jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Map of Boston's Early-Stage Tech Investor Ecosystem
http://www.davidblerner.com/david_b_lerner/2010/07/map-of-bostons-earlystage-tech-investor-ecosystem.html
After I posted the recent map of Silicon Alley's early-stage venture ecosystem, a healthy number of people found it to be very helpful and several suggested I do the same for Boston.

Well, here's my first stab at capturing what is just a massive early stage venture ecosystem! Until you lay it out on a map, you just have no idea of the sheer sweep scope of the venture/tech community. Amazing stuff really.
Do Corporate Wikis Suck?
http://blogs.dovetailsoftware.com/blogs/main/archive/2007/10/01/Wiki-In-The-Workplace.aspx
How some different companies have used wikis. The big question Dovetail asks is whether these wikis should be completely public and who should be able to edit them. Wikis are probably better for a startup from my experience
The Facebook birthday reciprocity experiment
http://blog.favo.rs/2011/12/the-birthday-reciprocity-experiment/
Here's neat little side project to figure out birthday reciprocity (who has given and received birthday wishes) from Facebook. I found it pretty interesting as it really surfaced those who I was closest with on Facebook. You can see my results here or try it out yourself here http://favo.rs/birthday/o/AsdjkBashcBbf0wj.
How we became a Techstars company
https://medium.com/p/724d701ea032
In a few words, this is what we've learned over the years. Those lessons have lead us now to the Techstars NYC Spring 2014 class.
Show HN: Algotrading in Python Using Genetic Algorithms and LSTM Networks
https://github.com/rsyed0/mquery
-Implementation of several trading indicators

-Implementation of genetic algorithm and LSTM-based recurrent neural network (RNN) to find optimal weighting of these indicators for a single-stock portfolio

-Implementation of multiple-stock genetic algorithm to find optimal weighting of these indicators for a multiple-stock portfolio

-Stock screener based on genetic algorithm implementation

Setup:
python3 -m pip install pyalgotrade, keras, yfinance

Usage:
python3 pat_papertrade.py [stock] [period=1y] [interval=1d] # single-stock genetic algorithm

python3 rnn_algotrade.py [stock] [period=1y] [interval=1d] # single-stock LSTM RNN algorithm

python3 screener.py [period] [interval] # genetic algorithm stock screener

python3 multiple_series.py [stocks...] [period=1y] [interval=1d] # multiple-stock genetic algorithm

python3 yfinance_csv.py (*) [stock(s...)] [period=1y] [interval=1d] # wrapper for yfinance library

-Can also specify custom strategies in strategies.py and add them to single_strat.py to backtest them
That awesome little data collector we all carry around in our pockets…
http://blog.rescuetime.com/2011/12/28/that-awesome-data-collector-we-call-carry-around-in-our-pockets/
YC Alum
DevOps - It's about Critical Thinking and the "Whys" of Silos
http://byronm.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/devops-its-about-critical-thinking-the-evolutionary-why-of-silos/
DeVops, Critical Thinking and why silos may not be what you think they are.
A Kind of Informal Introduction to π-Calculus
http://pmatiello.blogspot.com.br/2013/01/a-kind-of-informal-introduction-to.html
Short blog post with an informal introduction to π-Calculus.
Show HN: I created in depth course regarding iOS app development
https://www.udemy.com/course/ios-16-swift-complete-app-development/
Hi everyone,

I have recently finished making iOS 16 & Swift course on Udemy. I have been doing iOS development since 2009 and I wanted to create a course where I can share my knowledge.

You can sign up for the course for free using the link in the url.

If you have any feedback, please feel free to add a comment. All feedback is welcomed.
Nexus 3 - LG could be to produce
http://www.androidgoo.com/lg-android-phones/nexus-3-lg-could-be-to-produce.html
After Optimus Pad, it seems that LG has is about to announce a new Android device is LG P930 Android phone and suggests a possible prototype of the Nexus 3.
How funding works - Infographic for splitting the equity pie in a startup
http://fundersandfounders.com/how-funding-works-splitting-equity/
Early stage investment explained in plain english and simple graphics. Recommend.
Zappos is holding a $5000 2 day boot camp.
http://www.zapposinsights.com/live/
Look at the price.
Recommended Ruby books
http://batsov.com/Ruby/Books/2011/05/17/recommended-ruby-books.html
A list of good Ruby books.
DUO: The World's First DIY 3D Sensor
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/codelabs/duo-the-worlds-first-diy-3d-sensor?ref=live
The DUO is the world’s first and only DIY 3D sensing solution.

