jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Patent Trolls - the Malpractice Lawyers of the Tech Sector
https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/7b13203a7540
I would argue that these patent trolls are nothing more than shakedown artists, akin to the protection rackets which exploited small businesses in the first half of the twentieth century.
One Month with the Jawbone Up
http://beardedinventor.com/blog/2013/06/25/one-month-with-the-jawbone-up/
I've been wearing a Jawbone Up for a month.. here's what I think of it so far.
Show HN: Checkout our app Hot5
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/22/hot5/
Workout videos with personal trainers. 5 minutes. 5 exercises. 1 intense workout. Train like you live.
Show HN: arXivProfiler – An author's credibility viewer for arXiv
https://yuiga.dev/arxiv/
When reading papers recently uploaded to arxiv, it is important to approximate the reliability of the paper.

The easiest method to filter papers is to check the number of citations of the authors.

With this application, you can account for the total number of citations (= credibility of a paper) in an instant from the arxiv link.

I hope you like it. Thank you.
Show HN: I built a multiplayer Sudoku game, play in real time against friends
https://www.playsudokutoo.com/
I have been meaning to do a "Show HN" for SudokuToo for over a year, but I've kept putting it off as there was always "just one more thing" I wanted to add. However, I've decided that it's now time to just put it out there as it stands.

https://www.playsudokutoo.com/

I first built it in December 2020 after my wife and I kept "competitively" completing a Sudoku grid over a morning coffee during lockdown, seeing who could finish it first. We are still doing so every day!

The concept is simple - You 'start' a game, and send the link to a friend - this generates your grid ready to be played. Once your opponent opens the link you start the game at the press of a button. Whilst you play you can see the other player's progress across the top. It's not limited to just two players, so you can play against multiple opponents at once. You can also just play a timed game yourself, if you wish.

At the moment the grids are completed head-to-head in real time, and the winner is the first to finish. A future version will allow your opponents to play against a recorded version of your game at a later time, with the winner being whoever finishes it in the quickest time.

The tech stack:

- Vue.js 3 / Ionic Framework on the font end

- Python / FastAPI / Redis on the backend via websockets

By using Ionic the plan is to build "native" apps for mobile with additional features, one day...
Ask YN: Rate my idea: (britekeys, music learning tool)
http://www.britekeys.com
The idea is simple: Guitarhero for real instruments. Building this for learning piano. Any feedback appreciated.

http://www.britekeys.com
New Facebook Timeline Will be Available for All From 30th September [Confirmed]
http://thetechjournal.com/internet/social-community/new-facebook-timeline-will-be-available-for-all-from-30th-september-confirmed.xhtml
Everybody is now excited about upcoming Facebook Timeline profile. I am now beta testing Facebook Timeline, But everyone was talking when its coming for general. For the first time on net we are now announcing its going to be released for all from 30th September.
Short trip I took in Jonkoping, Sweden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jd8_b1bQ9E
I made a video of a short trip i took in sweden. Too bad that I messed up one of the fading effects. Anyway, I really like to know what you guys think. Should I mount the camera in another place, should I choose some other music? Any constructive comments are welcome.
How to Determine the Statistical Significance of an A/B Test (Video)
http://contentverve.com/how-to-determine-statistical-significance-ab-test/
When can I stop my split test? How much traffic do I need for my A/B test? Can I trust my test data? Get the answer to these common questions and a basic introduction to test validation and determining statistical significance of your A/B split tests. In this 10-minute video, I’ll give you a basic introduction to finding out how reliable your test data is.
Drag&Droppers vs. Console-Freaks
http://blog.jonasbandi.net/2009/01/drag-vs-console-freaks.html
Are developers that frown upon Drag&Drop editors really from the stone age?
Site Canteen - A marketplace for PHP webapps
http://sitecanteen.com
Hey guys. I just launched this site and would love to know what you think. Not so much about the site itself, but about the idea in general and the market potential...
How Google Analytics gets age and gender of your visitors.
https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2580383?hl=en&utm_id=ad
How Google determines demographic information

Goggle Analytics can create reports based on age and gender of a web sites visitors. Here is how they get this info.

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How Google determines demographic information

When someone visits a website that has partnered with the Google Display Network, Google stores a number in their browsers (using a "cookie") to remember their visits. This number uniquely identifies a web browser on a specific computer, not a specific person. Browsers may be associated with a demographic category, such as gender or age range, based on the sites that were visited.

