jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
SEO Trends of 2012 [Infographic]
http://www.searchenginefather.com/seo-trends-of-2012-infographic/
I suggest a nice infographic that summarizes all the trends, I would say congealed, the SEO for the new year already reached its springtime
19th century democracy and 21st century economy (Google Talk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zxPJs6R2z8
A talk on Indian democracy, and Chinese "democracy" by an Indian politician.
Study Claims Bing more accurate than Google Search
http://seekingalpha.com/news-article/565537-bing-more-accurate-than-google-study-finds
Hitwise reports that Bing users clicked on a search result 81.54% of the time for queries made in January, compared to 65.58% of the time for Google users, reflecting the finding that Bing, according to Hitwise, was considerably more likely to yield a result relevant to users' queries.

This is certain to add to the discussion of relevancy in search engine results and accusations of copying or user search stream data.

We probably need more in-depth study to really understand how the results and conclusions were achieved.
Gazaro Rates Gadget Sales Based On Historical Price Data
http://consumerist.com/5170431/gazaro-rates-gadget-sales-based-on-historical-price-data
If you're shopping around for a TV, computer, camera, or other consumer electronics gadget, you may want to add Gazaro to your online toolbox. The service, which is free but requires registration, tracks items that are listed on sale, then rates the sale price by comparing it to the item's pricing history. It's an easy way to quickly scan a list of current sales and see which ones are actually good deals.
Matt Cutts SEO Facebook Fan Page
https://www.facebook.com/MattCuttsSEO
This is Matt Cutts SEO Facebook Fan Page. Click to jon now!
Indiana Jones goes geek: Laser-mapping LiDAR revolutionizes archaeology
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/03/indiana-jones-goes-geek-laser-mapping-lidar-revolutionizes-archaeology.ars?clicked=related_right
"This is it—the paradigm shift," archaeologist Chris Fisher told Ars. "Just like the advent of radiocarbon dating, LiDAR will have the same impact."
The iPad isn’t a PC — but it’s trying hard to behave like one
http://www.qataronlinedirectory.com/blog/61/the-ipad-isn%e2%80%99t-a-pc-%e2%80%94-but-it%e2%80%99s-trying-hard-to-behave-like-one
On Wednesday when it introduced the new iPad, Apple took great care to show you how you can do even more with this new category of mobile device, especially things you might have done previously on a PC.
Rumor Has It: You have less than a month for new iPhone rumors
http://cnettv.cnet.com/8301-33245_53-57598509-288/rumor-has-it-you-have-less-than-a-month-for-new-iphone-rumors/
The end is near. Well, not the end end, but maybe the end of iPhone 5S rumors.
100% Telecommute Programming Gigs
http://www.artlogic.com/careers/
This company hires programmers to work "anywhere in North America" in a way that is conducive to doing work on the side, such as a startup. They are completely legit; check out the list of previous projects. To be hired, you have to complete their programming test, which is a fairly intense OO mini-project.
BusyFlow Launches Publicly At London Web Summit
http://www.arcticstartup.com/2012/03/19/busyflow-launches-publicly-at-london-web-summit
BusyFlow has launched their cloud apps management solution publicly at the London Web Summit today. The Lithuania-based cloud platform has created a service to efficiently manage cloud applications in a team setting, allowing multiple users to juggle files, notes, and tasks. With the news of their launch, BusyFlow also points out they've updated the look of their platform, and has added a few tweaks, like allowing you to attach a Dropbox file directly to a wall post or a Pivitol Tracker story.
Great Wordpress Plugin: Redirection
http://kevinboss.net/managing-your-site/great-wordpress-plugin-redirection
I recently installed Wordpess on an older flat-file website that had a massive amount of seperate pages. The owner would occasionally shuffle his content around (manually archiving) and he’d never heard of a redirect. As soon as I started working on the project, I noticed all the 404 traffic he was getting (not caused by me!). Since I installed Wordpress for him, I was able to find a plugin to fix this situation. Enter Redirection.
22 Free iPad Apps for Internet Marketers
http://devstand.com/2011/11/30/free-marketing-ipad-apps/
This is a comprehensive list containing some of the most wanted applications for online marketers. In the list you will find tools for social media, statistic analysis and lots of managers for your campaigns.
Android: A Hobby or Business
http://wirelesstoy.tumblr.com/
Hi, I'm Lewis, a student and independent Android developer from London. I shall be using this blog as a means of monitoring and broadcasting my progress with Android. I always wanted to release an Application for Android, and I shall hopefully be displaying insightful information into how this hobby may actually become a small business with some regular income. If you are interested in Android development, be sure to check it out, for regular updates.
40 FREE Stylish PSD Ribbons
http://www.thinkthe.me/articles/40-free-stylish-psd-ribbons/
Ribbons are very trendy now. If you search for them, you will find more than a thousand. But not all are looking like they should. That’s why we’ve made this collection of FREE but stylish ribbons. Maybe here is what you want!
Hyperclap — an app to follow places you love
http://www.hyperclap.com
Hi there, we've launched our iPhone app today. Hyperclap helps you follow places you love and see what other people are doing there. We would be glad to receive any kind of feedback from Y community and hope you'll enjoy it. Have a good day!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hyperclap/id445199969?mt=8&ls=1
Show HN: A GitHub Action to wait for jobs in step, helpful to prestart the job
https://github.com/yogeshlonkar/wait-for-jobs
Currently GitHub Actions doesn't have a native way (needs) to wait for jobs in a step. This action allows to wait for the specified jobs in the same run to be complete successfully before proceeding. Such a behavior is beneficial when dependee job has steps that can run/ finish before the job dependencies are completed or out from them is actually required
Show HN: Journalong, a plain text journal for your Dropbox
http://www.journalong.com/
I was actually looking to build something else when I had to scratch an itch to build something that would let me journal to my Dropbox from anywhere.
The Innocent Prisoner's Dilemma -- NYTimes video
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/06/04/nyregion/1247467961918/the-innocent-prisoner-s-dilemma.html
An innocent prisoner can admit guilt at a parole hearing to increase the chances of his or her release, but this makes a future exoneration that much more unlikely.
Thoughtram – Our first workshop
http://blog.thoughtram.io/posts/announcing-our-first-workshop/
We finally launched our brand new website and are excited to announce our very first workshop!
Want to tweak your YC experience? Here are some GM scripts
http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=ycombinator
For those of you who are interested in tweaking your YC experience a bit, here's a few links to some Greasemonkey scripts that will help. To use these, first thing's first: use Firefox.

