jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
A Gentle Introduction to XSS
I wrote this article as a simple, no-stress intro to one of the most common vulnerabilities on the web today, XSS (Cross-Site Scripting). I tried to gear it towards people who might have a smattering of web technologies under their belt, but aren't professional developers.
http://bughunting.guide/a-gentle-introduction-to-cross-site-scripting-xss/

I'd love to hear any suggestions for improving it. Thanks guys!
Ask HN: What's a Good Replacement for TogetherJS?
TogetherJS (https://togetherjs.com/) provides a way for an open source project to connect users, peer-to-peer, and provides: usernames, user colors, avatars, and a chat log. It operates like a JS library, just something you add to a page, rather than a framework that dictates the tech stack.

Glossing over some nuance, it's now abandonware.

What's an alternative? Socket.io doesn't seem to come with the above-mentioned batteries included.
Get Homework Solutions for your Math Assignments
http://classof1.com/homework-help/math
Need Math Homework Help: Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, Trigonometry? Get Quick Math Homework help for Elementary, High school, K-12, College Students.
Is Growth Hacking Another Buzzword?
http://growthhackingpro.com/growth_hacking_buzzword/
The latest article by Dan Kaplan on engines of growth, has reignited the debate about growth hacking. The same questions and arguments crop up again and again, each time we start discussing sense of growth hacking, or rather it’s name. Is it any different than online marketing? Is it something new that wasn’t done before? And my personal favorite: isn’t growth hacking just another buzzword?
Wait, You Don’t Have a Standardized Method of Pulling Data?
http://marketing.clearviewlive.com/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/5634/p/p-000b/t/page/fm/0
Pulling your call floor data from several different reporting systems often leads to each position making decisions of off incomplete data. Pulling your data from once source is the best way to get an accurate picture of your business to make the accurate decisions.#CRM #CallCenterSolutions #WorkforceManagementSoftware #PerformanceDashboard #technology
Hebcal: Open Source Hebrew Calendar
http://www.hebcal.com
Our mission at Hebcal.com is to increase awareness of Jewish holidays and to help Jews to be observant of the mitzvot. To that end, we’ve built several ways that you can integrate Hebcal.com content directly onto your website.
Epic Q&A submitted screenshot
http://fuzz-box.blogspot.com/2011/05/epic-q-submission.html
Jira submission from a Quality and Assurance department :

JPEG screenshot inside Internet Explorer showing a screenshot of MSPaint editing a screenshot
of Firefox browser runnng the application.
Is this Federated Media's new conversation? 
http://www.centernetworks.com/is-this-federated-medias-new-conversation
Over the past few months, we have debated the campaigns that Federated Media has run. The buzz today is about WebbAlert, a daily video show by FM publisher Morgan Webb. It seems most of the blogs discussing the show are FM blogs and most of the links from the show are also to FM blogs. Should there be disclosure on the video blog noting the links?
Fully Headless Javascript Spec library
http://blog.thinkrelevance.com/2008/7/31/fully-headless-jsspec
BDD library for headless javascript specs, using John Resig's DOM layer + plus some tweaks and add-ons.
Windows 8 – Repeating Windows 7 Success? 
http://www.soft32.com/blog/platforms/windows/windows-8-part-1-repeating-windows-7-success/
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview (or Beta) is due out on 29-Feb-12 at Mobile World Congress. While it may be strategically important to Microsoft, consumers may not thing so. I’ve been part of nearly every Windows Technical Beta Team since Windows 95. I’m used to being one of Microsoft’s go-to external testers. I also was part of their Windows 7 Launch, as I was chosen in 2009 to host a Windows 7 Launch Party at my home...
Programming challenge should be programming chanllenge rather than the math one?
http://soofw.com/post/104
How do you think about this questions?
Programming Bacteria's DNA sequence
http://www.refresheverything.com/dnaprogramming
Vote for our grant, tell your friends!

