jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Ubuntu 10.10.10 Release Party in Hollywood
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/441/detail/
Let's celebrate Ubuntu's new release and meet new friends!

Who can come?
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Anyone how is interested in free and open source software.

What are we gonna do?
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- eat
- play ping-pong
- play x-box on a giant screen
- help people replace their Windows/Mac - with Ubuntu or other open source alternatives
- Free Ubuntu CD give-aways

When?
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Mon, 11 Oct. 2010 6:30 - 10:00pm

Where?
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Borderstylo Offices
729 Seward St Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038
(Free parking)

a few pics of the office:
http://borderstylo.com/posts/205-company-culture-at-border-stylo
http://borderstylo.com/posts/138-take-a-peek-inside-border-stylo

What we might talk about?
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- Introduction to Ubuntu Desktop
- How to install Ubuntu on a typical laptop, PC or netbook
- Guided tour of the Desktop and basic admin
- contributing to open source projects (as developers and as non-developers)
- crash courses in Python/Ruby/Unicycling (or any other topic people can talk about)

Tech?
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Free wifi

Should I bring anything?
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Please bring your own food / drinks.
Classic iOS Developer Tips - Categories in Objective-C
http://iosdevelopertips.com/objective-c/categories.html
Add methods to Objective-C objects, including Apple frameworks. Applicable to Mac and iOS development.
Classic Asteroids Clone in HTML5
http://www.section9.co.uk
Feedback wanted! :) Yes, I know, I should add hyperspace! :D Websockets and highscores maybe?
Number Crunching: The Future of Independent Animation Distribution
http://www.deptap.com/blog/?p=46
Why distributing online has not yet benefitted creators.
Store2.js - a better way to use localStorage and sessionStorage
https://github.com/nbubna/store
Marcus Westin's store.js is fine for fixing the old browsers, but if you are looking toward the future, this is the API you'll want for web storage. Simple, clean, highly functional, with JSON, namespaces, and multiple available extensions (even including one to help with the old browsers for sticklers).
Cantas - Firstly Nodejs/socket.io Opensource realtime webapp.
https://github.com/xiaods/cantas
Cantas team release OpenSource #Nodejs project， Hope it help you to understand backbone,websocket. https://github.com/xiaods/cantas
AT&T is sharing your CPNI data; wants you to decide if creepy.
http://thecubiclepunk.com/2012/06/04/att-this-is-not-a-great-way-to-approach-privacy/
AT&T sent out notices to customer letting them know they need to opt out or they will be sharing CPNI data for marketing.
Secure/bullet proof cookies
http://arthurkoziel.com/2008/05/17/securebullet-proof-cookies/
There seems to be a discussion about bullet proof cookies lately and I’m quite surprised that most web developers haven’t read the excellent “A Secure Cookie Protocol” research paper from Alex X. Liu.
Ask HN: Name Test. Can you spell this...
One question survey: Listen to a 5 second audio of a name spoken 3 times and type it out.

My personal network has already read it, so I need some fresh folks. I appreciate the help.

Clickable in the comments.

http://appv3.sgizmo.com/testsurvey/survey?id=520213&crc=b49c357d8769f6798c5d13defaad0621
Open Source Analytics: Visualization & Predictive Modeling with R
http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/27/Open%20Source%20Analytics_%20Visualization%20and%20Predictive%20Modeling%20of%20Big%20Data%20with%20the%20R%20Programming%20Language%20Presentation%201.ppt
OSCON presentation file (PPT)
California Personal Injury Lawyers
http://www.injury-attorneys.com/
Sacramento California Auto Accident Lawyer. The law offices of Demas and Rosenthal have over 15 years experience helping victims of car crash accident and automobile accidents in Sacramento and the entire Northern California region.
BestRoadTripEver()
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/10/a-data-genius-computes-the-ultimate-american-road-trip/
Traveling salesman takes a road trip
Are there any reason to use Silverlight front-ends over HTML/JS web apps?
http://www.3birdsmarketing.com/solutions/
I'm working at a company, where upper management is leaning towards using Silverlight instead of my recommendations to stick to native web applications.It may end up not being up to me, but I have staked my career and learning path on Web Applications being the way to go so it surprises me.

