jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
Show HN: A free Chrome plug-in for better meetings
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/shepherd/mfdklpflbmbhldnjohkpdfaclaklphak
Hey HN, it’s Tom & Ana here

We’ve created a free plug-in to help run more productive meetings, by plugging directly into the GCal & Google Meet teams can take collaborative notes, set custom agendas and assign action items, as well as connect with other productivity apps - everything in one place!

We believe that efficient meetings arise from teams working collaboratively in both synchronous and asynchronous ways - before, during and after the meeting!

Please try it out - we would love to hear your honest feedback
Ask HN: Could you be my co-founder?
Hello everyone! You've probably seen all of my questions regarding my startup that I want to get off the ground.

Anyhow I have come to realize that my web design and marketing abilities are not my strong point, so what I am offering is an opening to one talented person who has the following qualities:

- strong design and marketing abilities
- driven to succeed
- past success in a startup
- has equity to invest in marketing materials as I have and will dedicate all my time and resources to the continued development of the project.
- smart and outgoing

to apply for 20% ownership send me your resume, examples of sites you have designed as well as any other information you think will help me with my decision.

Send All inquiries to mikecurry74 at gmail dot com.

Forgive any grammar as I am on my iPhone :)
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NTT DoCoMopresents smartphone with 2 touch-screens held together by magnets
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-35816.html#backToArticle=581905
While beeing ahead with mobile internet for years, Japanese companies seem never to be able to make any progress in Europe or the US. So I'm afraid we have to wait for this quite a while...
Ask HN: Can Apple watch be used to detect Corona?
Just a curiosity. Can Apple watch or a similar medical band be used to detect Corona infection before symptoms start showing? Idea is to ask everyone remotely in contact with an infected person or everyone who is coming from abroad. It feeds by minute data to some central service which uses AI/ML or some boring data analysis to detect if a person is infected. Assumption is virus may have some subtle impact on BP, sweating, heart beats or oxygen level anything that can be detected by such a band couple of days before symptoms are human observable.

Is the idea already tested, in testing? or is it batshit crazy (⌐■_■)?
Show HN: XaaS Pricing – track 25k+ SaaS company pricing strategies in one place
https://app.xaaspricing.com
Hi all - I'm completely new here!

I come from a market analyst background - I've done large B2B tech pricing research and consulting projects for over 10 years.

I wanted to figure out a way to scale what we do in those projects to a broader set of SaaS companies that can't pay the six-figure plus price points those projects often carry.

Today is our first step on figuring that out - we've created XaaS Pricing, a tool that let's you analyze the pricing strategies of 25,000 SaaS vendors across 50+ metrics, on-demand, with real-time updates when pricing strategies change.

I hope it's helpful and look forward to feedback and questions from the HN community!
Spinning Paul via the Vine
http://spinningpaul.herokuapp.com/
My friend Paul made a vine earlier, and it was so awesome I made this. Now it's double awesome.
Show HN: A tool to find books outside gender echo chambers
https://abooklikefoo.com/genecho
Hi HN. I made this mostly for my own curiosity. Many of us end up reading books by or about people of specific genders. So it's interesting to find books that are outside that echo chamber but still mostly _inside_ the topical or affinity area we are most engaged in. Doing this, it helps us to each expand our reading while elevating underrepresented authors, topics and character-types in the books we read.

For myself, I found it most interesting to find more female writers in the topic area of economics and technology, where I've experienced a high concentration of male writers.

From the explainer:
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Imagine sitting in a library of limited size, tailored perfectly to your tastes. If we look at all the books in this library, the genders of their authors, and the genders of characters within the books, then we can find your "literary gender bias". That's what this tool attempts to do. Giving the tool 3-5 books can serve as the seeds of this hypothetical library. From these, we can then extrapolate, calculate and show you your gender bias, and a set of recommendations that seek to invert that bias.
Ruby's Current State with David Brady
http://www.iconoclastlabs.com/blog/a-chat-with-david-brady-dbrady
I wrote a simple email to David Brady, which launched into a deep and truly amazing view of the current state of Ruby. Lots of great info and references.
Show HN: Throwaway – single-use, 1-1, e2e encrypted messaging (in-browser)
https://throwaway.sh/
Hi HN!

