jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Show HN: Developers as Influencers
https://www.openlist.dev/
I created this side project to:
1. Help OSS developers to add an additional stream of income;
2. Help the customers to reach out to developers.

The whole project was inspired by this experiment https://feross.org/funding-experiment-recap/. I "re-invented" the same terminal ads as did Feross previously, with the only difference being that I did not start coding:)

If you are targeting the developers, then please sign up and create a campaign, then developers with a large follower count could feature your product on their GitHub profile and earn money when someone visits your site.
Has The Nature Conservancy Gone Too Far With the SI Swimsuit Campaign?
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/02/nature-conservancy-gone-swimsuit-campaign/
The Nature Conservancy may have just raised a few eyebrows, some in dismay, others from a more voyeuristic perspective at their recent decision to partner with the Sports Illustrated magazine and luxury retailer Gilt, in a new fundraising campaign.
Ask HN: Is anyone working on Covid tracking tech?
If we ever mitigate enough to get back to containment, we'll need to be able to track. Is anyone working on this in the US?

At the very least, a mobile app that tracks your location history over the last 2-3 weeks would be helpful. Even if the data is just stored locally, perhaps eventually overlaid onto a map for reference, that would be helpful if you test positive, because then you have a way to review it and clearly indicate where you've been when, to report to authorities that might want to contact-trace or alert communities. ("A covid case was at your local Safeway between 7:14 and 8 pm on the 23rd.")

More spruced up is something where location history is submitted through a central service so that people could be automatically informed if there's an overlap. A while back I was working on an Akka Cluster Sharding app that did something similar, but it wasn't for pandemics. It'd only be valuable if a critical mass of people were using it though, which might mean it'd have to be a government or big-corp effort.
Welcome to KodeNode
http://kodenode.com
KodeNode is a collection of code snippets (or “nodes”) for people to translate into different programming languages or improve in the same language
Ask HN: (Foot)notes Done Right?
Summary: What is the best interface for adding notes to a web article/essay? My ideas are below. Can anyone point me to interesting examples?

Often, in an article or essay, it is reasonable to add notes at various places in the text: comments that some readers might be interested in, and some will skip. I wondering how these should best be handled, on a modern web page.

Historically, these were done with footnotes or endnotes. The web has given us pop-ups and links to separate pages. But all of these have problems.

Properties I think notes should have:

1. Notes should be easy to find from the point in the text where they are referenced.

2. Going to the note and back to the main text should be fast and effortless, so as not to break the reader's train of thought.

3. Notes should be visible without explicitly accessing the referencing point in the text.

4. Having seen a note, it should be easy to find the place in the main text that refers to it.

All the methods mentioned above are not too bad on 1, at least a little iffy on 2 & 3 (pop-ups and links are very bad on 3), and very poor on 4.

What do we do about this? My current best idea is side notes with a visible link (a line?) to the place in the text that references them. This line (or whatever) would be very faint normally, and be highlighted (temporarily?) when either the referencing point or the note is selected.

But surely other people have given this some thought. Can anyone point me to worthwhile ideas about notes, or examples of good (or innovative) implementations?
Groupon for ecommerce idea
I have an idea for a concept that marries ecommerce, Facebook, and deals/promotions. It is an in-store app and basically a deals system based on number of Facebook Likes. So it works like this:

1) The app is used to display a deal, which is by default inactive.

2) In order to unlock the deal, a Like threshold has to be reached, i.e. visitors interested in the deal will have to Like it to contribute to the Like count. They also have the personal incentive to ask friends to like the deal.

3) Once the Like threshold is reached, the deal is unlocked (e.g. by providing a coupon code for people who Liked it). The purpose is to build traffic via Facebook by giving visitors a compelling reason to share (savings!).

4) Retailers can set the Like count threshold and deal terms or even a time limit. Setting a Like count threshold/limit ensures that the deal does not become privy to too many visitors, making the deal unprofitable for retailers.

The best illustration is Sears' new social commerce app: http://socialcommercetoday.com/two-cheers-for-sears-wishtogether-f-commerce-app-screenshots/

What do you think?

