jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Ask HN: Ideas on Unusual Inflation Hedges
For a variety of reasons I've decided to put some money into an inflation hedge.

Gold looks way oversold.

Here are the criteria: it must be easy to purchase, something I can physically own, and easy to translate back into cash when needed.

I figure we hackers have probably already analyzed this problem and come up with multiple solutions. Anybody care to share? I'm leaning towards collectibles (guns maybe?) but interested in other options.
Tell HN: Lately, things have been strange
Dear HN,

Lately, things have been strange

It's been a long year. It has worn us out

I thought it ended and things would get better, but I'm not sure anymore

I used to like spending time with you... maybe a little bit too much time. But valuable nonetheless

You made me learn about selling onions[0], Cameras[1] and so much more useful stuff(mostly useful, sometimes not)

You told me my apps were not working before even my co-workers realised[2]

You were the first one to tell me great humans had passed away[3][4]

You've always put startups, science and knowledge first

You made me hopeful about the future we could create

You stood for the exchange of knowledge through civilised conversations, curiosity[5]

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

> Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

Nowadays, when I'm with you, dear HN, I tend not to be as excited anymore

The arguments and sources we used to exchange have turned in rants and whataboutisms

The implied humor turned into cynicism

Facts turned into opinions

I feel like (anecdotally perhaps) every other comment makes a poorly disguised political argument[6], gets flagged or is irrelevant/toxic[7][8]

What are we, HN? Who are we? What de we stand for? What have we become?

Is there a way we can go back? To when all we wanted was to feed our curiosity?

Maybe we do not try to understand each other anymore

We read posts and comments to answer. Not to learn, not to understand

Maybe we can pay more attention to how we formulate what we say

I guess it would at least be a start

We should take a look at what we have become, take a step back, to understand ourselves

Maybe only then will we understand -and respect- each other

I love you HN. Please don't let me hate you
The computer that never crashes
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729045.400-the-computer-that-never-crashes.html
A revolutionary new computer based on the apparent chaos of nature can reprogram itself if it finds a fault
Ask HN: What is your favorite tele-presence white-board system?
What do you prefer to use when working remotely with someone to draw up diagrams and ideas free hand and hopefully collaboratively?
Make your Google+ looks like pinterest！
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/130955
It is a easy-used JS plugin to make your Google+ looks like pinterest in Chrome and Firefox. As to IE, what's that?
Xtranormal on Lean Startup Junkies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J9KhpgYVB0
"You have to iterate. Are you iterating? You have to iterate, or you will never be a lean startup ninja like me. I know lean startup jujitsu. I can help you iterate. What does your startup do?"
BlueHost, HostGator and HostMonster down
http://mashable.com/2013/08/02/bluehost-down/
VPS with multiple client websites hosted on HostGator.
Should I move or should I stay?
Show HN: My first iPhone app - Posing App
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/posing-app/id492085243
Your suggestions for the second version?
HN: Feedback on my laptop recovery service
http://www.melezi.com/
Think "lojack for laptops." Sign up, download/install client, and if you mark it as stolen you can recover files, delete files, see the IP, take pics, etc.
Ask HN: Is any of you using Racket for web developement? 
I started learning Scheme/Racket this month and really liked it. I was thinking of using it for a web application. Just curious about your experience.
How I found out about  Ycombinator and PG
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/business/businessspecial2/21startup.html?th&emc=th
I know hundreds of you knew about Ycombinator from the moment he announced the program. I never heard of PG of Viaweb before. I think it is partly due to the fact that i am not a hacker and i only got involve in the startup environment starting the end of 2004. Anyways to make long scripts short here is how i found out about YCombinator, PG and what lead me to the most useful News site Hacker News. I read this article one early morning while at work and that was it. I was hooked.
Ask HN: Block Baidu
If what we read at http://www.netresec.com/?page=Blog&month=2015-03&post=China%27s-Man-on-the-Side-Attack-on-GitHub and http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/anti-censorship-group-china-behind-cyberattacks-on-us-sites/2015/03/31/f7e2e910-d781-11e4-bf0b-f648b95a6488_story.html is true, then Baidu's network is being used to attack GitHub and the worldwide technology industry.

