jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Most Heinousest Recruiter Ever?
http://www.meetup.com/nycruby/messages/68237252/
The ensuing discussions and threats were... interesting. A little disappointing considering how hard some people work to keep this kind of talk out of the community.
Complete MIT Entrepreneurship 101 or 102 – Get $1000 Amazon Web Services Credit
https://www.edx.org/AWS-activate
I just signed up for the 101 course which covers finding your customer and so far it seems informative and well done. Note you have to pay a $50 verification fee and pass the class (> 50% score) if you want the $1000 credit. If you just want to take the class, it is free.
Google Street View point cloud render in WebGL
http://callum.com/sandbox/webglex/streetcloud/
Inspired by Patricio's amazing video (http://vimeo.com/89982874), I put together a simple WebGL based app to display the 3D data from Google Street View panoramas as a point cloud.

Lots of fun to hack on - comments and suggestions much appreciated.
Ask HN: Any biz dev types wanting to partner up?
I'm a technical cofounder looking to partner with someone who has a concept they can sell to their existing network. I'm working with another technical partner, so you'd be #3. Specializing in web SaaS but willing to consider all projects.

I don't need any pay at the moment but partner #2 could use some (against future distributions).

Down to build just about anything right now as long as it's interesting. Located in California.

Anyone else in the same position, feel free to post here as well

contact details are in my profile
Web scraping techniques
http://ssscripting.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/web-scraping-techniques/
This tutorial will show you some of the techniques used to scrape a web page . These techniques will/should increase your development speed . Ruby code included .
ErlangDC conference speakers announced
http://erlangdc.com/?speakers=2013
The first batch of speakers for ErlangDC has been announced. ErlangDC is a one day conference on Erlang to be held in the DC metro area.
Yes Virginia, That Is Linux Running on JavaScript
http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/05/yes-virginia-that-is-linux-running-on-javascript/
Here are his technical notes: http://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html
Principle component Analysis explained with simple example
http://randmath.blogspot.com/2010/10/principal-component-analysis_2580.html
Dimension Reduction using Principle component analysis for iris dataset in simple words.
I have tried it: It was *not* worth it.
Trolls, Freaks and Other Curious Creatures of the Online Community
http://thesocialcooler.com/social-media/trolls-freaks-and-other-curious-creatures-of-the-online-community/
Trolls are everywhere, yet rarely discussed. Read about these unpopular but popular mythical internet beasts.
Israel: Find a Co founer/ venture event
http://thejunction.co.il/2012/11/28/time-to-pair-up-3nd-founders-pair-up-night-at-the-junction-dec-6th/
In case you or one of your awesomeness friends are looking for a Co founder.
Or in case you're looking for a killer idea to join to,
This is an event for you (registration ends on Thursday night)
Where can we find a cofounder for a promising & growing product?
We are a growing software consulting company and to fulfill our own hiring needs , we built a very simple & easy to use(inspired by 37signals) applicant tracking system called Simplicant for small to medium sized companies (especially startups). Over last 2 years, without any marketing or sales staff, it has been growing slowly. We get a lot of customer interest (and at times from VC's too) and those who start using it totally love our product. We think the product is a great utility for its target customers.

However, since we are not based in US (our target market), it's very hard for us to take this product to the next level without on ground market & sales team/personnel that can help aggressively market this to potential customers. We want to partner with a passionate entrepreneur who would be willing to join as a co-founder of this product and lead the marketing/sales effort in the US while we provide strong engineering/product development.

What's your feedback on this approach ? What's the best possible way to advertising this opening ? How should we evaluate people who show interest in this proposition ? Thanks for the help.
http://www.simplicant.com
Android Features That Blow iPhone Out of the Water
http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/224707
The same old story!
Show HN: MPL Plotter – Publication Quality Plots
https://github.com/alopezrivera/mpl_plotter
Greetings stranger. Been working on this for some time and it's now mature enough I figured you might find some use in it.

