jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Play a random Google Tech Talk (made this on my lunch break today)
http://randomlecture.couchone.com/lectures/_design/lectures/index.html
A simple open source couchapp that picks a random lecture from http://github.com/maxogden/tech-talk-urls and plays it.
Show HN: Draw Something Solver
http://dsolver.com
Created a small program over the weekend. Had a great time surprising and surpassing all my friends.
Show HN: I Made Computer Science Themed Collectible Cards
https://www.cs.cards/
Hi all, I made a Computer Science themed Collectible Cards deck. There are 36 cards in it ranging from simple data structures such as linked list and stack to more advanced ones such as bloom filter and merkle tree.

I'm a software engineer with a knack for drawing. A few years back I thought about making playing cards based on Computer Science concepts but I did not make it very far. When I revisited this idea again I decided to start with an MVP: Data Structure Collectible Cards. Each card would depict a data structure, state its space/running time complexities, and provide a brief description of said data structure (so in a way it's like Pokemon collectible/playing cards :))

I have a long roadmap that covers many Computer Science/Software Engineering concepts for both collectibles and playing cards. My hope is these decks could be something that spurs people's interest in Computer Science, or something that academics/engineers will feel proud displaying on their shelves (long shot, I know).

I'm in the process of figuring out fulfillment and kickstarter campaign. Once I have a gauge of people's interest from email sign-ups, I will put in a bulk order.

Feel free to navigate around my site; I've put in all my heart into designing it and I hope you will like it :)
Ask HN: What are your technical interests? (tag-cloud of your interests)
I think most of programmers use more than one programming language, framework, DBMS or interested in startups and entrepreneurship.
So, it would be interesting to know what interests do hackers have?

Please, share with us your tag-cloud which you have in your mind.

Inspired by post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=614034
Both Parties Have For 30 Years Now Screwed The Middle Class
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-tv/arianna-leno-tonight-show-third-world-america_b_721853.html
>That fury is mostly directed toward Democrats at the moment because they hold the reins of power, Arianna said, but it's not exclusive to one party. "The anger is because the Democrats and the Republicans have for 30 years now screwed the middle class," she told "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno.

Amen Sister!
How to Persuade More Effectively: 6 Principles to Help You Be More Persuasive Immediately
http://www.thenegotiationguru.com/how-to-persuade-more-effectively-6-principles-to-help-you-be-more-persuasive-immediately
If you are in any business or interested in being more persuasive in your field, here are the 6 principles of persuasion that will help you be more persuasive immediately. It’s powerful, effective and easy to read.
Ask HN: Thoughts on DigitalOcean in production now that it's public
So, in the past, I've observed that it's been controversial on HN to use DigitalOcean in production environments. (The same can be said of other cloud platforms as well, but DigitalOcean seems to be the most popular of the cloud platforms not in the big 3.) But now DigitalOcean is a publicly traded company, so it's got more of a here-to-stay feel. Has anyone had new thoughts about using DigitalOcean in production now that they are a publicly traded company?
Mark Suster's Blog Gets Hacked
http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/
If you go to Mark Suster's blog "Both Sides of the Table" (http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/) this morning, you'll notice that it redirects to http://www.automobili.autentik.net/, what appears to be a Russian or Polish used car sales site.

Hmm. Wonder what they're trying to say...
ElasticSearch: Big Data, Search, and Analytics - presentation by Shay Banon
http://vimeo.com/44716955
Really excellent presentation by Shay Banon (creator of ElasticSearch) about architectural organization of ES clusters.
If you have some basic knowledge of ES cluster arrangement (nodes, shards, etc) but don’t really understand their exact purpose, or when to add more shards vs replicas, this is a great video to watch.
Ask HN: Is my pay below average?
I'm a full stack developer for a US-based startup, working on Node, Angular, Mongo, and AWS + other hosting platforms. We're a small team of people who do pretty much everything, and there's a couple of guys focused on mobile (Android/iOS)

I'm being paid 85k/y, is it too little? I've googled around but I don't really have a lot of an idea of US salaries, since I live elsewhere.

