jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Show HN: Gig – CLI Tool for .gitignores
https://github.com/hayitsdavid/gig
Hey HN! First time sharing a project with ya'll.

Created this tool because I had to always refer to gitignore.io when creating/appending .gitignore files.

Built with Go and has the text files embedded into the binary so it's less of a hassle for others to use. Comes with completions as well.

If anyone else has this issue hope it helps and always open to feedback. Thanks!
Ask HN: How to evaluate a hotel's wifi connection in advance?
http://travel.stackexchange.com/q/1836/101
I'm on the road a lot for work. I tend to end up staying at a lot of budget chain hotels that offer free wi-fi. So far so good. But sadly, not all wi-fi is created equal. The past few weeks I've been subjected to a particularly shameful string of terrible connections, and I've decided to try to take matters into my own hands and research the speed/quality of a given hotels connection ahead of time...

... only to find that there is absolutely nowhere on the internet that this is discussed at all. I would think that, by now, some enterprising traveller would have created a listing of some sort, which, even if not comprehensive, could be a start. But I'm coming up completely cold.

And so I turn to you - does this exist? If not, do I have any other options for researching the quality of any given hotels internet other than trying to skim 200 tripadvisor reviews, most of which are probably faked?
Simple test CSS to check your webdesign and optimize it
http://akshar.co.in/blog/archives/143
Inser this simple CSS in any of your page and it highlights those areas which might need attention or can cause various rendering issues.
See other startups web-apps stacks! (and list yours)
http://sus.io
Help us list all the cool WEB-APPS used in your startup so new startups will know what to use.
How much do you want to know about Bezier curves?
http://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo
I've spent the last few weeks redoing my primer on Bezier curves from the ground up, adding sections for topics that aren't in the original article, and coding all the examples back up from scratch, resulting in a shiny new, open source, hosted-on-github, easy to improve and extend article. If you've always wanted to know how Bezier curves work, or you need to understand them well enough to program them yourself, you may want to check this out. Did I mention almost all the graphics are interactive, without using flash? I'm sure I did, mm, yes.
Ask HN: Anyone want to go to tonight's Giants game? I have 1 extra ticket
I know this isn't news but I don't want to waste this extra ticket. It's a really good seat (Sec 121, row B). I'll be there with my wife and daughter.<p>Email in my profile. I can meet you before the game (I'm staying at a hotel in Union Square area) or even email you a PDF of the ticket.
Show HN: Everything's Normal in Three.js
https://benwinding.com/everythings-normal/index.html
In 3D graphics, the [1] normal-map is a texture that denotes the orientation of the surface by using a spectrum of colors. I've always thought they looked cool and psychedelic... not "normal"... so this demo emphasises that...

All done in three.js with the source code here [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mapping

[2] https://github.com/benwinding/benw-portal/tree/master/public...
H.P. Attempts to Take On Amazon's Cloud Service
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/first-look-hps-public-cloud/?scp=1&sq=CLOUD%20COMPUTING%20NEWS&st=cse
H.P. Attempts to Take On Amazon's Cloud Service
XFCE just like GNOME2
http://jaysonrowe.blogspot.com/2012/06/make-your-fedora-xfce-desktop-even-more.html
I don't know about you but I hate GNOME3 and Unity, but this guy's XFCE setup looks just like GNOME2 - I never tinkered with it that much, but I will now!
How to offend people with your surveys
http://blogs.dovetailsoftware.com/blogs/main/archive/2007/12/14/How-to-Get-Feedback-from-Surveys-Maybe.aspx
Really a what not to do when putting a survey together. Come to think of it, I've been put off by survey questions in the past. And if you really want to see how big companies can piss off bloggers, check out the Oracle survey...
Bring Life to Your Wallpaper
http://wallcast.com/
Wallcast turn your desktop background into a personalized display of pictures from you, your family and your friends.
Ask HN: Is there a community for parents supporting kids on mobile / tablets
So, concerned liberal parent of young children - quite convinced mobile and apps can provide huge learning support to children but getting frustrated by lack of "management functions" for software literate parents.

I am not looking for netnanny, or some curated browsing. I am looking to have a degree of control and use my informed parental what not to guide what apps are used, for how long.

