jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Startup Infrastructure and Speed
http://blog.lookery.com/2007/08/03/startup-infrastructure-and-speed/
Every time I get a new company going, it gets easier and easier to focus on the new mission and lay the infrastructure off on someone else. It's always nerve-wracking to rely on others for mission-critical functionality, but fixing other people's problems is a lot quicker than doing everything yourself.
More than Everything You Wanted to Know About Data Mining
http://zyxo.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/more-than-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-data-mining/
a lot of comments and interesting personal annotations on data mining.
"That is the core task of data mining : detecting patterns. And this can be any kind of pattern as will become clear in the following paragraphs. But in fact it is relatively simple. "
...
"This is one of the most difficult topics in data mining, not because the algorithms are difficult, but because in most cases the results have no actual business meaning, " ...
I Don’t Know about You, But I Have A Facebook App on My iPad
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/08/i-dont-know-about-you-but-i-have-a-facebook-app-on-my-ipad/
I have speculated with friends and colleagues as to why Facebook has not yet released an iPad app, but no one really knows.
Ask HN: Compelling reasons for having a website
What are the most compelling reasons for having a website?
Online link storage
http://links.4ydx.com
Using some html5 client side storage, I put together a simple page for storing links. It is pretty featureless, but does have some drag and drop capability as well as nested folders. Let me know what you think :)
Genius Minds : But little cranky
http://akshar.co.in/blog/archives/44
Brief biographies of come genius but cranky minds. John Nash, Alan Turing. A must read.
Measuring the quality of web framework: how does it do a date picker widget?
http://opensourcehacker.com/2011/10/30/how-does-it-do-a-date-picker-widget/
A thoughtful blog post exploring ideas about what's good software framework and what's not
Where The Fault Lies | Short Horror Story
http://www.burialday.com/2011/08/10/fault-lies-horror-story/
We all have our obligations in life. Sometimes our obligations can lead to distractions and sometimes these distractions can be tragic. In Greg Mollin’s haunting short story "Where the fault lies," he takes us through the mind and panicked state of a moment gone terribly wrong.
100 Ways to Develop Your Mind
http://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/blog/2009/09/27/100-ways-to-develop-your-mind/
Thought the hacker world might be interested in this article
Rails on intelliJ, OS X (review)
http://wrongnotes.blogspot.com/2008/08/rails-on-intellij.html
intelliJ vs. aptana: he likes intellij
Data Mining + Malware = Improved Analysis
http://blog.9bplus.com/data-mining-malware-improved-analysis
Using thousands of malicious, known good, and targeted documents, a classifier was trained and tested using multiple algorithms with a high success rate. Each PDF from the dataset would be transformed from its native format to a flat vector of unweighted features that would then be fed to a learner. After training the learner, several tests were ran using known techniques to evaluate classifier success in order to identify how successful the project was.
ClearView Accelerates the Meeting of your Business Objectives
http://marketing.clearviewlive.com/acton/attachment/5634/f-0060/1/-/-/-/-/New%20Release%20Vivint.pdf
One of the largest home automation corporations in North America will implement the use of ClearView Dashboard to accelerate the meeting of business objectives.
Google Glass Explorer Edition Review
http://thegadgetflow.com/blog/google-glass-explorer-edition-review/
Its been more than 8 months since I’ve signed up for the Google Glass waiting list on their website. Finally after a long wait I got lucky while I was in New York a month ago and got my invite. I was really excited when I got their email saying that I can now purchase Google Glass. As you may understand I’ve instantly proceeded with the purchase, choose the colour and date to pick them up from Google Studio in Chelsea Market.
Mars One
http://youtu.be/6QoEEGySGm4
Human settlement of Mars in 2023.