I am looking forward to your feedback. Thank you!
[delete] CappCon 2011 On the Fringe - Pushing the Web to its Limits
http://blip.tv/dashboard/episode/5443476
Oops, fixed link: http://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=2850433
Show HN: Generate Anki cards from your notes
https://github.com/vangberg/ankivalenz
Hi!

To help me prepare for a biology test, I made a Python app, using the excellent genanki package[1] to generate Anki cards directly from my Markdown notes. Cards are created from list items, using delimeters like `?::` to separate the question/answer (or front/back) from one another.

Example:

---

# The Solar System

- Number of planets ?:: 8

## Planets

- Mars

- Color ?:: red

---

This will create two cards:

(1)

Path: The Solar System

Front: Number of planets

Back: 8

(2)

Path: The Solar System > Planets > Mars

Front: Color

Back: Red

Other tools to generate Anki cards from Markdown exist, but none worked well with nested lists. I also really wanted to have a "path", generated from headings/ancestral list items, to enable very succint cards, such as the `Color ?:: red`.

I hope it might be of use to someone else.

[1] https://github.com/kerrickstaley/genanki
Whose Idea Was the Dry-Cleaning Bag Anyway?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11proto.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all
Good NYTimes story about someone who "stole" the idea of a dry-cleaning bag from another person.

Did he steal the idea? Does it matter? Interesting to see the "idea doesn't matter" meme in other areas besides tech.
Show HN: Make a header that reacts well to scroll with jQuery
https://github.com/clamstew/awesome-header-scroll
http://awesome-header.herokuapp.com/
Arthemia Blogger Template Modified Version
http://www.labofweb.com/2009/05/new-arthemia-blogger-template-modified.html
The modified version of arthemia bloggger template
Bayes Theorem. Probability Theory. On The Damn Radio
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/10/162594751/signal-and-noise-prediction-as-art-and-science
Fresh Air / NPR interview with Nate Silver of 538 Blog fame. I have not heard Bayes mentioned on the radio. Ever! Kudos to Silver for explaining some complex concepts to the lay masses.
Jailbreak iOS 8.1~8.3 publish
http://www.taig.com/
http://www.taig.com/en/
Ask HN: 32 OR 64 BIT for the JVM?
While reading this book over here:

https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/java-performance-the/9781449363512/ch04.html

I can see the following section, which says:

32 OR 64 BIT?
If you have a 32-bit operating system, then you must use a 32-bit version of the JVM. If you have a 64-bit operating system, then you can choose to use either the 32- or 64-bit version of Java. Don’t assume that just because you have a 64-bit operating system, you must also use a 64-bit version of Java.

If the size of your heap will be less than about 3 GB, the 32-bit version of Java will be faster and have a smaller footprint. This is because the memory references within the JVM will be only 32-bits, and manipulating those memory references is less expensive than manipulating 64-bit references (even if you have a 64-bit CPU). The 32-bit references also use less memory.

Chapter 8 discusses compressed oops, which is a way that the JVM can use 32-bit addresses even within the 64-bit JVM. However, even with that optimization, the 64-bit JVM will have a larger footprint because the native code it uses will still have 64-bit addresses.

The downside to the 32-bit JVM is that the total process size must be less than 4GB (3GB on some versions of Windows, and 3.5GB on some old versions of Linux). That includes the heap, permgen, and the native code and native memory the JVM uses. Programs that make extensive use of long or double variables will be slower on a 32-bit JVM because they cannot use the CPU’s 64-bit registers, though that is a very exceptional case.

Programs that fit within a 32-bit address space will run anywhere between 5% and 20% faster in a 32-bit JVM than a similarly-configured 64-bit JVM. The stock batching program discussed earlier in this chapter, for example, is 20% faster when run on a 32-bit JVM on my desktop.

