jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
You either store something that you are allowed to store when you have the user authenticated (eg at account creation); or you give the user some secret to hang onto (client certificate, file, something else). You then check their info when they want a reset.

Off the top of my head, I'd probably consider the following options in order of decending useful/goodness:
* Ask for the email address at signup, store a hash, then at reset ask for it again and verify that the hash matches
* Ask for/store some other allowed information, then verify that the user wants a reset through that (confirmation code):
- Eg collect a phone number and do password resets via SMS/call people who want their password reset
- Eg collect a domain and require them to publish a file/txt record that has their email address to send a reset
* Give the user some token (eg a specific file). If they can provide the token, allow them to change their password
* Get the user to authenticate themselves with a client-side certificate or password. Allow reset only when the user's logged in (ie if they have the certificate or previously knew the password)
* Ask for/store some other allowed information, then provide the reset link through that (eg twitter DM or FB account)

The exact nature of your application would probably drive what you would want to do reset-wise. If it's for privacy reasons, obviously some of the ideas above wouldn't work (unless there's some legislation that explicitly excludes capturing email addresses).
Last time I tried VMWare Fusion (<1yr ago) I was pretty disappointed with the trackpad support (I could find absolutely no way to get horizontal scrolling, for example, and vertical scrolling was extremely jarring). Maybe it doesn't bother you, but it drove me nuts.
click
Oh crap.. erm did I just delete my bank account? Without confirmation?!

Now sure, you won't find buttons that delete bank accounts often, but that's beside the point. Some objects hold greater weights than others, and it all depends on the context. Having a deleted folder with all of your previously "deleted" bank accounts makes it seem like your interface is one big fun game.
I, too, did not find this very understandable when I was trying to learn Lambda Calculus for the first time. Even now, it is still quite baffling how alligators eating aligators makes more intuitive sense than the regular notation (well, at least it's recursive). In the end, I was only really able to grasp Lambda Calculus from reading a hard book.
That's actually an excellent reply. It's sort of what I thought, but I wanted some insight from the trenches.

My company is: https://www.zerotier.com/

I offered Dropbox as an example case because what I'm trying to do in the virtual networking space is incredibly similar to what Dropbox did in the file sharing and collaboration space. I'm trying to attack an old market with a new approach, a completely new piece of technology, and a superior user experience, hoping to unlock a "sleeper" market very much like what Dropbox accomplished.

(I look up to Dropbox, at least from a business example case point of view.)

My client and server software (actually the same thing) are open source, but my pretty web UI (https://www.zerotier.com/admin.html) has a closed-source backend component that runs its API.

The network is peer to peer with managed supernodes, which are just peers that are designated as permanent trusted anchor-points to permit rapid zero-configuration provisioning. I run those and offer that service for free.

I charge for the convenience of the web UI, which allows people to set up virtual networks with a few clicks. Techno-geeks can dig into my open source and run their own "netconf master" if they want, but so far I've had precisely zero people (that I know of) do this. There's no real value in it to anyone. My business model is freemium and I'm starting to get a couple of paid users out of hundreds of unpaid. (My bandwidth costs are tiny since it's p2p, so I can be profitable even with really awful conversion rates. I have lots of ideas to optimize by offering more pro features.)

So yeah... much like Dropbox. I'm working on putting together a seed round for this to take it from side business to Real Company. :) Just wanted to ask to see if being OSS is going to repel potential angel/seed VC investors.
pacvim is also a nice game for learning vim keys:
https://github.com/jmoon018/PacVim
I didn't have time to read all ten installments in depth, but I'm having trouble finding the part where it proves that people don't frequently move between income bands. Can you point me to the right section, or provide a quote?

Certainly, the parent post sounds quite plausible. It seems to describe most everyone I know.
The artist pay for the pre-recording not the label. The cost will often be deducted from their share of the revenue.
Does it matter if we want them to do it or not? NSA and China will build them to do that anyway.
I thought I'd share a function that has been VERY useful to me.

