jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
How to disable Mac OS X Dashboard
http://jjbohn.ruhoh.com/mac-os-x/how-to-disable-mac-os-x-dashboard/
For me, Dashboard is one of the worst features of Mac OS X. If Apple were to release it today, there would be all kinds of comments on how they are losing it and that it's just not the same since Steve left. But, it can be removed.
Freakonomics meets Moneyball
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14587290
Mozilla's metrics guru, Ken Kovash and Steven ("Freakonomics") Levitt compile statistics and explore minimax play in Football and Baseball showing interesting correlations in choices that can cost teams wins.
Best Science T-Shirt for the cheapest price
https://teespring.com/science
I am trying to raise some money for a summer internship next year in Honduras. The area is Water Sanitation. Sorry if you consider this as spam. Thanks for helping !
Yaf - A PHP framework built as extension
http://pecl.php.net/package/yaf
Yaf is a PHP framework similar to zend framework, which is written in c and built as PHP extension
How To Get a Detailed Report of Your Facebook Life
http://webaroundme.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-get-detailed-facebook-report.html
I've analyzed my Facebook Data and its Interesting
Good Code vs. Bad Code
http://www.mahdiyusuf.com/post/2460163044/good-code-vs-bad-code
Only real measure of good code.
Show HN: a framework to save travel memories
http://share.travel/
Hi Guys,

We've whipped together a web app we call a framework to document and share travel memories. I'm curious to hear what you think about our animations. They're a little out of the box, but not very stable on all devices. It's not super pretty because we're in beta, but I'd like to know what you think of the functionalities. Cheers!
Show HN: Forward.io
http://forward.io
Web based email alternative for developers
Show HN: DevRel News – All the best developer relations articles in one place
https://devrelnews.com/
At the start of the year I became a full time developer advocate.

Being new to the industry, I have been spending a not insignificant amount of time keeping up with industry news. Looking for inspiration, competitor insight, helpful resources etc.

So in true hacker style I spent a weekend automating that process and created a news aggregation site.

Its been really helpful for me the last few weeks so I thought it would share it here so others might get some use.
What should you do if someone puts a gun to your head?
http://www.quora.com/Crime/What-should-you-do-if-someone-puts-a-gun-to-your-head
Justin Freeman, Former Patrol Officer answers on Quora
Ask HN: What are your thoughts on VC funding?
There's a big debate on whether or not VC funding is beneficial to a company at it's early stages. Current founders, would you go back in time and turn it down? Inspired by this video http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2351 "Venture Capital is a Time Bomb"
Can you offer feedback for my 1-minute introductory video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_8l_MxHSug
Hi, I am gathering feedback for our introductory video.
It's basically an SaaS app for retailers to run group buying deals.

Thanks!
Pro Drupal 7 Development reviewed
http://www.yyztech.ca/posts/books/pro-drupal-7-development/
A few weeks ago I was listening to a DrupalEasy podcast about the book with lead author Benjamin Melançon. The podcast was aptly named "Epic", which kind of sums up this two kilo volume that would make Stephen King jealous. As Benjamin points out, he is only one of about 30 authors who have contributed to this 600 page volume.
Chrome plugin to control tabs from command line or vim...
https://github.com/przemekkot/ChromeCommandLinePilot
I needed it, maybe you will need it. Have fun.
Augmenting Page Rank with a new metric
http://arxivblog.com/?p=1073
Tracking the percentage of people that see a site that then link to it. Can spot up-and-coming sites better.
Startup Weekend In Hamburg 22nd/23rd September
http://detech.blognation.com/2007/07/20/startup-weekend-in-hamburg-22nd23rd-september/
An idea for a Startup Weekend got huge amount of support in the German sphere in a short time and will happen in Hamburg on September 22nd / 23rd. The goal is to bootstrap a business idea in just one weekend. If this succeeds, the organizers would like to expand this to other German cities as well as other European places.
Precision versus Accuracy: Why the Distinction is Important for Startups
http://blog.twinenginelabs.com/2013/08/precision-versus-accuracy-why.html
Ideation and strategy sessions can be productive and useful exercises for identifying value propositions, markets, and messaging. Any organization, whether a start-up, service provider or product seller, should have regular "reality checks"with stakeholders, constituents and outsiders. Disparate points of view and new or unfamiliar methodologies represent opportunity for continual testing and proving of your assumptions and expectations.
FOIA the NSA (via Doctorow)
http://boingboing.net/2013/06/11/howto-foia-the-nsa.html
Possibly quite expensive and I'd say only for the brave (I'm presently borderline....)
Is there a good S3 iPhone or iPad App?
Need to monitor and manage some S3 buckets remotely.

