jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Old Newspaper - FutureMemories.com
http://www.viddler.com/explore/chloendrsn16/videos/13/
This Day You Were Born Newspaper makes for one of the most sentimental gifts ever! This authentic, well-preserved edition of an original newspaper is not a reproduction (or just the front page) but the actual edition. http://www.futurememories.com/w304.html
ScourEvents.com
http://www.scourevents.com
Social Event recommendations based on your Facebook profile. Search for events, concerts, sports , theaters, and movies. Compare & purchase tickets. Listen to artists, bands and purchase their music or merchandise. Book restaurants, transportation & accommodation next to events.
Reliable Software Systems Design
http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/zurich2005_1.pdf
Reliable Software Systems Design:
Defect Prevention, Detection, and Containment

http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/zurich2005_1.pdf
The 10 biggest tech stories of 2011
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/26/tech/web/tech-news-2011/index.html
Very influential tech pioneers died; cyber-security cost companies billions of dollars; and trends in electronics and on the Web provided new tools and created new challenges.
Help us help you to keep learning, work smarter. 
http://cospread.com
Beta testers needed, private launch soon, will be free for testers only.
Federal mandatory isolation is needed now
The number of daily new cases in the US shows that we still in exponential growth (see https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/). I fear that this administration is resisting the drastic measures needed to prevent an Italy-like catastrophe. Any thoughts?
Poll: Who's using Swift in production projects?
Swift's popularity has risen steadily since its introduction at WWDC, 2014. Books have been written, apps submitted. What has your production experience been?
Why I Won't 'Buy it Now'
http://citizentekk.com/2014/02/25/why-i-wont-buy-it-now/
My thoughts on productized service offerings.
Website Design Services | Business Web Design | Professional Web Design 
http://www.redchillimedia.com/services/web-design
Red Chilli Media produces custom-made professional website design services including html5 & business website design, Identity packages and flash website design. We have been serving global customers since 2009, with high client retention ratio and an excellent track record of completing outsourced projects on-time and on-budget.
Stellarbrink Video Game - Minecraft in Space. 
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/stellarbrink-video-game
New Video game combines tile based crafting/exploration with space based combat.
Ask HN: Hour 34 at Startup Weekend Indianapolis, Whatcha think?
Hi All,

We are here at Startup Weekend Indy finishing hour 34. As a fellow HN'r (Coxymoney), I'd love to get some feedback. We got it in our heads to build a startup in the homemade brew space. We left 10 hours into the weekend, went home crashed, and came back into the room stoked. Only to find out the original "pitch man" had fallen not only out of love, but into hate with the idea. We all immediately did the same, feeling funny that we hadn’t known how we all truly felt about the company.

Fast forward to day 2 – we broke out the whiteboard and started making magic happen. Within an hour, Ninja Button was born. NinjaButton is a button creation and comparison tool designed to optimize conversion rates. We provide an easy solution to track the effectiveness of your buttons. Better buttons mean bigger profits.
As a community that gives kick ass advice, we thought that you all could certainly provide some good insight into what is missing/needs fixing in the conversion optimization and website button space. Any thoughts you care to share, we'd love to hear. In any case, the highlights for our product are as follows:

1) Split Testing
2) Geared toward users with little knowledge of web management
3) Tiered pricing model with a monthly subscription
4) Suggestive and measured advice on a button’s placement, style and text
5) Saving time and cost (sorry IT invoice guy)

Well that's it. We are now rounding out our 34th hour and, with only 20 hours till launch; any input would be pure awesomeness!

Please feel free to fire away!
Building a Brain-Machine Interface
http://cacm.acm.org/news/73070
Researchers are exploring ways to use brain signals to control computers.
How do FOSS UIs get designed?
I have a friend with significant graphic design skill, but little CS knowledge. She'd like to get into UI design as a career, and figures that contributing to FOSS projects could be a good way to gain experience and build a portfolio.

