jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Ask HN: graphical browsing for keyboard jockeys?
I've recently decided to try out a tiling window manager, and interact with my desktop almost exclusively via the keyboard. I have quickly come to realize that essentially the only thing I need the mouse for is to interact with a Web browser.

So, I'm curious: What setups do people use for graphical browsing with keyboard navigation? Specifically, are there ways of doing the following from the keyboard in a browser that can display images and other media, run JavaScript, understand CSS, and so on?

- select a link by searching for its text (rather than tabbing through all links)

- select arbitrary text on the page

- provide access to the functions normally found on a right-click menu (e.g. Save Image As...)

- mouse-like scrolling on pages and in forms (I know most browsers already allow scrolling from the keyboard, but I have found that a number of sites -- usually JS-heavy or Flash-based ones -- break keyboard-based scrolling, though mouse-based scrolling works fine.)

Obviously, these things can readily be done from something like emacs-w3, but let's face it: choosing to use a text-based browser cuts you off from a large portion of the modern content on the Web, and even sites that have mostly textual content can be annoying to read in text-based browsers (e.g., when large amounts of "sidebar" content comes first on the page).

So, keyboard jockeys, what am I looking for here? An alternative browser? A Firefox plugin? A set of built-in keybindings I didn't know existed? Is there a happy marriage of graphical content and keyboard navigation out there?
Electric Delivery Trucks Save Big Bucks
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/02/mit-study-shows-electric-trucks-save-big-bucks/
A new MIT study shows that electric delivery trucks quickly pay for themselves.
How Path 2.0’s iPhone App Implements Their Expandable Menu
http://tob.in/post/15654557154/how-path-2-0s-iphone-app-implements-their-expandable
I came up with a quick example on how to add this neat little UI element to an iPhone app. I figure I'd share. It's also my first post to github.com (: Enjoy!
Tom Peters: Pissed-Off People Drive Innovation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2EdCl-CX4Q
New short video from Peters where he argues angry people are the only source of innovation, so keep your furious people around. Thoughts?
Show HN: Text Message turns on blender
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226kdTCxLsA
Turning on the blender is obviously insignificant, but we did this as a proof of concept. Right now I'm getting it to work to unlock my door (I just have to machine the clamp). I've cut it down so it's one line of code started with an incron script. I can share it if there's any interest.
Show HN: Web App to create your own infographic 
http://piktochart.com
Web app to create your own infographic.
Momentary stall in Overland Park puts Google Fiber on long hold
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/25/4575335/momentary-stall-in-overland-park.html
Seems like Google is playing hardball with local municipalities throwing up roadblocks to Google Fiber.
How to Convert Your WordPress Theme to HTML5
http://www.designzzz.com/how-to-convert-wordpress-theme-html5/
How to Convert Your WordPress Theme to HTML5 Easily
Dell’s Leaked Smartphones Bring Awesome Specs and High Hopes
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/04/dells-leaked-smartphones-bring-awesome-specs-and-high-hopes/
As if the mobile smartphone market was not already overpopulated enough, today brings another huge name into the game. Dell has entered the race with four new smartphones to hit the market in the coming months. All four phones seem like exciting options and will most definitely be competing with the big boys.
Are Robots Hurting Job Growth? (60 Minutes)
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50138922n
"No, no. It's all done with algorithms."
Schema UI Front-end Frameowrk
http://danmalarkey.github.io/schema/
A quick and easy-to-implement framework for awesome developers.

Light. Responsive. Lean. Built with LESS.

You can find the repo here: https://github.com/danmalarkey/schema
How many 10k hours do you have left?
http://geekwagon.net/projects/tenksleft/
I saw the "How many 10k hours do you have left?" here and thought this would be a good way to add half an hour to my web development mastery.
Ask HN: What are the differences between co founder shares and class A?
I'm in a situation where I have to decide what's best for me. I'm the third member of a co founding team, or so I thought. I was offered class A shares, and am not sure what's the difference. They inform me that I have equal voting rights, but I don't understand why I can't get co founder status as well.

