jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Fundry: crowdfund your software (from the creators of RetailMeNot)
http://fundry.com
We've just launched this project and would love the feedback of any independent software developers out there.

(From StatelessSystems.com - recently sold RetailMeNot.com, etc)
Seeking Fulfillment: An Interview with Rush Order’s Dana Madlem
http://blog.airbriteinc.com/post/65507836090/fulfillment-guide
Credit card fraud, faulty hardware shipped from China, startups attempting DIY shipping, and retailers ripping off their suppliers: these are just a few issues that Rush Order, a Bay area fulfillment house, has to deal with.
Printed Blog Pulls the Plug
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?page_id=2342&plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a16ea2629-7e90-46f0-a706-dd6152764513Post%3af4490149-9743-49aa-b1ec-6fec9d4fcb5c&sid=sitelife.chicagobusiness.com
"Don't plan on relying on advertising for major revenue unless you're going to generate tons of pageviews. Do not be afraid of charging people money to use what you've developed or to get access to your product or service. Do not put barriers that you cannot control in front of your launch process; don't let yourself become dependent on anything that you cannot control, do not put yourself into a position where you're waiting for someone else -- control your entire launch destiny."
Announcing the Ribbit $100,000 Killer App Challenge
http://killerappchallenge.ribbit.com/
build a flex or flash app and win!

WAYS TO WIN
Media, Advertising & Entertainment
Social Networking & Communication
Business & Productivity
Carrier, Network, or ISP Integration
Wildcard

The winner in each of the 5 categories will receive $15,000 and will be eligible for the $30,000 Grand Prize.

http://killerappchallenge.ribbit.com/
Solving some problems caused by recursion in recursive descent parsers. (Eli Bendersky)
http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2009/03/14/some-problems-of-recursive-descent-parsers/
Also, check out the effbot link in the comments: http://effbot.org/zone/simple-top-down-parsing.htm
Retrospectiva – Open Source Project Management Tool Based on Ruby
http://blogupstairs.com/tools/retrospectiva-open-source-project-management-tool-based-on-ruby/
Retrospectiva is an free and open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool based on ruby. It is intended to assist the collaborative aspect of work carried out by software development teams through the use of blogs, a wiki and tickets.
Show HN: Dev Toolbox – A browser extension with simple offline dev tools
https://github.com/cnanney/dev-toolbox
Hello HN!

I'd like to share a browser extension I made that provides quick offline access to various development tools.

Current tool set: Calculate hashes; encode and decode HTML, URI, Base64; convert numbers between different bases; parse and manipulate various time formats; format and inspect IPv4/CIDR addresses; search all v13.1 emoji with quick copying in various formats.

It runs entirely offline, making no external requests (even emoji PNG files are bundled), and only requires local storage permission to remember your last tab and input.

This was inspired by an old extension called Hasher (no longer on the Chrome Store) that provided a simple interface to similar utilities. This was an opportunity to get back into making extensions, practice with Vue a bit, and expand upon the original idea.

It's available for Chrome, Edge (via Chrome Store), and Firefox; links and screenshots are on GitHub, where you can also report any problems. Feedback and suggestions are very welcome. Thanks!

https://github.com/cnanney/dev-toolbox
Startup Preview - QuoteRobot: Make Quotes & Proposals Easily
http://blog.nerdburn.com/entries/tips-for-freelancers/quoterobot-helping-designers-create-quotes-win-jobs
A blog post introducing QuoteRobot - a tool to help designers & coders create proposals and win jobs.
Pedagogic video-series about digital logic by Jack Buffington
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyG2VxFPjWqDDbo1FKEvzMvj33fI22weJ
Jack Buffington have recently started this very pedagogic video-series that covers the mathematics and logic behind electronics.

He starts out easy by introducing binary, decimal and hexadecimal system. He then explain how to add and subtract in binary form, then multiplication, division etc.

Each episode covers one new element in digital logic, and he's merging the episodes together by using some methods learned in previous episode.

