jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Should you finish college as quick as possible so you can start working? 
I graduated Berkeley (EECS) 10 years ago but I went back to the CS building last night to attend a meeting of a group of entrepreneurial EECS students.

One thing struck me: It seemed that everyone was eager to graduate in 3 years. Some people I met already had done that. I didn't realize it had become such a popular thing to do (didn't seem that way when I was in school).

I admire this rush to finish school and start a company or start working. It's something like a rush to grow up.

But, personally, I think that it's not worth it in the long term. In short, the biggest realization I think many people have once they've worked for a number of years was _how much they missed college_.

It's not just about the parties, getting late night food down the street or hanging out with friends. It's the academic setting. It's the freedom to spend your whole day learning (Yes, I said freedom). It's the access and environment of being around brilliant people. It's learning.

Once you're on the outside, life is different. You worry about paying the bills and the choice of how you spend your time in the work environment is typically restricted based on what someone else says (unless you do your own startup).

I could dig deeper into it but I want to take these students, shake them by the shoulders, slap them across the face, and tell them to stay 4 years. Heck, stay 5 years and learn more stuff! The real world will still be there.
Show HN: Proxy-web-storage, a more convenient way to use storage through proxy
https://github.com/KID-joker/proxy-web-storage
Keep the type of storage value unchanged and change array and object directly. Supports listening to the changes and setting expires.
Ask HN: Web Hosts or Colocators who peer with AWS?
With the recent discussions about the costs, benefits, and risks of cloud computing thanks to the AWS outage, I've seen a lot of folks promoting a dual strategy of hosting a foundation through a traditional colocator (or at least a provisioned hardware service) and handling additional buildout or other services through a cloud service like AWS.

My question is - does anyone know of (or is there published anywhere) resources to identify companies who peer with an AWS region? I had heard while back that in Seattle or Portland it was possible to buy upstream bandwidth through certain colocators that peered directly with AWS, and had cheaper or free bandwidth directly to their services. Can anyone verify that rumor?
LinkedIn accidentally “liking” things for me?
Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a bunch of unexpected “likes” on my account. In my entire history on LinkedIn, I’ve quite literally never clicked the like button (intentionally, at least). Yet for some reason, I’m consistently seeing a couple posts per week that I’ve supposedly liked. The posts are completely random things, most of which I’ve never even seen before. And the likes appear on my public profile for everyone else to see.

My first instinct is that it’s a UI/UX issue. Specifically, I think my thumb might be grazing the like button as I scroll.

I’m tempted to think it’s a more nefarious variation of my instinct above (e.g. a subtle UI/UX decision designed to increase engagement on the platform). But I know that’s unfair (don’t attribute to malice, etc).

Considering I’ve never experienced this type of issue on other social media sites, I thought I’d bring it up. Has anyone else noticed this behavior, specifically on LinkedIn?

Edit: spelling
Ask HN: Garagesale, my weekend project. Can I monetize it?
Last weekend I hacked a project and published (thanks to duostack) at http://garagesale.diotalevi.com

My goals:

- learn node.js/express/jade with mongo

- sell my furniture! since I'm moving to another country

Now what I'm wondering is what you guys think about the product. Could I sell it as a service for other people in the same situation? I couldn't see many similar websites, even if of course one would use eBay for this kind of things.

If that's the case, what are the mandatory features to add to make it a MVP?
The problem of False Positives in Web Application Security
https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/blog/false-positives-web-application-security/
False Positives are a big problem in web application security and typically they hinder the process of securing a web application. Read more about false positives and how to tackle them, or better, avoid them!
Ask HN: Why did EULAs for purchaseable, installable software become the norm?
I understand that web services need Terms of Service in order to regulate what goes on "under their own roof". However, why did EULAs become a thing for boxed, purchaseable software that was able to just be installed on the owner's PC?