The DUO comes in many forms: with open hardware plans, molded cases, kits and fully assembled devices. All paired with an open source Driver, SDK and examples. Resulting in a professional grade solution for 3D sensing using stereo vision.

The best part is it’s extremely easy to use, just plug it in, download the software and you can start playing within minutes. If you can wave in the air you can use a DUO.
Bon Voyage - jQuery plugin to catch page exit
https://github.com/aCodeSmith/bonVoyage
If a user changes a form field then tries to leave the page without submitting the form a warning message catches the exit and prompts the user to submit the form.
How to Protect your searches from being recorded by Google’s new privacy policy
http://www.techieapps.com/how-to-protect-your-searches-from-being-recorded-by-googles-new-privacy-policy/
Internet users must pay close attention. Starting from the 1st of March
Show HN: SubReply CSS – An exprimental classless CSS style that I am working on
https://git.sr.ht/~tsukii/subreply-css
Hey HN!

Recently I came across SubReply[0], a social media site, and its CSS style is really nice. So nice that I decided to rip it and modified it to become a classless CSS style.

I spend about a few hours modding the CSS, removing/replacing class-based part, fixing bugs, and add additional features, such as custom blockquotes.

The style will needs some more work, but basically it has done what it needs to do.

I would love hearing your feedbacks and comments on the project!

[0]: https://subreply.com
The vision thing
http://blog.zentity.com/2011/08/the-vision-thing/
“We are committed to demonstrating unquestionable dynamic metamorphosis by quality products and improved returns from the top down.”
“Our value proposition is to recontextualize modular capabilities to capture market share while exceeding expectations”
Show HN: Restfox – A web based HTTP client inspired by Insomnia and Postman
https://restfox.dev
Hey HN, I built this because I wanted a portable version of Insomnia I could access anywhere I am, without installing anything. The application is a PWA, so it will not load resources again after the first load, unless there's an update. It uses IndexedDB and loads quite fast even with a lot of nested requests and folders.

Import from Postman and Insomnia is available making it easy to import your pre-existing request collections.

Only limitation is that it only supports CORS enabled endpoints for now. I plan to add cors proxy support later on. There is of course the electron build (https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox/releases/tag/v0.0.1), which can be used to bypass cors but that kinda defeats the portability of the app but it is an option.

GitHub repo: https://github.com/flawiddsouza/Restfox
Blog post: 5 drivers of successful web products.
http://blog.spotster.com
I wrote a blog post, and a friend suggested I share it with HN. I'm sure much of this has already been written, but please leave comments!
Google finally reveals AdSense cut: 68% on content
http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/05/24/googles-adsense-cut-2/
Official post by Google: http://adsense.blogspot.com/2010/05/adsense-revenue-share.html
Interview with Caike Souza from EnvyLabs
http://blog.wyeworks.com/2011/3/25/railsconf-2010-interview-with-caike-souza
José Costa from WyeWorks has interviewed Caike Souza from EnvyLabs, enjoy it.
Show HN: TaglinQ, Free online tool to create interactive image
https://taglinq.com/
[TaglinQ](https://taglinq.com/), a free and easy-to-use tool to create interactive image:

- Can use the image from web or local image(will be converted to base64 DataUri)

- Add circle/polyline/polygon/icons...,

- Get the work done in web browser,

- The output can be HTML Image Map code or interactive svg image.
Jesus was a dirty, dirty God
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/05/my-take-jesus-was-a-dirty-dirty-god/
An interesting article that humanizes Jesus. More I read about religious leaders like Jesus/Buddha, all these guys appear to be like modern day entrepreneurs - they found a community that suffered from problems (potential customers) and then showed them the solution through their teaching (the product). They disrupted the religion space by revolutionary ideas about god, giving the concept the upgrades that were needed adding features with modern UI - and engaged with their customers to to serve them better. Their growth hacks were "miracles" performed in public - that spread through the then social media and their religion got viral!
Ask HN: A late stage VC keeps approaching an early stage startup
We are an early stage startup (ramen profitable) and we keep getting approached by this late stage VC. This is the third time.