Have a nice day!
Thanks, Adobe. Protection for critical zero-day exploit not on by default
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/02/thanks-adobe-protection-for-critical-zero-day-exploit-not-on-by-default/
The recently discovered zero-day attacks targeting critical vulnerabilities in Adobe's ubiquitous Reader application are able to bypass recently added security defenses unless end users manually make changes to default settings, company officials said.
The physics and physicist behind the hit game Angry Birds
http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2012/04/30/26227/the-physicist-behind-the-hit-game-angry-birds/
Meet Erin Catto. He lives in Irvine. He’s a father of two, a video game fan and a Cornell graduate who holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He is also responsible for the physics of Angry Birds: he created a program applying Newtonian Laws to gameplay called Box 2D.
Ask HN: What WebExtension problem would you like to be solved?
I’ve been working on browser extensions for a few years and along the way I tried to solve problems that the chrome.* APIs made difficult to achieve or that are simply common. One such example is enabling content scripts on new origins without having to specify them in the manifest.json[1], with just 2 lines of code (via 2 modules) and no UI.

What other little and big problems do you encounter when developing extensions?

[1] https://github.com/fregante/webext-dynamic-content-scripts/blob/master/how-to-add-github-enterprise-support-to-web-extensions.md
Hidden Google IO Easter Egg Modes
http://bryanmoyles.com/#blog-entry-4
I found a few hidden modes in the new Google IO's easter egg website https://developers.google.com/events/io/ . Plenty of people have already found out the KNOWN codes, here's my attempt to show you the ones no one knows about yet :)
First steps with Networkx
http://glowingpython.blogspot.com/2012/11/first-steps-with-networx.html
This post shows the some basic operation with the Python library Networkx in order to perform a network analysis.
Glockenspiel as a Service – Tweet and it will play
Someone hacked together a Glockenspiel to play notes that have been been tweet to the account @GaaSTweet.

Try it out and don't abuse it :P
A tale of two emails
http://www.websearchsocial.com/tale-of-two-emails/
The writer (Scott McKelvey) dissects two Black Friday promo emails and how one got him to purchase. I personally rarely open newsletters. In general we're bombarded more and more by newsletters from online tools and stores everyday - communicating more effectively is crucial for survival.
Tutorial series to build a 3D soft engine from scratch in HTML5 or C#
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davrous/archive/2013/06/13/tutorial-series-learning-how-to-write-a-3d-soft-engine-from-scratch-in-c-typescript-or-javascript.aspx
Here a cool series of tutorials to learn the basics of 3D by building our own 3D software engine (CPU based only) in C#, TypeScript or JavaScript. It goes from simple points to wireframe and flat/gouraud shading.
How is DevHub different from single-page creators? (Squidoo, HubPages)
http://www.devhub.com/faq/how-is-devhub-different-from-single-page-creators
While these pages are great for single topics, they do not have much flexibility beyond that. But what if you want to just as easily create a standalone, monetizable website that goes deeper into subtopics and has its own look/feel?
Ask HN: Should I offer my app on a daily deal site?
I've got offers to put my desktop / cloud application (it comes in two versions) up for sale on several discount daily deal websites (similar to AppSumo). They all take a steep cut, in most cases I end up having to discount my app by over 60%.

What has your experience been promoting sass / desktop applications on these type of sites? Did it end up being worth it?
Pandora is proud of paying musicians?
http://musictechpolicy.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/a-good-deal-to-do-pandora-doubles-down-against-creators-now-strikes-at-songwriters/
I recall quite recently the press release where Pandora talked about creating a musician middle class. For the first time in history. So, the first step to creating this middle class is to sue them?
Cory Doctorow's Eastern Standard Tribe (free download)
http://craphound.com/est/
Made for a highly enjoyable evening's reading -- does anyone have any other good science fiction books to recommend? Free ones, even?
GiftChat: Do you want to send a gift card via messengers?
Hi guys,
How often are you using gift cards? Do you want to send and receive gift cards on social media and messenger?

According to the BlackHawk Network report, more than 50% of millennials want to send and receive gifts on Facebook.

We launched GiftChat: send a gift card in any chat. It's a mobile keyboard with emoji gift cards. It will allow you to send a gift card in your chat.

I would love to see your feedback and questions.
https://gift.chat/
Thank you!

