jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Jailhouse Tech Sniffs Out 'Cell' Phones
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/04/electronic-warf.html
In prison, the cellphone is a deadly weapon: Inmates can use contraband phones to plot more crime, intimidate or kill witnesses or plan escape. But the introduction of the Safe Prisons Communications Act of 2009 -- which would amend federal law to allow jamming technology to block smuggled cell phones -- has prompted a showdown between jamming advocates and wireless communications companies.

Jammers, however, are not the only tool for battling contraband cellphones. Several companies are marketing cellphone detection as a smarter alternative to jamming. The principle is straightforward: instead of blocking signals, prison authorities can use a network of sensors to detect cellphone transmissions, measure their use and triangulate their location.

I spoke recently to Terry Bittner of ITT Corporation, which markets a system called Cell Hound. It's currently installed in some state and federal institutions. According to Bittner, a system like Cell Hound is more of an intel tool. Illicit phones are often hidden with other contraband -- and detectors can not only locate phones, but track the patterns of the callers. "You need to study the habit of the phone -- who uses it most of the time, how it got in there," he said. "They will never store the phone in a cell where they use it. They rent it out to other inmates. In some cases they won't use the phone." Cell Hound scans for the most common cellphone radio-frequency signatures in North America; a central server then maps the location and gives a visual alert on a corrections officer's workstation.

ITT is not the only company in this game, however. Israeli prisons also have a major issue with contraband phones (pictured here); Israeli electronic warfare firm Netline also markets a cellphone detection system with a central control. Cellphone detection could potentially have other applications, too: Detecting illicit cellphone use inside secure conference facilities, or to aid a network in pushing marketing messages or alerts to mobile phones.

Typically, law enforcement and intelligence agencies don't like to advertise what kinds of tools they use to counter or detect illicit communications. ITT, for instance, initially marketed Cell Hound in a very low-key fashion; but pending legislation in Congress, as Bittner described it, forced the company to "come out of the closet" with its technology.
Developer alert: FTC comes down on Flash cookie notice
http://blog.privacychoice.org/2011/11/08/developer-alert-flash-cookies-and-lsos-require-precise-disclosure/
The lesson is, if you use identifiers other than normal browser cookies, be very careful about how you describe those in your privacy policy.
Ask HN: Ways to display very specific ads?
I've been reading up on ad exchanges, DSPs and the lot the past day or two and I'm trying to get the whole picture straight in my head. What I'd like to do is display a very specific ad in real-time based on my own data analysis. For example, based on the current visitor's profile, I would want to show an ad for orange juice. How could I do that? Are there APIs for ad exchanges so that I can request a very specific category of ad?

Any light shone on this murky subject would be appreciated.
Smart renters disrupting real estate - my newest project
http://www.addressory.org
Hey fellow HN'ersm I wanted to share my latest project with you. My co-founder and I are looking for feedback, and the community here is great for that.

Smart renters disrupting real estate

Imagine a renters network where future and current tenants of a building can ask each other questions publicly, share experiences, and even upload their own content. Visit addressory.org. Be one of the first to tell the truth about your building.

http://www.addressory.org
Freelance: Anyone want a PSD to Joomla job?
I was going to hire a PSD to Joomla! company like pixelcrayons but I figured I may as well offer the job here as well. I need about 6-8 templates built from illustrator files I have.

You need to have the Featured Projects and other sections placable on separate pages. Ie: I want the Featured Projects to be displayed on the About page.

We need an equipment section (searchable) as well. Additionally, we need a forum with a module that can be placed into Joomla for specific sections/categories.

Anyway, the job will pay under $5k for those who are interested. It isn't terribly complicated and we're good people to work with (just not terribly adept at Joomla!). The homepage style is viewable at http://min.us/mvnHH07

If interested email me at martincshen@gmail.com
1 Million+ Deprecated URLs
http://www.gstatic.com/trends/websites/sitemaps/sitemapindex.xml
hi, i was just taking a real good look at the www.google.com/robots.txt and i found this little gem in there