Would of course be very interested in OSS contributions if that exists but right now I am confused as to what is and is not possible on these platforms, and the long climb up the learning curve is in the wrong direction professionally - so interested in hearing from any trailblazers
Side project: The Startup 100
http://www.thestartup100.com/
I did this as a side project to track the most valuable/best startups. Now tracking 49 companies with a valuation of $1B+ - I predict there will be 100 1B+ startups by the end of 2014.

I built it mostly because I wanted to search jobs at just the best companies, so you can do that too: www.thestartup100.com/job

If you have comments on the site or companies on the list you can tweet them to me @thestartup100 or email frank(at)thestartup100.com. You can also sign up to add or edit companies.

Thanks!
Suite101 Lost 77% of Its First Page Rankings According to seoClarity Analysis
http://seoclarity.net/seoClarity%20Insights%20-%20Google%20Algorithm%20Update%202-24-11.pdf
And eHow gained ~20%!?!
Wombat. Elegant & Dark Sublime Text 3 (and 2) theme. 
https://github.com/sheerun/sublime-wombat-theme
I've made a Sublime Text theme that finally makes me warm and fuzzy. Take a shot at it.
Geany, a lightweight yet powerful text editor
http://madmed88.tumblr.com/post/6553525792/geany-a-lightweight-yet-powerful-text-editor
Geany is a text editor using the GTK2 toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages.
On the dangers of misleading infographics and the virality of social networks 
http://www.bartolah.com/post/48796332598/media-consolidation-is-not-the-problem-you-think-it
My response to a misleading infographic on the danger of Media Consolidation spreading like wildfire on the internet
Ask HN: Do you have any promotional videos for your startup
Hi,

I have a startup that focuses on animations. As part of product market fit, I would like to have example animations that you have created or seen for the promotion of your/others startup.
Dublin web summit 2011 - livestream. (not live)
http://new.livestream.com/dws
Lots of great speakers including:
Mikael Hed
CEO,
Rovio

Chris Poole
Founder,
4Chan, Canv.as

John Vechey
Co-Founder,
PopCap Games

Kevin Rose
Co-Founder ,
Milk

Eric Ly
Co-founder,
LinkedIn

+lots more
XmoovStream - Open Source HTTP Streaming Server Based on PHP
http://blogupstairs.com/tools/xmoovstream-open-source-http-streaming-server-based-php/
The xmoovStream Server (formerly known as xmoov-php) is a centralized http streaming server written in PHP.
When do i file for a patent?
I have, what I think is a great idea, but it will take me some time to develop and test it. As far as I know, the idea is unique but I don't know if I have to make it first to patent it or just patent the idea, or is the idea all that matters? Help.
Angry Birds – One of the world’s most successful applications
http://tutorialnew.com/en/angry-birds-um-dos-aplicativos-de-maior-sucesso-do-mundo.html
Who could imagine that some flying birds fighting pigs could work so well, This is one of Android games most famous World: the Angry Birds...
Article: Our brains are being 'continuously reshaped' by smartphone use
Our brains are being 'continuously reshaped' by smartphone use

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/24/touchscreen-brain-thumbs
A smart way to make ends meet while developing your own apps
http://www.drobnik.com/touch/2010/10/icatalog-framework-brings-digital-catalogs-to-life-on-ipad/
I was in the concept stage of a very similar project, when I came across this project. It's precisely what I was envisioning. I think the model of creating a very broad iOS/Mobile code framework that would allow you to sell/license to specific markets. Creating customized builds of the app for various clients.

Anyone else working on something similar? I have 2 or 3 other big markets I think this model would work using this model.
Captain Icon: 350 vectorial icons totally free and customizable
http://mariodelvalle.github.io/CaptainIconWeb/
Captain Icon has worked hard to bring you a fully customizable free icon set so you can change everything you want, from size to color through shapes, nodes and much more.
Google changes direction with Android Open Source Project
http://androidandme.com/2009/11/uncategorized/google-changes-direction-with-android-open-source-project/
Reading this, and seeing how many versions of Android developers are going to have to support (1.5, 1.6, and 2.0) all at once, I wonder what the future of Androids holds for developers and manufacturers that are committing so much to the platform.
Getting Started In The Development Community
http://scrunchup.com/article/2012-05-01-getting-started-in-the-development-community
Most beginners go the wrong way about starting out in our community. This article is short and concise, written specifically for beginners (targeted at young people but goes for everyone).

