jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Piraha-peg: A very simple parsing expression grammar implementation in java
https://code.google.com/p/piraha-peg/wiki/QuickStart
Check out Steven Brandt's (of javaregex.com) parsing expression grammar (PEG) implementation for simple grammar creation and parsing.
Show HN: Gzip-Server
https://www.npmjs.com/package/gzip-server
Just whipped this up - simple static server with compression enabled. Useful for optimizing load time in development. (So you don't have to set up nginx etc just to see which assets compress well.)
Show HN: Beautiful Hand-made Irish Whistles
http://www.ethnicwind.com
I am simply stunned at the intro song to this site.. sounds other worldly.
Cisco I-Prize Contest Offers $250k, Business Unit Status, Plus $10 Mil Over 3 Years
http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/iprize/contest_overview.html
If you're interested in creating something in the online video, virtual worlds, file sharing, or another high-bandwidth space where success would mean ISPs need more Cisco infrastructure, this may be for you. The "Brainstorming" (Proposal) phase is only open until February 13th.
Want to build a satellite but dont have a NASA sized budget?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pocketqube/want-to-build-a-satellite-but-dont-have-a-nasa-siz
PocketQubes drop the cost barrier for budding satellite hackers
Ask HN: How do you handle your transactional emails?
I'm wondering if your transactional emails are home made HTML/CSS with a some templating language for dynamic content?

Or are you using a framework, or maybe a service that helps with that?
Crucial Steps to Getting Started
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2007/sb20070827_860494.htm
Entrepreneurs and startup experts weigh in on what they consider most important when launching a new business
Color-Template
http://www.rocket-design.fr/color-template/
Color Template
How do you choose the right colors for your designs?
Show HN: Know Math, or rather People Math?
http://intelligence.blackbookhr.com/
This quiz has some interesting math questions regarding data and people analytics.
New Very Relaxed PHP Framework Released
http://pimteam.net/2008/12/17/new-very-relaxed-php-framework-released/
StudPHP is a little, fast and very relaxed PHP MVC framework. Some developers would even say it’s not a framework but a collection of libraries and coding practices. It’s ok to call it that - the most important thing is it helps you build PHP/MySQL applications really fast.
SMTP Feedback Mail class with jQuery Slide Effect.
http://9lessons.blogspot.com/2009/02/smtp-feedback-mail-class-with-jquery.html
This post about feedback mail with nice slide effect using php SMTP class and jQuery. It's very useful to add your php websites as like contact/feedback page.
Ask HN: What are strategies on-demand services have used to hire their workers?
I'm interested in learning how on-demand service providers (e.g. TaskRabbit, Uber, HomeJoy, Munchery) have gone about recruiting their workers.
Where are we on the 4-day work week?
I'm interviewing at the moment and started pitching it, but I'm not making it requirement.

So far, one "possibly" and one "oh helllll nah".
Optical communication networks and devices
http://protogenist.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/optical-communication-networks-and-devices/
Optical communication is used taken to mean devices that transmit data by sending pulses of light through an optical fibre. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information. First developed in the 1970s, fibre-optic communication systems have revolutionized the telecommunication industry and have played a major role in the advent of the information age. Because of its advantages over electrical transmission, optical fibre is rapidly replacing copper wire in core networks in the developed world and is key for developing countries in bridging the digital divide.
Show HN: You can’t rely on motivation to quit social media
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobteq.appblocker&hl=en_US&gl=US
How many times did you tell yourself that you will quit social media apps?

I’ve done it multiple times, disabled my Facebook and instagram accounts when I felt motivated to do so, only to enabled them back again whenever my motivation faded and I felt bored.

Now, I don’t think that these social apps are completely evil, if you simply control the amount of time you spend surfing them.

That is why I designed and built an app that helps me limit the amount of time I spend on these apps and so far it has been effective.

The point of the app is simple, to help you reduce your screen time and limit addictive app usage.

I really think that negative reinforcement is one of the best ways to build habits, which is why I included it in this app.

Do you like watching video ads? I’m thinking you hate them.

With this app, you can launch an annoying video ad if you’re about to access one of your blocked apps.

