jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
JQuery floodling - autofill form elements
http://plugins.jquery.com/floodling/
A jQuery plugin for auto-filling and selecting values of form elements.
Show HN: Cue, project management for event organizers
http://cueapp.com/
I'm building a web app for people who put on events. I'm looking for event planners, meetup organizers, and conference builders to talk to. Please sign up to beta test if you're interested, and email me if you'd be willing to chat for 20 minutes at corey at cueapp dot com. Thanks!
Will the Downturn Reinvent Venture Capital?
http://www.trueventures.com/news/2009/02/10/will-the-downturn-reinvent-venture-capital
Jon is one of the best VCs I have ever met - an insightful post from him on early stage investments
Product lessons from The Hudsucker Proxy [video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLOAXDb6fps
From idea to adoption: pricing, naming, early adoption, it's all covered!

(Features real tubes.)
Ask HN: Have You Consulted with Experts?
How do you find technical domain experts(besides friends/network) like architects, site-reliability/security/cloud engineers?

Consulting has a bad reputation among startups and venture capitals, but experts ecosystem is the main knowledge source for most accelerators/venture capital network.

How can you scale consulting as a service for startups/founders?
Jackalope: real-time website stats
http://paularmstrong.github.com/nko-jackalope-promo/
Another app created this weekend during Node Knockout.
Web 2.0 Marketing Lessons from the Craigslist Bandit
http://tracksuitceo.com/2008/10/08/marketing-lessons-from-the-craigslist-bandit/
The Craigslist Bandit who hired 12 guys on Craigslist to dress just like him and to confuse the cops, he then went on to flee via inner tube.
ZapDrive offers 100 GB cloud storage for $19.99/year
http://news.yahoo.com/cloud-storage-company-zapdrive-launches-today-offering-100-100032972.html
Disclaimer: I am a ZapDrive employee, but a regular Hacker News reader too. Thought this might interest some of you :)
15 Good Examples of Website Redesign
http://designmodo.com/website-redesign/
Website redesigning is more complex than braining a new one, as there are certain unavoidable norms related to redesigning. However, redesigning is not all about giving a new-look to an existing site.
Ask HN: Better alternative to Linode?
According to Linode "lightning storm in the area caused a power outage and redundant UPS systems failed". My server is still down and I am seriously considering switching to another hosting company. Any suggestions?
TinEye goes into limited Beta.  These guys are good.
http://www.startupnorth.ca/2008/05/06/idee-tineye-in-limited-beta-we-have-invitations/
I saw a demo of the product at a U of T job fair and these guys were good.
Ask HN: What best practices and things to include to children at early age?
Ask HN: What best practices and things to include to children at early age?

I've been thinking about the best ways to developer my new-born(5m+) What are some best practices you wish you had started with your child when they were young? Brain development skills, character development, daily routines,toys, kids story books etc.

Just to add our current situation but not the only reason to post this in HN: My daughter is just 3 months old. Due to COVID-19 she never went outside and I think it will be difficult to take her freely outside and we may not socialize like normal time with other kids and parents for atleast another 6 months:(
Ask YC: scaling a one-person business
How does one scale a one person business to something bigger? I have enough income for me with my current business, but I would like to scale this to a new level, with employees, bigger clients. This is the usual one-person web development business.

Somebody told me that I could valuate my company in income * 24, and then use that value to have an external investor join the business, to try to scale it to something bigger. I'm a little skeptic about it, I think there are too many one-man shows after all, they are probably worthless anyway. What does YC think?
Ask HN: What tool do you use for Kanban?
I'm shopping for one and being able to use Github issues and having swimlanes is a must.

What are you using at work?
All 2048 Games Ported Natively To iOS (Beating A Dead Horse)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/2048!-arcade-edition-free/id840066168?ls=1&mt=8
I made this app back when the first 2048 game came out! Honestly it was an experiment to test out Ludei's CocoonJS over phonegap. After using it I have to say if you have never used CocoonJS please o support those debs and try it because it absolutely amazing!
Google try to start 3D Web with O3D
http://techcombo.com/google-try-to-start-3d-web-with-o3d
Google, who recently announced their impressive turnover, on Tuesday unveiled an interesting piece of software, O3D to bring accelerated 3D graphics to browsers, though it seems not to be the first time a company has tried to make one of these 3D web applications utulizing the advantages of the PC games played nowadays. The last one was in the 1990s, whow were called Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML), but it did not work out.

