jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Is Social Selling Killing Your Business?
http://www.commissioncrowd.com/blog/is-social-selling-killing-your-business/
An in-depth study by Forbes into social selling and found that sales agents using social media to sell, bring in up to 78% more business than those who disregard it as a legitimate business tool.
PFormat - Simple tool to format your Disk drives/partitions in GNU/Linux
http://nakule.in/2011/updated-pformat-light-weight-graphical-tool-to-format-your-disk-partitions/
pFormat is a lightweight (at just 45 KB) tool to format your disk drives in GNU/Linux
Qt Bug Redirects .com to .co
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/rekonq/2010-May/001297.html
NL: It strips the last character of whatever you type if you hit the <enter> key to quick. Bug in Qtimer.
How to learn CouchDb
http://www.aler.me/couchdb/29-resources-to-learn-couchdb/
Collection of CouchDb available info
Ask HN: Has YC funded any non-developer founded projects?
Since YC is about investing in "the founders, not the idea", have they invested in any founders that are not developers?
Kickstarter project Brydge, new hinge design
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/552506690/brydge-ipad-do-more/posts/277476?ref=email&show_token=8d3abe22c9467f9c
Curious to know what others think if this radical new design. Personally I don't like it, the jingle 'wave' was very much of the appeal of the original design I backed.
Ask HN: Marketing Vs. Advertising?
Which is which? Do you market your product or do you advertise your product?
Microsoft Puts Money Down on Web 2.0 Trend
http://www.cio.com/article/149158/Microsoft_Puts_Money_Down_on_Web_._Trend
While the Facebook deal got all the attention, two smaller partnerships to bring offerings from pure play Web 2.0 vendors to Microsoft SharePoint might be the biggest news yet of things to come.
Creating Dramatic Type in Illustrator
http://www.graphicfetish.com/creating-dramatic-type-in-illustrator-%e2%80%94-tools-for-different-situations/
Two type tools of interest when designing in Illustrator include the Area Type Tool and Masks (clipping or opacity). This article walks you through each of the options that make conforming type to your every desire possible.
Team Room in Flex2.0
http://geniteam.com/pod/TeamRoom.htm
As part of its ongoing commitment to provide human capital, GeniTeam (www.geniteam.com), today announced alpha release of "Team Room" to support their virtual team model. This product is designed to enhance collaboration between team members dispersed across different geographical locations. The business model coupled with the product, shall allow high tech startup to hire remote teams and save significantly on operating cost.
Beginning in January 2008, GeniTeam will also include video conferencing in application. Startups hosting their virtual teams with GeniTeam will be able to enhance management of their virtual teams through Team Room, after beta launch, expected in winter 2007. The application is developed using Flex 2.0, hibernate 3.0, spring and Java.
Collecting feedback and opinions on a process management cloud app for SMBs
http://processmate.net
I'm asking for a feedback on the concept and the cloud app we are developing. It's called ProcessMate<p>It's a productivity cloud tool for small and medium sized businesses. It helps track progress of recurring processes, as well as manage documentation and improve in-process communication for businesses. It's a Business Process Management tool (BPM) of a new generation, that is significantly easier to set up and use. In contrast to other tools it does not require any IT or business analysis skills.<p>In essence, it solves the following major problems:
* Lack of visibility on progress of processes/cases, such as Legal cases, Financial processes, etc
* Excessive emails, unstructured document exchange
* Lack of insight on efficiency, including bottlenecks, points of low efficiency etc.
ProcessMate helps solve these problems.<p>Its major features include:
∙ Process Design – Easy-to use, does not require special expertise and skills in IT or business analysis.
∙ Process Execution – the system keeps track of actual progress and supports instant user notifications
∙ Business Intelligence – pre-configured dashboards, reports and charts (such as gantt chart and others) will give a valuable insight on trends and efficiency
∙ Collaboration – ProcessMate will help you replace the swarms of emails with the structured communication
∙ Document Management – helps structure your documentation (such as invoices, quotations or anything else) and link it to individual processes
∙ Cloud – it’s web-based, so no need to download and install anything, sign up and use in seconds!<p>If you have managed a business or a department, or was an employee of a business that ran recurring human-driven processes (e.g. legal, finance, HR, etc), I'm asking for your help of reviewing our product. Would it fit your organization? What problems would you envisage?
IPhone Developer : Refined Skills Of An iPhone App Developer 
http://www.iphoneappdevelopmentcompany.co.uk/iphone-developer-skills
There have been several influential reasons which have led you towards iPhone applications and hiring an iPhone developer! Why we are so much attracted to iPhone App? There are loads of striking features in iPhone App that have elevated many businesses to faster, larger, to all lofty levels, stepping into new ventures. Now in this high-end tech globe, we are blessed with smart mobile phones like iPhone!
Show HN: Public Debate of Laws and CaseLaw in a Way That Just Makes Sense
http://kng.ht/14HTtJZ
Hey, HN! I don't know if it is proper to use the "Show HN" moniker for this situation so I apologize if that's the case.<p>I've spent about a year now working part-time on an idea to improve the level of debate and discussion on legislative materials like bills, laws, regulations, and other public documents. I've got an early proof-of-concept for the annotations that was built a few weeks back and I'd like to expand to a private and then public beta.<p>Please check out my page for the Knight News Challenge where I'm hoping to gain a grant for some funding and hit "applaud" if you like the idea. The video explains broad strokes and then the blob of text expands on the idea that a 3-pronged approach of education/debate and discussion/and creative solutions is an optimal route.<p>Also, please take special note that I'm looking for a technical cofounder or two as I don't have anyone else permanently in the job at the moment and I'm a total newbie outside of the legal context.<p>PS - it's not a popularity contest so "applaud"s mean little more than letting me know that people are down with the concept
Moving Quickly: Efficiency is Beautiful (Shortcuts on a Mac)
http://copperthoughts.com/index.php/2010/07/moving-quickly-efficiency-is-beautiful/
http://copperthoughts.com/index.php/2010/07/moving-quickly-efficiency-is-beautiful/
Ask HN: What do you think of Facebook Questions?
Does anyone else have access to Facebook Questions yet?