If you find yourself regularly and mindlessly launching social apps, this little app will definitely help you overcome this addiction.

If you are interested in using the app, it’s available for android users.

Disclaimer:

Even though this is an app I built and this might look like self promotion I just want to say that this app has helped me and I think that it can help others as well.

If you can’t afford the application after the free trial, but you find it to be helpful, I will personally help you out with a free version.
How to find - Top website Design Company
http://www.fatbit.com/
Though we would all like to be able to do our own website designing, we all aren't able to, whether we just don't understand the many various elements or we just don't have the time; the use of a top website design company is a must have. Just any website design company will not do; there are various things that can make a web design company a top web design company that will provide the exact services you need to the exact specifications you provide and request.
Show HN: GameScripter.JS – Sciter-based game engine inspired by DragonRuby
https://girkovarpa.itch.io/gamescripterjs
If you're not familiar with DragonRuby, you can check out a live demo here:

http://fiddle.dragonruby.org.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws....
Creately Launches with Pay What you Want Plan
http://creately.com/blog/creately/beta-over-creately-launches-new-plans/
Interesting pricing experiment from Creately
Amazon AWS Worksop
https://docs.google.com/a/iiith.org/forms/d/1Qep6oLVw_XZaJqEJgAGrTq1ufpEZ-WVoCNTtRzAToxg/viewform
https://www.facebook.com/?q=#/profile.php?id=285118588315336&ref=br_tf
Ask HN: Is Firestore reliable for scaling?
Or should I stay with Firebase?
Not a feigned art
http://www.johnuibel.com/
Site describe a very interesting vision on art, find out it
Ask HN: Can you help me find the gaming algorithm application from HN?
I wouldn't normally make a post like this to clutter HN, but I've searched for hours now under every possible thing I can think of...

It was a series of 6 video "tutorials" (but more they were just cool demos) of this software this guy made which allowed you to manipulate wave forms and do cool things to them (like photoshop but for math).

In the 6 or so videos he builds roughly off of what was in the last video, and he shows how to use tangent waves, sine waves, staircase pattern.. then he combines them and meshes them into creating a "randomized world" that could create something similar to minecraft with hills, valleys, but they look natural.
Show HN: APIs and SDKs to accept borderless payments for goods and services
https://developers.coinforbarter.com/docs/getting-started/
Integrating a borderless payment gateway is now made easy for developers across various stacks.

Take a look at how easy it is to integrate into a static html page.
https://developers.coinforbarter.com/docs/integration-option...
Fashion wedding dress
http://fashionweddingdress.blogujem.com/
The Fall 2012 shows were awash with ready-to-wear dresses that easily translate from the fashion runway to the wedding aisle. Here are our favorite looks.
GPS on your Phone--cheap solution
http://www.telenav.com/about/maps-vs-navigation/
TeleNav Navigator is much better than stand-alone GPS devices and, as this page shows, better than Google Maps as well.
CiiNow Looking for Cloud Gaming Engineers
http://ciinow.com/index.php
CiiNOW is a small well funded start-up looking for low level C/C++ developers in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are looking for anyone who is passionate about programming, algorithms, and just getting things done. Experience in H264 encode/decode, networking, android, or Set-Top-Boxes is a plus. We have implemented a generic, low latency, virtualized, real-time gaming environment in the cloud. If you are interested or want more information, send an email to jobs@ciinow.com
Create your own Ecommerce Website
http://gouniq.com
Gouniq.com is a powerful ecommerce website builder that allows you to create online shopping storeby providing everything you need to create online store.You can create your own shop online anytime by using our services.
Show HN: Responsive Boilerplate
https://github.com/websitescenes/responsive_template/tree/v1.1
Responsive template based off of html5 boilerplate
All sources reports on "Microsoft/Nokia acquisition for $7.17b"
http://knowtifier.com/news/294/breaking-microsoft-buys-nokias-device-and-services-devision-for-717b/
Hear the news from all the different angles.
Predator: A Copy Detection System 
http://github.com/kailashbuki/predator
Predator is a copy detection system aimed at finding the copy among documents. Currently it supports documents in pdf format. All you have to do is make your repository first by uploading the documents and check the suspected documents with the repository built. For easy installation, you can run install_dependencies.sh in linux to install all the required dependencies. For the rest, please check the README.
Yes, i have not been able to benchmark the performance, write test cases (which i will do in the days to come), yet i would like to know your take on the project.
The technical muscle behind WikiLeaks
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/07/26/how.wikileaks.works/index.html#fbid=dPRNPeznkhU
The website's homepage is largely composed of a plain-text logo and a giant hyperlink that simply says: "Submit documents."
In Ruling on iPhones, Apple Loses a Bit of Its Grip
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/technology/27iphone.html?_r=1&ref=technology
The Library of Congress, which has the power to define exceptions to an important copyright law, said on Monday that it was legal to bypass a phone’s controls on what software it will run to get “lawfully obtained” programs to work.
YouTube really can be beautiful - epic video mashup
http://www.inbflat.net/
try this out. at first, you'll probably think it's stupid/ugly/a waste of time. but after a while, you realize it really works.

