mrduncan
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Comment · 13 years ago
Yammer - San Francisco, London
At Yammer, our mission is to change the way people work, and that mission starts with us. We use our own product every day to promote and encourage our culture of openness and transparency. Yammer provides each user with a voice, empowering individuals to share ideas, ask questions, and voice concerns. We're passionate about building a great product that people love to use, and we're looking for similarly product-minded engineers to join us.
We work with all kinds of languages (Java, Ruby, Javascript, to name a few) and technologies (anything from Postgres, Riak, and Berkley DB to Rails, Dropwizard, and Backbone). We're also never afraid to try new things but not just for the sake of trying new things.
We've got all the standard perks: free food, free booze, lots of dogs, and amazing benefits.
Check our our blog or shoot me an email ([email protected]) - I'd love to talk.
Comment · 14 years ago
CouchDB uses SHA-1 hashes for passwords - you've got to be kidding me. What is the rationale for that over bcrypt?
Comment · 15 years ago
I've found Lanyrd to usually be the best bet for finding conferences - unfortunately, they don't list any either.
Comment · 15 years ago
It's not that easy though, for example, Jacobellis v. Ohio - how would you go about defining the threshold of pornography?
Comment · 15 years ago
Also, don't forget about Google Books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Book_Search_Settlement_A...
Comment · 15 years ago
Technically, it is not at all.
Socially however, I'd wager that fewer people would let you take a picture of their card compared to swiping it. People are simply used to having credit cards swiped, they aren't used to having pictures taken of them.
Comment · 15 years ago
The numbers on cards become a lot harder to read after the coloring wears off of the numbers. Even as a human it can be hard to read them at times depending on the lighting.
Card layouts also vary a lot, even from the same issuers (for example: the Amex PASS).
Reading the mag stripe prevents fraud and therefore is subject to lower fees by CC companies.
Not to mention, having someone take a picture of my credit card would spook me out a little (yes, even if I'm familiar with the product).
Comment · 15 years ago
Sorry, I never realized that - it is still interesting in any case.
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