jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Startup Feedback - EventHomes.com
Hi,

Hoping to get some feedback on my recently launched startup - EventHomes.com. We're a "Airbnb" for homeowners near major sporting events who want to rent their home for people attending the event.

www.eventhomes.com

Background:
In 2004 the Ryder Cup came to my city in Bloomfield Hills, MI. I was in high school at the time and came up with the idea to create a site after speaking with a few home owners who had amazing properties on the golf course. I launched the site after taking pictures of a few homes in the area by going to door to door explaining my idea. I promoted it by creating a real estate listing on eBay for a ridiculous price of $1,000,000.00 (I knew at the very least the price would get people to click on it). The site ended up getting quite a bit of traffic from this but it was eventually caught by eBay and taken down (minor setback). The next thing I did was email every local news station in my city and I ended up getting a interview and a story about my site on the nightly news. After the story air'd I had hundreds of homeowners emailing me and I could barely keep up. Two weeks later I got a nice letter from the PGA's lawyers demanding I take down my site because the url contained their trademark "RyderCup". Since I was in high school, I didn't know what to do and ended up taking the site down and moved on. I always knew in the back of my mind I would try again.

With the new site, I decided to cover every major sporting event in the US and created a more generic name "EventHomes". We currently have over 200 homes available for the 2011 Super Bowl in Arlington, Tx.
Do we need to think beyond the PC to really innovate?
http://www.trendcatching.com/2007/10/coolhunting---w.html
A lot of the innovation we've seen over the last few years in the web apps space seems to have slowed down a bit (the techcrunch 40 was won by a personal finance site for gods sake). So - do we need to start thinking more radically e.g. wearable computing.
Is Craigslist search down? Any filter does not show results 
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/
Looks like craigslist search is down. Any filter does not show results though page numbers are shown
Science of omega 3/fish oil supplemented diets is questionable
http://www.empr.com/eskimo-diet-lacks-support-for-better-cardiovascular-health/article/346335/
"The "Eskimo diet" hypothesis, suggested as a factor in the alleged low incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in Greenland Eskimos, seems not to be supported in the literature, according to a review published online April 14 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology."
More readability: removing scrollbar from code snippets
http://thoughts-are-free.com/post/2498148238/expand-code
a small bookmark which will remove the scrollbar form the code examples. It makes code reading on the iPad much more easy and allows to keep better overview
Ed Tech Startup Looking for Hackers
https://ycedtech.recruiterbox.com/opening/18809/
Email me at blakeapm@gmail.com if you have any questions about the position.
Describe your ideas using concrete terms
http://www.ideatagging.com/spigit-i-finally-get-it/
An example of how using an established schema to describe your concept can go a long way in helping people to understand it.
Intrested in Feasibility of Sales AI for Phone
I am intrested in feedback on the immediate potential/existince of an application of for call center phone agents that can recognize objections, stalls, and other customer conversations and provide the sales agent with impromptu scripts to handle objections and increase close percentage. pm me if interested.
Implementing Type Inference: Not So Hard!
http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Implementing-Type-Inference-Not-so-Hard%21.html&Itemid=29
Christopher Diggins used a Hindley-Milner type-inference algorithm when designing the Cat language. Clear explanations of the technique seemed hard to come by, however, until Christopher uncovered a good book and a couple of papers that filled in the gaps.
See the real time location of your train on a map
http://www.karmame.net
karmaME is a real time mass transit visualization app for smart phones. When users launch the app, they can see the real time locations of their trains
on a live map.

As a bonus added feature, karmaME also shows daily
deals around the users at a particular location. So, if the users' trains are late, they can enjoy a coffee or a discounted food deal while they wait inside the eatery rather than waiting in the cold at the platform.

karmaME is a crowdsourced app (although the users do not have to do anything to feed data to the system). See “How it works”. (“see how it works” text has a link to that section.)

If you don’t see enough trains on the map, tell your friends to download the app. Make your life a little bit easier and make your friends’ life a little bit easier.

What We Solve:

One of the biggest complaints of the NYC Subway/LIRR, Metro North and NJ Transit riders is that the trains are late or early compared to their scheduled arrival times. In 2011, only 71% of the NYC Subway trains were on time. "On time" is defined as reaching the destination within five minutes of the scheduled time, so many trains that were technically on time, were also late.