Has anyone had any success in building Silverlight apps?

It is for our products front-end. It will be tool for building websites, newsletters so I figure it will be even more awkward to use as we'll need to be laying out HTML with in the Silverlight environment which from what I can tell is going to be grossly inelegant. That's just one of the immediate/obvious issues I can see.<p>How is the OS X version? Does it lag behind in versions? Is it buggy?
General Solicitation Rules: The Old Way Preserved Under 506(b), Or is it?
http://blog.seedinvest.com/post/55869450082/general-solicitation-rules-the-old-way-preserved-under
There seems to be a lot of cluelessness or uncertainty around what happens to the "old way" of fundraising from accredited investors after Title 2 of the JOBSAct is live.
Bankruptcy filings to reach 1.7 million this year
http://www.usatoday.com/cleanprint/?1276276999979
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-06-09-bankruptcy09_CV_N.htm
Greatest Living Entrepreneur Brackets: You Decide. 
http://www.inc.com/2012-entrepreneur-madness-brackets.html
Zuckerberg or Bezos? Gates or Schultz? This is the real March Madness.
The Pen is Mighter
http://allenburt.com/post/11140266393/the-pen-is-mightier-ive-recently
When it comes to creative, free form idea generation, nothing can beat the old-school pen and paper method.
Video Copy Protection: Protect USB Videos for Windows
http://www.kakasoft.com/usb-copy-protect/video-copy-protection.html
USB Copy Protection is a video copy protection solution for video copy issues and ensures your copyright with the most advanced encryption technology.
Cosplay
http://www.cosplayonsale.com
Cosplayonsale.com features tens of thousands of anime, manga, video game, J-Rock, sci-fi and fantasy costumes created by people just like you from all over the world. If you're new to cosplay, or are a seasoned cosplayer, Cosplayonsale.com is your one-stop shop for maintaining your entire costume collection, organize cosplay skits and photoshoots, meet other cosplayers, get info on upcoming anime conventions, and way Atmore!
1901 description of a wireless phone
http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/2010/12/1/dawn-of-the-wireless-phone-1901.html
"It would be almost like dreamland and ghostland, not the ghostland cultivated by a heated imagination, but a real communication from a distance based on true physical laws."
MIT Trying To Block The Release Of Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130718/16355423859/mit-trying-to-block-release-aaron-swartzs-secret-service-file.shtml
We recently noted that Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly had ordered Homeland Security to release the Secret Service file on Aaron Swartz that had been requested by Wired reporter/editor Kevin Poulsen. However, MIT has now stepped into the case trying to block the release of the information. The judge has consented to putting a stay on the initial order until MIT can file its motion.
The phone is the next generation's computer
http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/07/02/iphone-4-0-os-event-based-modes-intellingent-and-scheduled-communications/
I found the "Event based modes" concept very useful.

Also:

* Haptic tactile feedback
* Fingerprint identification as input method
* RFID reader
http://www.macrumors.com/2009/07/02/haptic-feedback-fingerprint-identification-and-rfid-tag-readers-in-future-iphones/

Nokia developing phone that recharges itself
without plug point:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/10/nokia-mobile-phone

P.S. Regarding the iPhone patents... Patents take around 1-1.5 years to become public information right? If so, then these concepts were what they were working on 2-3 years ago. I shudder to think what they are up to now.
Thinking U-Deals in a local way - Part 2
http://crunchyideas.blogspot.com/2011/07/thinking-u-deals-in-local-way-part-2.html
Please provide your comments
Help me write a book on how to theme Twitter Bootstrap
http://www.cardeo.ca/help-me-write-a-book-on-twitter-bootstrap/
I've started the process of writing a book on how to easily theme Twitter Bootstrap. Before I get too far into the process, I thought I would reach out to see if anyone has any feedback on the proposed topics.

It would mean a lot to me if could take a minute to check out the below blog post and let me know what you think of the topics I have planned out. Please also feel free to suggest a topic that is not included in the list.