Step 1: Install Greasemonkey and restart Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748)

Step 2: Visit this link and install one or more of the Greasemonkey scripts: http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=ycombinator

My two favs so far are the "HN Blacklist" and the "Remove upmodded YC News links". I've put forbes.com on my blacklist :)

Hope this helps someone
Ask HN: What is the possibility of disrupting 'colleges' like 'Full Sail'
I worked at a digital art college called Ex'pression for a number of years and to make a long story short its tuition has ballooned to $100,000 and is business has been contracting. Most of it's business is held together by students enrolled in the sound program and a good majority of what they teach could be done online. I'm curious if anyone thinks this might be a niche area for disruption, or if the real disruption is just the swath of education resources already online irrespective of if its sound/audio specific.
What can Data Science Teach You About President Obama?
https://medium.com/p/52a327661125
5 facts you didn’t know about Barack Obama.

In This post i will give you an unbiased look and insight at the political views of current President, Barack Obama using Data Science.

This is a result of a research done in 2013 in which I assembled nearly 1 gigabyte of Barack Obama speeches and remarks scraped from the Whitehouse’s website , i analysed every word and every sentence using a combination of Distributed computing ,artificial intelligence and Natural language processing algorithms.
Show HN: stay100.app – AirBnB search engine optimized for large screens
https://stay100.app
Hey,

Stay 100 is a web app that shows you 100% of the stays for a given date range and location.

It is optimized for large screens by using all of the available space to show images.

At the moment AirBnB paginates results making it difficult to quickly visually scan for interesting stays. This can mean missing stays because you did not look through all of the result pages.