Can anyone recommend a good S3 iPhone or iPad app?
Ask HN: What SaaS/Software do you use for infrequent invoices and tax tracking?
I recently completed a small freelance project (<$5K) and was about to send over an invoice but was wondering if there was some service you all recommend to track the tax burden for this project. I don't do a ton of freelance work (maybe 1-3 projects/yr) but would be willing to pay ~$100+/yr for the peace of mind when it comes to taxes/invoicing.
Exotic input. DataHand is back.
http://www.micro-isv.asia/2009/01/datahand-for-sale-again/
well, still on backorder...

http://www.datahand.com/images/DatahandTabletop.JPG
Masters of Computer Science – Online vs Campus Programs
http://www.mastersincomputerscience.net/masters-of-computer-science-online-vs-campus-programs.html
Computer science is an industry that is ever-changing, so one of the best ways to advance in your field is to earn a masters degree. Masters of computer science programs fall into two main categories – online schools and traditional campus programs. Both can be great educational options; let’s take a look at how they compare so you can find the best school to meet your computer science learning needs.
Happy Holidays everyone and a Blockchain specific note on responsible investing
It’s my 1000th day on HN. We have all done so much in 2017 in technology and will continue to in the next year! Just want to say for the blockchain hype, please only invest in currencies which you understand how they tie back to real efficiencies in cost, speed and ease of use of real world use cases. Don’t believe the hype or panic. The industry is young. All of blockchain potential is still stuffed within 500B Market cap. Also, if Satoshi can create a huge market out of one idea so can you. Forget the past and look to the future. It’s very bright and belongs to the courageous.
( note this is not financial advice do your own research)
Show HN: Create GitHub issues from your terminal
https://github.com/luctst/gh-issue-cli
Hi guys,

I have just created a small CLI tool for creating github issues from your terminal with a pleasant and intuitive user interface:)
Box-sizing: The hidden gem of CSS
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/CSS/Box-sizing
I can't believe how this property isn't more popular for sites/applications which don't need to support ie6 and ie7!

I mean, of course I know how the standar box-model works, and I've been using it for years now, but this makes things MUCH better, mostly for javascript and fluid designs.

Thanks to paul irish who make me know it through css3please!
Roku Command Line Remote for Linux/Mac
https://github.com/blamonet/BashRokuRemote
Just wanted to share this useful tool I found on Github (written by @joecannatti) and updated a little bit to work out some small issues. Feel free to push any changes if you want to update something. :)
This bookmarklet hack causes youtube videos to glitch 
http://dontsave.com/youtube_datamosh
makes some pretty trippy visuals
Ask HN: IDEA E-commerce instant grat via live cam
Imagine this: You order a t-shirt and it brings you to a live stream of your t-shirt being pulled from the shelf by a robot arm and put into a box.

I think that this would be the best loader for an internet purchase which was that the user got to see his/her order fulfilled (kind of like sitting at the sushi bar or watching people make pizza). It also gives instant gratification to the end-user, possibly increasing return customers.

Even without the robot, it'd be great to see my purchase cause an instant reaction. I could for example see the person start making my Domino's pizza order. I believe the increase of transparency/customer communication would increase return customers.

I also played around with the idea of paid real life internet interactions. This means that people would pay to rent a robot virtually. For example, I could rent a segway mounted webcam to check out and chat with people at a conference. Many others think towards robot surrogates a la anybots for rent. However, I think that the learning curve on those devices are still too high to be consumer (rent) practical. Furthermore, I don't think it'd be terribly entertaining or valuable. With that said, this type of device could be very popular/lucrative with those who are bedridden.

A better example of internet triggered robot interaction would be to pay around $5 to fire a robot controlled paintball gun; or $2 to throw a plate a wall etc. In other words, it'd be like an internet controlled vending machine of entertainment. Better still (especially for charities) would be to throw a ball at a dunk tank especially if there were celebrities. Imagine how much the Red Cross could raise if Justin Bieber volunteered for this internet enabled dunk tank.

Anyway, I'm just throwing out some ideas. I'd love to hear any thoughts or about anyone who's doing this.
Why is Google+ Google's Biggest Strategy Blunder?
http://www.ebpml.org/blog2/index.php/2012/12/28/the-future-of-social-networks
In 2013, Social Networks will shift from bragging about your immediate pas to organizing your future activities.

Google is the best positioned to drive that transition, but not with Google+.

The "Social Utility" model will fade because it is no longer a game of scale and commoditization.

