jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Whats Naspers plan?
http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/21/tencent-naspers-india-jv-ibibo-buys-redbus-to-grow-its-online-travel-empire/
With series of investment and acquisition in asia . Seems Nasper want to affect online travel. How will makemytrip and other bigs player will be affected?
Ask HN: How you pay bills b/w DemoDay and getting VC funded?
Since YC only gives a little bit of money that is supposed to last you until Demo Day, and it is a known fact that it can be a while until you get the actual check from an investor, how are founders supposed to pay bills during that time if at Demo Day they have not yet established a revenue stream higher than their costs?
OpenSearch extension for Safari
http://opensearchforsafari.com
You can add more search engines to safari with it. It's kinda handy.

Recently i found this browser extension. After using it for a few days i must say, it brings back old memories using opensearch with firefox and is really handy.
Ads Coming to Official iPhone and Android Twitter Apps
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/twitter-ads-coming-to-official-iphone-and-android-apps/
Get ready for Twitter ads on your smartphone. Today Twitter announced the inclusion of Promoted Tweets in its native iPhone and Android apps
Windows 8 & Metro UI
http://www.uxpx.net/2011/09/23/windows-8/
Lets take a look at new beta version of Windows 8(Metro UI), released by Microsoft.
Everything You Need To Know About New Facebook
http://blog.attentionusa.com/2011/09/everything-you-need-to-know-about-newnewfacebook/
A look at how Facebook's redesign will affect you
Bimhub's Channel - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/bimhub
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
Max Levchin Underpants Stealing Gnomes
http://www.viddler.com/explore/loopytube/videos/644/
Don't be a Startup Gnome. http://www.justin.tv/startupschool/b/298808490
Database in cloud – Amazon RDS or MySQL on ebs?
http://aws-musings.com/database-in-cloud-should-i-use-amazon-rds-or-mysql-installed-on-an-ebs-backed-ec2-instance/
Recently Amazon launched RDS – Relational Database Service. Before Amazon offered this service, we had a MySQL configured on an ec2 instance. We needed one more database in cloud. Which way did we go? In this article, I have tried to compare both the options.
Here's what I know about mobile so far
http://falicon.com/post/74280876710/what-i-know-about-mobile-so-far
the one I left off the list is that people don't want a copy of the web experience on mobile...they want a customized, context-aware, experience (that might augment the web experience)
Weak Foundations - Solid Implementations
Weak Foundations - Solid Implementations:

Not a day passes by without hearing about some new idea as to how one can use the social networking data to create some value out of it. The latest post cites how one can use a competitor’s twitter followers to be your next contact list. Nothing wrong with the concept, looks neat.

What bothers me is that sometimes the whole exercise seems to be for the sake of an exercise and nothing else. Social Networking data is gathered, and a huge collection of computing theories, algorithms and tools are let loose to operate on the data and come out with interesting opportunities.

Weak connections: At the root of everything is the “strength” of a social networking connection, the strength of intent with which one forges a connection. I believe this force is extremely weak, passive and non-committal. The problem I have with these new tools and ideas is that they overestimate the commitment variable in these bonds and apply existing theories to declare new CRM tools, campaign management tools, etc.

A company is not a person: many companies seem to get on the social networking bandwagon but again, I question the value of the bond - if the strength of the bond involving individuals is in itself so weak,I suppose the strength of bonds with organizations must be even weaker because organizations are not individuals. So when someone “follows” or “likes” some company, it may not mean much in the sense of “intent.” They “follow” or “like” only because these are the only options available.

Either way, I feel that there is an entire industry cropping up that is being built on this premise that a social networking bond represents a strong probability of “intent.” I think we may be in for a surprise.
Create a bullet proof pitch
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How I came to use and love Scriptogr.am
http://mattmart.in/post/this-blog-how
For those just interested in Scriptogr.am, feel free to skip down to the section labeled "Enter Scriptogr.am"
From an outsiders perspective, does my startup's value interest you?
http://merchant.kou.pn
Coming in cold, would that page entice you to sign up? (Obviously please assume that you are a merchant that has products) Any and all advice is more than welcome! Feel free to contact me at bwalker@kou.pn
Ask HN: Any outstanding business plan samples available?
Does anyone know where I could find a few samples of well-written, high-quality business plans? I already have a lot of resources/info about what to put in a plan, but I'm hoping to see a few examples of what investors would consider an outstanding plan. Also, what is the best form-- is it mainly just a short slide deck and a one-page overview, or is a more formal document preferred?

