jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
ABC Zoo: Learn by playing with your iPad
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id436665189?mt=8
ABC Zoo is an iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch application orientated to teach children the alphabet in a fun and exciting way. They will be able to browse through beautiful hand drawings of animals and letters, paint on top of every space in the screen with their fingers, share their creations anywhere they choose to, or simply enjoy the funny tune.
Microsoft proves it's still got it (finally)
http://www.zachbruhnke.com/microsoft-proves-its-still-got-itfinally
My blogpost about the release of IE9 and why I think it is a game changer for the browser market
On Hiring (in a Devops World) - video
http://mindweather.com/2013/01/22/on-hiring-in-a-devops-world/
Your organization has embraced the Devops philosophy, and is growing. So you set out to hunt for Devops practitioners, and quickly find that usual hiring approaches (e.g., recruiters looking on LinkedIn) simply don’t work.

What do these these mythical Devops creatures look like? (Hint: a lot like unicorns and combs).

What is their natural habitat? (Shockingly, they don’t hang out on LinkedIn).

How can you capture them?
Tech Policy Summit May 11-13, 2009
http://www.techpolicycentral.com/index.php
Hosted by BusinessWeek columnist Steve Wildstrom, Tech Policy Summit 2009 offers you a chance to network with an exclusive group of thought leaders while gaining a better understanding of how the innovation policies of the Obama administration and Congress stand to impact the tech sector, including the latest developments in broadband deployment, government transparency, smart grid technologies, digital privacy, spectrum access, and more
The New World Map
http://www.fakingnews.firstpost.com/2013/09/the-new-world-map/
Enjoy!!!
New Samsung App + Free Office Suite for Galaxy S3
http://www.searchenginefather.com/new-samsung-app-free-office-suite-for-galaxy-s3/
The Samsung in the day today released a major update to its stores, the Samsung Apps.
The interface has been completely redesigned the layout and incorporates part of the app to the Galaxy Suggest S S3.
Game Development World Championship 2013 winners announced
http://www.gdwc2013.com
Over 700 game dev teams from 79 countries took part of GDWC 2013. The winners came from Brazil and Finland (pro track / student track, respectively).

See the winning games, learn about the contest and join us this year!
Fly It Remotely
http://fir.im
ONLY 2 STEPS To Distribute Beta Applications
4 degrees of separation - Facebook graph
http://law.dsi.unimi.it/datasets.php
Download datasets created from the Facebook graph
Witty backcountry banter backfires:  Mother Nature Hates you, Deal with it.
I couldn't find a link, but I just got this email from backcountry.com:

Dear Backcountry Customer,

We messed up. Yesterday, as the people of Alabama dealt with the devastating aftermath of an intensely damaging and life-taking tornado, we neglected to put a stop to the distribution of an email with the header: "Mother Nature hates you. Deal with it." This was extremely insensitive and offensive, and we are so sorry.

Please accept our sincerest apologies for this mistake. What was intended to be witty marketing copy may have been when we wrote these words two weeks ago, but in light of current events and the suffering of people affected by Mother Nature's wrath, it is not only not witty, it is completely unacceptable.

We at Backcountry.com send our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and to everyone now faced with rebuilding their homes and their communities. And again, we extend our sincerest apologies for our lack of foresight and our complete insensitivity in sending yesterday's email.

Sincerely,

Jill Layfield

CEO

Backcountry.com
Possible security vulnerability in Dropbox?
http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/04/08/dropbox-security-hole-could-let-others-access-your-files/
A possible security hole in Dropbox ?

"Newton’s concept, tested on a Windows machine, uses Dropbox’s own configuration files; configuration data, file/directory listings, hashes which are stored in numerous SQLite database files located in %APPDATA%\Dropbox. Inside one file lies a database row containing a users “host_id”, which is used to authenticate each individual user.

Modifying this file and changing the host_id to that of another Dropbox user automatically authenticates the account, providing complete access to that person Dropbox until the user realises that there is a new computer in the “Linked Devices” section of the Dropbox website."

Dropbox says there is no issue, a successful attack requires access to the user's computer (which seems inconsistent with the above), and that this is similar to stealing someone's cookies and using them to access Web services.