This might be a dup, couldn't find my original thread
Ask HN: (meta) Etiquette of submitting own stuff
Hi,

I wondered what people's thoughts were on the etiquette of submitting your own stuff to HN.

Specifically: if I write a post which I think addresses an interesting point which would appeal to hackers and is something I'd appreciate the opinions of HNer's on, is it ok to submit it?

Thanks in advance, and sorry if this has already been asked a thousand times!
Sparklines: Nice ET graphic idea
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_be
found while reading: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=422512
Backbone, Coffeescript, Grunt and RequireJS - A tutorial
http://wellconsidered.be/post/42493885137/grunt-js-and-require-js-compiling-with-r-js
A good guide on how to get your Backbone/Coffeescript app setup and compiled with Grunt and RequireJS
Google search results marking everything as 'This site may harm your computer' ?
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/362249/ps3%20-%20Google%20Search.png
Is it just me or is every result from Google at the moment marked "This site may harm your computer" - see screenshot.
NTFS Stuff - WSH script for reporting NTFS permissions
http://www.notageek.it/wsh-vbs-ntfs-stuff-eng.html
It is hard for a Microsoft System Administrator to keep trace of all changes made to the “logical” structure of a fileserver, so many times we felt the need for a quick and easy tool that could help us to locate those “significant” folders that, in some way, affect the normal application of NTFS permissions based on the “inheritance” principle.
Drew Houston's Original YC Application
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27532820/app.html
I don't know about you guys but after reading the Forbes cover story, I was itching to know how his YC application was - especially since he piqued Paul's interest as a single founder!
Bacteria eat CO2 to store energy
http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-06/Bacteria_eat_CO2_to_store_energy.html
A bacterium that can use electric current to convert carbon dioxide into natural gas may make renewable energy more reliable.
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Vendorforge
http://vendorforge.org/
A place to publish your libraries made with vendor.
Vendor – an iOS library management system
https://github.com/keithpitt/vendor
Vendor makes the process of using and managing libraries in iOS easy. Vendor is modeled after Bundler. Vendor streamlines the installation and update process for dependent libraries. It also tracks versions and manages dependencies between libraries.
Ask HN: How are YouTube AdBlocker plugins openly available on Chrome Web-store?
Couldn't Google take down any plugin from the webs-store that blocks ads on YouTube saying that plugin violated some obscure Terms of Service? Aren't they loosing a lot of revenue due to these plugins?
Ask HN: Semantically stubborn with borderline fanaticism. But who?
Hello,

I've been in the Web hosting industry for several years and am making an OK living from my business. Recently, I've decided to invest some hard-earned money in building a cloud-based service to expand the product line but also to hedge against the hosting trends.

While scouring the Web for smart folks that could be a good fit for the project, I'm appalled at the stubbornness that's plaguing these people. Almost all are mentally fixated on X software or Y development method and none are considering the business side of things: hitting deadlines, semantics must not get in the way of building the product, customers must get what they want (reasonably), use Z because it makes sense even though you've poured your heart&soul in X over the last few years.

This is worrying because I don't want this stubbornness to affect the direction of the project and the product. I think I'm giving a good incentive to join the venture (pay+ownership). This is such a turnoff for me that I find it wasteful to strike some of these skilled folks off the short list.

What to do?

Regards

Joe
London, GB, UK
Flappy Bird Bot
http://cloudteastudio.com/bird.html
YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHkMaWZFePI
A vision for the future of loyalty
http://blog.topguest.com/2011/05/the-future-of-loyalty.html
At a startup, it's hard to pull back from the day-to-day and take time to consider the broader vision you're working towards. Today, I took a few hours to think about and capture in writing what we're trying to achieve at Topguest.
Cameron's porn ban coming into effect?
http://imgur.com/wnKGH9u
David Cameron was pushing to block porn by default in the UK. I live in London and my internet has been down for the last 48 hours (I am with Sky Broadband).

