jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Excel Statistics for SEO and Data Analysis
http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/excel-statistics-for-seo-and-data-analysis
My favorite part of data that almost every tool has one common feature and that is the "Export" button. This is the most powerful feature of all these tools because by exporting the data into Excel and we can sort it, filter it and model it in any way we want. Most of us use Excel on the regular basis, we are familiar with the basic functions but Excel can do way more than that. In the following article I will try to present the most common statistical techniques and the best part it is that we don't have to memorize complicated statistical equations, it's everything built into Excel!
Javascript
http://www.dev-articles.com/article/Javascript-422002
I always write some code in javascript but I relegate it in a corner because I think is not a serious language. I'm wrong, javascript is going to be one of the most important language for years.
ElasticGit - GIT Cloud Hosting now in public beta.
http://www.elasticgit.com/
Git in cloud means that you pay only for resources that you use.
Show HN: Multy – open-source tool to deploy to any cloud and switch at any time
https://multy.dev
We have been working on Multy, an open-source[1] tool that enables developers to deploy and switch to any cloud - AWS, Azure and GCP for now.

We realized that, even when using Terraform, writing infrastructure code is very different for each cloud provider. This means changing clouds or deploying the same infrastructure in multiple clouds requires rewriting the same thing multiple times. And even though most core resources have the same functionality, developers need to learn a new provider and all its nuances when choosing a new cloud. This is why we built Multy.

Multy is currently available as a Terraform provider. You can write cloud-agnostic code and then just choose which cloud you want to deploy to. Multy will then call the cloud provider APIs on your behalf. For example, the following Terraform code deploys a virtual network in AWS and can be easily changed to deploy to Azure or GCP:

resource "multy_virtual_network" "vn" {

cloud = "aws" // or azure, or gcp

name = "multy_vn"
cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
location = "eu_west_1"

}

Our goal is to expose any configuration that is common across all clouds, but there’s always specific features that are not available in all of them. For example, if you want a very specific AWS CPU for your Virtual Machine or use a region that is only available in GCP. To enable this, we implemented overrides [2] - a way to configure the underlying infrastructure for cloud-specific purposes. You can also mix other Terraform code that uses the cloud-specific providers with Multy. While this makes you somewhat locked in, having your 80% or 90% of your infrastructure cloud-agnostic is still very powerful.

You can see more complex examples in our documentation - https://docs.multy.dev/examples/.

We’re still in early days and looking for feedback from other developers on our approach. Let us know what you think!

[1] https://github.com/multycloud/multy

[2] https://docs.multy.dev/overrides
EC2 Instance Type Cheatsheet – Pricing, Performance Comparison, Recommendations
http://copperegg.com/ec2-instance-types-pricing/
Analysis and a link to an EC2 instance cheatsheet (e.g., cg1.4xlarge, t1.micro, c1.xlarge, cc2.8xlarge) with perf & cost details including cheapest cost per CPU, worst CPU steal, most expensive cost per GB memory, and the cheapest cost per CPU system.
2013 Taxes in IRB
https://gist.github.com/patrickwiseman/4743827
Assuming I'm not too tired or drunk it gives half-way decent estimates...
Ask HN: Could we end the Covid-19 pandemic by wearing masks, gloves and goggles?
As I understand it, C19 is spread via droplets. CDC says "These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs":

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/transmission.html

What if we all were wearing masks? How much would that reduce the droplets? Maybe enough so we stop the exponential infection growth?

Since it is also not totally clear if the hands and the eyes play a role in the transmission - how about gloves and goggles?
Request HN: Use Google Reader's "like" more
I'm sure a lot of you follow HN by RSS, and a lot are busy to read titles carefully. So what I do: skim through Google Reader and stop to read submissions with high "likes".

Disappointingly, last 30 days only had 10 or so submissions with >= 10 likes. So my request is that take your time to click the like button if it's a quality submission.