When the book is ready for download, I'll be giving away a copy + all the bonus materials to one random reader who leaves a comment. Thanks for reading.

http://www.cardeo.ca/help-me-write-a-book-on-twitter-bootstrap/
Free Competitor Customer Analysis
Hi HN,
Let me start off by saying this is not a sales pitch. My name is Jack and I’ve been a marketer and entrepreneur for some time. One of the things I do a lot is finding the demographics of the people who might be interested in my products. I’ve been using FB extensively and I look at my competitor’s fanpages to find the breakdown of age, gender, household income, etc.

As far as I know, there is no tool out there that lets you plug a FB fanpage URL (one that you don’t own) and out comes a breakdown of the audience demographics. But I’ve been able to do this, though manually.

I have a theory that others like me are interested in something like this. To test the theory, I am offering to create fanpage reports for 5 people. The report will give an audience breakdown for a FB fanpage that includes:

- country of the users
- gender/age breakdown
- college graduate or not
- household income
- relationship status
- ios or Android
- homeowners or not
- political affinity

All I ask for is honest feedback on the report and how you intend to use that information. If you’re interested, just message me and we’ll discuss more.

www.linkedin.com/in/jackzliu/
Please help Hackitat - A film about political hacking, world wide
http://www.indiegogo.com/hackitat-a-film-about-political-hacking-world-wide
This film will crash land in the middle of the conflict currently taking place between those who want to keep technology and the Internet free and those who want to control it.
Ask HN: How would You “Demoform” a City
This may look like a weird AskHN and probably is but theoretically speaking I believe it may be an interesting topic. If you were planning to buy a flat in an overcrowded city, what could be large scale ideas to decrease its real estate cost?
Show HN: Review my startup - Biographid
http://www.biographid.com/
Biographid lets you record events in your life, and automatically links other's events to you.

I made it during my spare time - let me know what you think.
23 Different Types of Products and Services You Can Sell Online
http://vivastart.com/sell-digital-services-products/
The golden phrase that we hear every day is making money online. In concept is a very easy, pleasant and rewarding thing, but the truth is that you need to focus and work hard in order to get a long term benefit from the online industry. In this article we gathered 23 most reliable ways to bring you a nice income.
Bug fixing: Five tricks we can learn from doctors
https://webmonkeyuk.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/bug-fixing-five-tricks-we-can-learn-from-doctors/
Medics have to "bug fix" problems with people. Here are five tricks we can learn from them and apply to our own bug fixing in operations, programming or any engineering field.
Enterprise Linux by any other name
http://lostinopensource.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/enterprise-linux-by-any-other-name/
I’ve been doing a fair bit or reading and writing and talking about different versions of “Enterprise Linux”, and the more I talk and think about it, the more I come to realize that I’m not as comfortable with the definition of that phrase as I would like.
Intergalactic controversy
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/intergalactic_controversy/
New observations of galactic clusters have revealed a controversial phenomenon called “dark flow,” which could be a sign of parallel universes.
Minimalistic open source notes/tasks manager
http://github.com/unirgy/textodo
Hi, basically I've got tired of tasks managers that introduce additional overhead of buttons and page refreshes, and after few hours came up with this interface. Afterwards someone pointed out that it resembles TaskPaper (Mac) and TodoPaper (Windows). I'm personally happily using it with Chrome app wrapper, and curious if there would be enough interest for continued development. Features could include task delegation/sharing between users, highlights/alerts on deadlines, etc.
Discussion HQ
http://discussionhq.com/
Discussion Headquarters is your home for general discussion. Discussion HQ features a loving and kind environment where every member is welcome! Discussions vary from Politics, Food, Relationships, Fitness, Sports, and much more! We at Discussion HQ strive for the best, and our priority is the members. Come on over and see what all of this buzz is about! There's always a door open!
For a minute this question almost made me think about my java basics
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21016776/how-can-a-derived-class-invoke-private-method-of-base-class
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For a minute this question almost made me think about my java basics

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Aforge.net the Computer Vision framework that you need to know about.
http://madmed88.tumblr.com/post/7999376854/tutorial-aforge-net-the-computer-vision-framework
Aforge.net is a C# framework that provides a nice set of tools for computer vision developers. It also provides other tools for Robotics, Genentics, Neural Networks ...
Mozilla Messaging Starts Operations
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/news/stories/2008-02-19-01
OK, I know we've been pummeled with posts about Mozilla Messaging, but they now have content on their own site.