This is the first screen that I have been presented with after being reconnected. After all the recent news (NSA saying they will discredit people with their porn habits) is it too far-fetched to think this is part of a government scheme?
This is Why Google Scares the Sh*t Out of Companies
http://www.newcommbiz.com/this-is-why-google-scares-the-sht-out-of-companies/
Wow. I mean really, WOW! One announcement of a Web based product that is currently inferior to your product that only runs on a very limited number of devices and your company looses Billions of dollars. Wow.
How my friend negotiated an $8,000 salary increase (video)
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/negotiate-like-an-indian-i-taught-my-friend-how-to-negotiate-an-8000-salary-increase/
I helped a friend negotiate an $8,000 salary increase and 50% boost in equity, and we decided to put together a video showing how. Thought you guys might find it interesting for future job interviews.
Ask HN: My tech job requires less than an hour a day of work. What do I do?
In reference to [1], I have this job. I have industry specific knowledge and historical knowledge on a product that is mildly always broken, and can tell internal users how to fix an issue in <30 seconds. There are a couple issues a day I fix over email.

I got this job mid-pandemic and have been playing video games for about a year.

“Find a hobby” sounds great, but I don’t know how to find one that lets me be near a computer.

I am considering traveling full time.

What do I do? I am half-assing everything, getting very lazy, and depressed. I have already automated the job I would potentially get promoted to.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26721951

Edited for anonymity.
Show HN: StartupDiaries.tv
http://www.startupdiaries.tv
I started a video blog on startup growth.

Interviewing successful founders on what they did for user-traction, startup marketing, customer acquisition, viral growth, guerilla marketing etc.

Goal being to learn how they got their first users, customers, downloads etc.
MIT Startup Bootcamp Videos Available
http://www.youtube.com/StartupBootcamp
Including talks by Drew and Alexis, among other innovative entrepreneurs.
Cytoscape.js: A JavaScript graph library for analysis and visualisation
http://cytoscape.github.io/cytoscape.js/
A JavaScript graph library for analysis and visualisation (compatible with CommonJS/Node.js, jQuery 1.4+, and plain JavaScript)

Cytoscape.js separates itself from other JS graph libraries by being a complete graph solution with an interactive visualisation and an accompanying API that is rich, extensible, and natural. The library provides

- a flexible data model,
- natural and complex CSS-like visual styling,
- selectors for querying and styling the graph,
- mapping element data to style,
- fully interactive graphs with a solid event API compatible both on desktop and touch devices (with support for higher level events like `tap`),
- the ability to run the API headlessly if you don't want/need the visualisation component,
- extensibility in the form of reusable widget plugins and extensions (layouts, graph functions, element functions, etc),
- and many more features.
ShowHN: My research to build Brain Machine Interfaces
http://posterhall.org/igert2013/posters/432
I'm entering a National Science Foundation competition to explain my research to the public. In our lab, we develop brain machine interfaces and algorithms to translate neural activity in the motor cortex of the brain into signals that control robotic arms and computer cursors.

At the moment, we can achieve ~12 words per minute under neural control.

http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v15/n12/full/nn.3265.html
Microsoft seeks non-Microsofty person to promote IE9 to non-Microsofty people.
http://linkd.in/cBNBDw
I love this. A Microsoft job posting for an Internet Explorer evangelist. This was too good not to re-post. Some of my favorite excerpts include:<p>"You are someone with a strong background in web application development, and plentiful ideas about what we need to do in the community to change developers’ perceptions of Microsoft. You have boundless energy and enthusiasm, and you’re ready to take on a hostile audience and win them over using well-honed skills of persuasion."<p>"• Changing perceptions of Microsoft and spreading awareness within the standards-based web community;"<p>"Solid technical background and development experience with JavaScript, along with experience with UI AJAX frameworks such as jQuery, YUI, and scriptaculous and server frameworks such as Ruby on Rails and PHP;"<p>"• Unbridled enthusiasm for fostering a successful web developer community;"<p>Nice try, Microsoft. You may be trying to get right with God, but you'll never be right with me.
Why We Raised A $5M Seed Round
http://founderdating.com/why-we-raised-a-5m-dollar-seed-round/
The true story of Get Satisfaction - how the founders brought it back from the brink and what it taught them.
Show HN: Convert audio or video files to text
https://revoldiv.com/
Hey HN, we created a free audio/video transcription and editor that you can use for free. You can detect cheers, applause, filler words, edit transcript to edit audio, create audiograms and export in different formats.