In every meeting they are like "Hey, really like what you are doing - what are your plans for next 3 months". Strangely, they never have their video turned on during these meetings. There is some overlap with their portfolio companies but these companies are too large & they should see no threat.

How best to deal with this ?
Brewbot Automated Homebrewing
http://labrewtory.com/2011/04/05/brew-gadget-brewbot/
Brewbot: Handmade, automated brewing robot.
Great collection of practical tmux tips
http://mutelight.org/articles/practical-tmux
A list of some very good tips for tmux, a modern screen replacement.
Show HN: Our company just launched our Website for Grocery Coupons - SavingStar
It's taken a lot of work to get it ready, but we've launched the our new service.

https://SavingStar.com

We're offering grocery coupons to people around the country, via the website, Android, and iPhone.

The site is still rough in some areas, but we want to get it out, start getting feedback on what people actually want changed, and grow it.

We've got over 20K stores around the country, and I'm stoked to be live! ;)

I'd love any thoughts or improvements. It's still pretty basic, but now that we're launched I can start iterating.
The Prevalence Of Threats: How Popular Is The Malware That Infected Your System?
http://blog.immunet.com/blog/2010/10/26/the-prevalence-of-threats-how-popular-is-the-malware-that-in.html
In my last blog post, I talked about the infection rates of Immunet users (namely looking at how many threats we blocked on different machines). In this post, I’d like to dive into how frequently a piece of malware might show up on a given system.
Let's Talk About That 500 Startups Video
http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/14/lets-talk-about-that-500-startups-video/
Ryan Lawler: "By now you’ve probably seen that 500 Startups Accelerator has a new class of startups, its sixth. And it’s got a ton of international folks taking part and that is fucking awesome. You know what’s not so awesome? The video that accompanied its announcement."
Show HN: RealSkillz – PR based homework assignments, for hireing developers
https://realskillz.io/
RealSkillz helps you assess your developer candidates through real-world technical assignments.
From several sources and also our own experience, we think that the process of hiring developers is broken.

Currently most of the available interview platforms only provide arbitrary interview tasks their candidates.
Most of the developer jobs does not require heavy algorithmic skills. Still most of the interviews focus on that.
We think this is painful for the developers and for the companies alike.

As a developer, you need to maintain a very specific set of skill just for your interviews, while you can rarely show how you really shine in a more realistic coding scenario.
As a company, you select your candidate by an irrelevant interview task, having limited knowledge how the candidate works in a daily setting.

RealSkillz aims to fix this broken hireing process by generating pull request based homework assignments for developer candidates.

Pull Request based home work assignments,
On real-world repositories.
Outlaw Biology: Outlaws, Hackers and Victorian Gentlemen
http://outlawbiology.net/about/wtf/
The life sciences are alive with possibility—and not only in the laboratories of universities and boardrooms of pharmaceutical companies. Cheap and easy to use technologies, massive amounts of publicly available data, dynamic collaborative possibilities, changing hopes for old problems and beautiful new things for making—all these are arrayed around the life sciences. But does Big Bio still set the agenda? Just past the frontiers of law and order biology, a handful of outsiders, ranging from gentlemen scientists and visionaries to bio-artists and designers to high school students and hackers are tinkering with life as they find it.
Ask HN: Co-Working spaces. Good? Bad?
I've been kicking around the idea of opening a co-working space in Portland, Or. The tech scene here is pretty unique and I think it lends itself to the type of space I'm hoping to open.

My question is, have you worked at a co-working space in the past?

What did you like best?

What do you wish you could do if you had your own space?

My thought is that I'd like to open up a space that is less than a co-working space and more of a community of collaborative people.

I've always loved Fueled out in NYC and always wanted to figure out how to replicate that model but also make it more of a place where you came to hang with your friends while building really cool stuff.

