jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Build Rapport
http://getventure.typepad.com/markpeterdavis/2007/10/do-not-kiss-ass.html
It's important that you build the right type of rapport with VCs. However, it's hard for many first time entrepreneurs to figure out what type of relationship they should have with VCs. Should you be deferential, bossy or a cold professional?
Genomics as a Service - share data, apps, workflows.
http://igor.sbgenomics.com
DIY genome analysis -- invite-only beta for open genomics platform, where people can collaborate, share data, apps & workflows, and replicate earlier analyses.
Pinterest for designers
http://airwalk-design.com
So the title says it all really. I've been building Airwalk Design for a while now, improving the UX any way I can, and it's been continuously receiving 5 stars from our beta testers. I was wondering what you guys thought? Yay or nay?

I'm hoping this could be big, it's certainly on its way.
The Facebook Marketing Toolbox: 100 Tools and Tips to Tap the Facebook Customer Base
http://www.insidecrm.com/features/facebook-marketing-toolbox-012308/
If you're thinking of tapping into the Facebook crowd for some high-profile advertising, take a look at this list of 100 tools and tips that will help you maximize all of the applications and opportunities that Facebook has to offer.
Show HN: Search for YouTube Handles in Bulk
https://github.com/maxtheaxe/youtube-handles
Hey! I finally got access to youtube handles yesterday afternoon, and I got a little distracted. My program dynamically imports the request from one you capture in your browser (via HAR file), and allows you to use that session to perform large quantities of searches via Python. Enjoy!
Skywrite.me
http://www.skywrite.me
Skywrite.me is all about writing Remarkable Messages! Social Networks and Microblogging Systems offer you a lot of possibilities to write what you think nowadays. But who really notices what you write, no matter how interesting, wise or funny it may be? Skywrite.me is the approach to define a Sky in the World Wide Web. Whoever looks at it will see what is written. What do you have to say that should be read by everyone?
GWT is dead
http://www.guynirpaz.com/2012/04/28/gwt-is-dead/
GWT is dead at least for us at Totango. We are in the final stages of migrating all of Totango ui into native HTML5. I know this is probably not news for people who follow the landscape of front-end JavaScript frameworks, however, I’ve been asked several times within the past couple of months to recommend the usage of GWT, so just to be absolutely clear – I don’t recommend anyone to start using GWT as this project is not going anywhere.
Forgot password – No account registered – Securiry breach?
When using the “Forgot password?” option from any portal, generally it should acknowledge if the email entered was registered in the application. People claim that this allows for a hacker to verify a whether an email address is valid or not.

What could be the solution? How do a person know if he types wrong mail.
What happened to sony snap?
has anyone information on what happened with the sony snap framework?

http://snap.sonydeveloper.com/
What is Twitter's Favorite M&M's Color?
http://www.visualsedimentation.org/examples/sedimms/
Live visualization of the top M&M's colors mentionned on Twitter! Tweet your own color and it appears in the visualization.
Show HN: XFrame – Create your own dashboard and search page
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xframe-custom-dashboard-a/cmoabgciakeiebppmmdajlninlienddn
Hi HN, I noticed that I visit the same set of websites daily for news and entertainment, and figured this might be helpful.

XFrame is a website (https://xframe.app) and Chrome extension combo. It lets you:

- embed your favorite websites on the home page

- do a multi-website search in a single page

Drawbacks:

- Websites with login functionality may not work properly due to iframe cookie restrictions

Privacy:

- I don't collect anything. It runs on local storage.

- The extension simply removes the response headers that prevent you from embedding websites in iframes.

- The extension's functionality is restricted to the iframes in XFrame's website.
Why we switched to MongoDB
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=mongodb,%20couchdb,%20couchbase
That is all. No blog post. Just a taste of reality.
Play online poker using bitcoins?
http://twitter.com/#!/TWistartups/statuses/66565296550457344
Tuesday's @TWiStartups will cover the topic of Bitcoin and Poker and will have a guest who "has experience w/this business model".
C# 4.0’s dynamicity
http://blog.dispatched.ch/2010/05/10/c-40s-dynamicity/
In reply to http://blogs.msdn.com/csharpfaq/archive/2010/04/12/get-ready-for-c-4-0.aspx
Exception Notification v4.0.0 has just been released
https://rubygems.org/gems/exception_notification
Rails 4 compatibility, Resque & Sidekiq support, and many more features! Get it while it's still hot!
Multithreaded Thinking
http://ryanbrockey.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/blog-multithreaded-thinking/
I've heard some people describe the way they think as 'linear' and 'serialized', but I personally find my own style of thinking to be somewhat 'multithreaded'. I found this blog post and wanted to ask you, HN, how you see the way you think?
Another jQuery knob plugin
http://www.domitable.com/static/side-projects/jquery-plugins/knobRot/demo.html
I'm new to this site but a work colleague suggested I should post this here after showing me the other jQuery knob plugin earlier today.