Timur,
Simple Go wrapper for the GitHub API
https://github.com/jingweno/octokit
As part of building gh (http://git.io/Ey_zSQ ), I extracted the Go wrapper for GitHub API to another project http://git.io/ulRQWw , enjoy!
LiveJournal sold to Russian buyer
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0234295020071203?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews
LiveJournal has been sold by its U.S. owner to a Russian business partner, which will operate it independently
Ask HN: Domain name suggesters
Is there any site which will say take a word and try to locate available domain names on all the various TLDs and combination thereof?

I've been going crazy coming up with a half decent domain name to find that they are usually taken :(

I tried domain pigeon but registrations are closed there you need to be registered to view anything lower than 5 character domain name..
Keyboards, or, the reason everyone is hyped on messaging apps
That is all
Google plus opens up in 25 mins?
http://twitter.com/#!/GooglePlusTweet
GooglePlusTweet says
"Sorry for the wait, about a 25 minute delay on #googleplus invites". Is this legit?
Node.js for Android committed on github
http://laurentdesegur.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/node-js-for-android-committed/
Yesterday, I posted my initial port of Node.js for Android on github (https://github.com/ldesegur/nodejs-android). This is a very early work, as my main job has kept me away from making more progress. However, results are showing some promises. I am sharing this code so other people are able to help.

So far, v8 and libev seem to work. libeio needs some more work on the I/O side. I’ve wrapped all the missing bionic kernel calls, so they are emulated correctly on the thwarted libc available on Android. They appear with ANDROID defines. Maybe node.js main could take those back into their repo? I have yet to modify the makefiles, conforming to ndk-buiid, to generate JS2CC files, so for now, the translated js to native are committed in the repo

Running basic eval commands with node.js returns results in the log files. I believe that Node.js can be used client side too. It offers a very simple way to write JavaScript code in multiple modules with export and require declarations. The V8 bridge is simple and will allow other libraries to be developed as local and remote modules. My goal, as I move forward with this project, is to offer all functionalities that a modern browser DOM would supply (including webgl), to the client JavaScript executables.
Forget your blog: 5 reasons to keep a personal log
http://www.53miles.com/archives/forget-your-blog-5-reasons-to-keep-a-personal-log
There is a scene in the movie Weird Science where the main character looks up something in his so-called 'log'. "You keep a diary!?", the other geek asks. "No, of course not! Teenage girls keep a diary, I keep a log". Here's why you should too.
Lightweight JSON store for blog comments
http://www.matthias-georgi.de/2008/9/commenting-system-with-lightweight-json-store.html
Really simple way to post comments for a static page. Uses jQuery and PHP.
Show HN: Create QR code using API
https://qrapi.xyz/
Hi HN, I made a website where you could generate QR code with custom styles, all you need is call an API. Support export to PNG, SVG and ASCII art.

You can try with your terminal now:

$ curl https://qrapi.xyz/v1/ascii/\?msg\=news.ycombinator.com
Vim Fugitive's First Issue
https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive/issues/1
What actually strikes me here is how while initially there were some misplaced aggression and hurt feelings they both handled the situation really well, and actually got the the problem solved. So many times I'll see one disgruntled comment on another project result into a toxic back and forth and then end in nobody doing anything about it, because a maintainers ego is too big to even admit to a mistake.