Mobility is totally and forever changing the game: mobility moves the value consumers seek towards the integration with the tasks they want or need to accomplish (in a perfect Innovator's Solution case).
Show HN: Share to HN – A PWA that gives you a sharing menu option for HN
https://samulisuomi.github.io/share-to-hn-pwa/
Hi HN!

I often use HN on my Android phone (no apps, just vanilla Chrome). I got tired of copy-pasting URLs and titles to submit links here so I made this little PWA to help with that. I know there's the bookmarklet [1] but it doesn't work on Chrome for Android, at least not for me. This works from any app.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/bookmarklet.html
Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger on Startup Myths
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2735
Instagram Co-Founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger challenge many of the myths surrounding startups and the lives of entrepreneurs. Both former Mayfield Fellows with the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Systrom and Krieger share their first-hand experiences of the entrepreneurial process, including identifying good problems to solve and the value in building simple solutions and minimum viable products. Systrom and Krieger also discuss aspects of their co-founder working relationship and their efforts to maintain a balance between work and life.
How should I interpret the wording of this Facebook privacy feature?
http://i.imgur.com/diQOVvF.png
"People on Facebook who can see your info can bring it with them when they use apps. This makes their experience better and more social. Use the settings below to CONTROL the categories of information that people can bring with them when they use apps, games, and websites." - (note, my emphasis on "control")

The above statement is followed by a list of checkboxes that are initially unchecked with categories such as Bio, Birthday, If I'm online, My videos, etc.

"Control", here, is such an ambiguous term. On a normal site, I would assume that "checking" a box off (which usually equates to a yes/confirm action) would mean that you approve of the sharing of that category, but here, I believe it's the opposite.

If you were to take a quick look at it, you might think "OK, great. Nothing is checked, so nothing is shared.", but knowing Facebook, pretty sure I have to check everything.
Un-hacking Paid Upgrades in the App Store
http://blog.thinktapwork.com/post/26625225865/un-hacking-paid-upgrades-in-the-app-store
Response to David Smith's article about paid upgrades in the App Store. Turns out Apple has already provided us with a way to do paid upgrades.
Kozmo.com Returns Because One Dotcom Bust Wasn’t Enough
http://www.wired.com/business/2013/09/kozmo-returns/
I hope Joe's taking the reigns again!
Introducing Design+Banter: A get-together for designers in London.
http://gearoidorourke.com/articles/introducing-design-and-banter/
Today Sam and I are introducing Design + Banter: a get-together for designers. Every month, a group of talented web designers will gather in London to trade stories, share ideas, drink beer, bowl and play table tennis.

It's free, but the venue isn't huge — so go grab a ticket now: http://designandbanter.com/ — Reply
How To Write a Computer Emulator
http://fms.komkon.org/EMUL8/HOWTO.html
I've been reading this for a while. I'm hoping to get started on my first "big" project (I'm 14), a better GBC emulator for Android.
Btc Online Directory
http://lnc.hr/ZEaG1
anything bitcoin related directory and community
Angular-once: One time bindings for AngularJS
https://github.com/tadeuszwojcik/angular-once
If you use AngularJS, have performance issues and need to display lots of readonly data, this project is for you!
Ask HN: What do you do to reduce/manage information overload?
What do you do to reduce/manage information overload?
Exploring docker container resource monitoring
http://blog.logscape.com/2014/06/monitoring-docker-mongo-cluster-part-1/
Quick and dirty monitoring of docker containers.
TmThemeEditor 0.3 released (color scheme editor for Sublime and Textmate)
https://github.com/aziz/tmTheme-Editor
Now with color adjustments, filters and scope-bar to do inline-editing.
Town Square Ventures: Entrepreneurs for freedom
http://www.townsquareventures.com/
Town Square Ventures is searching for talented entrepreneurs who want to help create a freer society. Sign up on our page if that's you!
Free the Internet. Securely share connections to defeat censorship
https://www.getlantern.org/
Join the Lantern movement today and help create a new type of tool that brings a free internet to everyone. Request an invite now
Should we do a Hacker News Meetup Everywhere?
http://www.meetup.com/HackerNews/
Meetup.com just introduced a feature that lets people all over the world hold a meetup on the same day.

I did one here in Buenos Aires when I first got here and it's helped me get things done in this city and make great friends.