Keen to get your thoughts on an encrypted messaging app I've made:

throwaway is an in-browser messaging app. It's specifically for single-use, one-to-one, e2e encrypted messaging. This means your messages are encrypted in your browser, and they are only decrypted when they reach your recipients browser. The messages disappear permanently once both browser windows have closed. You can never recover a throwaway chat; once the window is closed, it's gone forever.

throwaway uses the SubtleCrypto Web API to create a public/private key pair every time it is opened/refreshed (ECDH P-521). You can invite a recipient to start a chat using the invite link; automatically generated when you land on the page. Once a recipient has clicked on the invite link, throwaway generates them a key pair too. The public keys are shared so each user can derive symmetric keys (AES-GCM 256, forward secrecy) to encrypt messages that can only be decrypted by their recipients symmetric key. The private keys and derived symmetric keys never leave the browser window they were created in.

All ideas/thoughts/critiques welcome, thanks!
Practicing Safe Sex with Third-Party APIs 
http://blog.smartbear.com/software-quality/bid/273613/Practicing-Safe-Sex-with-Third-Party-APIs
Lorinda Brandon's preso from the API Strategy conference last month. Be safe! :)
Daily Routine of a 4 Hour Programmer
http://jayonsoftware.squarespace.com/home/2012/1/9/daily-routine-of-a-4-hour-programmer.html
Everyone knows the routine, get to work by 9 AM, sit in front of the computer, code all day, and head home at 5. Now, thanks to guys like Tim Ferris I have started to re-think how I work and what makes me productive as a software developer. Recently, I made some big changes to my Monday to Friday schedule. For a long time, I did things just like all of the other coders I know. But during the second half of 2011, I started experimenting to see what type of daily schedule makes me most productive and here is my current schedule:
Microsoft to Create a Windows Tablet PC (Failure). Again
http://nextparadigms.com/microsoft-to-create-a-windows-tablet-pc-failure-again/
Microsoft just can't learn from its own history. Tablets with Windows don't make sense. Read on to see why not and if there's hope for Microsoft in a tablet dominate world.
Show HN: Review our Landing Page
http://www.getrewardly.com

HN - we have finished our first iteration of a landing page for Rewardly, an electronic credit card based loyalty program, and we'd love to get feedback.

We decided to keep text to as minimal as possible but we may have gone overboard. Our main concern is that users will not really understand what this product is in our strive for simplicity. We plan to have more detailed information on the "How It Works" page but your feedback on the issue would be awesome.
Awe-Inspiring Pencil Tip Carvings By Dalton Ghetti
http://oddstufflab.com/art/pencil-tip-carvings/
Dalton Ghetti, 49 year old Brazilian lives in Connecticut, USA but promises to leave people all over the world amazed. Let me not play with words and baffle you all. Allow me to introduce you all to one ingenious artist who is well known as the ‘pencil guy’. He got this name for the very good reason that he creatively plays with pencils.
Prince Rupert's Drop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert%27s_Drop
"The very high residual stress within the drop gives rise to unusual qualities, such as the ability to withstand a blow from a hammer on the bulbous end without breaking, while the drops will disintegrate explosively if the tail end is even slightly damaged."
Show HN: Stories by AI, fiction written with GPT-3 and illustrated with DALL-E 2
https://storiesby.ai/
Hi HN!

I and a couple of friends finally launched a project that's been kicking around since late last year: Stories by AI

The spark of the idea was actually inspired by another Show HN ("I had some time yesterday so I made a GPT3 podcast to help you sleep" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29428910). With the emergence of nice tools for co-writing fiction with GPT-3, I really liked the idea of publishing a bunch of short fiction where the AI largely did the writing. I still find the surreal fever-dream esque weirdness of language models really entertaining, and hope we can capture that in story form. And now these weird stories can be illustrated with DALL-E 2, which adds another layer to the fun.

