jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Number plates
http://www.nationalnumbers.co.uk/number-plates.html
Number plates to suit all pockets - 0% finance available. Takes just one second to search 34 million number plates for your name or initials - open 7 days. Free Apple and Android Apps.
Alternatives to Hibernate updated
http://blog.jonasbandi.net/2008/11/alternatives-to-hibernate-updated.html
An overview of current peristence frameworks for Java
Brands Can Last Forever
http://fishtrain.com/2007/08/17/brands-can-last-forever/
A brand can last forever if it follows a two-pronged approach.
Best programming-focused Substacks as of April 2021?
I'm looking for some good language-agnostic programming/software engineering-focused newsletters (presumably Substacks) to subscribe to. Any suggestions?
Mint makes your finances fun
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10228634-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware
mint makes your finances fun
Missed email reminders have plagued Google Calendar for years
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/052011-google-calendar.html
Google's calendar service for home users and businesses has been plagued with missed email reminders for years, and Google is still struggling the fix the problem, according to support forums. One support forum on Google.com titled "Google Calendar Email Notification Not Working" was started in September 2010, and is still going strong with dozens of posts this week alone. Another support thread on Calendar email reminders begun in January 2009 is still active, while an older thread shows the problems date back to at least 2008.
Ask HN: How should I go about developing an html widget?
So I am thinking of developing an html widget that can be added to any web page (similar to the way sharethis is added but will only display data, no posting). Just a few questions if anyone can help:
1) The widget will fetch data you enter on my website based on a unique code. Shall I return the whole html structure from my site? Or shall I build it on the client site? I want to prevent someone overriding my classes, so I was thinking inline styling or changing the class name on every regeneration of the widget.
2) Was thinking to give it for free and only charge a yearly subscription to remove the logo, or be able to add custom colors etc. What do you think? How does sharethis or other widgets monetize?
3) There should be some transformations as well so some plain javascript will be included. Shall I wrap it in an iframe? Or just call a cdn js file on my site?
Teaching Multicultural-Literature With Artifacts
http://www.artifactsteach.com/about/contact/
Using objects from a particular community helps students understand its culture. One way to make objects available for studying multi-cultural literature is through digital 3D artifacts in the classroom. Teachers have available to them nearly unlimited cultural artifacts like personal items, clothing, utensils, toys, and more. These tools for teaching help to illuminate the culture and history of the community that is being studied. Teacher lesson plans prompt students to examine tastes, smells, sounds, textures, and sights the artifacts evoke. Students learn how to use artifacts in the classroom to gain a greater depth of understanding of a culture’s literature.
Ask HN: Does Unpredictability Exist?
Is it possible to have a program whose output is completely unpredictable, even if the complete list of initial conditions is known (all of the program's input, code, algorithms, random number list, etc)?
What Your Boss Should Understand About Hiring InfoSec Pros
http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Getting-Clueful-What-Your-Boss-Should-Understand-About-Hiring/ba-p/5822
Is your company hiring a security specialist? This is what management doesn't know, what she should really ask, and what (hopefully) doesn't seduce him into hiring a disaster.
America's Cup: Double Oracle's AC72 launch on Monday on opposite Pacific coasts 
http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Americas-Cup:-Double-AC72-launch-on-Monday-on-opposite-Pacific-coasts/106231
With a 72-foot tall sail and hydrofoil blades these catamarans send more time in the air than they do in the water. After a catastrophic capsize some months ago, Oracle launches their rebuild!
Verizon 3G Outages
http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/50183-3g-down-droid.html
It looks like Verizon is having trouble with their 3G networks today.
Kung Fu == Bad Business?
http://delineal.posterous.com/kung-fu-bad-business
Please see my post describing some aspects of the situation that the martial arts industry faces. In it I pose the following questions:

What are some business models outside of the martial arts world that have successfully overcome similar difficulties?

