jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
MTutor wins Mobile App Challenge
http://www.techzim.co.zw/2012/06/mtutor-wins-forgetmenot-app-challenge/
At the FMNA App Challenge two Douglas Chitefefe and Prince Kaguda picked up $2,000.00 for their app
Book Review: Expert PHP and MySQL
http://blog.umnet.co.il/2010/04/23/book-review-expert-php-and-mysql/
“This book examines some of the technologies and techniques needed to make robust and scalable applications perform in today’s high-demand world” (From the Introduction of the book..)
Mash Up Roundup
http://blog.elmerthomas.com/2007/08/05/mash-up-roundup/
An essential skill for the tech entrepreneur is to be able to quickly produce prototypes. While in many cases scripting languages and frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Symfony will get the job done, the following 19 tools allow an even more rapid turnaround, especially for more complex prototypes with many data sources.
Live DavidU interview right now this second...
http://techzany.tv/live/
http://techzany.tv/live/
Macroglossa on Android Market
MVE has published Macroglossa mobile app on the Android Market. Check it out: http://bit.ly/9Cbz6j
WordPress Loop Tips: Zebra striping, Columns & more
http://opensourcecms.pro/wordpress/wordpress-introducing-wordpress-loop-part-4/
The fourth installment in their series on working with the WordPress loop. This one includes a number of commonly-used techniques for content formatting.
Introducing Cloud Explorer, an S3 client written in Java
http://www.linux-toys.com/?p=89
This is a simple S3 client that I made. It is under heavy development. This program has a text editor, image viewer, and music player for your S3 storage.

Github: http://github.com/rusher81572/s3
Speed Reading Techniques and Tips
http://improvememorypower101.com/speed-reading-techniques-and-tips/
Speed reading techniques are not magical techniques. It takes a lot of time and practice. Speed reading isn’t something you can master in a few days.
First of all it is important to know why speed reading will work for you, what it will do for you?
By mastering speed reading techniques you will get information more quickly, you will get a better understanding of the information you are reading. You will have a higher amount of information in your short-term memory by reading more quickly. For more
Anyone here use the TweetRoll Widget in your blogs?
http://tweetburn.com
Me and my partner, recently bought this site and we are pivoting various options for improving the site. Currently we have around 4 thousand daily users and more added daily. Any hackers here use the TweetRoll widgets in your blog ? How do you use it & would you mind sharing your comments ?
Photo Slideshow using canvas and other new JS elements
http://www.fablers.us/bringing_modern_education_to_umbeya?f=h
I created this demo slide show of my friends volunteering in Africa (Kenya), I used various canvas and JS/ css3 elements, love to hear your feedback.
Inspiring Story Brooklyn Bridge
http://inspiration101.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/brooklyn-bridge-a-story-of-determination/
http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/bbstory.Html
Startups: How do you offer phone support?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZWxUUUqB85TXbq4md2gNM_AgeQCmcRvoedb-rOMW-vs/viewform
3 question survey for startups that offer a phone number for inbound customer support. Will publish the results for the community. Thanks!
Mobile Platforms Icon Re-Sizer
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amplitude/id881757375?mt=12
An Icon Re-Sizer app that saves you lot of times by vectorizing icons and re-sizing them to mobile resolutions of both Android and iOS platform. Great for Mobile Devs and User Interface Designers.
Behind Buzzwords The Internet of Things is already here to improve our living
http://openpicus.blogspot.it/2012/05/behind-buzzwords-internet-of-things-is.html
Leandro Agrò is one of the pioneers of Interaction Design (IXD) in Italy. Among the best Italian visionaries - not only conscious of the technological shifts but also of value changes ​​that global society is going through these days - Leandro played a decisive role in several digital revolutionary projects in Italy as well as Worldwide. Co-Founder of WideTag, president of Frontiers of Interaction, now Director of Global User Experience for Publicis Healthware as well as prominent blogger and TEDx speaker.

