jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Ruby client for HBase's Stargate web service
http://github.com/greglu/hbase-ruby
Stargate is the new RESTful web service front end for HBase, which is planned to replace the old REST server. Some new features include serving up data in XML, JSON, and protobufs, as well as having an API that's better integrated to REST. Check out wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hbase/Stargate for more information.

I rewrote the existing 'hbase-ruby' client to use Stargate and released it on Github/Gemcutter.

Github: github.com/greglu/hbase-ruby
Gemcutter: gemcutter.org/gems/hbase-ruby
A New Spin on Social Networks
http://www.lostzombies.com
A zombie themed social network, attempting to create the first ever community generated film.
Rate/review my start - vyew.com - web conferencing
http://www.vyew.com
We've been around for a while, but ui still needs work. Since theres been so much good criticism of other startups on HN, I thought I'd ask for reviews - specifically on product usability.
Show HN: the other way to do local product search
Hey HN! We're just two guys in a garage and we just launched a new local product search called Goodzer.

http://goodzer.com

We do not directly interact with the individual stores or national chains (as Google or Milo does) , our smart crawler scrapes the internets and extracts inventory data from stores' websites and then finds where those stores are located. Right now we're testing our service in New York City - we found more than 15M products in about 15,000 stores there. We plan to raise next round and launch the whole US and Canada and possibly 3-4 European countries in 6-8 months period.
Show HN: Bringing the Consignment Model Online
http://www.consignd.com/sell
Would you pitch an item for consignment?
Software project best practices checklists
http://kkovacs.eu/software-project-best-practices-checklist
The complete checklist for all phases of a software project, from planning through development and operations to phasing out.
Running Node.js applications on the JVM with Nashorn and Java 8
http://blog.jonasbandi.net/2014/03/running-nodejs-applications-on-jvm-with.html
In this post I show how to run simple Node.js applications with Nashorn on the JVM using Avatar.js
Build an API in minutes with Instant API
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/05/13/instantapi-lets-developers-create-apis-minutes-rather-weeks-months
Building and scaling an API takes a lot of resources. Instant API lets you build an API in minutes with docs and sample code.
Ask HN: Should we demo a half-baked product?
I'm working with an early stage startup, and one of the co-founders wants to demo our mobile app to potential customers in a focus group type setting. A few of the people we might demo to will have significant input into volume purchasing decisions within their organization.

However, our mobile app, iPad to be specific, is at best half-baked. UI is essentially non existent from a design standpoint. I would say functionality is about 30%, but enough to just barely get the point across. Design wise, it's less than 10%.

The co-founder is under the impression that if you're a startup, it's perfectly fine to demo with a "relatively half-assed" (his words) product, under the assumption that it will be refined at a later time.

In my opinion, if you are demoing to potential customers, you should have something that will impress them (even if not 100% complete), and not rely on them assuming it will get better (and by better, I mean getting to a point where it's actually useable).

My question is, am I wrong? Or is it worth it to take the extra time to create a great first impression?
A Guide to Dividing Up Early Stage Start-Up Equity
http://tech.co/slicing-pie-dividing-up-early-stage-startup-equity-2012-09
Good article on Tech Cocktail about how to divide early-stage equity.
GSM - is it even alive?
http://www.parseco.com/gsm-still-a-fighting-standard/
Pretty much and there are a number of reasons why.
Ask HN: Does a consumer-friendly site for comparing health care costs exist?
After reading some stuff about how ridiculously opaque hospital/specialist billing can be, I wondered if it's possible for me to compare health care costs geographically, by type of procedure, etc. I know these data exist and are publicly available, but it seems like it is mostly controlled by government agencies and is hardly consumer-friendly.
Currying Explained Simply
http://panuviljamaablog.blogspot.com/2014/06/currying-explained-simply.html
There's no function to do "currying", which means writing a function in "the curried form"
Swift vs. ObjC performance
https://github.com/juliengomes/Dijkstra-swift
Thanks to an implementation of Dijkstra algorithm, we checked if the Apple promises about their new languages was truth... It seems not !
Clearing floats nowadays
http://www.red-team-design.com/clearing-floats-nowadays
In this article, we’ll see some effective solutions for clearing floated elements.
Ask HN: What's up with this @newsycombinator tweet used in 140proof ad?
I was using echofon today when I noticed this "ad" from 140proof in my stream.