"The astronauts leave Earth for an indefinite time to settle on Mars for good"
[ ... ]
"Every two years after 2023 an additional crew will arrive, such that there is a real living, growing community on Mars."
Show HN: CheerMeUp - Schedule a cheerful email and brighten someone's day
http://cheer-me-up.org
Built at DowncityJS Hackathon http://downcityjs.com
"1935 Error" Makes You Reinstall Windows 7
http://www.dailytech.com/NET+Framework+1935+Error+Cripples+Some+Users+Office+IE9+Installs/article22503.htm
Some of the folks are unable to install Microsoft Office due to a persistent .NET Framework 4 corruption issue in Windows 7. The only solution for now is to reinstall Windows.
Swift Programming: Free eBooks and Learning Resources
http://www.iphonetransferrecovery.com/Swift/free-ebooks.html
Free Swift programming ebooks available in ePub, PDF, MOBI and HTML format.
The Outer Limits
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_outer_limits/
FOR HALF A CENTURY COMPUTER PERFORMANCE HAS ROUGHLY DOUBLED EVERY TWO YEARS, BUT THE LAWS OF PHYSICS PLACE INSURMOUNTABLE BARRIERS ON HOW LONG THIS GROWTH CAN OCCUR
Mb.ideas.repository mb.gallery 1.5.1 (new release)
http://pupunzi.open-lab.com/
A new release of jQuery mb.gallery component
Best Restaurant Discovery App?
http://lifehacker.com/5851555/best-restaurant-discovery-app
I think Ness is the best restaurant app because it predicts what you'll love, and helps you discover restaurants you didn't know existed. Plus, it helps you avoid sifting through thousands of reviews from faceless strangers like on other review sites...

Of course, I may be biased because I work for Ness. What do you think? Would you vote for Ness?
Magento Web Developer, Magento Designer, Magento Web Development
http://magento-web-services.com/magento-web-developer.html 
A US based company providing skilled Magento Web Developer and Magento Designers on hire. They are expert suffice to handle and manage all your Magento Web Development requirements. They also offer total Magento Integration including theme and Design, programming, payment gateway, development, features as well as customization of Magento Ecommerce Platform.
Crowdfunding + machine learning = HIV Vaccine?
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2013/12/hiv-aids-vaccine-immunity-project.html?page=all
Really interesting stuff... Long time lurker, first time poster.. saw this and thought it was too cool not to post. Would love to hear thoughts from people on here who are smarter than me on this stuff...
How much does it cost to get a website? Prices explained
http://www.artdriver.com/website-cost/
Estimated website costs based on the amount of time (hours) needed to complete a specific project.
Show HN: Calm, non-competitive, multiplayer word game
https://whatword.wtf
Hi, this is a simple word game I made based on Wordle as a small side project. New games start every 2 minutes. All players are in the same "game room".

I find value in using basic tech (e.g. there's no React etc). I used HTML, CSS3, "Vanilla" Javascript, Node.js, Express, Dokku, Digital Ocean droplet. The "real-time" multiplayer bits are Server Sent Events (SSE).
https://github.com/fictorial/whatword

Have a nice day.
Snowden's original CryptoParty Hawaii page
http://besva.de/mirror-cryptoparty.org/wiki/Oahu.html
See the December 11 2012 info.

Wired magazine story about the party here: https://web.archive.org/web/20150410153501/http://www.wired.com/2014/05/snowden-cryptoparty
Ask HN: How do we start to treat online platforms as public health problems?
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/mims/status/1347575614795108359
New Promissing ecard website
http://greetmore.com
Hi, I have started this flash animated ecard website and have bigger plans to integrated it Social Networks. I am looking out for a VC to take my plans up. Please comment.
Show HN: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock + SignalR
http://rpsls.apphb.com/
https://github.com/jjchiw/rpsls
Please try my new running app that will help you keep your pace: Fyrefit
A few months ago, I launched a running app called Fyrefit. The goal of Fyrefit is to help you keep your pace by providing a coach voiceover that tells you to speed up when you start to slow down. As long as you keep up your pace whenever the coach tells you to speed up, you are guaranteed to reach your goal. This is perfect for training for a race or just making sure you are progressing.
Try it out:
Download from the apple app store (please leave a review): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fyrefit/id927946528?ls=1&mt=8
Website: http://fyrefit.com/
Please let me know what you think.
UK-based vTimes raises $7.6M to get people to create memories inside VR
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Unofficial Spotify iPad App Seeks Kickstarter Funding
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/07/10/this-dedicated-developer-has-taken-to-kickstarter-to-fund-his-unofficial-spotify-ipad-app/
What do you do when a major music technology company releases an official version of its tablet app, when you’ve already been working hard to produce your very own unofficial version?
Pocket bike clutch
http://www.cvtclutch.com
Searching for a CVT Clutch for your go kart, mini bike or wakeboard winch?
Well … you want ‘em and we’ve got ‘em!
Who was at my meetup event ?
http://whowasatmymeetup.us/
I created this to solve my problem of remember who was at my meetup
How to fix knockout/playoff tournament format
http://letuscode.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-every-other-playoff-system-sucks.html
A nice hack for fixing the knockout tournament format.
The discussion on soccer (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=850202) reminded me of this piece I wanted to write about for a long time.
Back porting native JSON support from SpiderMonkey 1.85 to SpiderMonkey 1.70
https://github.com/artyyouth/SpiderMonkey_JSON
* What is "native JSON support"?
- The "JSON" object.
- "JSON.parse()" function which parse a JS object into JSON string.
- "JSON.stringify()" function which generate a JS object from a JSON string.