(Install our free Android Voting App called "Voice Your Vote - AHA Biolabs" from the Android Market)
Explaining Dreaming
http://www.machineslikeus.com/news/attempt-generalize-ai-part-11-explaining-dreaming
dreaming within the context of hierarchy of pattern instances.
Summary of the implications of Novell's acquisition by Attachmate for openSUSE
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODk0MA
Full interview here:

http://news.opensuse.org/2010/12/20/attachmate-acquisition-what-does-it-mean-for-suse-opensuse-open-source/

It gets less attention then Sun's acquisition, but with openSUSE, Openexchange and Mono it is not completely unimportant to the opensource ecosystem.
Ask HN: help debug mapme, noob map app
http://mapme.heroku.com
Request for assist debugging simple map script: please test from your locale http://mapme.heroku.com
MIT's Top 35 Innovators Under 35
http://gizmodo.com/5622642/mits-top-35-innovators-under-35
Interesting read.
Here is the original article: http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/index.aspx
HN - Insecure Password Practices
HN passwords are sent over plain-text HTTP posts during logons and resets. Also, simple passwords such as '1234' are acceptable. As hackers and implementers who should have an interest in security isn't this a bad example to set... especially with all the recent password compromises and the endemic re-use of passwords?

Some wireshark pics here: http://imgur.com/a/69dcm
Wired for War
"Wired for War" Seminar by Peter Seeger now today at 1:30 pm EST at http://science.dodlive.mil/
Host multiple Node.js apps on your Linux servers with stagecoach
https://github.com/punkave/stagecoach
Painlessly deploy node.js applications to your staging and production servers. Use a standard VPS or dedicated server to host both Node and traditional Apache-based websites. Built on cool things like node-http-proxy and forever.
Readability API contest underway ($5000 grand prize; blue-ribbon jury)
https://www.readability.com/contest
Join judges Anil Dash, Jeffrey Zeldman and Sarah Chubb and compete for cash prizes up to $5,000 in the Invent Something Great with Readability API Contest. Entries due May 15th; apply for an API key today!
Crowdfunding Becoming Easier At Federal Level
http://www.economist.com/node/21538770?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/manyscrappyreturns
State security laws are still the same but this should open the way for some new innovation in the area.
Ask HN: What are the moonshots ideas to fight SARS-COV-2?
We are unable to adequately model the genetic and biological aspects of humans and how individual components (of a drug) affect those genetic/ biological components individually and in concert.

imagine someone who was crazy enough to say... we will try to 10x everything we have done to date and FINALLY do computer simulations at an unheard of scale and complexity and MAKE the modeling/digital testing breakthroughs that current people said were impossible.
Metal Balers - Advance Hydrau-Tech
http://advancehydrautech.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/jumbo-plus/
Hydraulic Metal Balers tranform the waste materials into the usable waste materials that can be used again through hydraulic function to operate the machine easily.
Ask HN: Vultr vs. DigitialOcean vs. UpCloud
We are having several issues with DigitalOcean. We are considering a move to Vultr, UpCloud, or EC2. What are you guys recent experience with these providers?
IE6 died March 1, 2010
http://ie6funeral.com/
thanks for ignoring my text
Lean Erlang VM for modest memory consumption
http://erlangonxen.org/blog/lean-vm
From our point of view, VMs in modern cloud environment is about to take the place of processes in traditional operating systems. It's important to stop wasting resources and switch to technologies which would provide reasonable memory consumption.
Show HN: Wordlet – A Wordle Bookmarklet
https://wordlet.deno.dev/
Add change day button to Wordle
Ask HN: Have you used old Apple mobile products such as iPad 2 and iPhone
I have old iPhones and iPads and I was wondering if any of you have found any good uses for them other than just trading them in
The Real Social Shopping App
http://toplistapp.co/
Toplist is an iOS app that lets you know if your friends like what you buy, before you buy it...
Make Your Website an ATM Machine
http://infilon.com/blog/make-your-website-an-atm-machine/
Your websites can be made with budget web hosting from Infilon Technologies. We make a budget website and web application for our valuable client. Our services and dedicated working are also appreciated buy IIM and Center for environment Education, India.
Show HN: Zebra – Social Feed Reader
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=thorio.solutions.zebra&hl=en_US&gl=US
I build zebra - a cross-over of rss feed reader and micro publishing service. The idea is to make following rss feeds a much more seamless experience and and deeply integrate with a set of social media features.

I would call it a community around everyone's media diet and want to create a place for exchange around daily updates about all kinds of topics people are interested in. Making users micro-columnists in their personal newsroom.