Screenshot here: http://skitch.com/robotdeathsquad/detjm/echofon

It looks like it's representing itself as a @newsycombinator tweet, but links to a MaximumPC article that doesn't seem to be on the front page of news.ycombinator.com.

What's up with that?
How to deal with TSA when you have children
There have been a few disturbing posts about the TSA touching people's children as part of their pat down procedures, and even one case of them taking the child out of the parent's line of site without their permission. As a parent, I find this incredibly concerning. Anyone have good ideas how to handle this situation without winding up in prison for assault ? Granted, this post references an old incident, way before this stuff heated up, but it's a subject that's bound to show up again. Link ---> http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?singlepost=2276029
AFeature - Interactive JavaScript console for mobile HTML5 applications
http://martinkou.blogspot.com/2011/05/afeature-interactive-javascript-console.html
afeature is a remote debugger for mobile HTML5 applications. This project was started because I have a non-trivial iOS PhoneGap project, and having a Firebug-like real time debugging interface would help a lot. However, as of the time I am writing this, ibug is not working and Crossfire is way too complicated for what I need.
Free and sometimes excellent CMS that you probably want to try.
http://www.libhound.com/web-development/content-management/free-and-excellent-cms-that-you-probably-want-to-try
This article shows current trends in CMS development industry and probably can help someone to find the right CMS for any occasion. The purpose of this is not to describe all cons of pros of each product but provide general roadmap for those who trying to find a right CMS for the specific requirements.
Show HN: Hacker News Lite – I made a less distracting version of HN
https://www.hackernewslite.com/
Sometimes UI can be distracting and I’ve found that I’m most focused when able to focus completely on the content on a page. I built HN Lite as a chrome extension to hide all information that isn’t vital to see.
It removes excess navigation, usernames, saving/reporting features, upvotes, voting tools, account access, and styling.

Essentially it’s a lurker’s tool. Almost entirely built around content consumption and exploration. Although it desperately needs dark mode.
What is Google AdWords and How does it works?
http://allhackersnews.com/2013/11/google-adwords-works.html
Google AdWords is a consolidated advertising platform that allowsadvertisers to reach their target audience in over 150 countries using English or local languages. The platform was originallycreated to serve text ads on Google Search results pages under the “Sponsored Links”.
When booking codeshares via continental.com
http://skymilescreditcard.info/when-booking-codeshares-via-continental-com/
Why continental.com can not be coded to display sky miles and EQMs properly on codeshares, here is my experience I made.
Find a date through your Spotify profile
http://open.spotify.com/app/tastebuds
Tastebuds.fm has just launched it's Spotify app. Scan your library to see your matches, chat, send playlists and more!
The 14 best geek comics
http://webinsomniacs.com/post/the-best-14-geek-comics-to-ruin-your-productivity/
A collection of the best geek comics on the web
Klein partner Mary Meeker's ideas for solving U.S.'s fiscal mess
http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/11_10/b4218000828880.htm
It's very doable - but will our politicians actually do it?
Ask HN: Do you use SEO tools? Which do you use?
I am launching a website and I believe SEO will be important to its success, lately I've been doing a good amount of reading on the subject.

Today, I saw GinzaMetrics was featured on Appsumo and realized I don't know much about the SEO tools available to me.

Anything you would like to share, I appreciate. Here are some starter questions:

What tool do you use?

What do you think about it? Positive experience overall, or something you could do without?

Does it save time/money?

Have you used more than 1 tool? Which do you prefer? why?
Ask HN: Looking for a helping hand
Hey, I really need some help. I should have asked sooner, but sometimes the first steps are the hardest.

A few years ago - as my partner's parents are aging - I made the decision to emigrate to my partner's homeland and setup a business with my partner. As so often happens, businesses don't always work out, and after a while the business failed. In short succession some of my close family members died, and all this resulted in me suffering from Alopecia universalis eventually leading to me becoming an almost complete recluse.