* Why?
- SpiderMonkey a widely used opensource JS engine.
- But the later version since v1.70 requires MinGW to build on Windows platform.
- v1.70 is the last version which is able to be compiled into a native Windows lib/dll, but it doesn't have native JSON support.

This project is to provide a native SpiderMonkey lib/dll on Windows with native JSON support.

* How to build?
- Open Visual Studio Command Prompt
- Debug build: nmake -f "js.mak" CFG="jsshell - Win32 Debug"
- Release build: nmake -f "js.mak" CFG="jsshell - Win32 Release"
10 Green Building Predictions for 2012
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/01/10-green-building-predictions-2012/
These trends, which range from a boom in certified multi-family construction to the advent of consumer friendly home energy technology, were identified by us based on discussions with a broad range of audiences over the latter part of 2011.
Top Social Networks: The Summer of Social?
http://blog.compete.com/2007/07/24/top-social-networks-june-myspace-facebook/
Facebook may be the darling of the web 2.0 press, but it was MySpace that grabbed the most attention from consumers in June.
The beginning and the end are up to you
http://coudal.com/ftb/spikevideo.php
"I can always tell if I'm on the right track if I'm having fun doing it."
Meet lowendbox.com - save money on your hosting bills
http://www.lowendbox.com
For several years I've been paying my 20 buck to Linode each month for the 512MB vps I use to have with them. I was actually looking for a server in my own country when I stumbled across LowEndBox.
Look through the eyes of Google
http://www.kneoteric.com/blog/google-webmaster-tools/look-through-the-eyes-of-google
Google Webmaster Tools has announced the addition of “Labs” section which includes two new features for webmasters.
Possible Horror of crowdfunding
https://www.zidisha.org/index.php?p=1&sel=1
I come from Kenya, and apparently this is the easiest way to get financial assistance to start your business. Check the probable consequences, and whether that may work in the US.
Show HN: SenchaFiddle.com updated with ExtJS [BETA]
http://new.senchafiddle.com/
Feedback is appreciated.
Ask HN: Is this where I use a CMS?
I am building a website that contains simple content (but not a blog). The only non-text/non-image content is a few ajax calls to run some calculations on the server and outputs the result for the user to see (I am using clojure and compojure for this).

However, some of the pages in the site are considered "premium" content and require paying via paypal/google checkout/etc before having access.

I have always been a "roll my own" kind and never paid much attention to the CMS's out there to know what their limitations are. But since the only functionality I have is user restrictions on pages (which may require some API calls for payment processing) and the occasional ajax call to compojure, is this a case when using a CMS like wordpress makes sense?

Note that the content is relatively static, but shares a lot of styling across a decent number of pages. I care more about customizing the look/feel of all the pages easily more so than the ability to create new content pages easily.
Guidely relocates to Boston to take on Google
http://guidely.com/
Let the startup fun begin!
My first webpage Please critique
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17301683/webpage/index.html
I've learned so much from this but any critiques would be appreciated. I made the code entirely myself
Show HN: Oh My Blog”, yet another simple blog template
https://github.com/Curovearth/Oh-my-BLOG
Inspired from "Vitalik Buterin's blog site" and gave it a twist of my own. Feel free to play around and put up your own beautiful and interesting blogs.