Does anyone have any insights into how this process works?
Roll out the ELF to your City
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/842248593/roll-out-the-elf-to-your-city
Organic Transit has launched an $100K Kickstarter campaign to fund their development of their eco-friendly and solar powered bike. Please Support!!
Microsoft Mango: Windows Phone 7 look for Nokia mobiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9495570.stm
Microsoft Mango: Windows Phone 7 mobiles with 500 new features and supports future nokia mobile....seriously!!! lets see what iphone got next..
High Performance Python
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Iw9-GckD-gQ#!
great video about how to improve your python code.
Leave a better footprint for your iOS App
http://app2card.com
App2Card helps you build great business cards for your App.
Most Disqussed 2011
http://blog.disqus.com/post/15031236432/most-disqussed-2011
Most commented topics across the Disqus network in 2011
Ask HN: What Would Be Android's Answer to Apple Touch ID?
What would be Android's answer to Apple Touch ID, since Google does not control the OEMs?

I had Atrix 4G Phone before and the sensor sucked.

But to those who say fingerprint scanners/sensors suck, on the iPhone it just works!
I mean, It's really that good (sapphire scratch proof button cover probably contribute to that).

Even with a standard API in L, I still don't see it taking off sooner due to fragmentation in OEM ability to execute. Also from the UX perspective, let's face it, Apple Pay with Touch ID is lot better than Google Wallet has to offer today.

Looking for a constructive discussion on this topic.
Foundation 32 // Phil Libin (Evernote CEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzhIGMkyXYc
Kevin Rose sits down with Evernote CEO Phil Libin. He's an amazing example of a CEO with a long-term vision of building a company, and what that takes.
Do drugs really have to be so expensive?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21834442
"We need to move to a system where new drugs are priced as close to the cost of production as possible - and where innovation is paid for and rewarded separately. We need innovation and affordable access." - Tough pricing problem to be solved.
Riverthe.net
http://www.riverofthe.net/
Conceived by artist Ryan Trecartin and tumblr Founder David Karp, with creative programming by Nick Hasty and Sergio Pastor. Dubbed riverthe.net (currently at the temporary url http://www.riverofthe.net/), the online tool strings together 10 second videos uploaded by users through tag alone. Only three tags can be given to any video. And anyone can upload a video. Interesting, new way to watch online video.
Show HN: Svelte local first Journaling App
https://aicacia.github.io/journal/
Svelte Journaling App using Remote Storage (https://remotestorage.io/) for daily journaling stores your entries in Dropbox, Google drive, or a RemoteStorage host.
Ask HN: How to pursue a specific career path using MOOCs / online resources
Hi HN! I am a self-taught developer who is feeling pretty lost. I am asking for guidance on finding a focus point in my studies/aims.

I have two goals:

-to be able to set up and run my own website which requires use of databases (not just static web pages)

-to learn any specific marketable skill well enough to get an entry-level job

I have taken CS50, MIT's Python courses, and courses on web development by HKUST and Uni of London. I've set up basic sites by following these courses and tutorials, using frameworks meteor, React, Ruby on Rails...

The result has been a bunch of disconnected knowledge that hasn't helped me achieve my two goals. None of the courses have been comprehensive enough to get a site up and running. I haven't gained enough experience in any specific area (frontend/UI, backend, testing, coding for mobile, etc) to get a job.

If anyone has advice, or can point me towards resources that I've overlooked, you will be a lifesaver. Thank you.
Hackers pierce network with jerry-rigged computer mouse
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/27/mission_impossible_mouse_attack/
The Teensy microcontroller programmed by the Netragard hackers was programmed to wait 60 seconds after being plugged in to a computer and then enter commands into its keyboard that executed malware stored on the custom-built flash drive snuck into the guts of the Logitech mouse. To squelch warnings from McAfee antivirus, which was protecting the customer's PCs, the microcontroller contained undocumented exploit code that subverted the program's dialogue boxes to evade detection.
Animation by single moving Pane
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/unplugged/awesome-scanimation-illusions-mind-moving-192652389.html
This animation consists of a solid pane and a moving pane creating 6 animated positions based on location of striped pane. Cool stuff.
Hacking Papers, Slides and Videos, a lot of knowledge
http://secdocs.lonerunners.net
A great hacking knowledge archive! A must have in your bookmarks!
From Being Boo'ed at The Apollo to Triple Platinum
http://www.chrisbrisson.com/positivity/from-booed-on-stage-to-triple-platinum-artist
They All Boo’ed When She Sang on Stage, But When She Went Triple Platinum… that amazing story of Lauryn Hill.
Install Android 4.4 Kitkat on PC or Virtualbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3YcSJJlxio
In This Tutorial I'will Show you How to Install Android 4.4 Kitkat on PC Using Virtualbox. Android Kitkat Is a Most Innovative, Because It Has Endless Features Support Almost All Application. An you can run android 4.4 kitkat PC with the help of Android 4.4 iso Image or VirtualBox
BRAUN VS. APPLE: IS COPYING DESIGNS THEFT OR INNOVATION?
https://medium.com/@juergenhoebarth/2ffff1595fc0
Braun’s biggest victory over Apple underscores a central economic issue: What is the right balance between competition and opting?