Is any one have tired this? Running JVM on 32-bit mode on 64-bit machine and have a success story?
Hong Kong Police Arrest Suspect Anonymous Hacker
http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/08/06/suspected-anonymous-hong-kong-member-arrested-for-plotting-government-hacks/
Police in Hong Kong have arrested a 21-year old man who is believed to be affiliated with the Anonymous hacking group on suspicion of planning to take down a number…
Teambox is now Redbooth
https://redbooth.com/blog/teambox-is-now-redbooth/
Teambox is rebranding as Redbooth, and simultaneously releasing a new version of its collaboration and communication platform. The new version of the platform includes enhanced tasks (with simple sub-tasks), better reporting capabilities, improved HD video conferencing, and new releases of mobile apps.
How to Speed Up Your Rails App
http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/5-ways-to-speed-up-your-rails-app/
Ruby is a fast language, and a great one in so many ways, but nothing in this world is truly free. It’s very easy to do things that seem inconsequential but that later can bring your application to a grinding halt. In this post, I’ll outline five important ways that you can avoid some of the most common problems Rails apps encounter.
Replace Owner Profile Picture on Cr-48
http://anitgenius.com/how-to-replace-your-crappy-profile-picture-on-your-cr-48
As other sites have mentioned, it's not possible to replace your initial profile picture on the Cr-48. Until now.
Ask HN: The best place to start for open identity / access control mgmt?
What are the recommended libs and frameworks to use for an open identity and access control management system for web apps? We have existing apps / user-data dbs. There are new web apps to be built in short order. We're looking to unify authN and authZ facilities across them all. OpenID and OAuth seem the way to go; where to start for authentication and app-by-app access controls? Thank you.
Reverse non-disclosure for potential employer
I am a ruby on rails developer that has some sites currently in private beta. I am looking for some part time word and wondering, what would be the best way to protect myself legally and allow a potential employer to view my work? Is there some sort of non-disclosure agreement that I could have them sign?
How To Get The Info You Need From A Candidate's References In 7 Questions
http://www.businessinsider.com/best-questions-for-references-2014-3
Startup founders are under intense pressure to hire candidates fast if they manage to impress during their interviews. The job market in tech is hot, and good people get snapped up quickly.
But making an offer without due diligence is like marrying someone because they look good in mauve. It will end in tears.
200 Million Workers Want Windows 8 Tablets, Not iPads (Forrester)
http://readwrite.com/2013/02/04/200-million-workers-want-windows-8-tablets-not-ipads
Two hundred million IT workers want Windows tablets, a report for Forrester claimed Monday, quite a bit more than the 900,000 Surface RT tablets that IDC estimated have already been sold into the channel.
Runner / Programmer - One in The Same
https://medium.com/lessons-learned/9b97edca4c50
Parallels between the journey to get better at both activities.
Ideas vs Execution
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080514/0336421112.shtml
An interesting take on a familiar problem.
'The Information Diet' Should Be Your New Year's Resolution
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2011/12/22/the-information-diet-resolved-for-2012/
Former YC alums. Thanks guys.
A wild idea 
http://justdazzle.me
Hi All,
I had challenged myself to come up with an idea for a site where I can come up with an interesting give away. Unfortunately I had a low budget of of $10 per month and wanted to make the best use of it.

So here is what I launched 2 weeks ago. Let me know your thoughts...
I'm looking for feedback on is the idea attractive enough?
I checked out the powerball rules and what I do is perfectly legal.
Realtime trending music on Twitter
http://music.apis.is/
Hottest music on twitter
Labguru
http://www.labguru.com/
Labguru's aim is to allow researchers to Do More Science by helping them to concentrate on the big picture rather than the mundane details of managing materials, documents, and projects.
Tiff -- a visual typeface diff tool
http://tiff.herokuapp.com/
I had the idea of creating such a tool to help me compare two fonts while learning about typography. I hope it can be helpful to others as well.
Revealing Design Treasures from The Amazon 
http://adactio.com/journal/1586
Great article a friend sent me.
Ask HN: Chinese equivalent of Techcrunch
Does anyone know of any good chinese sites covering tech news in China?
Map of the Dead just released into the iTunes store
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/zombie-fighting-fun/
The team behind the essential survival tool Map of the Dead have created Map of the Dead: Zombie Apocalypse Survival, a location-based app that has you battling zombies around town and stealing supplies from neighbors. Yeah, stealing from your neighbors. It’s a zombie-eat-brain world out there and sometimes you gotta steal from your friends to get ahead.