Now quality. Please "like" wisely. Most high "likes" are usually tools/bookmark-material submission. There was even one with over 100 likes, but bogus content (reading from the comments): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1850329

Thanks.
Fourier Transforms and image filtering
http://glowingpython.blogspot.com/2011/08/fourier-transforms-and-image-filtering.html
How to compute and plot the Fourier spectrum of an image and how to use the spectrum in order to make an high pass filter in the frequency domain.
CheckMyColours.com - New tool for color contrast analysys of webpages
http://www.checkmycolours.com
Checkmycolours is a tool for checking foreground and background colour combinations of all DOM elements, and determine if they provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color deficits.
All the tests are based on the algorithms suggested by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
How do I sell to B2B?
https://mibelo.com
I've just finished my product and I want to reach my business customers. What would be the most effective way of selling to B2B?
10 tips to make your launch a big failure
http://blog.eerlings.com/index.php/2012/08/07/10-tips-to-make-your-product-launch-a-big-failure/
I came across this nice blogpost about what is bootstrapping really about.
Ask HN: Is there any way you could provide a better mobile stylesheet?
It's nearly impossible to hit the comment links on the main page on mobile Safari, even after double tapping to zoom in. Pinching to zoom won't show me a full line of text, so it's less than ideal.

Also, up and downvote arrows are mighty difficult to select unless completely zoomed in.

I'm sure it's also difficult on other mobile platforms as well.

Thanks for consideration.

With the `@media` queries in a stylesheet, you can conditionally style based on viewport size, so many devices can be supported with a single stylesheet. In fact, it would help keep the interface fluid no matter the device.
What’s new with AsyncHttpClient 1.4.0
http://jfarcand.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/whats-new-with-asynchttpclient-1-4-0/
AsyncHttpClient 1.4.0 is has just been released and contains many new features , bugs fixes and significant performance improvement.
Ask HN: Designer Resources for Experienced Back-end Engineers
I can design highly available systems. I can make a great, developer-friendly API. I can make a user interface that's functional and effective.

What I can't do is make a visually appealing web site. For years I've been telling myself that that's just not something I'm able to do - after all, my strength is in back-end systems. But recently I realized that I'd never actually tried to do so. I've just assumed that I couldn't because I tend towards more functional UIs. I have no specific reason for wanting to learn this, other than challenging my own assumptions about myself.

Of course I've looked online, but most of what I turn up are links to sites that promise to teach me everything[1], or top-10 lists]2], or tutorials on how to write HTML[3] and javascript [4]. I find plenty of offers to host my site[5], how to build easy sites with someone else's cheesy templates, how to bring a site online quickly with flavor-of-the-year, and a dozen other things.

The remainder appears to be opinions stated forcefully as facts -- with all the fervor of any great religious debate.

So I ask you this: are there good resources that teach the basics of web site design, and how to implement such designs using stable tools? What about at a higher level -- verifiable discussions of proven designs, along with studies or information about the effectiveness of recent trends (like half-page carousels and 'cleverly' hiding multiple pages behind vertical scrolling).