What is O3D?

O3D is a plug-in for web browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari that is enabled to work with Windows, Mac and astonishingly, Linux. However, analysts say that in the future Google ideally, would like to be in the position where the application is built in to the web browser giving a program that allows developers to use Web-based JavaScript programs on a graphics card, perfect solution for extreme gamers...
[node] Collaborative HTML5/WS Whiteboard
https://github.com/Velkitor/scribble_with
This is a node express project that uses html5 and websockets to create a collaborative whiteboard.
3G iPhone Expected in 2008; Corporate E-Mail Client to Soon Follow?
http://advice.cio.com/al_sacco/at_t_says_3g_apple_iphone_coming_in_08_corporate_e_mail_to_soon_follow
AT&T's CEO has announced that the company will offer a 3G iPhone next year, bring the device one step closer to becoming a viable business device. This article ask whether or not a corporate e-mail client for the iPhone is on the horizon.
SchoolSearch.IN; What parent needs
http://www.schoolsearch.in
SchoolSearch.in is an effort by IIT graduates aimed at elevating the Indian Education Standards. How we can make a better education system ?
We also dont know, actually no body knows. that is the reason why government policies dont get us any fruitful results. SchoolSearch.IN is a platform to connect all parents together through their school communities. It is a tool in hands of parents which makes them aware and empowers them to first find out the problems and then their solutions. lets discuss it all at SchoolSearch discussion forums.

SchoolSearch.IN furnishes parents with authentic information about the schools, help them judge school’s performance by user reveiws and ratings and make them less dependent on word-of-mouth reference.The search feature helps parent search and compare schools across major Indian cities. The school page gives you almost all the details of a school at one single place. The database is built by collaborative efforts to minimize errors and to make it self growing. IF you have more updated information than us you can edit it and help others to get right information. The Add School feature enable users to add their school.

Parents can subscribe to alerts for a city to be updated of latest admission information in various schools of a city.They can request for admission information for any school.

SchoolSearch.IN blogs covers a wide variety of education topics, admission information, latest education news, exam alerts and learning resources shared by experts.

the vision is to bring schools, parents, students, teachers at one platform and facilitate better communication and interaction among them, which would empower all 4 communities to make a better education system.

there is much more to tell, lets explore it yourself..

http://www.schoolsearch.in
http://www.schoolsearch.in/blog
Console.doge()
https://github.com/dettmar/console.doge
Augmenting the javascript console...
Ask HN: What are your CraAazy Business Ideas?
http://www.reddit.com/r/bizideas/
Sub-reddit for those crazy business ideas you have that you'd never actually pursue IRL.<p>Upvote those you'd like to see implemented!
Show HN: another jQuery Form Plugin - for HTML5
https://github.com/pags/fields.js
Someone recently posted a cool jQuery form validation lib where validation rules are defined manually in the javascript itself - many comments suggested a library that simply parses the relevant HTML and validates based on attributes such as HTML 5 input types, maxlength, pattern, etc.

This does just that, along with a few other niceties. My first jQuery plugin so criticism welcome.
Hacking the Holidays: Inexpensive Gifts for Girlfriends
http://www.kartme.com/thegiftguru/girlfriend-gifts-broke-boyfriend
Here are a few ideas for how to give a sweet gift for just a few dollars. How do you hack giving expensive gifts?
If Hugo Chavez Goes, So Does Cuba...
http://chaselanc.com/post/8117514562
If you thought that Cubans were worried about Fidel Castro falling ill, don’t overlook the heartache stemming from the recent news that Hugo Chavez has cancer. For many years now, Cuba and Venezuela have enjoyed a close and rewarding relationship. Chavez regularly ships around 115,000 barrels of oil to Castro at discounted prices which sums to about $3.5 billion of subsidy a year (note that Cuba returns the favor by stationing 40,000+ doctors, intelligence and security experts and others workers in Venezuela). To be sure, Venezuelan aid has been the biggest factor in aiding the communist island in its recovery from the slump it endured following the demise of its previous sponsor, the Soviet Union, in 1991. Older aged Cubans remember the hard times during that period and, if Venezuelan aid ceases like it did with the Soviet Union in 1991, could they expect a similar downturn to follow?

