jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
FlipSide Makes you Forget You’re on A BlackBerry
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/02/flipside-makes-you-forget-youre-on-a-blackberry/
Each mobile platform has major advantages and disadvantages. BlackBerry has email, but it also lacks application memory. Android has openness on its side but it also comes with some UI issues. The iPhone has its fabulous UI but it lacks flexibility. It is always fun to download an app that enhances your phone in such a way that it takes one of the major down sides of your platform and flips it on its head.
Assistly.com becomes Desk.com!
http://www.desk.com/
Indeed, it looks like Assistly is completely rebranding: http://www.assistly.com/blog/assistly-deskcom/
US govt ordered to remove and restitute Stanford Grad from no-fly list
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Judge-U-S-erred-in-putting-Stanford-grad-5143311.php
The ruling is sealed apparently since some "classified" sources were used and most deliberation happened behind closed doors, still the judge ruled that govt had compounded a case of mistaken identity
Events related social network
http://tymr.com
I trully believe that an event-oriented social network is the best use of this called social web I can think of.
DropZap 2 v2.0 released and is free for a limited time.  Adds mirrors game type.
Check out the new game type with diagonal mirrors!

Gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxOaJhmn5gQ

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropzap-2/id378977964?mt=8
Mob Software - poetic and long essay on software engineering
http://www.dreamsongs.com/MobSoftware.html
An October 2000 essay by Richard P. Gabriel and Ron Goldman. I would call it a long and poetic look at the undercurrents and approaches to software system construction/engineering. I hadn't seen it and figured others here might find it interesting.
Ask HN: How can we differentiate our app from Flipboard, Pulse, Reeder etc.?
Disclaimer: this is my guest account

We are designing an iPad app focused on subscribing, displaying and sharing news/blogs content. Since there are already some decent similar apps out in the market, how can we differentiate ours from others in terms of features (..apart from good UI, UX and execution)? We would love to hear from current iPad users: what are some of the problems that you are facing with apps such as Flipboard and Pulse? What more you would like to see that's currently missing from the existing apps?

Thanks in advance!
Rackspace.com Christmas charity giveaway
http://www.rackspace.com/happyholidays/
Nice to see some big guys give a little back. Its an impressive building they have there.
Detecting memory leaks in Linux Kernel & Implementing OSes in managed code.
http://psankar.blogspot.com/2010/11/detecting-memory-leaks-in-kernel.html
Detecting memory leaks in Linux Kernel in 10 easy steps & Implementing Operating Systems in managed code.
This is how Google Analytics looks like in Myanmar
http://imm.io/ZoHq
Internet in Myanmar is very interesting..
Review my startup, StartupPacks.com
http://www.startuppacks.com/
I'm looking for feedback in regards to interest in this service (current products available are listed, more in the pipeline if interest is high). URL: startuppacks.com

Any other recommendations are more than welcome.

Thanks
Assemblage Plus Template
http://yconst.com/web/assemblage-plus/
A premium, refined template for the Stacey CMS.
For Jessica - UPDATE
http://jenniferlawler.com/wordpress/?p=757
This is an update for the highly upvoted story a month ago:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1539833
Hgroup element removed from the HTML5 specification
http://www.iandevlin.com/blog/2013/04/html5/hgroup-removed-from-the-html5-specification
The decision has been made to remove the <hgroup> element from the HTML5 specification.
Prêt-à-porter mobile video
http://blog.mikamai.com/2009/01/mobile-video-pret-a-porter/
Easy, lightweight and effective: videos are almost ready to wear. Finally we will explore all the capabilities of the devices we already carry in our pockets.
Most of us probably don’t use a mobile video service yet, but we will start using those services during the new year [...]
Odersky on Scala's type inference
http://www.codecommit.com/blog/scala/universal-type-inference-is-a-bad-thing#comment-3438
Integration with Java meant no Hindley-Milner
Ask HN: Getting started with Programming for Cloud Storage
As you all know, "cloud storage and management" of data is now one of the basic necessities for any application these days. Be it the media streaming, critical business data or the medical records of patients - basically enabling portable data. However I have no knowledge at all about the programming aspect of the cloud storage. Hence I need advice and suggestions on how to go about learning about the basics as well as programming aspect of cloud storage.

