jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Are Entrepreneurship programs really worthwhile?
These are the masters programs offered by some universities.

It seems like they are giving far more importance to powerpoint presentations, market research and getting connected with the right people and industry than technology development. Most students in the program tend to believe that technology development can be outsourced.

In fields like pharmaceutical or some research intensive ideas that require large amount of money even to start the project, its fair to say that presentation skills, networking and other softskills are far more importance to get started.

But there are people who think even software projects can be launched with a good idea and good business skills without any single idea about underlying technology or program. They simply say it can be outsourced once we get the funding and spend lots of time on preparing slides, researching the market and getting connections in the industry. More than 1 year is spent on these preparations.

For me it looked like enormous waste of time when lots of work(software projects) could have been done during that time.

When I read HN, I see many advices like 1. save the money for 6 month and start working on the coding
2. stick with the job and work on the project on weekends.

But I'm not sure if I have the expertise or experience to judge an academic program designed by reputable universities.

Is there are two approaches?
One is, jump start the project right away and get the money later to grow
Second, do all the preliminary work first get the money and start the project

or the academic instituitons are misleading?
Mechanical Turk is Not Anonymous
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2228728
Abstract:

While Amazon's Mechanical Turk (AMT) online workforce has been characterized by many people as being anonymous, we expose an aspect of AMT's system design that can be exploited to reveal a surprising amount of information about many AMT Workers, which may include personally identifying information (PII). This risk of PII exposure may surprise many Workers and Requesters today, as well as impact current institutional review board (IRB) oversight of human subjects research involving AMT Workers as participants.

We assess the potential multi-faceted impact of such PII exposure for each stakeholder group: Workers, Requesters, and AMT itself. We discuss potential remedies each group may explore, as well as the responsibility of each group with regard to privacy protection. This discussion leads us to further situate issues of crowd worker privacy amidst broader ethical, economic, and regulatory issues, and we conclude by offering a set of recommendations to each stakeholder group.
Fuzzy Logic vs Probability
http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath/2011/02/02/fuzzy-logic-vs-probability/
The difference between the frequentist and the Bayesian Probability and Fuzzy Logic. Excellent piece of read for math geeks.
Five Ways to Promote Well Being According to New Economics Foundation
http://asantegeorge.com/explore-well-being-define-well-being-create-well-being/2011/11/21/five-ways-to-promote-well-being-according-to-new-economics-foundation/
Five evidence-based ways in which people can create more well being in every aspect of life.
Scoble talks resume-killer for devs with Geeklist
http://cinch.fm/scobleizer/271133
Robert Scoble interviews http://Geekli.st co-founders Reuben Katz and Christian Sanz
New process to extend Moore's law?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723113700.htm
Silicon With Afterburners: New Process Could Be Boon To Electronics Manufacturer
Ask HN: How would you like to send cryptocurrencies to anyone's phone number?
Hello,

I've been working on http://blockpay.tech which is a platform using which you send cryptocurrencies or NFTs to anyone even if they don't have a wallet, directly to their phone number.

Do let me know your thoughts & feedbacks on the same. Consider signing-up if you find it interesting.

Thanks
Hammad Nasir
Founder, BlockPay
Ask HN: What do you think of my new blog called Progressive Geeks?
http://progressivegeeks.com/home