If Hugo Chavez’s opponents take over power in Venezuela, it’s completely reasonable to expect a dramatic haircut to the annual aid sent to Cuba. Opponents have long criticized the cozy relationship between Chavez and Castro and would be keen to use that money domestically. The Venezuelan economy shrank by 2% in 2010 - compare that to Brazil which grew by almost 8%. Venezuela suffers from one of the highest inflation rates in the world, a contracting economy and one of the worst crimes rates. All of this despite having more oil than any other nation in the world…The bottom line is that there is absolutely no reason that Venezuela couldn’t find a better use for the $3.5 billion per year than sending to Cuba. If (or rather, when) this aid to Cuba ceases, the economic effect could be detrimental to the island. Of course, Raul Castro (Fidel’s younger brother and now President) has been doing his best to mitigate any potential fallout by soliciting investment from China, curbing food imports, enacting key domestic reforms and aggressively pursuing deep-water oil exploration. All of these might help lessen the blow from the downfall of the Venezuelan-Cuban relationship, but might not be enough in the long-run.
Need iOS Developer for December will pay cash
I'm looking for an iOS developer for December. Will pay cash or cash equity mix please email if interested amachado@gmail.com
Natural Language Processing Class (nlp-class) starts to be announced
http://www.nlp-class.org/
As stated on twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/nlp_class/status/170616087661121536) they expect to start between Feb 27 and Mar 5
Ask HN: What can I use to identify commonly typed keys, words and phrases?
I need a keylogger or some other piece of software for Mac to track my most typed keys, words and phrases.

I wish to analyse this data to identify the best code snippet and text expansion candidates.

Existing keylogging solutions seem centered around tracking employees and parental controls.

Is there something out there for optomising typing workflows?
Billionaire Remix: I Wanna Be An Engineer
http://www.wimp.com/beengineer/
This is a remake of Billionaire by Travie McCoy that is very adequate to this (HN) crowd. Please enjoy.
Vint Cerf Discusses Future Internet Applications
http://www.govtech.com/gt/multimedia.php?id=139243
In this short video Vint Cerf talks about future Internet applications.
Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs
http://www.thebusinessjournal.com/index.php/the-business-journal-national-news/13-national/1173-microsoft-to-cut-5000-jobs.html
Seems like web search + copy-paste reporting.
Numbats in Space [podcast]
http://angrybeanie.com/shows/purser-explores-the-world/episodes/numbats-space
Exploring the Australian Space community. Interviews with Marco Ostini from the Lunar Numbat team, Michelle Clement from the Australian Space Policy Unit and Professor Christine Charles, head of the Space Plasma, Power and Propulsion Laboratory at ANU in Canberra.
After Death Can You Return? - Will Magnolia Pull A Phoneix?
http://www.alexwilhelm.com/alex_wilhelm/2009/02/after-death-can-you-return-will-magnolia-pull-a-phoneix.html
Can a webservice come back from the dead?
Cassandra as distributed counter (at Twitter)
http://slidesha.re/eNfND7
I've also seen people use redis, MongoDB. Wonder if anyone has done some comprehensive tests as to what works better in this use case.
Show HN: Programming Competitions Site
http://progcomp.tumblr.com/
Yesterday I setup a blog to (hopefully) end up with a curated list of programming competitions.

As a student, I find these great for pushing me into developing stuff that I usually wouldn't.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Ask HN: Any companies that learn what I'm interested in by clicks on RSS links?
I'm noticing lately that reading through my RSS feeds takes me a substantial amount of time everyday. I get upwards of 200 articles every day in my RSS reader, and I click on maybe 30 or 40 articles that I find interesting. Is there any RSS reader software / company that can learn what I like from what I click through on, and start customizing my feed by culling out links not in what my current interests are?<p>Additionally, if this system existed, it could also find people that share your general interests by what you are mutually reading.
Guilt Driven Development
http://tatiyants.com/?p=1304
Do you want to use Test Driven Development in your daily work but lack the necessary motivation? Do you have the nagging feeling that TDD could use more nagging to make you get things done?