The scheduling situation is not better in most parts of the world; at any given time, you can probably find thousands of people around the world wondering where their trains are. Some people waiting in freezing cold and some people in scorching hot weather.

karmaME is the solution; when we have enough users, everyone can see where their
trains are, and they can wait for them at much more comfortable places, like a nearby café (preferable enjoying something yummy at discounted prices) or in their air-conditioned car.
IOS Developer Cheat Sheet Wiki
https://www.owasp.org/index.php/IOS_Developer_Cheat_Sheet
This document is written for iOS app developers and is intended to provide a set of basic pointers to vital aspects of developing secure apps for Apple’s iOS operating system
Show HN: My first portfolio site and blog
http://chinmaya.pythonanywhere.com/
I have recently started learning Django. After completing the awesome Django tutorial, this was the first app I built. It's freely hosted on Pythonanywhere.
Why I bought a Mac ... And Why I'll always be a Windows guy too
http://www.zachbruhnke.com/
New blog and new blog post. check it out I would appreciate the feedback. there is also some information about me and some of my concepts on the website. i would be happy to talk to anyone or hear their feedback about any of this. Hope you guys enjoy it!
Create new accounts on the fly with Texter
https://gist.github.com/2030987
Modern web browsers tend to have an autocomplete feature but it may not be available for all websites.
Airbnb Faces Off Against 40-Year Old San Francisco Hotel Laws
http://pandodaily.com/2012/04/04/airbnb-faces-off-against-40-year-old-san-francisco-hotel-laws/
Just another example of the two-face nature of our SF government.
Sending Email using gmail Account with C Sharp
http://thebigsecurity.com/2011/02/23/sending-email-using-gmail-account-with-c-sharp/
thebigsecurity.com
Ask HN: Video Game Specification?
Is there an Industry Standard Document about How to specify Video Games? Things like the game play and any other rules.

Thanks!
Butcher Chop - Great New iPhone Game
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/butcher-chop/id601950074
My name is Michael Eirinberg. I am 13 years old and am proud to announce that I have just completed my second iPhone app, Butcher Chop. It is an incredibly fun and addictive arcade game. Buy it now!
Surfing the HyperNet -Will There be a Quantum Computer in Your Future
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/08/surfing-the-hyp.html
Quantum computers are so sought after they make the Holy Grail look like an IKEA wineglass. The list of things people expect a quantum computer to do starts with "crack unbreakable codes" and goes up from there, so every small advance on the way gets a lot of attention. The latest such headline comes from Northwestern University, where researchers have built a quantum CNOT gate that can be linked to fiber optics.
Facebook and Yahoo Settle Patent Litigation
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303684004577511132642631606.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us
edit: Sorry all, here's a non pay-walled copy:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-06/yahoo-facebook-settle-patent-dispute.html
Show HN: The Adventures of an IT Leader [pdf]
https://csuglobal.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/institution/FCC%20Content/csfiles/home_dir/externalFiles_20130401041211/library__xid-1005_5/Textbook%20Reserve__xid-13309_5/_SEU___xid-4743299_5/_SEU_ECM500__xid-4744622_5/Combined_SEU_ECM500-1_Mod1Reading1__xid-4743510_5-1.pdf
I read this a few years ago in university, Carleton University Bachelor of Commerce Information Systems Concentration. One of my favorite course material readings that I 'had to read'.

I would recommend it to anyone who works in the IT world and especially to any new CIOs out there.

Edit: especially to any new and old* CIOs out there.
Ask HN: How frequently should you should change jobs?
Some people say its bad to change companies/jobs too often. Although in recent times, I have seen many people hopping from a startup to other.
Is that considered a good or is it held against?
Ask HN: Any great Java tutorials out there?
I started learning to code almost a year ago by going through Zed Shaw's Learn Python the Hard Way. My first foray into Ruby was Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial.

Anyone have any good recommendations for Java tutorials along the lines of the ones I mentioned above?
Ask HN: NPM Reliability?
Anyone else seeing an increase in errors when trying to download packages from NPM over the last couple weeks?
WordPress Photo Gallery
http://www.apptha.com/category/extension/Wordpress/Mac-Photo-Gallery
Slideshow your pictures with Photo gallery plugin also you can upload photos, images and create multiple albums with mac dock effect and facebook sharing features.
Oracle faces HP in court over Itanium chip lawsuit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18329969
Life as we know it. Few weeks ago it was the other way round with Google.
Rendered Views- YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n3hr9D3rOQ&feature=related
BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology offers the flexibility to display design components in a photorealistic 3D rendered views. Unlike traditional ...
Five problems every OS should fix
http://www.michaelalanmiller.com/?p=91
Five relatively easy-to-fix problems that every OS seems to have, and that seem unlikely to be fixed any time soon. In fact, it doesn't seem that the developers even care about these problems, yet they all are real drags on usability.
The Mayerinator - Search Google While Listening to Marissa Mayer Laugh at You
http://s360263772.onlinehome.us/mayerinator.php
If this doesn't get me that job at Google I don't know what will :).
Study: Want a smart baby? TV's not going to help
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/03/babies.watch.TV/index.html
I thought this article about early brain development was interesting. Sorry if it is not Hacker News-ish, I mean no harm ;)
A patricia.py trie for efficient string look-ups
https://github.com/fnl/patricia-trie
patricia-trie is my pure Python (2.7+) implementation of the PATRICIA trie. It is geared for effcient look-ups of string collections on unstructured text. While it cannot beat the C-wrappers of the MARISA trie, I believe this is close to "as fast as it gets" in pure Python. If anybody has improvements to suggest, I would love to hear them!
Sysadmins: free teeshirts, $5,000, laptop, guitar hero. and FAME
http://sysadminoftheyear.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/sysadmins-can-win-up-to-5000/
yes. it's the sysadmin of the year contest. and the prizes are amped up. turn the M upside down and sysadWin
Chrome innerHTML massive slowness
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=230504
try the below in IE/ff/chrome

