
    Martin Fowler (ThoughtWorks and well known tech author)
    Hilary Mason (Bitly Chief Data Scientist)

I'm looking for more names to add to that list. If you do suggest a name, a url to a website or twitter handle is also handy so I can figure out how to contact them.

Thanks in advance for your help!.
,Tell HN: booking.com is looking for 40+ Perl programmers (in Amsterdam)Note: I'm not affiliated with booking.com - they mentioned these offers at the open-source developer conference in paris/france this week-end, so I'm forwarding the information.

Booking.com is looking for more than 40 perl programmers (either seasoned or beginners willing to learn).

They are based in Amsterdam, provide a 'competitive salary + relocation package'.

They use Perl, Apache, mod_perl, MySql, Memcache, Mason, JavaScript, Git etc.

They are facing a huge growth, which definitely results in interesting scaling challenges :)

You can contact Sheila Sijtsema at sheila.sijtsema@booking.com or have a look at http://www.booking.com/jobs.
,Strange Loop 2010: "Machine Learning: A Love Story" by Hilary Mason,Show HN: Front End as a Service: Mason and AirtableMost (all?) website and app builders suck. They either try to give you templates for everything you might want, or they try to take designs and generate code that your engineers would never want to use. There's never been a builder good enough that a serious engineering team would use in production.

Mason isn't an app builder. We're a frontend as a service platform that cares as much about delivering your production frontend layer as we do helping you build faster in the first place. Use Mason to build discrete, functional software features that look and function just like custom code.

We're building the platform we want to build software with. We think in terms of components, and we let you build that way. Build functioning forms, connect to live data over your APIs, integrate with any tool the exposes a REST API, and generally stop reinventing solved wheels.

Build functional components one-by-one that live in your codebase alongside the rest of your highly custom code.

To commemorate our recent launch, here's a quick and dirty tutorial of how you can spin up a simple set of components to tie into an Airtable backend and build a full featured applicant tracking system.

Ignore the lack of polish in the demos ;) we're working on it

https://showcase.trymason.com/airtable/applicant-tracker

PS - this is just a really simple first tutorial. Most of Mason is built using Mason. You can go as technically light or as technically deep as you want; just like in custom code..
,Groupon Memo to Staff "It Looks Good",PG on Bloomberg: Don't Look at Groupon's NumbersI found this sort of strange. He mentioned that Andrew Mason is a smart guy, and by definition, smart guys end up figuring out that a bad idea is eventually bad.

But I don't think investors and money money managers know the leaders of their portfolio companies as well as they know the companies themselves.

Would this generally apply to equities investing as well?

He's on now, live, by the way.

Update:

Re: Hipmunk - No money from flight search. The money's in hotel search.

Exciting trends: online rentals (spaces), smartphone/tablet apps.

Show's over..
,Ask HN: Why isn't Erlang more popular?The old Erlang mailing list/twit o'sphere is in a fluster. A manic phase: “WhatsApp - they'll no be asking who uses Erlang now!" preceded by a depressive phase "why isn't Erlang more popular?".

The Erlang community is the last place with insight into why Erlang is not popular.

So lets ask people NOT in the community. Here is a list of hypotheses.

Erlang is not more successful because:

* OTP means Open Telephony Platform

* Erlang/OTP is run by Ericsson

* the syntax is prolog-y & not c-y or ruby-y or python-y, its just too damn erlang-y

* no package manager

* no list of open source packages

* no community site

* the mailing list is the community

* everyone knows each other from Stockholm

* it is too hard to get a first working app

* lists for strings, aargh!

* no for loops, eek!

* variables don't vary, whimper!

* people don't learn OTP first but start with Erlang

* people don't learn Erlang first but start with OTP

* no docs

* too many docs but it is the wrong sort

* not enough teaching materials

* doesn't run on the JVM

* we used to think that it was because there were no books...

* Erlang Solutions isn't a proper internet company

* the language develops too slowly

* emacs is the IDE

Some things people are pinning their hats on:

* more books, yay!

* WhatsApp!

* Elixir is irresistable to Rubyists

* LuvvieScript will prove irresistable to the JSers (disclaimer, I'm lying)

* FP is trés, trés à la mode

* LFE & Joxa will be the little lisps that can...