It took a while, but today we are launching our substack newsletter and podcast! The podcast has audio versions of the stories made with Text to Speech, of course.

That's about it, would love to hear your feedback / thoughts about this.
Ask HN: How to implement password reset without storing email on a server
Hello all,
to address privacy concerns, my application is required not to store any email addresses on a server. Does anybody have any ideas how to implement password reset without sending confirmation email with a reset link in it?
Get Better at Math by Disrupting Your Brain
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=get-better-at-math-by-disrupting-brain
The article is a bit soft, but Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD works is very interesting at least to me:

http://tmslab.org/faculty/?page_id=15&id=3&add_title=Alvaro++Pascual-Leone%2C+MD%2C+PhD
Life After Objective C
http://cocoamanifest.net/articles/2011/05/life-after-objective-c.html
I think there's some pretty good hints that Apple is going to make MacRuby their next generation language platform.
Migrate ALL of SimpleGEO's services
http://devcenter.spacialdb.com/Import-SimpleGEO.html
Funnily enough at SpacialDB we had a very similar API to SimpleGEO, namely the idea of Layers. Each dataset in SpacialDB maps to a layer, accessible as GeoJSON via a REST API. We decided to build SpacialDB on PostgreSQL so we could handle more than just simple points. Our API can store complex geometries (2D/3D polygons, line, multipolygons and multilines). This means that in addition to migrating your Storage data from SimpleGEO to SpacialDB you could also replicate SimpleGEO's Features, Context and Places API's with SpacialDB. At least the parts that are under creative commons.
Why we decided to shut down BackupMyTweets
http://www.austinpreneur.com/shutting-down-backupmytweets/
Case study and explanation of why we launched, and then eventually decided to shut down the service even though we have 35,000+ users.
Fire TV: Everything You Need to Know About Amazon's Streaming Box
http://gizmodo.com/amazons-fire-tv-everything-you-need-to-know-1556889628
Will this shake things up?
Ask HN: Which Incubators (EU / US) run a Winter Program?
Hi Everyone,

First post here, I'll start to be more active since my project is taking form and I'd like to apply to different Incubators Winter Program and get feedback on my ideas :)

So, I've started to look around to see which incubators run Winter Program and check out their deadlines.I tried to look around but couldn't find any list of upcoming deadlines for incubators...

so far I've found the deadlines of:

- Techstars ( end of November )
- Ycombinator ( Mid Ocotober )
- Seedcamp Week in London around August.
- Founder Institue in Amsterdam & Washington end of September
- Different Engines in London ( Beginning of October )
- HckFwd, Anytime ?

Can anyone help me with this? or point me in the correct direction?

Cheers,
ArmorText (Beta) - Military grade encryption for your text messages
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Gryphn.mms
Military grade encryption for your text messages that even the carriers can't get past. ArmorText secures your text messages with military grade encryption allowing you send and receive sensitive information on your android device.

Features:

- Disable Forwarding of your messages
- Disable Saving of your messages and any content (pictures, videos, text) sent
- Encrypt your messages on device and in transit
- One touch security
- Secure and Insecure messaging all in one place
- Smart Predict encryption automatically switches encryption on/off based on the the encryption of the last message sent. This way conversations stay secure until you decide otherwise.

Getting Started:

After downloading, the app will ask for permission to connect to the Cloud. This is so you can retrieve your friends information (public key) in order to send them an encrypted message. We also use push notifications to keep you updated if they decide to change their information.

At the keypad screen, type in the numeric password you want to use (used to secure your messages while they are on the phone) and hit “OK.” A notification will ask you to enter the password a second time to confirm. Please do so and hit “OK” again.
The app will then import all your old messages automatically so that you don’t miss a beat with your friends.

Sending an Encrypted Message:

When composing a new message (after tapping the green +Message button) just tap the lock icon in the upper right hand corner to turn security on (green = secure) and hit send.

FAQ:

Q: My friends can’t download the encrypted message I sent?