A bit of context... our enterprise software startup is in the late early-stage phase, looking to switch gears and enter the growth stage. We have a nice, growing group of corporate clients, decent revenue, and a product that's gone through several iterations. The time has come to recruit a professional management team, and so we're in the process of preparing to raise a Series A round. Given our enterprise focus, a key quality for doing well is presenting ourselves in a professional manner (think Siebel Systems). And so, we're a bit nervous about submitting a plan to investors that looks/reads amateurish. If possible, it would really be helpful to have a few examples of well-regarded business plans we could use to measure our own efforts.

Does anyone have any excellent examples they could share? (Although we expect they would be non-confidential, we would keep them private). Thanks!
Strut - a new iOS game of world exploration
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/strut/id606686716?ls=1&mt=8
Hey Hacker News,

We just released a new game of exploration called Strut. We'd love for you to try it out and let us know what you think.

http://strutapp.com/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/strut/id606686716?ls=1&mt=8

(And it was written up on engadget yesterday: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/06/strut-tasks-you-with-exploring-planet/)

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Imagine the entire world is covered in billions of tiles. How many can you open up?

Strut is a game of exploration where you compete with other players around the world to uncover the map of the earth.

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TRACK YOUR TRAVELS

Whether you walk, run, bike, drive, sail, ride a goat or take a hot air balloon, use Strut to keep track of exactly where you've been in the world. Share your map with friends, or keep your wanderings private... we won't tell.

EXPLORE YOUR SURROUNDINGS

Take a new route to work. Go down that street you never walked through. Visit every nook and cranny of your city. See more of your neighborhood – who knows what you might find?

OPEN UP YOUR WORLD

Strut around, level up and climb to the top of the leaderboards – there's a top 10 for every city, state, country, and the entire world. There are also a ton of medals to earn, so keep exploring and see what pops up in your adventures around the globe.
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Thank you, and keep on Struttin'
Dave & Mike
Thickpolicy
Ask HN: Any easy way to automate mouse clicks in Linux (Gnome)?
http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/HamsterTrainer2.swf
I'm curious to see what happens on that page when I get to 0, but I want to be a smart hacker about it ...
Gpgtools.org certificate expired
https://gpgtools.org/
The SSL certificate for gpgtools.org has been expired on Tuesday 24 June 2014 05 h 05 min 27 s Central European Summer Time
IUseMac Announces the Winter Deal: Slideshow
http://www.iusemac.com/winterdeal-slideshow/
iUseMac is proud to announce the Winter Deal, it's going to feature Slideshow for Mac OS X for 75% off untill December 31st. iUseMac offers popular Mac applications at reduced prices for limited time periods. Slideshow lets you create slideshows on Mac that can be distributed as freestanding programs for Mac and Windows or as movie files optimized for YouTube, CD-ROMs, the Web, iTunes, iPod, iOS (iPad, iPhone and iPhone 4) mobile devices and computers.
TutorTutor.net - Tutors in San Diego | San Diego Tutoring
http://rock.to/sandiegotutoring
TutorTutor.net is providing tutoring services in San Diego area since 1996. We have the most experienced tutors in San Diego and San North County areas. Our San Diego tutoring programs are customized to meet the students needs. Many students achieved great success with our San Diego tutoring programs.
Awesome Google Chrome extension: JavaScript Errors Notifier
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jafmfknfnkoekkdocjiaipcnmkklaajd
Notify about JavaScript errors on the page by icon in address bar
Slackware 14 released
http://slackware.com/index.html
Slack is also sporting a new documentation site at http://docs.slackware.com/.
Is my SEO hurt using this type of redirects?
http://blacksuitlabs.com/augmented-reality-news
I've seen many websites, specially social networks, allowing their users to have on their profiles a link to their own website/blog, but in reality they all are using redirects.