I would think for a service as potentially sensitive as Dropbox, something more secure than cookies could be used, and they could become invalid when used from a different machine.
Hyphos - A better way to socialize
http://hyphos.com
Getting ready for private beta testing. Hyphos is a next generation online social platform with an intuitive, "real life" inspired UI and an ever evolving social graph of people outside your network but within your interest zone.
Service to help save our cell phone payment
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/29/velidas-to-help-you-understand-your-cell-phone-bill/
I'm looking forward to this. For the past year they've been charging me for unknown reasons and make me get through the endless customer service calls.
Apple IPad 2 Accessories
http://www.accessoriesipad2.net/
Apple iPad has created waves in the market for high tech gadgets and if you have one of them.
Home decor for absolute geeks
http://www.creativecloseup.com/home-decor-for-absolute-geeks
You are not a real geek until you buy some of these. Lots of cool gadgets and furniture that only a geek can love.
Clients and Creative Control
http://kevinboss.net/website-design/clients-and-creative-control
It’s happened to us all at one point. You toil over the design of your newest website project, cross all your t’s and dot all your i’s and finally complete that mockup for submission to the client. The client is overjoyed! You hit it right on! Oh but wait, he’d like a small change. He has this cute little animated gif of a butterfly that he thinks would look perfect right next to his horizontal menu. Oh and that nice neutral color you chose, he wants it bright yellow.
Looking for a ops ninja in sydney
http://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/9457313?trk=jobs_biz_prem_srch
We are looking for a proactive Senior System Administrator who can bring the amaysim platforms to the next level of stability and maturity. We want someone who is willing to think outside the box, to drive our platforms forward using existing and emerging technologies.
The Official IMBiz Empires Review
http://officialimbizempiresreview.blogspot.com/
In this IMBiz Empires review you are going to be able to know the potential of this amazing autopilot system that will teach you everything you need to know about how to start in the internet marketing business. The IMBiz Empires was created by Todd Dowell on of the top internet marketing right now.
Did Google launch a new algorithm change in January of 2011?
http://site-press.com/blog/2011/01/29/did-google-launch-a-new-algorithm-change-in-january-of-2011/
Earlier this week, Google’s Matt Cutts announced they will be releasing a new on-page spam detection technique to reduce the amount of content spam we see in Google.
Portal 2 Will Make You Think In Ways You Never Imagined
http://thegadgetflow.com/blog/portal-2-will-make-think-ways-never-imagined/
The market for video games has expanded exponentially over the last few years most of the games being simple rehashes of previously attempted games. The FPS (first person shooter) genre has become swamped with the same general mechanics of gameplay. They never challenge your intelligence, they challenge your twitch ability. In other words, how fast can you look at someone and kill them will determine how successful you are at the game.
Scoops for iPhone – Stacking Game Takes Cool to New Heights
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/02/scoops-for-iphone-stacking-game-takes-cool-to-new-heights/
I’m sure most of our readers enjoy eating ice cream (who isn’t?). Scoops for iPhone is not about eating/drinking Ice Cream, but about having fun with ice cream, something I’m sure most of you have only dreamt of doing.
Show HN: Substation – Data Pipeline Toolkit Written in Go
https://github.com/brexhq/substation
This is a recently open sourced project at Brex that I'm leading, you can read more about it in our announcement blog post: https://medium.com/brexeng/announcing-substation-188d049d979...

Here are some highlights:

- Serverless data pipeline toolkit and data transformation package written in Go

- Running in production for over a year, processes billions of events per day

- All in cost for all of our data pipelines is ~$30/TB (storage, compute, encryption)

For anyone who wants to get hands on, you can try it out using the quickstart guide: https://github.com/brexhq/substation#quickstart
Ask HN: Tips on best practices for mentors in the workplace
Hi Everyone,

So the context is that I'm a Manager at a fairly boutique aviation consulting firm. We primarily hire highly experienced, long term employees from other aviation companies, but that leads us to having a fairly unbalanced workforce, in terms of not a lot of juniors and a whole lot of people nearing retirement.