How not to catch the opportunity to confront with him, to talk about how IoT (Internet of Things) is already here, facing our interpretation and creativity, while we are waiting to participate to the fantastic eighth edition of the Frontiers of Interaction conference in June in Rome?
Ask HN: Content or Wording on Beta Invites?
We are getting ready to launch our new service (www.nixty.com). We have a list of a couple of thousand people that have signed up for the beta. I'm putting together an invitation to ask these people to join and help spread the word. I'm wondering if anyone on HN has experience with crafting these invites? Sort of like A/B testing with invites; e.g., we did this and got X conversion rate; we changed this and it went up! Are there any specific recommendations/suggestions? Thanks!

Edit: Added the below example:

NIXTY - the service that empowers education for everyone! - is launching. You are receiving this email because you know one of the co-founders or you have signed up to be notified when the service went live.

NIXTY helps students save money, grow and excel. It helps educators make money, and save time and energy. Everyone who joins gets a free ePortfolio and access to over 200 video courses from the top universities on the planet.

Sign up here (hyperlink) and help us spread the word!

Thank you,
The NIXTY Team
The best white hat hackers. better ask somebody
http://www.nsslabs.com/
Crushing it daily. Does your enterprise software have vulnerabilities? Get a report from NSS Labs.
Adding CRUD Capability to Spring MVC
http://www.adobocode.com/spring/adding-crud-capability-to-spring-mvc
A Step-by-step tutorial on Adding Create Read Update & Delete Capability to Spring MVC
What makes Gmail the best webmail client?
People often say that gmail is arguably the best email webclient [1]. I realize that it offers decent storage and anti-spam, but I find it hard to believe that both of these features are so much better than all their competitors.

I've been using Gmail for many years now, so I don't really remember other services. To me, gmail seems cluttered and clunky.

What about Gmail makes it the best?

[1] "Gmail is arguably the best web-based email client out there"

via http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/15/greplins-chrome-extension-now-makes-gmail-search-infinitely-better/
REAL mobile growth numbers or just marketing bull?
http://seoroi.com/seo-roi-quality/mobile-usability-case-study-and-conversion-rate-optimization/
Real mobile growth numbers - looks pretty explosive or just marketing bull?
WpXtreme preview: a better Wordpress users management
http://blog.wpxtre.me/wpxtreme/wpxtreme-preview-a-better-wordpress-users-management/
A little preview of the new users management provided by wpXtreme, a fantastic plugin that dopes your default Wordpress installation.
Using Weather forecasting algo for predicting Brain Cancer
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/05/forecast-uncertain-chaos-theo.html
I wonder if the Patils, Hammerbachers and Rogatis of the world donate sometime for medical research or other social good. How much help it would be.
Stanford Entrepreneurship Week Challenge Winners
http://eweek.stanford.edu/2008/winners.html
This is a few months old but may still be interesting for those that have not seen it. Partially in response to a current front page story linking to the video made about the 2007 competition.

Disclaimer: I was a part of a winning team.
Quote Portal for iPhone is The Epitome of Simplicity and Brilliance
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/02/quote-portal-for-iphone-is-the-epitome-of-simplicity-and-brilliance/
There is something to be said for a mobile app that can have you up and running within seconds. There are so many developers that spend all their time developing a new technology for their app, that the actual interface of the application all but gets forgotten. What they don’t realize is that they could have the most ground breaking invention in the world, but if people cannot figure out how to use the app, it is good for nothing.
Implementing mutual exclusion for Ajax in JavaScript
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/04/05/ajax-mutual-exclusion.html
I wonder of the Google Gears introduction of multiple JavaScript threads means that we need an alternate variant closer to the original Lamport's bakery algorithm.
The Cloud Lock-In (Part 3): SaaS is Really Nice
http://www.iamondemand.com/post/11606944921/the-cloud-lock-in-part-3-saas-is-really-nice
This is the third and last post in regarding the cloud lock-in. In the first and the second parts I covered the vendor lock-in of IaaS and PaaS. The appealing registration and the low cost overwhelm the new SaaS consumers that often makes them forget that eventually the service will become something they just can’t live without. What will happen if one day your SaaS vendor goes out of business ? In this post I will try to cover the threats and the actions the enterprise should take in order to lower the level of the SaaS lock-in risk.
Ask HN: Server-side Language Reccomendations
I'm a seasoned PHP developer and I'm looking to drift into another language. Python, Node.JS, Ruby and Java I currently have in mind.

