jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Ask HN: What technology do you use to collect data from an HTML file?
if a site doesn't provide an api, you can still access its data through raw html. i was just thinking, what if you could create a generic component that could gather data out of html pages and then quickly normalize this data and wrapper a REST endpoint on top of this (at another domain). would this be of any value? a hacky way to RESTify legacy websites?

i think the data in an html page must be so awfully organized that this would be a difficult task to do, but perhaps if you could provide this service, you could monetize per REST call.

Any thoughts from fellow hackers?
How to make more Bitcoin with your website?
Enroll to BitBay Affiliate Program and get 20% commission from transactions from each user that will register using your affiliate link. Find out more on website: http://ow.ly/Kx5qA
Flexible particle system – The Container
http://www.bfilipek.com/2014/04/flexible-particle-system-container.html
Choices, problems and possible solutions for a particle container
Show HN: Site Visits an XR and screen-based installation series
https://boris.kourtoukov.com/site-visits-installation-series.html
Site Visits took its initial inspiration from Mozilla’s discontinued Tilt [0] dev tools feature.

I remember using it more out of curiosity than as a practical tool over a decade ago.

During a deep dive into what our [1] next work would be, Tilt came up again.
We became inspired by the perspective it provided via the shape of DOM hierarchies across the web.

Using this shape we started to find ways to merge the tangible structure of the site with aspects of the sites cultural impact.

The project wants to create an alternate perspective on the web, by layering world-building elements on top of the 3D geometry of the site’s hierarchy.

Trying to draw inspiration from the shape of this landscape, and let it influence the concept throughout.

A deeper dive into the two current Site Visits is in the submitted link.

---

The stripped down process for those interested:

* A very simple browser plugin was created for Firefox that exports an untextured GLB file of the nested DOM hierarchy.

* This is then brought into Blender, and combined with a full page screenshot to create the base landscape model.

* Entirely in Blender and in a largely manual way all the world-building elements are created, explored and layered onto the landscape.

* After the dust settles an optimized version of the model is created and used as an asset.

* For VR we built out an experience via Unity or through stereoscopic 360 video, depending on the exhibition.

I hope that this crowd finds this as an interesting take on the web, and am happy to answer any questions in the comments here!

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[0]: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Tilt_Project_Page

[1]: https://instagram.com/loooop.studio
I want to quit my job and start a charity
Anyone done this? Where did you get funding? Can you recommend any further reading?
HTML5/SVG Manual Maker
http://www.setupmanual.com
I developed a website which lets you annotate your screenshots with numbered instructions, and creates a downloadable PDF and HTML document. Heavy use of HTML5 and SVG. Only works in FireFox and Chrome due to limited HTML5 support in IE and Safari.

All comments/feedback appreciated.
Stephan
Fundersclub begins charging a 20% carried interest
http://www.daniellemorrill.com/2013/05/funders-club-announces-it-will-take-20-carry-on-future-investments
Guess there isn't a better way to generate profits from their services.
NewsHack Day SF Wants You to Participate
http://newshackdaysf.tumblr.com/
Are you a developer, designer or journalist interested in the future of news? Join us for NewsHack Day and ScraperWiki code camp. We're bringing together a community for several days of creative news coding and data reporting. You don't have to be an expert coder or editor: just bring your skills and enthusiasm to figure out the future of news. We’re building story hacks (digging up data-driven stories) and news tools (ways to make reporting, producing and publishing better). We'll have code camp to turn data into investigative stories on Friday, followed by the NewsHack social. A 48-hour hackathon at the Hub SoMa happens all weekend. Free food and cocktails will be provided by Airbnb's executive chef Sam Lippman and Tim West.

For more information, please go to our signup here: http://newshack.eventbrite.com/ -- or our website at http://newshackdaysf.tumblr.com/. You can also join us on Twitter or Facebook. Space is limited.

