jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Show HN: A crypto social trading platform that improves Etoro's copy-trade model
https://tordess.com
Hey HN,

I was watching an interview of Caroline Ellison (CEO of Alameda Research) the other day and found it interesting that she never uses stoploss (no wonder shit happened). One of the most important skills for traders is how to set up stoploss and stick to it when stoploss is about to hit. I see that most crypto traders don't follow this principle.

There is a huge demand for social trading (similar to Etoro) from crypto traders. Fact: 76.2% crypto traders surveyed say that they want to have social trading (copy-trade) features - Source: Statista (2021). There have been multiple attempts from various crypto start-ups (including the ones backed by major crypto exchanges such as Binance or Bybit) trying to build Etoro-equivalent for crypto.

However, due to the volatile nature of crypto markets, most of the top traders on such platforms are pure gamblers, who may have luck once in a while. Most of the copiers there cannot obtain sustainable profits from copying the top traders. Users do not enjoy similar benefits of copy-trading as the ones on Etoro.
A personal story: I was once a top trader at a crypto social trading platform (Zignaly), attracted some substantial funding from copiers, but later get myself (together with the copiers) liquidated.

I recently found out about prop-trade platforms such as Topstep & FTMO. This is a proven business model in forex & stock trading with multiple platforms having 100k+ active users. These platforms evaluate day traders’ performance in real-time simulated accounts, in which those who pass the evaluation/challenge earn a funded trading account (while still being monitored against its max drawdown rule).

I realized that prop-trade challenge can be integrated with copy-trade functions and fix the problem of the existing crypto social trading platforms. That's why I built Tordess (a “misspelling” of tortoise).

We launched our MVP (open-beta) on October 15th, acquired 700+ beta users/testers as of today and secured affiliate partnership with 2 major Vietnamese crypto trading & prop-trade (Facebook) groups that have more than 200 thousand members.

Since launch, several top traders on our platform have produced 100%+ return on simulated accounts, without breaking our rule of maximum 10% drawdown. While it is amazing how talented retail traders are able to achieve such results in crypto bear market, it also shows the potential of fixing social trading (copy-trade) model by combining prop-trade challenges.

If these resonate with you, then give Tordess a try. Our competition mode is always for free.

Let me know if you have any feedback or questions!
How to Handle a Social Media Superfan
http://www.velocitydigital.co.uk/how-to-handle-a-social-media-superfan/
Social media superfans can have a negative impact on your business and brand. This post looks at the threats and how to handle them.
Noteness, a multiple sclerosis diary app
http://noteness.mhaddl.me
Hi,
my name is Martin, I'm 21 years old and from Germany. I'm suffering from MS since 2009 and developed a fast and easy to use diary/journal for the iPhone to track the course of the disease.
Intellectual Revolution - Agile Development of the mind
http://luisloaiza.com/post/22456923120/intellectual-revolution-agile-development-of-the-mind
Great minds in LATAM are raising.
EasyPost Hiring Frontend and Backend Devs
https://www.easypost.com/jobs
EasyPost is changing the way shipping works and helping a lot of people while we're at it. Every day thousands of EasyPost packages are delivered across the world. By tying together disparate data sources and APIs we've created a scalable shipping API for developers everywhere.

This is just the beginning of the beginning. Imagine if shipping worked like all our other web services. You have a smartphone, why do you need to go to a store to ship something? Why do you need to wait at home for a package? Because no single platform has tied together all these pieces of the transaction yet.

We're excited about solving interesting problems alongside great people. We'd love to have you along for the ride.
Mr Fails
http://blog.softwaretestingclub.com/2010/12/mr-fails/
We would like to introduce you to a good friend of the Cartoon Tester, Mr Fails.