Does anyone own a shape? Should anyone own a shape?

These questions may should absurd, but they are at the heart of U.S. patent laws Battle of the Titans: Braun vs. Apple.
The Only Real Risk.
http://shaanpuri.com/the-only-risk-is-mediocrity
mediocrity
AWS for Startups, or what's up there in the Cloud
http://aurametrix.blogspot.com/2010/04/aws-for-startups-or-whats-up-there-in.html
Notes from Amazon Web Services Start-Up Project Event - on costs, experiences, challenges, concerns
Show HN: Image Color Picker, a tool to get the color of a pixel in an image
http://imagecolorpicker.net/
I created this tool because sometimes I am lazy to open Photoshop and some friends don't have an easy way to do this.
Key to a Successful Economic Recovery: A Return to Free Market Principles
http://chaselanc.com/post/7870504198
The economic recovery from the ‘07-‘09 recession has been timid at best. Unemployment sits above 9%, the U.S. is on the verge of default and real GDP growth per year is shockingly low (2.8% - compare that to 7.1% post the ‘81-‘82 recession). The cause of such a slow recovery (if we can call it that) is subject to much debate. Are people saving too much? Maybe, but the fact remains that consumers are spending a larger fraction of their income than the ‘83’-84 recovery and the personal savings rate of 5.6% is much lower than the 9.4% of that prior recovery period. Is the weak housing sector holding the economy down? Again, this could be a contributing factor, but lower housing prices should be preferred to artificially inflated prices. And the weak housing sector seems to be more of an effect of the dismal employment environment. To be sure, jobs and housing exhibit a symbiotic relationship, so if unemployment improves it’s likely to promote a healthy housing recovery.

So what’s really holding the U.S. down these days? John Taylor, a Stanford economics professor and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, blames the current interventionist economic policy of our country today as the root of our dismal recovery. Back in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s (where more than 44 million jobs were created and sustained/stable growth prevailed), economic policy was decidedly non-interventionist. Monetary policy simply focused on price stability and regulatory reform encouraged competition and innovation. Throughout the last decade, the government has become much more hands on. Active monetary policy has kept interest rates at extremely low levels, interventionist measures have resulted in the unprecedented bailouts of Wall Street and regulatory reform is well, doing more than its fair share of regulating (see Dodd-Frank and Consumer Protection Act). Perhaps, as Mr. Taylor suggests, the solution to our weak growth and high unemployment is to loosen the reigns. Perhaps the way forward, as he says, is not with more spending, greater debt and low interest rates, but with spending control and a return to free market principles.
Nokia to take full control of network venture for $2.2 billion
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nokia-buy-siemens-stake-nsn-041620482.html
Nokia Controls Venture
Entrperneurs Lesson Learned - Accounting Matters For Cloud (as a service)
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2012/11/20/exclusive-autonomy-missed-revenue-by-90-the-big-bad-data-crime-of-the-century/
HP's buys company for $11b & 90% of it was fraud because of accounting mistake. Tech entrepreneurs need to know the difference between product revenue and Service Revenue
Lessons Learned From A Failed Kickstarter Campaign
http://charliecurran.com/word/?p=35
We tried, failed, and got some tips from Kickstarter Co-Founder Charles Adler. Here's what we learned in the process. Learn from us.
Ask HN: How do I get an alert when any stock goes up way more than normal?
Basically, I would like to get an alert when ANY stock that's listed is going up a lot more than it did the last week. Like GME just went up, and I would have liked to buy call options, or put options a month out, before the market closed. But I can't sit there and watch every stock.