What do you think of the idea of doing one everywhere?
Not-so-much-Blackhat SEO "trick"
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ct0x8/ama_internet_marketer_also_a_blackhat_ama/c0v0uv8
I've done this myself a lot of times. It indeed works, bonus points if you also do "article marketing"/"press releases" (you or people write texts with your links pointing to your site within). Boom, site ranked first page in < 1 month for easy and easy-medium keywords.
Viewportify: Screen resolutions data turned into dataviz
http://viewportify.hawksworx.com/
Beautiful visualisations of screen resolutions based on analytics data. Grab your top 10, top 25 or more screen resolutions and generate an image to show the different screens used to access your site, app, ...
8-bit Color Cycling With HTML5
http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/?sound=0
Article with details here:

http://www.effectgames.com/effect/article.psp.html/joe/Old_School_Color_Cycling_with_HTML5
Social Media Algorithm: Hacker News
http://9.douban.com/site/entry/88439079/?from=mb-110571421
我发现 Hacker News 是因为 reddit 的缘故。Hacker News 所属的 Y Combinator 是 reddit 的种子投资公司，后来 reddit 卖给了 Condé Nast，两个团队都赚了一票。

Y Combinator 只关注于最早期的创业团队，在创业团队的起步阶段介入并提供相应的帮助。Y Combinator 会定期举行 Funding Application 的活动，接受创业团队提交的项目资料。项目如果评审通过的话，Y Combinator 会提供一种“$5000 + $5000n”模式的投资，其中 n 指的是愿意参与此项目投资的 Y Combinator 合伙人的人数。比如，如果有 2 个合伙人愿意投资，那么最终的投资额度是 $15000；如果有 3 个的话就是 $20000。作为回报，Y Combinator 将占有创业团队 2% 到 10% 的股份，通常是 6%。钱虽然不多，但在现今创业公司大量使用 open source，AWS 或者 GAE 的情况下，这些钱也确实够展开工作了。

据说 Y Combinator 已经累计投资了 80 多个创业项目，除 reddit 之外，我还算熟悉的另外一个是 Scribd ——“YouTube for Documents”。Y Combinator 最初总共为 Scribd 提供了 $12000 的投资。Scribd 在 2007 年 5 月正式上线，随即就是飞速地增长，上线一个月之后就完成了 $3.5 million 的 A 轮融资，2008 年 12 月又完成了 $9 million 的 B 轮融资，发展得很是不错。一个有意思的事情，Scribd 有一个超级 NB 的用户，Barack Obama，对，现任美国总统！

在 Y Combinator 的合伙人中，我个人比较关注的是 Paul Graham。他写过一篇流传很广的文章，How to Start a Startup。Paul 在 Anti Spam 方面颇有造诣，以前我在研究相关问题时，从他这里学到了很多东西。Paul 是 Lisp 的大牛，另外还是 Arc 语言的设计者，Hacker News 应该就是用 Arc 语言开发的。Paul 始终称自己是一名 programmer，相比于当前乌泱乌泱的架构师，很是洒脱。

下面言归正传，看看 Hacker News 使用了怎么样的算法。

Hacker News 所使用的公式非常简单，

(p - 1) / (t + 2)^1.5

其中，
1）p 表示文章得到的投票数，之所以要使用 (p - 1)，应该是想去掉文章提交者的那一票。
2）(t + 2)^1.5， 这个是时间因子。t 表示当前时间与文章提交时间间隔的小时数。但为什么要加 2 之后再取 1.5 的幂，似乎就没什么道理可言了，也许是个 trial-and-error 的结果吧。

总体来讲，Hacker News 的公式不像 reddit 设计的那么巧妙。但是与 reddit 相比，Hacker News 的用户群比较集中，提交的文章更 Focus，质量也相对更高一些，因此实际的效果并不差。其实某些时候，解决问题就是这样，够用就好。
Vandalism on "Dell" page on Wikipedia by Dell employees
http://wikiwatchdog.com/#!search/en/dell.com/102490/88573397
WikiWatchdog is a tool that reveals anonymous edits on Wikipedia by IP addresses of organizations.

Here we can see that the page about Dell was vandalized by a user with a Dell internal IP.
RTZ: The Ultimate Tester
http://www.eeweb.com/rtz/the-ultimate-tester
Bert introduces Chip to his new tester to help solve his circuit problems.
Why can’t web products feel “worn” like jeans or old iPhones?
http://yakshaving.net/why-cant-web-products-feel-worn-like-jeans-or-old-iphones/
Are there any examples of sites that have mastered "beausage" (beauty through usage over time)
Donate your tool makers.
http://rz.scale-it.pl/2013/01/19/new_years_homework_for_developers.html
Flash to donate your tool makers.
What would you do without Linux, Python, Emacs .. Donate them!
Jimmy wants you excited like the mexican coach
https://jimmydata.com
Get excited about PPC reporting like that mexican coach.. so much so.. Jimmy changed its logo!
When is CEO 2.0 good? Ambient hires ex Palm, Sony exec as new CEO.
http://nabeel.typepad.com/brinking/2007/09/when-is-ceo-20-.html
Is it ever a good time to replace yourself as CEO?
The 10 richest cities in America
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2015/01/25/cheat-sheet-10-richest-cities/21394881/
I think this one's more interesting for the (projected) salary requirements for living comfortably in these cities.