Do you think it will crush Quora, Hunch etc?
Surviving K2, the World's hardest mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zkC9IMQmYA
Surviving K2, the World's hardest mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zkC9IMQmYA
CPU
http://www.i-programmer.info/babbages-bag/151-cpu.html
An interesting way of looking at how a CPU works
Black Pearls - Creat Chic-looking Lady
http://www.pearlhours.com/index.php?black-pearls-creat-chic-looking-lady.html
To acheive classy, sophiscated and chic look, pearls are the indispensable jewelry pieces which shows the charm and elegance of lady.
Wall Street Wins Stock Market and Investing Trading Ideas
http://www.slideshare.net/winswallstreet/wall-street-wins-stock-market-and-investing-trading-ideas
Wall Street Wins, leader in providing investment ideas, specialise in selecting micro cap companies that represent break away stocks.
Create iOS/Android apps in minutes from this Cordova+Backbone sample project
https://github.com/holidayextras/cordova-backbone-template
I made this to help people get past the complexity involved in setting up a Cordova project. If you're familiar with Coffeescript/Javascript, you should be able to get going with it fairly easily.

Any feedback would be much appreciated. I'm trying to make something that's genuinely useful for people looking to get started with mobile app development. This is very much the first release so if you have trouble with it please let me know, here or via a github issue and I'll see what I can do to improve it.
The Kings Speech' Dominates Academy Awards 2011 - Full Winners List 
http://www.thehothits.com/news/22534/%27the-kings-speech%27-dominates-academy-awards-2011---full-winners-list
The royal drama, about stuttering British monarch George VI, led the competition with 12 nominations going into this year's Oscars, and edged out the likes of Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception and The Social Network to claim the most coveted title of the night.
Internet Privacy Policy
http://www.internetprivacypolicy.com/privacy-and-confidentiality-protector
internet privacy and confidentiality policy
American (internet) Censorship Day - Nov 16, 2011
http://americancensorship.org/?
HN has a certain disdain for internet petitions. What does in think about action campaigns like this?
Air Force ordered software to manage army of fake virtual people
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/18/revealed-air-force-ordered-software-to-manage-army-of-fake-virtual-people/
Federal Contract for "Persona Management Software"
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d88e9d660336be91552fe8c1a51bacb2&tab=core&_cview=1
Let’s bring back apprenticeships
http://www.kurzweilai.net/lets-bring-back-apprenticeships
I couldn't agree more...
What to do when Google hates your software website
http://www.coordinatedseo.com/tips/google-suddenly-hates-software-company/
Case study of how a software company website recovered after being punished by Google.
Using the Internet to crowdsource suspect identification is apparently in beta
http://dontgetit.com/post/49164147378/lesson-using-the-internet-to-crowdsource-suspect
Last month we followed one of the first “terrorism” attacks via the social media. We all saw photos of the “possible” suspects hours after the caos via Reddit, the users activated their “vigilante” mode and started a witch hunt like we’ve never seen before.
How to bootstrap a web application with Spring 3.1 and Java based Config
http://www.baeldung.com/2011/10/20/bootstraping-a-web-application-with-spring-3-1-and-java-based-configuration-part-1/
How to bootstrap a web application with Spring 3.1 and Java based Configuration. Initial steps in migrating the XML configuration to Java - the web.xml.
YouTube to Mp3 Converter
http://add0n.com/youtube.html
An extension to downnload Youtube video in various formats and extract the audio file.
Ask HN: Google translate fail
I'm trying to imagine what could make Google Translate do this, how it works, etc. Thing is, translating "manter" (the verb "to keep" in portuguese) from Portuguese to English gives me "Facebook". If I change it to "Manter" it gives me "Keep". How would you explain this? (Screenshot http://bit.ly/ewdyWn)
Pastebin.js
http://bt.no.de/
knocked together a minimal, basic pastebin implementation in node.js with express and mongoose.

github: https://github.com/gaving/pastebin.js
Yadig.com is valuable for general users and businesses alike.
http://www.yadig.com
Yadig.com is a globally crowdsourced, opinion based website fused with social networking that helps you find the best (and worst) places near you and allows you to read and write real-time reviews on places, while staying connected to your friends like you do on a social network.
Php or asp which is better
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/01/24/about-technical-debates-both-in-general-and-regarding-asp-net-web-forms-and-asp-net-mvc-in-particular.aspx
I am having a difficulties on which technologies is better and more robust.

I worked very hard on a project that took me two years. Then I ran into a person that said , "I have been studying the wrong technology". I need your input, did i study the wrong language?
Girls on a Map - Girls and Singles Travel Tips Around the World
http://www.girlsonamap.com
GirlsOnAMap, the first travel website designed for bachelors, announced its public launch today. The website allows viewers to see what real girls look like around the world, rate them, learn about their culture and habits, and recommends travel destinations based on the user’s interests and ratings.

“In the U.S. alone, more than 28% of all leisure travelers overseas are between 18 to 34 years of age,” said Kevin Leu, founder and CEO of GirlsOnAMap. “Their tastes are different from the Rick Steves, the Frommers, and the TripAdvisors. They want to see the sites, but they also are looking for a vacation fling. And why not? It’s the elixir of life! With GirlsOnAMap, we’ve built a platform for young, thrill-seeking bachelors – a demographic that other travel sites have ignored.”

In addition to offering insights on women, users from around the world are able to rate the approachability and promiscuity levels of girls around the world. GirlsOnAMap also identifies top user-rated places to meet potential dates, including bars, nightclubs, and local attractions. For travelers spending only a few days in one country before heading to the next, GirlsOnAMap even provides Monday and Tuesday suggestions – off-peak nights – which no other website does.
Best of JQuery plugins website
http://bestofjquery.com/
Find the best of JQuery available plugins in one place.
Show HN: The OS for your physical activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMyLTUeMS9I
Steddy is the operating system for your exercise!

Today: A mindblowingly slick to-do list.

5 years from now: The Apple Fitness killer.

Just kidding (but not really). The roadmap goes something like... (1) social layer, follower by (2) video layer.