But Baidu, like everyone else, has a responsibility to ensure their network isn't used to attack others. Yes, China is a large and powerful malicious actor. But Baidu is a global presence - this entire attack uses their outside-of-China audience - and a NASDAQ listed company $BIDU. There are many things Baidu could do to ensure its network aren't used to attack others, most obviously locate servers used by customers outside China inside a secure network where they can not be compromised, i.e. outside China. This may be difficult, but that does not change the fact that it is still Baidu's responsibility to stop their networks from being used to attack others.

Until such time as Baidu have taken active steps to prevent their networks from being used to attack others, we should drop their packets and consider their network compromised.
Learn to make a Salesforce App for FREE with Degreed 
http://get.degreed.com/salesforce-app-pathway
Salesforce has partnered with Degreed to create a custom learning pathway that provides an engaging and robust introduction for those looking to begin building apps through the use of Salesforce.
Ask HN:  What YC companies are built mainly with PHP?
I know of two so far:

- iCracked (http://www.themuse.com/jobs/icracked/full-stack-backend-developer)

- interstateapp (http://blog.interstateapp.com/post/10699086100/the-fuel-of-interstate-one-year-later)
Running a 5k "Parks and Rec" style
http://youtu.be/DLLDcSszsZQ
When Automattic announced they wanted the global WordPress community to participate in their Worldwide WP 5k, WP Engine decided to make a day of it and participate in the community event as a company. We were excited about running the same race that other Automatticians and WordPressers were running the world over.

We added a bit of flavor to the mix, and filmed the entire thing as if it were an episode of "Parks and Rec"

Our founder and CEO, @asmartbear, decided to go the extra mile, (well, two kilometers), and accidentally ran a 7k. Everyone finished the race in short order, and the film crew took a lot of footage that has been edited into this short video that will promote the Automattic 5k and is also a blast to watch
Are You Popular?
http://www.archive.org/details/AreYouPo1947
...wow.
How to Describe Technical Debt to a Non-Technical Boss
http://dfltr.posterous.com/how-to-describe-technical-debt-to-a-non-techn
Hi, his name's Micah. He's a UI/UX developer. You can learn more about him on facebook and twitter.
Ask HN: I quit my job today. Any words of wisdom for me?
Hello HN. So, I quit my job today. I worked at a startup as a programmer. I am not going to go deep into the reasons for which I quit, but a good part of it had to do with my future goals. I am currently considering a post-graduate course in Canada and perhaps immigrating there afterwards. For the next few months I am going to be preparing my course application, launching my personal projects, improving my skills, and trying to get some consulting work to support myself.

So fellow HNers, especially the ones who have taken the big leap, the ones who work for themselves, and the ones who work from home; do you have any wise words for me? Any stories that you'd like to share? Any tips, suggestions, and words of encouragement are most welcome.

Wish me luck!
A Different Sort of Mag-Lev, as Demonstrated with Toy Train Set
http://www.core77.com/blog/technology/a_different_sort_of_mag-lev_as_demonstrated_with_toy_train_set_20674.asp
On Friday, we had a look at a levitating lamp by Ger Jansen, who develops and sells proprietary electromagnetics as Crealev. In the same vein, this video of a toy mag-lev train is not the conventional sort of magnetic levitation train, which uses electromagnets pulsing along a length of rail to compel the train into motion; this one is motorless and the magnetic field is formed using liquid nitrogen, a temperature differential, and a proprietary material that conducts an electric current at super-low temperatures.
Ask HN: Paying Overseas Employees
Hello, HN!

Today, I hired my first employee! The problem we've encountered is that he's in Europe and I'm in the US and that European banks want to charge massive fees to process US cheques. Is anybody here in a similar situation? What's the best way to go about doing this. Paypal seems like one option, but it seems very unprofessional and I don't trust them very much.