In addition, some sites might provide us with demographic information that people share on certain websites, such as social networking sites. We may also use demographics derived from Google profiles.
Agile, Lean ... wait a moment
http://blog.jonasbandi.net/2009/02/agile-lean-wait-moment.html
Software creation is not manufacturing...
Ask HN: YC companies posting job ads on HN – Has it worked?
Have you been able able to recruit people for the job posted? If not, what is the signal to noise ratio of applicants. What works, what does not?
Revision Control Systems, Part 4: Mercurial
http://www.jordan-dimov.com/2012/07/revision-control-systems-part-4-mercurial.html
In part 4 of this series we look at Mercurial - a distributed source-code management system very similar to Git, but written in Python. Many projects choose to make the switch from Subversion to Mercurial because of its gradual learning curve.
Google Revenue Increased to 32 Percent
http://www.technomixx.com/google-revenue-increased-to-32-percent/
Total sales rose 32 percent year on year in the second quarter, 30 June to $ 9030000000, informed the company on Thursday.

Subtracting fees and commissions paid to advertising partners, Google‘s revenue came in at $ 6920000000, 6550000000 interviewed about the $ consensus expectation of analysts by Thomson Financia
Ask HN: Why not sell to the government?
In his essay "How to Start a Startup" (http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html), Paul Graham asserts:

"Avoid starting a startup to sell things to the biggest company of all, the government. Yes, there are lots of opportunities to sell them technology. But let someone else start those startups."

Why?
Ask YN: What makes a great tech lead?
If you are/have been a tech lead:
- What are your secrets to success?
- What do you do for inspiration?
- Do you have a source of wisdom?

If you have a tech lead:
- What behaviours have you observed in great tech leads?
- What are the small (and big) things they do that make your job easier?
- What's one thing you wish every tech lead did?

It is my first time taking on a tech lead role and I'm seeking for some inspiration :)
Clearspace – your digital resume 
http://www.clearspace.us/
Introducing clearspace. We're moving the resume into the mobile age.
Stripe "Capture the Flag" - Solutions for the first two levels
http://pastebin.com/vq9CFPs5
In case you have no idea what you're doing when it comes to security, and would like to learn a few basics, using Stripe's Capture the Flag game as a fun playground.
A Day's Shopping Delivered by Airplane (1919)
http://books.google.com/books?id=ShlbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA69#v=onepage&q&f=false
Amazon Prime 30 minute. 100 years ago
Announcing MJORM 1.0-RC1 A Java API for using MongoDB
http://code.google.com/p/mongo-java-orm/
I've recently released 1.0-RC1 for MJORM (Mongo-Java-Orm, project page: http://code.google.com/p/mongo-java-orm/). Features include:

* XML and annotation based mapping configuration for POJOs
* Automatic DBObject to POJO (and vica verca) conversion
* XML and JavaScript? based Map\Reduce configuration and helper classes
* High level query API via the MongoDao
* Lower level criteria query API via DaoQuery and DaoModifier
* MQL (MJORM query language. aka "Michael") a DSL for querying mongo similar to SQL
* Easy integration with the Spring Framework
Ask HN: Why am I not able to see how WhatsApp web app is communicating with?
Hi,

I am trying to see what AJAX calls its trying to make, cant see a thing in the networks tab of Chrome brower.

Can please someone explain, what's this magic!

(Are they communicating using websockets?)
This is my android app HN
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appversion1.zardanadam
I learned Android in 2 weeks and created simple app for a local music band, Can you software engineers look at my app and my code also https://github.com/yunyeng/Zardanadam/blob/master/src/appversion1/zardanadam/MainActivity.java

Thanks !
Samsung wins a small publicity battle with Apple, but little else
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/samsung-wins-small-publicity-battle-apple-little-else
With Samsung's recent patent victory coming just days before Apple's WWDC event, it's a PR win. But it's really just the latest in the constant patent sniping between the two.
When I use Helpers, Partials, Presenters and Decorators
http://gcorbel.github.io/blog//english/2013/07/23/when-i-use-helpers-partials-presenters-and-decorators.html
There is some differents ways to have a better organization of your views. Partials and helpers are the standard methods. There is also Presenters and Decorators. It can be a little bit confusing to know how and when to use it.
20 Useful Wireframe Tools Reviewed 
http://editorial.co.in/wireframes/wireframes.php
20 Useful Wireframe Tools Reviewed
I need Mozilla Ubiquity on Chrome
http://www.grople.com/projects/357
Hey everyone!
I love Chrome, but I can't live without Mozilla ubiquity add on! So I am ready to pay 20 bucks to anyone that provide me with an add on that let me use Ubiquity script on Chrome.