I have close to 10 years programming experience mostly in telecom and networking in general and protocols, mobile and VoIP to be specific. I am very proficient in C, a bit of C++ and perl. I have learnt ruby and tried my hand with RoR.
Convert xls to mysql insert quick and easy
http://eric.persson.tm/?id=public:xls2mysql-with-ease
I figured I needed a quick and easy way to convert a excelfile into a mysqltable. So i wrapped together a simple webform that reads the excelfile and outputs a create table(although somewhat stupid column types), and a bunch of inserts.

And no, of course not, it doesnt save any of the uploaded excelfile.
Ask HN: Use Google App Engine? Share your stats
I don't use it yet so I can't share mine, but if you do I'd like to know the size of the apps people are running there, and what I can expect of the platform. Other threads talk about the good/bad/ugly, I just want to know the numbers.

Users, traffic, availabilty, ...
R and Emacs
http://languageagnostic.blogspot.com/2011/09/r-and-emacs.html
A brief guide to getting started with R in Emacs
Ask HN: How do I find web development clients as a back-end developer
I have been doing web development for 5 years now and have agencies as clients (I'm a sub-contractor). I want to find clients on my own and possibly grow this as a business.

How can I find quality clients(who will pay, not craigslist people looking for $100 website). I'm located in North America.
TechCrunch 40: Underwhelming
http://www.bubblegeneration.com/2007/09/techcrunch-40-and-death-of-web-20.cfm
I tend to agree...they are mostly "minor" problem solvers.

The VentureBeat link is particularly interesting.

Bubblegeneration group on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5842972550
Writing a reddit clone with Hunchentoot and Common Lisp
http://www.lispcast.com/index.php/2007/10/lispcast-writing-a-simple-reddit-clone-in-common-lisp/
There are other episodes as well.

Using Selenium for testing:
http://www.lispcast.com/index.php/2007/10/lispcast-episode-2...

Adding macros to make the episode 1 code prettier:
http://www.lispcast.com/index.php/2007/10/lispcast-episode-3...
Ask HN: When is a startup no longer a startup?
I'm wondering if there's an official answer, as well as some sort of community lore about the topic. Specifically, is Facebook or Groupon still a startup? What's the cutoff for when a company exits its innocence and turns into a real company?

Inspired by the "most inspirational startup of 2010" post, as well as Steve Blank's "Elves Leave Middle Earth" post.
Show HN: Image Manipulation via Triangulation
https://github.com/mpihlstrom/femton
This project is a first principles approach to image representation and manipulation. I got interested in alternatives to the pixel grid, intrigued by the in some respect even simpler division of 2D space by the simplicial complex, i.e., the triangulation. The main concrete contribution here is a triangulation algorithm which is specifically retains contour.
Show HN: I made an app for developers to manage their deeplinks
https://deeplinkbuddy.com/
Hello everyone!

As a developer, I use deeplinks a lot to test my app.

Before I build Deeplink Buddy, here's my workflow whenever I want to run a deeplink on a simulator:

1. Save all deeplinks in a note

2. Manually find and edit the param of the deeplink I want to run

3. Copy the deeplink and paste it to the terminal or the Calendar in the simulator

4. Run the deeplink

Now with Deeplink Buddy, everything will be super simple and easy:

- All your deeplinks are stored in one app and synced with iCloud, so you never lose them

- A clean and intuitive interface that helps you quickly find the param and update it

- Easily select the simulator you want to run the deeplink. You can also run the deeplink on your mac to test your mac app.

- Run your deeplink with just one click

If you have any feedback/questions/suggestions, please let me know below!
Life After Pi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lcB9u-9mVE
Interesting look at how the visual effects industry struggles with payment terms, cash flow, and government regulations/subsidies.

Lots to take into consideration, especially for new businesses trying to get terms right with their customers and vendors.
GitHub API v2 in Ruby
http://blog.webbynode.com/2009/06/17/github-api-v2-on-ruby/
This is a Major update to octopi library (that is a Ruby interface for the GitHub API v2). Written by Webbynode’s Felipe Coury.
Gem installation

Yes! Now you can install octopi as a Gem:

$ sudo gem install fcoury-octopi --source http://gems.github.com

Progress

I am now focusing on having complete coverage of the API features that anyone can do as an anonymous user (not authenticated to GitHub, that is).