Is martial arts (in the sense of preserving actual effective hand-combat skills) ultimately doomed to the realm of academics if a business model cannot be found that better matches the daily needs of modern society?
H1B blacklisted companies
http://www.debarredcompanies.com/
Site to provide and store black listed companies data given by US DOL . This is to avoid or join these companies
One Uber Identi.ca List for Creatives & Geeks
http://www.wearejustcreative.com/2008/11/one-uber-indentica-list-for-creatives-geeks/
I have been chatting about Identi.ca quite a lot this week, trying to drum up some enthusiasm, my main motive being, ‘what happens if Twitter goes down‘.
Hey HN check out our chrome extension for Fantasy Football.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fantasy-finder/ebaejgmbadoagcjkhimjifjhlckdmmbi
We built a chrome extension that parses articles you read for fantasy football players, and shows the availability in your leagues. You can also quickly look to see if someone is available in your league, or which of the many leagues you play he is available in.

Current Limitations:
ESPN leagues only. (adding Yahoo! soon)
This is similar to PickemFirst if you are familiar with them. We just finished this, but we plan to develop features that will hopefully make a better product so stay tuned to that.
If you have any features you want to see or any bugs you may find or any commentary at all just leave a reply below or send me a PM directly. We would love any and all feedback.
Play & Forget
http://ulin.goroworks.com/
Stop your work, do some fun, play & forget!
"Real" List Comprehensions in 24 Lines of Lisp
http://lisp-univ-etc.blogspot.ch/2013/01/real-list-comprehensions-in-lisp.html
or why having an extensible reader matters.
Betaworks Steals Digg for $500k - big data play coming
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/07/12/startup-police-blotter-betaworks-steals-digg-for-500k-digg-sells-for-pennies-on-the-dollar/
Betaworks should be in jail for stealing Digg for $500k. What a deal for betaworks incubator in NYC which will parlay Digg into a big data platform..
GeForce GTX 660 brings Kepler to $230
http://techreport.com/review/23527/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-graphics-card
Forget FPS average. We've measured individual frame latencies to get a better sense of the GeForce GTX 660's real-world performance against not only its contemporary rivals, but also mid-range cards dating back to 2009.
Can I Buy the iPhone 5 Yet?
http://notesink.com/
So the Apple iPhone 5 is meant to launch sometime tomorrow. Unfortunately for us, we don't know what time it'll be available for pre-order.

PS: Sorry about the random domain name, it's something I had lying around from an old project, and not really relevant.
21 Letterpress Invitations for Design Inspiration
http://www.tinypinkelephants.com/21-letterpress-invitations-for-design-inspiration/
Letterpress invitations make a lasting impression. The pressing process makes the images and letters stand out, breathing energy into each and every piece.
Tech mistakes cost entrepreneurs a fortune. Learn how to avoid them.
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2013/03/techspeak-for-entrepreneurs.html
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs teaches entrepreneurs how the software design and build process works. Nelly had observed, as have I, that entrepreneurs who are not deeply technical spend too much money, time, and effort trying to get their ideas turned into software products. Many hire the wrong people, get a product that doesn't meet what they wanted, and worse of all, many get ripped off in the process. The idea behind TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs is to help entrepreneurs avoid these mistakes.
Smoke Assist
http://blog.itechtalk.com/2009/smoke-assist-review
With regards to the implied warranty of habitability, a part of every single one of California rental lease agreements, a property owner makes certain that the grounds are and will remain livable. Livability is usually discovered by the owner's obedience with specific code obligations, such as providing required heating and ventilation.
Is it easy to set up a foreign entity in india? (corp,etc)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-1_visa
Acc to wikipedia, if you are a multinational company, it is available to the employees of that company that have worked in the foreign office for 1 year...does anyone know anything about this?
Import Blogger into WordPress: Unbeaten Solution
http://www.cms2cms.com/blog/import-blogger-into-wordpress-unbeaten-solution/
Thinking about switching from Blogger to WordPress? Here's your magic stick - step-by-step tutorial on how to migrate your website simple and in a few moments.
Doing Chores While Reading Your Favorite Feeds
http://newsanchormac.com/wp/how-to/chores-reading-favorite-feeds/
Doing Chores While Reading Your Favorite Feeds
The hidden cost of picking the wrong technology partner
http://www.fakepad.com/post/481951482/the-hidden-cost-of-picking-the-wrong-technology
Never underestimate the cost of bureaucratic creep: picking the wrong technology provider may cost you dearly because of unnecessary red tape. Especially if you're a small business red tap can quickly turn into a killer.
Boomers Embrace Web Selectively, Little Interest In Blogs/Social Networking 
http://internetrack.blogspot.com/2008/06/boomers-embrace-web-selectively-little.html
"People over age 40 participate heavily in word-of-mouth and value personal recommendations and expert opinions, but they have not embraced social networking or blogs despite being heavy users of other online services."
Show HN: Kindred Minds – a better, group-based approach to 1:1 life-coaching
https://www.kindredminds.com/membership-information
Hey HN, I am Yash, and I am the founder of Kindred Minds (kindredminds.com), a better, group-based approach to 1:1 life coaching.