I wonder why are they doing this? I imagine it's because is a cheap way to get links with "valuable" anchor texts, so I decided to try it myself.

I'd like to make sure this is not going to hurt my SEO.

Side question, what is happening with my page rank when using window.location.replace(redirectURL)?

PS. I am sorry if anything I just said/ask doesn't make sense.
Values After The Design Boom: A Look at Apple’s Legacy
http://ziczac.it/a/leggi/3c4898f801fd0b7beb5f2513da94788e/
I recently read an opinion piece in Wired that I couldn’t put out of mind.
Hyper-local blog becomes newspaper
http://www.zetaprints.com/blogpaper/blogpapers/87
A case study how a tiny hyper-local blog got 6% of local residents blogging or at least commenting!
They simply launched a print edition.
Are API’s the New Open Source?
http://www.newcommbiz.com/are-apis-the-new-open-source/
It’s amazing to me the amount of innovation brought on by comapnies opening API’s for developers to tap into. Everything from allowing 3rd party applications to run within your site to API’s that let developers pull all your data and do cool things with it.

It reminds me of the whole Open Source movement, but better. I love Open Source. I use it everyday in my life but if I had to choose between getting a companies source code versus getting that companies data? I’d choose data any day.
Binary Options Trading
http://binary-options-trading.biz/
trade binary options, top binary option trade platforms and systems
Coovents - A Simple Way to Share Events via the Web or Phone
http://www.coovents.com
All the sites I was visiting were top-down structures. They would tell me what was going on. I couldn't add to the discussion or easily create an event. Wouldn't it be great to create a service that allows people to easily add and share events? This strategy is bottom-up, and is fundamentally what makes Coovents unique. Collectively, the people on the streets have a better idea of what is going on than any single source. I created a service that can potentiality harness their information and make it shareable.

For more Coovents info, check out: http://www.SoUrban.net/Coovents-A-Simple-Way-to-Share-Events
The Dangers Of JavaScript Frameworks, Libraries And Plugins
http://www.coderslexicon.com/the-dangers-of-javascript-frameworks-libraries-and-plugins/
The recent explosion of JavaScript frameworks and libraries in web development has been undeniable. But do you seriously need that many?
Haswell iMacs
http://www.apple.com/au/imac/performance/
Apple have refreshed their range of iMacs with 4th gen Intels, Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M, 802.11ac Wi-Fi and PCIe storage
Show HN: Feedja.com 
https://feedja.com
Hello!

I have worked on Feedja for quite some time now, and I'm incredibly excited (and a little nervous) to be finally sharing it with people.

Beta invites will hit your mailboxes some hours after SignUp. (I have to supervise my load :) )

At the moment, you can enjoy Feedja in your web browser or with Mr. Reader on the iPad.
Please hit me with every Feedback you might have: @feedjacom or armin@feedja.com
Should you use Facebook in mobile commerce apps?
http://www.popularowl.com/blog/facebook-sdk-for-mobile-commerce-applications/
Should you add Facebook and other social network integrations to mobile commerce applications?
Virtual reality pod
http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_details.php?id=19183
Immerse yourself in Virtual Reality with a media vehicle
LookOut Search Plug-in for Outlook
http://www.userdriven.org/blog/lookout-search-plug-in-for-outlook.html
A few years back I discovered a great Search plug-in for Outlook called LookOut. It was lightning fast and it not only searched all Outlook folders at once, but it even searched designated folders on my hard drive (e.g., the My Documents folder).
Review My Startup: Feedbeater
http://www.feedbeater.com
FeedBeater is an intelligent service that allows anyone to syndicate any URL with zero configuration and no registration. With Feedbeater, users no longer have to rely on sites to generate an RSS feed.
Show HN: Discussions everywhere
https://discusi.co/
This is early prototype. I think what that system can join the audience of the sites and extension/bookmarklet users.
Brostalgia - Art, Culture, Fashion, Lifestyle
http://brostalgia.com
Art is perception, perceive what you wish.
Companies as persons
http://blog.tetrack.com/2009/01/companies-as-persons/
It’s no news that there have been a lot of layoffs in the IT industry lately. And there are more to come, I expect, because layoffs are supposed to have a positive economic impact for the company (which is higly desired in stormy economic times). But layoffs also come with a big price tag: they leave behing a cloud of doubt, lack of trust and uncertainty over the remaining employees.
Study: Average Value of Business Info on Travelers' Laptops Equals $525K
http://www.cio.com/article/147000/
Most travelers carry little or no business information on their laptops, but the ones who do store an average of $525,000 worth of sensitive data, according to a recent survey.
How To Get Listed On Google - Just Blog It
http://www.spicywebdesign.com/how-to-get-listed-on-google-just-blog-it/
Want to get your blog or website listed on Google? This tutorial will discuss a giant step toward getting your blog or website listed on Google.
Reactable: Mac-driven, Microsoft Surface-like musical instrument
http://www.reactable.com/
Forgive me if this has been shared before, but I found it quite interesting and I just stumbled upon it via a Twitter friend.