If this describes you, then you should definitely consider Guilt Driven Development. GDD is a powerful new technique based on one of the strongest motivating forces known to man: guilt. It works by forcing you to create promises to it and then guilts you into keeping them.
Ask HN: What would you give up for The Killer Domain?
Let's say you're trying to build a well known consumer brand. Most of your traffic is expected to be word of mouth. You've found the best domain you can imagine. Something as good as Mint.com.

You've talked to the owner, and he claims to have had offers of hundreds of thousands.

I know what Aaron Patzer did in that situation. What would you do and why?

Let's assume you're 6 months old and have raised $1M angel round.
Ask HN: What Happened to Apollo Projects?
Eight months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23554584) there was a post about "Apollo Projects" for funding "Moonshots". I saw the site and thought it was a good idea, but went back today thinking I would submit an idea and it is gone. Wondering what happened.
Show HN: Trckstr an app that converts revision notes into audio
http://trckstr.com
Hi, I'm 18 still studying. I began recording my revision notes and listening to them on the bus and train repeatedly. I realized that I learn well by listening. I began sending these recordings to my friends and soon realized that this would probably be useful to all students. So here it is:

http://trckstr.com

PS - Please tell me what you think about the concept.
Suggestions / Feedback etc.
Hey,
I submitted my website for yCombinator a couple of months ago, it was really not ready and I knew I would most likely be declined, but since then I kept working hard and now I am starting to see awesome results. I launched my website a few days ago and there are almost 300 new members daily.

The website basically is a video calling / conferencing application for free, directly on the web.

I am now going to look for investors now that I am having good results, it should be easier to find some since it's not at an "idea-stage".

Anybody has some suggestions or feedback to improve my site? Can be the look, text, features to add etc.

I got a lot planned for the near feature as for features :)

www.FaceFlow.com

Thank you
Why Email is Dumb | Leveraging Ideas
http://www.leveragingideas.com/2008/03/30/why-email-is-dumb/
One of the issues Workstreamr.com is tackling is the notion that ‘email is dumb.’

So why is email dumb?

Generally, there is no database attached to email. Even if there is, email is still essentially dumb text sent from one person to another. Email is dumb in the sense that the content of a particular message is subject to the interpretation of the person receiving it. While you know things such as a) who sent the email b) the date and time it was sent, really the crux of the message is not necessarily clear. People are notoriously poor communicators and in today’s multi tasking environment, particularly poor readers.

While the dumbness of email doesn’t matter much when email is being used for social communications, the lack of ‘intelligence’ in email really starts to matter when we’re talking about work. Deadlines. Action items. All critical to the success of a project – and our careers.

How many times have you emailed someone only to learn a week later that they ‘overlooked’ something you had asked them to do? How many times have you searched in vain, even with advanced systems like Gmail, to figure out what was assigned to you? Or how about when an email chain contains multiple changes to a deliverable’s due dates? Who changed the date and why again?

Email is not intelligent in that it lacks the ability to recognize and translate grouped text into action items. Microsoft Outlook, or iCal offer a slightly more intelligent approach. When you receive an iCal invite you clearly are being asked to a) attend something and b) respond. Those are two calls-to-action that might be missed in an email or IM such as “Jones Meeting at 4pm. You available?” Tumblr.com takes an interesting approach to how it renders text, but from a more visual standpoint. [Here is my Tumblelog]. Tumblr is a blogging platform but unlike any other in that you have multiple types of posts you can use; they are posts with very specific formats. For example, if you wanted to blog a quote, Tumblr lets you simply select its “Quote Post.” All you do is add text and Tumblr formats it all for you, rendering proper quote conventions in a aesthetically pleasing manner. These variations on types of posts, or ‘typed-posts’ are a very powerful concept on a number of levels.