Here is some context on how I got started: I burned out after I built my first YC startup six years ago. Every day I would wake up with a feeling of dread. I decided to quit.

Quitting was so hard. It challenged so many parts of my identity. Who is the person I wanted to be? What does success even mean? Was I just wrong about everything that I thought to be true?

5 years on, I’ve learned so much, and I’m still answering those questions. My thesis: living your best life = understanding your deep truths + having the courage to live that life. I still want to be a founder. And, perhaps selfishly, I want my work to help me along my journey too.

Like me six years ago, many of us have the ingredients to live a happy life: a decent job, close friends, and good health. But deep down, something isn’t right. Daily stressors, burnout, and exhaustion often get in the way of living our best lives.

With Kindred Minds, we are now creating a new, community-based approach to life coaching to tackle the roots of these problems. We want to help people build deeper self-awareness (understand their values, who they want to be, and obstacles in the way) and then equip them with frameworks (Enneagram, Wheel of Life, Values-Based Decision Matrix, Eulogy Exercise, etc.) to become a better version of themselves. We are cheaper ($149/mo instead of $150-250/session) and better (top-quality curriculum, greater accountability, strong community focus) than traditional 1:1 life coaching.

How it works
Once you sign up, we match you with a cohort of 8-10 people like you. Every other week you come together with that group + a peer-led facilitator for 90 min to discuss, connect, and learn. In between sessions, there is some prep work (content, exercises, reflections) to help you get the most out of the experience. We're working w several certified coaches + learning experts to make sure we get this right.

I put together this video to further walk you through how it works: https://www.kindredminds.com/membership-invitation#how-it-wo...

If you’d like to sign up, I’d love to offer the Hacker News community $100 of their first month using promo-code HACKERNEWS (expires Oct 5). You can sign-up directly for our cohorts starting in October here: https://www.kindredminds.com/membership-invitation

It’s been a wonderful journey to build KM, and I would love to welcome other seekers as we embark on this new journey.
Is Google the Web 2.0 Bubble?
http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=466&doc_id=150904
The Google bubble, and essentially its "burst," is significant because Google acquires more companies than anyone else in the Web 2.0 space.
Single Use Web Apps Are Dead
http://www.worketc.com/Blog
WORKetc goes so much further than single-purpose web applications (like 37 Signal’s Basecamp) through integrating a number of essential small business tools into the single online environment. One place for the small business owner to better run their business.
Date Set for RailsRumble - Who's In?
http://blog.railsrumble.com/
RailsRumble 2008 has a date; Oct 18-19. We're putting together a few teams in North East Ohio, North West Pennsylvania - I'll be opening up my house & pool for a team or two to work together in in PA.

Who else is rumbling?
New machine learning challenges/prizes
http://hunch.net/?p=1236
Unlike the Netflix challenge, there'll be prizes for 2nd, 3rd and 4th places...
Social networks are a source of information, not of frinends
http://omergertel.com/2010/01/26/talking-to-the-machine/
"...One thing I can do is ask for help. A few weeks ago I needed an old computer, so I asked if anyone I'm connected to is going to throw away his or hers. Within a couple of weeks I've got me a brand-new old-but-respectable working computer. People ask for opinions about products. They ask for help finding a specific song. Social media is a great tool to dip into the knowledge of the many and find stuff where Google is completely broken..."
Steve Sees Everything: Apple Under Fire over Privacy in Germany
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,703409,00.html
Apple's privacy-invading proclivities are getting it in trouble in Europe, too.
Email Marketing para Pymes – Tutorial Parte 1
http://mailator.mx/email-marketing-para-pymes-tutorial-parte-1
El nacimiento de nuevos medios digitales y redes sociales ha cambiado significativamente la manera en que los empresarios utilizan el Email Marketing
Show HN: Authority: ORM-neutral, OO Rails authorization
https://github.com/nathanl/authority
Authority is my new Rails authorization plugin. Why another one?

