jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Are The Big Players Being Hypocritical On Cloud Computing Standards?
http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/02/are-the-big-players-being-hypocritical-on-cloud-computing-standards/
Are The Big Players Being Hypocritical On Cloud Computing Standards?
Cloud Computing Market Hot, But How Hot? Estimates are All Over the Map
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2012/02/13/cloud-computing-market-hot-but-how-hot-estimates-are-all-over-the-map/?ss=cio-network
Cloud Computing Market Hot, But How Hot? Estimates are All Over the Map
Gethostbyname_r()
http://stochasticgeometry.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/gethostbyname_r/
A quick rant about gethostbyname_r() being a pain in libfreeradius-client.
Ratnet, A clue to the next level beyond Pair Programming?
http://allthingsd.com/20130228/when-ratnet-became-self-aware/
Does this auger the opportunity in the next 20 years for hackers to link brains?
Just sharing some Python
http://jaekwon.wordpress.com/mac-osx-development-notes/python-tools/
I thought I'd share a couple things from my Python working environment for my first HN submission. Hi all, I'm here.
India MCX Gold Imports Seen at 2-year Low as Duties pinch
http://mcx-today.blogspot.com/2012/03/india-mcx-gold-imports-seen-at-2-year.html
India's decision to double gold import duty to 4% could cut MCX gold imports by a third in 2012 to their lowest level in two years, allowing China to overtake it and become the world's biggest buyer of bullion, a Reuters poll revealed. More Information about Free mcx gold tips visit the site mcx-today.blogspot.com
Michael Jackson: My Dream VP of Product
http://jordancooper.wordpress.com/
What does the King of Pop know about Product? A lot more than you would think...
Nagarro Showcases Cloud Enablement at Cloud Connect 2012
http://www.allvoipnews.com/nagarro-showcases-cloud-enablement-at-cloud-connec.html
Nagarro Showcases Cloud Enablement at Cloud Connect 2012
Top 50 Australian Websites
http://marketingeasy.net/top-50-australian-blogs-digital-marketing-pioneers/2008-06-09/
Lists work because people want to know what other people are doing, reading or buying.

Online lists are loved even more than printed lists.

Here it comes the Top 50 Australian Marketing Blogs compiled by Julian Cole. He pretty much categorized the websites based on PR, Technorati and Alexa, He also has included a subjective score — the Pioneer score which measures the “blog’s ability to have pioneering thoughts about marketing”.
New Evidence Also Points To September 21 iPhone 5 Release Date
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/09/september-21-iphone-5-release-date.html
It is widely speculated that Apple will start taking pre-orders for the new iPhone soon after the announcement and will launch it nine days later on September 21.
Samsung Widget Developer comp. in SF
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/08/17/got-a-great-touchwiz-widget-idea-samsung-wants-to-give-you-20000/
September 11-13 in San Francisco
Howto: success through motivational practices
http://dev.chocolatpistache.com/blog/2010/11/09/howto-success-through-motivational-practices/
This article attempts to persuade the reader about the importance of motivational practices when aiming for success.

It is the first of an upcoming series about success in management and business.

Feel free to send it to your manager :)
Battlefield 3 Release Date Hinted at in Leaked Trailer
http://gamersleak.com/2011/02/04/battlefield-3-release-date-hinted-at-in-leaked-trailer/
The recently leaked trailer for Battlefield 3 has given us an idea when we can expect it: this Fall. When exactly this Fall? We don’t know.