Once this part is done we’ll start working on features that requires authentication.
Some code snippets for your delight:
User API

Getting user information

# user information
u = User.find("fcoury")
puts "#{u.name} followed by #{u.followers.join(", ")},
following #{u.following.join(", ")}"

Followers and following, rendered as an User object collection

The bang version of followers and following creates one User object for each user login found and obviously is a lot more expensive and should be used with parsimony.

user.followers!.each do |u|
puts " - #{u.name} (#{u.login}) has
#{u.public_repo_count} repo(s)"
end

Searching users

users = User.find_all("silva")
puts "#{users.size} users found for 'silva':"
users.each do |u|
puts " - #{u.name}"
end

Repositories API

Search

repos = Repository.find_all("ruby", "git")
puts "#{repos.size} repository(ies) with 'ruby' and 'git':"
repos.each do |r|
puts " - #{r.name}"
end<pre lang="ruby">

<strong>Getting a repository</strong>

<pre lang="ruby">repo = Repository.find("fcoury", "octopi")

Getting a repository for a given user

If you have an User object, you can easily do:

repo = user.repository("octopi")

Repository information

puts "#{repo.name} - #{repo.description}
(by #{repo.owner}) - #{repo.url}"

Tags

tags = repo.tags.map {|t| t.name}.join(", ")
puts "Tags: #{tags}"

Commits API

Commits of a given repository:

fc = repo.commits.first
puts "First commit: "
puts "#{fc.id} - #{fc.message} - by #{fc.author['name']}"

Single commit information:

puts "Diff:"
fc.details.modified.each do |m|
puts "#{m['filename']} DIFF: #{m['diff']}"
end

Stay tuned for upcoming updates.
Ask HN: Alternatives to Slinkset - Hotaru, Pligg, others?
We're currently using Slinkset for our "Hacker News for Healthcare" site (http://thehealthful.com). Slinkset is fairly limited in its ability to change the site layout, match RSS feeds to categories, etc.) What are good alternatives to Slinkset? So far, we've come across Hotaru and Pligg.

Thanks!
There are now at least 46 startups worth $1B+
http://www.thestartup100.com
With the addition of Atlassian today there are now at least 46 startups with a valuation of $1B+.
Reducing day-to-day information noise
http://rnc000.blogspot.com/2007/12/reducing-day-to-day-information-noise.html
Some thoughts on the madness of information noise that we struggle daily with.
Ask HN: assertEquals, assertEqual, or assert_equal?
Which variant I should use in my own unit-testing library for bash? I using assertEqual now, but I saw both assertEquals (shunit) and assert_equal (bash-unit).

English is foreign language for me, so it is hard to decide. :-/
A 100-year-old engineering puzzle is solved
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ1YnXDUyd4
The innovation solves a 100-year-old electrical engineering puzzle and paves the way for a more efficient and reliable electricity supply system.
How I set the Axis of Evil up on Twitter
http://tracksuitceo.com/2008/07/03/what-corporate-bloggers-can-learn-from-the-axis-of-evil/
A careful review of The Official Blog of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with some friendly blogging tips. The writer sets Ahmadinejad up with a Twitter account!
SQL to create histograms
http://wishli.st/blog/creating-histogram-data-using-sql/
There's nothing really complicated about it, but I didn't find a good example online anywhere, so when I figured it out, it was time to share it
Ask HN:  How do you feel net neutrality impacts barrier to entry?
For those who have started an online business, or would like to start an online business, how do you feel today's ruling by the FCC has impacted your ability to bring your product to market? Do you feel by imposing a 'fast lane' for certain network traffic, that this would impact your ability to achieve success?
Show HN: A modern, high-performance, real-time OLAP database
https://github.com/apache/doris
It looks awesome about this OLAP database

Apache Doris is an easy-to-use, high-performance and real-time analytical database based on MPP architecture, known for its extreme speed and ease of use. It only requires a sub-second response time to return query results under massive data and can support not only high-concurrent point query scenarios but also high-throughput complex analysis scenarios.
Intellectual challenge or change of paradigm
Offer HN: I'll redesign your website
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmWxHhdbcB4
Here's an example of a site I did for my buddy. http://www.citytheft.com

Post in the comments on yours and i'll do one like I did for his.
A Tale Of Two Memory Leaks In Go
https://vividcortex.com/blog/2014/01/15/two-go-memory-leaks/
2 Common ways to leak memory in Go.
Show HN: Summarize and save web articles in one place
https://skim.it/
Hi guys,

Just letting you all know that i've just launched the beta version of Skim.it The smart way to save, sort and share the best of the web.