Some things that make it different:

- 100% ORM neutral
- No new DSL to learn; just plain Ruby methods
- Authorization logic goes in authorizer classes, so any inheritance pattern you want is fine
- Helps you organize your logic, but that logic can be anything you can write in Ruby: check permissions in a database, or how many points a user has (like StackOverflow), or a weather report from London for all it cares.

Extensive tests and friendly documentation await you at the repo: http://github.com/nathanl/authority
Orders of Magnitude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude
Energy, magnetic fields, angular velocity, see how it all measures up in this universe of ours.
Show HN: With a one click declutter your desktop in meetings or in public places
https://zen-mode.carrd.co
I was inspired by other builders who were working on mac apps, so I wanted to build a mac app.

What is it?
Have you ever been in an awkward situation where you wanted to hide all of your desktop icons or windows during a meeting but couldn’t do it fast?
Have you ever been encountered in a situation where you believed you were on mute in the meeting but were not?
If you want to avoid those problems in the future, then you are in the right place.

Zen mode — Hide Everything. Mute Everything is a single click tool that lets you hide desktop icons, hide inactive windows, mute mic or speakers.

Here is a quick video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT2PdPg-RZo

You can try the app here: https://zen-mode.carrd.co/

more features coming soon...
ShowHN: assertWhichStop.js - an assert which stops
http://blog.jetienne.com/blog/2013/04/18/debug-dot-js-assertwhichstop-dot-js/
This is post presents assertWhichStop.js. assertWhichStop.js is a simple library which provide an assert() which stops… who would have guessed :) You may find that surprising but in your browser, javascript’s assert() does not stop the execution of the code but it does in other languages. assertWhichStop.js will make your assert stop even in your browser.
Flappy Fang available now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usq4QFDLYdU
Buy now!
Eric Schmidt Pegs Ice Cream Sandwich For Mid-Fall Release
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/07/googles-eric-schmidt-pegs-ice-cream-sandwich-for-mid-fall-release/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29
yes, my last two posts have been about ice cream. What can I say, it's hot out in LA.
HumanCoders launches as a 100% Human Developer Community
http://www.rudebaguette.com/2012/02/15/humancoders-launches-paris-100-human/
“We noticed while building our Ruby community site that there were a lot of issues with niche communities, whether it be out-of-date material or just the fact that the site didn’t have a human feel to it.”
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out Book
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1607016995/pixel-perfect-mike-tysons-punch-out
Unofficial encyclopedia of the NES classic Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Our new startup launch. Feedback?
http://www.roboqa.com
Hi all, we've launched our startup solution lately and appreciate any feedbacks.

Feel free to check out the demo video at http://www.roboqa.com

Cheers,
steve
Are Yodle & Yodlee the 2 most successful co's with almost identical names ever?
http://twitter.com/royrod/status/29601018335
Neat riddle, thought HN readers could offer up more answers.
Due to the success of Groupon.com there so many clones of the site.
What's your thought on Groupon clones? Will they have a chance to survive in the market? How can Groupon stay ahead?
Can you tell what we do?
https://www.testmymarketing.com/
Hey everyone, I'm in the middle of redesigning my start ups landing page to better illustrate what we do.

Being involved in it makes it difficult for me to determine how clear our message is.

So, a sentence or two on what you think we do would be a huge help.