Essentially you can like and comment on everything you see. zebra tries to enrich rss contents as much as possible and has different representations for the types of sources (forums, articles, blog posts, etc.). It's completely written in flutter and has it's own nodejs backend to collect and serve both feeds and community contents.

I'd love to hear all kinds of questions, feedback and will soon release zebra officially on Android Play store after leaving open testing. Publishing an iOS version would be easy, it's just, that i currently lack the necessary hardware.
ZocDoc API, dev contest
http://news.zocdoc.com/2008/05/zocdoc-announces-developer-contest-win.html
The contest, which runs from now until August 1, 2008, challenges developers to build the application that will most benefit patients looking for a doctor. A new API allows developers to pull data from ZocDoc such as doctor and dentist information, practice locations, pictures, URLs and available appointment times, which can be integrated into custom mashups and applications. The developer of the application that benefits the most users (as measured by appointments made) wins a brand new MacBook Air!
Tesla Model S Delivery Starts Today [Live Webcast]
http://www.teslamotors.com/model-s-has-arrived
The all electric sedan from Tesla Motors starts delivery today. The live webcast from their Fremont plant is on...
San Francisco Erlang Factory Live Streaming
http://erlangcentral.org/live/
Live Streaming of the 2013 San Francisco Erlang Factory. 4 Tracks covering subjects in gaming, tools, big data & databases, messaging, infrastructure and the web. Joe Armstrong is on now!
Build Your Own NSA Data Miner
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/funnelcake-cloud-service-is-diy-nsa-for-data-stream-miners/
With cloud processing platform as a service
Meet Cupid: Its not for Dating
https://github.com/lgrangeia/cupid/
Here's the latest in the HeartBleed fiasco. Those of you running 802.1x with EAP should make sure your systems are fully patched
Jq-tiles: Split images in tiles with css3 transitions
https://github.com/elclanrs/jq-tiles
Split images in tiles with css3 transitions.
Show HN:Backwards Compatible jQuery Web Tour
http://www.crimson-cardinal.com/crimson_tour
There are quite a few jQuery web tour applications out there, but I found that when working in a corporate environment many of them didn't work ... or just didn't work right in IE7/8.
I put together this web tour jQuery application and have successfully used it and had no issues with older browsers. It doesn't look as 'pretty' since it relies on CSS3 to pretty it up a bit. But it's pretty light weight. It was my first foray into Javascript prototypes, and while I'm sure there are bugs, although I haven't encountered any game breaking ones myself.

The GitHub is up at https://github.com/drazion/Crimson-Tour - if you notice any irregularities or issues, any and all tips or suggestions to improve it would be appreciated.
The Dark Side of Startups: 5 Corrosive Co-Founder Conflicts
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/onstartups/~3/146498911/The-Dark-Side-of-Startups-5-Corrosive-Co-Founder-Conflicts.aspx
A look at 5 co-founder relationships that cause tons of problems for the founding team.
Writers online
http://cvresumewritingservices.org/
My resume was refined with the assistance of impressive writers online. I am more sure to find a excellent job now!
Emerging dimensional portals in LHC
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/06/lhc_dimensional_portals/
Authorities have reported that there might be the risk of emerging dimensional portals while the LHC is operating.

vivaldi@tux.us.to
Show HN: Cryptography Puzzle Game for Geeks
https://clujhunt.com/ciphers
TLDR: I'm building a cryptography puzzle game. Try it out at: https://clujhunt.com/ciphers

Hey, HN!

I'm Tudor and I'm working on a puzzle game where you solve increasingly difficult ciphers using a custom coded decryption tool that should make the process more enjoyable.
After you solve each puzzle, you are rewarded with pieces of a story about a cryptography enthusiast, set in 1930s Germany.

The hardest part of this project was building the accompanying decryption tool. I wanted it to be mobile-friendly and it’s the part I iterated on the most, after receiving feedback from friends and early testers.

You can play the game here: https://clujhunt.com/ciphers

For those who don’t feel like playing the game, I made a 2-minute video demo of the decryption tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vENHCt25P4M

Disclaimer: There is a $5 paywall after you finish the second puzzle. I don't expect to make money off it at this early stage. Instead, I use the paywall to measure what percentage of people are actually interested in this type of game.