A: Try going into the settings and clearing your public keys. This will force the app to pull your friends latest key. Then go ahead and try to resend.
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Q: I tried to send an encrypted message to a friend but it says “Unable to send secure message, recipient must have ArmorText installed”

A: Sorry about that. ArmorText will only send secure messages to users who also have the app installed, this way we can make sure the user is able to decode the message you sent
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Q: The app Crashed/Force Closed on me.

A: We’re REALLY sorry about that. Our mission is to provide you with the best user experience possible. Unfortunately, we can’t fix bugs we don’t know about. So, if the application gives you the option to report the crash we would appreciate you doing so.

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Q: Why aren’t the messages showing up in my other SMS apps?

A: This is a setting in ArmorText. To turn it off navigate to the settings page (menu button > settings) and un-check “Disable Other Sms Apps.”

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Q: My question wasn’t answered here.

A: We’re working on a more comprehensive FAQ section with a forum on our website, www.gryphn.co. Please check back periodically or sign up to receive updates.
Screencast: Boost your productivity with XRefresh
http://frontcube.com/blog/2010/boost-your-productivity-with-xrefresh
Are you really frustrated to switch from your text editor to your browser to see the changes you’ve applied? In this screencast Aslam shows you how you can boost your productivity by using XRefresh.

Please see the show notes to fix the gotcha addressed in the screencast.
Using the /proc filesystem to monitor progress of script
http://www.whitane.com/blog/uncategorized/proc-filesystem-to-see-progress-of-script/
A tip for using the /proc filesystem to monitor file upload/processing progress.
Poll: HN San Diego -- do you want a mid-month meeting?
This is in response to a email thread on the SDHN group (http://groups.google.com/group/sd-hackernews/browse_thread/thread/28843ae501dd7254)
Spend the Summer with BackType and True Ventures
http://tech.backtype.com/spend-the-summer-with-backtype-and-true-ventu
This is a one of a kind opportunity to join a YC startup for the summer and learn from one of the top venture firms in the Bay Area.
VMware wants SuSE because of Mono
http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2010/09/17/VMware-2b-SuSE-Microsoft.aspx
It's not about the Linux. It's about squeezing Microsoft the fuck out of the picture.
The laser tech that could purify dirty water in developing countries
http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/14534/laser-future-from-blu-ray-to-killing-germs-with-light/
Scientists have been able to generate this ultraviolet light for over 100 years but the technology has changed very little and still requires fragile glass bulbs filled with gases which are sometimes toxic. This is something which Smeeton aims to change by replacing the gas-based lamps with LEDs and lasers. There are numerous applications for this light: for example, it could be used as a simple and effective way of purifying drinking water. There are also plans to use the light in sensors to detect pollution in air and water as well as for medical diagnosis.
Rate/Review: Feedback on my start-up?
http://www.gahboo.com/
Though it doesn't launch till mid-august, the landing page is there with the concept and screens.

Looking for some comments, its still not too late for me to incorporate them before launch.
Earth project aims to 'simulate everything'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.

Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
Xobni for Gmail, iPhone, Android coming soon
http://blog.xobni.com/2011/03/18/xobni-2-0-xobni-pro-and-xobni-cloud/
I've been using the Gmail product for a while now. It's pretty awesome.
Show HN: Search for the Best of Anything
https://bestlist.com?ref=hackernews
Bestlist is a search engine that is focused solely on helping users discover the best of anything.
All of our results are non-biased, non-paid, and are dynamically generated via our search algorithm. It’s not perfect, but we’re working extremely hard and are determined to make it ubiquitous in the lives of the everyday internet user.

Other Features

Voting: If you’re feeling strongly about a search results, you can up or downvote the listing to voice your opinion. When you vote, you’ll be asked to state why you voted. This gives other users better insights into the listing.

Collections: With collections you can easily save and keep track of all of your favorite listings. Collections can be public or made private, and they’re easily edited, reordered, and shared.

Submissions If you find that we’re missing a result for a particular query, you can easily submit it as a suggestion. We’ll review it, and publish it if it makes the cut.