Who is in?

http://www.grople.com/projects/357
Barclays Cuts IT Costs by 90% With ‘Internal Cloud’, Times Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-06/barclays-cuts-it-costs-by-90-with-internal-cloud-times-says.html
will using open tech be a real trend in banks?
Show HN: Download YouTube transcript with 1 click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-KQQfzmvS8
Hey hackers,
I build a Google Docs addon to download any youtube transcript with just 1 click. The motivation is the use cases that couldn't wait for the completion of whole video and require a quick learning from video transcript (e.g., blogger, etc) Please try out and share your comments!

Demo Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-KQQfzmvS8

Install: https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/transcriptdownl...
Emotions and web. New way of news making. Live mood stats.
http://jangel.com
Official vote based statistics lie about everything- happiness of a spec region, country or city.
Only people do form it, i'd rather travel to a happy country or city instead of angry one- could be a revolution or else while no one was expecting so. That's the future news making opportunity. What do you think- do you want to form your place's mood?
WE ARE HIRING … DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
http://blog.mastercoin.org/2014/02/06/we-are-hiring-developers-developers-developers/
If you get hired please tell them I referred you. :)
Ask HN: Which browser toolbar would you write first?
I'm looking at developing a website and browser toolbar that integrates with it. I think there's a market, but now it's time to spend a few nights coding to get a minimum viable product together.

What browser would you build a toolbar for first? It'll be targeted at slightly more technically competent than average people, and I'm thinking of starting with Firefox - does that sound sensible?
List of all 2 characters .io websites
https://github.com/RickyGeek/io
A simple txt file with all the 2 characters website with .io domain.
I am collecting all the 3 characters .io website also, it's taking time but I won't stop my "crawler". After that? I wanna know all the website with .io domain.
Show HN: Dynamic Placeholder (proof of concept demo)
http://jsfiddle.net/VtAAs/7/
(Newer version)[http://jsfiddle.net/VtAAs/10/]
What would you use this Firefox extension for (other than wget)?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies/reviews/
I am NOT the developer--just came across it and found it interesting.
Ask HN: VLC Christmas hat icon, good or bad?
Hello,

I just noticed that the VLC player icon that it has started wearing the Santa hat. While I find this really cute, but this is the first instance (that I know of) when an Open Source project has declared itself of any religion explicitly (I say this because I did not see any change in the icon for jew, hindu or islamic festivals). What would be your take on this? Will this be good or bad for the project. An open source project is supposed to transcend any type of boundaries, be it religious, sex, cast or even the type of hardware that you use.

Disclaimer: I am not the kind of guy which howls and cries over religious issues (I like to see religion as a way to calm and sooth myself, nothing else), but their are people who are very sensitive about it.
Show HN: New LED LightStripe Compatible with Philips Hue, SmartThings
http://www.dresden-elektronik.de/funktechnik/solutions/wireless-light-control/wireless-ballasts/fls-pp-lp/?L=1
Hi HN,
I'm one of the guys who wrote the ZigBee Light Link firmware for this wireless ballast. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
The Future of Agile Software Development
http://targetprocess.com/rightthing.html
No one knows the exact how-to of writing great software fast, that’s the problem. Waterfall passed away at the crossing of 2 centuries, whereas new software development methodologies (agile) fail at solving the fundamental problems so far.
The Subtle Poetry of Blog Spam
http://www.kiwiluv.com/techblog/?p=1381
Aren't these days over?
Time to opt out of web censorship
http://adrianshort.co.uk/2011/10/11/time-to-opt-out-of-web-censorship/
UK ISPs want to give their customers the choice of filtering out porn. But if they can't see the block list, how can they know what they're choosing?
Open-source vs. commercial grade Web content management
http://www.databasepublish.com/blog/re-open-source-vs-commercial-grade-web-content-management
Joseph Bachana, the President/Founder of DPCI, an interactive technology company based in NYC, blogs about the pros and cons of Open Source vs. commercial grade Web content management sytems.
Web video does not compete with TV
http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSGOR96992320071129
not so sure about the validity of this study
Business Strategy: Controlling the Choke Points
http://smartstartup.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/09/billionaire-how.html
business strategy article
AngularJS + PhoneGap Workflow w/ Grunt
https://github.com/calvinl/ng-phonegap
I did a project using phonegap/angular recently and decided to pull this out and release it as a general purpose workflow. Open to suggestions on improvement. Enjoy!
Show HN: Stock Market Alerts and Reports
Hello Hackers,

