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Yes, I believe the folks at BlueDot have an FPGA implementation.

One of our C++ devs is currently remote in the Czech Republic, so it is a possibility. Reasonably regular trips to London would be required.

Mirriad - London, UK - Full time - DevOps / Team Lead / Java Developer / C++ Developer - http://www.mirriad.com/

We are working to bring scale to embedding brands into video using automated video processing technology. We combine computer vision research with a cutting edge web platform, requiring a unique mix of talents in a small team.

We are looking for a number of roles to join our central London team (just behind the OXO tower).

DevOps / Systems Administrator : Responsible for our world-wide network of GPU compute nodes, and our migration to AWS. Mix old-school network administrator using Arista / Cisco hardware with awesome clusters of CUDA NVidia-enabled nodes linked with EMC Isilon storage for high-throughput video compute. Drive the adoption of deployment best-practice in the development teams, by deploying with Docker and Ansible onto AWS.

Team Lead : Responsible for building out our micro-services web platform in Java. Lead a highly capable team of developers to deliver product into our customers' hands. We have recently transitioned from Scrum to Kanban and are enjoying very regular deployments. Looking for experience in leading, and in Java development using TDD (as you would expect).

Java Developer : Join the above mentioned team and get to work on building our next generation platform. We are currently using AWS, Elastic Search, MongoDB, Spring Boot and Docker to build out our cluster of micro services. Testing and delivery should be your mantra.

C++ Developer : Join our video processing team, and help them deliver world-class computer vision research into our distributed ad-delivery pipeline. We use Qt, ActiveMQ, CUDA, CMake and deliver product for Linux and Windows from the same codebase.

Don't hesitate to get in touch if you're interested in joining the team.

Mirriad - London, UK http://www.mirriad.com/

Startup developing technology and the market for native in-video advertising. We are building the platform to match brands with content.

We are growing our tech team, adding:

- Product Management: expertise in the Advertising and Brand sales market essential. Online platform and ad-serving would be nice.

- AdTech Engineer: expertise in advertising standards for video and HTML5/JavaScript for integrating with existing ad servers

- Java/JavaScript Back-end Engineer: expertise in Tomcat/Hibernate/Spring and Node.js

- C++ Developer: expertise in QT, CUDA, Active MQ, and video processing architectures

We are building applications in Angular.js, Node.js and Bootstrap for the front-end, Java using the usual stack on the back-end and CUDA + C++ for video processing.

Come and help us shape the future of video advertising.

Contact me directly or get in touch through our website.

email tim dot harris at mirriad's domain will get to me.

I'm sure I've seen this before, though I'm not sure whether it was on HN.

I was surprised at the number of tech firms in the list (e.g. Adobe, TI, NetApp, Cisco, Juniper) and the jobs that are listed are the engineering and other technical jobs. Reading the comments I wasn't expected any tech firms to be on the list.

The author sets self-improvement tasks, which are worth points. Keep track of your score with the provided scorecard.

I like the site design, a pity the scorecard didn't benefit from the same style.

The goal of the site is to change your mindset towards a more positive and forward-looking one.

Linking to the print version caught me slightly off guard, but otherwise an interesting article.

The author appears to be asking for a car manufacturer to build a one-size-fits-all car and make it cheap enough for everyone to be able to afford. I would be unsurprised to find that a car that meets his specification already exist, but is hidden by the wide range of options and alternatives offered by the various manufacturers (the curse of choice). So what the author is really asking for is for a manufacturer to pair-down their range and only offer one car, in black... While this might be possible for a start-up this is not possible for any of the large car companies. My example would be the Smart car, started with one design, and now has at least three or four different offerings to diversify their customer base.

Can anyone provide an example of an industry where choice has been significantly reduced over time?

Link to original article: http://tbm.thebigmoney.com/articles/judgments/2008/12/29/nex...

The people being fired aren't the only ones who will need to decompress...

The Google sponsored petition to get access to the inter-channnel frequency spectrum. Lots of videos of Google employees explaining the problem.

