jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
How should I, legally, deal with a minor as a contributor?
Ok, firstly, to clarify when I say minor, I mean someone under the age of majority, he appears to be of legal working age in Texas (where I am) and Massachusetts (where he is). In this case his father reached out to me regarding a sort of mentor/apprenticeship, so I know I have his approval (but do I need more? like something in writing?)

I have 2 contexts, Open Source contribution, and possibly on the startup I'm working on. For the startup, I need to ensure I don't leave some gaping loophole that screws me/the company later, so if it's not possible it would be good to know.

What sort of CYA's do I need to have in place? Yes, I'm certain I should talk to a lawyer, but I'd like to get an idea ahead of time, especially since the startup is only in prototype phase.

I asked about this on StackExchange here, but the answers weren't great and doesn't cover the startup problem https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/11436/1060
13 year old programming the Raspberry Pi
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4135
"I’m very struck by the number of different organisations that have been supporting Amy; Codecademy, Young Rewired State, the Raspberry Jams and Manchester Girl Geeks have all helped her on her journey. If you want to see more kids like Amy, there’s something you can do: support these organisations by volunteering or donating. We can’t expect schools to do it all for us; the wider engineering community has, we believe, a responsibility to give kids like Amy all the opportunities to learn she can get her crocodile clips on. The Raspberry Pi is all about putting opportunities in the way of kids, so they have a chance to discover, like Amy, something new that they can quickly become skilled at, and that they love doing."
Show HN: Compdesk – the financial wellness platform for tech employees
https://www.compdesk.com
Hi there HN!

We're the co-founders of compdesk, a platform to optimize financial wellness for tech employees.

As former startup employees we know firsthand that equity compensation can be life-changing, but is complicated to manage. We've created a product that allows users to understand the costs and tax implications of intelligently managing their equity compensation.

We've also partnered with top CPAs and tax lawyers allowing users to meet with a personal advisor and create a customized wellness plan to manage equity, tax documentation, submit taxes at year end, and plan for retirement through tax advantages. What are tax advantages? Many employees utilize their 401k, but are unaware of additional options like Roth IRAs, backdoor IRAs, and HSAs. The average employee is able to save $1,200,000 throughout their career in tax savings by utilizing tax-advantaged accounts when compared to investing the same money directly in the S&P 500.

Avoiding a compounding income tax has substantial benefits long term. Our platform provides optimized recommendations from your advisor and allows you to create retirement accounts and automate retirement contributions in tax-advantaged accounts tailored specifically to your financial goals. You can also track your investment progress and tax savings in real-time, all within your account.

Our tools are free to use, and our algorithm connects you to a personal advisor upon account creation.

We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback, and you can check us out at https://www.compdesk.com to get started.

Cheers -- Landon and Khalil
New iOS App Guidelines (hosted by engadget, [pdf])
http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/engadget/files/app-store-guidelines.pdf
Story:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/apples-app-store-review-guidelines-we-dont-need-any-more-far/
Baling Machine - Jumbo Turnout Auto With Hopper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJu_JZcMEWE&feature=plcp&context=C48e8237VDvjVQa1PpcFM6NiNYldDVCkOwXalvMf77RdZtvJDqmvo%3D
Baling Machine Jumbo Turnout Auto comes with Hopper is highly used to compact waste materials for ease of handling and can utilised it for other recycled purpose.

Contact us for more info : info@ahtpl.in / netmart@ahtpl.in
Tel : 91-11-47571100-99
Mob. : +919958596018
Website : www.advancehydrautech.com , www.advancehydrautech.in
Show HN: Know what's happening in tech world at one place
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=www.tapa.so.tapa_app&hl=en_US&gl=US
I have been a developer for a while and then took a short break. During my break, I wanted to keep track of what's happening in tech world. It was too much to surf around multiple sources.

So, my friend and I created this app - where engineers can get everything at one place.

PS: No login required! :)
Show HN: Triple Payments – Request crypto from anyone by sharing a link
https://triple.xyz/
Hi HN, Kevin and Ben here. Triple Payments is the easiest way to invoice someone and get paid in crypto. Just specify an amount and currency to pay out in, and share the link that we generate.

We built Triple Payments to solve one of the most annoying problems we faced as web3 developers – requesting crypto without going back-and-forth on tokens and wallet addresses. When sending large sums of USDC or ETH, we were never 100% sure that our money was going to the right wallets.

Under the hood, we let payers send ETH or stablecoins like USDC directly by calling standard transfer methods that work with their web3 wallets. If payers don’t have any of the requested currency, we give them the option to pay with a different token, using the 0x [1] platform and our custom contract to swap tokens behind the scenes.

We’d love it if you could try creating a payment request, and look forward to hearing your feedback and suggestions!