It is a musical instrument driven by a Mac computer which uses a projector to provide a table-top touch interface -- similar to the way Microsoft Surface works. Watch some of the tutorial videos, they are pretty neat! If only the price tag wasn't so harsh.
Foursquare Introduces ‘Super-Specific’ Search And Filter Options
http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/22/foursquare-introduces-super-specific-search-and-filter-options-for-ios-and-android-to-help-you-find-new-venues/
"Foursquare has made the jump to become a true utility that might even cancel out a Google search or a Yelp deep-dive."
A big warning of airline industry?
There must be a way or more to prevent more plane crashing and missing! Let's put our nerd, geek and tech minds together to make a different! What do you think?
Wifi virus latest threat to future IT security
http://news.liv.ac.uk/2014/02/25/wifi-virus-latest-threat-to-future-it-security/
The researchers found the virus was able to avoid detection and identify the points at which WiFi access is least protected by encryption and passwords
Slicing Pie: A Guide to Dividing Up Early-Stage Startup Equity
http://tech.co/slicing-pie-dividing-up-early-stage-startup-equity-2012-09
Not long ago, I was approached by one of my students at Northwestern, who was distraught over a situation in a fledging company that she had started in my entrepreneurship class. Her group had decided to split the equity in her company equally – 25 percent each. Now that the class was over, the other three partners weren’t pulling their weight. Two of them were pretty much out of the picture, and the third was only doing a little. However, all of them wanted to keep their share of the equity or sell it at an unreasonable price. The student was on the edge of tears. She didn’t know what to do. She found herself a minority shareholder in a company that she had dreamed about starting for several years. Now it seemed that the idea was going to die on the vine.

I wish this was the only time I’d heard this story, but it’s not. It happens all the time.

In spite of an overwhelming number of books offering advice to entrepreneurs, there are surprisingly few about how to properly divide up the startup equity pie to avoid situations like my students’. The last time I counted, the number was zero. So I wrote one, called Slicing Pie, which as far as I know is the only book on the subject that exists.