Let me know what you think,

Cheers, Enzo
Play a HTML5 version of Pokémon on your Phone
http://www.berttimmermans.com/game/
I loved playing Pokémon on my old Gameboy Advance so I decided to make a HTML5 version which I could play on my iPhone. It is not yet finished but you can test it yourself.
Chrome Extension for GitHub's notifications
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-notifications/jmpadkhpecdeoaemalgabhofdpaeiegl
Hi hackers !

As an open-source web developer, i used to work with GitHub, and as an IT Engineer student, i develop' my first Chrome Extension !

My extension is a notification pusher & reader for your or your company's GitHub Dashboard with secured authentification and ADD FREE !

Enjoy !
Should California build desalination plants or a water pipeline to the North?
Due to the drought what are the best options for future water
Show HN: Oniongrok, Onion Addresses for Anything
https://github.com/cmars/oniongrok
I've been playing with Tor v3 hidden services to connect to my home lab from remote things, and came up with oniongrok, a small & simple utility that makes it easy to export local services to a .onion ingress, and import onions into your local network.

With a single command you can spin up a hidden service:

oniongrok 8000

sets up a forward from localhost:8000 to onion service listening on the same port.

oniongrok 8000~80

maps it to port 80 on the onion,

oniongrok xyz.onion~12000

Forwards an onion service to localhost:12000

It's kind of like an onion-flavored socat.

Service addresses are temporary, but I'm working on making these persistent there, as well as client auth.
Social Media & Tech Jobs Have Peaked – Currently Tanking
http://istrategylabs.com/2013/03/social-media-tech-jobs-have-peaked-currently-tanking/
I'm not sure what accounts for these numbers...but it sure doesn't look good.
Ask HN: What Is The Best Web-Based Way To Collect Tips?
What is the best way to collect tips on a website?

An ideal solution is one that not only makes it easy for people to leave a tip without leaving my site but also makes it easy to collect the money so I can spend it.

Collecting tips on service-based websites is a solution that benefits us all.
GB Designs Launch
http://gbdesigns.ca
A new graphic design and illustration company has launched out of Toronto, Canada called GB Designs. The site features the artwork of Grant Burke, which is confined to three main categories: illustration, branding & identity, and print design. GB Designs offers creative design solutions that are high quality, and ready on-time. Head on over to gbdesigns.ca to see past work, client testimonials, and to get a quote for your job now!
Show HN: FakeSnap - create fake snapchats
http://fakesnap.com
I wanted to get more into ImageMagick and image manipulation in Ruby and since I recently started using SnapChat, I thought this might be a fun weekend project. Let me know what you think :)
USSD - older tech for fresh gains.
http://www.parseco.com/ussd-older-tech-for-fresh-gains/
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data or USSD is a protocol used by mobile phones to communicate with computers of corresponding service providers. Its usage range varies from using your mobile for money related services, menu based informational services to configuring that same mobile phone on the corresponding network.
Solar Panel Subsidies - Misguided Mess or Necessary Nudge
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204903804577082631863392956.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle
After 30 years of repeated failure, are financial subsidies really the best idea we can come up with to change society's self-destructive behavior?
Is developing a recommendation technology a good business idea?
I know that there are quite a few people who work on these technologies in context of ecommerce websites and have made some strides e.g. baynote, strands, amazon (mighty) and directedge. Each of them claim to have their own secret sauce and still there is some room in the market. Do these recommendation engines consider values of a person(measurable by actions, behavior,q&a) and personality in making recommendation?<p>And the last thing is , is it a good business idea to get into? Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome.
Web development - creating a web app series – part 1
http://www.jamesbarnsley.com/blog/2011/02/03/creating-a-web-app-series-–-video-1/
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a time tracking application from scratch using html, css, javascript, php and mysql.
How not to treat users 
http://www.mp3ify.com/
Aside from the abusive Web 1.0 pelting with adverts, with an added twist of virtually demanding 20 bucks, this site enhances the experience by having custom insults by the owner thrown at users on the left tab message board.
Not a way to run a successful, user focused site. Just a reminder to all of us.
Favourite python power tools
http://blog.kentechie.com/blog/2012/12/18/python-power-tools/
A list of some of pythons powerful features
Munich Erlang Factory Lite 2013
https://www.erlang-factory.com/conference/Munich2013
The new date for the Munich Erlang Factory Lite 2013 has been confirmed. The conference will be held on 19 February and is organised in collaboration with Pavlo Baron. The conference will be followed by 3 three-day courses (20-22 February) on Riak, Erlang Express and OTP Express. All talks and courses will be in English.