The idea is a blog that blends topics that interest my friends and I: Progressive politics, science, and technology
Windows Phone 7: How I wasted 20 days trying to register as a developer
http://www.codingstaff.com/blog/mikita-mikado/good-luck-windows-phone-7
Story about me trying to register our company and device with Microsoft's App Hub to develop apps for Windows Phone 7. Funny and sad at the same time...
Programming tutorials
http://www.programmingstutorial.com
Learn all programming language with simple programming tutorials & program. We provide free programming tutorials & simple example which help to learn programmings concept & structure easy. Visit on www.programmingstutorial.com for more info.
Now is the Time be in Control of Your Healthcare - An Effective Tool
http://lightarrow.com/lifetopix/the-12-lifetopix/health-activity
You may wish to main­tain a solid under­stand­ing of your health and to stay focused on your exer­cise and nutri­tion goals, as well as track activ­i­ties in gen­eral. That is pre­cisely what Life­Topix Health + Activ­ity does. It pro­vides you with a sin­gle source for record­ing all your health sta­tis­tics such as weight, blood pres­sure, cho­les­terol, blood sugar, and body fat; your med­ica­tions and pre­scrip­tions; and your health his­tory such as pro­ce­dures, treat­ments, and well­ness. It pro­vide robust log­ging capa­bil­i­ties so you can track your food and drink intake, your work­out activ­i­ties, your insur­ance providers, and reg­u­lar health check­ups.
Interview With Open Source CRM Co-founder
http://simpledeveloper.com/open-source-crm/
Learn what you need to know about startups by reading this interview! Enjoy
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together at D5 Conference 2007
http://vidinterest.com/video/4767/the-interview-with-steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-one-of-the-most
The interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, one of the most important moments in the recent history of computing. A great teaching for people who love Apple and people who love
Would you use the following app
http://linklyapp.com/
Would you use this app, easily collaborate around links and ideas with Linkly
Show HN: Arabic news aggregator optimized for speed and readability
http://www.flasharabia.com
This was my weekend project, I used flask/mongodb in the backend. the design was inspired from medium/svbtle/qz websites and the goal is to offer a very fast, readable and distraction-free content to readers.
Privacy Concerns Stunting Growth In Online Advertising 
http://internetrack.blogspot.com/2008/05/privacy-concerns-stunting-growth-in.html
"Federal, state and consumer discomfort with Google Inc, Yahoo Inc and other companies tracking consumers' online behavior could slow the growth of Internet advertising."
Lectures, Screencasts and conferences for real web developers & designers
http://ontwik.com/
Lectures, Screencasts And Conferences For Real Web Developers & Designers (JavaScript, NodeJs, jQuery, Ruby, Rails, HTML5, CSS3, UI, UX, ...)
Chiji Computers Offers Computer Sales and Service Chennai
http://www.chijicomputers.com
All Branded Desktops & Laptops Sales And Service,
Assembled Computers Sales & Services, Data Recovery In Any Condition In Your Hard Disk,
24x7 Service Anyware in chennai to your Door Step Service.

When it comes to purchasing new desktop computers for your home or office, the first question you get in your mind is whether to buy branded computers or to get assembled desktop computers. While there are good many reasons to buy branded computers, there are also good reasons to why you should opt for assembled ones. This article might help you understand the advantages and disadvantages on both sides so as to make your decision making easy.
When it comes to purchasing new desktop computers for your home or office, the first question you get in your mind is whether to buy branded computers or to get assembled desktop computers. While there are good many reasons to buy branded computers, there are also good reasons to...
WordPress Security: 10 Essential Plugins
http://designmodo.com/wordpress-security-plugins/
Therefore this threat perception needs to be boldly faced. In order to minimize these attacks, there are some good WordPress security plugins and WordPress tips available.
Fight sopa with github
http://www.fightsopa.com
I was reading the reddit thread about the emergency IP list and decided to throw up a new site www.fightsopa.com as a holding ground for info.

Also threw up a github site to submit the IPs into the emergency list.
F.C.C. Weighs Plan to Warn of High Cellphone Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/technology/12fcc.html?ref=technology
"The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that was seeking public comment on a plan that would require wireless phone companies to notify customers when they are running up unusually high charges for data usage, roaming or other uses beyond what is covered by regular monthly fees."

Why stop there? A "minutes meter" at the bottom of your screen could keep you aware of what you're using. Clicking could give you detailed reports, rollover minutes remaining, etc.