Because there have been no good resources, many entrepreneurs make the mistake of calling a lawyer or an accountant to help them solve the problem. These people aren’t free, and the money spent is money that could have otherwise been used for marketing, product development, or anything else that helps a company grow. Lawyers and accountants (as much as I love them) don’t really help young companies grow.
Sleep and Food Survey for my online course
https://www.datacourse.org/surveys/?s=wRCPHTcZbJ
The link below goes to a very short survey (less than 2 min) I designed for an online course I am taking . This is my final project and requires some “real” data. Nothing collected is going to be used for any real scientific analysis and nothing identifies you- feel free to make up your age and gender if you wish. Also, feel free to pass the link on to anyone to take- I encourage it. The more data I can get the better the fake graphs will look. Anyway, Thanks for participating- if you do. If don’t want to… no hard feelings.
A Hacker Space Computer Clinic?
http://www.nesit.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27:computer-clinic&catid=13:classes&Itemid=17
NESIT - A hackerspace in Meriden Connecticut hosts a computer clinic this Saturday promising to teach the public how to removing and resolving computer viruses, malware, malicious software, and alike.
Show HN: I'm building a site with a curated Amazon product list
https://bargainzon.site/
I'm building a site with a curated amazon product list (currently only 1 product). It will be monetised thought affiliate links
TODO:
- Add more products
- Add about page for each supported language
- Allow other users to post theirs products with his own affiliate marketing link - this way the site can grow faster and in return the post owner will earn every time someone clicks on their link
How to Get Responses from Cold Emails
http://audityourcloset.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/how-to-get-responses-from-cold-emails-part-i/
My first post on Hacker News, so be nice. I wanted to share some real life learning on how to do cold emails, look forward to hearing your comments and feedback.
Hadoop Playlist at Spotify
http://hakunamapdata.com/hadoop-playlist-at-spotify/http://hakunamapdata.com/hadoop-playlist-at-spotify/
A typical day of a data engineer at Spotify revolves around Hadoop and music :)
The Art of Internet Memes
http://enpundit.com/2012/the-art-of-internet-memes
Love the troll face
Using AngularJS to Pull Facebook Events
http://blog.austinkpickett.com/using-angularjs-to-pull-facebook-events/
Getting a bit comfortable with AngularJS and decided to whip up this little tutorial. There's a working demo at the bottom.

If you have any critiques on the language/code please let me know.

Thanks!
We sync different.
http://www.alterante.com/blog/hello-world/
Alterante is a virtual assistant that automatically discovers, organizes, and protects all your digital assets. 100% Private.
Developing on WordPress using Git
http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/developing-on-wordpress-using-git/
Wordpress Developer Mark Jaquith explains how to use Git for decentralization, speed, fast and cheap local branching, better merging, more offline capabilities, staging of commits, and lots more.
A Backup Retention Scheme
http://mballantyne.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-backup-retention-scheme.html
An interesting article about the thought process behind choosing a backup rotation scheme for some Amazon EC2 instances.
Web Design is the art of creating visual gallery of products
http://99webdesigning.blogspot.com/2011/12/web-design-is-art-of-creating-visual.html
Web design is the art of creating visual gallery of products: every websites must be unique and graphically special to be on top of the list of google ranking. Google is the most trusted search engine on web.
Screening C# Candidates: Let's Play 20 Questions
http://www.dotnetcodegeeks.com/2012/05/screening-c-candidates-lets-play-20.html
Over the past year I was involved in the process of interviewing candidates for both mid and senior level developer positions. We would bring them in for a face-to-face interview, sometimes with multiple interviewers, only to find out they were unable to answer the most basic technical questions concerning C# and .NET. I’m of the persuasion that every .NET developer should understand basic concepts, such as C# language syntax, inheritance, generics, memory management, threading, etc. Without such an understanding, a developer can end up writing apps that are shot-through with problems that make the code difficult to debug and maintain.
Android developer
Hi guys!

I would like to start developing Android applications.

First - let me introduce myself:
1) I have an entrepreneur spirit
2) I have a Masters degree in Computer Science from one of the top cs schools in eastern Europe.
3) I've built this complete project for my graduate work:
www.aimcrane.com (idea from scratch to final product, including electronics, software, and shooting a video).
4) I've won medals (1st prize on a country level) from programming in high school.
Im kind of visionary hard worker type of guy.

Although I work for top software company in Croatia, I decided that I want to have my own company, and mainly see myself building android applications in future.

I talked to my friend entrepreneur, and he told me this is the place to start and that you can probably help me out in a start.

I'd be also interested in doing small/midsize client work.

So.. do I need to say more.. I would like to get a little bit of your response, so I know where I am.
drop me an email if you'd like to work with me: scajicATgmailDOTcom
If you are looking for a freelance software developer check Lanzee
http://lanzee.com/
If you are looking for a freelance software developer check http://lanzee.com/ . Non-public projects, sealed bids, unlimited bids etc. And it's all free, of course.
JavaScript patter book review
http://computegeeken.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-review-javascript-patterns.html
Design patterns told in javascript