jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Arithmetic, Population, and Energy [Video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFnrvcS6AQ
I originally submitted this a few days ago with a poor title (the title I used was the title used in the YouTube submission, but was not very informative). I'm resubmitting with the title of the presentation as I believe this is a very interesting video that others may enjoy. I hope I'm not out of line by doing so ...
Clipping Mask
http://www.infinityclippingpath.com/clipping-mask
Clipping Path is the name of technique which is usually used to knockout the background from the original image. It’s also being used for giving attractive shapes to an image, adjusting or sorting portions in an image or in creating layouts. Digital photographers, ad agents, web development companies, magazine companies, brochure and Prepress publishing houses are gradually taking the Clipping Path Service for their prospective work purpose. Wide range of developments in technology is another big reason for its rapid popularity.
The Humanities Crisis
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/andrew-delbanco-on-the-role-of-science-and-humanities-in-higher-education
"Science can help us to attain the life we want, but it cannot teach us what kind of life is worth wanting."
Pennebaker discusses language and psychological states w/ ref to Twitter
http://www.analyzewords.com/index.php
What does AnalyzeWords do?
AnalyzeWords helps reveal your personality by looking at how you use words. It is based on good scientific research connecting word use to who people are. So go to town - enter your Twitter name or the handles of friends, lovers, or Hollywood celebrities to learn about their emotions, social styles, and the ways they think.
Useful jQuery Tooltip Plugins That You Could Use On Your Web Projects
http://www.designyourway.net/blog/resources/useful-jquery-tooltip-plugins-that-you-could-use-on-your-web-projects/
The other week a client asked me to make a div appear when hovering a link so I thought immediately at a jQuery tooltip. Sure, getting one that was appropriate to my needs was a little bit difficult and I found myself searching through a lot of them. At the end of the day I had a serious list of jQuery tooltips that I could download and even tutorials about how to create some hover effects that popular sites are using. I’m sharing this list with you and hope it will be as useful for you as it was for me.
Upcoming Mobile HTC Ville Will Be Thinner Than iPhone
http://premiumbazaar.com/upcoming-mobile-htc-ville-will-be-thinner-than-iphone/
Some intriguing facts about the upcoming HTC Android Smartphone have leaked recently. There is still a lot of time left before this HTC handset will be unveiled in front of the public.
Google Abnormal Returns (aka Google Easter Eggs)
http://www.artdriver.com/google-abnormal-returns-aka-google-easter-eggs
This rocks!!!
Free ColdFusion/Flex Conference In NC - Oct 17-18
http://www.cfinnc.com
The Triangle Area ColdFusion User's Group, associates, and sponsors are organizing the ColdFusion in North Carolina 2009 Conference to be held October 17-18, 2009 on the Centennial Campus of NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. The conference will be aimed at ColdFusion and Flex developers and others who are interested in web design using these technologies.

Registration for the event will be FREE which includes entry to the weekend event and all presentations.
Locally, Social Networking app for you and your neighbors
Your neighborhood ice breaker.<p>Communicate, Share and Organize with people around you using your device's location services.<p>It is a neighborhood bulletin board in the palm of your hand.<p>This iPhone app is available at www.itunes.com/apps/Locally.
This would never convince a real manager, would it?
http://www.island.net/~gordon/jmanage.htm
<b>A management perspective of the 'J' programming language - Updated 2004</b>

Parts of it read like a lisper's gospel praising macros. <quote>Consider another typical case, the need to fill in a template with data from a record. This might be to create a customer statement or invoice to be mailed, an HTML form to be displayed, or some other such form. Replacing specific character locations on the template by character data from the record can do this. Where the "_" represents the characters to be replaced, code something like the following does the job.<p>into =: (# i.@#)@:=&'_'@:] }"1<p>That was the code needed when the original article was written. Now an even shorter equivalent is:<p>into =: I.@:=&'_'@:]}"1<p>This is simpler than before and incidentally, it is also faster and requires less space.<p>With a thing called "Record" containing an ASCII version of the record data with the same number of characters, as there are "_" positions on the character template called "Form". The phrase:<p>Record into Form<p>Then yields the desired result of a filled in form. </quote>
Ask HN: Choosing between 0.01 or 0.0001 percent success
Assume I'm working on two projects.
Project A is a b2c piece of software that I designed to solve some itch. Assume also that I've managed to strike a deal to raise some money (500k-1M). Probability of success = (0.01)