Last year to combat this, I started a paid intern program. It went very well. The structure is every intern is assigned a "People Lead", or HR leader (for the purposes of the program they are all assigned to me) who works with the intern to set goals for the term, ensures they get properly tasked with a mix of boring and interesting work, and overall runs the program.

Then each intern is also assigned a "Project Mentor", who's job it is to work with the intern on the day-to-day, assigning work, reviewing work products, setting deadlines etc. This worked okay last year, but one of the gaps was that the mentors were not as prepared, and many had never been in this role before.

So what I'm hoping to ask HN for is if you have any resources on being a good mentor, advice to mentors etc, I'll be distilling it into a training presentation to train those selected to be mentors on how best to mentor, in hopes that it will improve both the intern experience, and also help train some of these extremely technical employees on some more soft skills.
Looking for beta testers for social wishlist built with node.js
http://wishd.me
I'm looking for beta testers to provide feedback on a new project. Wishd.me is a social wishlist application built with node.js and express.js

Anybody can create wishlists and add items to it on other people's profile pages.
VooDoo Venture Capital: How much to raise?
http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/08/06/voodoo-venture-capital-how-much-to-raise/
Companies that raise $10 million dollar A rounds don't raise $5 million dollar B rounds, they raise $30 million dollar B rounds. If you have not accurately predicted how quickly you can grow the top line, you will quickly find that the cap table has gotten away from you, and you will have less flexibility to build the company the way you might like to if the market zigs when you thought it would zag.
Fujitsu announces 1,200 UK job cuts
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/careers-hr/people-management/news/index.cfm?newsid=16346
Two directors get £1.6m pay off. SOmething wrong here
Collective .PSD
http://designmodo.com/collective-psd/
I’ve decided to restore an old but still relevant lecture on why order is important in Adobe Photoshop files, particularly in team environments.
An Entrepreneurs travels to the middle east
http://scott-mcleod.com/travels-egypt-u-a-e/
Experiencing new cultures and people is key in building new connections and relationships, live through this entrepreneurs journey.
How I founded my own company at 26
http://newskicks.com/content/how-i-founded-my-own-company-26.html
He was the first in his family to attend college. He earned his Master's degree and started his career as a software professional. At 26, he set up his own matrimony portal and managed it in his spare time from his living room at home. The website has been going from strength to strength over the last 10 years and today he is the founder CEO of one of India's leading matrimony portals, employing 750 people in 40 offices across the country.
Navigation menu using HTML
http://learnwebdevelopment.info/2012/04/navigation-menu-using-html/
Navigation bar are the most important element while designing a website. Web-developers can create user-friendly navigation bars using HTML and CSS.
Using these navigation bar user can navigate between different menus easily.
Just follow these steps to create a multilevel navigation bar
Bitcoin: The Productive Currency
https://medium.com/p/bf11d40b9812
Simple thoughts on how Bitcoin is the most productive currency invented, being built and will always be built on.
Naming stories: Trenchmice
http://www.thenameinspector.com/trenchmice/
Blog on 'names' & brand names. This ones about suitability of blog (startup) names ... "... even though we were trying very hard to come up with a deliberately on-target name. It's as though the actions of trying to be on-target kept us locked in uncreative names. ..."
Are medical records private?
Somewhat rhetorical: Is the NSA or other government agency also slurping up our medical records?

I'm now out of the loop. This is a question I'm hoping someone is asking.

Back when I implemented health information exchanges, we often had live data feeds to the CDC. Which is a great idea. True, patient data is de-identified. But that's meaningless if you have enough data to mine.

Data feeds between participants were typically SCP or VPN. But I have no idea how much protection that offers. Having worked with hospitals, I suspect the ends points are the weak links.