Just a quick note: in your credits I think you mean to reference people's Trademarks, not Copyrights (you use the (c) instead of (tm))

Interesting implementation, I do like how they've kept the node graph simple. They've made the classic error of forcing you to register before you can play with the application. It's also little cumbersome to add nodes. A better interface might be to double click on the parent node to create a sub-node or something of that nature.

Kevin Kelly has added photographs to his 1994 book "Out of Control" and made it available as a free PDF download. He's experimenting with contextual ads, displayed alongside the document. They are opt-in, which is cool.

Actually this article was published in March 2003 as a Microsoft Technical Report: http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?tr_id=...

Jim Gray giving a presentation on the paper here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9016327917737413988&...

Definitely an interesting paper, I wonder how the number have changed in the last 5 years.

A nice list of web services offered by Amazon.

I had two thoughts when reading this: 1) Mythical Man Month... 2) If I was Apple would I have released the SDK with iPhone 1.0? Probably not. iPods became a market leader without a killer (externally developed) app. Why spend the effort to package-up the SDK, when it's not going to be key to your offering?

Governments probably aren't going to get their act together for a while, and when they do they are at least reasonably accountable to the populous.

Perhaps if the geoengineering is part of a miltiary, farming or energy offering, but otherwise I doubt they will get long-term subsidy...

EDIT: add "in my opinion" to all of the above :)

A very interesting look at the results of Google Insights. When I have a moment I'll see if I can find public sales/growth figures for a few companies and compare them to their Google Insight results to see whether there is any correlation.

I have yet to see a viable business model for any geoengineering company, but when one does come along it will definitely be Interesting Times.

Hmm, I'm not convinced about the "only build what you are going to use" argument. The best example I can think of is pace-makers (or any other form of life-saving equipment). A manufacturer of these devices cannot be a user, because they'd be dead...

There are some interesting numbers in there, but it does seem a little like a plug for one of the author's reports. The message seems to be that when buying a server, consider the running and housing costs when calculating the TCO. Just like you should with a car...

I assumed that Knol rated highly because they have access to some good SEOs. Who better than Google to optimise your site for a search engine crawler?

In terms of Google being a media company, of course they are: advertising == media. Whether they are a content business is another question. I suspect they are, but they leverage a huge amount of user generated content (i.e. the web) instead of creating the content themselves.

I was surprised because I believe that a large portion of the excitement of sport is its event nature and viewing a live-event live enhances that experience, improving the Olympic brand. I guess the IOC was willing to compromise the brand for the bundle of cash from NBC.

Lots of possible quotes out of this one.

"You and your goal are part of the future. Without its specification you can never know the future. And the more you know yourself and your goal, the more you know the future."

"Only when you have found an entire array of vacant fields will you be able to find the one worthy of your potential."

Seems like his message is be very, very thorough...

With a bit of typesetting might make a good series of articles.

I'm surprised the IOC didn't put a requirement for a live broadcast into the contracts with the broadcasters.

Putting it out live on a separate channel would probably make sense in terms of segmenting their audience for advertising purposes. I guess since they depend on raw volumes of viewers, instead of necessarily on quality of viewers, they have to push people to all watch the same thing at the same time.

Interesting, the article makes me want to write something entitled: "How fundraising is similar to selling a house, and why." (at least in the UK)

The timescales, rejection rates, legal layers and lack of trust between the participants seems very similar.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "low-cost" airlines in this discussion. For example Ryanair are still busy lowering fares, but reclaimming the extra money from all the extras. I think they are doing reasonably well financially. Then again I try not to use them because it's never a good experience...

Can you image check-in desk people waiving fees? (actually I can, sometime I think they just ignore the weight of my bag :)

I have always wondered what I should do with this piece of information. Does it mean that every proposal I want to have passed by people should be extremely large and complex? Conversely, if I want to engage people, should is be over something simple?

Or is it just, take simple decisions yourself and try hard to get input on the complex ones?

I see a new business plan forming!

Twit has a different meaning in the UK. For a second there I though people needed twits for some nefarious purpose...