* something will turn up

* something better turn up

* oh God, get me another drink, even at Stockholm prices, I'll be here when something turns up, but by God, a feed of strong drink is the only way to endure the wait

It would be helpful if you would say if you have:

* never used Erlang nor considered it

* tried it & stopped

* use it regularly

So fire away. Do your worst. Hold nothing back..
,Ask HN: Where do I go from here?While I've never been actively engaged in the Hacker News I do know what a tremendously helpful and intelligent community it is. Time and time again I've seen people asking for help and being overwhelmed with the supportiveness from fellow members. It is with that said that I myself am in need of some guidance. My story goes like this:

One lazy afternoon, while a sophomore in high school, I watched the movie Antitrust; after which I immediately knew what it was that I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to be a developer of some sort. This lead me to George Mason's Computer Science programming. Prior to which I'd only fooled around with C++ and Java for a year.

In May I graduated from George Mason University with a B.S. in Computer Science and a Minor in Business. Going through college I worked on a networking team (mostly helpdesk) for 5 years and considered it to be my career choice, not programming.
After graduating, I wanted to put my CS knowledge to work to try and start something on the side and that's when I discovered the iPhone SDK. Having only ever programmed in Java the switch to the Objective-C provided a steep learning curve. I have since become more comfortable with it over the past two years and its beginning to pay off. Thus far, I've published 3 applications to the Apple App Store with another on the horizon. These have been learning apps, the first one was a flashlight app, but they got me started.

Last December, after struggling with the economy, the company I worked for had to lay me off. It may have been the best thing that ever happened to me. I was able to focus on learning Objective-C and producing my second and third apps. It has also landed me my current contract where I am a full time iOS developer.

While my current contract is a full time, it will end in mid-January and I need to start looking at my next steps. I have developed my abilities with iOS but I know I still have much to learn. I have become intimately familiar with setting up non-editable table views with custom cells. Most of the work I have done involved multiple views connected with 1 or more nav controllers (tab bar instance), web views, minor exposure to consuming XML data, and displaying maps, graphics, etc… Things that I have not figured out yet and hope to in the future are the playback of media content (streaming and locally stored) and working with advance web service consumption. I feel these two areas are critical to most modern age applications and will need to be integrated in some manor into all apps. I have learned a lot during my 2 years working with Objective-C and know that I could one day become the all - knowing developer I envision myself becoming, but not without being challenged to learn and grow.

I want to further advance and hone my skills, but I also have several responsibilities to pay for. Early in my life to focus on the money I realize, but I have a mortgage, car payment, etc… and the prospect of being out of work again is starting to get me worried. I have been searching the web and passing out my resume like a newsletter, but I have yet to land anything to follow my current contract. I am looking for guidance in where and what to look for in opportunities such as start-ups, contracts, jobs etc… I know I need to find a 'job' but I am much more interested in finding an 'opportunity.' My journey has begun and now I need to find the next step, where do I go from here?.
,Kernel Log: What's coming in 2.6.30 - File systems: New and revamped file systems The patches adopted in Linux 2.6.30 introduce many significant changes affecting data security and Ext3 and Ext4 performance. Support for the EXOFS and NILFS2 file systems is new, as is the cache for the AFS and NFS network file systems. There are also a few fixes for the almost forgotten ReiserFS file system.

Released mid-week, as is normal for the second phase of the development cycle, the third pre-release version of Linux 2.6.30 included mostly minor enhancements and fixes, although there were two code restructures.

The interminable discussions of the Ext3 and Ext4 file systems and the way they interact with other kernel subsystems have largely subsided. The H Open has reported on the early stages of these discussions – the occasionally abrasive discussion on the LKML (Linux Kernel Mailing List) continued for a further week, with a total of 650 emails, not counting other threads triggered by the discussion.

The debate has been far from fruitless and has led to the development of various modifications which Torvalds has integrated, in some cases immediately, into the main development tree leading to Linux 2.6.30. This part of the 'What's coming in 2.6.30' Kernel Log series gives an overview of these and many other changes to the code for the various file systems supported by Linux.

Access time

At a relatively early stage of the above discussion, an old, previously much discussed issue affecting all file systems once more reared its head – when and how frequently should the kernel update a file's atime (last access time)? This information is of importance to only a handful of applications and each update of the atime requires a write process. This not only has a time overhead, it is also somewhat surplus to requirements for SSDs and laptops running on battery.