Appreciate any feedback.
Thanks
The Principal Programming Paradigms
http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.info.ucl.ac.be%2Fpeople%2FPVR%2FparadigmsDIAGRAMeng101.pdf
From here

http://www.info.ucl.ac.be/~pvr/VanRoyChapter.pdf
Ask HN: Meeting with an investor in few hours, what is your advice HNers?
Hello,

Please excuse me for creating this temporary account to place the question, I just wouldn't want to be linked to this question.

So, now my question I need advice. In few hours I am meeting with a guy from a hedge fund, he is interested to investing as angel or with the hedge fund, as I had a meeting with him already and he wants in. My question is a bit complex one, as it involves two issues.

The first it's an issue with my supposed to be future co-founder. I expected that he'd manage finding the investor or at least setting up meeting with prospectives. Instead I've done that (the 2nd meeting tomorrow with an investor who is really interested) and please note I'm also the technical founder. Also, I had the initial idea and identified the opportunity, although this guy seems to have a talent at presenting others people ideas as his own. Please note he is not technical at all, but I accepted that, assumingly he would do all the business stuff, instead he dissapointed me, as he really didn't do much the last 1.5 months as I was insisting we go full time on this as soon as possible. At this point, I am serious about finding a way to avoid getting involved with guy. The only thing I am attached with him is that he knows big part of the core ideas (I know the execution pitch so please save me from one. I do have a significant code base I am contributing, and with the meaning of core ideas I mean validated ideas).

So, with this small bits of information, what would you do HNers concerning with a prospective co-founder he doesn't seem honest and failed your expectations? I even have some e-mails with significant questions he left unanaswered. So, imagine that.

So, concering the valuation now. Like I said, I considered my prospective co-founder's significant contribution, in the initial phase, to finding prospective investors as he made believe he would be able to do that in short time. Instead, he delayed me and I am sure he'd delayed me more hadn't I do anything to find an investor myself. So, he gives me the feeling that he is not honest. Therefore, even in a valuation at this level if the investor would take up to 20-30% at a valuation of 500k, and assuming any kind of contribution (of the non-technical co-founder) begin after the software is rolled out (estimated after 5-6 months), how is it reasonable to excuse his percentage, which I was willing to be equal, but I am sure the investor will find awkward.

So, at this point I am considering changing the location of the meeting with the investor and go to it alone, telling him it was cancelled.

What are your thoughts HNers?
How Mainstreaming Bitcoin makes it more like Wallstreet
http://qz.com/latest/
http://qz.com/278180/how-mainstreaming-bitcoin-makes-it-more-like-wall-street/

IT looks like the link changed. I will post it again.
Ask HN: When to launch your app?
So I've often read that you should launch a product as soon as possible. Get it into the hands of your customers and iterate/iterate/iterate.

How do you determine what is the MVP of your product though?

My app for example, might already be able to do XYZ, but I'm still working on ABC which set it apart from the competition.

Personally I feel like ABC need to be done before I can launch, but it seems as though everything I read says to get it out once XYZ is functional.

If you've launched an app in a highly competitive space, how did you decided when to release your product?
Interview with Neil Patel: "as an entrepreneur you must move really fast" 
http://mixreadblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-weeks-interview-is-with-neil-patel.html
This week's interview is with Neil Patel - a serial entrepreneur, founder of KISSmetrics and also CrazyEgg. By the age of 21 not only was Neil named a top 100 blogger by Technorati, but he was also one of the top influencers on the web according to the Wall Street Journal.
Show HN: Yet another Resume Builder
http://kedals.com
I built this to learn to use the YiiFramework. Let me know what you think!
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Raises $625 Million
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/peter-thiels-founders-fund-raises-625-million/
There is no cash crunch for Silicon Valley’s 1 percent.

The billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has raised $625 million for its fourth fund — larger than than his first three funds combined.
Show HN: Generate hard-to-crack passwords for easy to remember patterns.
http://firewordgen.herokuapp.com/
Ok. Don't be angry. I am just starting out with writing code that someone other than me see.
Show HN: Etch – Stable Diffusion Client for iOS
https://twitter.com/shubroski/status/1574767056003780608
TestFlight download: https://testflight.apple.com/join/cnYqvCxF

Requires a free DreamStudio API key from https://beta.dreamstudio.ai/

Supports txt2img, img2img, & inpainting

(not affiliated with Stability AI)
Start me Up in London?
http://globalyuppiestyle.com/2013/11/12/start-me-up/
START ME UP<p>© by Cornelia Pauline<p>“All things start in California and spread to New Jersey, then to London and then throughout Europe.” Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the Greek founder of easyJet and easyGroup, said in December, 1996, during an interview he gave for the Wall Street Journal. globalization is defined as, “the close integration of countries and people of the world.” I feel like you don’t feel globalization as strongly in any other human sector than in the business world. Why do we see an increase in the start-up culture all over the world? The answer in my opinion is because of globalization. Throughout my ‘Technology Entrepreneurship in Korea’ seminar I took earlier this spring when I lived in South Korea, the speakers (one was Korean American and one from Britain who had studied at Cambridge) continuously emphasized the trend that they saw among Korean entrepreneurs, that they were trying to create a ‘Silicon Valley of the East.’ Now imagine my surprise when I read this article in The Economist Magazine called, ‘Start me up – London’s Tech city,’ in which it is written that, “Tech City looks like it is taking the right steps to becoming a self-sufficient ecosystem—a sort of Silicon Valley with an East End twang.” I call it the ‘Silicon-Valley Effect of Globalization’. However, even though the article takes a fairly positive outlook on London’s start up culture, I am doubtful as to whether these predictions really can come true.

One thing I learned during this seminar in Korea is that even though South Koreans are trying hard to create a similar Silicon Valley, they will never be able to duplicate it. Why? Because the culture and the way you do business in Korea is simply too different......(GO TO http://globalyuppiestyle.com/2013/11/12/start-me-up/ TO READ FULL ARTICLE!!)
US offenders unmonitored as tagging system fails
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11491937
US Sex Offender tracking system fails when it reaches 2 Billion records.
Show HN: EC2 Pricing Tool
https://ec2pricing.usage.ai/
Hi everyone. I use the ec2 pricing pages pretty often and they're getting pretty old and buggy. Thought it was time for a faster, better, free ec2 pricing page. Would love some feedback!
You can send your feedback directly to me: bardia@usage.ai
Ask HN: What does your team do to socialize now that we are fully remote?
These days that we are fully remote I'd like to know what other teams are doing to keep non-work-related social interactions alive. For example, we have arranged some online games and coffee meetings but I'm getting bored and would like to do something new.
NSA Intercepts Exceed Limits Set by Congress
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/us/16nsa.html?_r=1&hp
Surprise!
Tweeter Extream Image Compression Challenge
http://shreevatsa.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/extreme-image-compression-the-twitter-challenge/
Can you send an Image as a single tweet? See here an interesting study of some extream image compression techniques.
Ubuntu broke 'netcat' in Lucid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcat-openbsd/+bug/544935
You won't believe it. They broke 'netcat' in Lucid Lynx.
Show HN: Top links from HN, Reddit, Producthunt and Techmeme on one page
https://dobecause.org/allStars.php
I created this tool for myself and have been using it every morning for more one year. The list is updated every 10 minutes and new links are added at the top. The links are chosen based on certain criteria like minimum votes and comments.
Bashing Microsoft 'like kicking a puppy,' says Linux Foundation chief
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040511-linux-vs-microsoft.html?hpg1=bn
Two decades after Linus Torvalds developed his famous operating system kernel, the battle between Linux and Microsoft is over and Linux has won, says Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin. With the one glaring exception of the desktop computer, Linux has outpaced Microsoft in nearly every market, including server-side computing and mobile, Zemlin claims.
"I think we just don't care that much [about Microsoft] anymore," Zemlin said. "They used to be our big rival, but now it's kind of like kicking a puppy."
Show HN: Test your Android apps on real devices over the cloud
http://handsetcloud.com/
This is something that will hopefully be helpful to Android developers out there battling with fragmentation. As an Android developer myself, I know fixing device-specific bugs are a pain.