Any feedback would be much appreciated and valuable, just leave a comment, I'll be happy to chat . If you prefer email, my address is: sendtudor@gmail.com

Thanks :)
Tudor
Fast Google Reader alternative written in Clojure
http://rssminer.net/
Open sourced as well: https://github.com/shenfeng/rssminer

I also think it is the most look-alike Google reader replacement out there and that's a good thing! (for me).
Does the NSA's Linux kernel patches need a code review? 
http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/60838-does-the-nsas-se-linux-code-need-a-review
since the Security-Enhanced Linux code has been integrated into version 2.6 series of the Linux kernel how save is it to use Linux
What are the best resources on UX for mobile/handhelds
Any books or documents on the web which exclusively discuss UX for mobile/handhelds.i'm looking for books and documents which are rich in insights on mobile UX nuances.
I built an open-sourced Chrome extension to improve tweetdeck.Twitter.com
https://github.com/eramdam/BetterTweetDeck
Hello HN !

I'm a huge user of TweetDeck in its web-only version, and I was bored of some flaws it got so I built this little Chrome extension to improve it.

Here is what the extension does :
- Thumbnails for Imgur and Droplr images links
- Allow to change the time formatting (Relative or Absolute) + possibility to have only HH:MM when the tweet is not older than 24h and DD/MM/YY HH:MM when the tweet is older than 24h
- Allow to change the username/fullname formatting (Username only, Fullname only, both or inverted (Username Fullname))
- Display circled avatars
- Remove the t.co redirection on links

I hope you enjoy it, and you can download it on the Chrome Web Store and look at the code on GitHub.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/better-tweetdeck/micblkellenpbfapmcpcfhcoeohhnpob

https://github.com/eramdam/BetterTweetDeck
Show HN: Follower Segmentation for your Twitter audience
https://wildfire.so/
Hey folks!

My co-founder and I built a tool that lets you segment your Twitter audience. We parse your followers bios and then do some keyword analysis to determine interests, occupations, and other keywords. We also grab all of the available public metrics that Twitter's API offers, like followers, follows, likes, etc...

If this sounds interesting, feel free to reach out on Twitter or just shoot us a note at email at wildfire.so, and I will give you an HN discount!

We're curious what use cases this might support or what value people might gain from this. We have a hunch that the answer is basically zero. People like the data, but aren't sure what else to do with it. In posting here, I was hoping folks of HN might have some ideas.

Let me know what you think!
Ask HN: are my conversion ratios great...or shite?
* For every 100 people who view my front page, 60 try my app.

* For every 100 people who try my app, 33 give it a reasonable work-out.

* For every 100 people who give it a reasonable work-out, 5 people become users.

* And we don't have a paying customer yet.

Is this great, mediocre or shite? (my app is www.folderboy.com/index.htm?f=cv)

If you run a web app, what is your app, and what are your conversion rates? And where do you source most of your traffic from?

EDIT: only just started promoting thru social networking sites, and an Ask HN post. So only around 400-500 page views so far.
Ways to Show Off Your Content
http://uxmovement.com/principles/ways-to-show-off-your-content
Principle #5: Organize your content in a way that shows off what’s NEW, POPULAR, FREE, SPECIAL and RECOMMENDED to attract and entice your users into using your website.
Ask HN: GPA vs. Work Experience
(I attempted to post this from a throwaway account and it got shadowbanned - maybe cause the pastebin link so I deleted it and I am trying it again)

I am on sort of a crossroad in my life right now and not sure what to do. I described my story here, but I exceeded the character limit so I had to put it here https://pastebin.com/raw/Yzu1UvhY please check it out if you are interested.