Thoughts?
Twitter for Entrepreneurs: 20 to Follow
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/08/0821_twitter_for_entrepreneurs/index.htm
@richardbranson
@copyblogger
@comcastcares
@tferriss
@zappos (Heish)
@sivers

Who do you Follow?

Shameless Plug: Follow @docley
Show HN: Copy link to highlight alternative for Chrome with multiple highlights
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-link-to-highlight/pgcijpjikabiiepphbnjefcjjncpiapd
Hi HN! I made a Chrome extension called Save Link to Highlight. It makes it easy to share multiple highlights on a page without any hassles.

It uses the same built-in technology in Chrome as Copy link to highlight. So, the link you share will highlight text on a page in most browsers without 3rd party tools.
Ex. https://tinyurl.com/multiple-highlights

It's free! No account or signup needed.

Some everyday use cases

• Share an article with a friend that also has the parts you found most interesting highlighted.

• A teacher can share key points they highlighted for students on a Wikipedia page.
Ask HN: What would you be doing if you weren't a developer?
I always wonder what other developers would be doing for work if they didn't end up where they are now. I absolutely love being a front end dev, best decision I've ever made. If I couldn't do what I do now, I'd probably be traveling and in sports promotions, mainly because I enjoy being outside and talking with people.
DialMe: Web-based instant SMS receiver with new and used phone numbers
https://www.dialme.shop
Use brand-new or co-use free SIM-based phone numbers to receive texts to your URL without providing your ID. Don't wait for shipping or pay taxes and activation fees for your DialMe phone numbers. Texts are visible on your dashboard within seconds.
Simplifying Google Analytics
Google Analytics has multiple dashboards, is there any plugin/product available to simplify it and get actionable insights faster ?
Welcome to the New Mashable
http://mashable.com/2012/12/04/new-mashable/
"Welcome to the new Mashable. After two weeks of beta testing, we're excited to launch an all-new version of the site that delivers a better experience on every device -- from phones to tablets to desktops and beyond. (...) Stories begin in a column called "The New Stuff". If they are about to break out on the social web, they progress to the middle column, 'The Next Big Thing'. Those stories with the most social engagement move to 'What's Hot'."
PyGTrends: Python API for Google Trends Data
http://www.juiceanalytics.com/openjuice/programmatic-google-trends-api/
Google Trends added functionality this week for CSV output of trends data. The code in the post is a quick hack that handles authentication and data munging, allowing you to query google trends directly from python. Should help people get started building some neat trends mashups.
Reactive-Py: Reactive Programming in Python
https://github.com/deepanshumehndiratta/reactive-py
Reactive-Py
A Python library to overload the basic Data-Model to convert it to reactive data structures making it possible to fuse reactive programming with ordinary imperative programming.
Northern Ireland Coursera Start-up Engineering Meetup
https://class.coursera.org/startup-001/forum/thread?thread_id=827
Anyone from Northern Ireland enrolled in the start-up engineering course want to meetup, Skype, Hangout etc..
Rate my program: ESPN Fantasy Football Analyzer
http://vikinghammer.com/2009/01/16/espn-fantasy-football-analyzer/
Sometimes you want to know whose fantasy team is better, right? Well, now you can calculate your "optimum" points scored and record, which is a more accurate way to measure how good your team is.

This is a pretty diverse crowd, so I figure there are some people who enjoy a little fantasy football and wouldn't mind an extra tool to settle disputes about whose team is better and who's better/worse at playing fantasy football.
Surely you are joking Mr. Feynman
http://akshar.co.in/blog/archives/347
Richard Feynman's autobiography. Feynman is a big name in world of Physics. In his book he tells interesting stories of his life. They are funny and entertaining.
Udacity offering a Masters in Computer Science from Georgia Tech
https://www.udacity.com/georgiatech
Udacity Offering An Online Masters Degree in Computer Science in Collaboration with Georgia Tech and AT&T
Ask HN: mad search bots?
I've got a groupblog-like site (somewhat niche, I must notice) which got articles and tags. Watching the stats I found out that about 80% of time and like 250+ reqs/minute application serves are tag pages for searchbots (from different search engines).