He is an excellent tester but he’s gone through a rough time of late. With Mr Fails’ permission, Andy has written a short biography. You can download it using the big red ‘Download Mr Fails’ button below.
Google rolls outs crisis response resources in Indonesia
http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/01/18/google-rolls-outs-crisis-response-resources-in-indonesia-as-jakarta-is-hit-by-floods/
Google’s crisis response team has sprung into action to help those dealing with heavy rains that have brought Indonesian capital city Jakarta to a standstill.
Most Valuable Global Brands Recovering Faster Than S&P 500
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/22/most-valuable-global-brands-recovering-faster-than-sp-500/
I would like to see the same comparison with the top 100 tech startups (at least those 3 years old).
Blast From the Past: Napster Client "nap"
http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/01/29/blast-from-the-past-napster-client-nap/
Nap, writtin by Kevin Sullivan sometime in 1999, was one of the first napster clients besides Shawn Fanning's original Windows client. It was also the first client that ran on linux. Kevin learned much about the inner workings of the napster protocol by collaborating with Jordan Ritter, who was one of the co-founders of Napster and its Chief Server Architect at the time.
SageBump.com – the ultimate social news AI, requires Marketing / Growth Hacker
http://www.sagebump.com/?view=technocrat&info
I built it.<p>I need to market it.<p>Can you help?

I can offer equity.
Web Design in Dubai
http://minutesuae.net
A website design company that provides web design in Dubai, web development, web hosting in Dubai, cheap domain name registration, SEO and more.
Copenhagen Consensus - 'Cost efficiency' of tackling world problems
http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/Files/Filer/CC/Press/UK/copenhagen_consensus_result_FINAL.pdf
This came out in 2004, but provides an interesting approach to thinking about which world problems would be most cost-effective to solve.

Spoiler: AIDS is at the top of the list and climate change is at the bottom.
BeeTalk - An App that combines all the messaging apps into one.
http://beetalkmobile.com/
And would give Snapchat and LINE a run for its money.
RooStrap is one of the first Java web frameworks to support the new Bootstrap 3
http://bhagyas.github.io/roostrap/
Roostrap is a rapid application framework compilation built by putting together Spring Roo, Twitter Bootstrap and Google AppEngine libraries that allows developers to build and deploy high performance gorgeous cloud based Java applications in minutes!
New digital party app Spin
http://getspin.com/
Let Spin Throw a Digital Party for You and Your Friends
Puzzle for Facebook
http://linkstore.ru/fbpuzzle/
HTML5 puzzle for Facebook profile
cide - Isolated test runner with Docker
http://zimbatm.github.io/cide/
AMA. It's used in production in combination with Jenkins and will probably keep being developed unless someone else comes up with a more popular replacement.
Yahoo! Next blog launch
http://next.yahoo.net
Yahoo! just launched Yahoo! Next, a blog focused on technology trends, innovations and the people who builds them.
How to define "hack"?
http://michael-k-moran.com/?p=30
I have been reading Hacker News daily for about a year now. Am I a “hacker”? Unclear. Does the idea of getting my first post on Hacker News get me very excited? Yes.
Mobile Apps for Construction
http://aboutmobile.dk/products/docu-app/docu-app-entreprenor/?lang=en
Mobile Apps for Construction and Mobile Apps for Facility Management. Docu apps building and construction, the ability to efficiently manage your documentation is imperative for success in the construction industry. You have to make sure the highest level of quality is always achieved – and you have to catch all the opportunities for improvement as soon as they arise.
Ask HN: Sharable Stock Charts Platform?
One of the things I have noticed on twitter is how well it works as a method of sharing information regarding stocks and your sentiments/positions towards a particular equity or option. Obviously Chart.ly and StockTwits have the "stock niche" cornered, except...

Taking a leap of faith based on the guys I follow, most traders who use twitter would consider themselves "chartists" or "technicians", and the ability to share charts is essential to showing their sentiment on a trade. Currently, the only real way to do this is by taking a screenshot of your charting application (or saving a chart at StockCharts.com) and sharing it via chart.ly.

My idea is for a charting / sharing package that would leverage web technologies like JS/HTML (canvas) to create a charting platform much like StockCharts.net, except that it allows users to annotate / mark up / add technical indicators and share that chart (not an image, which allows it to continue updating and be manipulated by other users (think zooming in)). Also, allow for embeding, etc.