We'd love to hear what you all think!
The mobile web splash screen antipattern
http://sunpig.com/martin/archives/2011/11/13/the-mobile-web-splash-screen-antipattern.html
Some thoughts about "download our native app" splashscreens on mobile sites. Quite interesting.
Your Job Ads Are Driving Away Talent
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/02/your_job_ads_are_driving_talen.html
interesting article about how to make job ads more human to reach a broader audience.
Playing with the new PHP5.4 features
http://gonzalo123.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/playing-with-the-new-php5-4-features
more stuff here - http://php.webtutor.pl/en/2011/09/27/whats-new-in-php-5-4-a-huge-list-of-major-changes
FigurePool - online graphics editor now open for beta subscriptions
http://figurepool.com
FigurePool - a new online graphics editor and sharing platform now open for beta subscriptions. Reserve your spot in the early release now!
Dog Finder Api for Developers
http://www.dog-finder.org/api-for-developers
Fetch the list of lost and found dogs ordered by distance and put the data in your web page
In Review of Sass
http://blog.montylounge.com/2011/08/4/review-sass/
Thinking about diving into Sass? Let's discuss why and why not you may want to take the leap.
Ask HN: Can anyone suggest a decentralized way to agree on a random number?
I've been looking for a decentralized algorithm that would allow a large number of interconnected computers in a P2P network (over 10,000) to collectively agree on a random number.

In this scenario each peer might be connected to, say, 20 others with a "small world" network topology - where most (but not all) of a peer's connections are to nearby peers.

I know it can be done on a small scale if every peer selects a random number, and then broadcasts a cryptographic hash of that number to all other peers - thus "committing" to it. The peers would then broadcast their actual random numbers which can be verified against the hashes and then combined using xor to get the global random number.

With this algorithm no subset of peers could manipulate the result because even just one honest peer will randomize the global value, due to the xor step.

Unfortunately this won't work in my scenario because it won't scale beyond a relatively small network.

A possible solution I've considered is more easily explained if we first simplify the problem to the peer network collectively choosing a single random bit.

Each peer chooses their own random value, 0 or 1, and broadcasts it to its neighbors. Each peer then looks at whether the majority of neighbors have selected 1 or 0 and changes their bit to that value.

The process is then repeated iteratively until the entire network converges to 1 or 0, my hope is that this would occur in time proportional to log(n) where n is the network size - due to the network's small world topology.

This algorithm can then be extended to larger numbers involving multiple bits.

While a substantial subset of peers could influence the final result (making it less secure than the small-scale algorithm), my hope is that it would require considerable resources to do this, making it impractical.

I'm interested in whether anyone can recommend a better approach.
Netizens discuss Philippines' newly passed, worst than SOPA Cybercrime Law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joN6JjPxglQ&feature=youtu.be
Philippine Internet lawyer says, law is over-reaching that it is worst than SOPA/PIPA. The law also makes cybersex illegal. It also increases the penalty of libel in the Philippines, among others. The selling and use of Wireshark, Nmap are potentially illegal in the Philippines.
Ask HN: Best passive income methods for a solo web dev in 2022?
I have more than 10 years experience developing web apps.

I used to make $3k+/mo selling Wordpress themes and plugins before i got my first full time job in 2016.

What are the recommended methods in 2022? And is selling Wordpress plugins still profitable?

previously:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12318449

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14583312
Secret to Aspiring Entrepreneurs: Take Humanity Classes!
http://www.sproutly.com/2007/07/26/humanities-help-engineers-become-entrepreneurs/
Engineer classes are great, but humanities are not so bad either!
Marketers Cut Back on Digital Media
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122403310652235021.html
Just in case you are a web 2.0 ad-supported business....
So you want to innovate like Steve Jobs?
http://www.mrlewis.com.au/?p=16591
Some thoughts on the relationship with investors in your company.
Ask HN: Computer Science GRE Subject Test
I'm a Biology student considering going on to grad school in Bioinformatics, which is in the Department of Computer Science so it's going to stress the computational side. I have a lot of programming experience but have only taken two "real" CS courses - Intro to and Advanced Bioinformatics Algorithms, which are Masters level courses here. If I can take and pass the CS GRE Subject Test at the 50th percentile or higher, I'll get preference for financial awards and get out of taking CS placement tests and makeup courses.

I'm wondering if this is realistic for a non CS student, and I don't have any real way to gauge that. For anyone who's taken the CS Subject Test, can I get your thoughts? How difficult was it for you, what types of questions seem to show up a lot, and in lieu of CS coursework what type of preparation would you recommend as most effective?