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" class="ims-lvl-1">

<head>
</head>

<body id="pagewrapper" class="gainlayout yui-skin-sam ims-lvl-1">

<form id="theForm" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="test.html" method="post">

<input type="submit" value="Submit">

<script type="text/javascript">
var starttime = new Date().getTime();
for (var i=0; i<100000;++i){
var el = document.createElement('div');
el.appendChild(document.createTextNode(''));
}

var endtime = new Date().getTime();
console.log(endtime - starttime);
</script>

<input type="hidden" name="h" value="012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789">

</form>

</body>

</html>
A Personal Loan Designed Around Your Needs
http://www.ubank.co.za/ulend/personal-loan/
Life is full of surprises, and sometimes that means you need a little bit extra. That’s why we’ve developed the Ubank Personal Loan, so you can enjoy life’s little surprises without worrying about how to afford them.
GoodUI Datastories
http://goodui.org/datastories
Wanted to share ... that we will start writing about some of our best conversion optimization stories, with real data, starting in early May.

Any thoughts on what makes an awesome A/B test report / case study?
Show HN: willie-lumberjack, A logging module for Willie IRC bot.
http://lumberjack.ultrab0t.net/
A logging module for Willie IRC bot with real-time log viewer. https://github.com/marlboromoo/willie-lumberjack ;D
Show HN: bbl – Bible command line reader
https://github.com/nehemiaharchives/bbl
bbl is a set of commands to read and search bible, works in macos, ubuntu, and windows. I'm a Christian programmer/devops. When I am working in command line, I did not want leave there to open web browser or other desktop/mobile app to read bible. Rather just wanted to type some git like commands to output texts of the Bible in the console like this:

bbl john 3:16-18
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

bbl matt 6:9-13 in kjv
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

bbl search Jesus Christ in romans 5
romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

bbl rand nt
2 Peter 2:2
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

bbl is an open source software, built with Kotlin language with clikt. Search is powered by apache lucene. Pull requests and posting issues are welcomed.
At least 1 woman to be interviewed for every IT job opening
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/030612-women-it-257009.html
Anita Borg Institute report says this would spur more diverse hiring
Your home in the cloud in 2013
http://blog.zoopla.co.uk/2013/01/06/your-house-in-the-cloud-home-automation-in-2013
Ever wanted to make some fresh-roasted coffee from the comfort of your bed using your smartphone? You might soon be able to...
Ask HN: Trying to find recent blog post comparing X11/vim on OS X vs. Linux
read this late last night, can't find it now.

an individual had a blog post comparing his experience using x11/vim on OS X vs. using what's available on Linux. He had a more favorable experience using Linux after transitioning from OS X.

Really wish I had bookmarked it, can't find it now.
Azul CTO: Oracle is doing the right thing with Java
http://features.techworld.com/data-centre/3348519/azul-cto-java-is-not-new-cobol/?intcmp=ft-hm-m
Java is the most successful development platform of all time, and is currently used by more than 17 percent of developers. However there is concern within the developer community that the Java platform is ageing, with some suggesting that Java could become the next Cobol.

According to Gil Tene, CTO and co-founder of Azul Systems, however, this is not the case. While he admits that the Java Community Process (JCP) has been stagnant in standardisation over the last five years, activity has picked up in recent month, and work is being done to standardise not just the current version of Java, but also future iterations of the platform.