Right now, I only have 10 phones hooked up to the cloud, running from my bedroom. I'm hoping to get more soon and possibly co-locate where there is faster and more reliable internet.
A Blood Test Offers Clues to Longevity
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/business/19life.html?ref=technology
Blood tests that seek to tell people their biological age — possibly offering a clue to their longevity or how healthy they will remain — are now going on sale.But contrary to various recent media reports, the tests cannot specify how many months or years someone can expect to live.
Two views on the importance of code
http://blog.jonasbandi.net/2008/11/two-views-on-importance-of-code.html
Is code relevant? What do you think?
Add the Google +1 button to Your Website: 4 Things You Need to Know
http://www.domain.me/blog/google-1-add-to-your-website-google-anayltics-1448/
So there's a Google +1 button out there. What does it mean for search marketing and can I monitor it in Google Analytics?
Marissa Mayer vs. Mark Zuckerberg
http://coverhound.com/blog/post/car-insurance-zuckerberg-mayer
Analyzed from all angles. Now let's bring on the insurance smackdown.
The GStreamer SDK is now available for Android
http://www.gstreamer.com/
GStreamer is a cross-platform multimedia framework widely used in many operating systems for developing rich multimedia applications like multimedia players, non-linear video editors, transcoders, DNLA servers or streaming servers among others.
The GStreamer SDK now supports the Android platform, allowing developers create better and more complex multimedia applications and reusing their multimedia backend across several platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac and Android).
Ajax Add a Record with Button Status Change using jQuery.
http://9lessons.blogspot.com/2009/03/ajax-add-record-using-jquery.html
I like Facebook and Twitter API method of clicking follow, add a friend button. You click the button, the button status changed to 'You following' and 'Remove' at the same time request inserted into database. I had designed this tutorial using Ajax and jQuery.
Tabs vs Spaces??
http://theprofoundprogrammer.com/post/28841513356/text-who-the-fuck-indents-with-spaces-you
Anyone who uses spaces should consider a new profession...
Evan Williams (Twitter CEO) explains revenue model.
http://fora.tv/2009/10/21/A_Conversation_with_Twitter_CEO_Evan_Williams#Twitters_Revenue_Model_CEO_Evan_Williams_Responds
1. Make a social networking site
2. Get it popular
3. ???
4. Profit!
PhoneGap on Android
http://blogs.nitobi.com/joe/index.php/2008/10/17/phonegap-now-for-android/
Nitobi hacker Joe Bowser has PhoneGap ported to Android.
Tackle Complexity in Typescript apps with TSMC
http://theblacksmithhq.com/tsmc
TSMC allows you to configure the modules and submodules (as well as their inner dependencies) you want to get out of your library/app and compile them giving you separately packaged modules and submodules.

Let's say you have a modals module, inside your ui namespace which is one of many namespaces inside your awesomejs lib. Driven by your config, tsmc will give you a awesomejs-ui-modals.js, an awesomejs-ui.js (which contains everything inside ui, including modals) and a awesomejs.js (which includes ui and everything else). For each package it will also give you a declaration (.d.ts) file and a sourcemap (.js.map) file. AFAIK, this is the best way available to have your source code compiled into a big combine package as well as fine grained modules.
Show HN: A better way of version controlling IAC
https://gist.github.com/mrcrilly/9a935e4fb9b85b75fe643b3ffecd1e88
I believe I've reached a point in my career, and used Terraform enough, that I can confidently say that the semver system for managing IAC code bases simply doesn't cut it anymore.
I'd love more widespread feedback on how I currently propose we version control our IAC. If the feedback is constructive and forthcoming, I'll move this written piece to a more formal location.

This is currently being tested, with extremely positive results, at Cisco (yeah, the networking company.)
GitHub ceo ditches meritocracy rug
http://www.businessinsider.com/githubs-ceo-ditches-meritocracy-rug-2014-1
tl,dr new ceo says meritocracy is overrated, white men are all racist/sexist

rip github
Vintage and Retro Free Fonts for Your Designs
http://www.agenceelysium.com/agenceelysium-blog/31-freebies/628-35-vintage-and-retro-free-fonts-for-your-designs.html
One of the most important elements of the web designing is the [LINK=http://designmodo.com/letterform/]Typography[/LINK] which can change a normal art into an attractive and an elegant piece of art. The most recent and the popular design trend are the [B]retro styled fonts[/B] or elements. The right selection and the proper usage of the fonts or typography play an important role in conveying the appropriate message to the clients. The latest trend and techniques of using the retro and vintage script fonts have become very popular in the recent years almost in majority of the small and large scale corporate designs, blogs, online stores, and portfolios.
Codementor – Stack Overflow on Demand
https://www.codementor.io/
Too bad it isn't free. Still a great project.
Poll: How do you use your iPad?
Tried to submit a HN survey but I don't think I have enough karma...