I have all the basic algorithms/data structures knowledge (or at least, I don't know what I don't know), as well as experience in different types of programming languages (from C++ to C#/VB.NET and Python and now Haskell.) I also have calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, and discrete math under my belt. My current research has involved fuzzy logic and issues of data access and database structure in ecology, and I've used algorithms such as dynamic programming and genetic algorithms for class projects.

Thanks for your help!
Mike Maples, on ignoring statistics in VC
http://pandodaily.com/2013/04/04/why-mike-maples-says-we-should-ignore-almost-all-data-about-the-venture-industry/
Strong endorsement - most of the data is utterly useless and unclear how accurate it is.
Ruby Application Monitoring with Metriks and Cloudwatch
http://build.ssiem.us/metriks_cloudwatch_tutorial.html
A quick tutorial I wrote on getting started with Metriks and Cloudwatch custom metrics. Both of these tools are very handy.
The Game Theory of Brain Enhancement 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2012/11/04/the-game-theory-of-brain-enhancement/
An economist argues that widespread brain enhancement is inevitable.
Control Arduino with the New Redpark Serial Cable
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Connect-an-iPhone-iPad-or-iPod-touch-to-Arduino-with-the-Redpark-Serial-Cable/1130/1
For you iPhone hardware hackers, there is a new serial cable for iOS devices. This is perfect for making a terminal app for my iPad to reset the password on that hard to get to Cisco Access Point.
Past, Present, Future Vision of AI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql623nyCdKE
By Peter Norving
Ask HN: Would you mentor other people for free?
I've asked this myself sometimes already. A lot of knowledgeable developers are using Stackoverflow to give advice and help solving other peoples problems - for free. Giving back your own knowledge and helping students, newcomers or just less experienced developers can be a really good thing. It's a great feeling to know that you've helped someone.
I wonder if people would also be up for voluntary (donations at maximum) mentoring other people - face to face aswell (assuming the person mentored is actually intending to learn and not just trying get help on a project for free from an expert).

I know there are sites like codementor, but they are all based on a fixed hourly rate - you can basically only hire a mentor/expert.
American men’s hidden crisis: They need more friends 
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/08/american_mens_hidden_crisis_they_need_more_friends/
“Men are pressed — from the time they’re very young — to disassociate from everything feminine. Paradoxically, it makes men feel good because of a social agreement that masculine things are better than feminine things, but it’s not the same thing as freedom. It’s restrictive and dehumanizing. It’s oppression all dressed up as awesomeness.”
JavaScript Testing with Screw.Unit
http://tech.hickorywind.org/articles/2009/01/31/javascript-testing-with-screw-unit
A colleague of mine has been doing some great OSS work combining screw.unit with env.js to allow headless AND in-browser testing of javascript. Track the githubs or mailing list to play along.
Livehoods: Understanding cities with machine learning and social media
http://livehoods.org/
Livehoods is a research project from Carnegie Mellon that uses machine learning and social media to understand the structure and patterns of a city.
How GPS Can Prevent Tanker Truck Spills, Explosions
http://advice.cio.com/al_sacco/gps_to_help_keep_tanker_trucks_from_going_head_over_wheels
A new GPS-based service will allows trucking companies to alert driver when they're speeding or the trucks are swaying too much.
Should you eliminate blog comments? 
http://www.blog.jessicamalnik.com/2014/04/07/why-you-should-think-twice-before-removing-blog-comments/
As much I respect Copyblogger and the amazing content he cranks out, no matter how many times I read the post, I can't see the logic behind removing blog comments. I've been following all the posts - both for and against this- that followed. And, I actually aggregated many of the responses here.
Cltool: example installer for python command line tools
https://github.com/farMcKon/cltool#cltool
I could not find a good example or docs for installing a command line tool via python pip/easy_install So I wrote one.
The Price Tag for Clean Water for All
http://www.apeconmyth.com/2011/03/22100000000/
A rough calc for World Water Day
Are You a Ninja or a Pirate Personality Test
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/are-you-a-ninja-or-a-pirate-questionnaire/
Yesterday I explored the two main personality types: Pirates and Ninjas. Now you can take the questionnaire that will tell you what kind of person you really are.