jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
NPR story on tracking down the website trackers
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129298003
Great podcast:
"The one site that installed the most was Dictionary.com. A visit to Dictionary.com resulted in 234 trackers being installed on our test computer, and only 11 of those were installed by Dictionary.com."
Ask HN: Please help us by taking this survey
We are doing an assignment for customer development, so please help us by taking this survey!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W7VLPXN
Ask HN: Advice on the very first steps to becoming a great hacker/founder?
Apologies if this may seem like an odd question, but I'm unsure where to start.

Over the past couple of years I've done coding in XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, and some JavaScript in my own time. However I've fallen a bit out of practice with this because I wasn't devoting enough time to it.

Just finished school today and want to go at this full-force.

Hoping I can get a little advice on where to begin. Eventually want to be in the tech/web startup area of course.

I'm about to start hacking away at some PHP again and re-studying everything I know and of course adding to my knowledge.

Is PHP a good choice or should I be going with something else? Any advice on all the DB options?

Really just looking for general advice, not sure how else to phrase this, and I'm very sure this is the best possible place to inquire!

Thanks a huge amount to anybody who can shoot a few words of wisdom this way.
Twitter Prediction Model Cooked
http://blog.someben.com/2011/05/sour-grapes-seven-reasons-why-that-twitter-prediction-model-is-cooked/
Seven reasons the Derwent Capital Twitter prediction model is cooked.
Show HN: Pontoon, one to one meeting tracker
https://meetpontoon.com
Hey HN,

Very longtime lurker who finally has something to share!

Over the last couple of years I've found it pretty difficult to organise one to ones with my colleagues, and when I do get some time with them, the conversation often feels a little unstructured and not as valuable as it could be.

I built Pontoon to try and solve these problems, and maximise the quality of the one to one time I have. I've only just launched (I literally pressed the button yesterday!), and so there's only a few simple features so far:
- Meeting planner
- Actions
- Video meetings
- Calendar sync

There's plenty more in the pipeline but I wanted to open Pontoon up to everyone and start getting some feedback from real users. You can sign up for a 30 day trial with no card details, and if you're enjoying it just ping me an email at rhys@meetpontoon.com telling me you're from HN and I'll add some credit to your account.

Thanks a lot
Stop autoplaying your Gifs
http://krasimirtsonev.com/blog/article/stop-autoplaying-your-gifs-stop-play-control
This blog has 460 posts. In some of them, I need to show video clips demonstrating some feature or browser behaviour. I found that it was much better to do that in an animated Gif. However, they play automatically which is kinda annoying. Imagine that we have ten Gifs on the page and while you are reading they all blink or show moving content. It's like having a page full with banners.
My app - Planza - Start planning your life
https://planza.com
Hey guys, would appreciate any feedback ... Tx!
A Tech Chief Reviews the Apple iPhone
http://www.cio.com/article/145000
There are plenty of iPhone reviews out there, but this one was performed by the technology chief from Direct Energy, a multi-billion dollar retail energy provider. The guy manages some 500 smartphones, and he knows his stuff.
Xinu: More Stats For Any Site
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/14/xinu-comprehensive-page
Xinu is a service that provides a comprehensive overview of page statistics and data that leaves cookie-cutter sites such as Popuri for dead.
Popular hackintosh tool enforces Apple's copyright
http://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/17dcfm/tonymacx86_are_enforcing_apples_copyright_in_a/
Full disclosure: This is me on both sites. It's a selfpost on Reddit, meaning I get no karma for the post.