beautiful.
Ask HN: What react components did you wish other people built already?
For me it's a credit card field (before stripe elements came along), spreadsheets/datatables, and charts. Are there other things you came across when building something out?
This is the last JavaOne
http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/06/02/This-is-the-last-JavaOne.aspx
JavaOne will probably not exist this time next year.
Show HN: BlitzDB – Document-oriented database written purely in Python
http://blitz-db.rtfd.org
BlitzDB, or just Blitz, is a document-based, object-oriented, transactional database written purely in Python. Among other things, it provides a powerful querying language, deep indexing of documents, compressed data storage and automatic referencing of embedded documents. It is reasonably fast, can be easily embedded in any Python application and does not have any external dependencies (except when using a third-party backend). In addition, you can use it as a frontend to other database engines such as MongoDB in case you should need more power.
Show HN: Upstream - Easily create dynamic configs
https://www.upstreamapi.com/
Hi HN! I built a tool that allows developers to easily create and manage dynamic configurations with a web UI.

At my last team I spent a lot of time managing config files. We had configs to do things like turning on/off training ML models or dynamic feature flags that helped us test new features in real-world settings.

I noticed a few things:
* Often these configs were pointing to the same information and over time they would drift which caused inconsistencies in the system.
* Internal tools had different interfaces to create configs and they would be instrumented differently. For example, some had version control and permissions while others were simple YAMLs.
* There was significant time lost waiting to stamp, land and redeploy low risk config changes.

So I had this idea, what if there was an API to easily create and manage configs with a consistent and well instrumented interface?

So far these are the main features:
* Create JSON formatted configs and access them with an api call.
* Dynamic retrieval. In the request body, users can pass context variables which the tool will evaluate against user defined rules and return a value. For example, give me X config given I am user Y.
* A dashboard to monitor config usage.

Potential use cases:
* Feature flags: On/Off
* Feature flags with context: eg. turn flag on for users in X city.
* General purpose configuration store with access from anywhere.

I'll be happy to receive your feedback!
Like Spark? Stealth-mode big data startup is hiring founding engineer
Come build the infrastructure that data scientists depend on to access big data! It shouldn't take a CS degree to use big data effectively, and abstracting away the difficult parts is our mission.

You will:

- Be a founding member of the team that builds the next generation of ETL software.

- Come up with novel ideas on how to make complex technology user-friendly, and then turn those ideas into robust software.

You have:

- A deep interest and some experience in distributed systems.

- Tons of experience building applications on the JVM.

- Ability to work independently and drive the direction of a technology stack.

Even better if you also have:

- Experience with Scala, Cascading, and Docker.

- Knowing the ins and outs of current big data frameworks like Hadoop, Spark, and Tez is a plus, but not an absolute requirement - you're a quick learner!

- Startup experience.

About us: Pre-launch, profitable SaaS company started by people who love data but think current ETL tools suck. Located in San Francisco.

Competitive compensation package including very significant equity offered to the right candidate.