Thanks,

NewsHack Day team

Thanks to our sponsors: Knight Mozilla OpenNews, SoundCloud, New Media Ventures, Public Media Accelerator, San Francisco Chronicle, the Hasso Plattner School of Design at Stanford, Hub Bay Area, ScraperWiki, Evri.com, MajorPlanet Studios, and Elefint Designs.
Self-service BYOD is a lot easier than it seems
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/self-service-byod-lot-easier-it-seems
With just a few apps, enterprises can give employees the tools to stem the risks of BYOD by separating corporate and personal apps, and choosing just trusted apps for each.<p>Two companies that debuted at the Under the Radar (UTR) "Consumerization of IT" conference last Thursday in San Francisco could change the mobile security and BYOD industry. MobileSpaces and Appthority both bring a low-cost, consumer-like, self-service approach to enterprise BYOD.
Discover What Investor Leads Is
http://smallbusinessinvestors.us/investor-leads
Find local investor leads guide. Read the latest investor leads tips.
Cheap web hosting
http://best-cheap-web-hosting-package.duoservers.com/
Cheap web hosting package provider, cheapest website domain names registration and dedicated servers
Two Different Ways of (Hopefully) Making Money on the Internets 
http://awesome.hising.com/post/5798419543/two-ways-of-making-money-on-the-internets
I been working on the interwebs for over 12 years and everyone I meet wants to make zillions of dollars. From what I have seen there are only two ways doing it.
Strongsync: Dropbox-like sync using only sftp or S3
https://www.expandrive.com/strongsync
An interesting alternative to btsync, and owning your own cloud storage.
Ask HN: How to digitize my relatives paper books on a small budget
My great grandfather was an author, and he wrote
quite a few books.

He was never famous or successful, but he made
a living as an author.

I have most of his books that have been handed down.
They are old and fragile.

The books do not exist in any eBook format and
I would like to create an eBook of each of his
paper books.

These can then be made available free of charge on the net
and, be given to libraries if they are at all
interested (probably not)

The process must be nondestructive.

Ripping out each page and feeding it through a scanner
is probably the fastest and perhaps easiest way of
doing it but I will not do that.

I have a flatbed scanner and a document scanner
and a cellphone.

I have tried to arrange a stand above the book
to keep it at a fixed distance from a camera.
I have problems with the pages since they
do not lay down flat and a lot depends on
how far into the book I go.

The first issue then is developing a process to
copy/scan each page.
I am stuck here.

Then the next would be compiling them, adjusting
scans correcting flaws, maybe re scan.

Then some form of OCR

and then actually making en eBook out of it all.

I can make a regular PDF file but I have never tried
to make an epub file, not sure how to do that.

I want the books to be in as good a shape as they were when I started
when I am done.

Any tips?
Twitter App Cards Hijacked for Spam
http://lostpr.es/twitter/app-cards-hijacked/
So it seems that you can spoof Twitter cards for malware and hacking... who thinks that's interesting?
Business Model Innovation, Business Strategies, Marketing Plan - Nils Elmark
http://incepcion.co.uk/who.html
Get new business model innovations, business strategies and best marketing plans from our extraordinarily and creative staff under the roof Incepcion.co.uk
Continuous Testing 2.0 is here
http://ox.no/posts/continuous-testing-2-0-is-here
Continuous Testing 2.0 for Visual Studio has just been released. The new version includes lots of improvements and new features, notably Smart Test Run Prioritization and early abortion. Check it out!
Toyota recall launches CTS out of obscurity
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2010-01-29-toyotacts29_CV_N.htm
A little-known company based in Elkhart, Ind., has been shoved center stage because of Toyota's recall of millions of cars and trucks for accelerator pedals that might stick.
Languanizr.js - Client side translation script
http://www.languanizrjs.com/
languanizr.js - Client side translation script with jQuery released
Trse.im
http://trse.im
Shorten some links!
14 Kickstarter Projects That Will Change The World
http://vivastart.com/best-kickstarter-projects/
Kickstarter is the top crowdfunding community out there and it's 100.000 founded projects prove that. Now we present to you the best 14 projects that may change the world of tech in the next years.
VC Fundraising Manual: How Much Capital You Should Raise: Entrepreneur’s Perspective
http://getventure.typepad.com/markpeterdavis/2008/02/how-much-capita.html
Entrepreneurs often struggle with trying to figure out how much money they should raise. Unfortunately, there typically isn’t a scientific answer. However, there are a number of discernable incentives that influence entrepreneurs and VCs, driving the amount of capital you should raise. Taken in aggregate, these considerations should help you determine a reasonable amount of capital to raise.