I could write this service myself based on feeds, but doesn't something like this exist out there already? Maybe a programmable API where I can execute stored programs?
Show HN: Tweetmix me generates random and funny tweets based on any user TL
http://Tweetmix.me
It's simple. You give us a twitter username and we will mix the updates in that timeline to make it look funny, ridiculous or even smart.
Emacs as an Intellij editor
https://github.com/JetBrains/emacs4ij
A plugin to use Emacs itself as Intellij's editor.
Easily Embed List of Videos with Single Embed Code [Looking for Your Feedback]
We created a website, Vidinterest.tv where you can add videos from Youtube, Vimeo and Dailymotion in single playlist and get a embed code to display list of videos in your blog or website.

we are looking for a genuine feedback :)

Thanks.
New app gives early warning of mean messages
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/12/new-app-gives-early-warning-of-mean-messages/
Computer scientists have developed a mobile phone app that can predict the tone of incoming messages before a user reads them so that they are not caught off guard by angry or hostile words.
Ask HN: Who has real-world experience with Cassandra DB?
For awhile, all the buzz about the future of databases was NoSQL systems. I recall hearing for awhile about how great Cassandra was and that Cassandra was basically an open-source equivalent to Google's BigTable. Everything I've read seems to indicate that Cassandra may be more trouble than its worth ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Cassandra#Prominent_users ).

Who here has actually used Cassandra DB? Are you happy with it? Is there a better alternative if I'm concerning moving away from MySQL?
Oracle NoSQL First Impression
http://maxpert.tumblr.com/post/12289939108/oracle-nosql-first-impression
My first impression on how Oracle has entered NoSQL market.
Facebook has a new way to spy on people
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/01/tech/social-media/facebook-graph-search/index.html
Great! I already know everyone loves Breaking Bad.
Show HN: Post/Medium affordable websites for artists.
http://www.postmedium.com
Hi HN! I made this as a way to give artists friends easy and cheap websites here in New Orleans. Just launched as a paid service. Let me know what you think. Thanks!
Getting Started with RequireJS and AMD
http://blog.safaribooksonline.com/2013/09/26/getting-started-with-requirejs-and-amd/
There are a number of loaders that implement AMD but James Burke’s RequireJS is the original and many people are now so familiar with RequireJS that they are unaware of the distinction between the AMD format and the RequireJS loader.
Skype Fail
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/macosx/
try to download the mac version of Skype
Easy to Make Draggable Div Tutorial
http://www.tutsdeck.com/tutorial/1/draggable-div-tutorial/
Learn how to easily make a draggable div with Javascript. The code is easy to understand so you can apply the code on your own projects, and also cross browser compatible.
Show HN: Affiliate programs to monetize your content or next project
https://www.useaffiliates.com/
Hi, everyone!

I am delighted to launch useaffiliates.com into the wild!

I always wanted to build something in public and chose a project idea that I believe fits with my mantra of "provide value."

If you are a creator, hopefully, you'll find exciting monetization opportunities via one of the affiliate programs in my database. It doesn't matter if you are a big or small content creator. Many affiliate programs listed in the database are already happy if you can provide them with one new customer.

And if you have an affiliate program, consider posting your program to useaffiliates.com to get your product featured in more blogs, videos, or podcasts. Don't underestimate how many new customers you can gain who are currently reading a blog by an author with only 100 subscribers.

Especially if you have a niche product or service, getting your affiliate marketing in front of creators willing to share your product is invaluable!

If you want to read the entire journey of building this project, please check out the whole series here;

https://dev.to/twankrui/building-a-business-from-scratch-in-...

Hopefully, I can inspire one of you also to start building in building and provide value to new and seasoned creators!
Our TC50 rejection story
http://www.majorgrooves.co.uk/2009/08/techcrunch50-rejection.html
I thought this made vaguely interesting reading. Also mentions our YC rejection experience.
NSA: Note to self
http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/redhat/NSA_RHEL_5_GUIDE_v4.2.pdf
I know it's probabbly old news by now, but I was just going over the NSA redhat guide, when this line made me laugh:

Data transmitted over a network, whether wired or wireless, is susceptible to passive monitoring

Hey, if they have to even tell themselves this, then maybe there is hope for us yet LOL!
Ask YC: Review my app (trackprofiler)
http://www.trackprofiler.com/
This is my hobby project (not a weekend one). I know it sounds similar to other sites for GPS tracks sharing; I tried them many but didn't found options I needed for my mountaineering tracks (with lots of GPS errors because of bad satellite visibility). So I tried... :)

The result is this app: an online GPS track and route editor. It can join/split tracks/segments, waypoints, images, remove points, detect latitude/longitude/elevation errors (and automatically remove those errors), move tracks, ... And I hope all that is easy enough to use.