I have an iPad and to be honest I don't think I use it for 10% of what it's capable of. What do you use your iPad for? Am I missing the boat on something?

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCTW2BK

I'll post the results upon completion so it's open to everyone.
Review my startup: Miscake Stores
http://stores.miscake.com
Miscake Stores is a service for building online stores with ease. It is a great tool for those who want to be totally focused only on their business, not IT issues. Miscake Stores gives you unlimited number of items, without slowdown on high load thanks to cloud computing technology. You will absolutely like our simple pricing model and high flexibility.
Miscake Stores allows you to customize your own, exclusive design. Moreover, you will be able to control all of your orders with single seller account.
Black Hat: Ad networks lay path to million-strong browser botnet
http://www.itworld.com/security/366872/black-hat-ad-networks-lay-path-million-strong-browser-botnet
From the Blackhat summary:
"Online advertising networks can be a web hacker’s best friend. For mere pennies per thousand impressions (that means browsers) there are service providers who allow you to broadly distribute arbitrary javascript -- even malicious javascript! You are SUPPOSED to use this “feature” to show ads, to track users, and get clicks, but that doesn’t mean you have to abide. Absolutely nothing prevents spending $10, $100, or more to create a massive javascript-driven browser botnet instantly. The real-world power is spooky cool. We know, because we tested it… in-the-wild."
Should You Move Away From Heroku To Protect Your Users?
http://aftnn.org/post/52370062780/should-you-move-away-from-heroku-to-protect-your-users
Heroku provides an SSL add-on for encrypting traffic between browsers and the Heroku network. However, SSL is terminated at the Heroku routing layer. Traffic is then passed unecrypted through the network to your application. That network is AWS.
Paul Graham speaking at FOWA London this Thursday
http://www.futureofwebapps.com/#
I'm going to be there, any other news.yc'ers going?
Show HN: Weekend project - Speak Like A Brazilian
http://www.speaklikeabrazilian.com
Any Brazilians there? Let's share our expressions, sayings and vocabulary with the world.
Is HTML5 editor, an HTML5 editor if you use Flash?
http://www.aviary.com/html5editor
I agree that this is a neat little photo editor, but if all the effects are done via Flash, can you advertise it as HTML5 editor?
Google Calls for Transparency but is Google better?
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/google-transparency-edward-snowden-fisa-92585.html
"But the level of secrecy around the current legal procedures undermines the freedoms we all cherish." That's the last sentence of Google's statement about PRISM, NSA and FISA.

Some might wonder: Google calls for more transparency, as it means freedom, but webmasters have been calling for transparency ever since Panda and Penguin hit. They claim that Google destroys their Google rankings without telling them what the reason is.

Sure, there are the Google Guidelines, which, in a few sentences, describe what's allowed and what's not. But the U.S. has the Patriot Act, which also describes in a few more sentences what the government is allowed to. So where's the difference?

I guess the reasons for suppressing transparency are:
Google's reason to suppress transparency: To avoid spammer abusing SERP's.
Governments reason to suppress transparency: To avoid terrorists and criminals hurting the country.

So my question: Should a company blame the U.S. government for something it obviously does as well, suppressing transparency?
Virtual Mirror - Augmented Reality Virtual Fitting Room (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3i2Q7rRpI
More info:

http://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/image-processing/computer-vision-graphics/virtual-mirror/virtual-clothing/
Justine Bateman (Family Ties) is a freshman at UCLA, intends to get CS degree.
http://lacurrents.com/articles/justine-bateman-class-of-twothousandsixteen/
It's mentioned in the article, but her Tumblr is http://getacollegelife.tumblr.com/