tl;dr I always liked programming and I think I am fairly good at it and had no issues getting and doing well in real jobs, but I struggle academically (I don't enjoy university work) and don't know if it is worth for me to pursue further formal education.
The Rise of Digital imaging and the Fall of the Old Camera industry
http://luminous-landscape.com/essays/rise-fall.shtml
The rise of digital imaging put an end to the camera industry as we knew it. Many established players have gone out of business or balanced at the brink of bankruptcy for several years. The main reasons for this seem to be the explosive nature of digital technology, along with the fact that many firms had a position and a competence base that was rendered obsolete. While digital imaging has both popularized photography and taken it to new heights, this has been accomplished through the destruction of thousands of jobs and entire companies. Chairman Mao once said that “A revolution is not a tea party”. Those people who have worked at Kodak, Polaroid, Hasselblad, Contax, Pentax, Agfa, Leica, Fujifilm, Mamiya, Bronica and Ilford are very well aware of this.
Cool (mostly Python) technologies nobody knows about: Buildout, Plone & Diazo
http://blog.aclark.net/2011/01/18/new-website-for-2011/
I updated my company's website after about 1 month of part, part, part time development (i.e. probably in about 24 hours of actual work). It's pretty fugly, but there are some cool technologies at play that the HN community may enjoy. And I would enjoy (even potentially negative) feedback. The blog entry is tutorial-esque with a link to the "code" on GitHub.
Ask HN: Best way to learn about enterprise technology? (non-code)
I want to better understand the plethora of technologies we use at my current company (I am a senior engineer, but my expertise lies more code-facing). Things like:

Redis

Rancher

Akamai

Apigee

Istio

Kafka

GCP

PingFederate

Among other things.

Ideally, I'd like to set up some sort of "test app" that uses all the above tools, but do it locally on my own (aka, personal project). I have a surface-level understanding of all the above, but again, I want to understand more at a deeper level. Not just be a high-level talker, but someone who has a solid understanding and can help out with actual tasks using the tools.

I learn best hands-on, and I'm just curious is there is any optimal way to go about setting such a project up (maybe there's an existing tool? Maybe someone's done such an activity before and has ideas?). And potential issues such as free trials or offerings of the above tools (I believe most are free until you hit enterprise level already, though).
The Blog Writer's Dilemma
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/the-blog-writers-dilemma/
I began a lighthearted financial advice story when I stopped myself. What I am really thinking about, what's weighing on my heart, is the loss and heartbreak being experienced by two of our dearest friends.
Stop Sucking and Be Awesome Instead: A Three Step Process
http://lifehacker.com/5914848/stop-sucking-and-be-awesome-instead-a-three-step-process
Nobody wants to suck, but the truth is, before you can be great at anything, you're going to suck.
Ask HN: What do you think about Tony Robbins?
Personally - some of his programs helped me a lot a couple of years ago. I'm now thinking of doing a business related to self-help, but I'm worried that people will start treating me as one of these people that sell Amway etc :)

In other words - if you're a vc - would you put a money in a sensible idea that deals with self-help (or treat seriously a person that worked with this for a couple of years)? If you're a tech/biz guy - would you have any objections before joining a startup that deals in self help?
Show HN: My first startup - So Yummy
http://soyum.my/
after months of baking with my girlfriend, we decided to launch our first startup together: SoYummy.

I got the inspiration when she first got a subscription to Birchbox and i thought, there must be 'bakery/sweets' version of Birchbox. After some research, i discovered that there really isn't anything like this. This wont make me a million dollars overnight, but we wanted to give this a shot and really try to make it work. Let me know if you got any questions!
Show HN: Cobalt – social media downloader with no bullshit
https://co.wukko.me/
Hey, HN!

I made my own social media downloader because I got annoyed by others that either shove 50 ad banners down your throat, or require you to do some extra steps.
The frontend page is light and all processing is done on the server, so it runs speedily on pretty much anything.
It also has a bunch of download/ui customization options, but none of them are forced on you.

My main goal was to make something that's open, easy to use, and not annoying to deal with.

Please take a look at it and let me know what you think, I'm thirsty for feedback and opinions.

You can also take a look at its source code and judge my coding abilities: https://github.com/wukko/cobalt
Quinn Norton testimony
http://archive.org/details/UsaV.AaronSwartz-CriminalDocument20_774
Aaron Swartz lover, @quinnnorton, testified for DOJ at his grand jury hearing. Without her, no indictments.
Team aims to score cosmic goal
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/25/7160948-team-aims-to-score-cosmic-goal
Professional and amateur astronomers are teaming up to study a cosmic "soccer ball" with a tricky goal in mind: understanding how the death throes of a star are affected by the company it keeps.
Ask HN: Entrepreneurs and Freelancers
What should a new entrepreneur know before sending their project\idea out to a freelancer or freelancing website (elance.com)

Appreciate ALL input!