As far as I understand it, copyright law already had everything these publishers needed in order to stop piracy. For example, why even have a clause for disallowing reverse engineering, if redistributing a cracked version already counts as a "derivative work", and thus copyright infringment?
Ask HN: Monetizing a website
A few years ago I developed a website attempting to generate some adsense revenue and expand my programming skills. It was meant to be fun project, ideally to make a little money. http://www.bestoftheinternets.com/

When I started in 2011, I didn't know much about programming and or SEO, I used twitter to draw traffic. I have made improvements and kind of used it as I'm also not the best designer...

As of right now, the website pulls videos from Youtube API, iphone apps (apple api) and funny or die videos, makes a page for them and then shoots out an tweet about the video. The tweet is sent out to one of my 100 of twitters accounts. I get about 150 clicks a day and have a least half a million videos/pages. In addition I have slowly built some SEO credibility. Tweets and videos go out 24 hours a day and I built twitter trending algorithm as well.

For a while I was making decent money on adsense, until google shut me down for auto generated content. Since that time I have tried linkshare, chiquta, conjunction junction, amazon, and yesadvertising (<--- they are the worst). But I have failed to generate any significant revenue.

The overriding goal has been to make some money and at the same time organize youtube videos and iphone apps based on popularity. Basically, allow an end user to waste time on the internets or to see what is trending. (I completely understand that I'm not revolutionizing the internet, or making social more personable or solving world problems...)

I'm trying to figure out a way to make this sight more profitable. Either I'm looking for a growth hacker, business partner, someone that wants to buy the site, I'm pretty open to suggestions.

Ideally, I need figure out what to do with the site as I can't seem to let go and I have other profitable (but slightly less exciting) projects.

Thanks.

(Here is a link to iphone apps: http://www.bestoftheinternets.com/trending/apps/?cat=Finance)
Obama’s site is performing a test on you
http://www.breakingcopy.com/obama-ab-testing/comment-page-1
Barack Obama’s re-election campaign is using an interesting strategy to get people to sign up for their mailing list.
Pixenomics: invade, trade and color pixels in this new HTML5 game
http://pixenomics.com
Pixenomics is the game of pixel ownership by force or wealth. Invade neighboring pixels by strategically choosing a color. The server is a bit slow with the budget of two uni students, hoping to upgrade soon.
A holiday reminder from a posttheist
http://naurunappula.com/hotlink.php?/nn/0/162/165/353424.jpg
a holiday reminder from a posttheist
Microsoft A History of Anticompetitive Behavior and Consumer Harm
http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf
With lots of references to documents from the trials on the net.

Written by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Committee_for_Interoperable_Systems
ASK HN: Last try – anyone willing to give mock interviews? FAANG
I posted same request last week but it didn't get much attention probably because my account was brand new, so just wanted to try it one last time.

As the name suggests, I dream of getting inside FAANG. Here's the old post with full details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26058022

Thank you for reading!
The M.dot story: from prototype to acquisition by GoDaddy in 10 months
http://www.whiteboardmag.com/the-m-dot-story-from-prototype-to-acquisition-by-godaddy-in-10-months/
7 tips from the founder of M.Dot for foreign startups in the Valley:
1. Consider joining an accelerator
2. Being a foreigner might be a feature, not a bug
3. Be open and coachable
4. Pretending you’re fine and you know enough is the ultimate disaster
5. STAY in Silicon Valley
6. Be prepared to fail with your idea and prototype
7. After a while, things start moving
Zom
The key to good UI design is not simplicity
...it's familiarity.

I wrote a comment (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2044399) in regard to simple CMS systems (and why restaurant websites suck). The key to remember is that the computer illiterate population (e.g. small businesses) have such a problem with technology, that commonly perceived "simple systems" are still too advanced. "As simple as email" is an oxymoron to the small business owner. Email wasn't ever simple, it was a huge pain to figure out! It's just something they suffered through because they needed it.

So the next time you design something for a small business owner (or similar market), don't design for simplicity because it's a nirvana you will never achieve. Design for familiarity with something your target market already knows.