Unless of course, they're making money by keeping you in the dark and surprising you. But they wouldn't do that, would they?
Amazon Releases The Simple Workflow Service (SWF)
http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/02/amazon-releases-the-simple-workflow-service-swf/
Amazon Releases The Simple Workflow Service (SWF)
Do you want to start making more sh*t? Feedback requested on project idea
https://www.turnmvp.com/4f
TL;DR: I am a Dreamer who wants to become more of a Maker. I have thought about creating an online project to help people like me make something new everyday and showcase it to the world. I would love your feedback on it: https://www.turnmvp.com/4f. Many thanks.

Longer version: so I consider myself more of a Dreamer/Thinker rather than a Maker. I figured one way I could train myself to make more stuff is by starting a 365 project and make something new everyday. Whether it's a simple webpage, a haiku or a new type of sandwich, I would make something everyday and share it with the public (you know, for the support factor).

When a couple of my other Thinker friends told me they'd like to be able to do that too, I knew I couldn't just use Tumblr or some other blog site anymore. I thought having a community of makers and maker-aspirants helping each other along would be awesome to have. I figured it'd be a huge support group for other maker-wannabes like myself.

So I turn to you to offer me some insight and thoughts into what you think of this. Would you use something like this? Have you already?

I'm all ears! Feel free to sign up as well if you think you'd use it. At this point, I'm just trying to figure out if there would be interest in it.

The link once again: https://www.turnmvp.com/4f

Thanks in advance!
CSS-only: Load images on demand
http://podlipensky.com/2013/06/css-only-load-images-on-demand/
CSS only approach to implement lazy image loading. Warning: hacks around.
Show HN: Tamagui – An optimizing compiler for better React Native and Web UI
https://tamagui.dev/?hn
Trying submitting again. Previously shown here[0], Tamagui is now in beta.

Tamagui is the first UI kit for React that has an optimizing compiler - one that not only extracts styles at build-time, but even evaluates inline styles and inline logic like ternaries / conditional spreads. It also flattens components (even those logic-containing ones) completely down to a div or View on Native when possible.

All of this leads to amazing performance gains[1], especially on the web and low-end mobile devices.

I think Tamagui is also really special outside of just the performance. It has an incredibly powerful theme system which you can truly change every aspect of every component through, it supports a `size` prop on every component that just works, and it has incredible first-class animation support.

Read more on the recent Beta blog post:

https://tamagui.dev/blog/tamagui-enters-beta-themes-and-anim...

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[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29321748

[1] https://tamagui.dev/docs/intro/benchmarks
The Well is bought by its users
http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/the-well-is-bought-by-its-user.html
The WELL, the online community which started out life more than 20 years ago as the Whole Earth Lectronic Link, has been sold to a company founded by some of its long-time users.
Facebook Status Versus Twitter - Not The Same
http://www.alexwilhelm.com/alex_wilhelm/2009/02/facebook-status-versus-twitter-not-the-same.html
People are getting the difference between an public network and private one confused. Get with it people.
0NL9, Inc.- Google Cloud Computing Services
http://0nl9.com
0NL9, Inc. (pronounced "online") is one of only eleven Google Apps Premier Partners in the world. We deliver Google cloud computing services for medium-to-large educational institutions, providing setup, migration, training and app development services for email, calendar, documents, sites and 71 other Google Products that are made available free of charge specifically for qualifying education customers.
The Irony of Raising Money For a Startup
http://www.businesspundit.com/50226711/the_irony_of_raising_money_for_a_startup.php
'm going to guess that this has never happened before. I recently left my day job to spend more time on my own startup, and to spend more time raising money. About the same time, another local web startup contacted me and offered me a job. It was a pretty good offer.
Launch of a multiplayer HTML5 game (Snowball fight)
To experiment new technologies from HTML5, we recently released a multiplayer game:

http://www.leroidelagarnotte.com

It use canvas, websockets, NodeJS and CSS3.

Sorry the user interface is in french, basically its a snowball fight.

I would love feedback!
Modified Primigenus' Cleaner Hacker News, Easier to Read
https://github.com/msarchet/Cleaner-Hacker-News
I attempted to improve the readability of the style.
Show HN: SplitFrame - side-by-side site testing bookmarklet
http://rocktronica.github.com/splitframe
This is a bookmarklet I wrote for work to test my local instance against the live, deployed site. It uses iFrames and so is subject to their limitations, but I've found it to be really useful pretty regularly.