Time has started to heal these wounds, but the a lack of any network and some language barriers, starting again has been tough (I'm unable to work related to my studies in this second language). The only respite in all this is that learning to code has allowed me to feel some self worth, confidence, and a pathway to becoming a productive member of society again.

Starting again means I have a worthless C.V., a large period of unemployment, and next to no experience to show off my skills. I have learnt Ruby and Rails, with some side helpings of related techs (JS, React, HTML, CSS, SQL, PLPGSQL, Git, APIs, etc.), but I now feel as though after dipping my toes into Elm, Elixir, Phoenix, Prolog, etc, that learning new things will not magically get me work…

I have tried job boards, freelancer portals, contributing to open source, and bug hunting, but I can't get my foot in the door when it comes to work that will help me build up my C.V. so I can help provide for those that I care for rather than continuing to be dependent.

The part where I need your help

I am looking for any work that you think I could be suitable for, long or short term (I'm in the E.U. but willing to be available in any timezone), the only caveat is that I will need to work remotely.

I have kept this anonymous as I would like to keep my professional an private life separate, but I will be happy to supply any further info as needed.
Ask HN: Facebook doesn't react on terrorists recruiting post, what to do?
The biggest facebook page in Russian openly recruiting terrorist, but moderators don't respond to reports. I submitted several reports, but no reaction. I assume they simply don't understand what is the problem. Post includes detailed instruction how to join terrorist organisation "army of novorossiya", which is responsible of downing MH17 and many more crimes. There is link.
https://www.facebook.com/The.Russian.Federation/photos/a.10150574453068539.389556.12795478538/10153968018728539/?type=1
Show HN: GitTrends – Find out when you're trending on GitHub
https://www.gittrends.xyz/
Hey HN! We're a team of two Pakistani brothers who like to build things. Every year we have a tradition of hacking together a fun project on the side, to learn and solve a niche problem.

The idea of GitTrends came from the open-source work that we do in our daily jobs. We noticed how difficult it was to see when our repositories or developers were trending. For an event that can cause such an impact on open-source work, we thought there should be a dedicated solution. So we built it!

GitTrends allows you to search a database of GitHub Trending data that we collect every 5th minute. With a small fee, you can also subscribe for email alerts for a specific repository or Github username that you are interested in observing. Knowing that your watched repository or username is trending can significantly give you a burst of popularity on your repository or developer profile, which you can then take advantage of. For an open-source developer looking for work, or a small project that needs more eyes, getting on trending can be a game-changer.

As a note, we started collecting data in August 2022. We are looking for volunteers who would help us load historical data (i.e. from the BigQuery GitHub Dataset) to our database.

We've launched on ProductHunt as well, so an upvote there would be massively helpful -> https://www.producthunt.com/posts/gittrends.

Thank you!
H1-B Infographic -- Myths versus Facts?
http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/who-are-the-h1bs_51811a4ebe7e7.jpg
(here's the direct link to Visual.ly: http://visual.ly/who-are-h-1bs)
Reflecting on London Underground's Overheating
https://www.railbusinessdaily.com/a-reflective-perspective-the-whys-and-wherefores-of-metro-overheating/
There have been many theories about what to do to cure underground railways of overheating, but I have seen no evidence of monitoring to demonstrate the origin of the heats and how it progresses. One thing is certain - the problem is worse in the summer so reducing operational heat which is year-round will not hack it. Besides Glasgow, Warsaw and Prague do not overheat and they, obviously produce operational heat! So, I believe I have found the only answer that fits the evidence! Please see https://www.railbusinessdaily.com/a-reflective-perspective-the-whys-and-wherefores-of-metro-overheating/
How the [National Geographic] Afghan Girl was Identified by Her Iris Patterns
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jgd1000/afghan.html
Background on the story at National Geographic: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text
The Future of Google+? Log in, look around and log out
http://www.domain.me/blog/the-future-of-google-plus-1769
Google releases Orkut, their social network service on January 24th, 2004. Orkut gets popular in India and Brasil. On February 9th of 2010 we got Google Buzz, which was criticized over and over again. In the meantime, Facebook and Twitter conquered social media and are probably laughing at Google which services keep stumbling.