The trailer was revealed a little too early by EA Russia, but is now available on the EA website. It shows nothing more than a few fuzzied images of infantry and a helicopter being destroyed by a jet, but it confirms that the third installment in the
Mobile Payments Company Fortumo Adds Support For Corona SDK
http://blog.fortumo.com/
Fortumo has made their Android SDK compatible with Corona development framework. This means that if you are using the Corona framework for developing apps, you can now add native in-app purchasing functionality in less than an hour using Lua and Corona SDK.
Show HN: CodeSkill.rocks Coding Challenges
https://codeskill.rocks/
Working on a site that provides simple coding challenges, helpful for learning, training and online assessments.
Ask HN: Do you know/use Progress - 4GL - Openedge?
Are there any Progress 4GL (and related techs) developers here at HN?? I'm curious about it. Vote or just say hi to say yes.
11 Wordpress Plugins That Makes You Wanna SHOUT
http://www.trovatten.com/wordpress-plugins/
Here's the must useful Wordpress Plugins of 2012 for online marketing, webdevelopment and affiliate marketing!
New Levis Store in Amsterdam a Model of Reuse and Recycled Construction
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/01/levis-store-amsterdam-kalverstraat/
Levi’s last month opened a new two-story store on Kalverstraat. The 2700 square feet store’s interior is full of reused, restored and repurposed materials.
Economics and Sociology: What Scott Sumners defense of EMH really proves
http://cogsciresearch.blogspot.com/2010/02/themoneyillusion-defending-indefensible.html
The internecine battle among economists over the EMH hypothesis only goes to prove that economics isn't really "superior" to the other social sciences, despite what economists think and despite their extensive use of mathematics. What is clear is that the social world can't be explained solely through mathematics (though modeling is a powerful tool); other sorts of explanations are also needed.
Lovaash - Enhance your Space
http://lovaash.com
So we just launched the landing page/alpha for my startup. I'd greatly appreciate any feedback. ping me directly at ekram@lovaash.com !!!
Scientists with social conscience
http://lifesciencephdadventures.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/scientists-with-social-consciences-antimalarial-drugs-for-developing-countries/
Scientists engineer high antimalarial drug line of yeast, release it for free.
Not a business at all
http://www.paidpunch.com
You're spot on. Groupon and the hundreds of other daily deal copycats out there are going to implode. It's not sustainable. It's an incredible deal for the customer (no doubt about that), but the business loses money.<p>We're in the process of creating a solution. If you're a business owner and are interested in being in the beta test group or would like to know more please visit PaidPunch.com and throw your name on the list.
6 Things to Know About Light Field Communication vs. Beacons
http://blog.bytelight.com/post/77190735723/6-things-to-know-about-light-field-communication-vs#.UwUozHddVF8
With Phillips announcing this week that it’s getting into the light field communication space (also refereed to as li-fi or visible light communication) as well for indoor location, it’s a good time to revisit some important things to know when it comes to using light field communication.
Lunar Lion
http://www.rockethub.com/34210
This is a good project maybe with support and a Linux backing we can open-source HD video from the moon.
Stop whining: Windows 8's a gr8 Win, D'oh
http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/fuzzy-logic/57606-stop-whining-windows-8s-a-gr8-win-doh
The narrative that Windows 8 is Vista II is way off the mark, with Windows 8 delivering the smoothest and best Windows desktop experience yet, finally joined by a full-screen multi-touch environment that even lets you run two apps at once – and effortlessly multitask between them all.
First Digital 3D Rendered Film (from 1972) and My Visit to Pixar
http://nerdplusart.com/first-3d-rendered-film-from-1972-and-my-visit-to-pixar
In 1972 Ed Catmull (founder of Pixar) and a colleague created the world's first 3D rendered movie, an animated version of Ed's left hand. This is the film that they produced. It includes some "making of" footage and some other early experiments.
Director of Design
http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?aj=oSfoZfwe&s=Hacker_News
FiveStars is seeking a Director of UX Design with a passion for leading successful and innovative design teams. The Director of UX will define the creative process from start to finish, help cross-functional teams have empathy for the user, and coach design and engineering to build usable, useful, and delightful experiences that will create the future of relational commerce.

Requirements:
• Demonstrated design leadership and proven experience building successful teams and products
• A portfolio showcasing 8+ years of creating and shipping compelling products
• Designed or led teams who designed complex, multi-surface product interactions
• Grasp and distill complex problems quickly
• Balance data-driven decision making with aesthetics
• A passion for details and an understanding of how they fit into the big picture
• Excellent presentation and communication skills

Responsibilities:
• Define and refine the UX design process
• Mentor and grow the UX team
• Help create the future of relational commerce for both merchants and consumers
• Translate complex ideas into elegant, intuitive designs for visual interfaces, flows, and compelling interactions across a wide variety of mediums, including mobile, web, and point-of-sale systems
• Help shape and evolve the visual identity of our brand
• Advocate for design and collaborate closely with a team of incredible product thinkers, engineers, marketers, and designers

Preferred:
• Experience in lean product development and agile environments
• Experience with A/B testing and or user research
Ask HN: Can you give me some advices about IT outsourcing?
Hello, friends. I'm IT entrepreneur from Moscow with web development and linux skills. And now I starting IT outsourcing with my small team.