Incentives that impact entrepreneurs:

Avoiding bankruptcy: Entrepreneurs have an incentive to...

More at markpeterdavis.com
The Magic Ingredient for your Startup
http://www.startup-experience.com/magic-ingredient-startup-make-profitable/
In the beginning of this year, I was setting up Dutchstartupjobs, together with Pól O’Conaill, a designer from Ireland. The website was addressing a quite intensive market need – there seemed to be a whole in the market – at least that was what we thought. We possessed the idealistic passion and basic skills to make it happen and create this idea; we knew the market was asking for it
8 reasons why journal accepts your article
http://blog.editeon.com/8-reasons-why-journal-accepts-your-article/
It’s the responsibility of every editor-in-chief to maintain and develop their journal’s profile and reputation. The editor also has the final responsibility for content, ensuring that it meets the aims and scope of the journal and reflects changes in the field by presenting new and emerging research. - See more at: http://blog.editeon.com/#sthash.0ncvMM7B.dpuf
A letter of rejection to Andy Warhol 
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/05/16/a-letter-of-rejection-to-andy-warhol-c-1956/
Never give up.
More on the Security of Software Tokens 
http://www.wikidsystems.com/WiKIDBlog/more-on-the-security-of-software-tokens
The recent analysis on how to clone an RSA software tokens begs the question: What are the real risks?
Foobar2000 for iOS and Android on Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1977265610/foobar2000-mobile
Peter Pawlowski, the developer of the highly praised foobar2000 music player, is looking for funding on kickstarter. If it reaches the $100.000 funding goal, a version of foobar2000, for iOS and Android would be developed.

But he is not alone. Joining the foobar2000 mobile team is Steve Elkins, founder of dBpoweramp, which started out as an audio player with a number of world firsts, such as first player to add star ratings to an audio library, first player to have smart playlists aka Genius playlists.

The third developer to join the team is Chris Moeller. Chris has been Influential in a number of projects over the years, including a number of console emulators, and most notably, has made a sizable contribution to foobar2000 PC.

Foobar2000 mobile will be built from the ground up specifically for mobile devices, giving the opportunity to adapt specifically to the strengths of the mobile platform. There are even plans, if successful, to implement it for Windows Mobile.

So, go ahead and pledge.
Remember Kozmo.com (1998 - 2001)? It's still alive.
http://thestartupist.com/2011/07/kozmo-lives-albeit-vicariously/
The boom bust Kozmo.com, with a mission of 1 hours free delivery of convenience items in major cities, was funded to the tune of about $360 million before they bit it hard when the bubble burst.

While the idea was decent, the startup was a decade ahead of its time in terms of timing, etch, and executability. Despite its bust, Kozmo lives on vicariously through a collection of new mobile/local focused startups.
Real Ultimate Power
http://www.realultimatepower.net/
Do you like ninjas?
Grid (YC S12) – iOS Engineer, Full Stack Engineer
http://www.binarythumb.com/jobs
GRID is a spreadsheet for the iPad, iPhone and Desktop. We are expanding our engineering team, and we are looking for people passionate about the union of creative and productive tools.

Please visit http://www.binarythumb.com/jobs to learn how to apply. We believe that an individual's work speaks more clearly than any resume or credential, and that is why we ask for an original project as part of your application.
The Up-Goer Five – a thing you can find on a computer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/shortcuts/2013/jan/22/up-goer-five-thing-on-computer
Although I submitted the direct link a few days back, this article makes it clearer why this is cool.

Or should I say:

Although I shared the very thing a few days back, this story makes it clearer why this is cool.
What is google up to with Gears ?
http://code.google.com/p/gears/issues/detail?id=847
This a major bug and they don't even comment on it, is there a plan for something bigger ?
Mike Maples on VCs, Godzilla and Toast (2010)
http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/21/mike-maples-talks-venture-capital-and-thunder-lizards/
A classic.
How To Define Your Audience
http://jaysonfeltner.com/define-your-audience.html
Define your blog audience to create pin point focus and posts people will read.
Microsoft's Vision for Future Computing
http://ohhello.tv/index.php/work/view/microsoft_sustainability/
Enjoy the video :-)
S another standard on the usage of cloud computing necessary? 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinjackson/2011/10/15/cloud-customer-council-releases-practicle-guide/
One more customer guide on the usage on cloud computing was issued. isn't this another obstacle to the freedom of utilizing cloud services?
Check how many clicks have occurred on a bit.ly link
Can anyone please help me with this issue:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27998973/check-how-many-clicks-have-occurred-on-a-bit-ly-link-present-in-a-particular-twe
Does Daily Scrum Have To Have So Rigid A Structure?
http://marekblotny.com/2010/08/does-daily-scrum-has-to-have-so-rigid-structure/
I see daily stand-up meetings ("daily scrums") as a one of the most beneficial practices in SCRUM repertory. Theory says that during the daily scrum each team member should answer three well-known questions.