[1]: https://www.0x.org/
Show HN: Compdesk – the financial wellness platform for tech employees
https://www.compdesk.com/
Hi there HN! We're the co-founders of compdesk, a platform to optimize financial wellness for tech employees. As former startup employees we know firsthand that equity compensation can be life-changing, but is complicated to manage.
We've created a product that allows users to understand the costs and tax implications of intelligently managing their equity compensation.

We've also partnered with top CPAs and tax lawyers allowing users to meet with a personal advisor and create a customized wellness plan to manage equity, tax documentation, submit taxes at year end, and plan for retirement through tax advantages. What are tax advantages? Many employees utilize their 401k, but are unaware of additional options like Roth IRAs, backdoor IRAs, and HSAs. The average employee is able to save $1,200,000 throughout their career in tax savings by utilizing tax-advantaged accounts when compared to investing the same money directly in the S&P 500.

Avoiding a compounding income tax has substantial benefits long term. Our platform provides optimized recommendations from your advisor and allows you to create retirement accounts and automate retirement contributions in tax-advantaged accounts tailored specifically to your financial goals. You can also track your investment progress and tax savings in real-time, all within your account.

Our tools are free to use, and our algorithm connects you to a personal advisor upon account creation.

We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback, and you can check us out at https://www.compdesk.com to get started.

Cheers -- Landon and Khalil
Sony releases $160 64GB SD cards marketed for Premium Sound
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2886403/sonys-latest-snake-oil-pricey-premium-sound-micro-sdxc-cards.html
Sony releases $160 64 GB SD cards marketed for 'Premium Sound', claiming it will produce 'less electrical noise'. Storage media can not change sound quality, but people are spending over $100 more to buy it.
Show HN: My Book on Google Analytics Alternatives
https://quantable.gumroad.com/l/ga-alternatives
I've seen plenty of threads on HN about various alternatives to GA, but you can't try them all. So I tried 15 of the most popular, including:
Matomo Cloud, Piwik Pro, Clicky, Cloudflare Web Analytics, Statcounter, Chartbeat, Fathom, Plausible Analytics, Visitor Analytics, Google Analytics 4, Mixpanel, Snowplow, Amplitude Analytics, Heap, and PostHog.

Basically anything with >= .1% market penetration in the top 1M sites that had as self-service plan.

There's no one-size-fits-all replacement for everyone, but there are a lot of good options if you're trying to get off of Google. Happy to discuss and answer any questions people have, thanks!
Little Harmonic Labrynth
http://amberbaldet.com/uploads/little-harmonic-labrynth.html
Excerpted from Göedel, Escher, Bach - by Douglas Hofstadter
Apple Jury Foreman: Here's How We Reached a Verdict (video, flash)
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/apple-jury-foreman-here-s-how-we-reached-a-verdict-RqtqHC25QbOBFg7xrWa5Wg.html
Seems like a carefully orchestrated, point by point attempted rebuttal of all the criticisms thrown at Jury(Biased, incompetent, foreman has a patent so is evil, Foreman's patent is worthless )/Judge(Biased)/California(Apple's home state)/USA(Samsung is Korean) for the verdict in favor of Apple.
Bob Geldof: "Growth rates in Africa higher than in india and china"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw4SGsZZaYA
"Growth rates in Africa are even higher than in india oder china", says Bob Geldof. The activist und rock star speaks about euro crisis, the lack of good politics and investment opportunities in Africa.
Treehouse is moving to Portland with $4.75 million in their pockets… um branches
http://siliconflorist.com/2012/04/18/treehouse-moving-portland-4-75-million/
2 in 1 day?
Physics of economic growth
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/can-economic-growth-last/
Physical (i.e. energy) limitations of exponential economic growth
All your ASUS servers iKVM/IPMI may belong to other
http://pedromadias.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/all-your-asus-servers-ikvmipmi-may-belong-to-other/
Asus iKVM/IPMI implementation has multiple flaws, which in the end allows a remote attacker to acquire all the users and passwords defined in its configuration.
Ask HN: how to respond to copyright infringement?
Someone has lifted one of my PHP scripts in its entirety, removed the license files (GNU GPL) and is redistributing under his own name, demanding license fees of 200 euros from any commercial org using 'his' script.

It isn't the first time my work has been rebadged but previously a C&D via email has worked.

So, what do you do if a cease and desist is ignored and the host isn't interested without a court order?