It's quite easy to follow along, and fun to learn some of the mathematical theory behind digital logic.
Twins' DNA hinders France sexual assault investigation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21401200
"It would never happen!"
Ask HN: What do you use to wrap a CLI and make it an HTTP API?
As a hobby I've been participating in some bug bounty programs. A lot of the tools used are CLIs. For some of them I'd like to wrap the CLI and deploy it as an HTTP endpoint. Optionally, I'd like to extend the CLI (perhaps by combining with other tools). What's your favorite framework/pattern for doing this kind of thing?
Iconic Jeans in Movies
http://wtfjeans.com/blog/iconic-jeans-in-movies/
Today we don’t even notice jeans that actors wear on the big screen. But during the 1950′s you’ve could been expelled from school, restaurant or theater if you showed up in jeans. Why? Well, everyone wanted to look like James Dean. There are certain movies from the 1950′s onwards that capture what we love the best – Hollywood icons clad in cool denim ;)
Show HN: Low cost portable chromatograph build
https://volatile.ai/lowcostgc
It's a GC-PID, very simple dynamic headspace sampler.

Can this be useful for food authentication on the go / air contamination detection?
Show HN: Built /R/Place on Twitter
https://twitter.com/dixitbavu/status/1517084258061365248
built /r/place on Twitter using my profile picture as the canvas and replies to 'place a pixel' . Go have fun
The 3rd Commandment of Supporting Your Family
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/the-3rd-commandment-of-supporting-your-family/
Draw on the energy of your family or you'll never have enough energy. What's the difference between a workaholic and a supportaholic? For the workaholic there will never be enough work.
Show HN: Famewall.io – Social testimonials in under 2 minutes
https://famewall.io/
Hey guys!

I've been building famewall for the last 2 months as a solo founder. I landed a first paying customer at the beginning of this month and have been steadily growing the product.

I'm happy to announce that I launched the product today at Product Hunt

Would love to know your thoughts & feedback
MQsh - An SSH alternative with MQtt (Java/Node.js example)
http://franklovecchio.tumblr.com/post/17809512760/mqsh-an-ssh-alternative-with-mqtt
Skip to the code: https://github.com/franklovecchio/mqsh

Originally intended as an alternative for Java SSH clients used in applications on AWS.
Show HN: Price Check Service for Twitter
http://www.twitterpricecheck.com/
A new service to perform prices checks immediately via twitter and return them to users. To request a price check, tweet #pricecheck followed by the name of the item you want priced out. Currently providing best prices on Amazon; more to come soon. This service was built with Node.js.
Ask HN: Is free trial or a limited free version better?
I have a SaaS (let's people extract data from pdfs and video files) that offer a 14 day trial. The trial is severely limited, the amount of job one can complete in this period is slow on purpose. I have some customers complaining that it's too slow and give up entirely. But I explain that this is the trial, you are sharing resources with other people.

Should I have a free plan instead with the same limited features? (slow and shared rate of job completion)?

Or should my trial plan have limits removed? Let them use it to the full extent for 14 days. My worry is that somebody will get their money's worth in 14 days and choose not to buy afterwards. Should I include 'demo evaluation' messages in the data they extract?

My rationale is to make it slow and limited until they decide to upgrade. But this might or might not be happening?
Does the Internet need Cliff's Notes?
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/nui4f/does_the_internet_need_cliffs_notes/
I have a huge problem with not having the time or patience to read all the online long-form content that I'd like to. Therefore, to solve this problem I set out to build a Cliff's Notes for the internet.
2 friends and I built a beta version of my vision and called it Gisto (lives at http://gis.to).
Question is, what kind of mass appeal would a tool like this have?
Dell Says It Has Earned $3 Million From Twitter
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/dell-has-earned-3-million-from-twitter/
These days, lots of companies are talking about their “Twitter strategy,” but few have figured out how to measure what amassing hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter does for their businesses. Dell has shown that it can go directly to the top line.
Larry Smith TEDxUW - Why you will fail to have a great career
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHTawgyKWQ
Throughout his three-decade career here at the University of Waterloo, Larry Smith has inspired legions of students to take up the mantle of economics with his passionate and homespun tales of economic wizardry. A renowned story-teller, teacher and youth leadership champion, Larry has also coached and mentored countless numbers of students on start-up business management and career development strategies.