We are trying to solve the problem over information overload on the web and not being able to fins the time to read and remember useful content you discover online. The reason why we started it is because our lives looked like this : http://skimitblog.tumblr.com/image/87300804866 (this is actually my skype account)

Anyway id love to get some feedback on the product as its still early stage and look forward to making something people love.

Lloyd
Grails Spacecraft to Crash into Moon -- 20 Minutes [video]
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
NASA will be crashing the Grails spacecraft (Ebb and Flow) into the Moon in 20 minutes.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/news/grailstatus20121217.html
AT&T math: 250MB &lt; 350MB &lt; Unlimited &lt; 3GB &lt; 5GB
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/04/att-starts-throttling-unlimited-data-users-after-2gb-of-monthly-usage/
misunderstanding 'Unlimited'...and redefining what it means...
they really need to learn and mean what 'Unlimited' means...
Life is 10% How You Make It and 90% How you Take It
http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/07/19/life-is-10-how-you-make-it-and-90-how-you-take-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BothSidesOfTheTable+%28Both+Sides+of+the+Table%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Startups are hard. When you read the press you only read the glamorous bits. You read about Mark Zuckerberg or the guys at FourSquare, Twitter or Zynga. But that’s a bit like reading about your state lottery winner and feeling bummed out because you haven’t won despite years of trying. The reality is that most of you will never hit it BIG yet you’ll lead fulfilled and productive lives. Whether you choose to be happy or not is up to you. Will you choose the dopeness or the wackness?
Ask HN: bitcoin crowdfunding?
Hi guys,

Does anybody know of any services that do this? Or would anybody be interested in working on one? I'm an emmerging film-maker who is making a non-lame hacker film. I really don't want to go Kickstarter, and thought it may be interesting to do something with bitcoin.
Show HN: Trace the history of academia
https://gist.github.com/825572
Wikipedia often lists the doctoral advisors of famous scientists. I wanted to be able to pick a scientist and recursively find their mentors. This information has no practical value, but I thought it was interesting. John McCarthy's mentor history is especially awesome;

John McCarthy (computer scientist)
>> Solomon Lefschetz
...
>> >> >> >> >> >> Carl Friedrich Gauss
...
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jakob Thomasius
...
>> >> >> >> >> >> Siméon Denis Poisson
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Joseph Louis Lagrange
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Leonhard Euler
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Johann Bernoulli
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> Pierre-Simon Laplace
>> >> >> >> >> >> Joseph Fourier
Show HN: Productivity focused app for multitasking ninjas – Note taking in tabs
https://smarkup.com/
If you got any feedback, we would very very much love to hear it!

- Do you like it? If yes, what do you like?

- What would you pay for in the app? (even if it's missing)

- Would you recommend this to your friends?

Short product pitch: We call it a "productivity-focused app for multitasking ninjas." It's for notes, to-do lists, meeting agendas. With no visual smog. Smarkup helps you quickly write down new ideas while letting you stay where you are. Without breaking your focus .

Power feature: Tabs

Technical: It's a custom text editor with a custom CRDT collaboration engine, all from scratch. We have a Phoenix Elixir back-end system with a Postgres database.
Google’s Eric Schmidt Sees Nairobi as Africa’s Technology Leader
http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2013-01-23-googles-eric-schmidt-sees-nairobi-as-africas-technology-leader/
Nairobi has emerged as a serious tech hub and may become the African leader
Blackout your Drupal site on January 18th (inspired by Wordpress plugin)
https://github.com/mcantelon/drupal-sopa-blackout
Whipped this up quickly after seeing the Wordpress plugin... let me know if you run into any issues. I made this/tested for Drupal 6, not sure if it'll work for Drupal 7.
Sign in to AIM, MSN and ICQ using heysan! on your iPhone. 
http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2007/07/13/heysan-a-lightweight-approach-to-iphone-im/
Show some digg love please: http://digg.com/apple/Heysan_A_lightweight_approach_to_iPhon...
Ask HN: What are examples of technology “lotteries”?
Let's define "technology lottery" as an idea/concept/invention/innovation that wins out not because of technological superiority, but rather due to fortuitous circumstances relative to alternative directions. One example could be AC vs DC electricity [1], another could be the invention of gas vs electric cars [2]. What are more examples of technology lotteries?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_currents