Sitting here listening to a presentation on the Affordable Care Act and all the reforms, including the new patient protections, I'm reminded to wonder what level of surveillance is being done.
Flappy the pipe – my try at flappy jam
http://klaude.itch.io/flappy-the-pipe
Hi, my first game just got published on flappy jam page. Enjoy this hardly playable beauty.
AT&T outlines plans for 4G network, phones
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/01/05/att.4g.plan/index.html
AT&T, which has been late to the 4G race, announced detailed plans for its faster, fourth-generation network on Wednesday while showing its first 4G smartphones.The carrier has begun upgrading its network to a protocol with the awkward name of HSPA+ and that is faster than today's 3G.
Survey about new contributor experience in free/open source software communities
http://kevincarillo.org/survey-invitation/
If you have joined one of the following FOSS communities within the last 3 years (after January 2010): Debian, GNOME, Gentoo, KDE, Mozilla, Ubuntu, NetBSD, or OpenSUSE, I would like to invite you to complete an online survey.

http://kevincarillo.org/survey-invitation/

I am interested in hearing from people who are either technical or non-technical contributors, and who have had either positive or negative newcomer experiences.

Thanks!

Kevin Carillo
Swift Rush
http://bango29.com/swift-rush/
Incidentally, yesterday I reconverted myself as an iPhone user once again. Just in time for Apple WWDC. I thought I was gonne be one of those late buyers who'll regret what they just bought when not very long, a "better" phone/hardware introduced. On the contrary, this was my most "on time" purchase of an iPhone ever.
What Open Social means for Startups
http://www.scribblesheet.co.uk/viewarticle.php?aid=237
A take on what open social means for startups.
ParentalFlux - Parental Control tool, please give me your opinion/ideas
https://parentalflux.com/
Please give me your opinions/ideas about my first product for Android. How can i reach parents ? Google ads ?
Poot Poot
http://www.pootpoot.net/pootify?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ycombinator.com
Pootpoot Poot Poot is poot to poot, poot
50% off first month of 37signals products
http://twitter.com/37signals/status/1223188014
This should be helpful for a few startups.
MergeFil.es-Merge multiple files into one word/pdf/excel/powerpoint/audio file
http://www.mergefil.es
MergeFil.es can combine/merge multiple files of varying formats (PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, images, html, and/or .txt files) into one consolidated PDF, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, or audio file.
Show HN: Simple Tablet Compare Tool
http://gogotablet.com/
gogotablet is a free and easy to use web application with one simple goal: helping you find the right tablet.
SiteCheckReport.com - Get Your Website Audited Today
http://sitecheckreport.com/
Get the most honest, comprehensive and critical audit of your website. You will get a detailed audit report which is carefully checked, researched and audited by senior SEO experts. Visit http://www.SiteCheckReport.com to know more.
How to syncrhonize clock across multiple Linux distributions on the same machine
http://harishankar.org/blog/entry.php/how-to-set-your-computer-039-s-hardware-clock-to-local-time-and-make-linux-recognize-it
A common problem when multibooting OSes on the same machine is this problem of not synchronizing the hardware clock to the correct time zone as set in your distribution. Here's a simple solution to the issue without using NTP.
Library for tree/graph search?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5478683/library-for-tree-graph-search
I notice that a lot of "hard" problems I am interested in or come across need some type of tree search like alpha-beta pruning, or beam search, or a similar algorithm. However, programming them seems like repetitively coding the same things and it is also pretty easy to make mistakes. It seems to me there should be a library that implements these algorithms, and all I should be asked to write is

1. a coding for the solution, i.e., how to get a more specific solution from an incomplete solution. This will give the tree/graph structure.
2. Given a partial solution, how to get the maximum/minimum cost, and perhaps an estimate of the cost.
3. An Initial solution/partial solution.
4. Maybe some sort of a verification solution.