I'm sure there are plenty of examples of this happening in well run projects, but mostly every time I see a link to an issue in some OSS project on HN or progreddit it's always to some drama/ranting/hating going on. Kudos to both maintainers for civil discourse.
Show HN: A reference to the Windows registry
http://hkey.n0v4.com/
It's irritating how little information you can find about the Windows registry on Google. I have found no other centralised source for the registry, except maybe for Microsoft's TechNet, which I believe is not too detailed or broad. So along with two others I decided to create the first website dedicated to describing the registry and related topics. From the wiki's about page:<p>Our goal as a community is to create a comprehensive and complete reference for the Windows registry. We will constantly add to a database of keys and values, and we will also include other helpful information on such things as defining terms used in the registry and describing registry tools.<p>If you want to talk to the three of us, ircs://irc.n0v4.com/hkey
Nokia Most Afforadable QWERTY Phone –The Nokia C3
http://www.geotauaisay.com/2010/10/qwerty-phone-nokia-c3/
Nokia has announced a new messaging handset – the Nokia C3 in Pakistan. Built with social networking in mind, the Nokia C3 is the first device to bring a full QWERTY keyboard to the world’s most popular mobile phone platform, Series 40.
Ask HN: Has this been done yet?
A site where people can report a restaurant where they suspect they got food poisoning ... and if enough people report the same place in a given time frame, they all get notified, so they can pursue a claim against the place as a group. (Site could make money by, say, offering lawyer referrals.)
Show HN: InterviewedWith – Rate anonymously and explore interview processes
https://www.interviewedwith.com/
Hello,

I've just recently changed jobs and noticed I was having the same backline conversation with different peers about how the process went and how well or poorly structured it was. Or how much time it took. Or if they discussed salary upfront.

After some weeks I decided to ping a designer friend who was going through the same process and we ended up creating InterviewedWith (just launched).

There, anyone can submit an anonymous review of the interview process and rate it, talk a bit about how it was, set some timing and so on.

From a reader perspective the users have the chance to discover what they'll face so they can have beforehand the information I hoped I had before joining some processes.

Hope you like it and provide feedback!
Twitter now requires to give your phone # to get an API key /o\
https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/25637
And worse of all it doesn't let you set one in most countries because it doesn't handle your carriers....
This is just totally insane for so many reasons...
Sexify your source-code (Increasing the perceived value of your software)
http://www.binpress.com/blog/2011/07/03/sexify-your-source-code-increasing-the-perceived-value-of-your-software/
Most users (even if they are developers) judge your software by it’s ‘cover’ and will assume the code sucks if the ‘package’ sucks. If your package looks shiny and cool, however, they will trust you and assume your code is better – sometimes better than it actually is. That is what we call perceived value.
Airpush Responds to Privacy Concerns, Requires Opt-In 
A few weeks ago Airpush launched as the world’s first mobile ad network based on push notifications. In that short period, we have had over 5,000 Android developers join the platform and developer satisfaction has been overwhelming.

Over the past few days it has become evident that, despite satisfaction amongst our developers, some end-users have expressed concern about receiving push notification ads without their prior consent. To date, we have provided developers with a Permissions API to implement custom opt-in / opt-out procedures, but we have not made it mandatory.

In response to this feedback, we are modifying our SDK to require opt-in from all users prior to delivering push notification ads. The opt-in will appear as a dialog box upon initial launch of the app, and developers will no longer be able to build their own opt-in. This change will be complete next week.

We regret that we didn’t launch Airpush with this developer requirement, but we recognize the need to respond swiftly to feedback from the Android community. We believe this change will address the concerns of users who don’t want push notification ads.

We look forward to continuing our mission of helping Android developers achieve dramatically superior earnings via push notification ads.

Sincerely,

Asher Delug
CEO, Airpush Inc.
www.Airpush.com
Gamification of Googles streetview API
http://www.mapmayhem.com
Hi All,<p>A bit of banter late night in the Cambridge Uni (UK) engineering department turned into a weekend of hacking, and finally this game. It's been a lot more popular then we expected and we think we should keep iterating it! It would be great to get everyone's suggestions!
Neverending Story
http://cha1n.com/chaingangs/31
This seemed fun, so here we are! Each item you see represents a story beginning (from http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:lzbH4IRHqUIJ:www.readwr...). Click on one and leave a reply to add to the story. You can branch off at any time, and others can upvote your additions.

I fully expect this to turn into one big ragefest, but it'll be interesting to see the results anyway, and it seemed like a neat hack. Probably NSFW eventually.
Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition - Deadline to Submit April 1, 2008
http://pitch.women2.org
Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition deadline to submit is April 1.

More info: http://pitch.women2.org/

The Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition gives passionate entrepreneurs with interesting ideas a chance to follow their dreams and build something to change the world! Teams with at least 50% female ownership are invited to submit their business ideas on a 7x7 inch paper napkin along with a business plan. Finalists will be invited to attend and present at the 2008 Women 2.0 Conference and Pitch Night on May 10.