I want a language that offers more than just Website Development. Web Development is still important, but I also want to write programs that do a lot of processing, and some other lower level networking stuff.

Python seems like a diverse language, as appose to Ruby (on Rails) that seems very Web focused. Node.JS seems somewhere in between, and Java.. I'm not sure about.

I've already dabbled in pretty much all of these languages at some point. I'm not really concerned about syntax, but the packages, frameworks that are available, the community and where each language is heading.

I'm interested to see what people have to say. At the moment Python and Node.JS are my top choices.
The future of advertising
http://www.outoftheborders.com/2009/10/future-of-advertising.html
lets stop thinking about algorithms for a minute. What is the long term future of advertising? Two simple scenarios.
Remove trailing whitespace
http://rails-bestpractices.com/posts/60-remove-trailing-whitespace
It annoys the hell out of the rest of the team.
Mengganti-dns-default-dengan-dns
http://mangkualam.blogspot.com/2011/04/mengganti-dns-default-dengan-dns.html
Here is the wahow to increase your internet speed
VC Fundraising Manual: How VCs Make Decisions Internally
http://getventure.typepad.com/markpeterdavis/2008/01/how-vcs-make-de.html
While no two VC firms make decisions the same way, there are a few models which have developed based upon several constraining factors.

In an ideal world every partner at a VC fund would spend considerable time evaluating each startup that they invest in. This would enable the fund to benefit from the diverse perspectives and experiences that the various members of the partnership bring to bear, ultimately enabling the partnership to make better investment decisions.

However, evaluating a business takes a lot of time and is an accretive process. As a partner learns more about a company they are more likely to uncover investment risks. As a result, it is critical for there to be continuity in the due diligence process X VCs want the same person digging deeper and deeper. If every partner was trying to become a specialist on the same company, the firm wouldn't be able to evaluate many companies.

Given all of this, in a world where the only goal is to make the absolute best investment decisions every time, it would be optimal for every partner of a VC fund to focus all of their time on the same deal until they are ready to invest. Unfortunately, that's not realistic because each venture fund needs to deploy a target amount of capital in a given time period in order to meet their investor's expectations. In order to meet these expectations, partnerships collectively need to evaluate numerous businesses at any given time. As a result, in order to make enough high quality investments in a given time period firms "divide and conquer".

This dynamic has led to the creation of a few different decision making models which I have described below. It is worth noting that not every fund's decision making model will fit cleanly into one of these categories, however, this framework should give entrepreneurs a way to think about how a fund's decisions are made:...
Will Google release Google branded phone this year?
http://www.blubet.com/bet/Will_Google_release_Google_branded_phone_this_year
Google and Samsung are rumored to be building the phone, codenamed "Switch," Simeonov says and his posting includes what he claims is a leaked photo of the device.I say Google is just helping Samsung with Samsung product and they won't be labeled Google. What do you guys think?
Can we edit The Story of Send?
http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend/desktop/#/safe-and-secure
You know, a simple and entertaining info graphic explaining making satire of recent events?
Deputizing Amazon: Gov't Policy at Cross Purposes or Crossroad?
http://www.wac6.com/wac6/2010/12/deputizing-entrenched-players-to-police-the-net.html
Amazon's commercial decision to pull the plug on Wikileaks may be a key piece in the puzzle of evolving gov't Internet policy.
The handwritten business book for Newbies
http://handmadebook.posterous.com
A collection of handwritten mindmaps on how to start a business.

This is the first handwritten book on the internet, something i am shocked has not been done yet.
Substack is recruiting in your console
I just discovered while doing a random inspection via the console, that substack was posting a link to job ads on your website console. It made me chuckle... pure genius !