[1] for a not-so-small fee [2] links to adfarms [3] I know it reasonably well[4] I'm quite comfortable with the language itself [5] Have it already [7] both of these trends I find personally distasteful but are they effective?
Ask HN: How do you organize the browser windows for better productivity?
I see some people like to have multiple windows resized to much less than screen size, do you like it?
Weird behavior of optional arguments in Python __init__
http://illusorygoals.com/post/49771195/static-initializers-for-optional-arguments
Does anyone know a good reason for why python behaves this way? It seems like inconsistent design.
NASA builds your own private satellite with Google android
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/phonesat/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29
What would you do with your own private satellite?
Peer supported course based on the book - Learn Python the hard way 2.0
http://diycomputerscience.com/courses/course/introduction-to-python---using-learn-python-the-hard-way--v2-0
This is a peer supported course based on Zed Shaw's book "Learn Python the Hard Way"
Why are the so-called Wall Street experts almost always wrong?
http://netoffer.com/life-settlement/why-are-most-wall-street-analysts-wrong-more-often-than-theyre-right/
* Most experts are guilty of Group Think, not unlike the government.
* The research span of most “Gurus” is very limited.
* Most experts lack creativity and have a limited knowledge base
* Most experts are more concerned about their personnel finances, than the performance of their client’s investments.
An Introduction to NSM-Console
http://securitydistro.com/video-tutorials/94/A-introduction-to-NSMConsole.php
NSM Console (Network Security Monitoring Console) is a framework for performing analysis on packat capture files. It implements a modular structure to allow for an analyst to quickly write modules of their own without any programming language experience. Using these modules a large amount of pcap analysis can be performed quickly using a set of global (as well as per-module) options.
Does Backlinking Works Better Than Frequent Posting?
http://micromangostudios.com/does-backlinking-works-better-than-frequent-posting/
In my search to get better rankings for my dad’s website www.loscuentosinfantiles.com, I’ve been experimenting with different strategies. Find out how did experiment turn out. More internet traffic experiments coming soon.
Amazon actually paid $150M for Goodreads - from AllThingsD
http://allthingsd.com/20130329/actually-amazon-paid-about-150-million-for-goodreads/
In light of the other thread about the BS $1B valuation based on an active users count (this is why the businessweek's of the world don't get tech), this price makes a lot more sense - Goodreads' users are not worth the same as LinkedIn or even Facebook.
Testing location based android applications
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sanmeetk.GPSTestSuite
It looks pretty neat, sure beats the DDMS. Works for web applications too, if you use an android phone.
Why your startup will probably fail
http://www.shoestringlaunch.com/2012/05/why-your-startup-will-probably-fail/
I wrote this for a local start up blog in Australia, thought it might be relevant to post on here.
A convention-over-configuration way of writing build tasks in Go
https://github.com/jingweno/gotask
gotask is a simple build tool designed for Go. It provides a convention-over-configuration way of writing build tasks in Go. gotask is heavily inspired by go test.
Delmontes.com - a new online mediaplayer startup
http://www.delmontes.com
Hi guys. I just created this little site in 2 hours. Tell me what do you think. Waiting for your feedback.
Android Bootstrap - Android library of fundamental components
http://www.androidbootstrap.com/
Library providing implementations of fundamental android components.

Built for Android Studio and Gradle.

Android Bootstrap includes a full working implementation of Fragments, Fragment Pager, ActionBar via AppCompat, Navigation Drawer, ViewPagerIndicator, http-request, GSON, Robotium for integration testing, API Consumption with an API on Parse.com and much more.
Zellr.com - Maximize Your Twitter Profile
http://www.killerstartups.com/Social-Networking/zellr-com-maximize-your-twitter-profile
Many people could say that there is no need for you to have many windows opened at the same time to find the information you want, and they might be right. You might consider this solution as a new way to get the benefits of the most interesting and popular social sites and applications all together in one place. How? By having a precise profile.
What does fundraising look like?
http://fundable.co/2010/11/what-does-fundraising-look-like/
A background look at the AppMakr fundraising process. Every introduction counts, and don't underestimate how many you may need.
I'm Half White and Half Asian Can I Be in the Media?
From what I can see there are no lead male actors who look like me even though every company I go to is filled with asian and indian men. I have a lot of expendable income. I promise if someone puts a lead MALE actor in a movie who looks like me I will pay for the movie and I will buy all the things in the movie. It would make me feel like I relate to the main character more. I guess it feels bad designing all your software and running your businesses and being born here and never having any representation in the media. I'm about to have my own company and still I don't feel like part of my own country even though my ancestors both came here from the mayflower and hawaii. I haven't watched the television show silicon valley because it's just a bunch of white guys. What is the fing problem? Sell me something. Pander to me! I have $$$ take it!
History of java programming
http://ramdhan-materialsinformatics.blogspot.com/2011/12/history-of-java-programming.html
Java is a computer software technology in the world. In addition to a programming language, Java is also a platform.
Win stuff just for going on-call
http://blog.pagerduty.com/2014/02/you-saved-the-day-now-get-recognized/
Win some stuff for doing your job.
Why I'm Reversing my Stance Against SOPA — an artist's perspective.
http://texs.tumblr.com/post/16103924351/why-im-reversing-my-stance-against-sopa
I'm guessing y'all are going to sink this into the ground. Hell, I want to sink it -- it's hard to stay on one side of an argument;)