Having taught introductory microeconomics, macroeconomics and entrepreneurship classes, he recently celebrated assigning his 29,000th grade earlier this year.

Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award, Larry has also coached several of his former students to help them position and develop their businesses, the most famous of which is Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the revolutionary BlackBerry wireless mobile smartphone. Larry also sits on the advisory panels of start-ups to provide his guidance on financing and negotiation with investors and venture capitalists.

http://www.tedxuw.com/speakers/larry-smith/

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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
A very small Window manager
https://github.com/nautical/piwm
Basic window manager written in C in 45 lines of
X-code.
Android applications list for local search [GPS & AR]
http://androgeek.com/android-applications-list-for-local-search-gps-augmented-reality.html
Use your Android to find restaurants, shops, new friends, never miss the latest event in your hometown or on your vacations and for sure Socialize
YAFI: yet another flightcaster interview
http://www.datawrangling.com/how-flightcaster-squeezes-predictions-from-flight-data
Another interview about Flightcaster. This time we get into more than just the Clojure and Hadoop infrastructure and talk about machine learning, data-fu, YC, and how predicting flight delays does or doesn't relate to financial modeling.
Wolfram Alpha's "Close this [ad]" button covers "Upgrade to Pro" button
http://gyazo.com/c25916a1aca250681f5993b45783cc8b
I don't know if anyone else has been noticing how slow Wolfram Alpha has been becoming lately, but I do understand their intent in trying to monazite their product. Either way, I'm wondering whether having the two buttons overlap is part of their scheme or if its just an honest bug.
PHPUnit getting parallelism in 3.7
http://saucelabs.com/blog/?p=5654
The pull request is on github right now: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/379
Mempo Project – Hardened Privacy
http://mempo.org/
Mempo project aims to provide most secure and yet comfortable out-of-the-box computer for Desktop and Server,
to professionals, business, journalists, and every-day users avoiding PRISM-like spying
Ask HN: CareCloud.com Website Review
http://www.carecloud.com
Hello,

We launched our website last night and I would love to hear any suggestions/feedback/comments from the bright minds at HackerNews.

Building this company from scratch and developing the business model has been one of the best experiences of my life. I want to thank all of you here for all the great insight, resources, and most importantly for asking great questions. I owe HackerNews a lot.