I have got two projects for it:

1. http://webica.org - outsourcing web development

2. http://adminicana.ru/en.html - remote linux administration

So, may be you can give me some advices about it? What you want to see in outsourcing company? If you will hire remote people, how you will find them? freelance sites, google, forums, something else? Can you know another websites full of IT people, where I can talk about it as well?

Thank you.
Yet Another PHP Microframework (with microtools) or something else?
https://gist.github.com/EmanueleMinotto/4648707
Hi all.
I'm looking for new features to include in this experiment and feedbacks/opinions about it.

What should a (micro)framework include to be considered as such?
Do you think this could become a non-experimental development tool?

Some other experiments are these:
- Profiler: https://gist.github.com/EmanueleMinotto/5709476
- Exceptions Handlers: https://gist.github.com/EmanueleMinotto/4712920
- PSR-0 autoloader: https://gist.github.com/EmanueleMinotto/4489101
- Configuration: https://gist.github.com/EmanueleMinotto/4489119
People counting and deep learning
If you find it an interesting project to be in, drop a message at grabber@gmail.com
Show HN: Live Vibe
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/live-vibe/id564543684?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Live Vibe app allows you to get a live perspective of any place in real time.
Email as a platform
http://attachmentsme.tumblr.com/post/5131104322/email-as-a-platform
Given products like xobni, gist, greplin, and gmail, attachments.me cofounder explains where it fits into the mix. I have invites FYI.
Share anonymous disposable bookmark lists 
http://www.aychref.com
I developed a handy way of sharing resources you find using a disposable bookmarking lists. You just add a bunch of urls to a generated bookmark list url and send them away.

Once your done, just generate another list and add more to it.

Each list is represented via short url and a secret key that lets you add links. You can even share the key and let people anywhere add links to it as a collaborated list.

I did it as a weekend project to learn how to write a bookmarking service using node.js and a chrome extension while utilising amazon dynamodb norel for endless scale and alchemyapi to analyze the pages when saving them.

I open sourced everything and it can be found on the bottom of aychref.com so if you got new suggestions and just want to fork it and use it on your own go ahead.