What I find strange is that theory doesn't leave much room for any discussion during the daily scrums. Discussions should take place during the follow-up meetings, immediately after the daily scrum. In general I agree with this rule. Bigger issues which don't require entire team can be talked through later.

But I think it's much more beneficial for a team if all members are allowed to jump in anytime during the daily scrum to add anything they find helpful ...
Enterprise IT: immature and simple?
http://blog.jonasbandi.net/2011/10/enterprise-it-immature-and-simple.html
Enterprise IT is a simple domain. We don't really deal with substantially complex or challenging problems, at least not in technical the realization. We mostly deal with trying to understand technology that has been created by other people.
A website with good style, copy, and layout.
http://peacock.st
"We would all like to write our own reviews" - Ricky Gervais
CronusPaaS, an open source PaaS framework built for developers
http://www.cronuspaas.com/index.html
Deploy sample application in 10 seconds, and much more.
Manage Java, Python, Node, or ANY Languages or Stacks.
Deploy to Hundreds of Machines in Seconds.
No Vendor Lock In, run on GCP, AWS, Azure.
Light Weight, Setup in 2 Minute.
Scale Simply and Predictably.
Intuitive UI, RESTful APIs.
100% Open Source.
The British inventor aiming to crack perpetual motion
http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/10135/the-british-inventor-aiming-to-crack-perpetual-motion/
Over the past year Humans Invent has interviewed some of the world’s most fascinating designers, innovators and inventors. Now meet Chris Garner, the man aiming to defy science and crack perpetual motion.

"I recognise the fact that many esteemed minds have pondered and mused over the conundrum of perpetual motion."

http://bit.ly/V1Nhqp
Consumer banking products detials for dubai
http://www.duahosts.com/banking-products.html
dubai banks, credit card in dubai, get personal loan in dubai , easy setps,
Static website generator for Windows?
There are many static website generators for Linux and Mac, most implemented in Ruby or Python: jekyll, hyde, webgen... all of them are best suited for "unixy" operated systems, but what about Windows? Of course, anyone can install Ruby and Python on Windows and use these tools, but I don't find it as usable as in Linux or Mac. I tried googling for it but I don't find any.

I thought about coding simple generator as Powershell script if there are none.

Is there any Windows based solution with similar features as mentioned tools?
OLS regression with Python
http://www.toastingideas.com/?p=138
Economist learns to code. Here's what came out. Feedback much appreciated!
JQuery.mb.gallery 1.5.5 new release
http://pupunzi.open-lab.com/mb-jquery-components/mb-gallery/
Major issue and bugfix:

* added a new param: containment to let you choose either to load the gallery into a specific DOM element (a div on your page context) or up over your page.
* Fixed a bug in IE that prevent the display of images if invoked a second time.
* Fixed a bug in IE that mismatch the top margin of the gallery.
* Now you can have links and images in the image description area.
December 2012 Edition of Saaspose.Newsletter is Out Now
http://saaspose.com/blog/newsletter/archive/2012/12/01/december-2012-newsletter.html
Saaspose Newsletter for December 2012 has now been published that highlights all newly added information, exciting new features & informative blogs about Saaspose APIs & SDKs. This month Saaspose.Words, Saaspose.Slides & Saaspose.Cells have introduced new features for manipulating word documents, convert presentations to images, convert workbook elements to images and extract text from images, Saaspose SDK for Android introduction, Windows Azure Storage Integration with Saaspose & many more.
Security Questions - a SKETCH from UCB Comedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEjpXJZgIA
Setting up security questions proves to be too difficult for this guy.
GE(General Electric) Has A Namecoin .bit Website
http://ge.bit
Yes....they see the potential!

