Subscriber here. I think paying the $10 a month provides another incentive for me to read. I don't know if I am getting $10 worth of material to read each month, i.e. finishing about half a book every month, but it sure has increased the amount of reading I do since I started using the service.
My browser (Chrome) shares screen real estate between its search functionality and address bar. Therefore, if I have searched "facebook" on Google but have not explicitly typed "http://facebook.com" into the address bar, Chrome remembers the "facebook" search as I start to type it out. As a user, the next most obvious action to take is to tab-complete + enter, and voila, there goes the Google search for "facebook".
I really disagree with this. For your first hire, a full time sysadmin who cannot work on developing the product itself is just as useless as hiring a developer who cannot ship the code.
I think what this article is trying to get at is that your fire hire should be a full-stack engineer who can also play the DevOps role when needed.
Great for them; Palantir is definitely a company I respect. I went to their office for an interview about 10 months ago for a job I didn't really want. I didn't get the job and I'm in a better position today, but I have nothing except great things to say about their people and office. During the visit, I learned a decent chunk about how big agencies use software like their's just in a 1-hour demo. They also use their own software to do a lot of humanitarian work.
Honestly, I think this is a very cool challenge. As someone who just went on a Grouper last night in Boston and had a great time, I think I just might participate and submit something. Do you have any limitations on how many people can form a team? Personally, I would pair on this with my roommate. He's the big data guy, and I'm the coder.
I agree that this would be really cool, although as a hardcore fantasy player, I use twitter as my number 1 source for game-time decisions. It has the most up-to-date information, which is crucial for making roster changes on gameday.
May I ask what the source of the injury news is for this app? I'm guessing it's ESPN.