Maybe "CODE HN" is an interesting label ... if you wrote some code that you are proud of and think it will REALLY help your fellow hackers discover a better way to do something, maybe you can post it here as CODE HN. I'd be interested in pro tips from other hackers out there :)
my apologies for the sharp rhetoric, i only meant to say that SOMEone was able to get the notice out right quick. i think it's great that you guys did that, seriously, but i think it was a mistake to forget what the click?Hash idiom is typically used for.

and really, your actions kinda put a lie to gawker's sloth, so extra props for that.
select * from users where email <> '' and email is not null
Used google charts to generate them and it while it probably lets you I couldn't figure out how to display the actual y values, only 0-100 which are also useless which was part of the reason I included the averaged times at the end of the article.

This was a fun little article. No doubt someone else can come along and create a full blown in depth with every git command on different OS's showing just how much faster everything is. I knew git should be faster (as it is lots of io), just wanted some (basic) data to back it up rather than just saying it "should be" and thought this might be useful for others.
I recently took part in the "Open Data Train Challenge" Hackathon of the Deutsche Bahn (German railway and transport giant). This was probably the first Hackathon of this kind in Deutsche Bahn and definitely the first one for me. Just like me a few other guys were there alone. Four of us formed the "Team Blind" date.

Over the next 18 hours we've implemented from scratch an app which adds train delay statistics into the travel information. So that the passenger could see, which of the proposed connections have a (statistical) chance of failure.

Our app won the "Public Choice" (one of the two main prizes) and the "Biggest Business Potential" awards.
I've always enjoyed Blake's poems. One of my favourites from that collecion is The Fly:

Little Fly
Thy summer's play,
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.

Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?

For I dance
And drink & sing;
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.

If thought is life
And strength & breath;
And the want
Of thought is death;

Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.
Current iPads have 1GB of RAM. They also constantly evict background applications and even backgrounded tabs in the web browser. Switching browser tabs on iOS is always a gamble as to whether it'll reload the page or not. This makes it impossible to, for example, write a comment in one tab while referencing some material in a different one with any kind of reliability.

iOS is extremely memory efficient but it comes at a cost which can be quite high for some.
That would not be a well-supported argument.
But surely profits gained from a marketable product are >> than profits gained from cutting corners at employee expense? Risking the loss of top talent would seem to be a losing strategy.
The database pricing looks pretty much like before. What is problematic about paying $50 for a database that you don't have to manage, has continous backups, dataclips, and ability to easily scale and set up replication for?

How much would a db admin charge you per hour to do the same?
People don't get rich in a vacuum.

Rich people living in US got rich because of the healthy middle class who can afford to buy stuff (or get a loan to). They get rich because of the thousand of workers in their offices and factories.

So this is the way wealth is distributed in US. While the inequality is growing in all OCDE countries (and possibly all countries in the world), in US it's much higher than other countries.
I think they're making a classic BigCorp mistake: thinking they can just focus on the high-end customers. They don't realize that everything is connected in this industry, and today's hobbyists and sole proprietors are tomorrow's Fortune 500 VPs of Engineering (and vice versa).
app.example.com vs
api.example.com ?
Most of the world over the next 50 years will live in hot, big, Asian and African cities with >1M or >10M people.
Vast transit networks will be the primary form of commute for those billions, not bicycles. Electric cars, vans, busses will solve the last few miles and support the cargo use cases.

It's telling that the most of the examples in the article and in the comments are about tiny shrinking European towns (lol, Copenhagen).
I'm surprised at all of the anti-cycling sentiment here.

It's really a better mode of transportation than the car, in certain situations. It's healthy, relaxing, good for traffic and the environment, and convenient for short trips.

The article isn't saying that you need to ditch the car for a bakfiets, just that you can have a significant positive impact by doing SOME of your trips via bicycle. Remember that most car trips are with a single driver and no passenger, and are short trips around town.

Give it a shot!
I don’t want to lower my quality of life so far that I can’t get an ambulance or have to be homebound once I can no longer walk.
> Garbage collection does almost the same thing

As far as I understand, smart pointers are actually a somewhat stupid form of garbage collection.
As a signal user and even promoter my biggest issue with a new cryptocurrency is that my privacy and security concerns for a chat app are different from my privacy and security concerns for monetary transfers.