Sitemap: http://www.gstatic.com/trends/websites/sitemaps/sitemapindex.xml

besides that fact that google killed on of their more usefull tools (google trends for websites) it seems they forgot the tell the robots.txt team (if there is such a thing)

well, anyway, i just wanted to say: google trends for websites, you will be missed.
The iPhone 5 can really take a fall
http://www.imore.com/iphone-5-can-really-take-fall
No sooner had people got their hands on the iPhone 5 did they gleefully chuck it to the ground to see how well it could take a drop.
Scalable Bloom Filters in Go
http://blog.gaurav.im/?p=278
I have implemented Bloom Filters which are Scalable in Go. This is similar to the bit.ly dablooms project. But, my construction is in Go, and simpler.
The next web3.0
https://medium.com/p/4119107ff736
Following and leading, are ranks and degrees, the top of leaders are the ones who define the new rules by breaking the boundary of what is “weird” and what is “normal”, then people follow and adapt their lives to it. The elite of these leaders, are whom their followers become leaders themselves, then the followers of their followers become leaders, and so on and so forth.

I wanna share with you my vision of the future of the web3.0. Its getting shaped, as the others shaped themselves.
Ask HN: Any other sites like Launch Rock?
My developer just finished V1.0 of my app and I would like a beta sign up site.
A single dyno on Heroku can process a lot of hits if you tune it  
http://joshcrews.com/2012/01/a-single-dyno-on-heroku-can-process-a-lot-of-hits-if-you-tune-it
I recently added these two things to my Rails 3.1 app on heroku and it runs a lot faster. Took about 1 hour to add these things and homepage now loads in takes 6ms of time on the dyno to render.
Ask HN: Link to your about/flavor.me?
Who here uses about.me or flavor.me?

I think it'd be interesting to see some of the faces of the community.
MyDiago - Never Lose Your Stuff Again
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mydaigo/mydaigo-is-helping-you-get-more-of-that-found-it-f
There are many applications for this device, but the one i'm focusing on is people and animals - so any guidance, access you can provide I would greatly appreciate it!
What is a Trademark, When is a Formal Trademark Needed, and How to Get One
http://blog.kunvay.com/what-is-a-trademark-when-is-a-formal-trademark-needed-and-how-to-get-one/
Good primer for startups.
BitTorrent Sync is out
http://www.bittorrent.com/sync
Start of new era? Comments about security are welcome :)
Starcraft 2 HOTS Beta Key - From Amazon w/ pre-order 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002I0KP4G/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?t=slicinc-20&tag=slicinc-20
Pre-order Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm and get beta access. We will email your code within 4 business days after you place your pre-order for Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Standard or Collector’s Edition. Offers are valid when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. This offer will be extended to all existing pre-orders. Limit one per customer. Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time.
iOS Library List - A useful collection for iOS developers
https://github.com/hugo53/iLL
Hey guys,
I realized that sometimes someone need a powerful library list to refer or make a decision for their iOS applications, especially non-experience iOS developers. Thus, I created this repository for all passionate and honest developers contribute to . I think it may help many people! Let's bring precious open source to our developers!
Generate enigmatic documents to challenge PRISM & Tempora
http://joerg.piringer.net/vy2ms/
the project vy2ms gives the NSA, the GCHQ, customs officers, secret agencies and police forces new work. it generates documents that can be read, searched and deciphered by otherwise underemployed personal. it challenges them with enigmatic language and mysterious images and diagrams. the text and images are not completely random but rather follow a pseudosemantic set of rules. this makes it hard to easily discard it as random. more fun for the governmental code-crackers!
Firefox Fights Back. To launch a browser faster than Chrome.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/03/mozilla-fights-back-with-new-firefox-benchmarks/
When competitors fight consumers win.
Logging with Logstash, ElasticSearch, Kibana and Redis
https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/e855bc08975d
This tutorial explains how to get from a bare bones Vagrant image into something useful. Ideally I would do this through proper automated provisioning with Chef, Puppet or CFEngine but as a learning experience and a way to play around with configuration I’ll go through the steps one by one.
Technical Writing For Profit - Don't do it
http://www.daconta.us/Articles/Technical-Writing-for-Pro.html
After reading John Resig's post on this topic, I have to somewhat disagree. Thus, here is my experience on this after 11 technical books.
Hierarchies Kill
http://regardingwork.com/2011/07/17/hierarchies-kill/
A reminder of the Whitehall study, stress, and how to mitigate the effects of hierarchy-induced stress at work.
Show HN: Can I Wear Shorts Today?
http://shorts.today
A real world application of some interesting ML concepts. You can check out the Git repo here: https://github.com/thatjpcsguy/shorts
Sponsor Refresh Rochester, get a cheap ticket to An Event Apart
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/refreshroc/refresh-rochester-fall-2010
A good cause (supporting local web designers and devs in a fairly slow tech area), and in return you get tickets to AEA for $800, worth about $1,200.
Is it possible to travel in Stockholm on a budget?
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-myth-travel-is-expensive-how-5-days-in-stockholm-cost-me-100-dollars/
A travel blogger posted that he could travel for five days in Stockholm for $100. What do you think?
India introduces Central Monitoring System
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/08/india_privacy_woes_central_monitoring_system/
Phone calls, texts, emails and even social media all now snoopable.
The Height of Enterprise SaaS – Full Integration with Microsoft
http://www.salesforce.com/company/news-press/press-releases/2014/05/140529.jsp
Microsoft and salesforce.com are announcing a strategic partnership that will integrate salesforce with Office 365.
Life-changing Browser Feature (Chrome)
https://plus.google.com/104428100281847923227/posts/SuwES8Vdqhp
I don't know how I've gone through life without using this killer Chrome feature until now.
Nuvoti: A Research Engine Powered by Collaborative techniques
http://nuvoti.com
Nuvoti is a search engine for those who think of search as a journey and not destination. Where search is used as a medium to generate knowledge.