I am sorry I haven't given any specific code, but I think I have explained the problem. If I can write code for the functions described above, shouldn't I be able to run a number of tree/graph search algorithms easily? Is there any user friendly library/framework that supports this easily? I'd love it to be in Python or C/C++, but would be interested to hear any suggestions.
52% of mobile developers use HTML5 technologies to develop mobile apps
http://www.visionmobile.com/DS13Ycomb
Free analyst report shows latest trends in mobile development (PDF download)
When Kickstarter Projects Fail.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1241383920/open-source-programmers-text-editor-using-canvas-a/posts
Choose your fundings wisely!
Google Feedback Loop
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=amalgamous&spell=1
There's just no way to spell this word correctly!
New iPod Shuffle: What Could Have Been
http://cultofmac.com/new-ipod-shuffle-what-could-have-been/9605
It's in my opinion a much smarter version of the new Shuffle, yet it doesn't diverge much from the original design.
Netflix edges out HBO for Dreamworks deal
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/26/us-netflix-idUSTRE78P0IW20110926
Netflix Inc has won a deal to pipe Dreamworks Animation movies starting in 2013, the first time a major Hollywood studio has chosen Internet streaming over traditional pay TV, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
Advanced hover states using CSS
http://www.thecssninja.com/xhtml/advanced-hover-css
Advanced demonstration of using the hover pseudo-element to add some clever functionality when a user hovers over an image.
Apple announces Final Cut Pro X
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20053364-248.html?tag=topStories1
Apple tonight took the wraps off Final Cut Pro X, a new version of its professional video-editing
software that the company says is a complete rewrite of the 12-year-old platform.Final Cut X is a
64-bit application written in Apple's Cocoa. It sports a new interface, as well as features to
speed up the editing process, including background rendering, full use of multicore processors, and Apple's Grand Central Dispatch system, as well as the option to make edits as footage is being
imported.
Open Graph Protocol - Facebook Integration Made Easy
http://nickjohnson.com/b/facebook-integration-open-graph-protocol
What does Facebook's Open Graph protocol mean for the ever growing social Internet? My initial thoughts and a quick Facebook "Like" button plugin tutorial.
Critical sides of getting Facebook reputation
http://blackjelly.in/blog/view/1256804/critical-sides-of-getting-facebook-reputation
As a way to buy facebook fan 1 need to be careful concerning somethings like simply how much recognition you will need, for what certain location and most importantly watchful with regards to spammy Search engine optimization.
What Mark Cuban Taught Me About Blogging
http://www.thinkingserious.com/2007/11/12/what-mark-cuban-taught-me-about-blogging/
I had the pleasure of listing to Mark Cuban speak at Blog World 2007. He shared numerous insights about blogging which I have summarized here.
The controversial Bubble video has yet more controversy! Stolen!
http://www.myplaylist.biz/music/watch-now.php?ref=2920
More controversy the bubble video was remade from the ground up in less than 2 minutes flat! Beat that! Those guys who made version 1.0 and 1.1 are so Web1.0

Lane Hartwell eat your heart out.
The Richter Scales bloggers also eat your heart out. controversial

LOL
Building PhoneGap mobile app from the ground up
http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/developing-phonegap-mobile-project-from-start-to-finish/
4 piece tutorial for getting PhoneGap wrapped mobile project off the ground and adding HTTP communication, data storage, geo location, splash screens and other things. check it out if interested in hybrid mobile frameworks.
PleaseReturn.it
http://www.pleasereturn.it/
So twice in the last several months I have had stuff swiped. All too low in value to really involve the police (or have them give a rip). The only thing I could think of was to "register" the thefts on the Internet and hope for a Google search by some law-abiding citizen to catch it. Not much of a hope but it made me feel better.

Except, there was nowhere to do this. So I created PleaseReturn.it as a free place anyone can upload anything you've had taken (except your innocence). It likely won't work, but you can say you at least did something.

There, I feel better already...
White House Petition: Restore Net Neutrality
http://1.usa.gov/KjLn6B
On January 14, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that struck down the Federal Communications Commission's open internet rules, commonly known as "Net Neutrality" because ISPs are not classified as "common carriers". This ruling allows ISPs to charge companies for access to its users and charge users for access to certain services. Fewer companies will be able to afford access for innovative ideas and products.

We urge the President to direct the FCC to classify ISPs as "common carriers" so that the words of the FCC chairman may be fulfilled: “I am committed to maintaining our networks as engines for economic growth, test beds for innovative services and products, and channels for all forms of speech protected by the First Amendment.”
RankTrackr - new simple SEO tool
http://ranktrackr.com/
For the past few months I've been working on a new rank tracking service that would have the features that I needed. Google and Youtube tracking with high accuracy + Mobile app