I'm not sure why you find Monero's confirmation any more stressful than instant-like blockchains, most wallets will show pending transactions as soon as they enter the mempool.
The adventure generator for spontaneous travelers
http://www.drungli.com
Hello guys, we're developing Drungli.com for a niche of travelers, those more spontaneous and flexible.
We don't cover the US yet since we started with EU. But plans to expend in the US are on the way. Let us know what do you think.
Ereid, on behalf of the Team Drungli
Payable (Crowd Funded Web Store)
http://www.payable.com
Scriptlance has launched a new website called www.payable.com a marketplace for people to buy and sell digital goods, not just that, there is also a crowdfunding way of developing new products. So far the response has been good, just thought of sharing it with the HN community too.
Watch the talks of the World Creativity Forum 2011 (and live streams tomorrow)
http://www.flandersdc.be/en/events/cwf11
Speakers include Jimmy Wales, Malcolm Gladwell, Alexander Osterwalder, ... real interesting talks, from the World Creativity Forum 2011, in Belgium.
New Apple Patent #825265: Will Apple clone you to save you from Big Brother?
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,205,265.PN.&OS=PN/8,205,265&RS=PN/8,205,265
Apple has just been awarded patent number 825265, which describes how Apple could create a cloned version of your digital identity in order to protect you from corporate or government electronic surveillance.
Odesk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbjkIE_CQI8
I have found so much luck using this company. If you need some help. Odesk is solid.
Ask HN: Part-time jobs to fund my startup?
I just decided to do a project with a cofounder, and we both are doing full-time jobs while working on this. I do not have a lot of savings in order to devote full-time to my project, so I have to get some job on the side, anything really. What are some part-time jobs I can look for and work at until I get this project off the ground? Of course I will quit my full-time so I can get a part-time so that I spend more time on the project

Edit: My full-time job sucks hard, its a tech sales job but the company is so bad I will gladly work as an uber driver.
Virgina uses 18 voting systems from 11 companies
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Election_Information/Voting_Systems_Ballots/Index.asp
I can't help but wonder what back room deals lead to this.
The Darwinian Evolution of Photoshop [Infographic]
http://www.testking.com/techking/infographics/darwinian-evolution-photoshop/
What does a top notch graphic designer have in common with an amateur photographer who uploads his weekend pictures on Facebook? Well... they both love Photoshop, that's what they have in common! This brilliant Adobe product is geek's darling for almost two decades so we're starting the Tech King Infographic series with something that I personally want to hang over my bedroom wal
Where is my {{ Mustache }} template?
http://jknack.github.io/handlebars.java/loader.html
Learn how to load Mustache templates from the file system, classpath, web context and more.
OLPC "Give One Get One" program starts Monday
http://www.laptopgiving.org/
On Monday you'll be able to buy the "$100 laptop"... for $400. Of course, you're actually buying two, one of which will go to a child in a developing country.