I just figured this is something HN may be interested in, and the text field was too limited for me to explain.
Ask HN: Any alternatives to IP2Location?
I'm currently trying to find any viable alternatives to IP2Location products. Unfortunately they seem to have SEO'ed everything even remotely related to IP location. We're happy (and have been) paying for high quality, comprehensive, detailed IP location data. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Did BBC Botnet break the law?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/mar/12/bbc-botnet-legality-questioned
BBC paid to use a Botnet to take control of a group of people's PCs claiming that there was "a powerful public interest in demonstrating the ease with which such malware can be obtained and used". But did they break the law?
SAP's In-Memory Computing Catches On
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/saps-in-memory-computing-catches-on/?scp=2&sq=CLOUD%20COMPUTING&st=cse
SAP's In-Memory Computing Catches On
Gartner: 2014, Apple will be as accepted by enterprise IT as Microsoft is today.
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2324917
"Although Apple's mobile iPhone and iPads are already as accepted by enterprise IT as is Microsoft, Apple's Mac systems for laptops/notebooks and desktops remain not commonly accepted by IT," said David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner Fellow. "Going forward, Apple will continue to benefit from consumerization and will continue to evolve Macs to take on more iOS characteristics, which will contribute to acceptance of Macs in the enterprise. As such, enterprise acceptance of Apple will continue to be driven by consumer demand."

Microsoft's mobile offerings - Windows Phone and Windows 8 - are new, but will continue to achieve some acceptance from enterprises, largely due to the relationship that Microsoft has built with them and the management capabilities they provide. However, unlike Apple, Microsoft's offerings have not benefited from consumerization, which is driven first by consumer demand, and then by the demand of those consumers to bring that technology into the workplace. As a result of this shifting landscape, Gartner believes that enterprises should plan for continued consumerization and for the fact that Apple will continue to be a significant beneficiary.
Show HN: I'm starting a Quantified Self podcast
http://danielflopes.com/quantified-self-interviews-joost-platel/
I'm open to suggestions for new names to be interviewed.

And btw, what topics of Quantified-Self fascinate you more?
People I don't want to work with
http://tatiyants.com/?p=52
There are many qualities that make a good engineer. This post is not about those. Instead, it’s about qualities that make me cringe and run away.
Show HN: Figure My Bills
http://figuremybills.dandoes.net
This is my first "real" app I've written in node.js.

This app came to be because the last time I changed jobs, I went from getting paid once a month to once every two weeks. Since two weeks doesn't quite line up the way once a month does, I had a hard time figuring out how much money I needed to set aside to get into the new rhythm. So, I wrote a little script that figured it out for me.

I wanted to play around with node.js, so it was a great excuse to create full app. Let me know what you think!
Slow Down to Increase Office Productivity
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/slow-down-to-increase-productivity-special-guest-post-by-sacred-west/
We rush so fast we miss it all. Everyone knows how busy we all are nowadays. The TrackSuit CEO wants to shoot for the stars and still spend his life with his family, and somehow this seems to me the most reasonable thing in the world. How to achieve this?
Scala Traits vs Java Interfaces
http://scalatuts.com/blog/2013/08/17/traits/
http://scalatuts.com/blog/2013/08/17/traits/
Tim Ferris on A Day in The Life (Hulu Series)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/352863/a-day-in-the-life-tim-ferriss
Hulu has had a series going for a few months that follows an influential person around for 24 hours. This week they profiled Tim Ferris, and I found the whole thing extremely interesting. He answers some common criticisms that you commonly hear about him, and makes a visit to visit the CEO of Trippy.

Here's another good one about Richard Branson that was pretty excellent as well - http://www.hulu.com/watch/268429/a-day-in-the-life-richard-branson#s-p3-so-i0

Probably US only (or people like me, who are outside the US, but use a service to get around the restriction). Sorry about that!
Show HN: SSHScript – shell script-like Python script
https://iapyeh.github.io/sshscript/
I have many Python scripts which run commands and deal with outputs on localhost and remote hosts. Between these scripts, there are many common routines. Eg. making ssh connections, execution and collecting data.

Based on the subprocess and Paramiko, I created the SSHScript. With it, I could embed shell commands in Python scripts. This kind of script is converted to a regular Python script by SSHScript for execution . Working with SSHScript, I feel like writing shell scripts with Python and all Python packages.