The full day conference will bring another opportunity to meet up and review innovative projects and solutions related to Erlang programming laguage, with elements of NoSQL and Riak. You can't miss this one!

Would you like to join us, bring your ideas and meet up with the Munich Erlang crowd? We believe this is a great opportunity to socialise and network with other participants and with some great speakers: Pavlo Baron, Darach Ennis, Peer Stritzinger, Gustav Simonsson and many others.

Join our meetup and please register through Erlang Factory website: http://bit.ly/STGIs5

Early-Bird discount is available until 31 January.
9 Reasons to Root Your Android Device
http://gizmodo.com/5982287/reasons-to-root-your-android-device
To root or not to root? That is the question. Rooting your Android device definitely pushes you up a level or two in your geekdom. It requires a certain level of commitment, at least a little savvy, and even a modicum of risk. So, why would you want to bother?

We've got nine good reasons for ya.
Plumb, a web layout composition tool for use with the Blueprint framework.
http://www.mdaines.com/plumb/
Browser based WYSIWYG app that allows the users to construct BlueprintCSS based layouts.
Show HN: Simple PHP error tracking and notifications
https://errorhound.com
This is my latest project. The background behind it is how errors can be really frustrating to fix, and sometimes you don't even know you have them.

There are a few possibilities where the project could go in the future. I'm really keen to understand what the community thinks of the idea?

Thanks
Consumer Apps on Business Phones: Problems Waiting to Happen?
http://advice.cio.com/al_sacco/consumer_apps_on_business_smartphones
As handset makers increasingly pack consumer-oriented applications into their smartphones, corporate-issued devices are being used in new--and potentially dangerous--ways.
Show HN: A powerful way to write content
https://www.copy.ai/
Found a great tool which makes content creation a bit less painful.
Expanding Financial Sector Depleting Pool of High-Growth Founders
http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/expanding-financial-sector-depleting-pool-of-potential-high-growth-company-founders.aspx
Kauffman Foundation paper evaluates how growing wage and skill premiums in finance suppress innovation and entrepreneurship
Generating Infinite Sequences with Python Generators and Coroutines
http://www.jordan-dimov.com/2012/07/generating-infinite-sequences-with-python-generators-and-coroutines.html
One of the most useful and powerful features of Python is its support for generators and coroutines. Many beginning programmers avoid these subjects as too esoteric, or are never introduced to them. This tutorial aims to explain the immense practical usefulness of these concepts and to help fill this educational gap.
Off-Topic: Most stories about politics
I've noticed an up-tick in the last few days with stories that were significantly high on politics and low on "Anything that good hackers would find interesting."

Specifically the two posts about Ron Paul's legislation affecting airport scanners. While the stories about leaked photos to the internet and the safety of these devices can be considered partially political, stories about legislation affecting federal employees and congress as well as video of a fired up congressman seem more appropriate elsewhere (frankly, I hate the scanners and have no position on the legislation)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1917944
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1917117

And yesterday, "too good to check", which was basically just a story about a news organization fact checking a candidate's claims:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1916105

In the past these sorts of politics heavy stories would vanish quickly and most of the comments would be suggesting it be flagged (or expanding on the hacker friendly elements), but in the case of the top two posts, most are about Ron Paul the candidate or outrage over the war. What is considered a "post about politics" can be subjective, but when the comments on those posts are primarily political/civics banter I have a hard time seeing how they don't fall into Off Topic territory.