Sure, the processor might be slower than some cell phones (433MHz vs. iPhone's 620MHz), but these things are so fun looking, I might just have to get one. Plus it's for a good cause.
Fans of PcGameStore's Facebook page receive free games.
http://www.facebook.com/PcGameStore
The PcGameStore facebook page http://www.facebook.com/PcGameStore
also offers a free game for becoming a fan. Read fan page for detail.
Four motivations that affect almost any game player
http://radoff.com/blog/2011/05/19/game-player-motivations/
Four quadrants of player motivation. You can use this to think about what motivates people to play games, engage in social networks, or interact within many types of businesses.
UB Referral Code How To Get The Most Advantages For Your Money
http://ubreferralcodeuballin.blogspot.com/
Are you looking to start playing online poker? If you are, then you probably want to get the most for your money as well. The easiest way to get the most for your money is through joining a poker room that gives you the most for your money. UB poker does just that with the UB referral code UBALLIN.
Utande launches new WIMAX broadband service
http://www.techzim.co.zw/2012/06/utande-launches-new-wimax-broadband-service/
Utande launches new WIMAX broadband service
Shopping/Deals site survey
http://jaquatech.polldaddy.com/s/shopping-deals-site-survey
We are developing a new website for Finnish/EU use to ease the shopping experience on the net. Now we need you input to push us to the right direction with our sites development. Feel free to go crazy with the ideas, but keep in mind that this is a website not a spaceship or other advanced techtoy. We would like to know stuff that u usually like to buy over the internet, how do you compare, do you buy from Finland, EU or outside-EU and is the total price the reason or trust for the seller. How about shopping coupons, would you use them to get the stuff cheaper and where do you get your coupons now? Do you use adkillers or other browser plugins to get rid of the Ads?
7 Brilliant Free Document Scan iOS Apps
http://appsnuke.com/128/camera-scan-ios-apps/
Most of these applications are available just for premium use, but we found the ones free and brought you this collection. Enjoy!
Show HN: Agit CMS – A desktop based headless CMS for Hugo/Jekyll
https://github.com/0xsuk/agitcms
I built a desktop based headless CMS for markdown blogs!
Did I miss anything (a poem about teachers and students by Tom Wayman)
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/wayman/poem5.htm
I had to post this after reading the Scott Galloway email (http://gildedlimits.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/nyu-professor-scott-galloway-ouch/)
What is micro-learning?
https://coursmos.com/course/what-are-microcourses
Learn the micro-course concept in micro-course format
Beacon Technology
http://www.inc.com/magazine/201505/jill-krasny/the-customer-trackers.html
I need a technical founder. Reply on the contact form.

http://crumz.biglaunch.net/
Readability, a noble cause
http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/readability-a-noble-cause/
According to a recently completed report commissioned by the Web Standards Authority, the majority of popular websites do not reach the desired readability standards. Contrast, colour, sizing, positioning and other various aspects all have an effect on the readability of your site. Readability itself is of central importance; without it your message is lost!
Show HN: DEVshirt.club September's release
https://www.devshirt.club/browse-shirts/modern-housing
Hi all
We've just made September's release of our programmer shirts available to public.
So far we have 6 T-shirt designs released.
As always we've worked hard in order to make this month's tees stand out.
Please let us know what you think :)
Show HN: JQueryMobile + Reddit + Readability
http://174.143.146.169/mobilereddit/
knocked this up over the weekend. There's still a few updates I'd like to do, such as better comment viewing, handling of youTube links etc etc. My main goal was to get something I'd use myself when viewing Reddit on my mobile. I plan on doing a hacker news version soon.

I'd love to hear peoples thoughts.

p.s If viewing in the browser I'd recommend using Chrome.
App to Cast Images to Chromecast
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.castit.android
Hey Guys,

I created this app to allow people to cast their Facebook Albums, Photos, local photos to their Tv using ChromeCast. Do check it out.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.castit.android
The Hidden History of the Human Race
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
All cultures have myths of human origins, but it was Darwin who turned the topic into the hottest science vs. church conflict since the days of Galileo.
Amid devastating New York flooding, a stream of information
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/08/29/new.york.irene.reports/index.html
Hurricane Irene may have been a wash for New York City residents poised for the storm of the century, but counties in its upstate watershed will be feeling its effects for a long time.
Validate your audience (stop blogging)
http://TunaHack.com
I think people waste a lot of time blogging. Why not focus on what matters, first?

Collect emails and validate that your messaging will convert with your target audience.