I bet its not that secured and efficient so im open for suggestions.
Seven Wonders of the IT World
http://www.cio.com/article/135700
The fastest supercomputer. The most intriguing data center. The constantly changing core at the heart of Linux. CIO.com looks at the most impressive and most unusual marvels of the IT world.
Big idea looking for people to help it grow
http://www.vccafe.com
I'll keep it short. VC Cafe is the leading blog for Israeli startup news. I'm looking for talented bloggers that can help blow it out of the water to compete with the big guys...
If you fit the description or know of someone who would, please contact through the site.
Are You In The Cloud?I Am And My Favorite Cloud-Based Applications
http://www.allvoipnews.com/are-you-in-the-cloud-i-am-and-here-are-4-of-my-fa.html
Are You In The Cloud? I Am And Here Are 4 Of My Favorite Cloud-Based Applications - All VoIP News
Foscam Fi8918w 
http://www.amcrest.com/foscam-fi8918w-wireless-ip-camera-1.html
Foscam FI8918W Wireless IP Camera features high quality audio and video, remote internet viewing, motion detection and night vision.
Domain Appraisal Resources: What Is Your Website or Blog Worth?
http://tomuse.com/domain-appraisal-website-blog-value/
Discusses free domain appraisal and website and blog valuation tools, their use, and accuracy. Includes list of professional domain appraisal services as well
Public Relations
http://techbyt.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/public-relations/
In this post, you will find how Public relations works, what is stands for and how is it important for a new start-up business. For a new business PR(Public Relations) plays a lead role and it decides the success rate of any business. So if you are thinking about launching a new business.
Timeblend is launching soon
http://www.timeblend.com
Connecting people, places and plans
Timeblend is a social networking platform dedicated purely and indulgently to travel.
Launching soon, Timeblend will give you the ability to follow your heart's desire.
If you love travel, you'll love Timeblend. See you there at www.timeblend.com
App Harbor is missing out on a money making demographic.
http://feedback.appharbor.com/forums/95687-general/suggestions/2579428-custom-domain-name-in-the-free-plan-canoe-
Heroku has the right idea, except for the fact that they do not offer .NET by default. Please listen to your user base more often than not they can lead you in the right direction. Raise prices on another area that you actually have to charge for. This is something that can be given without significant overhead when compared to some other features or packages that could be added for companies that want to scale in a different way. You are alienating the users that are actually going to be making you money.
Is it too late to fix a Babylonian mistake?
http://tantek.pbworks.com/NewCalendar
A proposal for a new calendar
Google Friendly Sites
http://www.excelfish.com/blog/seo/google-friendly-sites
Give visitors the information they’re looking for: Provide high-quality content on your home page as well other important pages like main services or products. Make sure keywords should include on content.
Deadly Domains 
http://internetrack.blogspot.com/2008/06/dangerous-domains.html
"Companies that assign addresses for web sites might be giving security measures a miss when they assign names in certain domains than in others."
How do you find your first customer?
http://firstsalefirst.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/how-do-you-find-your-first-buyer/
The first sale first (FSF) sales process is extreme selling. Just like any extreme sport, the conditions are tough, the risk is higher, and few are willing to try. As an entrepreneur trying to build your company with customer capital, you will play among the elite. If you succeed, you will be a star.
Can indie mobile app developer succeed?
I'm a mobile developer during the day and almost every night I do work on my iOS app.
I was able to get about 250 beta testers (from reddit) and after the release even got featured by Apple in What's Hot Right Now. But after that it's about 30 installs a day (only because of cross promo in my other apps).
But how one person can do design, development, copywriting AND marketing? Is it even possible? My colleagues (also mobile devs) are telling me that it's not the case.
I find self promotion the hardest part. Any suggestions on how indie app developer could let the world know about an app?
Doing Due Diligence On The VC
http://getventure.typepad.com/markpeterdavis/2008/01/doing-due-dilig.html
Managing a startup is a tremendous undertaking in itself. Managing a startup, while raising money, is typically a Herculean task. By the time that the due diligence is complete, an entrepreneur is usually pretty exhausted and eager to be done with the fundraising process. However, this is a key time for entrepreneurs to ensure that they are working with the right partner.

In my post, Your Company Is Who It Hires, I describe the importance of hiring the right people. This principle holds true for your...
A phpunit BDD Alternative
http://code.google.com/p/phpconform/
I wrote a bdd extension for phpunit a few years back and have been leveraging it recently for some greatnonprofits.org API work. It provides some nice output and plays pretty nice with phpunit + testdox. Give it a shot and log any bugs for issues that need to be fixed! I'd love the community support.
Dropbox Space Race
https://www.dropbox.com/spacerace?r=NTM5NzQ0MjA0OQ
Dropbox is offering free space for students.
Hurry up!
A query from down under: How do our universities *really* compare?
I'm about to graduate in Software Engineering from what would (and does) describe itself as "the leading" university in Australia. I've certainly been happy with the experience - most of the lecturers have been very knowledgeable and reasonably engaging, and the course material has been quite interesting most of the way through. Anyone wanting the opportunity to specialise in whatever field has had the opportunity to do so.

But.

Some of my cohort are, to put it bluntly, awful - awful - software engineers. Working on my final year project this year - a major assessment piece completed in teams of 15 - I've seen so many examples of code that reflect a complete lack of knowledge about, understanding of, or enthusiasm for the craft that you have to wonder why they would choose the field in the first place. It's not just that their technical skills are deficient, either. Broader engineering concepts and supporting processes are also left wanting. One student I worked with - in their final and fourth year of university-level study - had a project group of five people in which only one person understood the idea of version control. Rather than take the time to research and learn about, say, SVN or Git, the group - for the entire year - emailed versions of files between themselves and the group. For a year-long project. It would be funny (and it is) if it wasn't so infuriating. These are students who have chosen to undertake study in Software Engineering (over, say, Computer Science or Information Systems) and yet who, at the end of their degree, are absolutely guaranteed to be virtually useless to any self-respecting company that would like to hire an engineer.