Feedback, constructive criticism, and forks welcome!
The Stanford Delusion
http://www.camwiese.com/the-stanford-delusion/
For the longest time I thought that Stanford was where I wanted to go, but after getting rejected and going to check out other colleges, I realized that Stanford wasn't what I really wanted. This is my personal reflection on my struggle with the college admissions process and my emergence from "The Stanford Delusion".
RNA iOS app – XploreRNA
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/advanced-molecular-genetics/id871741048?ls=1&mt=8
If you are interested in RNA science, then try our app XploreRNA. It allows for very advanced cross-database searches despite the simple and intuitive interface. Download it now from the app store - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/advanced-molecular-genetics/id871741048?ls=1&mt=8
Vague.js
https://github.com/GianlucaGuarini/vague.js
Vague.js is an experimental script that allows you to blur any kind of html element
Another pro-(2 yeLISP-ars old)rant
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-December/417468.html
what are people opinions about ptyhon vs LISP anyway?

edit: what happened to the headline?
How one extremely successful entrepreneur manages his time
http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/mv/on-managing-my-time.html
One of the most frequent questions I get from journalists during interviews is “how do you have time to do everything you do? You run Fon, you are an active angel investor in so many companies, you teach at Columbia University, speak at conferences, run your foundation, and on top of that you have your family, your wife, 6 children, you cycle, sail, and so on. How do you do it?”
AT&T posts 1963 film showcasing computer-generated graphics
http://www.itworld.com/business/286545/watch-one-earliest-cgi-films
One of the earliest CGI films
AT&T Strikes $4.85B Cell Tower Deal with Crown Castle
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=13080
Does that mean that AT&T coverage will decrease significantly?
Hackers and Founders Meetup this Tuesday in Mountain View
http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders/calendar/11454398/
Beer, Talking tech and startups. What's not to like. :)
Summer at an Indian Call Center
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/indian-call-center-americanization?page=1
An interesting read
Programming Language Wars
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
Check the ranking of programming languages and compare popularity of the language.
Ask HN: I created this Navigation software for the desktop. What do I do next?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4qfFrZGKlA&feature=player_embedded
I created this as my university project. It is a real time navigation software and the navigation is powered by an Android phone.

What can I do with it next?
IOS Swift Tutorial
http://jamesonquave.com/blog/developing-ios-apps-using-swift-tutorial/
I'm putting together a set of tutorials as part of the process of learning Swift. I invite anyone and everyone else to join me.
Are You a Ninja or a Pirate?
http://tracksuitceo.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/are-you-a-ninja-or-a-pirate/
You know the part in Pulp Fiction where Uma Thurman's character states that you are either an 'Elvis man' or a 'Beatles man'. I couldn't agree more but I prefer to classify people as either Ninjas or Pirates. My wife recently blogged about this and our friend Kathleen introduced a new variable into the equation: Monkey or Robot.
New and Dirty: Tweet Blogging
http://informationarchitects.jp/new-and-dirty-tweet-blogging/
We all waste too much time reading (and writing!) boring text. Here is one solution to the problem.
Show HN – BugClipper – Easy Bug reporting for mobile apps.
http://blog.bugclipper.com/post/87620028767/deliver-bug-free-apps-with-all-new-bugclipper
http://bugclipper.com - makes bug reporting easy by letting you grab screenshots and record screen activity.
Feedback requested on Coconut Martini
http://coconutmartini.com
Coconut Martini. It is as easy as 1-2-3. 1.Select a Restaurant 2.Create an Invite 3.Invite your Friends. Coconut Martini lets you select your friends from your Facebook account or from your email address book, and send an invite to them.
Ask HN: Which games you are playing during the Corona quarantine?
Feel free to list any one player or multiplayer games that you are enjoying to play during the current WFH situation. Also feel free to list the games you like to play with your colleague to virtually socialize.
The Idea Sunday is dead, long live Firespotting!
http://firespotting.com/#
Since the moderators decided to not continue the Idea Sunday [1] I think it’s worth reminding that there exist a HN instance dedicated for ideas: http://firespotting.com