I thought of showing following stock market reports to you which I am using for my own investing purposes from last 5 years.

Stocks are most volatile during earnings reporting period. Stocks rise or fall during this time anywhere between 4% - 35%.

So your call to buy or sell during this time can make you lot of money. It is one of the perfect examples of being at right

place at right time.

If I get enough interest from you then I will put up this system online as self service. Following are the reports that I am

using for my own investing decision purposes if you like them then please let me know at lazyload at hotmail.com . I will

add you in my system. Once it is online then you can manage your portfolio by yourself. It will require some effort to bring

this thing online so I thought of first showing this to you. If there is not enough interest then I will put my attention on

some other project.

I also booked a domain for this project - www.stockmarketreports.us

Thanks,
MJ

Live Stocks Monitoring By Price. Shows you the price change of a stock since the market opened today -
http://1drv.ms/13RfAnf

Live Stocks Monitoring By Volume - http://1drv.ms/13RfImO

Portfolio Performance. You can create your own portfolio and see its performance - http://1drv.ms/1xHJ2dx

Stock Earnings Dates - http://1drv.ms/17bu8R3

Strong Stocks. The stocks which are up from last x days - http://1drv.ms/1AonjVS

Viral Stocks. Stocks which are rising high in double digits % with in last 5 days - http://1drv.ms/17buiaW

Weak Stocks. Stocks which are continuously down from last x days - http://1drv.ms/17bukQf

ExStocks Performance Report - http://1drv.ms/1xuuWdj
Ask HN: Any examples of shadow-testing in production environments?
Lately I've been curious about shadow-testing code in production, by which I mean if I have a v1 build in production, I'm interested in capturing and replaying api calls on a v2 build in production on a box taken out of rotation from being discovered by load balancers. This could be enabled by having a proxy that "re-dispatches" the request to the v2 build after getting the v1 build response and essentially diffing the results. One of the limitations that comes to mind is that this may not work for non-idempotent api calls (ex: making a payment) but for the rest, it seems like a valuable addition to a CI pipeline to effectively test your code in production in a safe controlled way.

Have any HNers here use such an approach in their work? Any words of advice/caution that I should be aware of before investing some time into building something like this out?
Show HN: Neural Mates – Brand Management and Content Generation
https://neuralmates.com/
A platform to manage your brand(s) assets, contacts, style guides and content. Ability to access AI content generation to create marketing copy, social posts, emails and more.
What are your thoughts on the design and functionality of this site?
http://www.bakenook.com
My attempt at building a web site for my friend's baking business. Done entirely in HTML/CSS/jQuery.
Critique, suggestions, etc. much-appreciated.

I'm also ready to do pro-bono work for causes I deem worthy. My contact information is in the footer of the site. I'm happy to hear from you, if you need a site.

Thank you HN readers!
Show HN: Web page for opening the Tesla charging port
https://github.com/rgerganov/tesla-opener
Hi HN,

I made a static web page which uses WebUSB to send an RF signal which opens the Tesla charging port. All you need is a HackRF attached to some USB port. The page also works on Android devices with the Chrome browser. I have recorded a demo where I am using my Pixel phone and a HackRF connected to it via USB OTG cable.