See how I do it at http://TunaHack.com

P.S. would love any feedback on my copy

Thanks,
Rob
Today is the Hybrid's 100th Birthday
http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1019155_we-hail-hybrids-hundredth-birthday-but-were-they-really-born-in-belgium
Today we celebrate a unique anniversary. One hundred years ago today, US Patent No. 288,181 was granted to Henri Pieper for a "Mixed Drive for Autovehicles"--what we now call a hybrid-electric vehicle.
Delete,block,reactivation checker/monitor app for Facebook
http://apps.facebook.com/whoisntmyfriend/
A quick little app i've worked on. Asks for a lot of permissions (offline access - needed to get your friends list on a cron to notify you of changes, post to wall - can be disabled within the app, and email address - can be disabled within the app) but doesnt abuse the permissions at all.<p>just looking for thoughts, i know its a bit of an evil app but it seems to be something people like. I've found it funny watching my own account while i've made it. Heres my history for the last few days...<p>----------------<p>History of Andrew's friends list:<p>2011-01-22
No changes<p>2011-01-21
(Deleted) Kimmy Luvs
(Renamed) Old: Nathan Fallon | New: Nathan Rocko Fallon<p>2011-01-20
(Deleted) Blanche Thompson
(Renamed) Old: Nathan Rocko Fallon | New: Nathan Fallon
(Renamed) Old: Nathan Fallon | New: Nathan Rocko Fallon<p>2011-01-19
No changes<p>2011-01-18
No changes<p>2011-01-17
(Deactivated) Emma Abraham<p>2011-01-16
No changes<p>2011-01-15
(Blocked you) Sam Guy
(Added) Elizabeth Doyle<p>2011-01-14
No changes<p>2011-01-13
(Deleted) Carly Kinch
(Added) Sam Guy<p>2011-01-12
(Added) Michael van Dijk<p>2011-01-11
(Added) Susie Mattucci-Giacomazzo
(Added) Bill Kroon<p>2011-01-10
(Deleted) Susie Mattucci-Giacomazzo
(Deleted) Bill Kroon<p>2011-01-09
Tracking started
Samsung releases ICS for AT&T Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777)
http://samsung.com/us/attgalaxys2/update
You still need to use Kies but it works
Mobile Developers-(iOS or Android) 
http://www.care.com/careers-p1089.html#SeniororPrincipalSoftwareEngineerMobileAndroid
Seeking experienced iOS or Android Developers who can create and design mobile applications for mobile platforms.
Agiline CRM
http://www.agilinecrm.com/
Surado CRM is now Agiline CRM. Agiline is pleased to announce a recent build and support agreement with Surado Software. Agiline is expanding the ways to gain value from AGILINE CRM.
Lean Market Research for Startups
http://www.vccafe.com/2013/05/12/lean-market-research-for-startups/
How to conduct market research, market sizing, and basic customer development. Includes slides.
QuarkShell
http://quarkshell.com/
Neat Cross Platform Application Framework
New Click&Clean 3.6.0.0 add-on for Firefox
http://www.hotcleaner.com/clickclean_firefox.html
Clear private data with a single click, clear private data when browser closes...
Hurricane Sandy and social interactions.
http://visual-analytics.org/2012/10/29/hurricane-sandy-and-social-interactions/
Nice visualizations of retweets about #sandy
Reevoo anounces it's manifesto
http://b2b.reevoo.com/about-us/manifesto
Reevoo anounced it's manifesto,
All of our reviews are from genuine, verified purchasers. No fake reviews ever make it in. We show the good with the bad. Our reviews cannot be manipulated. We are always transparent. Our reviews remain impartial and independent.
Changing the wallpaper from the camera app
http://mycodeandlife.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/android-app-changing-the-wallpaper/
The modified code that will allow for one to change the wallpaper from the app.
Ask HN: What will it take to create something like CrunchBase?
I am wondering how much effort is needed to create an app like CrunchBase. Can it be simply built by customizing some CMS like wordpress or will it have to be built from scratch. If later how much effort/time do you think it will take ?
The first All-In-One Solution for Thesis Framework
http://thesispremium.com/
Visual Composer which comes packaged with shortcode system, various useful page templates slider capabilities , build in audio/video player and of course, much more turning Thesis into an even more powerful Framework.
What NPR learned from turning its Twitter account from a bot into a human
http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/05/its-alive-what-npr-learned-from-turning-its-nprnews-twitter-account-from-a-bot-into-a-human/
Main takeaway: humans work best but NPR can't use them full-time. Very interesting as I've built a social-media-as-a-service startup based on this premise.[1]

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[1] http://emphatic.co