knobRot is completely different in its implementation. It uses sprite sheets which can be generated with KnobMan or any other design / animating package.

The interaction is click-and-drag based, and can be either horizontal or vertical. It has center detenting (with configurable snap threshold), and can be configured to have any number of steps in any range of numbers.

It even works in IE.

If you do manage to spot any bugs, feel free to add them to my issue tracker here: https://github.com/AlexanderParker/knobRot
How my Master Program Doubled as a Startup Accelerator
http://www.startup-experience.com/master-program-doubled-startup-accelerator/
A lot of people think that the ultimate beginning for the bound-to-be-successful entrepreneur is dropping out of university. Similarly, they believe an MBA or related master program is a tell-tale sign of corporate-slavery-until-the-day-you-die.
Show HN: I made a tool to make paper planning easier. Open-source and a service
https://todaychecklist.com/
Hi HN!

TodayChecklist provides a way of getting boiler-plate documents filled out and printed quickly. I do a lot of planning in notebooks and on paper, but fall back to various tools on the computer for longer-form writing, like project outlines.

One of the templates in TodayChecklist is for projects and asks me for the name of the project, what it looks like for it to be successful, why I am doing it, and finally a list of steps to complete the project. Once I answer those questions, I can print it out and drop it in with my paper system.

There are default templates like that and various checklists, and you can make your own templates with your own questions to answer too.

I’m very excited because this is the first time I’ve used Stripe to directly monetize a website. You can sign up for free and make up to 7 documents and 5 templates, if you find it useful past that you can subscribe for unlimited documents and templates.

Finally, the whole thing is open source[0], and includes an ansible role for installing on Debian 11.

Thank you for reading and I hope you find it useful!

0: https://github.com/symkat/TodayChecklist
Ask HN: In 2015, what are your going rates/pricing structures for freelancing?
Please state expertise, location and experience.
Howto: Using Lib-C in assembly programming
http://jdefr.swippet.com/2012/03/22/using-libc-with-assembly/
My short little tutorial on using C library functions in assembly language.
First edition of Spain.js (Madrid)
http://spainjs.org
The first edition of the International Conference on JavaScript, Spain.js will take place on 5, 6 and 7 July in Madrid. Here we can enjoy such prominent developers as Jeremy Ashkenas (creator of CoffeeScript and Backbone.js), Alex MacCaw (creator of Spine.js), Vicent Marti (Github) and Karolina Szczur (Nodejistsu) among many others. This event is to give a boost to a language that has always been a minor consideration for programmers, but it is increasingly present in our day to day.
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/how-psychedelic-drugs-can-help-patients-face-death.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
You wonder if it could help other things, I know Steve Jobs was a proponent of taking it to expand ones mind...
Ruby 1.9.2 + Thrift 0.7.0 Problem and Fix
http://maxpert.tumblr.com/post/12121356870/rvm-ruby-1-9-2-thrift-0-7-0-rrt-really-really
OK, so I am writing this post after a whole day spent in effort to get Thrift working on Ruby 1.9.2, so that I can run the Cassandra gem. I don’t want any of you to waste your time on the same exercise that I did today and waste a Sunday! Hopefully this post will help you fix issue.
Get kidnapped by Street View
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=215599839890432326810.0004d30079663eb7526d2&ie=UTF8&t=m&layer=c&cbll=51.514257,-0.13931&panoid=VhLc92jk5sAwoqVxxdAj8Q&cbp=13,258.37,,0,11.47&ll=51.513184,-0.139164&spn=0.002097,0.00603&z=17&source=embed
Google put me in the back of their van, your next!
Find conversations on Twitter - Conweets
http://www.conweets.com
This is a new twitter app which lets you find conversations between any two people on twitter! Give it a try
Show HN: Gistify for Finder
http://jeremyrubin.github.com/Gistify/
Here is a small automator utility I put together today after deciding that I wanted such a tool. It makes it a snap to post Gists from Finder. Enjoy!
HNers stopping in Hong Kong are welcome.
So far we have met with a few hacker news-ers passing through China. Just want to let you know we have a small community out here. We would love to meet you.
Why Felix Dennis thinks now is a good time to start a business
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11736617
[T]he main message . . .is to try to discourage people from becoming entrepreneurs unless they are deadly serious and driven to such an extent that they cannot stop themselves.
Brogramming
http://www.facebook.com/getwiththebrogram
Funny stuff from two Facebook engineers.
Here's a Game You Won't Find On Your iPhone
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/heres-a-game-you-wont-find-on-your-iphone/
One of the benefits of playing when you're an adult is you can do things on a much bigger scale. You also don't have anyone to tell you your little play project might not be such a good idea (remind me to post the video of the tower of blocks we knocked over with the ceiling fan!).
Calling Twitter API 1.1 From Android
http://therockncoder.blogspot.com/2013/09/android-twitter-api-11-app.html
Last year Twitter turned of their open APIs. Now you must use OAuth to talk to their servers. Here's how to so from Java for Android. No libraries just source code to use for your own apps.
Remote control the Dreambox with Windows Mobile
http://androgeek.com/windows-mobile-dreambox-remote-control-wmdreamremote.html
Control the linux-based Dreambox, produced by the German multimedia vendor Dream Multimedia, remotely with your Windows Mobile smart phone and WMDreamRemote