For backend engineers who want to automate tasks with Python scripts instead of shell script s , hope you enjoy the SSHScript.
Twat. A cli ruby gem for Twitter
http://rubygems.org/gems/twat
Twat is a barebones cli interface to twitter, to let users tweet from their shell.
http://rubygems.org/gems/twat
https://github.com/richoH/twat
Ask HN: How do you balance between learning and working?
Learning as in getting familiar with new technologies, revisiting the basics, things other than tech like soft skills, communication, sales, business, general health, psychology, etc. Work as in just doing your day job, applying your learnings, side projects, etc.
Mint.com: The most useful site I've seen in a while
http://mint.com/
I've recently had the opportunity to try out the mint.com private beta and I have to say that it is really awesome. Hopefully it changes the way I spend my money(allowing me to save more).
I am not a Rock Star developer ( I more like a Violinist coder)
http://vitomd.com/blog/coding/i-am-not-a-rock-star-developer-i-more-like-a-violinist-coder/
Yesterday I read about the benefits of blogging, so this is my first blog post.
Google Contacts API v3 down
https://developers.google.com/google-apps/contacts/v3/
Boom !!! contacts api page down from last two hours +5GMT
Skyhook sues Google over location based patent infringement
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/09/15/businessinsider-why-skyhook-is-suing-google-google-basically-forced-motorola-to-ditch-skyhook-to-pass-compliance-tests-2010-9.DTL
Google ... Do no evil?
Game Development - 2009 Job Losses and Studio Closures
http://www.indievision.org/?p=1504
An article summarizing the cuts that happened in 2009 to a lot of game development studios.
Telecom Recharge Plans API 
http://blog.dataweave.in/post/64192707157/dataweaves-telecom-recharge-plans-api
Telecom Recharge Plans API aggregates plans from the various cellular service providers across all circles in India on a daily basis.
Super Logoff
http://www.superlogoff.com
Bookmark this site if you ever want to permanently delete your Facebook account or perform a super logoff.
New App Uses Eisenhower’s Method To Get Your Things Done
http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/04/new-app-uses-eisenhowers-method-to-get-your-things-done/
Bootstrapped EISENHOWER.me is bringing out its iPhone app based on the ‘Eisenhower matrix’ time management principle, with a corresponding web client. Costing $1.99, the app synchronizes your tasks with the free web application.
Adding Blogger’s Official Sharing Buttons on the right side of posts
http://6805488a.linkbucks.com/url/http://abtevrythng.blogspot.com/2010/07/adding-bloggers-official-sharing.html
Allow novice users to add Blogger’s Official Sharing Buttons on the right side of posts in their blogs.
Startup America's New Partnership
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323975004578499481447072910.html
Startup America Partnership is joining forces with Startup Weekend. The new entity, based in Seattle, will be known as Up Global. It is being funded by the Case Foundation, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Coca-Cola Co., among others. Its website is expected to go live this week.
MemberHub -- Basecamp for nonprofits, churches, and associations?
http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/04/10/memberhub-helps-brings-your-group-together/
MemberHub provides a single place for member-driven organizations, like churches and nonprofits, to connect with their members in secure online hubs.
We aren't alone, unless we are.
http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html
Although there is nothing new in this article, I found it to be a compelling explanation of the Fermi Paradox and all of it's various explanations.
Text My gate operator to open ... No Arduino required
http://www.zachbruhnke.com/text-my-gate-operator-to-open-i-think-so-thanks-twilio
Would love to hear feedback on this idea and what end users opinions are of the product!
Firefox 22 proves the Web is the platform for 3D games and video calls
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/22.0/releasenotes/
headline source: https://twitter.com/firefox/status/349544064120655872
Show HN: A clean crypto price and news terminal
https://defidive.com/
A few friends and I were discussing how frustrated we were at how messy crypto price websites are. Flooded with adverts and designed to increase time on site, we decided to do the opposite.