Would very much appreciate your input!
M
I was wondering why there was secret service at Stanford on Sunday
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/17/memorial-service-for-steve-jobs-brings-tributes-from-family-and-friends/
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/10/17/steve-jobs’s-family-gave-moving-words-at-sunday-memorial/

May be the link that was submitted before or: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204479504576635921007047738.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular
Greasemonkey script to remove any bitcoin related articles from HN
http://patrickkettner.com/ybs.user.js
There has been a big influx of bitcoin related news lately. Nothing wrong with that, I am not interested in it.

a tweet by @jacobian (https://twitter.com/#!/jacobian/status/69985853354672128) reminded me of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1085721

Changed one word in the script.
Ask HN: What services and software do you pay for?
This covers either business (e.g., AWS, Facebook ads, Bitbucket) or personal (e.g., Uber, Instacart, Netflix). If possible, please try to list the product not the category (e.g., AWS, not hosting).
Show HN: Vuru - A Tool to Help Pick High Quality, Undervalued Stocks
Hey guys. For the past 8 months, we've been bootstrapping Vuru and the advice of the HN community has helped us shape our product and business. We are really appreciative of all that we've gotten out of the community and we want to share what we've built.

We've recently launched our product, have some paying customers (woohoo!), and we'd love to get your feedback on anything and everything.

Check us out at http://www.vuru.co (clickable link in the comments).

In advance, thanks for your time!
Incremental Perfectionism: 5 Ways to Write Perfect Code
http://macournoyer.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/incremental-perfectionism-5-ways-to-write-perfect-code/
Here are 5 ways to bring your software closer to perfection, bit by bit, while still shipping your darn code (no crack required).
Show HN: Craft.ly
http://craft.ly
We hatched this idea of a Kickstarter + Groupon + Etsy model last week, threw up a super simple landing page that day, then launched a more detailed landing page last night. What do you think of the idea as a whole? The landing page itself?

Since the Etsy / crafting world is so large and diverse, we're really trying to focus on the sharing of our site to get the word out. We are doing some minimal google ads and will be doing various tests to see what brings in the best traffic and converts the best.

Interestingly enough, good old fashioned twitter searching with hand authored tweets has had a super successful conversion rate. Well above 50%.

Anyways, there it is in all it's glory. We are very much interested in ideas for bringing in traffic, and increasing conversions.

Thanks!
WPA2 vulnerable to insider attacks
http://blog.airtightnetworks.com/wpa2-finds-itself-in-a-hole-vulnerable-to-insider-attacks/
WPA2 Hole196 Vulnerability

The "Hole 196" vulnerability present in WPA2 can be practically exploited by a malicious insider using existing open source software as the basis. And the footprint of such insider attacks is limited to the air, making them among the stealthiest of insider attacks known requiring no key cracking and no brute force The only way to detect this is by monitoring traffic over the air.

Live demos planned at Blackhat and Defcon.

For more details:

http://www.airtightnetworks.com/WPA2-Hole196

http://blog.airtightnetworks.com/wpa2-finds-itself-in-a-hole-vulnerable-to-insider-attacks/

-Sohail Ahmad
How Software is Harming Science, Engineering
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/how-software-is-harming-science-engineering-08252011.html
Andreesen postulated that the software industry was "eating the world" and "poised to take over broad swathes of the economy." This is delusional.
Andreessen: Watching Netscape Disintegrate
http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-andreessen-post-netscape-era-2009-9
Henry Blodget interviews Netscape founder Marc Andreessen about selling Netscape to AOL, what he did next, and how he saved his next company.
Ask HN: What's your salary expectation?
How do you respond this question when on a job interview?

How do you negotiate a good salary?
Show HN: Babeloop, a new music sight-reading webapp
https://www.babeloop.com/
Backstory: I have a kid learning to play the clarinet in a music conservatory, which involves compulsory sight reading classes. Teaching for sight reading is done on books. The idea for this app is to port the method online, so that it's easier to practice and follow one's progress. It should also be more fun, and, for those so inclined, competitive.

The learning method is based on landmarks: for each clef one first learns the position of 2-3 landmarks, and then each note is in relation to a landmark. So for example, if you know where the middle G is on the treble clef, then you can learn fast that 2 positions up (next line) is B, and two positions down is E. (Anecdotally, in an earlier iteration of the app, landmark notes were displayed using specific colors; but users learned colors instead of the note position on the staff, and when they moved to a level without colors (or an actual score) they were completely lost.)