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7693640
Was my LinkedIn password leaked?
http://www.wasmylinkedinpasswordleaked.com
credit @splines
Apache TomEE: A Tomcat for the Cloud
http://cloud.dzone.com/articles/apache-tomee-tomcat-cloud?mz=62447-cloud
Yesterday, Apache announced the release of Apache TomEE v1.0, which adds Java EE features and is ideally suited for the cloud. Tomcat is a popular servlet and lightweight application among much of the Java community, so TomEE should come as welcome news to those who are looking for a cloud solution that retains Tomcat.
8 Free Tips to Improve Customer Support
http://fourstarters.com/2007/08/21/8-free-tips-to-improve-customer-support/
I have been fed up with customer support for ages, just like many other people. I am amazed by the amount of companies that claim to have the best call centers, but when you call them they are just as sad as any others. I have been thinking for a while about what can be done and I have come up with 8 free and fairly commonsense ideas that will make any call center a lot better. Here they are in no particular order.
Microsoft server crash leaves 800 planes with no contact with ATC
http://news.techworld.com/operating-systems/2275/microsoft-server-crash-nearly-causes-800-plane-pile-up/
... The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times. To avoid this automatic shutdown, technicians are required to restart the system manually every 30 days.
Machine Learning playground using Docker
http://shrikar.com/blog/2013/09/19/machine-learning-playground-using-docker/
http://shrikar.com/blog/2013/09/19/machine-learning-playground-using-docker/
Laptop Showcase: Animated Laptop in HTML, CSS
http://www.jonasweigert.com/code/laptop-showcase
Laptop Showcase is a simple, leightweigt, yet engaging way to show off your digital content such as websites, interface designs, and artwork in its intended context: a computer screen.<p>It is also on GitHub.
What are your books to prepare yourself for the CTO role?
Generally, I've been reading a ton of articles and keeping myself up to date with business books.

https://blog.phuaxueyong.com/post/2020-12-06-learning-goes-on-through-nov/
https://blog.phuaxueyong.com/post/2020-10-25-5-books-you-have-to-read/
Depression raises stroke risk in younger women
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/depression-raises-stroke-risk-in-younger-women/?ref=health
Study: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/05/16/STROKEAHA.113.001147.abstract
Radio OneLlama Goes Public
http://www.onellama.com
Greetings, HN! Couple of changes we've made recently:

- You no longer need an invite or registration to use the site
- API is available at http://company.onellama.com/section/labs/api/
- Feel free to experiment with the API (no keys necessary for now), if we really like what you build, our connections with the North Pole enable us to send you a free iPod Touch
- iPhone version is in the works
- Flash widget is in the works
- Improvements made to search (added a location search), with more info given on results

Have a Happy Holidays! Cheers, -The Llama
Supertech Sports City Meerut
http://www.uniconproperty.com/Meerut-Modipuram-Supertech-Meerut_Sports_City.html
Meerut Sports City Meerut - Call Us @ 9999561111 For Booking Supertech Sports City Meerut. Sports City Meerut by Supertech A New Residential Roorkee Meerut Road, Modipuram in Meerut By Supertech Group - Book Now!
Getting Started with Ruby on Rails on Windows
http://ieatbinary.com/2013/12/03/getting-started-with-rails-on-windows/
This is not a guide for those who are trying their best to not use Unix like environment in develop Rails application. This is more like a guide to do almost everything in Linux without replacing your Windows.
'Air Laser' Could Detect Harmful Chemicals
http://news.discovery.com/tech/air-laser-could-detect-harmful-chemicals-110223.html
It’s not just magicians who can make something appear out of thin air; researchers can do it, too. A group at Princeton University has developed a way to shoot a laser beam at a specific point in
the air where a second beam is created that can travel in the reverse direction.