( First I wanted to email them to share a good laugh, but then, why not celebrate it on HN ! )
Windows 8 Mail leaves users pining for the desktop—or even their phones
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/windows-8-mail-leaves-users-pining-for-the-desktop-or-even-their-phones/
The e-mail client in Windows 8 is the shell of a potentially good application—but Microsoft hasn't given it the proper care it deserves. With less than a month before Windows 8 hits RTM, Mail is a mess that doesn't support IMAP, can't connect to servers with self-signed certificates, and lacks basic features like flagging messages for followup. Metro Mail is feature-deficient compared not just to other desktop and tablet apps—it's behind Microsoft's own phone platform. Whether used on a tablet or desktop, this in-depth look concludes that Metro Mail in its current form will have users pining for a real desktop application.
This question should be a mark of shame for Quora
http://www.quora.com/Quora-API/When-is-Quora-planning-an-Open-API/talk?__ac__=1#comment211304
"This question should be a mark of shame for Quora. I find it detestable that Quora has not released a full-fledged API for accessing the data and value that we, the users, provide. While they attempt to fabricate a revenue strategy, our data lingers in this beautiful glass cage."
*nix in a nutshell
http://unixgarden.nl
Some bash basic tutorials about task automatization. Thanks you Bert Desmet for your contribution
Normal Template
http://www.gmosx.com/blog/agVnbW9zeHIOCxIHQXJ0aWNsZRiVTgw/normal-template
Normal templates are simple, yet powerful. They are safe, usable in non XML/HTML contexts and portable to any programming language.
Google XX-Hacker
https://www.google.com/?hl=xx-hacker
Its quit old, but still fun ( you can add ?hl=xx-hacker in every google links ). The Google says hi to all the hackers and crackers.
Simple Useful Color Picker Tool
http://colorpickertool.com
Found this color picker after getting tired of opening Photoshop to grab a hex color. I keep finding myself using it so I thought I'd share it. Enjoy!
Kinesis Contoured keyboard gunk
http://stochasticgeometry.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/gunk/
A short post on the kinesis keyboard inspired by a filthy half-hour spent cleaning all manner of gunk and grime out of one.
Is whining sabotaging your progress?
http://caldeas.com/2009/01/16/is-whining-sabotaging-your-progress/
As a small company with limited resources, ideas and execution are what will move your organization forward, not whining.
CafeBots is hiring engineers
http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/21/cafebots/
I'm a co-founder at CafeBots. We just came out of stealth this morning and we're funded by KP. If you're a great engineer, let us know. I'm looking forward to building something great together.
ALWAYS EXQUISITE,INC presents: stellar "
http://celebritydailypost.com/contact
ALWAYS EXQUISITE,INC spotlights her new "star" Valerie Bleus, CEO of Stellar Cosmeceuticals,who has developed a groundbreaking formula to help significantly reduce the appearance of unsightly cellulite and tone the skin. Stellar cellulite and firming gel is a caffeine based, physicians' strength, bio-marine anti-cellulite complex infused with oceanic properties. All of these ingredients help detoxify the body giving a more toned and firm appearance. This ground breaking complex is based on a triple action approach to stimulate micro circulation and helps minimize any future damage while rejuvenating the skin. Stellar is paraben free, glycol free and more importantly does no animal testing.
For more information on product of PA events
contact Olivia Wolff/always exquisite inc
olivia@alwaysexquisiteinc.com
Rumors
http://postlauncher.net/rumors/
Gossip offends our own intelligence.
Cloud Infographic: The Cloud Computing History
http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/03/cloud-infographic-the-cloud-computing-history/
Cloud Infographic: The Cloud Computing History
D3 and jQuery Interoperability
http://collaboradev.com/2014/03/18/d3-and-jquery-interoperability/
D3 and jQuery utilize distinctly different approaches to node manipulation and internal array storage. However, there are mechanisms available for converting between D3 and jQuery, and vice versa.
Show HN: HostedBootstrap - (Twitter) Bootstrap files on AWS CloudFront for free
http://hostedbootstrap.com/
Hey HN folks. While getting acquainted with using AWS CloudFront & hosting websites on S3 I came up with the idea to host the latest Bootstrap CSS & JS files for free. My AWS account provider agreed to support the project. Enjoy!
India tour packages|Holidays in India|India Travel Agent - holidaymasti.com
http://www.holidaymasti.com/
Holidaymasti is a leading India Travel Agents offer India tour packages, hotels in India, holiday packages India, tour to India, India travel packages, Indian hotel packages, trip to India. Holidaymasti, preeminent India tour operators and Indian travel agency offers you amazing holidays in India.
Nice and consistent icon set for your apps, most are public domain
http://openclipart.org/user-detail/warszawianka
Icon sets made by one user, most of them are public domain so it is easy to use them in your apps or web pages.
Hope/Glory Blog
http://blog.hopeglory.com
H/G is a Berlin based creative studio established in 2005 by web developer Steve Sinnwell and graphic designer Christian Ittner.