However, before this devolves into a lengthy rant, the main reason I posted this is to ask the following:

> Have those of you who have attended "leading" institutions in your own countries had similar experiences?

I ask because it would be nice to know that it's not just us down here (although it would also be nice to know that it is just us down here).

I'm also interested to know what other people think about the above situation - is it acceptable, or desirable, to have students graduating top-level universities in a technical discipline with a negligible degree of technical skill? There are some obvious points raised by this second question (bad students lower costs for good students, bad students won't be successful in industry), but as this question has become far wordier than intended I'll leave them for discussion :).
Take the Jenkins survey [blog from founder Kohsuke Kawaguchi]
http://jenkins-ci.org/content/take-jenkins-survey
Just like last year, we are running a survey to get some objective insights into what our users would like to see in the project. Obviously, the developers in the project deal with individual bug reports and feature requests all the time, but sometimes those day-to-day issues distract you from a bigger picture. The survey will close at the end of October, and if you participate, you'll get to see the results first. Please let your voice be heard.
Ajax Upload – A File Upload Script with Progress Bar,Drag n Drop
http://blogupstairs.com/ajax/ajax-upload-a-file-upload-script-with-progress-bar-drag-n-drop/
Ajax Upload is file uploader that uses XHR for uploading multiple files with progress-bar in FF3.6+, Safari4+, Chrome and falls back to hidden iframe based upload in other browsers, providing good user experience everywhere.
Windows Azure Table Storage Part 1
http://compositecode.com/2010/11/19/windows-azure-table-storage-pt1/
This is the first part of a two part series on building a basic working web app using ASP.NET MVC to create, update, delete, and access views of the data in a Windows Azure Table Storage Service. The second part will be published this next Monda...
Official MIT Report on Aaron Swartz is out - details involvement in prosecution
http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2013/07/31/report-details-mits-involvement-in-aaron-swartz-case/
Reif says, "The review panel's careful account provides something we have not had until now: an independent description of the actual events at MIT and of MIT's decisions in the context of what MIT knew as the events unfolded. The report also sets the record straight by dispelling widely circulated myths. For example, it makes clear that MIT did not 'target' Aaron Swartz, we did not seek federal prosecution, punishment or jail time, and we did not oppose a plea bargain.”
Flat UI Design, Is it just a phase?
http://lemonwebawards.com/web-design/trends/flat-ui-design-just-phase/
Flat UI designs often appears very simple of the surface with just a few differentiating colours, but the planning and effort going in is a lot higher than one might think. Flat UI is a minimalistic digital design technique that puts a strong emphasis on usability.
Gregg Braden - Bridging Science & Spirituality
http://www.puruze.com/channel/gregg-braden/MQ--
What does 2012 have in store for us.
Did Android Just Pass iPhone in U.S Web Usage? Probably Not
http://blog.appboy.com/2010/04/did-android-just-pass-iphone-in-u-s-web-usage-probably-not/
According to a recent article written on TechCrunch, the Android mobile operating system by Google recently surpassed the iPhone OS in terms of US Web traffic. The statistics were taken from an Admob study, which showed the amount of ad impressions by Android users vs. iPhone users.
The JBoss tortoise and the Tomcat hare - real story from the Nuxeo Platform
http://blogs.nuxeo.com/dev/2012/01/the-jboss-tortoise-and-the-tomcat-hare.html
Metrics from Nuxeo on POJO Vs EJB in Tomcat & JBoss
Microsoft sponsors open-source NFS project to support HPC Windows
http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/04/24/Microsoft-sponsors-open-source-NFS-project-to-support-HPC-Windows.aspx
Microsoft sponsoring an open source project?
Hosted ivr solution
http://www.knowlarity.com/products/superreceptionist.html
Knowlarity which is the pioneer of cloud telephony based solutions in India. Knowlarity has developed a distributed and extensible telephoney platform that utilizes and combines the calling capacity of each cluster on demand to serve high volume requirements for any of its telephony products or services
Charlotte NC (DNC host) startup wants to change 'finding a ride'
http://wraltechwire.com/business/tech_wire/news/blogpost/11500777/
Charlotte NC startup myautopilot.co wants to change how people 'find a ride'.