I wanted to post it here, because Hacker News is my inspiration for getting into blogging. I'm also hoping to get to the bottom of this Mystery artwork, so I want to spread this around as much as possible.
Jcabi-github 0.7 released
http://github.com/jcabi/jcabi-github
jcabi-github is an object-oriented, immutable, and testable Java implementation of Github API, version 0.7 was released to Maven Central
"Law is Code" on The Law Factory: french bills as git, opendata and dataviz
http://www.lafabriquedelaloi.fr
French bills evolution versionned in git and visualized with d3
Using Google Go for Ad Serving
http://beachfront.io
We just launched a new mobile video ad server based on Google Go. We looked into every viable tech stack & found Go to be the fastest for mobile ad serving - really a great platform for "mobile first" backend needs.
Jobs In My Area - Job Search 
http://www.jobsavailableinmyarea.net/
Jobs Available In My Area is a job search engine that provides of job postings from companies across the nation. No matter whether you're looking for part-time work or a full-time career, Jobs Available In My Area can help you locate a job/career just right for you.
Koowa is Joomla's Missing MVC Core
http://blog.rmdstudio.com/2009/05/23/koowa-is-joomlas-missing-mvc-core/
After few months of development in Nooku Framework (Code Koowa) I would like to write a little review, so you’ll know about this amazing framework developed by the talented folks at the Joomlatools that gave wings to our project. Koowa+Joomla gave us the MVC and Content Mangement Framework (CMF) that we’ve always wanted to develop the Anahita Social ™ Engine project.
OS X Retro Gaming Emulation Toolkit
http://whattouse.com/toolkit/os-x-retro-gaming-emulation-toolkit
Everything you need to emulate classic and retro video games on your mac.
Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
Add a counterpoint to the pervasive "carbs make you fat" mantra.
I'm Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards: Confessions of Google employee number 59
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/28/computingandthenet-google
Captivating language-seeking behavior.
What would be the best use of my 30 weekends?
I am working in a company that is good, but the work I do is not interesting for me. I like working on C/C++/Python/Ruby/Linux (you get the idea). I will most likely leave for higher studies in six months.

In the meantime, I get some time every weekend or so. I have realized that this free time is very precious, and I would be grateful if you could help me decide how to use my 30 weekends the best possible way. I am listing down some options that I think I have. Feel free to suggest anything:

1. Focus on a web-based app idea that I have.

+ A low-risk time to take it ahead

+ Learn loads

- Would not be able to give it enough time.

2. Do some open-source hacking / freelance projects

+ Contribute to FOSS projects

+ Can pick-and-choose work

+ Learn a lot of varied things

- Might not be very significant

3. Learn Guitar

+ Will add to my personality ;-)

+ Free up my mind from other things for some time

4. Take up Kick-boxing or other martial arts

+ This is purely for not getting intimidated by anyone in the future. ;-)

5. Take up Meditation / Yoga

+ A disciplined mind in harmony with the body can do wonders

- Requires long-term investment of time to show benefits.
Tutorspree - interview with CEO Aaron Harris (YC startup)
http://howtowriteabusinessplan.com/2012/08/tutorspree/
Recently we managed to catch up with Tutorspree Co-Founder & CEO, Aaron Harris. During the interview, Aaron introduces us to Tutorspree while also sharing some great advice abut the business plan process and starting a company. Tutorspree is a graduate of the Y Combinator accelerator program.
Ask HN: Best way to learn front end development in 2021?
Hey HN,

The landscape in front end changed a lot from when I started 10 years ago and switched to backend development.

(Only did basic HTML / CSS + JS and got by with the <center> tag)

But I'm looking at front end again and I'm confused about what tools most seasoned front end engineers are using and the best practices of today.