Thanks again!
Show HN: Mappple - a Dribbble/Google Maps mashup
http://mappple.matiaskorhonen.fi/
The location for each shot is determined by the Dribbble Player's location (as set in their profile). Unfortunately this also has the effect that some markers on the map may overlap.
There Will Be No Such Thing As A “SMARTPHONE”
http://dailysocial.net/en/2011/08/23/there-will-be-no-such-thing-as-a-smartphone/
So I tried really hard to make a sense of this separation between Smartphone and Feature phones, and I find it to be very shallow.
Dead 8800 GTX scienced to undeath by oven, mad owner
http://icrontic.com/articles/dead-8800-gtx-scienced-to-undeath-by-oven-mad-owner
The tale of one man's journey to revive his dead GeForce 8800 GTX using panic, happy thoughts, and an oven pre-heated to 385°F.
Building and army of robots
http://warpspire.com/talks/armyofrobots/
Robots to test our code and deploy. Robots to open doors. Robots to play our music. Robots to record videos of presenters. Robots to serve us beer.
Prediction: next iPhone will be iPhone 5S in June/July with Apple Wallet
http://www.fortechiesonly.com/2013/04/prediction-next-iphone-will-be-iphone.html
Watch out Square and Google Wallet, Apple is jumping in
Android and its Market: So Close Yet So Far
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/04/android-and-its-market-so-close-yet-so-far/
It is no longer a secret that out of all the many mobile operating systems out there, such as Windows Mobile, Symbian, Maemo, WebOS, Android, and iPhone, only two really understand where the future of mobile lays. Have you figured it out yet? There is a pattern among the former four members of that list that is in complete contrast to the latter two.
DIY widget maker built on flex - sprout builder
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/sproutbuilder.php
This is fantastic.
Best Photoshop Tutorials of March 2012
http://www.designzzz.com/best-photoshop-tutorials-march-2012/
I have also included my last tutorial here… I mean why not, my its my post, I can (shamelessly) include my tutorial as well.
Quora question: Any F500 companies using rails?
http://www.quora.com/What-Fortune-500-companies-are-using-Ruby-on-Rails
What Fortune 500 companies are using Ruby on Rails?
Scala continuation based Tornado clone
https://github.com/rschildmeijer/loft
Looking for feedback for the "Usage:" section. i.e the ExampleHandler and especially for how the asynchronous calls ('redit get' and 'http fetch') are solved. (Yes they are asynchronous calls that looks like blocking code thanks to scala continuations)
about 1%
http://www.economist.com/node/21543178
What bugs me is how is it possible that while 1% in net worth starts with $6.9M, it is just $350K in income only a quarter of which, comes from financial assets. This implies 1.3% interest - unbelievably little. Any explanation?
Being in the Weeds—Are technologists holding back Mobile & The Web?
http://pinchzoom.com/posts/being-in-the-weeds/
After attending a local "social media" event I left feeling a bit dirty and very judgmental. But then I realized, maybe as a technologist I am part of the problem by being stuck too far in the weeds.
Ask HN: Web framework independent Python libraries useful for web development.
SQLAlchemy, WTForm, Jinja2, blinker would be some examples. What are the others?
Show HN: Let's Block It – Custom uBlock Origin Filters Made Easy
https://letsblock.it/
uBlock Origin is more than an ad-blocker, it's a general purpose content filter that can be leveraged to hide low-quality content from pages you browse. While the main filter lists can remove mailing list popups and obvious nags, the definition of low-quality content is personal, so one size cannot fit all.

I used to have an ad-hoc script to render and publish a personal uBlock Origin filter list, added to all my browsers. The goal of this project is to enable more people to build such a list custom list to filter out low-quality content and nags. Chose from a list of community-maintained templates, set your options, add your custom rules, and get your personal filter list.

Code and content are licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and hosted on https://github.com/xvello/letsblockit. The project is still pretty young and needs more filter templates, and lots of frontend improvements (my last web project was in 2005, this is not my forte). Any feedback is welcome!
Ask HN: Is source code for this site open source?
Is source code for this very site news.ycombinator.com open source? Thanks
Ask HN: Sugar daddies propositioning women and teens on Instagram
For a while I've known that "sugar daddies", i.e. wealthy older men are stalking young women on Instagram and offering money in exchange for sex, nude photos, etc. My wife, who looks like she's 21-23 complains about getting these messages all the time and shows them to me. It's gross, but talking with some friends who have teenage daughters last night, I discovered it's a lot more sinister.

Some of these men are propositioning underage teens (14, 15 years old). They offer, e.g. $700/week for just conversation in the beginning, and then that escalates to asking for nude photos and who knows what else.

Some friends of the girls, just 14 and 15 years old, are actually involved in this, and have shared screenshots of the bank deposits to prove it's real. This is in Vancouver, Canada, but I assume it's happening elsewhere too.

It makes me really mad. Why are adult men with no contacts in common allowed to send messages to underage girls? Facebook knows your age and gender and contacts. Even if you have a public profile, this just shouldn't be permitted. That seems like the most simple and basic of protections and it hasn't been done.

How are these predators so brazen as to proposition children on Instagram without consequences? Are Instagram messages end-to-end encrypted? I'm a big fan of end-to-end encryption, but now I'm seeing some flaws with the idea.

If you have children, talk with them to make sure their Instagram account privacy settings are activated. I don't think it's a good idea for children to have a public account.
Ask HN: Trying to find previous post on VCS analysis
Several weeks ago I remember seeing an article on HN that was about analyzing version control history to find files that were usually changed at the same time, and using that to identify parts of the application that weren't as well-factored as they ought to be.