To apply, email us at etl.sans.dev@gmail.com.
Streamfile lets you share files by streaming them to your friends.
http://streamfile.com/
I use this service from time to time and it works well. The whole thing is written in Erlang.
Battle of the low-cost airlines: is Ryanair knocked off the perch?
http://www.whichairline.com/news/Battle-of-the-low-cost-airlines%3A-is-Ryanair-knocked-off-the-perch
We all know that Ryanair is the cheapest, right? Well, not quite. Ryanair is famous for their hidden fees, and our recent research shows that they make a big impact on the final cost. In fact, when all costs are counted, there are three other airlines that come out cheaper!
Pushing Concurrency out of your system
http://ashwinraghav.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/pushing-concurrency-out-of-your-system/
Recently, at ThoughtWorks, we built an application involving a lot of operations work and background jobs. Things were good until we wanted to speed up some jobs calling REST APIs. Here is how we managed to.
Google is destroying your memory Or is it
http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-is-destroying-your-memory
Or is technology innovation providing the catalyst to evolve how we use our brains and memory
Google Reader starts (yet another) conversation
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-reader-starts-conversation.html
Great, now I get to split up discussion about things I find interesting to facebook, friendfeed, news.yc, and Google reader...
Help K-12 students use educational software at Clever (YC S12)
Right now the market for educational software is a mess. It’s incredibly difficult for developers to get their products into schools, and they have no information about the students who are using their software. On the schools’ side, large districts are spending tons of money on learning applications, but they have no way of knowing if students are even using the apps they’re purchasing. Teachers know there’s great software out there, but the challenge of getting 30 kids to log in correctly makes using it impossible.

At Clever, we’re working to change that. We provide schools with a free API and single sign-on solution that makes using educational apps a breeze. We’ve grown fast: after two and a half years, we’re moving data for a quarter of all K-12 students in America (15M kids), and 35,000 schools are using us to manage their education apps. Our goals are much bigger than that, though. We want to be two things:
-a single place where schools can easily manage and analyze all the software they’re using, and
-a single identity that students can use to see everything they’ve learned across multiple apps.

We’re a team of 50 (22 engineers) based in downtown San Francisco. We’re looking for full-stack engineers who like:
-Go, Coffeescript and Python (or are willing to learn)
-big responsibilities (there are 700,000 students on the platform per engineer here)
-hard technical problems (managing a huge, constantly updating data pipeline)
-tech talks on everything ranging from the history of hip-hop to neuroscience to exoplanets

Check us out at https://clever.com/about/jobs#engineer-full-stack, or check out what we’re working on at https://github.com/clever.
Review my project - github like version control for Excel
http://www.spreadgit.com
Hey guys,
this is a little side project I've been working on, would be very grateful to get some feedback. Basically, it's a github-like platform for Excel workbooks, i.e. people can put their spreadsheets under version control (via simple drag & drop) and get proper diffs on value, formulae, formatting and VBA changes (merging is on the agenda). I know Excel isn't particularly hipster but it's still very, very widely used in companies, something that won't go away quickly. And from my own experience the lack of an appropriate, user-friendly version control system is something that contributes a lot to the Excel mess. So I thought rather than fighting Excel, I'll build something useful around it. Any feedback much appreciates. thanks, Bjoern
OpenJDK 6 Ported to FreeBSD
http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/02/23/OpenJDK-6-in-Free-BSD.aspx
OpenJDK 7 isn't even done yet, and the FreeBSD geeks have already backported its changes into SE 6.
Chinese Internet Startups
http://www.sproutly.com/2007/08/08/china-internet-startups/
The Chinese internet is thriving more than you think behind that "great firewall."
Team Syntha-6 by BSN | Syntha 6 by BSN
http://www.syntha-6.info
Syntha-6 by BSN this is easily one of the best known fitness companies in the world and the many products that they sell have been hailed by many experts in the industry as being excellent in an overall and a specific sense.
Game Console Makers Feeling the Heat from Apple
http://mashable.com/2009/09/25/apple-threat-to-game-consoles/
Will internet enabled TVs hurt video game console sales too?
Microsoft seems to be using Linux for Skype master nodes
http://pastebin.com/2h8tLHR8
Microsoft seems to be using Linux for Skype master nodes
Mutt Gmail Labels and contact suggestions via IMAP
http://www.h3manth.com/content/mutt-gmail-labels-and-contact-suggestions-imap
No matter how many E-Mail client are released, the power of Mutt remains unbeaten

IMAP or POP3 ?!