Current Limitations
•It’s currently English only.
•We don’t handle searches that start with “Best way..” or “Best settings ..” or “Best route..” very well. •Also, searches for professionals (doctors, etc,) and recipes have issues.

We'd love for you to try it and let us know what you think.

Thank you!
Apple Applies Pricing Pressure
http://fishtrain.com/2007/09/06/apple-applies-pricing-pressure/
An analysis of why the Apple Event helped improve the dominance of Apple's iPod and iPhone.
New Portfolio -- Thoughts?
http://www.taiyab.co.uk/portfolio/
Need feedback/reviews of my new portfolio design from the HN community.
Ask HN: Why should I switch from php to django or rails?
Hey. I am a php programmer. I mostly work on a freelance/consultant basis. I use framework (Symfony or codeigniter) and ORM (doctrine). These tools are quite powerful, and what I have seen after a very brief look at rails, they provide pretty much every functionality (correct me if I am wrong).

Considering how much more easier it is to deploy php+mysql+apache applications, give me some good reasons why I should learn rails or django.

(One very obvious reason would be to take up jobs where the client wants me to work on rails or django. Let's ignore this point for now. Just consider that I get new projects and I am free to choose my platform/language)
Michael Jordan's Response To Lebron James What Should I Do Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EalorZaTlI8&feature=player_embedded#!
You could make the same case for a lot of startups. What we often view as instant success is really the product of a lot of blood, sweat, and determination.
Ask HN: Best Way to find great interns for the summer?
We're a small startup and we know there is a huge pool of students looking forward to summer to hack on stuff they love. We may a nice place for these guys to start having fun and hack on technologies like Node.js, Websockets or PubSubHubbub. Where would you go to find the best hackers who want to learn and have fun in a startup?
Do you understand IPA pronunciation?
Survey: do you understand the IPA convention for pronunciation, e.g. that given as the first guide by wikipedia?

For example, if you look up 'deus en machina', do you look at the IPA /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə/ or do you find yourself skipping to /DAY-əs eks MAH-kee-nə/?
Ask HN: Software Engineering Vs. Computer Science
My school offers both computer science and software engineering degree plans, and they are both the strongest programs we have.

My interest is in developing applications (specifically web apps), so I'm reconsidering CS thinking a software engineering degree might be of more value.

For a SE degree, the degree plan contains many of the same courses as CS (Operating Systems, Comp. Architecture, Alg & Data Structures), but towards the end instead of taking Automata Theory and Programming Languages you take software engineering courses like Software Architecture & Design, Testing/Verif/Valid/QA, and Project Planning.

I don't know much about how these degrees are viewed differently in the job market. Im also unsure if I'm on track thinking software engineering would be better since I am interested in building my own apps. It seems CS is more of the traditional degree in computing/programming, but I see real value in a SE degree for my goals of really getting to building better software...am I right in thinking this? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
Ask HN: How to Have a Life Without Seeming Lazy?
I am a mid-level front-end developer at a startup. I am passionate about the product we are building and enjoy working with my colleagues. Lately, however, things have been stressful at work due to the launch and I had to work overtime. Even when I’m not working I still have to be available in slack.
Others seem to be okay with this kind of environment and they seem to be very hard-working.

My question is, how do I demand respect for my free time without seeming like I’m lazy? Is it possible to be a passionate employee and have a life of my own?
W3C HTML5 Spinning Logo — Flick with finger or mouse in WebKit
http://925html.com/files/html5logo/
This simple example is using YUI 3.3.0 which has support for high-level, device-independant, gesture events which made it easy to make the logo spin when flicked with a mouse or touch gesture. It is also using YUI 3’s CSS transitions module to do the rotateY CSS Transform.

It works in WebKit browsers: Safari, Chrome, MobileSafari (iOS), Android, and should work on BlackBerry Touch 6.0.

View the source on the page, its short and straight forward.
Why is there no looting in Japan?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100079703/why-is-there-no-looting-in-japan/
This is a short piece that asks a very interesting question. There are a few anecdotal statements about how other cultures have witnessed large levels of looting during catastrophes.