Does anyone know of a service like this? What are your thoughts?
Android SQLite Example – the TODO application
http://www.itcuties.com/android/sqlite-example-the-todo-application/
Today we are going to show you how to use Android SQLite database in your applications. Our sample application stores TODO Tasks.
Show HN: Curational.xyz – On-demand generative AI, curated by pros
https://www.curational.xyz/
I found that using Generative AI platforms like DALLE-2 and Midjourney was tricky and time-consuming - it takes ages, and the right prompt, to get what you want. So I built this curation platform, where you can ask a professional creator to curate you the best output from Generative AI platforms, given what you want. I'd love any feedback from the community on whether it's useful / what I should change!
Questions to ask an AWS expert
http://www.iheavy.com/2011/08/05/ec2-interview-aws-interview-cloud-interview-8-questions/
Whether you're hiring one, or looking to score a job as an EC2 guru, here's a great guide to get you on the right track.
Why you need to carefully research travel websites before booking
http://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/18jzw3/i_am_currently_not_able_to_check_into_a_hotel_i/
I've heard of BookIt.com and have seen them mentioned on legitimate sites before, but I wasn't expecting to be treated like this at all.<p>I emailed a complaint to customer service yesterday as this was happening- still no response. So I started a dispute through PayPal, my method of payment to this shady, Florida based company known as BookIt.
Beautifull Android app - Cartoon Videos
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromo.dev44966.app97910
Beautifull Android app - Cartoon Videos
Directing Digg
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19057/?a=f
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com, talks about why it's good that the site is out of control.
Particle Code does the dance of multiple platforms
http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/particle-code-demo-appdevelop/
With an increasing fragmentation of mobile platforms, like Android and Apple’s iOS for iPhones and iPads, there is growing room for a development platform that translates across multiple devices, a spot Particle Code hopes to occupy with pizzaz.

Particle Code is pegged for developers looking to build an app to run on multiple platforms who don’t have the tools or time to do so, providing a translation platform for native languages like Android and iOS.

The technology was born from Mytopia, a cross-platform publisher for networked casual games that was picked up by 888 Holdings, an online casino site, in May. The CEO and founder of Particle Code, Guy Ben-Artzi, was also the CEO of Mytopia. The management team of Particle Code was also leading Mytopia.

Their biggest looming competitor will now be Alcatel-Lucent, which acquired a similar development platform in OpenPlug earlier this month. Alcatel-Lucent is also gunning for mobile platform development.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company was founded in 2009 and is currently run by 8 employees in the U.S. and 16 in India. It raised $3 million in funding in June this year from Benhamou Global Ventures.
Automating Simple Tasks
http://thoughts.wallproductions.com/2014/01/08/automating_simple_tasks/
Why I now feel automating even the most simple tasks important.
IPad-Controlled Video Blimp
http://breakfastny.com/2010/05/ipad-controlled-video-blimp/
Hi there,
Wanted to see if this might be of interest to share with your readers.<p>To promote a silent auction for KidRobot Munny characters (Munny exhibit here: http://munnyexhibit.com/) created by the world’s leading industrial designers. Breakfast NY created a novel device that showcases developer experimentation at its finest by turning the iPad into a remote controller of a mini blimp equipped with a “blimp cam” that leverages the built-in accelerometer. Whenever the blimp’s camera hovered over a person, the iPad software transformed their faces into those of the Munny characters. The feed was displayed on a big screen for all to see.<p>The iPad app was built in 2-3 days by one person using Appcelerator’s Titanium 1.2 mobile SDK and relied heavily on the newly added TCPSocket. They mostly used basic UI components such as buttons and textfields. However, the TCPSocket API together with the accelerometer for basic right and left navigation is what makes the core functionality with the app. Breakfast NY communicated from the iPad app to the blimp via a laptop running a tcp-to-serial bridge and the laptop speaks to the blimp via an xbee chip (serial).<p>For the video, they used a webcontrol in which they are drawing the video (motion jpeg) using server push. They found that using this technique over quicktime stream had a considerable benefit in terms of lag (only 100-200 milliseconds).
Ask HN: Durable photo gallery application for the next 20-50 years
I'm looking for an application or a software library that will allow me to create a photo gallery with the following features:

1. Generate a photo gallery (HTML, PDF, whatever) that is easily sharable. In 2022, this means HTTP, but doesn't have to be HTML (a PDF could work well too).