Reference: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
How to Not Suck at Facebook Apps, Part I: Why It Matters
http://startupism.com/2007/07/31/how-to-not-suck-at-facebook-apps-part-i-why-it-matters/
I'm collecting my thoughts on the Facebook platform as a series of three articles on a guest blog.
Pirated book on Google Code project
http://code.google.com/p/erlang-cn/downloads/list
Pragmatic Programmer book on Erlang is posted in the download section of erlang-cn Google Code project
IPhone 4 allegedly smokes in man's pocket, finally explodes on ground
http://www.searchforsoft.com/news/iPhone-reported-to-burst-into-flames--a-video-filmed-with-a-surveillance-camera-embedded--65.htm
The whole story is filmed with a poor quality surveillance camera. Could it be true or is it another scam by people who want to go viral?
Aoha Editor Dev Con San Francisco
http://aloha-editor.org/wiki/Aloha_Editor_Dev_Con_SanFrancisco_11
I would like to announce the Aloha-Editor developer conference in San Francisco.

My colleagues and me will come to the US to talk about Aloha-Editor, and to meet other developers interested in HTML5, contentEditable, jQuery UI and other subjects.

Everyone is welcome. Participation is free of charge.
Quick Tips on Troubleshooting Your Web Pages
http://blogs.telerik.com/blogs/posts/12-05-16/quick-tips-on-troubleshooting-your-web-pages-element-inspector-and-network-resources.aspx
Blog post that covers the basics of the element inspector and network resource tab for Chrome, FF, and IE9
Ask HN: Minimum Viable Courses 
HN is full of people with diverse backgrounds and skills, can we create a wiki/blog about minimum viable courses about different programming languages or APIs or platforms? Free resources would be awesome, followed by a couple of books that come highly recommended. I think it would really help people who just want to dive in to something. Inspiration from Zed's Learn Python the Hard way and Rebecca Murphy's JQuery course.
Show HN: Utility for Searching the Earliest Root Commit (Open Source)
https://github.com/thewizardplusplus/git-earliest-date
I wrote the utility for searching the earliest root commit in a repository and the earliest repository in a repository group.

Repositories are searched recursively in the specified base directories. The earliest root commit and the earliest repository in a repository group are determined in the two ways: by author datetime and by committer datetime. Collected data are represented in the JSON format.

The utility is written in Python. I also tried to use type hints, data classes and generators as much as possible.
Hitlist is hiring for PM, Data, Marketing, BD positions
http://hitlistapp.com/jobs
Hitlist (investors include founder of JetBlue, Chairman of Orbitz, etc) is hiring a product manager, Statistician, Marketing, and business development lead in New York.
Bloom filter with Python
http://glowingpython.blogspot.com/2013/01/bloom-filter.html
This post shows a Python implementation of the Bloom Filter. It also has an introduction a short analysis of the behavior of the filter.
Zabbix - Remote server monitoring tool
http://www.zabbix.org/
Have you used this? Have you used Nagios? A penny for your thoughts.
Ask HN: Your favourite software engineering whitepapers
Dear Hive mind, I'm trying to organise a whitepaper discussion group with like-minded engineers and I've been looking for some inspiration. I already have a rather long list of worthy whitepapers now but there are certainly gems out there I'm missing. Please help me find them!
First Erlang PaaS from creators of N2O
http://voxoz.com/
The First Erlang PaaS with LXC and Xen Erlang applications and dev environment. Prives basic application bones for Blog, App Store and Social network full-stack Erlang applications.
Photoshop Facebook Template
http://stuartkent.co.nz/faceplate/#
Just pushed out this easy to use template for creating facebook page designs
Polyglot - Learn languages while browsing
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/plpjkjplknknmhfhkjgcfgofclmlnine
saw this on proggit (http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/b4zel/hey_reddit_i_hate_memorizing_foreign_vocab_terms/) and thought this might be of use to some people on here. the author is answering questions in the original post.
Ask HN: How can I be a good client?
As a company, how can we be good a client of a software engineering company? We want to do everything in our power to support them in the development process.

I'm asking this because we had some failures in the past. And we can't put all the blame on the software contractors. It looks like to achieve a good software, there must be a very strong cooperation with the software house.

Any good resources or books that you guys can suggest?

Thanks so much.
Happy International Women's Day: FB COO on why there are too few women leaders 
http://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders.html
TEDWomen talk from FB COO Sheryl Sandberg