Share it with the world.
Obama and I - Do we Run in the Same Circles?
http://en.origoterra.com/vF
I was very surprised to find that my Linkedin profile featured President Obama as a person which users also looked up on Linkedin while checking me out! Of course I immediately thought of complaining to Linkedin customer service since they omitted to feature me on Obama's page along with Hillary Clinton, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Gates. What is wrong with these people?! ;-)

Then I sat back closed the draft email to Linkedin customer service team and realized this might be a bug ; or maybe everyone had Obama in their list. Do you? I feel flattered but I have a hard time understanding how such a great feature (obviously made to foster new relevant links between members) can work if it features popular profiles at the top of the list. Everyone is going have the same people on their list. Anyone knows what algorithms Linkedin uses?

Maybe Steven Stegman, Research Scientist and Senior Product Manager at LinkedIn can tell us.
Will Rackspace Partnership Save FathomDB? 
http://gigaom.com/2009/12/17/will-rackspace-partnership-save-fathomdb/
Disclaimer: I work for Rackspace and know the FathomDB team well.

This topic is interesting to me in general though and this is a good example to use for a talking point.

First, my opinion on this specific case -- I don't think partnering with us "saved" the company. I do think it certainly helps them to reach an additional audience.

So now to use this as a more broad example case of the real question here, "As a startup how do you pick the proper defensible niche so you can grow enough to compete in broader open markets?"

I believe Fathom has done this by slicing up AWS instances going down to a smaller starting point. Amazon isn't likely to enhance RDS to target the tiny customers but the "tiny DB" market can be enough for a startup to reach the elusive "ramen profitable".
3 Tips For Writing Better Backbone Views
http://kilon.org/blog/2012/11/3-tips-for-writing-better-backbone-views/
1. Don’t Access Variables Out Of The View Scope
2. Write The Template Inline
3. Render UI Upon Data Change, Not User Interaction
Klout: A New Service That Tells You Just How Powerful You Are On Twitter
http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/11/24/klout-tells-powerful-twitter/
Post Your Score!

I got 18 (@iHany)
Companies Typically Raise More Money In Subsequent Rounds
http://www.markpeterdavis.com/getventure/2008/02/companies-typic.html
In my posts about how much capital should be raised from an entrepreneur’s and VC’s perspective, I wrote about the incentives that drive the target size of a given round. However, there is another dynamic to consider: which round of capital is being raised. Later rounds are typically larger than earlier rounds. There are a few reasons for this...

See more @ www.markpeterdavis.com
Sending SMTP E-mails With Ruby on Rails
http://blog.thembid.com/index.php/2007/07/31/sending-smtp-e-mails-with-ruby-on-rails/
Skip the headaches with this easy guide.
A Novel Way to Sell a Technical Book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyx8iP5tfCI
When it's getting harder and harder to sell technical books, you have to resort to novel ideas. How about a fast-paced video summary?
One year anniversary for PHP Weekly
http://phpweekly.com/archive/2014-04-17.html
We're proud to announce that today is our 1 year anniversary since our first issue. I'd like to thank the readers of Hacker News for giving us some direction and from helping us to shape what we ultimately became. We have also never missed getting an issue out.
Show HN: HireYard - a free applicant tracking system
http://www.hireyard.com/
I worked on this in my last weeks - it's a simple applicant tracking system where employers can add jobs, display them on their careers page, receive applications, send challenges, etc....

I would appreciate any feedback - thanks!
Easy GOPATH management for Go(lang) projects
https://github.com/divoxx/goproj
Automatially manage Go(lang) project workspaces by looking for a .goproj file up in the tree and setting GOPATH to it's location.
Show HN: A word guessing tool for Wordle
https://wordlehelper.xyz
Simple tool that filters from a list of all possible 5-letter words, based on the given constraints.

Made this as a fun weekend project for my friends (when you don't know what other words are there anymore) and was implemented on www.natto.dev, but decided to give it a proper UI just to give my front-end skills a nice practice.
Leaving WPF and XAML for JavaScript
http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/why-leave-wpf-and-xaml-for-javascript/
JavaScript cannot be ignored. It is the best investment you can make for your career. In the near future, JavaScript will be an essential tool in virtually every developer’s toolbox.
VYO – anonymous Twitter app
An app that let you post anonymously with hashtag. Feedbacks are welcome.