Please do not forget to use the feature of Journey.
"Blog" is a good keyword to start with
Areas disputed by Canada and the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_areas_disputed_by_Canada_and_the_United_States
Although Canada and the United States share the longest non-militarized border between two countries, there is a long history of disputes about the border's demarcation
Observations from India
http://hunterhorsley.com/post/53475178930/observations-from-india
I worked at a tech company in India briefly in May to learn about the country. Here are some observations... from interest rates to the toilet situation.
Big data will go mainstream when nanotechnology is embedded into humans
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2264249/big-data-will-go-mainstream-when-nanotechnology-is-embedded-into-humans-says-skype-ciso
Big data is not yet being embraced, according to Adrian Asher, chief information security officer (CISO) of the Skype division at Microsoft.<p>Asher told delegates at Infosecurity Europe 2013 that big data is currently just a buzzword used for marketing purposes, but that in five or 10 years' time, the real benefits of big data might be realised.
Is Google a bigger threat than the NSA?
http://www.businessreport.com/8232013/guest_column/Dan_Juneau/The_other_Government
Apparently, this guy things so.

http://www.businessreport.com/8232013/guest_column/Dan_Juneau/The_other_Government
Updates improve Facebook and Twitter connections
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14972290
Facebook members will soon be able to pipe their profile directly updates to a connected Twitter account.
An insight in to Japanese consumer electronics market
http://myelectronicsblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/insight-in-to-japanese-consumer.html
Asia Pacific being a world leader in consumer electronics, the credit goes to Japanese electronics industry. Japanese companies are known for their innovations and quality.
On Productivity and Time Management
http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/08/21/how-many-hours-do-you-have-to-work-to-feel-productive/
Big conclusion: your brain needs some time on it's own.
Testing Percona XtraDB Cluster with Vagrant
http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2012/04/12/testing-percona-xtradb-cluster-with-vagrant/
Nice article about quick XtraDB Cluster setup
Using JQuery, XMPP and Atmosphere to cluster your WebSocket/Comet application
http://jfarcand.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/using-jquery-xmpp-and-atmosphere-to-cluster-your-websocketcomet-application/
The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is an open technology for real-time communication, which powers a wide range of applications including instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice etc... The protocol’s adoption is phenomenal, and this time I will show how easy is to use the Atmosphere’s XMPP Plugin with GTalk to scale and cluster a WebSocket/Comet application.
Build a Fully Working Hackintosh Along With Windows 7 Part I Hardware Selection
http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2011/03/beginner-guide-for-building-a-fully-working-snow-leopard-hackintosh-along-with-windows-7-part-i-hardware-selection/
This guide will be a series of guides on How to Build a Successful Snow Leopard Hackintosh Dual Boot With Windows 7.
Show HN: Similar – dedup similar lines in Unix pipelines
https://github.com/benschweizer/similar
similar is an unix pipeline dropin that deduplicates similar lines. It is inspired by Grafana's log deduplication feature and brings this to the command line. It's intended use is along with other text-utils like grep, sort and uniq.
Yummy Snackage in a Monthly Package 
http://healthysurprise.com/
Launched @ LA Startup Weekend.
Hursley House - IBM's Internet Lab
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8035425.stm
This article features the technology currently under development at IBM. This includes their campus bus, which posts it's location on Twitter.
Bare Minimums for employees
http://khurramshehzads.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/7-bare-minimums-for-employees/
What's the minimum to hire and keep talent in this competitive digital age.
Examples of small bash Scripts
http://www.hlevkin.com/Shell_progr/hellobash.htm
"Here is a set of small scripts, which demonstrate some features of
bash programming."
What color is a mirror
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01hTLCtmRSY
What color is a mirror
Run Play2.0 on dotCloud
https://github.com/michbarsinai/play2_at_dotCloud