But now, Google has some new shiny technology in the form of Google+, a set of services that should get you into Google’s social networking world. Unfortunately, it won’t. You won’t.
Generate your QR codes with style
https://myeasyp.com/apps/qrgen
There comes a time in a company’s life when a plain QR code just won’t cut it. Ours came when we were about to stick them on 4,000 meters so you can pay for parking by phone. Why not add some style to that QR!! We looked around for an open source library. Nadda. How much was this going to run us? Too much. Being the frugal team we are we stuck Steven on the project.

We have used a lot from the open source community and finally found something cool we thought everyone could use and improve on.
Code Hero: A Game That Teaches You To Make Games
http://kck.st/tlXLYB
Kickstarter project for a Code Hero
Pitching VCs: Present Flexibly
http://getventure.typepad.com/markpeterdavis/2007/09/keep-your-prese.html
When most entrepreneurs practice these presentations they focus on smoothing out the pace of the presentation. While it's good to practice and get comfortable with the content of your presentation, it's important to keep the order and pace flexible; I can guarantee that you won't go in the order or at the pace you expected.
Django Users: i18n Security Fix Released
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix/
Affects Django users with 'USE_I18N' set to True and the LocaleMiddleware activated. Fix prevents a potential DoS attack from a malformed HTTP request.
More than 20 screencasts about Clojure/Emacs/Slime/Zsh/Conkeror
http://youtube.com/emailataskcom
I'll be uploading more so subscribe on youtube if you want to be notified, or follow/retweet @emailataskcom.
How Facebook Is Killing Itself
http://lighthouseinsights.in/how-facebook-is-killing-itself.html
I have to admit that I am currently losing interest in Facebook and one of the primary reason is the latest feature up-gradations.
Ask HN: Is it legal if my webapp rewards the winners with a gift certificate
I am starting a website where users predict individual match outcomes. I am thinking of rewarding them with a gift certificate. Is it legal. Any insight will be very helpful.
I have tried it: It was worth it.
Show HN: Price Tracker for Rei.com
https://reipricetracker.com
i wanted to build something on rails and sqlite and file_store cache. i have no idea if rei will let me into their affiliate program but this was fun to build
FA and TV chiefs declare war on Justin.tv
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/article58527.ece
2 page spread in todays News Of the World paper in the UK.
Ask HN: How did you decide between management and technical track?
I'm trying to think about where I see myself in the future, and am struggling to decide between the management track vs. staying an individual contributor. I feel I have the skills to realistically pursue either, and I enjoy aspects of both, but am having trouble figuring out which I'd personally prefer. Any insights greatly appreciated!
Ask HN: Does anyone still use XEmacs?
When I first started using Emacs about two years ago, I recall trying to decide whether to use GNU Emacs or XEmacs (I chose the former). Since then my impression has been that GNU Emacs has become the dominant variant of Emacs with XEmacs stagnating. For example, I never see any reference to it in blogs, comments, etc. I was curious as to those that currently use XEmacs what reasons led you to use it and why do you continue to use it over GNU Emacs?
Upwork Suspended my account without any reason
Hi guys,

I am a member of upwork since 2017. But, I started working properly on Upwork on 1st Nov 2019. I purchased the membership for $14.99. I got my first job on 2nd Nov. Till Nov 7, I successfully completed three jobs with great feedback and also received a bonus for the last two jobs.

On 20th Nov night, I changed my hourly rate from $5 to $10 and also applied to a job and slept. In the morning, I received email from upwork stating that:

" Following a report of unusual site activity, we reviewed your account and have
determined you are not using Upwork for permitted purposes as provided in our
Terms of Service. As such, we are closing your account, effective immediately."

I replied and said that there is some misunderstanding, I didn't perform any activity that is against Upwork Terms of Service. Upwork replied after one day. They said that they are forwarding my ticket to the specialized team that will review my account and will give me feedback within 24-48 hours.