http://wholuv.me/1JClwPs
Rabobank SMS Payment App / Mobiel Bankieren Toegangscode
http://www.inloggenin.nl/2012/05/mobiel-bankieren-toegangscode-aanmelden.html
The mobile banking service is provide the banking services to the needy customer as speedy as possible. SMS Betalen facility is convenient and the fast and secured way of transacting. The client can see his account details such as the accounts balance.
My App Launched And Nobody Downloaded It
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apprazed/id817741899?ls=1&mt=8
Fux.
Defining the Sales and Marketing Funnel
http://blog.voltagecrm.com/defining-the-sales-and-marketing-funnel-prospects-leads-opportunities-clients/
There always seems to be a good amount of confusion around the terminology used in the Sales and Marketing funnel and CRM systems. We’ve written this article to help clarify the terms used in the Sales and Marketing funnel by looking at the steps in each funnel as well as a potential customers buying process.
Shrink wrapping
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21578050-single-book-has-come-dominate-psychiatry-dangerous-shrink-wrapping
A single book has come to dominate psychiatry. That is dangerous
Domain specific visual programming languages from pipelines
http://blogs.linux.ie/balor/2011/11/01/pipelines-for-visual-programming-languages/
A quickly sketched idea to extend your Unix pipeline elements to report capabilities. Then a pipeline checker can statically check whether your pipeline makes sense. Strong GStreamer influence.
Hypothesis Driven Testing
http://www.testninjas.com/2013/04/hypothesis-driven-testing-testing-in-startups-and-very-small-teams/
Some thoughts on what 'hypothesis driven testing' might be or look like.
Personalized Experiences Make Online Shoppers Loyal 
http://internetrack.blogspot.com/2008/06/personalized-experiences-make-online.html
"Consumers both want and expect online merchants to provide personalized experiences and product recommendations based on shopping behavior."
How to Write High-Converting Sign-Up Form Copy
http://contentverve.com/how-to-write-high-converting-signup-form-copy/
The copy you use in your sign-up form has direct impact on your sign-up rate. If you’re not actively working on getting the most out of your form copy, you’re leaving leads and money on the table.

In this post, I’ll give you practical tips on how to optimize your form copy for maximum conversion. And, as usual, I’m going to give you a bunch of concrete examples from real A/B tests.
A very simple DSL implementation through Macros in C
http://gist.github.com/389930
I tries to write a very simple DSL implementation through Macros in C. This DSL lets children do some mathematical calculations and print them! Very basic, but i serve it as an attempt to teach people about DSLs effectively.
Why I don't believe in scaling Agile to the Enterprise
http://blog.jonasbandi.net/2014/02/why-i-don-believe-in-scaling-agile-to.html
I think the ultimate consequence of embracing Agility is not scaling it to the big corporation, but denying the reason for corporations altogether.
Gentoo Linux on the MacBook Pro 8,2 (late 2011)
http://ck.kennt-wayne.de/2012/jun/gentoo-linux-on-the-macbook-pro-82-late-2011
Tutorial on how to get Gentoo Linux up and running on a MacBook Pro
Tens, hundreds or thousands? - Sagan's message for Mars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi3-0saiQs0
On the 25th of May 2008 the Phoenix safely landed upon Mars. It carried with it a DVD made of silica glass, designed to last the tens, hundreds or thousands of years it may take for humans to visit Mars and to rediscover it. It contained messages and artworks chosen for future visitors to discover when humans eventually travel to the planet. Among them was a message from the late Carl Sagan.
Ask HN:  How do you relent to social pressure?
For example, many mathematically sophisticated people vote due to social pressure.

How do you relent to social pressure?
Announcing h5ai 0.22 · a modern HTTP web server index
http://larsjung.de/h5ai/
h5ai is a modern HTTP web server index for Apache httpd, lighttpd, nginx and Cherokee.

It was originally designed to work with Apache's mod_autoindex. This use case is still supported, although the main focus now is on the PHP version. The PHP version allows features that need server side processing of your files (e.g. thumbnail generation) and is working with other HTTP web servers too. Tested HTTP web servers are: Apache httpd, lighttpd, nginx and Cherokee. The front end supports all modern browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and also IE7+ (with some features disabled in IE7+8).
The attitude towards campus recruitment in India
http://ashwinraghav.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/campus-recruitment/
I had a chance to study in one of India's premier private institutions for Engineering. In my experience, I found campus recruitment to be among the most diluting experiences. I truly believe that there are a bunch of things that can be changed about campus recruitment that will truly help grads enjoy the experience of being educated.