If you’re reading this, you probably already know all about the Dreambox, one of the most popular lines of digital television series ever to be produced.
Blogo.me for Social Activists and Community Organizers
http://blogo.me
Would love some reviews from the Hacker News community on this startup.
Techy – The geeky way of writing
http://krasimir.github.io/techy/
A Node.js based flat CMS. Write markdown and get a nicely formatted HTML layout.
Tablets vs Laptops: Which One You Should Buy?
http://www.techieapps.com/tablets-vs-laptops-which-one-you-should-buy/
Since the introduction of the iPad in 2010, the tablet market has been revived from obscurity, with 65 per cent of all devices sold in this category coming from the Apple range in Q1, 2012
Twitter in London
http://tlondon.linkstore.ru
London's news mashup
Show HN: Pioneer Launcher
Hi HN --

I work on Pioneer. It's a kind of pre-YC network for people building projects that might become companies. You apply with your idea, accumulate points by making progress on your project, meet friends, etc.

We recently built an experiment called Launcher (https://pioneer.app/launcher).

The idea is to implement repeated startup advice in software. Turn the sea of startup blog posts into a list of checkboxes and progress bars, a HUD for pre-launch companies. Kind of like Peloton or a 5x5 lifting apps do for fitness.

We'd be very curious to get HN's advice on two things --
(a) Is this a worthwhile endeavor? (And if not, what is the snap-to-grid adjustment that we should enact?)
(b) Where should we take this next? What are the other adjacent "courses" we should implement in software?

Thank you!
Maker/DIY Mentoring
https://plus.google.com/events/cg8fmrcf308gfemacsamp4iktn0
Weekly hangout to discuss various aspects of mentoring makers on their DIY projects virtually using G+ Hangout, Skype, etc.

https://plus.google.com/events/cg8fmrcf308gfemacsamp4iktn0
Humor: Before Twitter we had finger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol#Name.2FFinger_protocol
Don't forget to update your .plan files so we know what you are doing.
Lead tracking for freelancers and micro businesses
http://www.elevateapp.co.uk/
The Problem:

We know running your own business is hard work, and keeping track of leads and more importantly following them up is something a lot of us don’t get round to. We think about investing in a CRM, but they are very complex and usually too large to fit with small business.

Our Solution:

Our solution was to create a simple lead tracking web application, which will allow a business owner, or freelancer exposure to how much money they have out in quotes and work in progress. The system keeps a list of contacts and you can generate a sales order from a quote with a branded link to send to a customer so they can accept it online, and looks better than jotting notes in an email.