As a backend dev, What's the best way to get into and learn frontend in 2021?
Using a Life Calendar to Get Organized
http://lightarrow.com/using-a-life-calendar-to-get-organized
When I am dis­or­ga­nized, I find it impos­si­ble to be pro­duc­tive — I end up spend­ing too much time focused on the things that are not the most impor­tant. To make sure that I’m attend­ing to the right things in the right order, I have to have a sin­gle, con­sol­i­dated view of every­thing going on in my life — a life cal­en­dar. Because my life cal­en­dar lets me see all things in rela­tion to each other, it allows me to max­i­mize my productivity.
IBM Global Entrepreneur Program to include Germany in 2011
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/782c981b-356f-4bd8-b494-da4da4899e70/entry/ibm_global_entrepreneur_program_to_include_germany_in_20116?cmp=dw&cpb=dwmyd&ct=dwgra&cr=btw81&ccy=zz&crs=ibmgep4germany
We are specifically interested in collaborating with start-ups and investors in industries such as manufacturing, trade, finanical services, communications, energy, mobility, health care
Show HN: Sync and search your Twitter likes and bookmarks
https://birdbear.app
Hey HN, I use twitter a lot and often bookmark interesting tweets to come back to later, but find that I rarely actually come back to them (twitter's native bookmarks interface is kind of high friction). Same for tweets I've liked or favorited: it's an exquisitely weird experience to know I've seen a tweet and even favorited it, but that I'll probably never be able to find it again.

A good way to find the tweets I was looking for would tick these boxes:

- fast (10s of ms not 100s) local search: find any tweet instantly

- easily query and export the data

- automatically sync new bookmarks or likes

BirdBear is my attempt to scratch this itch. It uses SQLIte in the browser via WASM to store your liked and bookmarked tweets locally, and then lets you do instant full text search over all of them (powered by SQLite's FTS extension). There's also a SQL console built in, so if you know SQL you can slice and dice your bookmarks and likes to your heart's content. You can also export all your liked or bookmarked tweets as JSON to use them outside of BirdBear.

Right now the focus is on bookmarks and likes, but the plan is to build this into a more general twitter data tool to let you locally download tweets from all the accounts you follow, keep them up to date, and to add organization features like folders and tagging. A sort of personal tweeterbase if you will.

How do you keep track of the tweets you like? Any great tools or tricks you've discovered or features you'd like to see in a tool like this?

edit: formatting
RESTful API for Monitoring Automation and Orchestration Launched
http://copperegg.com/copperegg-launches-restful-api-for-monitoring-automation-and-orchestration/
RESTful API that provides open programmatic access for automating and orchestrating server monitoring, website uptime analysis, and cloud infrastructure management - integrated with CopperEgg SaaS service. The CopperEgg API enables software-defined monitoring through integrations with automation tools such as Chef and Puppet plus user scripts or 3rd party management systems.
Ok Bird. Flappy Bird now on Google Glass
http://www.gibsonhu.com/2014/02/flappy-bird-on-google-glass.html
This is so much more fun now you can play on your Google Glass.
Are You an Aspie? Take the Test!
http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php
Find out to be better prepared for discussions like this http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=658774
3n+1 NoSQL Database Benchmark
https://docs.google.com/View?id=dd5f3337_12fzjpqbc2&pli=1
During my research I stumbled over this interesting analysis and benchmark.It's an attempt to create a benchmark for databases that are generally described as NoSQL, key-value, schema-free or schema-less databases.

The goals are to create a benchmark that:

* is simple to understand and code - ideally, a page of code or less in most programming languages;
* performs a non-trivial amount of representative activity - reads and updates, access contention, recovery, etc.; and
* generates results that can be easily replicated and verified by others.
The Open Source Conference Packing List
https://github.com/kvz/packing-list
In Github Task List flavored markdown and MIT Licensed; so easy to fork & personalise for your next trip
Show HN: Faith in Humanity – how do you feel today?
https://faithinhumanityscore.com/
Click on the graph to see a daily snapshot of events which may or may not be relevant. This is just a hobby app from a friend of mine, but I think it's pretty cool in a 'data is beautiful' kind of way.
Listing WFH Jobs
https://www.wfh.io/
Picked from FireSpotting by mattt416. Seems relevant to HN as well.
Monitoring Linux and Unix Server Temperatures with Opsview
http://www.opsview.com/whats-new/blog/monitoring-server-temperature/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=hackernews&utm_campaign=servertemp
Opsview can be used to monitor server temperature and also the temperature of individual server components (Memory, CPU and Hard drives). This blog post tells you how.