Worth checking out if, like me, you still haven't found the "perfect" email client/process.
Largest geek gathering in Singapore
http://www.e27.sg/2009/08/19/geekcamp-sg-five-reasons-why-you-should-be-there/
If you are tired of the usual corporate banter about different technologies, here is a chance for you to see in person a live demonstartion of different technlogies demo-ed by the Programmers(who do not work for any Big corporation, we assure you!)
IQTELL's Productivity and GTD App Beta
http://iqtell.com/
Join the beta and get a private "grand app tour" by IQTELL's reps!
How-To-Hack.net – Creating hackers of ordinary people
http://www.how-to-hack.net
How To Hack -- Unpublished up to date Material, News, secret Tools, Links and videos. Learn to hack today!
Structuring your Sass - folders
http://alwaystwisted.com/post.php?s=2013-01-07-structuring-my-sass-101-part-1
Where I discuss how I structure my Sass folders in a project
How do engineers working in open space without getting distracted?
How do coders/engineers working in co-working/open space without getting distracted (mainly) by people/co-workers?

I am serious because it is now a big problem for us since our space was originally designed to be as open as possible. Thanks~
Ask HN: What are some problems on earth that need to be solved? 
I'm tired of companies that try to solve the same problems over and over again. What are some real world problems you can think of that will make the world a better place? Here are some posts that I found here on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1424456
Ask HN: Looking for a (literally) cool laptop - Any advice?
Dear HNers,

I recently bought a dirt-cheap emachine laptop, and unsurprisingly got what I paid for, specifically regarding overheating: it burns me. While I can't afford right now a more expensive computer, I'd like to read your advice on cool alternatives. (+)

I'm planning to run Ubuntu on that machine, but your impressions on MacBooks are welcome too.

Thank you!

(+) I know it's clear by context and title, but please bear with a non-native speaker: I feel compelled to emphasize that by cool I mean the literal meaning of cool. (Low-heat would have been simpler, huh?)
Author of Big bang theory learns his theory is true
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/03/17/andrei-linde-learns-his-big-bang-theory-is-true-video/
Few people were as thrilled with the big physics news today as physicist Andrei Linde. One of the main authors of inflation theory
Here's the Rails Guide on the Mass-Assignment "Issue"
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html#mass-assignment
This is documented behavior, right?

If someone did not read your documentation, and submitted an issue about known behavior, would you be inclined to change your application because of it? Or, would you be inclined to close the issue and ask them to read the documentation?

If a high-profile website also did not read or implement your documentation, does this mean there is a vulnerability in your application because your users did not secure their websites as a consequence?
Best article on Entrepreneurship I've read
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/37/tyler.html?page=0%2C0
If it's been posted before, I apologize. Still, worth reading again.
Specific Controlled Flooding Schemes for DNT
http://protogenist.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/specific-controlled-flooding-schemes-for-dnt/
Here we will study di fferent controlled flooding schemes. We are careful to
base our schemes on simple, non-chatty and elegant algorithms. This is because
in sparse and highly mobile networks, complex or chatty algorithms waste the
short time nodes have when they come within range of each other. The schemes
we introduce are the following:

1) Basic Probabilistic (BP): When talking about the willingness of a
node in the previous section, we implied that forwarder nodes have the same
willingness as the sender node
JavaFX Crayon Physics
http://theorymatters.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/javafx-crayon-physics/
A JavaFX clone of the famous game Crayon Physics, based on Phys2D
Ask HN: How to network in the startup community?
As a single founder/developer of an organic-solution tech startup based in SoCal, I will be in San Jose from 1/29 through 2/3. My purpose is twofold - [1] I will be attending a large event in the area over the weekend to market/promote my application, and [2] starting Sunday afternoon, I will have about three days to meet people and network in the valley.

Other than having applied for YC sessions W14 and W15 I have no contacts/exposure in the community.