Do you think this would be useful to anybody?
Are You Best in the World at Something?
http://starkravingvc.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/
Simple points for an honest gut-check with any entrepreneur.
Cloud Cost Calculator
http://blog.scalyr.com/2013/11/11/cloud-cost-calculator/
Direct link to the calculator -- https://www.scalyr.com/cloud/
Ask HN: What does it mean to iterate when building a startup?
YC and other accelerators often talk about "iterating" when it comes to the early stages of a startup, but to paraphrase Inigo Montoya, people keep using this word but I do not think it means what they think it means.

Sometimes this seems to refer to pivoting to a totally new business idea, sometimes it seems to just mean talking to a different set of customers, other times it seems to be a way of saying that a new feature was shipped.

Is there a generally accepted definition of what it means to iterate, and when you should do it?
Slime Mold Inspires Autonomous Brainless Undulating Robot 
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-03/video-slime-mold-inspires-new-autonomous-undulating-soft-robot
"A creepy new pulsating robot can ooze across a surface and pick its own path autonomously, using feedback from its ooze controls without requiring a smart command center. It’s modeled after slime mold, which can also make decisions without any sort of neural network."
Is your site provocative enough? (i.e. competing for attention)
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/09/be_provocative.html
Summary:

Be Visual
Be Different--Break Patterns and Expectations
Be Daring
Change Things Regularly
Inspire Curiosity
Pose a Challenge
Be Controversial and Committed
Be Fun
Be Stimulating. Be Exciting. Be Seductive
Help them have Hi-Res Experiences

All good things to remind oneself when developing a product (or at least the homepage/brand).
Open Angel Forum coming to Seattle in November
http://asack.typepad.com/a_sack_of_seattle/2010/10/open-angel-forum-and-techstars-demoday-in-seattle-be-sure-to-register-now.html
We're hosting our 8th city, Seattle, on November 10th.

15-25 angels come to each event... real ones. Ones that are investing actively.

six companies present. real kick-ass, early stage ones that are raising money right now.

about 1/3rd of presenting companies go on to raise fundings.... folks like Rapportive, MightyMeeting and Backupify (and many more).

oh yeah.... it's free.
Thinking to create your own social network, website or online classroom?
http://www.pesome.com
PeSoMe lets users create their own platform and that could be either a Social Network, a Website or an online classroom in 30 seconds and it's free. Have you create your own platform yet?
Shellsort is not O(n log n) but not O(n^2) either
http://www.softpanorama.org/Algorithms/Sorting/shellsort.shtml
I thought I recalled Knuth showing shellsort was better than O(n^2), but worse than O(n log n). According to this page, shellsort is somewhere around N(log N)^2 and N^(1.25). The proof is in Knuth, TAOCP.
Show HN: patch that lets w3m users login and post to HN
https://github.com/acg/w3m/commit/5946c2784d4eae46ec06e52390e43a874b3395fc
I've noticed a few requests to fix HN's http request parsing to allow the "Content-length" (lowercase l) header. This problem prevents users of the w3m web browser and emacs/w3m from logging in and posting. Although "Content-length" is actually legal according to the rfc, it was just easier to patch w3m to send "Content-Length."

http://www.arclanguage.org/item?id=4419

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1526429

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2132674

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=134149
Can you help my startup team validate our product? (Eco-friendly water bottling)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EXm9PXwnAQTjphio0G-5S1G3HkXtoRUVirQyOENdWSY/viewform
Hi guys, I was wondering if you could help my startup team validate our idea. Our plan was to package water in a truly eco-friendly way, that is also fun and expressive. The water would be packaged in a bio-degradable carton and include 3 plant-able seeds. When consumed, the bottom half of the carton could be used as a decorative flower pot for your seeds. We plan to donate a portion of our profits to sustainable charities.

Thanks for the help guys! You're feedback will help us know what steps to take next.