[2] https://wisdombiscuits.com/which-came-first-the-electric-car-or-the-gasoline-car/
Syck vs Psych: Differences and Conversion
http://devblog.arnebrasseur.net/2014-02-yaml-syck-vs-psych
An in depth post analyzing the differences between these two YAML implementations for Ruby based on a large real-world data set, with tips on how to convert your data from Syck to Psych.
Show HN: My side project is a joke (seriously! you'll smile)
http://officecheese.com/
Hi all,

I have always wanted to create a community dedicating to creating the work place more positive. Right now, it's only jokes. I am working on a revision of this that will just place the community page right in front and do away with the landing page. I welcome and appreciate any cheesy thoughts, critiques or suggestions you might have.

In the pipeline: jokes, quotes and ideas on how to make the work place more positive!

-V.
Proposal for Mt. Gox: New "Goxcoin" blockchain
Assuming that all the MtGox bitcoins are gone, this is my proposal.

MtGox creates a new blockchain called "Goxcoin". The genesis block will distribute coins to all the cheated customers. Each customer will need to generate or be issued a Goxcoin receive address.

Since the MtGox failure is going to affect a sizable percentage of bitcoin holders, this alternate blockchain has a viable chance of succeeding.

What do you think, HN?
Wander Wins $1.2M From NextView, SV Angel, Google Ventures, SoftTech And Others
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/wander-wins-1-2m-from-rob-go-sv-angel-google-ventures-softtech-and-others/
“A way to the see the world through other people eyes” is still under wraps, but CEO Jeremy Fisher reveals that the final product will be “adjacent” to both the curation and location space, a combination of Tumblr and Pinterest, Yelp, Tripadvisor and Foursquare. The startup generated some buzz early on with “the utterly pointless leaderboard,” a meta-joke which has brought in over 43K signups thus far.
Show HN: Clpstr - The Instafilm we never finished.
http://clpstr.com/signup
Built this at a Startup Weekend last November. We've been sitting on this code for months. Would love to have some people signup and throw us a little feedback. Clearly this isn't finished, but with a little crowd support, we could just wrap it up in a weekend.

A few things:

- Works with Youtube and Vimeo, probably a few others.

- Web UI is still pretty sloppy

- zero onboarding. sorry.

- We have native iPhone and iPad clients that are a handful of bugs from being shipped. Anyone interested in beta testing them, shoot me an email at ddinch :at: gmail. We will beam you up via TestFlight (great service).

- Our original name was Video Store, so that's why you see "video store" peppered throughout the app.

- Tell us you want this so we finish it.
Ask HN: How should I establish myself as a freelance developer?
I'm a part-time, freelance programmer/web developer. For a few years, I've been doing mostly WordPress work. Obviously this is low on the programming totem pole, in terms of both sophistication and remuneration.

I want to move up that totem pole, on both fronts. I plan to spend the next few months improving my programming skills, learning a new technology, and attempting to become a full-time contract programmer or to land a programming job.

The two paths I can see most clearly are (a) Rails-based web development, and (b) iOS/OS X application development. At the moment my understanding of each of those fields is introductory-level: I've built trivial things but nothing substantial.

My plan is to choose one path, then build either a web app or a Mac/iPhone app -- both to learn the material and to have something to show potential clients/employers/collaborators. I have an idea for each one. Neither idea is likely to turn into a business, and neither would be especially technically groundbreaking, but I'd get a kick out of working on either one.

Some data points that you may or may not find relevant:
-- I'm in my late 30s, which among other things means I can't put in college-type hours anymore.
-- I don't have any formal training in programming.
-- I'm pretty smart and good at learning things, but I'm not a genius and I don't expect to get hired at Google.
-- I can communicate clearly in both written and spoken English.
-- My visual design chops are better than most programmers'.
-- I live in Brooklyn.
-- As a user, I love Mac and iPhone applications more than I love web applications.

Let me know how you think I should proceed. Take into account the amount of work available, differences in pay, the difficulty of becoming competent, the ease of getting hired without credentials, etc. etc. Any other thoughts or advice appreciated.