One case in point is Posterous. Tumblr has a pretty simple interface, but it isn't familiar to what we already knew. Posterous used email, which was familiar, not simple.
Sketch2Photo
http://cg.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn/montage/main.htm
(not my project)
Show HN: My new approach to online dating
http://dateinperson.com
Please kindly provide us with feedback. Thank you! :)
Show HN: Doors of Delirium – Game of Life and Spotify Visualisation
https://www.doorsofdelirium.com/
My ode to Game of Life as an interactive Spotify music visualisation app. Started out with pixel putting on canvas, ended with learning WebGL GLSL.
Setup Diaspora on Ubuntu
http://www.h3manth.com/content/setup-diaspora-ubuntu
A simple script to do a fresh setup of Diaspora with all the dependencies satisfied.
30+ Most Useful Web Development Frameworks
http://designmodo.com/web-development-frameworks/
Web development framework is especially created to help you boost the performance and efficiency of your web applications, web services and website development task. A large number of frameworks are equipped with fascinating features such as templates and session management and database access libraries. In fact, when you take resort to web development frameworks, you also get to reuse the codes sometimes.
TerminalHero. My Response to Guitar Hero :)
http://ciemborowicz.pl/terminalhero/
Some time ago I had to write a small academic project in Perl. I wrote this and it's so cool that I feel I should share it with you:).

http://ciemborowicz.pl/terminalhero

https://github.com/ciembor/TerminalHero

Today I published PKGBUILD for ArchLinux, but it would be nice to write build scripts for other distros like Debian/Ubuntu or Gentoo. Contribution is welcomed;).

Have a fun!
First YEurope Startup Soup.io launches public beta
http://www.soup.io/
First YEurope-funded startup Soup.io launches public beta

The first startup funded by YEurope (http://yeurope.net/), a YCombinator (http://ycombinator.com/) inspired (not affiliated!) hatchery based in Vienna, Austria, just launched their public beta.

Soup (http://soup.io/) is a mixture of a tumblelogging and lifestream aggregation platform. Soup simplifies publishing a stream of content by reducing mental overhead and removing barriers found in traditional blogging software.

Soup allows users to both post microcontent and aggregate their digital presence from other web services using RSS feeds or a bookmarklet.

While the lifestream aggregation arena is quickly becoming crowded with competitors (most recently with the launch of Paul Buchheit's (http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/) friendfeed (http://friendfeed.com/) on October 1st), Soup competes strongly with a broader scope and a refreshingly simple, Ajax-driven user interface.

You can start using Soup right now at http://soup.io/ --
no sign-up required.
Invalid Argument (talk show for devs) Episode 1
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/invalid_argument_ep_1_-_the_app_store_banana_repub.php#.T1AWvpjtnTg.hackernews
The topic is the iTunes App Store and what it's like to develop for iOS. Guests: Caleb Elston (Yobongo), David Barnard (Launch Center), Matthew Bischoff & Brian Capps (Quotebook), Michael Simmons (Flexibits)
Show HN: Songpop like game for Android
http://www.celebritypopgame.com
No, I am not 14 years old, I did not learn to program in 1 week, and neither is this my first app. This is just a completely free game I've made that I thought would be fun to play (and surprised there wasn't one already after SongPop's HUGE success).

Here the google app link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thirtymatches.celebritypop.lite
Show HN: Our MVP, Analytics for business calls   
http://contexium.com/
Feedback welcome.
Woz on Dancing with the Stars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoiGJMZjs0o&feature=bz301
Glad he's exploring his horizons I guess. I thought you guys may like this.
How to Raise Money from VCs
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/14/how-to-raise-money-from-vcs/
Check out the video in the article, pretty funny, useful and confusing all at once.
site:www.techstars.org YCombinator
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=Tkh&q=site%3Awww.techstars.org+YCombinator&btnG=Search
In other words, techstars.org officially does not mention YCombinator.