set up foxy proxy info here: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/21044/viewing-bit-domain-names-in-firefox
Taiwanese FPGA Design Projects
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Science-Engineering-Education-Foundation-guo-ji-ke-xue-ji-gong-cheng-jiao-yu-ji-jin-hui/179020778776907?v=app_4949752878
These are demos of FPGA design projects from Altera's InnovateAsia 2010. Most of these contestants are college students or masters students. Lets you know whats going on on the other side of the world.
Spatial Network Analysis for Python
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sdna/sdna-for-python-enthusiasts/
Been reading here for a while but this is my first post. In the interests of disclosure - it is promoting my own project. Hope that's ok & hope you like it.
Pentagon-Hexagon-Decagon Identity
http://blogs.ams.org/visualinsight/2014/01/01/pentagon-hexagon-decagon-identity/
If you inscribe a regular pentagon, hexagon and decagon in circles of the same size, something cool happens. Their edges are just the right length to be the sides of a right triangle!
JVM Host - Enable APR support and AJP connector in JBoss 7
http://www.jvmhost.com/articles/using_native_apr_ajp_with_jboss_7#.TzDvM-nKAdA.hackernews
How to install APR native libraries for JBoss AS 7 (7.0.2 and 7.1.0) and enable AJP connector for improved performance in JVM Host's shared Java hosting or VPS environment
Ask HN: How do I create a detailed plan to pass information to my family
Have you ever planned on documenting everything you want to share with your family after your death? COVID-19 makes me wonder that it is high time I create such a plan. Things I want to share:

- Bank account details and balances

- Insurance policy details

- any liabilities

- "How to" instructions

- my various accounts such as google, amazon, etc

- share details of how I have saved a backup of important documents.

My wife does not work and is not techsavvy. My 2 daughters are 6 and 3 year old. I want to make things easy for them as far as possible. Do you have any ideas to help me write up?

Thank you!!
Ask HN: Developers and Guilty Conscience
How do you handle creating/working on a product you can't square with your conscience?

Why aren't you quitting or accepted the job in the first place?
Crossword puzzle maker with Ajax interface
http://www.crosswordsforteachers.com
A crossword puzzle maker with an ajax interface.
Show HN: Dialect/Accent – make a post, see a post
https://accent.vercel.app/
Dialect/Accent is a minimal text-based forum/Twitter clone with a unique twist - it is only after making a post that you are allowed to view one. This is intended to encourage meaningful and thoughtful posts. However, because users are anonymous, people sometimes post garbage/rude/nsfw things, but I filter out the bad stuff manually.

I think this is a fun idea because it's easy to experiment with the algorithm used to decide which post is shown (right now it is just random, but factors such as recency, reply count and likes/dislikes can be easily incorporated). I'm mainly posting this here to ask for feedback on the idea!

Posts can be voted on, although the voting doesn't affect anything yet. There are also replies and threading, but "make an original post/reply, see an original post/thread" is even more confusing than the current tagline.

The naming of this project's components is a bit of a mess, but Dialect is the name of the backend/server software as well as the client-server API, and Accent is the name of the frontend/site. I have published the API spec, so that people can write their own interface if they don't like mine, and still access the same posts.

The mechanics of the site are similar to this https://www.thiswebsitewillselfdestruct.com/ website and also the BeReal social media app, although I didn't know about either of these when I started working on the project. I was inspired by the Matrix communication standard and incorporated the client/server/open API concept.

Source code and the API spec is linked on the project site.
New Way to Get Music Free. Get Invite Here
http://www.freemake.com/free_music_box/
Forget Pandora and Spootify. Get Your Invite. Hurry Up!!! Only 800 invites left!
Is DARPA’s Phoenix Program Intelligence-Related?
http://intelnews.org/2012/08/25/01-1072/
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the out-there research arm of the United States Department of Defense, is well known for it’s futuristic and bleeding-edge technology research projects. Often times, the Agency’s highflying efforts seem to protrude a motto of “failure is an option”. In fact, a 2003 article in The Los Angeles Times states that DARPA’s failure rates are between 85 and 90 percent. But this has not prevented the Agency from trying out new things, which sometimes help shape the future.