The game uses real-world location and Foursquare data to display businesses within a three to four block radius. The app determines a business’s potential as a supply cache (food, clothing and weapons) and how many zombies could hide inside. To keep you from running into the neighborhood coffee shop only to be mauled by a zombie horde, the app assigns a threat level of one (safest) to four (Walking Dead finale kind of danger) for each business.

Fights are turn-based. Take a swipe with your axe or shot with your rifle by tapping a moving slide bar when it’s in the red hit zone. Score a few hits, then wait for the zombies to take their turn. The outcome is determined by how powerful your weapon is, what type of armor you’re wearing and, as in all RPGs, a bit or random battle randomness. That means your axe might be capable of delivering 43 hit points but only gives you half that.

All this zombie fighting is needed to scavenge local businesses for weapons, food, medicine and clothing. Pretty standard RPG loot.
Show HN: A New AI Art Generator Using Photos/Videos (Not Based on DALL·E)
https://aitransformer.net/
aiTransformer is a home-grown versatile AI art generator: make cartoon movies directly from videos; enhance, enlarge and transform pictures into cartoons, sketches and paintings for free.
Ask HN: Tool for tracking open-source contributions?
Has anyone seen a good tool for keeping track of employee code contributions to open source projects? We (rackspace) have hundreds of developers contributing code to all sorts of projects and I'm looking for a tool that will make it easy for our developers to self report what they contribute. If it doesn't exist we'll write one, but basically our product and legal teams want a log of this stuff for various reasons.
PoEAA on Rails
http://owenou.com/2011/09/24/poeaa-on-rails.html
The book Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecure (PoEAA) laid the blueprints for Rails’ architecture. However, as applications growing more and more complex, developers are starting to realize these default architectural patterns come with Rails may not scale very well. In this post, I walk you through some enterprise patterns from the same book that Rails’ architecture heavily base upon, and provide suggestions on scaling your Rails codebase.
Crowdfunding Platform Only For Entrepreneurs
http://www.rockthepot.com
Rock The Post (http://www.rockthepost.com) is a crowdfunding website designed to fund small businesses and entrepreneurs. It is the ideal tool for entrepreneurs to leverage networks, reach out to new contacts, and fill in the missing pieces of their projects. Rock the Post provides budding businesses with the means necessary to amass resources and flourish.
Bing--bad logo, over dramatic
http://www.sporkings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bing2.png
Why do they think we want a big, dramatic image as a background to our search page?

The logo is a good inasmuch as it departs from typical Microsoft logos, BUT it's still ugly.