Shortly we’ll reveal more about how Workstreamr is tackling this ‘dumb communications’ problem. For the time being, it’s simply important to recognize the limitations of email. Newer, and more innovative tools are a step in the right direction for producing much more intelligent workflows.
Rate my "all in a day project": Mp3 My Cloud Soundcloud downloader.
http://www.mp3mycloud.com/
Hi! This is my one "all in a day project", a simple soundcloud downloader. Rate it please...
Haters Gonna Hate: The Psyche of the Tech Zealot
http://savagelook.com/blog/portfolio/haters-gonna-hate-the-psyche-of-the-tech-zealot
(similar to the tech fanboi)
Is China really blocking all the US search engines?
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_china_attacking_us_search.php
The answer seems to be unclear!
Effective unit testing of node.js code
http://www.ryangerard.net/post/20067412183/effective-unit-testing-of-node-js-with-futures
This is a post I write that describes a way to unit test node.js code using futures / promises.
Expedia Affiliate Hacks Google Plus Local hotel listings
http://blog.sweetiq.com/2014/01/expedia-affiliate-hacked-google-plus-local-hotel-listings/#axzz2qgalvsWF
Recent Google Plus Local hack shown to be by Expedia affiliate
Piratebay Anti Sopa video
http://thepiratebay.org/
Apologies if this has been posted already but I couldn't see anything about it posted. Thoughts?
ambivalent, prefer no
ambivalent, prefer yes
Ask HN: “Let's code” – video for developers?
Hi guys,

I'm a huge fan of "Let's play" videos, where someone is playing a game and gives comments on it. I wanted to have something similar for developers. Rules are:

1. It should be short 20 - 30 minutes;

2. Code should have large font, so it is easy to read

3. Ideally it should not be a tutorial, just your regular flow, where viewers can pick up your practices and share their own advices in comments.

4. It should be free.

Does something like this exist? I couldn't find, so I made couple episodes of k-means algorithm in JavaScript.

Here is the last one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UEP2Mv8MJ0

Please let me know what you think (regarding idea or the video).

Thank you!
You Could Help Find and Track "Dirty Bombs" by Simply Carrying a Cell Phone With GPS
http://advice.cio.com/al_sacco/gps_and_the_war_on_terror_tracking_and_detecting_dirty_bombs_with_mobile_phones
A group of researchers from Purdue University are working with the state of Indiana to develop a system that would utilize global positioning system (GPS) enabled mobile phones to detect and track nuclear weapons like "dirty bombs."
RAPPOR: privacy-preserving way to learn software statistics
https://plus.google.com/+ResearchatGoogle/posts/HXPDookTvwA
Original blog post: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2014/10/learning-statistics-with-privacy-aided.html
Google Web Toolkit showcase: TeamPostgreSQL
http://www.teampostgresql.com
We have finally released TeamPostgreSQL, web-based administration and team platform for PostgreSQL. I ran a small beta here on HN a few weeks ago.

The application uses a sophisticated AJAX web client and as such is a good showcase for what can be done with GWT in that arena. The interface is complex yet dynamic and customizable and service invocations are fast and immediately reflected on the client.

The server is realized by a slightly modified Apache Tomcat, supporting the well-known JEE features with regards to security, deployment, dynamic configuration etc.

If you'd like to check it out, the download is available at: http://www.teampostgresql.com
Medical Equipment Company| EKG Machine
http://www.vmedsupply.com/index.php
V-Med Supply, leading medical equipment company is ready to help you with all your medical equipment supplies, hospital equipment supplies and diabetic medical supplies needs. For affordable EKG machines, burdick EKG machines and refurbished EKG machines call
Entrepreneurs : Do a Quality Check on VCs, before you “hire” them
http://www.pluggd.in/2008/04/entrepreneurs-quality-check-on-vcs
Entrepreneurs : Do a Quality Check on VCs, before you “hire” them
Ask HN: Should you pay to present at an event?
Awhile ago I posted this thread about David Rose and Why NY Angels (his organization) Charges Entrepreneurs http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1155973

Since then I've been approached my many conferences (DEMO, TechCrunch Disrupt, NY Venture Summit, etc) who charge to present and their reasoning behind doing so.

I totally understand that it costs a lot of money to put on a conference (to reserve the space, logistics, food, etc) and the organizer should be compensated for their time. But how do you feel about paying to present at an event? Especially an event like DEMO which charges $18,500 just to present?