Spurred on by this, Matthew Garrett has produced a number of patches which result in the kernel now updating last access time just once a day (Relative atime/relatime). It took Linus Torvalds just a few hours to make this one of the first patches to be incorporated into the main development tree following the release of 2.6.29. A further patch from Garrett makes relatime the default. The old style behaviour can be restored using strictatime.

But even these changes, which many kernel hackers have long been calling for, did not satisfy everyone – Valerie Aurora (formally Henson) has listed various criticisms on her blog. Expect this one to run and run.

Latencies

A user reporting long latencies when applications use fsync() to flush the Ext3 write buffer when the kernel is working through large read processes prompted a discussion on LKML. The problem has been known about for several months, but the available workarounds were somewhat controversial.

Ext[2/3/4] file system developer Ted Ts'o put the blame squarely on application developers who, he opined, could save the file system a deal of work with a little more prudence. Other kernel developers disagreed. Ts'o has, however, already developed a number of less controversial patches for Ext3 and Ext4 which, according to his measurements, reduce latency and which have subsequently been incorporated into 2.6.30.

Subsequent tests by Torvalds, however, determined that some of the blame for latencies must be placed on the block layer's CFQ scheduler. Jens Axboe analysed the problem and quickly developed more changes which further reduce latencies. This will in some cases increase the speed of desktop systems not just measurably, but tangibly.

Latency II

Debate and details

This article only describes the most critical points and outcomes of the discussions on Ext3 and Ext4 mentioned above and their interaction with other kernel subsystems such as the block layer. Linux Weekly News (LWN.net) has taken a more detailed look at the discussion and the changes arising from it in the articles That massive filesystem thread and Solving the ext3 latency problem.

The articles 'Linux Storage and Filesystem workshop' Day 1 and Day 2 also in part explore the issues discussed. The article ext4 and data loss looks at the problem of potential data loss in Ext4.

Another major factor in the problem of latencies is Ext3's habit of loading the file system as 'data=ordered' by default. Ted Ts'o has even publicly repented of having taken the decision to make this mode the default several years ago.

Though it initially looked as if the debate would be fruitless, Torvalds adopted some of Ts'o's patches a few days later. These included one patch through which the kernel loads the Ext3 file system with 'data=writeback' unless the user explicitly states otherwise during kernel configuration or mounting. This should improve performance, but increases the risk of data loss in the event of a crash or if the computer is turned off without shutting down. There is also a risk that data from previously deleted files belonging to other users could find its way into new files incompletely written to disk before a crash.

The 'data=guarded' mode developed by chief Btrfs developer Chris Mason should resolve some of these problems. Two of the enhancements coded as part of this development have already been incorporated into the main development tree. The rest have been put on hold, with the development cycle already entering the stabilisation phase.

Data security

In the tumult of the discussion, the risk of data loss in Ext4 as a result of delayed allocation once more reared its ugly head. This risk should be significantly reduced by a number of patches for the Ext4 code which have now, as planned, made their way into the main development tree. The changes do, however, have a negative effect on performance in certain situations.

The discussion on the risk of data loss led to a debate on precisely what guarantees a file system should be offering anyway. This led to the question of whether and how kernel and file systems should ensure that data does not just end up in a disk's write cache, but actually gets written in the correct sequence. This and other performance tuning questions led to a further discussion on where the role of the kernel developers in configuration stops and where fine tuning issues are better left to the Linux distributors.

Two new file systems

Following the adoption of Btrfs and SquashFS in Linux 2.6.29, the kernel development team have once more integrated two new file systems into 2.6.30 in the form of NILFS and EXOFS.

NILFS2 (New Implementation of a Log-structured Filesystem Version 2) is a log-structured file system (LFS) with continuous snapshotting optimised for the needs of solid state discs (SSD). A detailed description of how it works can be found on the NILFS2 website and in the kernel documentation on NILFS2. Further details can be found in a presentationPDF given as part of the Linux Storage & File system Workshop 2008 (LSF'08) in February, which includes a comparison between NILFS2 and Btrfs, Ext2 through 4, ReiserFS and XFS when running with an SSD. The presentation by Dongjun Shin, which is already somewhat long in the tooth, also takes a close look at some of the particularities of file systems for SSDs.

EXOFS stands for Extended Object File System and used to be known as OSDFS (Object-Based Storage Devices File System). As the old name suggest, it is intended for the somewhat exotic OSDs (object-based storage devices), which will be supported by the SCSI subsystem for the first time in 2.6.30. Users wanting further information on this kind of storage and the file system can find details in an article on OSDs by Sun, the kernel documentation on EXOFS, the EXOFS developer website and an LWN.net article on EXOFS/OSDFS.