This is one for your bookmarks and to share on forums/twitter to people that are constantly annoying you!
Can we teach computers higher order logic? Is it the same as AI?
http://www.reddit.com/r/practicalagi/comments/29452o/can_we_teach_computers_higher_order_logic_is_it/
It's a complicated talk, but try to mostly understand it from an open mind following the links and you will get what I am saying. The logic is somewhat speculative and I am only suggesting a different way of tackling problems. It may seem math intense but it's more of a general reasoning about what has been happening to so many fields over the years.
IQ Measurable Just By A Visual Test
http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=6422
Scientists at the University of Rochester found a unique way to measure high IQ and IQ of the brain in general just by studying individuals and their abilities to filter out noise in images. The results of a visual test where people were told to as quickly as possible detect movements showed similar IQ results as a classic intelligence test.

Quote: "People with higher IQ are quicker at detecting small moving objects" (...) "The relationship between IQ and motion suppression points to the fundamental cognitive processes that underlie intelligence, the authors write. (...) The researchers point out that this vision test could remove some of the limitations associated with standard IQ tests, which have been criticized for cultural bias."
The Erlang CMS - Zotonic
http://zotonic.com/
Pretty impressive CMS built in everyone's FAVORITE language: Erlang. At the core of this beast lives webmachine and mochiweb.
Reddi's recipe for startup success
http://lembingley.itweek.co.uk/2007/08/reddis-recipe-f.html
"Finding the right product idea is one key activity, but a lot of times it's about how you fund your idea, how you position it, how you market it," Reddi said. "There are some extremely smart people with great ideas, but the companies that succeed don't necessarily have anything to do with those people and those great ideas. So one important lesson is that there is a real disconnect between great ideas and what becomes a great company."
How to Sic Michael Moore on Your Insurance Company
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/how-to-sic-michael-moore-on-your-insurance-company/
So after a long "discussion" I was reassured that 8 months is a perfectly acceptable amount of time in which to settle a claim. Then the representative stated that she refused to debate with me any longer on the subject and then "click". She hung up on me! I think I'm going to need Michael Moore. Since SiCKO came out, he has been contacted by so many people who have been screwed by insurance companies that he came out with his own Health Care Card. Here's the PDF.
22 Free Handwritten Fonts Collection
http://designmodo.com/handwritten-fonts/
Earlier, there were limited handwritten fonts available but now there are more than hundreds of fonts that the web designers can make use of in their project.
Stop Facebook "pairing ads and friends"
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads&section=social&view
Hopefully that leads to less annoyance / confusion...
The Uncertainty principle and Nonlocality found to be linked
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6007/1072.short
Huge, huge day in physics.

Also:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101118141541.htm
Comparison of Angular.js, Ember,js Backbone.js and others
http://blog.binarymist.net/2013/12/28/evaluation-of-angularjs-emberjs-backbonejs-marionettejs/
Hi All. I've just posted a comparison between Angular.js, Ember.js and Backbone.js and some other useful info in regards to these offerings. Also a comparison between AMD and CommonJS for JavaScript modules. Feel free to leave comments on your thoughts, especially if you've used one or more of these offerings and your experiences
Snakebite: The open testing network for open source
http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/02/11/Snakebite-Not-Just-a-Beer-Mix.aspx
It's not ready yet. But it's coming. No more will anyone need to hoard G4's and SPARC stations in their garage to test their open source projects.
Functional testing by javascript with FuncUnit
http://www.beletsky.net/2010/12/functional-testing-by-javascript-with.html
Functional tests are something that is better to use as early as possible, to get any valuable results. Obvious choice for ASP.net applications are Seleminum for .NET, WatiN or SpecFlow. But all of them are supposed to use C# as programming language and run their tests by special runners. Thought the experience I saw how cool is to write tests with full dynamic languages, like javascript and be able to run tests directly from browser, so I can debug some broken functionality. As I saw FuncUnit project and it really attracted my attention! Here I describe some initial experince of testing ASP.net MVC application with FuncUnit.
Thoughts on doing a startup 6 months in
http://blog.electricplum.com/2011/10/26/thoughts-on-doing-a-startup-6-months-in/
They say doing a solo startup is hard. They're right.
Ask HN: How to account/charge for web app bandwidth/disk usage?
I'm working on a web app in my limited spare time which, if all goes well, will require storing and serving a large number of small files (HTML, JS & images mainly). I'm going to get a VPS from Linode to start with (and possibly join up with a CDN) but I'm not sure how to estimate how many resources each user will require and whether I'm going to lose money off them. For example, I don't want a $10/mo user costing me $50 in bandwidth. I'll set limits obviously, but right now these are just totally abitrary; they could be far too conservative or far too generous!