We also have a chrome extension that transcribes any audio/video on the page you are on. After transcription you can follow along with the audio and read the transcribed text while the audio is playing. You can search for spoken content in a podcast or other audio/video content in your browser.

There are some limitations, our product only works on Chrome and Firefox, we only support english for now and audio longer than an hour is not guaranteed to be transcribed (we will lift this limitation soon)

links: https://revoldiv.com
chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/revoldiv/cjjljbmei...
Web Application Development
http://www.lionleaf.com/services-custom-web-applications
At LionLeaf we specialize in building web applications and salvaging previously failed custom web application development projects. We have a unique process that we have honed while working on thousands of sites needing custom programming and on hundreds of sites that are primarily custom web applications.
A new Windows? Please supplant the old one.
http://www.terhech.de/2010/03/a-new-windows-please-supplant-the-old-one/
Would it make more sense for Microsoft to go tabula rasa, and create a completely new OS - replacing the Windows moniker, or would it be better to place this new OS next to the current Windows, offering two radically different Operating Systems?
French court orders ISPs to block cop-watch website
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2011/10/france-court-orders-block-on-copwatch-website.php
A French court has ordered ISPs to block access to Copwatch Nord Paris I-D-F, a website designed to allow civilians to post videos of alleged police misconduct.
Dont Follow Your Passion, Follow Your Effort
http://blogmaverick.com/2012/03/18/dont-follow-your-passion-follow-your-effort/
Every keynote since the invention of keynotes ends with the same advice: Do what you are passionate about. After reading Mark's blog, I am starting to question this advice. Were all the successful entrepreneur passionate about their ideas way before they created their companies or did passion come after that.
For instance, was Zuck wholeheartedly passionate about social networks when he was in high school that he decided to pursue that passion and build Facebook in college? Or did that passion come while and after building the website and seeing all the responses he was getting?
Microsoft Sucks: Breaking the Cliche
http://blog.clossit.com/microsoft-sucks-breaking-the-cliche/
How I stopped worrying and learned to love Microsoft.
Show HN: A little file config format I made
https://github.com/flyingmachine/higml
Would love any feedback, especially on the documentation. Is it clear what the purpose of "Higml" is? Is its advantage clear?

Thanks!
Growth v0.3
http://davestone.posterous.com/growth-v03
Following up from previous posts, I've added:

• post-campaign metrics
• basic finances
• notes (ideas your future expansion)
• viral coefficient metrics
• basic visualisations

All feedback welcome, hopefully some startsup will find it useful :)
Court rules that sending too many emails = illegal
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/182224/Court-Rules-Sending-Too-Many-Emails-Is-Hacking
In usual Slashdot style, the headline there is a tad misleading, but the ruling comes down to the fact that flooding someone's inbox violates the computer fraud and abuse act.

Can we go after spammers next?
Newspeak: A new programming language in the tradition of Self and Smalltalk
http://bracha.org/Site/Newspeak.html
http://newspeaklanguage.org/
When Agile Fails
http://founderdating.com/when-agile-fails/
Agile doesn't work in every scenario
Why hasn’t the US economy done worse with Covid?
Curious as to the point of view of the HN community. I live in SF, and many of my neighbors are not able to pay rent, and many shops and restaurants were closed for months or permanently.

Given that, and extrapolating, I’d expect that there would be a huge wave of mortgage defaults, that commercial real estate would be in the tank, mass unemployment that cascades out, etc.

The economy has been hard on many, and I don’t want to diminish it for people who are suffering the effects of it, but it seems like it hasn’t been nearly as bad as it could have been.