The app doesn't try to teach keyboard playing, or fingering for any other instrument for that matter. It only helps associate the position of a note on the staff with a name, in a given clef. It doesn't deal with octaves: a C3 is a C4 is a C; or accidentals: a sharp G is a flat G is a G. It also doesn't wait for user input, as other apps do. Music doesn't work that way; but more importantly, the point is to learn to recognize intervals instantly, not count them.

No account is necessary to use the app, only to participate in the leaderboard, and save one's score in case of device reset (or to use more than one device). When an account is created, the data is stored on the server in SQLite; I'm curious to see how far it can go. (Without an account, no data leaves the device.)

It's still a little rough around the edges but should work ok in reasonably recent browsers. On the client side, it uses VexFlow to display notes, staff and clefs, but animations are done using CSS transitions (not JS), to be mobile friendly. Tone.js helps provide a more accurate timing than a simple setInterval. Icons are coded in SVG by hand; for simple shapes, this is surprisingly fun and straightforward to do.
Show HN: Given an API, Generate client libraries in Node, Python, PHP, Ruby
https://github.com/pksunkara/alpaca
PS: Assuming a REST architecture.
Developing an App for iOS, Android and Windows Phone - a Comparative Study
http://www.zetalab.de/blog/developing-an-app-for-ios-android-and-windows-phone-a-comparative-study/
During the last six months I have written the same mobile app for the three major (or to-be major) platforms, that is iOS, Android and Windows Phone. The article details some of the experiences I made while doing this.
Why you choose turbotax.com
http://www.uxpx.net/2011/02/16/why-you-choose-turbo-tax/
One day someone realized that buying books online can be more convenient than going to a book store; that is how Amazon became so popular. With turbotax.com you can enjoy listening to your favorite radio, while drinking your favorite Starbucks coffee and preparing your taxes. Who said it’s impossible?

As a user experience designer I always chase for good patterns I can reuse, learn from or at least do a good analysis for future projects.

Since it is time to prepare taxes, one of the ideas I had in my mind was to analyze one of the online tax preparation services, and since I have never used any tax preparation online services before I became excited to try it.

Couple of months ago one of my friends recommended me to try Turbo Tax by saying:

“Turbo tax is an amazing online tool; the process of tax preparation is simple and intuitive, user interface is clean and attractive! Try it buddy, you will like it.”

I went to check the website the same day, and now couple months later I have a chance to test drive it.

I set up a list of criteria and began exploring.
Anti TPP Site Blocked by Google & Facebook
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/38pmg8/hey_reddit_someone_is_trying_really_hard_to_erase/
Twitter were also blocking it, but they've stopped now. Guess someone from Twitter saw the thread.
Ask HN: Review our Business TV Startup
http://meettheboss.tv/
Hey All,

Would love to get your feedback on a site I am working on at the moment. We just launched today so expect it to have a few bugs that need ironed out still.

Thoughts on branding/UI/Site content etc very much appreicated - either positive or negative. Will take them onboard/review and implement.

(Note: smart phone goodness a couple of weeks away)
How Google can still become the greatest company ever?
http://digg.com/story/r/how_google_can_still_become_the_greatest_company_ever_microreviews
While offering these amazing products, Google offered some real bloopers on the way. Wave, Buzz, Knol,Lively,Orkut, SideWiki, OpenSocial are a few. There is no doubt that any company which would venture into so many fields will come up with some bad one's too but that is not my problem. Google is still a great company but it can be still greater by prioritizing better, by doing what they are good at. No company can be good at everything. Trying to be good at everything is the Microsoft-mania and it sucks
Hacking a crowd of 430 hackers with 1720 balloons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3XjMjG6pEo&feature=youtu.be&hd=1
"Balloon choreography" created during European Rails Conference Railsberry 2012 by some amazingly open-minded hackers spontaneously playing Balloon Hero ;)
Interesting Church Site in pure HTML
http://annualreport.elevationchurch.org/
While some people may take issue with the content of this site, I thought the execution would be of greater interest to the people on this lists. This is all done in HTML.
Show HN: PipeRider, data reliability automated tool
https://www.piperider.io/
GitHub: https://github.com/InfuseAI/piperider
Introduction in depth: https://blog.infuseai.io/data-reliability-automated-with-pip...
Show HN: Share, organize and discover what your friends are seeing on the web
http://www.thesharedweb.com/alpha/intro
Hey HN,