BTW, techstars.com does not belong to techstars.
Going Asynchronous using AsyncHttpClient: The Complex
http://jfarcand.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/going-asynchronous-using-asynchttpclient-the-complex/
The Async Http Client library purpose is to allow Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process the HTTP responses. In this second part on the topic, I will describe more complex operations that can be done with the AsyncHttpClient like resumable download, zero in memory bytes copy, oAuth calculation, optimal transfer listener and performance tricks.
Rust WebDev in action
I'm learning Rust at the moment, but it has never occurred to me until now that the website[1] is written in Rust. pretty sweet if you ask me, Rust's future in WebDev seems really promising, even before 1.0.

[1]: http://ironframework.io/
JQuery Comet Push API
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jQuery-Comet-Push-API
jQuery Users have a new Push API with Publish and Subscribe. Compatible with mobile phones like iPhone and iPad.
Optimal startup burn rate
http://laserlike.com/2008/06/27/optimal-startup-burn-rate-and-the-kelly-criterion/
Using the Kelly criterion to calculate the optimal burn rate for a startup.
Show HN: Hurricane now runs Rails and Django
http://icheishvili.github.com/hurricane
Written in Erlang, lots of new features--I hope you find it cool/useful/interesting.
No-Name Company Sues Internet, Misunderstands GitHub
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/pwersonalweb/
This isn't even funny: A virtually unknown company called PersonalWeb Technologies has launched a series of patent infringement suits against some of the internet’s most important companies, including Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, and IBM.
Ask HN: Is there an open source license which prevents commercial use?
I am planning on open sourcing a project I worked on. I am trying to find a license which gives others the freedom to use the code in whatever way they want to, with the caveat that they can't make money off it. I don't think anyone will try but still I just don't want others to be able to make money off my work. So do you know of a license which does what I am looking for?
Currency for iPhone: So Simple, Yet So Powerful
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/01/currency-for-iphone-so-simple-yet-so-powerful/
Putting aside the fact that my day job is writing about and working with the foreign exchange (Forex) market , knowing the value of the world’s currencies is always useful information. As I was thinking about what app I was going to review today, I had a realization. It occurred to me that with the tremendous number of apps on the various platforms, it is extremely difficult to hear about any app that is not in the top 100 list, does not get publicity on the social channels, or is not sent to me directly from the developer.
WSJ: Justice Dept. says Larry Page knew about rogue drug ads
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576532692988751366.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop
Prosecutors found internal emails and documents that, they say, show Mr. Page was aware of the allegedly illicit ad sales.
Ask HN: Feedback on my mobile motivation site
Shove.mobi

I coded the majority of this in one evening. Spent a few days tweaking the code to make it display better, allow bookmarking of quotes, etc.

I am in a long journey to get healthy and undo the travesty I have laid upon my body. So with that I need some motivation. Shoves if you will...

I looked and looked for a widget to put on my phone that would load from my own custom list of quotes. To no avail. I don't know how to program Android so I turned to what I did know: web development. It's really a simple widget, not even a full webapp. But I hope it will take off and help others on their journey like mine.\

I have plans to split out into multiple Shoves for different types of motivation. We'll see where it goes :)

So what do you think? I haven't been able to test extensively on different mobile browsers so please let me know of any glitches or problems along the way.
Free Screenshot tools
http://www.itsmdaily.com/2013/12/08/top-3-free-screenshot-tools/
Top 3 Free Screenshot tools review
Show HN: ReadHN, A Hacker News reader with some nice little functionalities:)
https://read-hn.herokuapp.com/
A Hacker News client with a clean, mobile friendly UI.
Features :
- bookmark stories. follow discussions / read them later at your convenience.
- quickly search for articles using keywords. No more scrolling through the website.
- easily managable nested comments.