Especially since it's not live, all we have are these 1st impressions. And frankly the design choices are lame. Will this have an impact on it's success?
Digital Statement Blogger Template
http://www.labofweb.com/2009/04/digital-statement-blogger-template-free.html
The Blogger Version of famous wordpress theme 'Digital statement'
One Dye at a Time: removing food dyes from children's diets
http://www.blogher.com/one-dye-time
I have no idea how valid this is... but it's interesting.
A very nice site with VC & Startups news
http://www.naubo.com/vcblogs.html
Just launched today and looks great. It has many tech news categories among them VC&Startups news. Users can also submit their own stoires.
Spending Time With Your Family To Improve Business Skills
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/spending-time-with-your-family-to-improve-business-skills/
There was no post yesterday because the TrackSuit Family was on a road trip. We play a game with our 3 year old called Going On a Picnic and as we were playing it this time I realized how similar it is to a memorization technique I just read about on Lifehack.org called the Stacking Method.
Sochi 2014 Problems 
https://twitter.com/sochireport
Hilarious tweets!
How Product Developers and User Experience Designers Fail to Work Well Together
http://www.montparnas.com/articles/toward-an-integrated-approach-to-product-strategy-and-design-part-2-of-3/
Despite many synergies that exist between user experience designers and product developers, they often fail to effectively collaborate, leading to lost productivity and sub-par products. Read how and when it happens.
Dianne Feinstein wants drones regulated
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/drone-regulation-dianne-feinstein-104718.html
More evidence for my pet theory that given enough time in power political leaders lose the ability to see anything except from their own perspective. And since that perspective is so atypical their judgments are wrong for most people.
Show HN: real-time event social feedback platform
https://www.feedvenue.com
Just built an MVP for a real-time event social feedback platform, would love to get some feedback from the community. Does this seem useful to people?
Inode Entertainment from Mexico gets 100 million downloads
http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/06/26/inode-entertainment-passes-100-million-downloads-in-nokia-store/
Great job!
Malwarebytes False Flags Core Windows Files
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=125136&st=0
Malwarebytes had a bad signature which flag many core windows files as malware, then quarantined them. It also quarantined itself rendering many machines unusable.
American bureaucracy is creating obese Americans
http://paleolithicnutrition.org/infant-milk-shakes-and-hfcs
Obese infants drinking milkshakes and high fructose corn syrup killing Americans.
Storytelling is the great differentiator
http://blog.voltagecrm.com/storytelling-is-the-great-sales-differentiator
Have a great product, solid marketing, and a huge quota? These things won’t just sell themselves, you need to resonate with your clients.
Amazon Lowers Cloud Drive Prices
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/04/amazon-announces-cloud-drive-in-in-italy-and-spain-in-addition-to-uk-germany-and-france/
Amazon Lowers Cloud Drive Prices
FeedaNeed.org Update: Top Non-Profits Announced. Projects to Start Rumbling Soon.
http://blog.reddit.com/2009/01/only-for-beneficent-sexy-feedaneedorgs.html
I know a number of you here at HackerNews helped this become such a success -- let me personally say thanks. Thanks!
Building an iPhone app - step-by-step guide from start to finish
http://venturevillage.eu/how-to-build-an-iphone-app
Anything crucial we've missed?
The mysterious Arctic skate
http://sciencenordic.com/mysterious-arctic-skate
A hundred-kilo barn door with two sharp 'penises' glides above the seabed in Norwegian fjords, prowling for a female. Meet the Arctic skate, an ancient and secretive fish.
If You're a Web 2.0 Startup Don't Talk About ROI!
http://blogs.dovetailsoftware.com/blogs/main/archive/2007/10/08/the-roi-of-knowledge.aspx
We used to think ROI was the way to measure an investment but with Web 2.0 there are so many possible returns that it's no longer practical. But guess what is?...
8 Blogging Lessons from My 8 Months of Blogging Experience
http://www.youngprepro.com/blogging/blogging-lessons/
It’s amazing sometimes to look back to see what you’ve done, what you’ve learned and whom you’ve helped...
15 Papers you should read when interested in node.js's background
https://plus.google.com/111191895515210271225/posts/HN2ZTbf7Cgg
15 Papers you should read when interested in node.js's background
Free as in Sexist?: Free Culture and the Gender Gap
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4291/3381
Abstract: Despite the values of freedom and openness, the free culture movement’s gender balance is as skewed (or more so) as that of the computing culture from which it arose. Based on the collection and analysis of discourse on gender and sexism within this movement over a six–year period. I suggest three possible causes: (a) some geek identities can be narrow and unappealing; (b) open communities are especially susceptible to difficult people; and, (c) the ideas of freedom and openness can be used to dismiss concerns and rationalize the gender gap as a matter of preference and choice.
Dear TechCrunch: nofoodhere's new concept already implemented - by live.com
http://www.venturecake.com/dear-techcrunch-nofoodhere-livecom-images/
Techcrunch reports on nofoodhere, a search concept that allows users to see further results by scrolling downwards, rather than having to click through endless pages of additional results. A great idea - but not quite so innovative...
The Future of jQuery
https://tech.bellycard.com/blog/the-future-of-jquery/
My take on the jQuery/Native debate. What do you think?