We created DefiDive so that the information users wanted would be displayed as quickly as possible in a clean interface. Our news section is designed to pull in a list of major crypto news sources, YouTube and Twitter accounts and have a filterable view based on the cryptos you are interested in.

https://defidive.com/news

This is just the start, we would love feedback from the HN community on how we can help you ease the pain in your crypto related daily workflow.

What additional features would you like?
ShowHN: Recreating Milkdrop+Winamp
http://cggaurav.github.io/juicydrop/
Still a hackish beta with only a few presets working.
ShowHN:new, social, location based network
http://socmap.com
Discussions on map, communication between citizens and businesses, a place to talk about whats fun and interesting around. Local initiatives and building petitions in coming soon.. Check it out
A Few More Conjoined Twin Hypotheticals
http://www.nickkam.com/2010/05/a-few-more-conjoined-twin-hypotheticals/
These hypotheticals are additional thought experiments pushing on the law’s assumption that an actor is an individual. Each case considers how the law would treat dicephalic parapagus conjoined twins (like the Hensel twins) as presented in the earlier piece entitled Half Guilty.
Just started a blog, looking for advice.
http://mhlakhani.com/blog/
Having gotten so much help and useful advice from all these tech blogs over the past few years; I wanted to give something back, so I just started blogging.

I'm looking for advice on areas to improve my writing. Also, any other general blogging tips would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance, and a merry xmas to all!
Need a Technical Co-founder?  Actually, There's a Different Hire...
http://www.businessinsider.com/wr-need-a-technical-co-founder-hire-a-product-design-lead-first-2010-10
I had to shorten the title in order to post this

Interesting perspective, not that I agree. I do think that design, in many cases, is just as important as the 'guts' of an app...
Show HN: Tree-merge.com. Merge e-commerce categories with a web UI
https://tree-merge.com
Hello,

I built this web UI to merge multiple tree based e-commerce categories into one "super tree".

You can export the super tree as JSON, and import it into another system such as a search engine.

Users can then select a single category and view items from all of the semantically equal categories.

The app is here: https://app.tree-merge.com/

You can download the sample categories and use them to demo the UI.
Show HN: Recent Colors for Google Doc – The extension you needed all along
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recent-colors-for-google/caigcmlhfgliglhadagoplhficigdonn
Don't remember if you picked the 2nd or the 3rd yellow color from the bottom? Worries no more.

Open source Chrome Extension that remembers your recently picked colors. All data is local and there is no data collection scripts packaged. All forms of contributions are welcome at https://github.com/DrakeW/recent-colors-for-google-doc
Dangers of Fracking
http://www.dangersoffracking.com/
Great use of the web to teach.
Carl Icahan on Economics
http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/financial-markets/content/sessions/session-15-guest-lecture-by-carl-icahn
Mr. Carl Icahn, a prominent activist investor in corporate America, talks about his career and how he became interested in finance and involved in shareholder activism. He discusses his thoughts about today's economy and American businesses and their inherent threats and opportunities. He believes that the biggest challenge facing corporate America is weak management and that today's CEOs, with exceptions, might not be the most capable of leading global companies. He sees opportunities for current, intelligent college students to succeed in the corporate world if they work hard and can identify valuable business pursuits
American Marketing -Logo Mall
http://americanmarketings.logomall.com/
Quickly and easily find products to:

* Improve traffic at trade shows
* Enhance your image
* Motivate staff
* Thank your customers
* Increase safety awareness
* Promote your Brand
* Consumer gift

When you are ready to buy, our secure check out makes it safe, easy and convenient. Or, if you are just browsing, use the 'information only' option and we'll get back to you.

http://americanmarketings.logomall.com/
Show HN: Just, a command runner written in Rust
Just lets you save and run commands from files with a terse, readable syntax similar to Make:

build:
cc *.c -o main

# test everything
test-all: build
./test --all

# run a specific test
test TEST: build
./test --test {{TEST}}

It is cross-platform, written in Rust, and actively maintained on GitHub:

https://github.com/casey/just/

Just has a bunch of nice features:

- Can be invoked from any subdirectory
- Arguments can be passed from the command line
- Static error checking that catches syntax errors and typos
- Excellent error messages with source context
- The ability to list recipes from the command line
- Recipes can be written in any language
- Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows
- And much more!