Am I doing something wrong?

I don't mind search bots since they hit the cache, but they seem to crawl the same content over and over again. Isn't that weird?
Companies that offer "free" services in return for your personal info
Proposal for discussion: Companies that offer "free" services in return for your personal info ought to be required to (a) refer to their services as something other than "free", (b) put a dollar value on your information, (c) allow you to pay that amount instead of giving your information, (d) report your information & dollar value as "revenue" when filing their taxes.

Governments are missing out on a huge amount of tax revenue by failing to recognize that the information we provide to these companies has value.

Grocery store loyalty programs, Facebook, Gmail, Google Now, etc etc.

Perhaps this could also have the side effect of educating consumers about the value of their personal information, and just what it is exactly they are giving away in return for these "free" services.

Thoughts?
The cloud has failed.
http://struct3.com/has-the-cloud-failed-before-prime-time/
I was thinking about this, is the premise of ‘the cloud’ as an infrastructure failed even before it got well out of the gate?
The inventor of the DVR doesn't use a DVR anymore
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelwolf/2012/12/06/heres-why-anthony-wood-inventor-of-the-dvr-doesnt-use-a-dvr-anymore/
Anthony Wood's Sonic Blue DVR is gathering dust as the inventor has moved to streaming only.
Show HN: Impulse – Impossible Dev Tools for React and Tailwind
https://impulse.dev/
Writing HTML sucks.

I've been making websites and web apps for almost 10 years. As a developer, I've never liked it.

React and Tailwind made it an infinitely better experience for me, but something was still missing. Switching between the code and the browser all the time felt wrong. At the same time, I felt lost with No-code editors because they are made for designers not developers.

I've written about it extensively here: https://rogovoy.me/blog/writing-html-sucks

Impulse is my experiment to bridge that gap and make a "design" tool that works directly with my code.

With Impulse, I've come to love web design (again?).
Ask HN: What impactful software project would you work on for an year?
If you could dedicate an year to work on a software project which would positively impact the world, what would that be?

Sci-Hub is a great example.
Show HN: TopAgree – Achieve better decisions faster
https://topagree.com/
.... and (almost) never attend an online meeting again!
If your startup is not gettin’ busy growing, you’re gettin’ busy dying.
http://www.whydowork.com/blog/wdw-insider/1224/
Good advice for start-ups on the concept of perpetual growth.
Continental Airlines Turns Mobile Phones Into Boarding Passes for Houston Travelers
http://advice.cio.com/al_sacco/continental_airlines_turns_mobile_phones_into_boarding_passes_for_houston_travelers
Airline travelers leaving from Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport can now use their cell phones as boarding passes.
Extended Syntax for Javascript
I just opensourced Kaffeine, a compiler for Javascript that adds extra features to javascript to make it nicer to use.

source: https://github.com/weepy/kaffeine

docs: http://weepy.github.com/kaffeine

great to hear some feedback !
Virtualization comes to mobiles
http://myelectronicsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/virtualization-come-to-mobiles.html
Most of the mobiles generally used are not compatible for more than one or two multimedia or web applications.
Homespring: A Salmon-oriented Programming Language Spec [pdf]
http://xeny.net/files/Homespring-Proposed-Language-Standard.pdf
"You can see that Homespring programs have a very poetic and expressive
quality. Although it is said that artists must suffer for their work, this does
not apply to HOtMEfSPRIbNG as suffering is not included among its features."
Failures of the “Business Model Canvas”
http://adamtreister.com/post/45291373822/failures-of-alexander-osterwalders-business-model
Failures of Alexander Osterwalder’s “Business Model Canvas”
The little white box that helps cyclists recover
http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/11984/inside-the-giro-ditalia-the-tech-behind-rider-recovery/
Do you know how our little white box helps Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda riders recover http://bit.ly/17WSNUl
Ask HN: Traits and habits of A players
I've recently noticed A players in general don't have Steam accounts.

What are some other variables I could look for to identify A players? What have you noticed?
How Bad is the Reactor Meltdown in Japan?
http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bmonreal11/
Overview given by UCSB physicist Benjamin Monreal, followed by Q&A session and panel.