You can find their corporate site at www.hopeglory.com.
Ultimate way to compile incidents
http://crowdzilla.dev3.webenabled.net/
ultimate way to compile incidents on web... http://crowdzilla.dev3.webenabled.net/
Ask HN: How do app's like TextFree get phone numbers to give out?
As an app developer how can I acquire phone numbers that I can pass along to my users and hook those phone numbers into my app as part of the service? Whether it's for voice, fax or texting? Are there companies that provide this kind of service are these solutions custom built in-house telephony stacks?
Three Videos that Prove the iPad Will Be a Huge Hit
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/04/three-videos-that-prove-the-ipad-will-be-a-huge-hit/
I have been saying this for years, the name of the game in consumer electronics is usability. This is actually a true statement about most things, but when it comes to using gadgets or electronic devices of any kind, the point is magnified. I know it is hard for us geeks to grasp this sometimes, but there is actually a whole lot of consumers who use computers and are not geeks.
Phishing attack uses RSA Token Vulnerability as Lure
http://www.cyveillanceblog.com/general-cyberintel/rsa-token-vulnerability-and-one-of-america%e2%80%99s-most-secret-agencies-invoked-in-latest-spear-phishing-attack
Good example of how phishers use current events in their scams. Here, the phisher tries to panic recipients into clicking a link to download an update to "fix" their RSA Token with the likely result being that they'll download malware.
New Startup Trends and mantra : Visibility in mobile platform
http://awillager.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-startup-trends-and-mantra.html
Facebook, linkedin, Mantra, Market, Mobile, Mobile Market., newstartup, Smartphone, Trends, Twitter, VC, willager
San Francisco Convention & Meeting Planners
http://sfcmp.com
SFCMP is in the business of presenting presentations through our content management system. Q-ARS allows the professional meeting planner to take control where their event includes audience participation. Q-ARS software as a service is the smart advantage saving time and money. This is not an app, there are no downloads or subscription fees and it’s user friendly for even the most techno timid.
Hop Off the Train at the Right Time
http://ryanborn.net/timing-is-everything/
In web startup exits, timing is everything.
Show HN: Script to update GCP firewall rule to allow only your public IP
https://pypi.org/project/gcpfwup/
I host my personal VM on Google Cloud Platform and access it mostly through SSH and HTTPS.
As a hardening step, I've set up GCP firewall to only allow my home IP address.

But my ISP changes my public IP pretty often, so I have to log in to the GCP console and change firewall rule there every time.

I wrote a small Python script that automates this routine, and I thought maybe it could be useful to others.
SketchChair: Furniture Designed by You (with a HN connection)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diatom/sketchchair-furniture-designed-by-you
Great stuff.

Does anyone else think that these Kickstarter videos are also perfect YC application videos? ;-)
Tips for Mobile Site Success
https://plus.google.com/105925791633746539648/posts/d7HsnRbqV8Q
6 useful mobile tips that aren't just the usual obvious rehashes.
Peering Into the Early Universe
https://simonsfoundation.org/features/science-news/peering-into-the-early-universe/
Three “extremely large telescopes” poised to begin observations within a decade could help answer some of the universe’s oldest and best-kept secrets.
Find A VC Champion
http://getventure.typepad.com/markpeterdavis/2007/12/find-a-champion.html
During or after the first meeting you need to find one person at the VC firm to be your champion X the person who will promote your company inside the fund. Your champion should be the person who is most interested and most qualified to sell the deal internally...
Developing an API with Rails Metal
http://www.codingonthecloud.com/developing-an-api-with-rails
Alot of modern day Web Applications are being built with HTML5 / MV* Javascript frameworks which means that they're becoming more and more like native applications, where instead of rendering the whole page in HTML the app is just consuming and posting JSON data to and from the server.
If your building a Backbone / Ember (formerly SproutCore) / Angular / Batman then you will understand that rails makes it very convenient to build such apps, it takes care of all the assets compiling for you and a lot of other niceness that will help you manage and deliver your apps easier. In this post I am going to show you how to get the most out of rails 3's modularity.