I love the current Hacker News experience and I don't believe my client is in any way a substitute to the original website. Built it over a few days for fun and found myself coming back to it once in a while for some of the features. Wanted to share this with the community. Let me know what you folks think :)
Better Raises $5M To Be Your Personal Health Advocate
http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/16/better-raises-5m-from-chamath-palihapitiya-and-mayo-clinic-to-be-your-personal-health-advocate/
Healthcare done right.
Churn, Retention & Reengaging Customers
http://blog.intercom.io/churn-retention-and-reengaging-customers/
Thought this was a great article for those interested in improving customer retention and/or trying to understand what churn looks like.
Japanese Idol Group Engages Fans by Releasing Motion Capture Data on Github
http://www.techinasia.com/perfume-motion-capture/
Radiohead did something similar a few years back for their "House of Cards" video: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8476
Was Dell.com hacked just a bit so most wouldn't notice?  How would you detect that?
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/6162/dellhackedquestionfn1.png
If you visit www.dell.com/smb , you will see that Dell proudly states that they're the #1 PC of Choice in the US? (with a question mark.)

Google's cache shows a + at the end, instead of a question mark. Since this is an image file, and not text, how do you propose this happened? Surely, it's supposed to say ".. in the US*".
Show HN: GIF Your Face - Easily create an animated GIF with your webcam
http://gifyourface.com
GIF Your Face – Create an animated GIF using your webcam in under 10 seconds
Outbound v. Inbound Marketing
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/2989/Outbound-vs-Inbound-Marketing.aspx
Article espousing a modern way of thinking about marketing that I thought woudl be interesting to the news.ycombinator crowd.
Connect to the internet of things with Pachubero, a Pachube wrapper for Ruby
http://blog.mikamai.com/2009/01/internet-of-things-pachubero-pachube-wrapper-for-ruby/
Connect to the internet of things with Pachubero, a Pachube wrapper for Ruby. Here are some geeky tricks! Have fun with these tools!
Boilerplate code says a lot about a language...
http://lispy.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/boilerplate-code-says-a-lot-about-a-language/
"That's the important point: the difference between merely implementing something in a language and embedding something in a language so that you don't lose the original power of the language. Lisp is a lousy language for doing any particular problem; what it's good for is figuring out the right language that you want and embedding that in Lisp. That's the real power to this approach to design." -- Hal Abelson
More than 56,000 detained under counter-terrorism powers in year
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/sep/12/56000-detained-counter-terrorism-powers?CMP=twt_gu
More than 56,000 detained, just 23 convicted. That's 0.0004% success rate.
The push for more higher education has led to an excess of business degrees
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_271.asp
Was the explosive growth of business degrees what was envisioned when "everyone gets a college education?" It's not that degrees are useless, but that there are too many of them, while the growth rates of many other degrees fields have stayed more or less stagnant. Shouldn't a push for higher education aim to lift all ships?
Ask HN: Why are airplane touch screens so poor?
I was wondering if anybody with a bit of understanding of touch screens or electronics on-board airplanes would have some insight on why touch screens are so poor on planes. I just flew on Virgin America and while the functionality is steadily improving (wi-fi, google maps, ordering your food in seat), it's still pretty poor and the performance is a joke, especially when you compare to your iPad.

Is the software just crap? Is it the hardware? Is there no financial incentive to improve?
Maturity of the environment (libraries, tools, help available)
Tappped - Weekly Student Discounts On Your Favorite Apps
http://Tappped.com
Would love to know what people think about my new mini project! Please signup if you're a student!
Ask HN: What are the next steps I should take after finishing ML on coursera?
After finishing ML by Andrew on Coursera, what are the steps one should take? I want to learn Python libraries like Tensorflow or Pytorch, and then use that to build neural networks, use logistic / linear regressions etc., and finally compete on Kaggle. I am pretty good with math, and I have lot of experience with Software Development.

edit: Is something like "Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems" good idea to pick up now?
Rule Breaking And Rule Making
http://www.lifestylebusinesspodcast.com/rule-breaking-and-rule-making/
Hi everyone, this is my first post on Hacker News -- long time reader. I wanted to share out latest podcast with you, it's been really resonating with listeners.