Google and https://hn.algolia.com/ search are failing me. Anyone have the URL to that post?
Rats, My Startup Just Got Googled!!
http://bashford.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/rats-my-startup-just-got-googled/
The consumer in me says: "I love Google!". I really can't think of any company which has given me so much cool stuff without me taking out my wallet!

The entrepreneur in me (a sometimes small, sometimes loud voice) looks at Google with a mixture of fear and envy. Why? Well, imagine you have poured your heart and soul into a startup project over months or years, to find out Google has launched a similar service for free just as your project is gaining traction! This is the stuff that makes people jump of bridges or tall buildings.
Show HN: A network for Americans who can't afford health insurance
https://www.pocketero.com
Hey HN, launched this recently and looking for early feedback.

The problem to solve: In the US, patients who can't afford health insurance are regularly charged the highest prices for healthcare - prices that are deliberately inflated by 2x-4x above market. But theoretically they should be getting the best prices, because they are paying without the expenses and delays of insurance claims. However, insurance contracts are written in a way that prevents anyone outside a network from getting better prices than insurers.

The Pocketero solution: An affordable non-insurance network for people who pay out of pocket for healthcare, especially those who can't afford health insurance. Network members get the best prices from network providers.

If you have any comments about the design, implementation, business model, etc. - please share your thoughts!
HN RFS: Prove Paul Buchheit Wrong About Chrome
http://www.cloudwand.com/rfs
I was reading the heated comment threads yesterday about Chrome and it occurred to me that what we really needed was an RFS. It would be great if others want to run with their own RFS ideas, but this is definitely is not meant to mock YC or HN or be disrespectful in the slightest. </disclaimer>
Stored Procedures are EVIL
http://www.tonymarston.co.uk/php-mysql/stored-procedures-are-evil.html
This an old article but the guy seems to have a point.
Show HN: OxideDB – Teach PostgreSQL Database How to Speak MongoDB Wire Protocol
https://github.com/fcoury/oxide
Hey everyone! I have created a product that relies on MongoDB for a document store but doesn't really need any of the distributed features to really justify having a hosted MongoDB or DocumentDB instance. Now that we're trying to turn this into a product, we're seeing that some companies have a little bit of resistance around managing yet another database. Most of our clients already have and manage PostgreSQL in one form or another.

I knew that PostgreSQL already offered first class JSON support, but I didn't want to rewrite the application data layer from scratch if I could avoid it. That's when I started researching if there was a "proxy" that would translate the MongoDB protocol - that I was completely ignorant about - into PostgreSQL. To my surprise there was nothing ready for production use but I found MangoDB that later on became FerretDB. I delved into the code and was in love with the idea. The team around is really nice, but I found that they had greater ambitions - they basically wanted to offer multiple backends, namely Tigris, on top of PostgreSQL.

On the other hand, I have been waiting to find an excuse to delve deeply into the rust ecosystem but never really found something I was passionate about until I had the idea of challenging myself to see if I could learn about the protocol that MongoDB uses by relying on their public documentation and the hints I found on FerretDB.

Fast forward 3 weeks and I have something I am almost comfortable on sharing yet super excited to get feedback on. It's in very early stages, and it's work from someone that is not yet super comfortable with the stack. Please don't be too harsh and keep in mind this is the beginning of a journey for me that I embarked out of pure joy on getting a tiny bit better on rust and making things click internally.

Thank you for your time and if you would like to help me on this project please be more than welcome to reach out, either here, via email or directly on the GitHub repo. (heavy breathing before clicking submit :-) )

PS: I forgot to mention, but another thing I added to my toolbelt while developing this was about creating parsers. In order to transform MongoDB JSON to SQL queries, I ported an existing library from the MongoDB team from PEG.js to pest.rs!
Google+ allows users to inadvertently delete years worth of blog photos
https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!topic/google-plus-discuss/hJHmhE7mcg0/discussion
This happened to somebody I know as well