Project B is a hard tech project, which I'm unqualified for, by a long way. Will take years and years of work, but will be the coolest thing I ever work on. Possible success rate = (0.0001)

Which do you pick and why?
Gray Hat Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers
http://hackerarticles.com/gray-hat-python-programming-for-hackers-and-reverse-engineers/
Read and download the Gray Hat Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers book free
Case Study: 50% Productivity Increase with Better Quality?
http://streamfocus.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/50-productivity-increase-with-better-quality-yes/
We've been using StreamFocus at my architectural firm for the past 6 months, and we are having a dramatic experience: 50% increase in productivity, a large increase in quality, and happier clients and staff with a growing business. This sounds impossible, but it's a fact....
Everything you always wanted to know about HTTP headers status, but were afraid to ask
http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/http-headers-status.png
great resources on this site
http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/http-headers-status.html
Show HN: A Set object implementation in JavaScript
https://github.com/gkatsev/set.js
I created this because I could not find any actual set object implementations in JavaScript that included functions such as union and intersect. Also, I wanted to learn a bit more about creating node modules.
It can be used in the browser, as well, by removing the last line in the set.js file. I will make it so it works in either without any effort later on.

Let me know what you think.
Ask HN: Can Jobs generate the same media attention for other products?
Maybe its because I just saw the excellent documentary "The Century of the Self" about the invention of public relations but I am amazed that all media its focus on Apple´s keynote. I wonder what Jobs could do behind a candidate or if there are other guys like him in Washington designing our culture.
Construction Technology Hackathon
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aec-hackathon-11-tickets-10115266033?ref=etckt
Join us and help bring innovated technology to the construction industry.
Does Codeacademy work?
http://www.codecademy.com/
Can a site like Codeacademy.com actually teach a complete web programming novice to build a working startup in a reasonable amount of time? Is it that effective?
Map reduce word count with chopchop-js
http://neirynck.us/chopchop/demo/docs/examples.html
Canonical map reduce word count example in javascript, using chopchop-js. chopchop-js is a utility library for dealing transparently with synchronous and asynchronous processes.
Samsung Announces New Premium Mobile Audio Devices: Headphones and Speakers
http://www.samsung.com/uk/news/local/samsung-launches-level-a-new-series-of-premium-mobile-audio-products
I think this announcement (from just a week ago) gets overlooked in light on the recent news of Apple's acquisition of Beats.

More info:

http://www.businessinsider.sg/samsung-level-headphones-2014-4/#.U2zvIK2VO1I

http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-announces-new-premium-audio-products-level-over-level-level-and-level-box
Wordpress 3.3 html5 media upload video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx5ud24CTI4
Check out this demo video to see the wordpress 3.3 html5 media uploader in achtion
Adrian Chen from Gawker pretends to be cancer patient?
http://twitter.com/#!/Adrianchen
A post on Reddit from a person who said they were going to end their life using Oregon's 'Death with Dignity' program is a hoax according to Adrian Chen from Gawker, he's bragging it was him all along.
Data Vulnerability Platform Risk I/O Raises $5.25M Series A
http://www.builtinchicago.org/blog/data-vulnerability-platform-risk-io-raises-525m-series
Risk I/O, a vulnerability intelligence platform, has raised $5.25 million in Series A funding, with the round lead by U.S. Venture Partners. Risk I/O plans to use the money to expand their product development, sales and marketing.
Exchange libertyreserve to payza
http://www.emoneyxchange.com
EMONEYXCHANGE.COM exchanges Alert Pay, Liberty Reserve, Money Bookers,
Perfect Money, OK Pay, Web money, Liq Pay, Pay Pal, Solid Trust Pay
with each other at your convenient way. We also buy and sell those
popular e-currencies at a very attractive rate.

Our service charge is very low and our processing time is instant.