Thanks, Guys Here's the page www.testmymarketing.com/
Metahill - Chat rooms for professional and enthusiast programmers.
http://www.metahill.com
This is the IRC 2.0
Official introduction:
Chat rooms for professional and enthusiast programmers.
It is entirely free, ad-free and community-driven.
Made simple.
Awesome Steampunk Game Trailer – Dishonored
http://www.klaushardt.com/steampunk-spiel-trailer-dishonored/
Looks like a Mixup of Assasins Creed, Skyrim and Steampunk.
And the Cloud Computing Grammy Goes To…
http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/02/and-the-cloud-computing-grammy-goes-to/
And the Cloud Computing Grammy Goes To…
'Minority Report'-Style Computing Coming to University Research
http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Look-to-Big-Screen/131609/
Colleges are installing giant interactive video walls to let students and scholars look at data and scholarly images up close, zoom in and out using gestures. Also they're hoping to get students to get their heads out of their laptop screens to collaborate on projects on the big shared walls. Will Big-Screen Research be the future?
Backup & Recovery in EC2 - 5 point checklist
http://www.iheavy.com/2011/02/24/backup-and-recovery-in-ec2-5-point-checklist/
What to backup and how, using Amazon Web Services EC2 & related services.
London Launch48 - launch a startup in 48 hours
http://london.launch48.com
Launch48 is back on Friday the 24th of September at PayPal's office in Richmond, London. We have a full day conference on the Friday on the topic of "Top tips for entrepreneurs" including the following speakers:

Danvers Baillieu - Winston and Strawn
Hugh Chappell – Entrepreneur
Iqbal Gandham – Addpiks
John Lunn and Anthony Hicks – PayPal
Bindi Karia - Microsoft
Art Leyzerovich - ex Google and eBay
Julian Lloyds-Evans - Dennis
Turi Munthe and Jonthan Tepper – Demotix
Adam Paulisick - Nielsen
Julian Ranger - J Rangers Ltd & iBundle
Sean Seton-Rogers - Profounders Capital
Colin Spiller - Zenis
Paul Tarantino -iMega
Eze Vidra - Google
Kate Warwick - PR Savvy
Jerome Touze - Wayn

We are also running a Launch48 Weekend, the event that creates new startups in a weekend.

If you haven't attended the event don't miss the next incarnation of Launch48 and purchase your ticket now.
Ask HN: Free cloud servers for 15 year old high school developers?
Some family friends kids are 15 years old and learning to program.

They need access to a free Linux server so they can learn back end development.

Anyone know of free cloud server access for high school student developers?
Steve Jobs BUilding NeXT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHsHKzYOV2E&feature=related
A good watch on the building of NeXT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHsHKzYOV2E&feature=related

If you know nothing about Next, or, if you just want a flash back, this is a great vid with some open forum with Jobs and his Engineers, and some insight on how next was started.

Please feel free to post any comments to the vid on here that you like.
Understanding and Selecting a Database Assessment Solution
http://ping.fm/OJZOm
Database Assessment is not just a security precaution, but an integral part of database operations management. Databases form the backbone of every major application within the data center, which makes their stability and security both critically important to business operations...
Programming and Fiction: One Piece At A Time + Iteration
http://gnfisher.blogspot.com/2011/02/programming-and-fiction-one-piece-at.html
Comparing common solutions between writing code and writing books. Borrowing a programmer's advice to focus on smaller parts and iterate over them to make them better to writing stories and articles.
Backbonejs django generic view
http://tomcoote.co.uk/javascript/backbonejs-django-generic-view/
A class based generic view for Django to handle the CRUD signals sent from backbonejs using JSON.
Free online music
http://977music.com/blog/2010/01/listen-to-free-online-music/
977Music.com currently offers more than 10 leading Internet Radio Stations, playing only the best free online music from top artists. So you can be sure you’ll find something great to listen to!
RelativeDateDescriptor - an Obj-C Class for Describing Time Intervals
http://mattmccomb.com/blog/2012/05/17/relativedatedescriptor/
I have just open sourced a utility class that I've used in a number of my own apps for describing time intervals. The class, RelativeDateDescriptor can be used to returned formatted descriptions such as '3 seconds ago' or 'in 2 minutes' etc.
Today at 1 pm EST Tweets, Texts, and Terabytes: Collect Smarter with Forensics
http://aceds.org/TweetsTextsTerabytes
Free web seminar on collecting ESI data.
Creating IN Queries With Linq To Sql
http://wekeroad.com/2008/02/27/creating-in-queries-with-linq-to-sql
:D
Delayed sleep phase syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_disorder
I think i suffer of DSPS, have anybody been diagnosed to this?