Got a handful of people using it so far, but would love some feedback on what people think and whether they think it would be genuinely useful.
10 Defining points of Extreme Programming
http://itspice.net/cms/software-engineering-processes-standards/10-defining-points-of-extreme-programming
Extreme Programming (XP) is a set of guidelines that make software development more efficient and more flexible. Importance is given to leaner processes and team work. When the requirements change, the system can change easily because of the simplicity of the process and frequent testing feedback.
Groking Haskell Type Classes
https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/jfischoff/instances-and-dictionaries
Understand Haskell type classes by how they get desugared
Ask HN: Using text mining to recognize patterns when analyzing defects?
Are there any published methods regarding this? Re: software testing
The network effect and the virtuous circle...
http://www.disnetwork.info/1/post/2007/08/the-network-effect.html
Just want to share the knowledge of the network effect and the virtuous circle which may be key for your startup too.
Ask HN: What party games do you play with your friends while quarantined?
I just tried a drawing game (Drawful 2) over videoconferencing and it was fun, but now I'm looking for more, any suggestion to make this quarantine more playful is appreciated!
Apache Whirr 0.7.0 Released
http://www.cloudsoftcorp.com/blog/apache-whirr-0-7-0-released/
Apache Whirr 0.7.0 is now available. This release contains 56 improvements and bug fixes created by the Whirr community. This release is notable as the first since Whirr graduated from Incubation to become a Top Level Project at the Apache Software Foundation.
The camel has two Humps [pdf]
http://www.eis.mdx.ac.uk/research/PhDArea/saeed/paper1.pdf
A classic paper on teaching and learning programming.
Linus Torvalds on context
A few weeks ago someone posted an article/forum post in which Linus Torvalds talked about context and assumptions. It talked about the fact that code is written in context and the more complex the context the harder it is for someone else to understand. Does anyone have the link to that article/post?
NOODLES  MCDONALDS Not IN ASIA IN AUSTRIA? WTF
http://themanufacturingrevolution.com/noodles-mcdonalds-not-in-asia-in-austria-wtf
So now beside salads, wraps, coffees, burgers and BubbleTeas there are Noodles on the Menu at MCDonalds Austria and asian style stir-fried noodles will be seen on the streets of vienna carried around in cardboard boxes eaten by chopsticks.
Amazon SimpleDB Thoughts
http://snarfed.org/space/amazon%20simpledb%20thoughts
The executive summary is: I like it. It's solid, straightforward, and eminently useful. Sure, it's limited. It includes design decisions that clearly simplified the implementation at the cost of functionality and usability. Still, as a result of those decisions, SimpleDB has the potential to be very robust, scalable, and performant.
ShowHN TaskMe (Google Task bookmarklet)
http://taskme.apphb.com/
Not to much to say about, just playing with appharbor https://appharbor.com/

Hope somebody find it useful
The Wind Rises:Miyazaki's take on Jet Design & Experimental Painting
http://iwatchstuff.com/2013/08/english-subbed-the-wind-rises-trailer-mi.php
spoiler: Jiro Horikoshi's life during the war has some parallels with another famous weapon developer.
Monkey smashes Macbook, because open source
http://teaser.kano.me
Kano's building a computer kit for kids and beginners – Kickstarting soon, powered by Raspberry Pi.