Github project that allows play2.0 applications to run on dotCloud, using java7. Can also serve as a sample of how to auto-install java7 on dotCloud's custom service, which currently only supports java6.
SeatMe is hiring
http://www.seatme.com/jobs/
YC reject. Was swallowed up into another startup, got funded, and looking to grow my team.
HTML site that smells like flash, but isn't
http://rectusmedia.com/
The site looks and smells like flash, but it's not and that just amazed me.
Top reasons why teams fail with acceptance testing
http://gojko.net/2009/09/24/top-10-reasons-why-teams-fail-with-acceptance-testing/
I facilitated an openspace session on acceptance testing and collaboration between business people, developers and testers at CITCON Europe last week. We started with a list of five common reasons why I’ve seen teams fail with acceptance testing but added five more during the discussion, so here’s an expanded top 10 list...
Do data-vis or scientific computing? Plotly is hiring
https://plot.ly/jobs
Do data-vis or scientific computing? Plotly is hiring
Got no ideas of your own? 
http://tweedees.com/
Just a little sidehack at the 4 hour venture event #010 in Karlsruhe.
Szabo Discussing Pseudonyms, Digicash on Cypherpunks List in 1993
http://borg.uu3.net/ldetweil/medusa/originals/unpleasant
And here he admits to fake name use:

"In my limited experience creating Internet pseudonyms, I've been quite
distracted by the continual need to avoid leaving pointers to my
True Name lying around -- excess mail to/from my True Name, shared
files, common peculiarities (eg misspellings in written text), traceable
logins, etc. The penet.fi site explicitly maintains a list of pointers
to the original address. All kinds of security controls -- crypto, access,
information, inference -- have to be continually on my mind when using
pseudonymous accounts. The hazards are everywhere. With our current
tools it's practically impossible to maintain an active pseudonym for a
long period of time against a sufficiently determined opponent, and
quite a hassle to maintain even a modicum of decent security. Pointers
to info and/or tools to enable the establishment and maintenance of a
net.nym, beyond the standard cypherpunks PGP/remailer fare with which
I'm now familiar, greatly appreciated. Especially nice would be a list
of commercial net providers that allow pseudonymous accounts."
First Startup Lessons Learned
http://www.flaskofespresso.com/2011/05/lfm-lessons-learned/
In early 2010 I embarked on a solo journey to spec, design, and build a fully-fledged SaaS application all by myself. You can read more about my thought process and the summary of the experience here. In this post I will be going over the lessons I learned. This was the largest solo project I ever embarked on and I learned a lot from the product development standpoint as well as technical.
Things You Can Do When Windows XP Won’t Boot
http://www.techflix.net/tips-tricks/10-things-you-can-do-when-windows-xp-wont-boot.html
When your computer hardware appears to power up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won’t boot properly, you have to begin a troubleshooting expedition that includes getting into the operating system, determining the problem, and then fixing it. To help you get started on this expedition, here are 10 things you can do when Windows XP won’t boot.
Ask HN: Is there a site that allows easy overlays of cities?
I saw the linked picture and wondered if there was a site that automatically allowed overlay of cities over other places? Preferably with statistics like population etc. http://i.imgur.com/Eqfme.jpg
Dutch muggers caught on Google street view camera
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtUSInvestingNews/idUSLJ87085420090619
utch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service, police said.
Hotmail leaked - Exchange ActiveSync, active view, SSL encryption and more
http://livesino.net/archives/2645.live
Check other stuffs LiveSino found.
Click on the "Translate this page" if you want to know more than just screenshots.
Apps for Entrepreneurs Challegne
http://entrepreneurs.challenge.gov
For most entrepreneurs and small businesses, the Federal government has useful programs and services, but it can be hard to identify, engage and navigate Federal websites. Help small business and entrepreneurs, and build an app to help! There are $20,000 in prizes – more prizes to come. The challenge opens on November 5th and closes on November 20th. Please become a supporter on the site and spread the word! http://entrepreneurs.challenge.gov
To Eternity...in a Sparc
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26445696@N04/3961372594/
Man uses SPARCstation as an urn for his brother's remains. It isn't clear if the deceased knew this was to be, or not.