Cheers!
Premium Icon Freebies From The Design World – 35 Icon Sets
http://designresourcebox.com/icons/premium-icon-freebies-from-the-design-world-35-icon-sets/
It is a bit hard to find high quality free icons for your projects. Luckily, some websites are offering from time to time premium icons for free for their visitors. Although some of them have a personal usage license, most can be used for both free and, most importantly, commercial use.
Ask HN: IIS Compression with JSON
I have searched the internet for this, but I was hoping someone else has dealt with this before. Because JSON calls are formatted without an extension i.e. www.myurl.com/services/iPhoneDataService/ IIS compression doesn't seem to work. Is there anyway to turn on compression for all requests regardless of extension?
Recession hits hard- people take to selling kidneys online
http://www.follor.com/2009/09/recession-hit-you-need-money-now-sell-a-kidney/
People are trying to sell their kidneys online as the world struggles with their debts
Ask HN: Ride / car share to Work at a Startup?
I got invited to Work at a Startup on Thursday but I'm in the East Bay (Berkeley / Oakland). Is anyone driving from nearby that I could catch a ride with? Happy to pitch in for gas.

If no one's driving from the area, does anyone want to ride together on BART & Caltrain? I'm avk at berkeley dot edu
Photo Scanning Service
http://www.sharperimagesnow.com/
Sharperimagenow- photo scanning service company provides digital photo editing service, digital photo editing program. Picture scanning service, scan photos service and provide picture restoration service, best photo restoration.best photo scanning services
Mastering Zabbix -- book review
http://andoy.me/mastering-zabbix-book-review/
I did a review for PacktPub's book Mastering Zabbix.
Abercrombie and Fitch UK Outlet Sales Hollister Clothing For 2012
http://www.abercrombiesale.co/
Welcome to Abercrombie and Fitch UK Outlet,Hollister Clothing,Abercrombie Shirts,Tees,Jeans,Hoodies,Jackets Discount Sale Now! 60-70%OFF.Quick Delivery and No Tax!
Apache Embraces Cloud with Deltacloud Approval
http://www.cio.com/article/700352/Apache_Embraces_Cloud_with_Deltacloud_Approval?taxonomyId=3024
Apache Embraces Cloud with Deltacloud Approval
Government Moves Toward Cloud Computing 'Perfect Storm'
http://www.cio.com/article/700337/Government_Moves_Toward_Cloud_Computing_Perfect_Storm_?taxonomyId=3024
Government Moves Toward Cloud Computing 'Perfect Storm'
KPACE: Bootable Assembly only OS
https://github.com/WrinkleFree/kpace
Wrote this in college, its assembly code that uses the magic sector word to boot, has a text editor, a simple filesystem, and a terminal
Ask HN: Which repository system do you use and how?
I've been reading a lot lately about how each repository system works (especially Git) and was wondering what the predominant system is and how they use it?

Specifically, how they handle branching. It seems like at every place I've worked we've had a little different approach.

Also, do you use Gitstats or SVNStats like programs to have a loose idea of your output (not that lines of code is a good indicator of productivity in the least)?
From the IT desk
http://myfavoritesupportcalls.blogspot.com/2010/12/toolbars-serve-no-purpose-except-to.html
What an IT worker is forced to deal with on a daily basis
Looking for submissions on your holiday celebrations
I'm interested where you spend your holiday celebrations and your setting there.
If you got an iPhone, please send a quick holiday image using Whapee (account-free and anonymous).
Could be fun to watch our xmas hangouts.
LinkedIn = SPAM
https://community.linkedin.com/questions/20362/how-to-stop-linkedin-emails-whenever-someone-accep.html
Terrible attitude. Don't use it!
SQL query tool/library for static files in Python
http://github.com/samuel/squawk
I couldn't find a tool for simplifying complex queries on static files (e.g. Apache logs). So I created one. I would love to get some feedback if it's useful for others. I'm open to any suggestion or criticism.
How to learn programming
http://boscosmusings.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-learn-programming.html
steps to take to be somewhere in the field of programming
Oil spill counter using JQuery
http://www.chrisamico.com/blog/2010/may/24/oil-gulf/
The adjustable flow rate makes this thing kind of interesting to play with.
How did the Internet work before electricity?
Seriously? How did word of Galileo's telescope get to, say, Paris? How long did it take? Was the information packaged with other news of the day, other history? Were there travelers whose job it was to carry news kingdom-to-kingdom? Did the king get better channels than the peasants? If so, how?

The above sounds Euro-centric, so what did the Chinese do? The Hindus?

What was the maximum throughput? Did they load up wagons full of books?

What was the bit-per-mile gain of the printing press?