My question is, why hasn’t it been worse?
The Old Reader migrating limited accounts to private site.
http://blog.theoldreader.com/
The Old Reader is migrating limited accounts over to a private site. Providing rss service at a smaller scale. Overwhelmed with increase in users after google reader shutdown.
NBC Universal claiming all IP for hackathon 
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_VpxRQ_seqJMGVzV1EzLXpiVWpfZ3RZb3lGZmhZZXNMeWxV/edit?pli=1
I was going to go to the Comcast NBCUniversal hackathon this weekend, but just got their IP terms which claim everything you do and could do with the hacks. I am including the google doc link and the below.<p>

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_VpxRQ_seqJMGVzV1EzLXpiVWpfZ3RZb3lGZmhZZXNMeWxV/edit?pli=1

http://nbcumedialabs.com/hackathon/
Launch HN: Tersho (YC S22) – AI to write and understand spreadsheet formulas
https://tersho.com/
Hey HN, I'm Apoorve, one of the co-founders of Tersho and currently in the YC batch, excited to share our tool to make writing formulas in Google Sheets and Excel easier.

During our previous startup, we faced the problem of using Google Sheets inefficiently, often writing app script code for what could be done with a couple of formulas owing to our lack of knowledge about spreadsheet functions.

So we built Tersho, an AI tool than can write formulas from simple English descriptions. It can also explain complicated formulas simply.

Behind the scenes, we are using OpenAI's Codex and a lot of prompt engineering involving knowledge about all the formulas and lots of labelled examples.

There's a live demo on our website (https://www.tersho.com) and we also have Excel and Google Sheets add-ins available for download.

Happy to hear feedback!
Grid Collapse in India Leaves 360 Million People Without Power
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-30/grid-collapse-in-india-leaves-360-million-people-without-power.html
This is what can happen when you are in between an interesting conversation :\
Sonru complete funding round totaling over €1m
http://digg.com/news/business/blog_sonru_complete_funding_round_totaling_over_1m_to_internationalize_press_release_sonru_com
Sonru is pleased to announce that it has closed an investment round bringing its total in funding, prizes and grants to over €1,084,000. A high growth company based in Enniscorthy, Sonru raised equity funding of €662,500 from Enterprise Ireland and a number of private investors. Sonru.com, a HPSU client of Enterprise Ireland, will use the funding to further develop its award winning automated video interview tool and to expand its export markets.
Note Hacking
http://www.eeweb.com/blog/joe_wolin/back-of-the-envelope-calculations
Note Hacking using a ChLCD Boogie Board
ask HN: Is telegram a whatsapp alternative?
https://telegram.org/
is telegram a whatsapp alternative?
Ask HN: Why do we break “hover to uncover” in e-mails?
Almost every list of security recommendations includes some advice telling users to hover over a link in an e-mail to make sure it goes to the intended place, especially for sensitive e-mails like banks or that may ask for credentials. So, why do so many mail-sending services break this? Not only do they use links that don't match, I've seen several that use domains that look like outright scams.

I understand wanting to track clicks and e-mail opens but there needs to be a little sanity here. Take this example from a Twilio "your account has a ToS update" e-mail I just received:

- The text says the URL is "www.twilio.com/legal/tos"

- The actual (modified by me to be generic) URL is: http://s815114181.t.en25.com/e/er?s=987654321&lid=0011&elq=123456789012345678901234567890ab

Why on Earth would we want users to click a link that looks like that? Why not at least use a link that is the same as the actual link but with query parameters or, even better, why track the clicking of this link at all?
CIA.vc service shutdown indefinetely
http://scanlime.org/2011/05/cia-vc-service-is-down-indefinitely/
The popular open source notification service has been surprisingly, and without warning shutdown. I know a lot of people who have come to rely on this server, I wonder if someone will pick up the project, or as the author is looking for, a new, modern service crops up.
Show HN: A little tool to generate CSS for bits of a spritesheet
http://www.spritecow.com/
Interested to hear bugs reports & feature ideas!
Show HN: Credit Card you can hack
https://www.klutchcard.com/
Hey HN,
I created a credit card for techies and developers that allows you to control when and how it's going to be used.

There is also an Open API and a marketplace of 'mini-apps' experiences you can add to the card to make it smarter.

I would love your feedback and suggestions to make it even better!