2. I must be able to support photos with captions.

3. I should be able to view this photo gallery for the next 20 - 50 years without much maintenance (preferably none).

4. I need something that makes editing reasonably simple. Basically I should be able to present the application a directory of photos and their associated captions, and it can generate the gallery.

The reason to do this is so I can create long-lasting memories with photos.

I've evaluated a few options:

1. Something like sigal + photoswipe: This might be okay, but the complexity of the JavaScript library does not inspire confidence for long-term durability.

2. Physical photo album: ticks almost all the boxes, except it is costly to edit and not easy to share.

3. Word/libreoffice documents or presentations converted to PDF: I suspect the durability will be good, but the editing is a bit painful (as sizing the photos and pages are a bit difficult).

4. LaTeX with beamer: editing is not great, formatting is not great.

5. Something custom, perhaps sigal + a very basic HTML theme without JS: I'll likely have to perform maintenance over the years.

Are there anything else? Is "modern" technology simply not good enough for long-term, durable archives?
Show HN: We show why people follow you on Twitter
http://www.why-follow.com/
We were getting pretty frustrated with the fact that we could not find out why people followed us on Twitter. Two weeks ago, we decided to built it. So meet: Why-follow.com. Still miles from perfection and BETA in every pixel. Feel free to critique. Stack: Java Tomcat - Bootstrap.js - MySQL running on AppFog.
Joomla photo gallery
http://www.apptha.com/category/extension/Joomla/Joomla-Photo-Gallery
Joomla photo gallery is integrated with mac doc and smooth gallery effect giving your image gallery a classy look with Image slideshow effect. Joomla image gallery emulate a set of photos in attractive and customizable galleries.
Mutation Testing
http://www.ryanbright.me/2012/04/23/mutation-testing/
One testing strategy that I rarely see among TDD advocates is known as mutation testing. The goal of this strategy is to modify the source code of your application in a way that should cause your tests to fail. If the tests continue to pass, you have a problem with your test suite.
Takes a snapshot with your webcam every time you git commit code
https://github.com/mroth/lolcommits
http://mroth.github.io/lolcommits/
ASK: Fun ways to show my 6 y.o. the wunders of tech?
I'm trying to find a playful way to get my daughter more tech - savvy. I want to create stuff, work on projects together. Anyone have a good website or books about kid-geeks projects? We finished http://www.dragonboxapp.com/ but I want to create simple projects with her.
This Is How ClearView Works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKnms32PfNg
A walk through as to how ClearView™ Dashboard can Accelerate the Meeting of your Business Objectives.
Play a computer like an instrument (save ~40 hrs/yr)
http://www.danielodio.com/drodio/index/Entries/2010/6/29_Playing_a_Computer_like_an_Instrument.html
Site takes a second to come up, but it's worth it!
Early Unix history and evolution
http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/hist.html
Many interesting tidbits, like Unix was originally created to run a game called 'Space Travel' or the design of fork-exec was because the implementer was lazy.
P41 Studios Redesigns
http://p41studios.com/#
Force focusing users with animated gifs. Completely modular layout. We love you guys (the public).
The nature of pull quotes: a little html philosophy
http://www.onderhond.com/blog/pull-quotes-mark-up
The nature of pull quotes: an article that poses more questions than it delivers answers: what, according to you, is the best way to approach a pull quote in html:
Sell Your Files Using Influencers
http://sellfy.com/how_it_works
Upload and sell anything you create with http://sellfy.com/. Offer revenue share to influencers to promote your products.
Show HN: A Natural Language Interface to Crunchbase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVM0JKpoTkI
Hi Guys,

let me know if anyone wants to build a natural language interface over their SQL database. We can help.

We have launched and have a free tier option on AWS. Now we are looking for more users to iterate with.