Any advice - even if it's "get over it" - appreciated :)
GnuPG encryption project launches crowdfunding campaign
http://goteo.org/project/gnupg-new-website-and-infrastructure
http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2013q4/000338.html
Show HN: I build a terminal-friendly static file server
https://github.com/HoangTuan110/robin
If you ask why there was .hg and .hgignore in a Git repository, it's because I completely forgot this project is my first ever project using Mercurial as SCM. As such, I foolishly `git init` the repository and have to update both .gitignore and .hgignore to finish the changes. You can also see the Mercurial version of this thing at here:

https://hg.sr.ht/~tsukii/robin
Show HN: Linux on Surface Pro X
https://github.com/Sonicadvance1/linux/issues/27
Seeing the Asahi project making so much project is encouraging but I've had my eye on the Surface Pro X work for quite a while. Equally impressive but not moving as fast.
Interview: Dave Grannan, President & CEO of Vlingo a speech recognition application for cell phones
http://us.intruders.tv/Interview-Dave-Grannan,-President-CEO-of-Vlingo-a-speech-recognition-application-for-cell-phones_a187.html
vlingo provides wireless carriers and wireless application providers a voice interface to their applications. With vlingo, instead of triple-tapping on a small keyboard, users can now simply speak to their mobile phones to enter search terms, addresses or any other text.

Using innovative speech recognition technology, vlingo delivers a single voice interface that can work with any mobile application without training or other constraints. With vlingo access to your mobile internet applications is no longer held hostage by twelve tiny keys.

Watch Dave Grannan, CEO and President of vlingo talk in details about the business model and view a live demo.
John Gruber's take on iPhone background apps
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/march#fri-21-jens
from http://daringfireball.net/

direct sublink is: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/march#fri-21-jens

"Another one from the I-don’t-agree-with-it-but-it’s-well-worth-reading dept.

For what it’s worth, I believe the number one reason why the iPhone OS doesn’t allow background processes is RAM. Battery life, CPU sharing, bandwidth — all of these are factors, too, but I think RAM is foremost. The iPhone has just 128 MB of RAM and no swap space. A good chunk of that 128 MB goes to the OS itself and the built-in apps that do run in the background — Phone, Mail, Safari, and iPod. There really just isn’t much left over. If Apple were to just allow background processing now, what would happen is that background processes would often wind up getting killed by the OS at some point when the frontmost app needs more memory. From the user’s perspective, it would seem as though background apps inevitably mysteriously fail and stop running. You can argue that you’d rather have that than no third-party background apps at all, but it’s clearly a reasonable trade-off for Apple in terms of consistency and obviousness in the user experience.

Wait a few years for iPhones with 1 GB of RAM and it’ll be a different story."
IPCC Concludes Climate Change is Irreversible, Effective Responses Needed
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2014/03/31/324799.htm
Third (and last) try to see if the HN crowd gives a shit
Ask HN: Do you provide or check work references?
As a bootstrapper and start-up addict whose had a small level of success (start-ups always featured in tech rags & Fortune 50/500 companies express interest) I find myself in and out of the web design/development job market.

Here on the east coast, doing side projects/working on a start-up isn't looked upon as something positive in the job market. At my two most recent employers (stayed at each for a year) I don't speak of my side projects until I become friendly or friends with co-workers and bosses. As I have found out I need to keep my mouth shut, as these co-workers/bosses who I thought were friends turn on me. My work performance is solid before and after they learn of my projects. Though after they learn of such they terminate me and suddenly state my body of work is less then it was before. It's very disheartening, as now, I do not have any good work references.

I wonder if others are or have been in a similar boat and what have you done to get around this? Also, to employers here do you believe the references you call or email are legit?
Danish Iconfinder Raises $1.5 Million
http://www.arcticstartup.com/2012/06/06/danish-iconfinder-raises-1-5-million-from-vf-venture
Iconfinder has received a $1.5 million (€1.2 million) investment from VF Venture (Vækstfonden) the Danish state-owned funding arm, and a follow up investment from an American investor who has not yet been disclosed. The company has built a name for itself by providing easy search for icons used by web designers, app developers, and even anyone making a powerpoint presentation. With the funding, the company says it will continue to develop the core product and work on commercializing the large amount of traffic they see. Iconfinder's founders also say they're ready to take on Google's search in this niche area.
Upvote count was the "must read" buoy that helped me navigate HN
A high upvote count meant that the comment was a "must read". It was my light that allowed me to navigate HN. And now it's gone :-(

Please bring it back.

Please.
Ask HN: Can someone post a summary of Licensing Terms (GPL, MIT, etc)
I occasionally use open source software for my projects, and they usually come with some sort of licensing conditions (GPL, LGPL, MIT, etc). To be honest, I never read the docs and I'm not really sure what the distinction are.

Can someone or someones post a very concise definition & distinction between them?
Show HN: OneGen – A new way to design data models
https://onegen.io
Hi, I’m the technical founder of OneGen. I've been a software engineer for over a decade, but it wasn't until the pandemic that I decided to take a leap of faith and build an innovative solution to designing data models.

Most applications & SDKs support more than one platform. And for each platform, software engineers write and maintain the same (or similar) data models.