My co-founders and I have been working on a project for the last month or so, and we'd like to get your input on it. We wanted to hear your thoughts on what we're doing - so check out our landing page, and let us know what you think/understand.

Does it sounds like something you guys would want to use?

http://www.thesharedweb.com/alpha/intro

We'll tell you guys more about exactly what we're doing as the conversation evolves, but we just wanted to see what the initial reaction is, and what you understand (i.e. are we describing it in a way that makes sense).

Really excited to hear your thoughts!

Cheers,
Nicolae, Kareem and Nav
Show HN: SnowId – A Decentralized, K-Ordered, 128-bit UUID library in C
https://github.com/beyonddream/snowid
Sharing my project inspired by twitter snowflake UUID generator but that supports:

1) Longer range of id's to be generated.

2) No coordination with other machines in the distributed system.
Ask YC: Review my startup
http://uliken.com
We officially launched yesterday, and i wanted some constructive criticism from the community. Please keep it real and don't hold back.

Couple things to remember.
We're aware that this idea is not totally original.
We're not trying to solve a problem but merely provide a fun way to interact with friends using your social graph.

Drop me an e-mail if you want to PM me.
Android Users Get Ready For Temple Run,iOS Game Now Available For Android
http://www.techieapps.com/android-users-get-ready-for-temple-run-hugely-popular-ios-game-now-available-for-android/
Android users now get ready for playing one of the most popular iOS game Temple Run on your Android smartphones. Temple Run is now available for Android platform and users can now download the same for free from Google Play.
How should we price our startup?
http://www.redline.cc/welcome
Hello Hacker News,

We need some help! We launched our startup Redline, http://www.redline.cc, into private beta a few months back. We are about ready to make it public and as part of that we want to introduce a pricing model. We have had some lively discussions about what to price it and how to determine if that is the right price but all our solutions feel like we are just guessing. The only thing we can agree on is that we have a free tier, a qa tier and a production tier. Beyond that, what should we set as the initial prices and how should we run pricing tests after that?
A Theory of Everything (Sort of)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/opinion/sunday/Friedman-a-theory-of-everyting-sort-of.html?ref=opinion
We are increasingly taking easy credit, routine work and government jobs and entitlements away from the middle class — at a time when it takes more skill to get and hold a decent job, at a time when citizens have more access to media to organize, protest and challenge authority and at a time when this same merger of globalization and I.T. is creating huge wages for people with global skills (or for those who learn to game the system and get access to money, monopolies or government contracts by being close to those in power) — thus widening income gaps and fueling resentments even more.
Need help publishing a OSS HackerNews app for Windows Phone 7
http://hackernews.codeplex.com/
I have created a open source WP7 app for browsing HN easier and i need help publishing it to the WP7 Marketplace (can't do it myself because i'm from Romania and can't create a developer account).
So if you have a WP7 account and want to help please reply.
Viral Marketing -- hitting a pinata over the web
http://cam.ly/pinatabuster
Cam.ly is a video monitoring platform. We sell cameras that stream and record video to the internet. You can place our cameras to watch anything and you can watch from anywhere. We originally envisioned our product as a Security Camera, but could work well as a baby monitor, nanny cam, or dog watcher. We built this demo to showcase our product (keep posted for a blog post about how we did it). We would like some feedback from HN. What do you think of demo? Does the demo help you understand our product? And finally how do we make this go viral?
Ask YC: Anyone use LaTeX?
http://scripts.mit.edu/~bcater/webtex/webtex.php
I use LaTeX a lot, but I couldn't find an online version, so I wrote this one. It's very rough in terms of styling, but basic functionality is there. What else would you like to see it do?