Judging Panel:
» Alka Gupta (Managing Director, The Ojas Group)
» Alyssa Rapp (Founder and CEO, Bottlenotes)
» Angela Strange (Senior Associate Partner, Bay Partners)
» Anu Nigam (Sand Hill Angel, and CEO, 411Sync)
» Chris Shipley (Co-Founder and Chairman, Guidewire Group)
» Christine Herron (Venture Advisor, First Round Capital)
» David Hornik (Partner, August Capital)
» Katherine Barr (Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures)
» Kevin Braithwaite (Director, Tech Impact)
» Mark P. Jacobsen (Managing Director, O'Reilly Alphatech Ventures)
» Navam Welihinda (Associate, Sierra Ventures)
» Patricia Roller (The Angels' Forum; Co-Founder of Frog Design)
» Rob Hayes (Partner, First Round Capital)
» Saad Khan (Partner, CMEA Ventures)
» Stewart Bonn (Angel Investor - New Media, Gaming, Entertainment)
» Venky Ganesan (Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners)

(Complete bios at http://www.women2.org/?page_id=44#judges_bios)

All submissions will receive written feedback from judges. The winning team receives the grand prize of a one-on-one meeting with iconic angel investor Esther Dyson, a PR package from MWW (1/2 day strategic marketing session, free media analysis of the market, and 3 months of PR services), a legal package from Orrick, an 1/8 page announcement promoting your company in the San Jose Business Journal, and the valuable experience and opportunity to have met lots of cool and like-minded individuals.

Questions? Email women2.0@gmail.com or check us out at http://www.women2.org

Help Promote Women 2.0 on your Website or Blog
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If you have a blog or website, please help us promote the Women 2.0 Conference and Pitch Night by posting this banner on your site.

See http://www.women2.org/?page_id=44#tell_people
All about Types in Javascript - Automatic type conversion 
http://united-coders.com/matthias-reuter/all-about-types-part-2
How to convert fromobject to boolean, int<-> string and what it means in the real life programming
Free Work for Sale
http://johnnance01.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/free-work-for-sale/
y team was about halfway through a small phase of a large project that had a solid estimate in place. Out of the blue, account service started freaking out. At a status meeting we were being called out for causing the project to run over budget. We shouldn’t have been anywhere close.
Creative Financing for Startups: Mobilization Capital
http://smartstartup.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/07/creative-fina-1.html
Although normally overlooked as a financing technique for startups, prepayment is a proven and effective means of raising capital without surrendering equity or taking on debt.
Feedback needed: App lets you redirect yourname.isfound.at to your blog's URL
http://isfound.at
My co-founder and I have thrown up a fun little web app to test the waters for bigger projects. It would be great to get some feedback on what you do and don't like about it. Both on the concept and the implementation.

The idea is pretty simple: let people register for a really easy to remember URL ($FOO.isfound.at, get it?) that our service redirects to the actual website or blog. Sites are easer to visit if you can remember where they are, after all. It is by no means a technological breakthrough, but it is useful service nonetheless. What do you all think?
Does your blog know what women want?  This one does
http://tracksuitceo.com/2008/09/10/does-your-blog-know-what-women-want/
The Social Network Kirtsy compiled a book of blogs that women like and Tracksuit CEO was on the list...
Startups: 5 things that you need to be doing
http://ontechies.com/2011/09/12/startups-5-things-that-you-need-to-be-doing/
In the end is about just starting up, don't wait for it to be perfect before you start... just start.
C# vs C++: more jobs and better weekends?
http://kazimirmajorinc.blogspot.com/2010/03/another-difference-between-c-and-c.html
One interesting trend graph.
No, no, no, you fools. The worst mistake in human history is the INDUSTRIAL revolution.
http://www.thecourier.com/manifest.htm
In response to this:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43118
Coding fail on Silicon Valley TV Show (S01E06)
http://pic.twitter.com/7GFDIZSk3o
".java" file with what looks like ruby code inside? Defining a function within a function? :(