I realise this isn't very specific but I was curious how other people handle things like this - especially when you have no idea how take up will be, or average usage loads?
Explain This, crowdsourcing journalistic questioning and answering
http://explainthis.org
Will http://explainthis.org prove to be a useful way to crowdsource journalistic questioning and answering?
12 Ways To Protect Your WordPress Blog From Hackers
http://ooooak.blogspot.com/2012/03/ways-to-protect-your-wordpress-blog.html
12 Ways To Protect Your WordPress Blog From Hackers
China Moves Forward on Cybersecurity Policy
http://thediplomat.com/china-power/china-moves-forward-on-cybersecurity-policy/
China and America FAIL at cyber-security because of politics in their countries.
Kindle Canada
http://www.canadaereader.ca/
The Kindle that Amazon let's come to Canada now official released in 3 model Kindle 3, 3g, Dx and New Kindle $109. Not for Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire. But i found the way to get Kindle Touch and Fire in Canada by googling here http://www.canadaereader.ca/ There are someone try and that's the working method. I share if you want that. Enjoy your kindle canada guy !!!
Do Object Types Matter in JavaScript?
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/html5/articles/object-types-in-javascript.html
Keith Peters looks at various ways to determine object types in JavaScript but then discusses whether there is much value in doing so in a dynamic language. Instead, he shows how to implement duck typing as an alternative.
Framework7 – Full Featured HTML Framework For Building iOS 7 Apps
http://www.idangero.us/framework7/#.U4nXcJR_ulw
Create PhoneGap iOS apps with native look and feel
Generational Theft Needs to Be Arrested
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323485704578257753243530078.html
A Democrat, an independent and a Republican agree: Government spending levels are unsustainable.
Tell HN: Changing your device can completely lock you out of Google services
I know this is a known issue, but the extent of this surprised me. So here's a warning: even if you are a paid google client, know the account password, have the recovery email setup and give google the phone number they demand on sign in, you can still be refused access to your google account if their ML algo decides so.

For me the process goes as follows: Enter email -> Password -> Confirm recovery email -> Enter some phone number to get sms verification -> Confirm sms code -> Then I get the following screen with no actionable options: https://i.imgur.com/4YrElkJ.png

Obviously there's no way to contact support of any kind, as accessing anything requires signing in.

If you have anything important associated with google, be very careful changing your laptops or location from which you sign in, or you might be locked out with literally no option to sign in and no access to support.
Need Some Expert Advice? Ask Steve (Steve sometimes writes for TechCrunch)
http://www.techquilashots.com/2007/07/27/need-some-expert-advice-ask-steve-me/
Marketing or PR ideas? Overall assessment of your website, business, or app?
3 Steps to Correct 50-80% of a Negative Credit Score
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/3-steps-to-correct-50-80-of-a-negative-credit-score/
So the first step we're taking is to repair the damage done before we became Cash Money Superstars. We've met with a credit rehabilitation specialist who does all the hard work for us. Here's Step 1. The Game Plan: She helps us understand what we should pay off first and how we should do it. Sometimes paying off a debt completely is not the best strategy as it will re-age the debt on your credit record...
Venture Capital: Beer, ribs and tales from the Web front lines
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/325325_vc27.html
Anything can happen when you get Internet entrepreneurs out of the office -- especially if free beers and ribs are involved.
IndexeddB and Web Sockets prototypes for Internet Explorer
IndexedDB prototype setup for IE - http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/prototypes/available-for-download/indexeddb

Websockets setup for IE - http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/prototypes/available-for-download/websockets

IndexedDB Playground - http://nparashuram.com/trialtool/index.html#example=/ttd/firefox/moz_indexedDB.html
Show HN: Code Scanner – an Android app to scan and create codes (Google Play)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.czlucius.scan&hl=en_US&gl=US
Scan and create codes on your Android device.
Supports many kinds of common formats.
Design QR Codes by editing color and background.