On Nov 23, Upwork replied:

" I have once again reviewed all aspects of your account and confirmed it has been closed due to site activity that indicates you are not using the platform for permitted purposes. "

After this I again replied them to please tell me the exact reason but they are not replying.

I would appreciate if anyone can help me to get my account back. I left my full time job just to pursue my career as a full-time freelancer on upwork and now this happened.

Best Regards,
Muheyuddin
Show HN: Literal, generate app map with analytics/network calls for iOS/Android
https://www.literal.ai/devs
Hi!

I'm a long-time Android dev and shorter-time iOS dev. I work on this cool project called Literal (https://www.literal.ai/devs).

Demo available without any signup requirement: https://literal.ai/hn

You can upload your own app recording or use a sample of the Calm app. Literal will map out the screens on an interactive canvas.

I built Literal, because I often field a lot of questions from PMs and other folks about what the new app release looks like. I used to send out screenshots in Slack and manually document analytics events as well as what APIs were hit. Other times, I needed feedback and final approval for what I spiked on. Worse, I was often blocked by missing assets or pending copy.

This was a huge pain and such a huge waste of time. Now I work on Literal which makes it incredibly easy to share a picture of the app flows to my team.

If you include the SDK as a debug dependency, you can record an app flow and get the analytics and network calls overlaid on screens. No manual screenshots or documenting needed. No messing around with Figma or Lucid either.

You can ping folks in Slack or Jira with some default integrations. This helped me avoid so many back and forth meetings. More dev time - yay.

Looking for feedback on the experience and how well the SDK works for you (Android / iOS devs). It's free!

PS: Mobile devs - don't worry, no need to add the SDK to the production release.

* Example of app maps: https://www.literal.ai/examples

* Docs: https://docs.literal.ai/

* Homepage: https://literal.ai/devs

* Demo without signup: https://literal.ai/hn
Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant
http://getrockerbox.com/
Check out Rockerbox! Rockerbox learns your unique tastes and guides you to what you'll actually want. Shopping used to be hard...until Rockerbox.
Ask HN: BP oil spill and US
united states is -the- engineering country of the world -first on the moon- landed on mars -when oil wells caught fire in saudi arabia or iraq it was us companies who knew how to stop it - when a ship founders it is us engineers who salvage it - oil industry itself started here - tallest buildings - longest bridges - this is a country built by engineers - why then doesnt the president issue an order to his engineers -money is no object stop that leak now- does anyone has an explanation why the us engineers cannot stop this leak
Girls, alone this valentines? Meet your new AI boyfriend 'him'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOxPdnCTTks
'him' is brought to you by vibease.com
Creating a Community for your Startup
http://www.scribblesheet.co.uk/blog/2008/02/17/how-to-create-a-community-for-online-publications/
We've been at it a few months, so decided to write a post on our experiences about building a community. Short answer, its hard, but doable.
Ask HN: Resources for reviewing the B2B software industry
I wanted to know is there a review paper kind of thing for the history / current-state of the b2b software industry. I have worked in this space for a couple of years now, but I still don't have an idea about the range of software that gets developed for selling to businesses. Are there any resources for something like this ? A review paper or something.
Bitcoin is the Wikileaks of Monetary Policy
http://launch.is/blog/l020-is-bitcoin-the-wikileaks-of-monetary-policy.html
Followup from the really smart Rob Tercek on my bitcoin primer.
Why decrease visibility in modern vehicles?
I'm not sure if it's because I'm a biker/motorcyclist but the new Tesla CyberTruck really bothers me.

Has anyone else noticed the trend in minimizing the available view to the outside world in modern vehicles? The CyberTruck is the perfect example of this, I don't see any side mirrors and from it's design it looks like it'll have large blind spots.
Show HN: Lapce – open-source code editor inspired by Xi-editor
https://lapce.dev/
Hey HN, I made a code editor which is inspired by Xi-editor. It's native GUI and GPU rendered written in Rust. A main feature is remote development support (VSCode like). Also other features like Vim-like modal editing, Tree-sitter for syntax highlighting, built-in LSP support and WASI based plugin system.

Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29549173