For example:

- San Francisco — You'd need $124,561 to live comfortably in SF.
- New York City — To live comfortably, you'd need $131,365 in Brooklyn, $169,639 in Manhattan, and $116,907 in Queens.
Ask PG: No (visible)Karma HN?
I was wondering what would be HN, when no karma is visible. I know it was tried once for comments, but how about stories and users. If you look at profile, you cannot see one's karma. Though stories come to front page based on upvotes, the number of upvotes should not be visible. Is it the karma that motivates the people to make comments and submit stories, or there is more to it? Can we try it as a experiment?
Show HN: BirdsForHire.com - Helping twitter ex-employees find a new team.
https://birdsforhire.com/
BirdsForHire is a site where Twitter ex-employees submit their information so that recruiters can reach out easily.

I'm Yasu Flores and I built this site after watching all the Twitter changes unfold. It’s tough to not have a job and be under a Visa, ex-employees will have to move out of the US if they don’t find a new job in less than 60 days. My goal is to help the fired employees find a new team.

I'll be personally verifying the profiles from the people that wish to submit their information, I’ll do my best to:

-Make the verification process fast.

-Keep profiles up to date for recruiters.
Who else publishes his startup's roadmap?
http://pinboard.in/roadmap
I've just stumbled over this roadmap by some startup and now I'm wondering if anyone else also publishes the roadmap of his startup?

I'm using a public pivotaltracker for my own startup but this one is really inspiring.
Managing iOS promo codes sucks.
http://yaycodes.com/
We were sick of managing the distribution/usage of our app promo codes so we built this free service.

It hope iOS devs get some benefit from it. Please let us know what you think. It's totally free. No spam.

Nice pants.

-Mysterious Trousers
Ask YC: has anyone worked with ubi-nuri?
I've been contacted by representatives of a company called ubi-nuri who say that ubi-nuri wants to purchase exclusive rights to publish my paying Android apps in South Korea.

Has anyone here had any experience working with them? Are they trustworthy? Is it worth the effort to do this?
Bitwise Gems and other optimizations
http://mudcu.be/journal/2011/11/bitwise-gems-and-other-optimizations/
Javascript patterns to use in speed critical situations.
Sparrow 1.1 is available
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sparrow/id492573565?mt=8
The best mail client on iPhone gets an update.
Send & Archive, built in browser, dock badge settings and more.
Creating the innocent killer
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi/Killer_000.htm
www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi/Killer_000.htm
Flipboard CEO outs iPad Mini's existence
https://twitter.com/baratunde/statuses/259231757260427264
Screenshot here: http://cl.ly/image/3l1e1M1P1C2K
Ask HN: Why can't I find an article I *know* was here (printing labels)
Not too long ago (I estimate between 3 and 6 weeks ago), there was an article or AskHN posted where the comments contained many people discussing what hardware they use for printing labels. Now I'm not sure if that was the subject of the post, but a great portion of the comments were about just that.

For the life of me, I just can't find that posting. I know that the words "printer" "label" and "ebay" exist in the comments, but I am having no luck on google.

Am I maybe missing something? Are ycombinator discussions not indexed by google? Are they sometimes deleted from ycombinator.com?

I'd love if someone could find me the article, but I'm just as interested in if I'm doing something wrong in my search efforts.
In Search of the Real Bill Gates (1997)
http://ti.me/8krqmW
Profile of Gates in '97
Opera passes the acid3 test with 100%
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/1843433
That was fast. First browser that does, AFAIK.
The BBC 7/7 and that Ripple Effect Conspiracy Files Show
http://thebigotbasher.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/the-bbc-77-and-that-ripple-effect-conspiracy-files-show/
Does anyone elese think that the BBC raised more conspiracy theory questions than they answered?
Objective-C iPhone App UIWebView Basics in Xcode
http://designwoop.com/2012/11/objective-c-iphone-app-uiwebview-basics-in-xcode/
When working in Xcode there are many different views you can attach into your iPhone App. Most of them work within Objective-C libraries, but the UIWebView class is particularly different. This gives you have the ability to render a full HTML webpage inside your iOS app. This can provide a solution for developers who are not yet familiar with programming in Objective-C.
In this tutorial I’d like to go over the basics of setting up a web view for an iPhone application. We can include a small demo webpage inside the webview to see how rendering works. Additionally I’ll provide my project source code so you can download a copy and work with this application on your own.