For more information go to http://www.emoneyxchange.com
Twitter@twitter.com Not Working, Comprehensive List Of Alternative Twitter IMs Bots
http://fundubytes.blogspot.com/2008/09/alternative-list-twitter-instant.html
Twitter IM bot twitter@twitter.com, which enables you to send tweets right from your Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger .etc. is facing downtime due to heavy usage and the current status shows - "Offline. Working on additional capacity."
Lets find out some alternatives that work in this crisis period.
'True Size' displays full-scale product pictures in web shops
http://www.truesize.nl/en
Enschede, The Netherlands - The Dutch start-up 'True Size' is developing a service for web shops to display full-scale product pictures on the computer screen. Every product is depicted at its exact actual size, regardless of screen size, resolution or web browser. Web shops observe increased customer satisfaction and expect higher conversion rates.

Web shop visitors will now be able to accurately assess the real size of products, which previously was only possible in regular shops. "By making products tangible we can improve the online shopping experience. The ability to better assess online products generally leads to higher conversion rates for web shops." says co-founder Niels Hoogendoorn.

Full-scale product display on the internet is now done for the first time, therefore the size of the impact isn't clear yet. However, according to Hoogendoorn the interest from several large Dutch retailers confirms the potential of True Size. "We expect to start two large pilot projects this year."

True Size is already available as a plug-in for popular web shop applications such as Magento. The examples on www.truesize.nl/en/ show several full-sized product displays.
I started a startup that aggregates web-tools for startups. Thoughts?
The site functionality is very much a work in progress, yet I would still love to hear feedbaack from more people. Thanks!

www.startuptoolshop.com
Apple Business Strategy 2011: Milk the iCow for Growth & Cash
http://www.workingwider.com/strategic_innovation/apple-business-strategy-2011-milk-the-icow-for-growth-cash/
Apple’s business strategy for 2011 will harness their marketing engine to reap growth & cash from today's product platforms through derivative products as they push services. Behind the curtain, this will give developers the breathing room to create their next exciting platform.
Fair Labor Association releases Apple, Foxconn report
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57406627-501465/fair-labor-association-releases-apple-foxconn-report/
The Fair Labor Association released a report of findings at Apple manufacturer Foxconn Thursday, reaffirming allegations of excessive overtime problems, health hazards and safety risks.
HTML 5 meets XQuery
http://balisage.my28msec.com/index.html
This application is entirely written in XQuery. Because of its first-class support of HTML and its rich module libraries, we believe XQuery is the perfect technology when it comes to building HTML 5 apps.
Do you need a Sales Rep?
http://linkedin.com/in/studentoflife
I'm an experienced sales person with extensive B2B & B2C cold & warm calling experience. I'm looking to join a tech startup within the United States. The link above is to my Linkedin page. If you have a full time sales position available and looking for a person whose not afraid of making 150+ daily cold calls; I'M YOUR GUY.
Release of TasOS 11.06 (Jaguar)
http://tasos.in/
TasOS is basically build off ubuntu linux operating system.customize to provide a stable gnome environment with integrated applications.project goal is to promote opensource softwares and provide with alternative to commercial operating system.
Notes Based Social Network
Note based social network similar to facebook is a very cool idea.
Network will have features similar to facebook.
Friends can post and get other friends notes feeds based on different parameters, one parameter is topic like Concurrent Data Structures, Kafka, Interview problems and more.
Comments and other interaction buttons will also be available.
There will be access control as well as general feeds of notes which are available to public.
This network should gain attention as demand of notes is almost very high always and boosts work productivity too.
Show HN: Another Tailscale Competitor
https://fractalnetworks.co/
I'm the Founder, AMA.
Interactive Filmmaker Argues that Linear Storytelling is Making us Miserable
http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2014/02/04/a-champion-of-nonlinear-narratives-an-interview-with-documentary-filmmaker-florian-thalhofer/#more-24094
Filmmaker Florian Thalhofer argues that interactive stories can make us happier. Or at least, that people's love of storifying their life is causing problems, and that we need a new way of delivering news and entertainment that better captures the nuances of life. He had to build his own software to deliver the kind of interactive documentaries he wanted to tell. In his system, called Korsakow, short clips from a documentary become data that can get organized in different ways based on algorithms and user choice at different moments.
Message Pack serializer for Rails
https://github.com/jingweno/msgpack_rails
The Rails way to serialize/deserialize objects with Message Pack
ATtiny Programming Shield
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/attinyprogram/chipper-the-attiny-programming-and-prototyping-shi
Recently I started a Kickstarter campaign for an ATtiny Programming Shield that I created. You can use it to program 10 different types of ATtiny chips. The shield has a number of features that make it easier to debug and prototype your project. Please help spread the word!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/attinyprogram/chipper-the-attiny-programming-and-prototyping-shi
Ultimate App Guard to protect your privacy on Android
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.anttek.appguard
Ultimate App Guard protects apps from un-authorized access:

☆ Lock selected applications from un-authorized access
☆ Support 7 different alternative lockers: PIN, password, pattern, force close, dial a number, error message and image screen
☆ Customize validity period (to change locking scenarios)
☆ Beautiful interfaces with a lot of customize
☆ Widget to quickly enable/disable lockers
☆ Schedule to lock/unlock apps in specific period in a day, during weekday or weekend, etc.,
DooID 3 beta - personal landing page & contact hub
We recently released the private beta of DooID version 3 (DooID is a webapp to create a personal landing page & contact hub, first release September 09).
Would like to invite the HN community to take it for a spin and get some feedback on the pros and cons ...
DooID 3 splashpage:
http://dooid.com/ice_beta/index.php
Invite code: beta_3_HN

Thanks in advance for helping!
Per
Battle of the knowledge superpowers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14949538
Excerpt: "In China, you see children going into school at 6.30am and being there until 8 or 9pm, concentrating on science, technology and maths. And you have to ask yourself, would European children do that?"
Facebook pays out $40,000 to white hat hackers
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3300046/facebook-pays-out-25k-to-hackers/
Facebook pays out $40,000 to white hat hackers for finding bugs on their website three weeks after announcing bug bounty programme.
Android making a toast
http://mycodeandlife.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/making-a-toast/
We look at Toasts in android. And yes it is known as a Toast.
Ask HN: A Unix-y Windows
I'm interested in exploring a Unix compatibility layer on Windows. I know about Cygwin, mingw, Interix, NT subsystems, but I am not an expert. I also don't think any of these really fit my goals.

Basically, I'm looking at this scenario: when devs are looking to buy a new computer, the default is Apple, since it is the only consumer friendly system with first class Unix support. I'm interested in what would happen if I brought that to Windows.

In order to be appealing, such a system would need to appear to be part of the system, not some weird compat layer thrown on top. I think this is possible but I want to hear anything from someone that has any more expertise with any of these layers, the NT kernel, or anything else related that might help me decide whether this is worthwhile exploring or not. Mostly just looking for pointers that will help me with my research. Thanks.
We are all connected in the Symphony of Science
http://www.symphonyofscience.com/
"The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it but the way those atoms are put together." - Carl Sagan
US middle class faces make or break moment: Barack Obama
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/us-middle-class-faces-make-or-break-moment-barack-obama/articleshow/11016959.cms
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President Barack Obama defended Tuesday his economic policy in a speech noting that the US middle class is facing "a make or break moment".
What other features would you add to this "find clothes on sale" website?
http://www.lovesalesagain.com/
I made http://www.lovesalesagain.com/ just so I can answer the question "Where can I buy the cheapest jeans?"
I want to put search on it (lucene), make it so that its doesnt look like it was made by a dyslexic male (thats me).
What other things would you add to make it more useful.
Ankara implant,implant dis,zirkonyum dis,mutludent
http://mutludent.com/
MutluDent welcomes you, who need dental treatment in abroad, in the heart of Ankara, the most popular and stunning city of Turkey. All you have to do is just to send your recent Panoramic X-ray to us to have an idea of your dental needs. You will receive an answer from us including your recommended flight & accommodation details within 24 hours.
Advice needed on how best to promote free NoSQL unconference a ski resort
http://www.meetup.com/CAMDUG/events/147249092/
Hi all; I've been running snowcode, a free developer unconference since 2010; The conference is non profit and is run out of our passion for snowboarding, skiing & coding, sharing and learning.