I thought that if I could design data models completely independent of a database or a programming language in a way that allows versioning and collaboration and then generate the model code for whatever the technology stack is, it would be pretty cool.

OneGen doesn't work as a one-time code generator. Instead, you design and continuously maintain your data models right inside the app to achieve a single source of truth.

We're excited to announce our free beta release to you.
Life Before Google.
http://kontsevoy.blogspot.com/2007/10/life-before-google.html
Do you remember you life before google? Or am I too old here? :-)
Ask HN: Submitted Too Much Articles or Got Caught by Heuristics
I submitted an article about poker and bitcoin. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2479617

I am not sure if I submitted too many articles from my domain or it is dead because HN thinks poker link are spam.

Edit: For those who want the links of the article: http://bitcoinweekly.com/articles/bitcoin-poker
Tried CSS hands on today, the result is this.
http://rkravi.com/
An effort for 4 hours in learning and trying web.
Show HN: A Kick-ass Google reader replacement
http://www.swarmiq.com/register/askhn
Hi Guys,
We're been hard at work building SwarmIQ, a Google Reader replacement over the last several months. We would love to get feedback from the HN community. Do give us a whirl and let us know what's missing and what can be improved.
Ask HN: Is there a 'RailsCast' for MeteorJS?
I have recently started looking in to MeteorJS and find it really exciting, any idea if there are good video resources to learn more about it?

edit for clarity
Review my photo CAPTCHA web service
http://peoplesign.com
No, it does not have a "Cats 'n Dogs" theme--not that there's anything wrong with that:)
Google Experimental - A cool way to see what your users like
http://www.google.ca/experimental/
PG always talks about getting your site up as soon as possible and then watching how your users use it. Today I noticed Google Experimental, which I think is a great idea for testing new functionality and looking at how users use it.
"No More Smoke and Mirrors": The Internet Isn't for Investing Anymore
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/314790/%22No-More-Smoke-and-Mirrors%22-The-Internet-Isn%27t-for-Investing-Anymore
tsk, tsk.
"The Delivery Wars": Robots vs. Drones vs. People
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/disruptions-at-your-door-in-minutes-delivered-by-robot/
"The Delivery Wars," are coming, where mini robots, jet-powered drones & the pizza delivery guy, are all racing to your frontdoor.
How China's Spring Festival Travel Rush Affect Github
https://github.com/iccfish/12306_ticket_helper/issues/16
Every year during Chinese tradional Spring Festival, billions passengers travel across the country(The official number is 3 billion passengers this year).

12306.cn is the website for Chinese to book tickets via Internet, the traffic is very high.
Lead Developer/Entrepreneur Seeks Money Loving Apprentice
About me:

I am a lead developer at an established consulting firm and a co-founder of two semi-successful startups. My most recent startup is less than a year old and has revenue exceeding $60,000/month. Outside of my startup I primarily work on full-stack web development projects and quantitative finance projects in the domain of 'low-frequency’ derivative trading. I like teaching and I like working hard.

What I need:

I have a number of projects that I don’t have time to do myself. Ranging from contract development gigs from clients, data mining projects, quantitative finance work, and of course startups.

What I offer:

- Knowledge: I will mentor you and help you improve your development and startup skills

- Cash: Hourly and project based cash compensation DOE

- Opportunity: Depending on the project an equity/profit sharing model can be negotiated

About you:

- Smart and able to code

- Ambitious and excited about business opportunities

- Love thinking about discovering markets inefficiencies

- Want to start your own startup and/or have already
started a few
- Autodidact

- Mischievous

Email me at: f.kovack@gmail.com
Ask HN: Are there any drugs for motivation or ambition?
Intelligence-enhancing, memory-enhancing, and mood-enhancing drugs have been popular for decades. It is also well known that lack of motivation is a symptom of depression. So anti-depressants, if they work, could help with motivation. But are there any drugs that specifically target motivation or ambition? Has there been any research in this area?
69-year-old grandmother: ‘Becoming a DJ is the best thing I’ve ever done’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/8066312/Mamy-Rock-Becoming-a-DJ-is-the-best-thing-Ive-ever-done.html
It's never too late to do what you love..
Tell HN: Just launched Users Like Me
Hello everyone, I've spent the last couple of weeks developing Users Like Me.

In short, Users Like Me is a web app using the Gowalla API that shows you users who frequent the same spots you do.

I developed the app for myself because I wanted a way to find people in my area who also used Gowalla. It turned out to be more useful to find others who have the same interests as I did.

The URL is http://userslike.me, enjoy!
Show HN: I made an AI-powered essay writing tool using GPT-3
https://www.scraft.ai/
Scraft is an AI-powered writing tool (free!) designed to train critical writing skills. It helps you practice crafting better arguments and expressing your ideas into writing.