New approach to the "skills gap" meme.
Developer’s Revenues. It is More Profitable to Work with Apple
http://www.applecture.com/developers-revenues-it-is-more-profitable-to-work-with-apple-20343
There were many disputes about what and who is awesomer than the other one: Apple or Google, iOS or Android, and they always have positive and negative aspects, which are being successfully ruffed...
Google Releases New YouTube App for iPhone and Android
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/07/google-releases-new-youtube-app-for-iphone-and-android/
One of the big debates surrounding the mobile app industry is whether the future is in native or Web-based apps. Just a quick overview. Native apps are the apps you have installed on the device itself. When it comes to the various platforms, these are very limited based on the storage capacity of the specific phone.
The Apple Knowledge Navigator concept
http://thenextweb.org/2008/08/13/the-apple-knowledge-navigator-concept/
This concept video shows Apple’s Knowledge Navigator concept video (made in 1987) by Allan Kay and team. This work builds on Kay’s original Dynabook concept developed at Xerox PARC in the early 1970s.
Ari Gold of Video Games: Entrepreneurship Opportunity
http://www.darrenherman.com/2007/08/15/who-wants-to-become-the-ari-gold-of-video-games/
Many of us watch Entourage, the hit HBO show. Who wants to be the Ari Gold of the video game world?
Motorola files case against Blackberry owners, RIM 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8476346.stm
Motorola has asked US regulators to ban Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian firm behind the Blackberry, from importing its products into the US.
Ask HN: What's the best way to spend 10k on a startup?
If you had gotten 10k for a startup, what do you think the best way to appropriate the money would be?
My grandfather passed away, and left some money to all of the kids and grand kids, and that's my share. I need a new phone, since mine had seemed to have walked away, and I live in Vancouver, one of the most expensive cities to live. It is essentially a data company, and the product is saas. There are many ways to invest to maximize the use, including creating a sharespace office for other startups ultimately creating a free office space for myself and room for growth. I plan to crowd source later once the beta is ready in 3 months. We are also using the mean stack and aws. I would like to not mess up though, and spend it wisely.
How would you invest? Or how did you invest?
Any thoughts?
How To Research The Next Big App
http://jaysonfeltner.com/iphone-app.html
After developing a top performing app, learn how I researched the idea to create a sure fire winner in the app store.
Ask HN: How to communicate anonymously
What is the proper way for two parties, say A and B, to communicate securely where:

- Communication between A and B must be anonymous.

- A isn't necessarily endangered if it is known that
they communicate anonymously with 3rd parties.

- Knowledge that B is communicating anonymously
with a 3rd party would endanger B.

More specifically, lawyers needs to communicate with a client, the client cannot be known to be in communication with the lawyers.
Marc Benioff Says, ‘There Would Be No Salesforce.com Without Steve Jobs’
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/10/marc-benioff-says-there-would-be-no-salesforce-com-without-steve-jobs/
This one is a must watch. Marc Benioff talks about his interactions with Steve and his message about spirituality. “Find that greatness, be mindful, and project the future,” said Benioff.
Sie haben Fledermäuse in Ihrem Glockenturm Or... How to write Perl and C++
http://www.randomactsofsentience.com/2012/06/du-hast-flaudermaus-in-der-glockenturm.html
Insults about various languages in other languages.
Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe Demo
http://xoxo.gl/ultimate/
A playable ultimate tic-tac-toe demo, following on from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5898506
Evaluating Startup Business Ideas, An Exercise
http://blog.lowesoftware.com/startup-ventures/evaluating-startup-business-ideas-an-exercise
Provides some questions and categories of what to consider when evaluating a new business idea for success.
Google Instant + Wikipedia = WikInstant.com
http://WikInstant.com
Inspired by the idea of ytinstant.com (instant youtube), I've built this during a rainy Sunday.
WikInstant.com will let you search very quickly through Wikipedia.
It's still very beta so all the feedback is more than welcome. Don't hesitate to share any code optimizations! Hope you like the concept :)
Nokia to Launch a Netbook
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/nokia-introduces-booklet-3g-mini-laptop/
Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook. HD-ready 10-inch display, Atom processor, GPS, 3G, HDMI, OS: Windows.

See also HN thread from 5 months ago: "CEO: Nokia Considers Entering Laptop Industry"
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=496375
Show HN: Recommendation platform for self education
http://onvard.com/
I'm trying to solve an age-old problem with self-learning. You want to learn how to do something, whether it's programming, investing, or musical instruments, but don't know how and where to get started.

What I am trying to build is a community where knowledgeable individuals can share their opinion on how to learn something. Later, we would like Onvard to be the place to start, and find the best resources.

The design needs a lot of work, but I just thought I'd put it out there and get some feedback.
Ask HN: Your thoughts on these two interfaces?
I am working on creating an improved interface for my current web startup project. I am looking for opinions on which interface looks/behaves better:

The original interface:
http://bookflavor.com/

A potential improved interface:
http://bookflavor.com/test

Basically I am looking for a good way to deal with the varying sizes of the book covers. I like the seamless look of the alternate interface but I am afraid that it will be too crowded to easily scan.
Homo homini lupus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_homini_lupus
I'm posting this to show contrarian viewpoint on the 'empathy' post a while back. It's an oldie but goodie. I don't necessarily agree but I'd like to hear HN chime in on this age-old debate: Is man fundamentally good or bad? Does technology change this basic disposition?