This year a few of the core regulars can't make it, and I need some help to promote the event and fill the chalet. If we can fill the new chalet we're using this year then we have a good chance that we can make this our home for many years to come; hence my call for help on hacker news.

If anyone has ideas or suggestions on where I should be posting info about the event, that would be most appreciated; Also if people could help us with some mention on social media, blogposts or tweets etc, then we'd all be incredibly grateful.

This year's snowcode NoSQL unconference is being held in La Clusaz, France (19th-26th January 2014). More info about this year's NoSQL unconference can be found on the link above, together with links to photographs and videos from the snowcode 2010, 2011 and 2012 events.

Thank you all in advance, warmest regards & keep chilling, Alan and the gang at snowcode
Netflix & Walmart Class Action Lawsuit
https://onlinedvdclass.com/Home.aspx
Did anyone else see this email? Looks like Netflix and Walmart were sued for anti-competitive behavior. Netflix got Walmart to drop out of the online rental business if Netflix would stop selling new movies. The settlement is worth $28 million and people can receive cash or Walmart gift cards - the amount will depend on the number of claims.
The dumbest mobile game ever made?
http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/gree-launches-its-ridiculous-fighting-game-flop-fu/
A game we made "could be one of the dumbest mobile games ever made."
SQL tutorial: Standard query language basics 
http://programmingstutorial.com/categories/categoryList/6
Learn SQL (Standard query language) with easy and simple programming example. Read many articles and tutorial with free downloading notes facility. Increase your programming skill programmingstutorial.com
Campus safety app
http://www.thedaonline.com/news/article_1d6c02f8-e6d7-11e3-91b0-0017a43b2370.html
West Virginia University’s Student Government Association and University Police have teamed up to bring a safety mobile app to the WVU campus. Students with an iPhone or Android phone can download the LiveSafe app and be one step closer to campus safety.
Challenge:Future Competition
http://challengefuture.org/competition/
Innovation based competition for students. You can enter with your hacker project if you're a student.. Could be a great platform to get feedback and support..
Show HN: tweet capturer
http://www.captweet.com
I was just playing with phantomjs/casper.js.

example:
http://www.captweet.com/paulg/304347618585235456
Airware (YC W13) is hiring web engineers to work with drones
http://boards.greenhouse.io/airware
Airware's next-generation commercial drone platform extends beyond flight-related hardware and software. Giving drone operators online access to data, video, and images is a critical element of transforming drones from flying robots into viable business tools.

We have multiple opportunities to play a leading role in architecting, implementing, and deploying an innovative web-based management system that is tightly integrated with sophisticated autonomous aerial technology.

Web Positions
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Application Developer, Windows
http://boards.greenhouse.io/airware/jobs/13472

Software Engineer, Cloud API
http://boards.greenhouse.io/airware/jobs/19224

UI/UX Designer
http://boards.greenhouse.io/airware/jobs/16606

Web Developer, NodeJS
http://boards.greenhouse.io/airware/jobs/18998

Principal Software Engineer, Cloud APIs
http://boards.greenhouse.io/airware/jobs/19001

Senior DevOps Engineer
http://boards.greenhouse.io/airware/jobs/16605

See all
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http://boards.greenhouse.io/airware
Read it or Throw it
https://read-it-or-throw-it.blogspot.com
10 Useful Weekly Technical Links
How Foursquare is using big data 
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/7/3068529/all-new-foursquare-andrew-hogue-big-data?utm_campaign=Argyle%2BSocial-2012-06&utm_medium=Argyle%2BSocial&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=2012-06-07-16-37-54
ON FACEBOOK, YOU'RE THE SUM OF ALL YOUR INTERACTIONS AND PHOTOS WITH OTHERS; BUT ON FOURSQUARE, LOCATION AND DETECTING PATTERNS ARE KEY
"Osama Dead - Censored Video Leaked" Facebook spam
http://pastebin.com/LxQBfP5f
New spam spreading in facebook. I have copied the content of the js file which is causing links to be posted to friends wall, and pages. someone please tell me what else happening in this js file.
WikiWalk
http://wikiwalk.herokuapp.com/
Show HN: Fun Visualization for Wikipedia Links. Created for the Sortable Hackathon