Then again, funerals are for the living, right?
Early computing design and sexy 1970's babes
http://www.jpsilvashy.com/posts/early-computing-design.html
I wrote this blog post to show off the beautiful design of early computer manuals. I love the layout and style of print design of the time.
Paper telephone for the web
https://github.com/7imon7ays/web-telephone/
http://www.theworldsbiggestgameoftelephoneever.com/ here's the game
Please review my startup, cloud306.com
http://cloud306.com/
You can use demo@demo.com with the password demo to access some demo hypervisors.
Ask HN: Is there a cut-down/minimal version of Windows for running on servers?
Is there a cut-down/minimal version of Windows for running on servers with the absolute minimum unneeded process running?

I want to run some Window code with the absolute minimum additional processes consuming compute cycles.

Does such a version of Windows exist?
Brewing Wireless Wars
http://www.gototheboard.com/articles/Brewing_Wireless_War
Interesting discussion of Google,Apple and Nokia and their recent moves to go after the mobile device market
Why the social graph of trust is Twitter's greatest strength. 
http://mirceabotez.com/journal/2011/6/19/the-twitter-echo.html
Many people don't know what Twitter is. Some people have accounts and don't know what to use it for. A few have accounts, use them but still cannot define what Twitter is.

This is my personal take on Twitter. I'm not gonna explain the concepts, just what they do for me.
Tell HN: Searchyc.com is down
I know that YC doesn't run searchyc.com, but I thought it would be worthwhile to post this in the hopes that whoever runs searchyc.com would notice it.
It seems Yahoo has no sane editorial staff left
http://s23.postimg.org/wmdl2l9m3/yahoo_frontpage_today.png
Found these two stories on the Yahoo frontpage. Not sure I want to visit again.
Show HN: Rewriting My High School CS Teacher's 2D Graphics Library in JavaScript
https://github.com/soft-boy/graphics.js
Hi HN, This is a 2D web graphics library that is:

* powerful enough to do anything

* simple enough to learn in < 15 min (small API)

One of my fondest memories was learning to code. My HS CS teacher was pretty smart in choosing to teach us through making video games in Python. Back then, coding was basically addictive - really one of the purest forms of creation.

After graduating HS, I found myself constantly reaching for that original graphics API - to build a custom visualization for some data or to make a dumb little video game as a weekend project. And I wanted to put it in a web browser to share with my friends via link.

So I rewrote the library for web/javascript. The intention for the library isn't to be something to build AAA games with, but rather be low-overhead and simple enough to learn for any web engineer to learn in minutes for a weekend project.

You can basically make any game by:

* Drawing Shapes/Images

* Play Sounds

* Listen for Mouse/Keyboard Presses

Want to get started? Check the README for the CodePen & boilerplate CLI

Hope you make something fun :)

soft-boy
25 sites to learn app development for free
http://blog.learnemy.com/2011/12/25-sites-to-learn-app-development-for-free/
Here're 25 resources where you can learn Python, Ruby on Rails, HTML and CSS, and Objective-C without paying a single cent.
Valley-ho
http://sarahlacy.typepad.com/sarahlacy/2008/05/valley-ho.html
More discussion on where you should be for your start up.