My question: as visitor/newcomer to the valley, how can I meet people and make friends in the community during my upcoming trip? (meeting YC alums and/or other founders would be great - I'd would like to improve my chances, should I apply again, among other things)
Hails Web Platform Framework for Untrusted Plugins
http://hails.scs.stanford.edu/?v=2
A web framework for building web platforms instead of websites/apps, where a web platform provides a plugin architecture for integrating untrusted and mutually untrusting 3rd party apps/plugins/etc (like Facebook & Twitter plugins, etc.)

See GitStar [1] for a simple implementation - a code repository like GitHub except where all functionality is implemented by untrusted 3rd party plugins.

Code at github [2] and hackage [3].

[1]:http://gitstar.com/

[2]:https://github.com/scslab/hails

[3]:http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hails
RevRise – insanely good form analytics
http://revrise.com/form-analytics
RevRise are a small startup based in Stockholm, Sweden. In their private beta period they worked with 230 forms on 60 websites - and increased conversion rate by up to 77%!
Is the SecDef asking something like Dell's ideastorm?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/165654/output/print
From the article:

"No, I think it all needs to be changed. We need to rethink the 1947 National Security Act, which laid out our present national-security structure. The national-security institutions that we have today were essentially created to fight the cold war, and they reflect lessons we learned in World War II. So the Defense Department, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CIA and the National Security Council all came out of the National Security Act of 1947. It seems to me that there needs to be a new National Security Act that looks at the kind of complicated world I've described and says: how would we write a new National Security Act to update the institutions and the framework?

But the problem is more than structure. We need to think about how to do these things in a completely new way. I don't think making AID bigger once more is the solution, any more than I think re-creating the old United States Information Agency is the answer to our strategic communications problems. To rethink USIA, we need to bring in some 23-year-olds—maybe the guys from Google, and those putting out news over the Internet—and ask them: If you want to reach the rest of the world with a message, as actually we do, how would you do it? How would you structure it? And is there a way to partner what happens in the private sector with the public sector? That needs to be our approach to development and all these things we are trying to do on the "soft" side, the civilian side of U.S. security policy"
Victim of the brain movie on Google video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8576072297424860224
this is based on the philosophy of mind book 'The Mind's I', by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett. Kind of campy, but worth checking out.
Improve Flash Builder Performance and Compile Times by 30%
http://mikecann.co.uk/programming/improve-flash-builder-performance-and-compile-times-by-30/
Use JRocket to improve the performance of Flash Builder and the compile times of MXMLC
SF Muni Buses now issuing traffic tickets
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Du3S2MVQW_qs%26feature%3Dshare&h=WAQFOuOB-AQHi502oZo3dX7db6fD6ob0lRJsAosS8TKwkjQ
non-FB embedded link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3S2MVQW_qs&feature=share
Show HN: `rmx` release v0.1.5 – added GNU shred feature
https://github.com/demfabris/rmx
New release of your favorite (and fastest) GNU rm port https://github.com/demfabris/rmx

- Added shred feature
- More alternatives for bench comparison

This feature performs a non deterministit set of operations including writing random bytes to the file, renaming it, creating new files (hopefully close to it disk wise speaking).

For those interested in the code I appreciate if you can review and audit the effectiveness. https://github.com/demfabris/rmx/blob/master/src/shred.rs
Taking Toddler Steps with Node.js – Thou Shalt Not Deny Asynchrony
http://elegantcode.com/2012/03/27/taking-toddler-steps-with-node-js-thou-shalt-not-deny-asynchrony
This post describes how to implement consistent asynchronous behavior in Node.js using process.nextTick()
Exploring Women's History, To Inspire It
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-gelinas/exploring-womens-history-_b_832112.html
Read the above?
RSS feed twitt bots
http://www.h3manth.com/content/rss-feed-twitt-bots
The open source world has always be a great source of energy to all especially for code monkeys and terminal junkies, not all sharing code, but also happiness to the whole world, indeed with the free as in freedom making life more better.

I coded the below two piece of code, one in python and other in ruby to update twitter stats which would be the title and shorten link of the RSS

In the code below, the RSS feed URL considered is of the h3manth.com and is.gd api is used to shorten the url, the other dependences are listed in the comment section of the code.