This has become much a religious war like the Emacs vs VI. With most of the ISP's facilitating the users with both the protocols and POP3 with few additions like "Leave messages on server" and "until I delete them." or "archive them" is making the battle more violent. But with the fundamental principle and enormous response from the majority of Mutt users IMAP and Mutt goes very well together

sudo apt-get install mutt to get mutt or can get the source and compile if not on Debian based OS.IMAP must be enabled in Gmail (settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP -> IMAP Access).

The below is configuration template i made that helps to achieve Mutt+IMAP+SSL+GNU GPG+Labels and also contact suggestions using GoogleCL:
Place the file in ~/.muttrc or ~/.mutt/muttrc
Parrot's AR Drone 2
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/10/parrot-ar-drone-2-0-announced-features-720p-video/
Are there any substitutes of this?
Put Stuff in Your Windows Azure Junk Trunk – Repository Base
http://compositecode.com/2011/02/07/windows-azure-junk-trunk-part-1/
Alright, so the title is rather stupid, but hey, it’s fun! :)

This project I setup to provide some basic functionality with Windows Azure Storage. I wanted to use each of the three mediums; Table, Blob, and Queue, and this example will cover each of these things. The application will upload and store images, provide a listing, some worker processing, and deletion of the images & associated metadata. This entry is part 1 of this series, with the following schedule for subsequent entries:

Part 1: Today (this entry)
Part 2: The Junk Trunk ASP.NET MVC 2 Web Application (Publishing on February 10th)
Part 3: Windows Azure Worker Role and Storage Queue (Publishing on February 11th)
Title aside, schedule laid out, description of the project completed, I’ll dive right in!

Putting Stuff in Your Junk Trunk

Create a new Windows Azure Project called PutJunkInIt. (Click any screenshot for the full size, and also note some of the text may be off – I had to recreate a number of these images)
Capture pictures for faster and better QA reports
http://blog.fogcreek.com/capture-pictures-for-faster-and-better-qa-reports/
This helps you record issues quicker and easier.
Show HN: Dark Mode Resumes for Engineers
https://www.leetresumes.com/blog/leet-resumes-dark-mode
We built and launched Dark Mode resumes at Leet Resumes:
https://www.leetresumes.com/blog/leet-resumes-dark-mode

It's fun, a way to stand out, and uses the same proven resume format we're known for.

Engineers may find this format particularly interesting because software development adopted dark mode decades ahead of the general user.

It's worth noting that I launched Leet Resumes on Hacker News almost 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25678568

The basic idea is that we write great professional resumes for free - tips appreciated. We started in technology only and have expanded to all resumes since.

A post I wrote also appeared here on Hacker News 'What a great technical resume can do for you':
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25092880

As I mentioned in that earlier Show HN, "we believe in being transparent, open, data-driven, and helpful, so let me know what you think!"
Newly Released Tools And Resources For Web Designers And Web Developers
http://www.designyourway.net/blog/resources/newly-released-tools-and-resources-for-web-designers-and-web-developers/
As you already know, I’m releasing an article with new resources and tools once every three weeks cause there are so many good ones that are released that I can’t just ignore them. I saw that slideshow plugins are very popular and you see at least one of these a week being released on the web. Besides these you will find other useful tools in here and I’m sure you’ll use them wisely.
Virtual people to get ID checks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14277728
The faces and behaviour of online avatars could help identify the people controlling them, scientists believe.
Best Practices of Information Security = Vanity Metrics
http://blog.risk.io/2013/03/best-practices-vanity-metrics/
Risk I/O CEO Ed Bellis discusses the best practices of information security in this blog post.
Russian Mac anyone?
http://russianmac.ru/
Well, not really... But the eeeMac (or MSI Wind Mac) look realy funny. Hey! They all feature a legal copy of Mac OS X!