Open sourced under GNU AGPLv3.

Download now.
Fanjs: Circling the square with Math.PI - jQuery plugin
http://matryer.com/fanjs/demo/2.html
jQuery plugin and supporting code to allow you to calculate the position of elements in a circular pattern around a center point.
Hacker News quick share chrome extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-quick-share/pifjjjlmpcmiecgeionpkcpjmdlpnjok?hl=en-US&gl=IN
Share news posts form http://hckrnews.com and https://news.ycombinator.com to twitter and facebook with one click.
Shifd = Evernote Lite
http://www.shifd.com
I had been looking for some way to just sync simple notes across multiple computers and online. I tried evernote since that's the one everyone is raving about, but honestly it just seems so bloated and I just want a little synced notepad, so I found Shifd (which I honestly think was made by the New York Times..weird) which does exactly what I want, including sending notes by sms. I'm sure there's other options out there but honestly I don't need more, just this.
Show HN: Repo Tracker to follow updates in multiple GitHub repositories
https://repo-tracker.com
I built this GitHub Repo Tracker with Nuxt 3 to track when Nuxt 3 and its modules are ready for production.

You can track multiple repositories on a single page and see how many commits, issues and PRs each of them had today, in the last 7 days and in the last 30 days.

More stats and slick charts coming soon, plus integration of GitLab and BitBucket.

Give it a spin:
https://repo-tracker.com
From 4 believers to $10k MRR
http://anthonybosschem.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/from-4-believers-to-10k-mrr/
In this post I share the 6-month journey that took me from 4 believers to $10k in monthly recurring revenue. This is not a checklist for success. Just as any of us, I’m vulnerable to the narrative fallacy, and above anything you should build your own checklist to success.
Nanofury Miner 2.0GH/s for under $90?
http://www.bitgtr.com/
This guy in Australia is putting out a Nanofury based PCB that can achieve 2.2Gh/s and he's going to sell it for only $90USD.

I've gotten a sample for him and it works exactly as advertised for over 2 weeks now.

Impressive.
Visualize your LinkedIn Profile
http://goanalyze.com/profile/linkedin/
A visual representation of you categorized profile.
Show HN: new kind of conceptual search engine
http://www.sencept.com
Please post some brutally honest comments about my new search engine that mixes search results with conceptual information about your query.

This is something I have been thinking for a long time and now I have managed to create an alpha version, lots of things are still to come and I assume there are tons of bugs with conceptual information rendering code (you'll see what I mean by that when you try the service). There is a LOT to come later but the basic system is now operational (and very immature - pre-alpha would be the version number right now)

Yes, I plan to monetize using ads (and by a few affiliate tactics) but that's still on to do list, I'm just now trying to see if the concept works.

(This is not my first project, about 10 years ago I with a co-founder founded a company that we sold to a major player in the sector our company was in.)

I can go tech if people here are interested? The code is in Clojure :-)
Show HN: Validating Your Data with Hamilton
https://multithreaded.stitchfix.com/blog/2022/07/26/hamilton-data-quality/
Updates to the Hamilton OS project — maintainers here to answer qs
Ask HN: Do you think there is value in a “quiet” social network?
I am starting to build what I am calling a "quiet social network". Basically a network to maintain long term relationships away from all the noise of the current mainstream social media (no ads, no likes, no memes, no strangers).

You can read a longer explanation in the site and test it in its current form -- a personal journal site, still without the social functionality.

https://www.quidsentio.com/

I would appreciate any comment, positive or negative about it. Thanks a lot!
Cool discovery tool for Web I found
http://alpha.youtopia.in/columbus/
These guys from my college have built a really cool app that lets you discover cool photos, videos. Found it very simple and elegant to use.