Tene also believes that Oracle is doing the right thing with Java, and claims it has helped to make the JPC much more active than it was before. It has also invited companies like Azul to join the JCP actively, to help guide the rules of licensing and engagement, and is looking to share power with stakeholders such as IBM.
Tienda del cigarrillo electrónico
http://www.tiendadelcigarrilloelectronico.es
Tienda especializada en la venta de cigarrillos electrónicos y todos sus accesorios. Te asesoramos personalmente en tu compra
Twitter in London
http://tlondon.linkstore.ru
local news mashup
Aiino Double USB Wall Charger, Charge 2 Devices Simultaneously
http://www.iphonbuzz.com/aiino-double-usb-wall-charger-a-convenient-power-supply-for-charging-two-devices-simultaneously.html
If you are looking for a small wall adapter to charge two devices simultaneously via USB port, the Aiino Double USB Wall Charger could be for you.
Socket - new startup that lets companies quote and sell online
http://www.socketapp.com
Hey all, we recently launched a new saas product called Socket (www.socketapp.com). Socket lets you automate sales quoting via your website, accept payments online, and funnel leads into your CRM. Would love to hear your thoughts.
Make School (YC W12) is hiring a remote video editor to make edu content
Hey, I'm Ashu, the founder of Make School. We're a YC-backed startup university based in San Francisco.

I'm currently leading an R&D initiative to bring more of our content to an online friendly format as we gear up to launch an online Bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science. We're aiming to hit a content quality on par with Vox / Masterclass.

Our eventual goal is to properly unbundle a university degree into a more modular and modern education format that aligns with how students and professionals learn today. Instead of traditional classrooms, students will go through self-paced high quality videos paired with active learning exercises and projects and significant 1:1 and small group instructor support.

I've just built out a video studio at our SF campus to enable rapid development of high quality educational content using BMPCC 4k cameras and an ATEM Mini switcher w/ iPad and laptop inputs. You can check out some of our early videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmcA6BlSqw0&list=PLZ_SI6zSFX...

I'm looking to work with a strong video editor to take the content to the next level with cutscenes, animations, and more. We'll be working in DaVinci Resolve to stay in the blackmagic ecosystem. Our R&D team will be full remote, so you can be anywhere in the world.

If you're interested, shoot me an email (ashu@makeschool.com) with:
- Your portfolio
- Your usual contracting rate

Cheers,
Ashu
A quick look at worldwide smartphone penetration
http://www.parseco.com/worldwide-smartphone-penetration/
Remember the time when you simply hated the thought of having a big mobile phone? Some of us used to call them „bricks“. It’s funny how quickly people forget. Simply offer them an array of features and they forget ever complaining about those requirements in the past.
Asp.net Chat
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/562023/SignalRChatRoom.zip
good code
A Radical Among Revolutionaries: Monitis Named to the OnDemand 100
http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/04/15/a-radical-among-revolutionaries-monitis-named-to-the-ondemand-100/
Monitis, the leading provider of 100% Cloud-based network and systems monitoring solutions, today announced that it has been named to the 2010 OnDemand 100 – the leading index of the world’s most innovative SaaS/Cloud companies.
Innovation: Paper-based USB sticks can be attached to printed magazines
https://www.intellipaper.info/
(Skip video on their homepage to 0:50 to see examples) This "intelliPaper" disposable paper based USB drive project is now on IndieGoGo, too, with another less cheesy marketing video than on their homepage... http://www.indiegogo.com/intellipaper
Low vs. High Level
http://pirx2691.wordpress.com/writing/low-vs-high-level-eiffel-outlook-editorial-from-1995/
This is an article I wrote years ago about differences between low and high level in programming. It was part of discussion of whether programming is engineering or not. I think it is.
My Notes from Jam Session Led by Gamification Guru, Amy Jo Kim
http://geoffreynuval.devhub.com/blog/530752-my-notes-from-jam-session-lead-by-gamification-guru-amy-jo-kim/
I was recently given the opportunity to join the BigDoor team and a few of their clients up in a beautiful cabin in the evergreen forests of Washington to do a jam session on gamification.
Is Lenovo Advertising Thinkpad Tablet as 4:3?
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/products/tablets/thinkpad/
How I wish it was 4:3. Seems Lenovo does too. The pictures on the site are, to my eye, not 16:10. Why do you frustrate me so, Lenovo?
No need to code for meta keywords?  Is this true?
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html
I'm just starting out...
Starbucks: Collaborating Key to Success
http://www.thecablepipeline.com/2010/06/15/starbucks-collaborating-key-success/
Why collaboration is the key to Starbucks success.
Developer and Social Activism
https://medium.com/p/4b31cbd4ce3c
How small contribution using technology can makes big difference
Ask HN: What does de-motivate you?
We have discussed several times about motivation. But what does really de-motivate you and can make you under-perform? Is it a person(miserable colleague, pushy boss)? What about the deadlines and the constraints of the job? Can an programming framework play the role of the major demotivator?
India Leads With $10.3bn in Clean Energy Investments
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/02/india-leads-103bn-clean-energy-investments/
Bloomberg reports that India invested $10.3bn clean tech last year, accounting for 4% of the world's total investments, but does this mean energy independence?