Cache for the network, infusion for Btrfs

After several years of development, the kernel development team have now adopted the FS-Cache patch developed primarily by Red Hat developer David Howells (kernel documentation). This extension allows a file system cache to be set up to reduce network traffic when using network file systems such as AFS and NFS. This is, for instance, of interest for thin clients with no hard drive or flash media which obtain their root file system and all other data over a network.

The Btrfs development team have also been busy and have enhanced the file system code to cope better with 4k stacks – further improvements along these lines remain on the to-do list. There are also enhancements to improve write performance in general and for SSDs.

ReiserFS - forgotten but not gone

The kernel's ReiserFS code is still officially supported, but has long been without an official maintainer. Consequently, in recent months there have been only minor changes to ensure that the once popular file system keeps working.

Novell developer Jeff Mahoney has now added various patches developed as part of SLED/SLES, some of which are already more than two years old. They should resolve irregularities or bugs in ReiserFS, (also referred to as Reiser3). According to Mahoney's Git pull request, after incorporation of these patches ReiserFS should be considered to be in 'deep maintenance-only mode'. As part of the discussions on Git pull requests, Frederic Weisbecker indicated that he is working on changes to reduce the use of the Big Kernel Lock (BKL) in ReiserFS.

Minor gems

The kernel development team have extended DFS support in CIFS to support access to remote servers.

The changes described are just some of the more significant changes recently undertaken by kernel hackers on the code for the various file systems. Numerous further major changes can be found from the list of commit headers from the main development tree below. The links take you directly to the changes in the main development tree web interface, where the commit comments and the patches themselves provide further information on these, perhaps less major, but in no way insignificant changes.

Further background and information about developments in the Linux kernel and its environment can also be found in previous issues of the Kernel Log at The H Open Source:

    * Kernel Log: 3D support for the new Radeon driver; new Intel drivers
    * Kernel Log: What's coming in 2.6.30 - Network: New Wi-Fi drivers and other network novelties
    * Kernel Log: Linux 2.6.30 is taking shape
    * Kernel Log: Development of 2.6.30 is under way
    * Steady Growth: What's new in Linux 2.6.29
    * Kernel Log: Tasmanian devil to be Linux's temporary mascot, new Radeon drivers

Older Kernel Logs can be found in the archives or by using the search function at The H Open Source..
,Ask HN: Why does Machine Learning use these assumptions?I'm trying to learn the nuts-and-bolts of Machine Learning, but the more I dig in, the stupider the assumptions seem to be.

The thought keeps popping into my head over and over again: Just because it works doesn't mean it works well, or that it works in a smart, optimal, or even ontologically truthful/useful/realistic way.

There are no shortage of videos, papers, tutorials, blogs that explain the math & models in detail. But there are exceptionally few sources that explain the underlying assumptions...and why these are useful (or not useful) assumptions.

Why does Machine Learning use these assumptions?

--

1) Sigmoid Functions & Binary Classification - I understand the math and the probabilities.

But rather: WHY would you want to classify using a binary system of classification? WHY would you want to reduce everything to yes/no? Or more accurately, a probability of yes/no? Or even chained probabilities of yes/no?

Is it just due to being stuck in the paradigm of programming on machines built on yes/no logic gates? Trying to perform these very complex tasks (identification, generation, whatever) on CPUs and software that are, in and of themselves, built on binary distinction?

If all you have is a binary logic gate (hammer), then everything looks like a cumulative distribution function (nail)?

Isn't this a totally moronic approach? Or is it just the best we got? I feel like it's stuck back in the signal processing days of trying to "fit" and force a signal to achieve a certain pattern without realizing the what or why. Turning knobs on an oscilloscope.

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2) Layers - Why are artificial neural networks setup as "layers"?

Isn't this more like an assembly line? Doesn't that seem dumb? Why would someone believe, in their heart of hearts, that intelligence or pattern recognition, or any kind of thinking, happens procedurally?

Doesn't this (again) seem like a very moronic approach? One that is based on the procedural nature of the machine itself? And the programmer themself? And not the nature of thinking, intelligence, or even complex analysis / complex systems?