Any other feedback welcome too.
Adding A Facebook Like/Fan Box To WordPress
http://phpflow.com/php/adding-a-facebook-likefan-box-to-wordpress/
Facebook like is very common facebook plugin,Its using many brand name.After create page a facebook page,we need to do is add a facebook like box in our/your blog.The like box is use for create fans and like users,with help of like box the website readers will se who has likes this website.
If anyone is having Quora.com account please invite me?
If anyone is having Quora.com account please invite me at umesh.kacha@gmail.com
Interview with Hakim El Hattab, a HTML5/canvas guru
http://techrant.co.uk/2011/07/interview-with-hakim-el-hattab
If you follow HTML5 / canvas related things, you will most likely know of Hakim. He won 10k apart, and has made many other really awesome canvas related things. He gives some very interesting insight into how he has developed in the area and how he maintains a good work life balance.
Ask NH: Why aren't you an organ donor?
On average, eighteen people die every day because the organ they required was not available.
Overview Of Fundraising Stages
http://www.markpeterdavis.com/getventure/2008/03/overview-of-fun.html
Typically a company raises numerous rounds of capital through its lifetime. While there are not rigid rules about the fundraising stages, I have attempted to characterize these stages below. Note that these stages reflect the IT space and can differ greatly in other sectors.

Friends and Family: F&F capital is the starting point of the company that is often used for basic administrative details including corporate formation, market research and the creation of a business plan.

Typical Round Size: F&F rounds can be as small as $5K and as large as $100K.
Investment Structure: Convertible note or common stock.
Hurdle For Next Stage: Business plan; management team.
Seed: Seed investments are typically provided to companies that have a business plan and a management team, but do not have a product. At this point, companies are raising money based upon an idea and a team.

Typical Round Size: These are typically $100-500K but can be as large as $1M.
Investment Structure: Convertible note or common stock.
Hurdle For Next Stage: Product.
Series A: The word “Series” implies institutional money (money invested by a VC). The letter “A” means that it is the first institutional round. By the series A most companies have a product that is ready (or close to ready) to take to market.

Typical Round Size: These are typically $2-5M but can be as little as $1M and as large as $10M.
Investment Structure: Participating preferred stock.
Hurdle For Next Stage: Market adoption.
Series B: Typically in order to raise a Series B the company needs to have demonstrated market traction, further developed the business and recruited a more robust management team.

Typical Round Size: These are typically $5-10M but can be as little as $5M and as large as $20M.
Investment Structure: Participating preferred stock.
Hurdle For Next Stage: Growth.
Series B and beyond: After the Series B round the required achievements more frequently vary by company. Some companies are nowhere near profitability and need more capital to stay alive and others are profitable but need capital in order to accelerate growth.

More @ www.markpeterdavis.com
UI / UX Design Interviews – Ehsan Rahimi -Iran
https://medium.com/ux-design-interviews/ehsan-rahimi-eb73aab8a674
When your friends or parents ask to you what job do you do, how do you answer?

Well, things are really complicated about technology in Iran. There are people asking you how to send an email to someone or how to install an app on a smartphone. On the other hand, there are younger people who some of them might ask you that kind of questions as well, but some of them are very up to date. So, to the younger generation I say I design websites and apps, to the others I say my job deals with computer, and they usually don’t follow the question.
Founders Fund Hopes To Reduce Entrepreneur-VC Tension
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_7758088
The four Internet tycoons behind the Founders Fund on Tuesday touted the creation of a new $220 million investment fund as well as a stock plan designed to reduce tension between entrepreneurs and VCs.
Stack Exchange Sites Need a “Rejects” Page
http://joewlarson.com/blog/2012/07/31/stack-exchange-sites-need-a-rejects-page/
Have you seen or asked any good [closed] questions lately?
How the new Airdrop could look like
http://filedropme.com
Cute and simple app for sharing things with nearby devices.
Patch Magnets - Fridge Magnets, Magnet manufactures Australia
http://www.patchmagnets.com
Patch Magnet is a leading Magnet manufacturer in Australia provides customized & standard magnets for Business Card.
Mybucketz
http://www.mybucketz.com/
“mybucketz” is your social media unified. The application allows you to connect to Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, and/or Twitter, bringing all of your feeds into one central location. Not only does it provide a one-stop shop for these social networks, it allows you to group friends/followings across these networks into individual "buckets”. A bucket can be anything from one person you know, to a group such as family or co-workers, or even just a description like sports. The buckets you create or your connected social network feeds can be displayed, which enables you to see and act upon a real time listing of posts coming from each service. Pretty cool.. huh? So what are you waiting for? Sign up and give it a try!