Just doesn't replace Make, or any other build system, but it does replace reverse-searching your command history, telling colleagues the weird flags they need to pass to do the thing, and forgetting how to run old projects.
NZXT HALE82 PSU review
http://icrontic.com/article/nzxt-hale82-psu-review
NZXT is mostly known as a manufacturer of PC enclosures and accessories, but with this second entry into the power supply market, they are continuing their expansion into other product lines.
How the 'internet of things' can spark an open source community
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/how-internet-things-can-spark-open-source-community
Ninja Blocks puts a power into the hands of developers and users that has never been realized before, and which could be the genesis of an open source community of makers.
Pandora Launches HTML5 Radio App
http://www.pandora.com
The new design replaces the Flash App with an HTML5 app that has a focus on increased speed and usability.
Dear Apple: installing apps on OS X is broken
http://throwww.com/a/23b
I'd first named this article "Dear Apple: Please fix the image mounting User Experience in OS X". I think you know where I'm going with this.
Vague Lighttpd error
http://blog.josemanimala.eu.org/posts/808
Lighttpd wont start if I try to start it as root with
server.username = "www-data"
server.groupname = "www-data"
un-commented! Is there a known fix?
Show HN: Make money by turning photos into 3D models
Hey everyone!

I'm Ingrid and I'm a co-founder at Wireshape. I am pleased to announce that we are launching our Wireshape Contributor platform.

We are looking for passionate photographers and drone pilots. If you are enthusiastic about new technologies, apply for this opportunity to join the Wireshape's contributors team and start to explore the world in detail.

Wireshape help businesses to create VR, Game and VFX ultra realistic 3D scenes in minutes and you can start here https://wireshape.net/start/#join-us

We are looking forward to having you test our solution and we would love to receive your feedback!
Ask HN: How are you innovating in ed tech?
Teacher and techie here. As I consider how much my students' school experience has changed over the past year, I'm curious what the next five years might look like for them, other learners, teachers, and parents.

What educational technology tools, products, etc. are you working on now?
For you beginners out there that want to get into web development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitier_architecture
Learning about multitier / MVC architecture in my MIS Database class and I remember having difficulty understanding the different parts of a website / web app back in the day. I hope this helps a little bit!
The Primary System is Dying; The Internet Will Kill It
http://ryanmelogy.com/the-internet-will-produce-a-president-and-tra
What we are seeing now in the Republican primary is a system that is dying. Within the next 3-4 election cycles, the American political "primary" system will be made irrelevant. Candidates for POTUS will run internet-based campaigns aimed directly at the American people, and will bypass the party primary system.
New Algorithm Can Spot the Bots in Your Twitter Feed
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/10/tweet-bots/
An algorithm that can tell—with 85 percent accuracy—whether a Twitter account is home to a bot or (worse) a corporate shill instead of a regular person.
More women needed on trading floors
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/Intl_Business/Women_for_stock_markets_as_men_suffer_testosterone_effect/rssarticleshow/3645727.cms
Interesting comparision between men and bulls - "both enjoy runs of growing confidence as they beat off rivals. Each time they win a fight, they get more aggressive, taking bigger risks until they lose." But, is it not true for all young achievers... irrespective of the gender?
Create Photoshop Glass Text Effect Only 3 Layers
http://www.designdim.com/2010/11/create-photoshop-glass-text-effect-only-3-layers/
I have seen multiple Photoshop Glass Text Effect Tutorials which is very lengthy and very difficult to understand so today i have make a very easy Glass Effect Tutorial which only based on 3 photoshop layers I hope you like this tutorial plz leave your comments so i can come up with more unique and easy tutorials.