Complex systems with lots of variables and lots of dimensions don't actually interact like this. They don't have "layers", this is a totally made-up assumption that has major implications on the entire field.

Was this just chosen out of necessity, because software and programs need a beginning and an end? And input and an output? Or is there some really convincing argument, that speaks to the philosophy and ontology of these decisions?.
,Ask HN: How do I learn functional DevOps as a cofounder?I am in the very early stages of developing a venture with a colleague in my PhD cohort (in computer science). He works in CS theory and lacks a lot of actual functional tech skills (he only took one programming internship during his undergrad), whereas I am only slightly better off (my research is in machine learning; I have approx. two years of full time experience at FAANG companies and regularly write Python code for my research).

Essentially, we are planning to try to package a recent development in our research as a B2C (web)app. Neither of us have any experience in this type of development; I currently do most of the coding on the research end of the code, whereas he has been handling more of the nontechnical aspects. We are planning on hiring a developer to build the webapp but personally I would have qualms with not having strong knowledge of both the webapp stack as well as the deployment, so I am currently on planning on learning some basic devops so I can oversee deployments and infrastructure as we slowly scale.

I have a few questions that I would really appreciate anyone's insight into:

(a) Would it be a mistake to outsource the development of our webapp for a long period of time (say, ~6 months) without anyone on our team acting in a CTO role? I will be continuing to develop the backend core of our product in Python, but I know nothing about web development and have no desire to learn.

(b) Can anyone recommend good resources for someone looking to handle the devops of their product? Is this too ambitious of a task for someone with no experience in such things? I know my way around Git pretty well, but have never properly worked with CI tools, AWS/GCP/Netlify/etc, or anything of that nature..
,Ask HN: Anyone hiring in/around Denver?Hi, everyone -

I know it's somewhat frowned upon to do this, but the next Who's Hiring post isn't for two weeks. To save some time, I'm looking for a software engineering job in/around Denver because my current job situation is rapidly deteriorating and I don't really care to see the death spiral through. I'm a long-time HN contributor, but I can't use my real profile right now as I was hired through it.

Basically, I started a job as a software engineer as a very early stage employee with a startup in the Denver area in August. It was two guys, one of whom was handling the business side of things (and bankrolling it), and the other who was the CTO. I was highly impressed by the business guy, and while the CTO didn't have the same 'wow' factor, he didn't say anything obviously stupid in the interview process and I saw no reason we wouldn't be able to work together.

At first, things were going pretty well. They were extremely flexible regarding things like sick days and working from home, and even said that they were both family men and understood that things happen and that there's no reason a software engineer can't work from home in that event. The pay was good for a startup, there were decent benefits, and I had a decent amount of flexibility with how I did my job.

Now, though, it's like night and day. Today, we were told that there is no such thing as sick time, effective immediately. If you're sick and didn't get advance approval, it's a vacation day. Their vacation policy went from 'we can be flexible - let us know when you need time off and we'll work it out' to 'you have two weeks a year and no more.' I've gone from being a full-stack developer who prefers working on the server side to being told that I'm supposed to be an on-call web developer in case the business folks decide we need website changes. The CTO's attitude towards myself and the other software guys has changed from 'I want smart people and want them do their thing' to 'I want code monkeys who won't question my judgement.' I could go on, but the point is that it feels like the company has a form of manic depression, and I don't have enough pull to fix the things that are broken.

Is there anyone out there looking for a software engineer? I've got 6 years experience with Java, 2 of which involved Groovy, and I'm currently experimenting with a graphics application in Clojure as well as a simple game I hope to release for Android at some point in the future. I don't mind doing front end work, and in fact gave a presentation to the engineering staff on AJAX earlier in my career that sparked a big initiative to revamp all our UI's from static JSP's to more dynamic content. I'm not much of a designer, per se, but if you tell me what an interface should look like I can make it happen. I have worked as a tech lead before this and have mentored junior developers and interns in previous jobs as well. I live in Denver, and can't relocate right now, but I've worked remotely in the past and am capable of doing so provided a healthy level of trust.

You can either get in touch with me by replying to this thread or by e-mail at denver8675309@gmail.com - I'll be monitoring both. I'll be happy to submit a resume, LinkedIn profile, etc. but for privacy reasons can't do so here. If you want to know who I really am, so you can read my previous comments and get some idea of whether I'm someone you could work with, I'll be happy to pass that along as well.

Thanks!.

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